2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

�2,200 FPS High Roller
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
€406,670
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€2,369,280
Entries
1,234
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
908
Players Left
134

Yiannis Liperis Leads 134 Players From Day 1a of the �2,200 FPS High Roller at EPT Monte Carlo

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Yiannis Liperis
Yiannis Liperis

Day 1a of the France Poker Series (FPS) �2,200 High Roller at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino? has come to an end and Yiannis Liperis of Cyprus is the chip leader after nearly 15 hours of play.

The two concurrent opening flights drew a total of 1,234 entries, with Day 1b adding 326 entries to the Day 1a total of 908. The combined flights sent 182 players to Day 2, with 134 moving on from the first flight and 48 advancing from the second.

Liperis is the chip leader after a surge throughout the second half of the evening that sent him above 700,000 chips. He is followed by Mikhail Nikolaev in second with 670,000 and Florian Guimond in third with 620,000. Gerald Karlic and Ewen Trevidy round out the top five with 574,000 and 558,000, respectively.

2023 FPS �2,200 High Roller Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankNameCountryChipsDay 2 Big Blinds
1Yiannis LiperisCyprus733,00092
2Mikhail NikolaevLatvia670,00084
3Florian GuimondFrance620,00078
4Gerald KarlicAustria574,00072
5Ewen TrevidyFrance558,00070
6Enrico CamosciItaly530,00066
7Juan Carlos VecinoSpain496,00062
8Ali NikraveshIran479,00060
9Georgi AbuladzeEstonia475,00059
10Andreas VlachosGreece451,00056

Day 1a Action

Among those qualifying for Day 2 was PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin ��Spraggy�� Spragg, who jumped in the opening flight after he bowed out of the �1,100 FPS Main Event in the early part of the day. Spragg will aim for his second cash of the series and a strong start to the year after four cashes at the PCA in January.

Other notables returning for their shot at the �2,369,280 ($2,636,257) prize pool include Enrico Camosci, Dominik Nitsche, Arnaud Enselme, Boris Kolev, and Harry Lodge.

Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg
Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg

The most furious action of the evening came on the stone bubble when three players got their stacks in with only one bust needed to end the night. Ilya Nikiforov was the first to go when his ace-queen fell to the pocket tens of Denis Malyshev on a board that ran out with only the low cards.

On an adjacent table, Davidi Kitai jammed with ace-jack, but Wei Jie Zheng was there to knock him out with pocket queens for the second knockout of the stone bubble. Meanwhile, Arthur Conan got his last 69,000 in with pocket kings, but Hirokazu Kobayashi tabled pocket tens and picked up two more on the board to eliminate Conan with quads. The three busts at the end of the night shifted the plan from 136 returning players to 134, and all of them will be in the money when they return tomorrow.

Players will return with around 35 minutes remaining in Level 18 with blinds at 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante. The plan for tomorrow is to play down to a winner.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team throughout the coming days for live updates from the floor of the 2023 EPT Monte Carlo at Sporting Monte-Carlo in beautiful Monaco.

Tags: Arnaud EnselmeArthur ConanBoris KolevDavidi KitaiDenis MalyshevDominik NitscheEnrico CamosciEwen TrevidyFlorian GuimondGeorgi AbuladzeGerald KarlicHarry LodgeIlya NikiforovMikhail NikolaevWei Jie ZhengYiannis Liperis