Michael Addamo opened to 20,000 in early position and Sergio Aido three-bet to 65,000 in the hijack. Ivo Bartoletti made a four-bet to 150,000 from the small blind which got a quick fold from Addamo. Aido five-bet shoved all in and Bartoletti quickly called off his stack of around 320,000.
Sergio Aido:
Ivo Bartoletti:
Aido had Bartoletti pipped by one pocket pair and the board of sent Bartoletti to the payout desk in 16th place.
Dead last of 30 players coming into Day 4 of the EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event to chip leading within three levels — it’s been a very lucky day for amateur poker player Wei Huang.
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Luc Greenwood open-shoved for his last 5,000 chips. It folded to Joao Vieira in the big blind who moved all in for 107,000. Daniel Dvoress tanked in his big blind before folding.
Joao Vieira:
Luc Greenwood:
Greenwood had made a pair by the turn, but the on the river completed Vieira's flush and sent Greenwood to the rail.
The action folded to Mike Watson in the small blind who just limped in. Laurynas Levinskas raised to 50,000 in the big blind and Watson called. The flop fell and both players checked to the on the turn.
Watson checked again and Levinskas bet 100,000. Watson still called and the completed the board. Watson checked for the third time and Levinskas pushed forward a bet of 330,000. Watson only had around 255,000 left and he gave it some thought but eventually called. Levinsksas turned over for a set of eights and Watson flipped his cards into the muck.
The action was on Marton Czuczor in the small blind who counted out a raise to 300,000. Vicent Bosca was in the big blind with around 150,000 and made the call.
Marton Czuczor:
Vicent Bosca:
It was a coin flip that saw Czuczor stay in the lead on the flop. The turn was the leaving Bosca drawing to just six outs. The paired the board on the river and Bosca was eliminated in 12th place.
Sergio Aido opened to 27,000 and Marton Czuczor called. David Dayan then three-bet all in for 407,000 from the small blind. Michael Addamo folded before Aido re-raised all in. Czuczor folded.
Less than a week after taking down the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Super High Roller, Sergio Aido headlines the final table of the €25,000 High Roller. Aido took home €1,589,190 after defeating fellow Spaniard Jesus Cortes heads-up in that one.
Other big names through to the final day are Koray Aldemir and Michael Addamo. Just nine players remain from the 142 entries, and each is guaranteed €80,990, with the winner set to take home €809,930.
Final Table Standings
Seat
Name
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Michael Addamo
Australia
595,000
30
2
Koray Aldemir
Germany
585,000
29
3
Laszlo Bujtas
Hungary
1,075,000
54
4
Joao Vieira
Portugal
255,000
13
5
Sergio Aido
Spain
1,095,000
55
6
Benjamin Pollak
France
585,000
29
7
Laurynas Levinskas
Lithuania
965,000
48
8
Marton Czuczor
Hungary
900,000
45
9
Daniel Dvoress
Canada
1,015,000
51
Day 2 Recap
A total of ten players jumped into the €25,000 High Roller at the start of the day including Charlie Carrel, Ivan Leow, Bryn Kenney and Juan Pardo, although the Spaniard was the first elimination of the day after running into the aces of Ivo Bartoletti.
High Roller regular Mikita Badziakouski, Patrik Antonius and Vasily Klyukhin - who started the day second in chips - were also early bustouts as the field shrunk.
Sergio Aido, Sean Winter, Michael Addamo, and Marton Czuczor were all prominent at the top of the counts as the tournament headed on break with 30 players remaining and only 20 guaranteed to cash.
Only eight were to be eliminated over the next two level, including Sylvain Loosli, who ran eights into Erik Seidel's kings and Bryn Kenney, who tussled with Mike Watson and Luc Greenwood.
A new name emerged as chip leader at the three table redraw with Lithuanian Laurynas Levinskas loving life in the lead just four eliminations from the money. Viacheslav Goryachev and Dietrich Fast would bust before dinner just two off the money.
The bubble burst shortly after resumption. Keiji Takahashi was eliminated before Richard Yong's ace-queen fell foul of Levinskas's pocket queens, and the remaining 20 players were all guaranteed €43,870.
Payouts So Far
Position
Name
Payout
Position
Name
Payout
10
Shyngis Satubayev
€ 67,490
16
Ivo Bartoletti
€ 48,930
11
David Dayan
€ 67,490
17
Sean Winter
€ 48,930
12
Vicent Bosca
€ 59,060
18
Erik Seidel
€ 43,870
13
Mike Watson
€ 59,060
19
Hideki Izutsu
€ 43,870
14
Luc Greenwood
€ 53,990
20
Kristen Bicknell
€ 43,870
15
Mohsin Charania
€ 53,990
Notable players who cashed include Kristen Bicknell, who managed to grab herself a min-cash with less than five big blinds; Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel and €25,000 Single-Day High Roller runner-up Sean Winter.
In the mean time, Levinskas had moved up to over a million in chips, before Marton Czuczor joined him following the elimination of Mohsin Charania.
The duo were joined in the seven-figure chip camp by Aido after he sent David Dayan to the rail.
Final Table
These three started the final table as the big stacks, but final table action was slow until the very final hand of the day, where Daniel Dvoress doubled into second in chips. He will be looking for revenge on Aido after a fourth-place finish in the €100,000 Super High Roller.
The two Hungarians in Czuczor and Laszlo Bujtas will no doubt be rooting for one another to do their country proud, with Benjamin Pollak and Joao Vieira further back.
Daniel Dvoress will be looking to follow in his countryman Timothy Adam's footsteps in taking down a High Roller here in Monte Carlo, whilst Koray Aldemir won't need any encouragement to add another €800,000 to his over $11m in lifetime cashes.
Here are the remaining payouts:
Place
Payout (EUR)
Payout (USD)
1
€ 809,930
$903,072
2
€ 551,750
$615,201
3
€ 364,460
$406,373
4
€ 300,340
$334,879
5
€ 241,290
$269,038
6
€ 188,980
$210,713
7
€ 141,730
$158,029
8
€ 104,610
$116,640
9
€ 80,990
$90,304
The final day's play will resume at 12:30pm and PokerNews will be there every step of the way to catch every elimination and all the action!