Get Ready for Day 1a in the €5,300 EPT Main Event in Monte Carlo
It's a cloudy day here in Monaco, but things should brighten up shortly as the €5,300 EPT Main Event gets underway at noon as part of the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino??.
The marquee event of the series should draw plenty of big names and perhaps some of the high rollers who were unable to advance in the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller.
At least for now, the field won't yet include 2013 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event champion Steve O'Dwyer, who managed to bag a stack of 189,000 heading into Day 2. Similarly, 2014 champion Adrian Mateos will be busy competing in the Super High Roller after bagging fifth in chips (467,000).
Most recently, Brazil's Marcelo Simoes got through a field of 1,073 runners in the 2022 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event to win €939,840 and his first EPT title, while others at the final table included Morten Hvam (2nd - €564,640), Dragos Trofimov (3rd - €397,590) and 2019 PSPC winner Ramon Colillas (7th - €125,420).
Both starting flights are scheduled to play for ten-hour-long levels and will kick off with blind levels of 100/100/100. There will be 20-minute breaks every two levels, and there is a 75-minute dinner break scheduled to take place after the completion of Level 6.
Approximately 15% of the field will be paid, and late registration will remain open until the start of Day 2. Shot clocks are set to be introduced on Day 3.
Among those who are already registered for Day 1a are Ana Marquez, Julien Sitbon and Peter Jorgne, but expect to see plenty more big names as the event gets underway.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is here on site on the currently rainy Monaco coast and is ready to provide updates on all the tournament action.