A memorable victory took place in Monte Carlo for young Swiss star Luca Marki won the first major title of his burgeoning career. At a final table including legends of the modern game such as Pedro Neves, Lander Lijo and Masashi Oya, Marki triumphed and won the biggest prize of his poker career to date, […]

The newest champion in Monte Carlo is a first-time winner. Dutch player Derk van Luijk had lady luck on his side as he won the first- major title of his poker career. A massive 1,208 entries created a record prizepool in the province on the French Riviera, and over $6 million was won, the bulk […]

He went into the final table with the lead and Patrik Antonius went wire-to-wire to claim the 2024 EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller title. Winning $2.1 million up top, the Finnish poker legend beat German superstar Christoph Vogelsang heads-up for the title after a top-quality final table played out on the French Riviera.

Just nine players remain in the €100,000 buy-in Super High Roller on the European Poker Tour’s Monaco stop. Monte Carlo is the scene for some of the world’s best poker players to battle it out for the $2.1 million top prize. With Patrik Antonius leading the way, others such as Ben Hearth, Byron Kaverman, David […]

Antoine Labat won his first-ever title on the European Poker Tour as he beat Brazilian player Felipe Boianovsky to a top prize of $125,000 on the Monte Carlo coast. The EPT Monte Carlo schedule isn’t limited to high rollers and the Main Event, with a variety of other games taking place in different formats. The […]

Ask poker fans to name a player who is in the top 10 on the All-Time Money List and the last name they’ll state would probably be Mikita Badziakouski. The Belarussian, whose first live tournament cash only came in 2010 in Kiev, sits between Fedor Holz and Dan Smith on the all-time money list in […]

The European Poker Tour’s flagship Main Event has been a source of debate in recent years. With a trimming back of stops on the tour a few years ago, other tour destinations to Monte Carlo came to prominence when the EPT returned in full. In 2023, evidently, the big one is back, and so is […]

The breakthrough tournament of a future star of the game or the latest shock success on the live high roller poker circuit? Alex Kulev’s triumph in Monte Carlo saw him beat some of the best in the business as he captured the $1.1 million top prize. Outlasting a final table that featured players such as […]

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Final tables have no set end time. At times, Saturday’s European Poker Tour Main Event final table in Monaco felt like it might never end. After playing for nearly 14 hours, Manig Loeser stood tall, having beaten a final table that included 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Ryan Riess.

At the start of the final table, it didn’t look like he had a shot but Sergio ‘zcedrick’ Aido battled back from the short stack to take home the 2019 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo €100,000 Super High Roller title and its €1,589,190 first-place prize.

The European Poker Tour‘s return to Monte Carlo certainly didn’t disappoint and as the Main Event final table wrapped up on Friday, there were two former GPI #1-ranked players and Hungarian Cinderella that had almost everybody cheering for him. In the end though it was France’s Nicolas Dumont who outlasted them all to win his […]

The European Poker Tour is back and with it a stop at one of its most storied locations – Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort. For 11 of the previous 13 EPT seasons, the PokerStars tour held its massive Grand Final in beautiful Monaco.

Four stops remain on Season 12 of the PokerStars-backed European Poker Tour. According to a press release PocketFives received on Tuesday, the buy-in of the EPT Grand Final Main Event in Monte Carlo will be reduced from €10,600 to €5,300, or 50%.