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EPT MONTE-CARLO 2025 : Tsar Aleksandr Shevliakov wins the Main Event - €1,000,000
2025-05-11 - RICHARD Fabien
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Congratulations to Aleksandr Shevliakov, winner of the EPT Monte-Carlo 2025 and new King of the Rock, after a final battle to the top.

Against 1,195 opponents from all around the poker world, Aleksandr Shevliakov kept silent... letting his chips do the talking. Unflinching, almost icy, he navigated one of the toughest final tables on the circuit with composure and precision.

A king without a crown, a man without flaws

Fraternal handshake between the Russian champion and the Ukrainian runner-up — a powerful image!

He doesn't flinch. He barely smiles. He doesn’t raise his arms. And yet, Aleksandr Shevliakov has just made history in European poker.

In Monte-Carlo, the 37-year-old Russian captured his first major EPT title by dominating the final table of the Main Event, before defeating Ukraine's Khossein Kokhestani heads-up. A high-flying performance against a massive field, rewarding years in the shadows, final tables without trophies, and silences full of experience.

An IT specialist in Ljubljana and a self-proclaimed recreational player, Shevliakov still managed to outclass circuit legends like Boris Angelov, who finished third after leading two years in a row heading into the final day.

The final table started on a false note. A dispute with Canadian Jamil Wakil triggered controversy in the early orbits: a misunderstanding on positions, a contested raise, a fatal all-in. Wakil crumbled in anger. The crowd murmured. Shevliakov moved on.

He took the lead from Angelov, whom he later trapped with a brilliant bluff. But nothing comes easy in Monte-Carlo. Angelov fought back, found double-ups, resisted. Then Golinski (5th) and Coppola (4th) bowed out, victims of Shevliakov’s surgical precision.

The Bulgarian Angelov, true to his legend, kept battling. But this time, it was the Ukrainian dentist Kokhestani who crushed his dream. Angelov exited with bronze — once again, so close.

The heads-up duel was epic. Chips flew, positions changed. Kokhestani struck first, Shevliakov answered back. Both found two pairs, both flirted with full houses. Two minds clashed, two silences stared each other down. Then the Russian took control. A massive raise, an iron bluff, a faint smile. The final hand came: a limp, a shove, a call. King-deuce versus ace-six. The flop brought a deuce. The river changed nothing. Curtain.

No fanfare, no shouting. Just a golden trophy lifted shyly, almost mechanically. The man is discreet, nearly cold. But fire runs through his veins. In Monte-Carlo, he didn’t just win a million euros. He made history.

Final Table Results – EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event 2025:

1. Aleksandr Shevliakov – Russia – €1,000,000

2. Khossein Kokhestani – Ukraine – €615,000

3. Boris Angelov – Bulgaria – €439,200

4. Enrico Coppola – Italy – €337,900

5. Mariusz Golinski – Poland – €259,900

6. Jamil Wakil – Canada – €199,750

7. Miguel Capriles – Venezuela – €153,600

8. Leon Zeaiter – Germany – €118,150


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(Photo credit: PokerStars)

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