Zum Abschluss der PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino gehört auch immer das dreitägige € 25.000 EPT High Roller, das gestern mit einem starken Feld eröffnet wurde.
139 Starter und 43 Re-Entries wurden an Tag 1 verzeichnet, viele Bekannte waren unter den Teilnehmer. Auch die DACHs waren gut vertreten, unter anderem mit Timo und Lars Kamphues, Manig Loeser, Leon Sturm, Dominik Nitsche, Sirzat Hissou, Christoph Vogelsang, Emil Bise, und Christopher Pütz. Unter ihren Gegnern waren die üblichen Verdächtigen wie Artur Martirosian, Adrian Mateos, Nick Petrangelo, Orpen Kisacikoglu, Conor Beresford, Daniel Dvoress, Patrik Antonius, Paul Newey, Sam Grafton, Steve O’Dwyer und so weiter.
Zehn Levels wurden gestern gespielt und das Feld halbiert. Nur 95 Spieler kamen durch den Tag, die Führung holte sich Marius Kudzmanas mit 364.000 Chips vor Alejandro Lococo mit 361.500. Als bester DACH-Spieler liegt Timo Kamphues auf Rang 12. Die Platzierungen der DACHs
| Rang | Name | Nation | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 12 | Timo Kamphues | Germany | 190.500 | 10 | 7 |
| 17 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 165.500 | 1 | 2 |
| 47 | Leon Sturm | Germany | 74.000 | 13 | 8 |
| 64 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | 50.000 | ||
| 70 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 47.000 | 9 | 6 |
| 71 | Christopher Putz | Austria | 46.500 | 15 | 5 |
| 77 | Lars Kamphues | Austria | 38.500 | 1 | 5 |
| 83 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 32.000 | 5 | 8 |
| 93 | Kreshnik Maloku | Switzerland | 20.500 | 8 | 8 |
| 95 | Samuel Ju | Germany | 17.000 | 3 | 2 |
Bei den Blinds 1.000/1.500/1.500 geht es um 12:30 Uhr zurück an die Tische, die Late Reg schließt zum Start von Tag 2. Die Coverage zum Event findet Ihr unter pokernews.com, alle Details unter pokerstarslive.com.
EPT Monte Carlo 2023
Datum: 26. April bis 06. Mai
Ort: Monte-Carlo Casino
Events: 37 + 16 Satellites
Schedule: –>> click
| Rang | Name | Nation | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Marius Kudzmanas | Lithuania | 364.000 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 361.500 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Juan Pardo | Spain | 302.000 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | Romain Lewis | France | 251.000 | 15 | 2 |
| 5 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 239.000 | 15 | 6 |
| 6 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 228.500 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | 223.000 | 8 | 5 |
| 8 | Felipe Fontoura | Brazil | 213.500 | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | 212.500 | 6 | 3 |
| 10 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 206.000 | 13 | 1 |
| 11 | Mikita Badziakouski | Ukraine | 199.000 | 5 | 3 |
| 12 | Timo Kamphues | Germany | 190.500 | 10 | 7 |
| 13 | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 187.000 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | Mario Navarro | Spain | 187.000 | 10 | 8 |
| 15 | Seth Davies | USA | 176.000 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Norway | 174.000 | 13 | 3 |
| 17 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 165.500 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 159.500 | 13 | 5 |
| 19 | Weiran Pu | China | 156.000 | 7 | 1 |
| 20 | Enrico Camosci | Italy | 155.000 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Daehyung Lee | South Korea | 146.000 | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | Yuan Li | Hong Kong | 145.000 | 11 | 2 |
| 23 | Pedro Gois Neves | Portugal | 136.000 | 5 | 6 |
| 24 | Roman Samoylov | Israel | 134.500 | 14 | 7 |
| 25 | Steve O’Dwyer | Ireland | 131.500 | 6 | 6 |
| 26 | Saar Wilf | Israel | 128.500 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 123.000 | 7 | 7 |
| 28 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 119.500 | 9 | 8 |
| 29 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | 116.000 | 10 | 2 |
| 30 | Johan Guilbert | France | 113.000 | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | Quan Zhou | Hong Kong | 109.000 | 15 | 8 |
| 32 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 108.500 | 9 | 1 |
| 33 | Milos Petakovic | Serbia | 105.500 | 11 | 8 |
| 34 | Jenya Gavrilovich | Belarus | 105.000 | 14 | 6 |
| 35 | Barak Wisbrod | Israel | 102.000 | 11 | 1 |
| 36 | Patrick Bruel | France | 101.500 | 8 | 2 |
| 37 | Lander Lijo | Spain | 100.000 | 1 | 6 |
| 38 | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | 99.000 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Nacho Barbero | Argentina | 99.000 | 8 | 4 |
| 40 | Ilya Nikiforov | Russia | 97.000 | 12 | 6 |
| 41 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 94.500 | 9 | 2 |
| 42 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 93.500 | 14 | 8 |
| 43 | Jacob Amsellem | Israel | 88.000 | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | Lim Chin Wei | Malaysia | 84.500 | 3 | 8 |
| 45 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 84.000 | 4 | 7 |
| 46 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | 83.000 | 16 | 5 |
| 47 | Leon Sturm | Germany | 74.000 | 13 | 8 |
| 48 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 73.500 | 7 | 2 |
| 49 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 68.000 | 6 | 8 |
| 50 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 67.500 | 14 | 5 |
| 51 | Aliaksandr Hirs | Belarus | 66.500 | 12 | 2 |
| 52 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 65.900 | 13 | 6 |
| 53 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 65.000 | 14 | 3 |
| 54 | Alexandru Danes | France | 60.500 | 6 | 5 |
| 55 | Kuljinder Sidhu | United Kingdom | 59.000 | 7 | 3 |
| 56 | Masashi Oya | Japan | 58.000 | 3 | 6 |
| 57 | Luke Schwartz | United Kingdom | 54.000 | 11 | 4 |
| 58 | Fabrice Maltez | France | 53.500 | 6 | 7 |
| 59 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 53.500 | 10 | 5 |
| 60 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 52.000 | 5 | 2 |
| 61 | Shakhabiddin Muradov | Latvia | 51.000 | 9 | 7 |
| 62 | Jeremie Zouari | France | 50.000 | ||
| 63 | Harry Lodge | United Kingdom | 50.000 | ||
| 64 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | 50.000 | ||
| 65 | Biao Ding | China | 50.000 | ||
| 66 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 49.500 | 16 | 7 |
| 67 | Thomas Eychenne | France | 48.000 | 3 | 5 |
| 68 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 48.000 | 6 | 1 |
| 69 | Florian Guimond | France | 47.000 | 1 | 8 |
| 70 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 47.000 | 9 | 6 |
| 71 | Christopher Putz | Austria | 46.500 | 15 | 5 |
| 72 | Julien Sitbon | France | 44.000 | 3 | 1 |
| 73 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | 44.000 | 5 | 4 |
| 74 | Carl Shaw | United Kingdom | 44.000 | 10 | 1 |
| 75 | Patrik Jaros | Czech Republic | 39.500 | 16 | 1 |
| 76 | Sosia Jiang | New Zealand | 39.000 | 7 | 8 |
| 77 | Lars Kamphues | Austria | 38.500 | 1 | 5 |
| 78 | Michel Dattani | Portugal | 37.000 | 10 | 6 |
| 79 | Motoyoshi Okamura | Japan | 36.000 | 12 | 3 |
| 80 | Ricardo Caridade | Portugal | 33.000 | 4 | 8 |
| 81 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 33.000 | 15 | 4 |
| 82 | Murad Akhundov | Azerbaijan | 32.500 | 1 | 1 |
| 83 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 32.000 | 5 | 8 |
| 84 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 32.000 | 16 | 2 |
| 85 | Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 31.500 | 12 | 5 |
| 86 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 30.000 | 12 | 1 |
| 87 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | 27.500 | 1 | 4 |
| 88 | Stanislav Urodlivchenko | Ukraine | 26.500 | 2 | 5 |
| 89 | Harold Ichbia | France | 25.500 | 12 | 4 |
| 90 | Laszlo Molnar | Hungary | 25.000 | 4 | 5 |
| 91 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 23.500 | 3 | 7 |
| 92 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 23.000 | 5 | 7 |
| 93 | Kreshnik Maloku | Switzerland | 20.500 | 8 | 8 |
| 94 | Rui Querido Martins | Portugal | 18.000 | 4 | 2 |
| 95 | Samuel Ju | Germany | 17.000 | 3 | 2 |
| 96 | Mikhail Rudoy | Russia | 16.000 | 4 | 4 |
| 97 | Lucas Silva Rocha | Brazil | 12.500 | 4 | 6 |
| 98 | Robert Greenberg | USA | 1.000 | 11 | 3 |