2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

�1,100 FPS Main Event
Day: 1ab
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
€250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€1,841,280
Entries
1,918
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1ab
Entries
644
Players Left
96

Tkatschew Takes Day 1a FPS �1,100 Main Event Chip Lead

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Alexander Tkatschew
Alexander Tkatschew

With 55 players out of 371 entries surviving Day 1a of the �1,100 FPS Main Event here at the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino, the long day has come to an end after 14 hours.

Claiming the Day 1a chip lead is Alexander Tkatschew with 650,000 in his bag for Day 2 on Saturday, April 30 at noon local time.

Tkatschew was near the top of the leaderboard throughout much of the day but he really extended his lead in the last hour of the night when he eliminated PokerStars Team Pro Ramon Colillas. After that, it was put in cruise control for Tkatschew who had no problems navigating the money bubble.

Some other notable stacks moving on to Day 2 include Giulio Astarita (524,000), Alessandro Adinolfo (427,000), and Florian Decamps (417,000), as the only players with over 400,000 chips. A few names to recognize that have locked up at least a min-cash are Andrea Rocci (351,000), Bryan Paris (325,000), Jason Wheeler (270,000), Leo Margets (125,000), and Julien Sitbon (56,000).

FPS �1,100 Main Event Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Alexander TkatschewGermany650,000
2Giulio AstaritaItaly524,000
3Efim DorfmanRomania515,000
4Alessandro AdinolfoItaly427,000
5Florian DecampsFrance417,000
6Kacper SwiderskiPoland392,000
7Olivier MurrachioliFrance390,000
8Rene ZaffranFrance370,000
9Andrea RocciItaly351,000
10Fabrice MaltezFrance346,000

Day 1b is currently still playing in the midst of level 13 with 80 players remaining out of 272 total entries. That field will be playing down to the final 41 players before the action is complete at Monte Carlo Sporting for the day. Day 1c will take place at 12 p.m. noon tomorrow with 40-minute levels and Day 1d will begin at 6 p.m. local time and be played as a turbo format with 20-minute levels.

All players bagging chips will return on April 30 for Day 2 and the levels will be increased to 60 minutes throughout. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor to bring you all of the updates throughout the remaining flights on the way to crowning a champion.

Tags: Alessandro AdinolfoAlexander TkatschewAndrea RocciBryan ParisFlorian DecampsGiulio AstaritaJason WheelerJulien SitbonLeo MargetsRamon Colillas