EPT MONTE-CARLO 2025: 382 vying for the crown on DAY 2 of the Main Event!

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EPT MONTE-CARLO 2025: 382 vying for the crown on DAY 2 of the Main Event!

2025-05-05 - Fabien RICHARD

But who will win one of the most beautiful tournaments on the planet, the no less famous EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event? 382 players are vying for the crown !

DAY 1B, just like DAY 1A of the Main Event, lived up to expectations and delivered a show worthy of the greatest poker competitions on the planet. It’s the second-largest edition after 2024, which gathered 1,208 entries!

Garcia takes the lead, Angelov seeks redemption

Day 1B of the €5,300 Main Event at EPT Monte-Carlo 2025 attracted 727 players, bringing the total number of entries to 1,129 for a prize pool of €5,504,750. After ten levels of play on this second Day 1, 259 players bagged chips for Day 2.

César Garcia stood out by dominating the day with a stack of 323,000 chips, or 215 big blinds. He is followed by Germany’s Sebastian Gaehl (288,000) and France’s Laurent Cessy (250,000).

Other notable performances include Shakhabiddin Muradov (241,000), Nicolas Oger (221,000), and Boris Angelov (210,000), who returned with determination after finishing second last year.

The French contingent is diverse, mixing seasoned professionals with ambitious amateurs, all aiming for a deep run.

Among the standouts: Frédéric Popot, Malcolm Franchi, Arnaud Enselme, and Victor Der Megreditchian, all finishing above 130,000 chips.

A bit further down but still in contention, Pierre Calamusa (78,000), Antoine Saout (78,000), Sylvain Loosli (65,000), and Patrick Bruel (36,500) remain within striking distance.

Behind them, around thirty French players are sitting between 20,000 and 100,000 chips, in a field where anything is still possible.

Julien Sitbon, one of the expected contenders, ended the day as a short stack with only 12,000 chips, but the main thing is — he made Day 2.

TOP 10 Chipcounts – DAY 1B – EPT Monte Carlo 2025 Main Event:

César Garcia (Spain) – 323,000 chips

Sebastian Gaehl (Germany) – 288,000 chips

Laurent Cessy (France) – 250,000 chips

Shakhabiddin Muradov (Latvia) – 241,000 chips

Nicolas Oger (France) – 221,000 chips

Ignacio Sole (Spain) – 213,500 chips

Boris Angelov (Bulgaria) – 210,000 chips

Hrayr Grigoryan (Armenia) – 201,000 chips

Alexandre Landron (France) – 192,000 chips

Julien Mariani (France) – 190,000 chips

All chipcounts and live results available on the Google Play app HERE or App Store HERE

(Photo credit: PokerStars)