2024 EPT Monte Carlo: Patrik Antonius & Ioannis Poullos Claim High Roller Titles

Patrik Antonius overcame a record-breaking field of 72 entries in the €100,000 Super High Roller at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo, taking home €1,967,44 and the coveted EPT trophy. This marked his first live title of 2024 and second major EPT title of his career. This was the second seven-figure score of the year for the Finnish superstar and it took his live earnings to $21.637 Million.

2024 EPT Monte Carlo €100,000 EPT Super High Roller Recap

This €100,000 EPT Super High Roller was by far the biggest EPT Monte Carlo super high roller, surpassing the previous record of 71 entries set in 2015 and resulting in a prize pool of $7,544,275, which was finally shared by the top 11 finishers. All-time money leader Justin Bonomo was the first player to finish in the money, securing €174,600 with an 11th place showing late on day 2. He was followed by two-time bracelet winner Nick Petrangelo finishing 10th for a prize of €174,600.

The final day began with nine players with Finland’s All-Time Money leader Patrik Antonius leading the way. Defending champion Alex Kulev started the day as the short-stack with seven big blinds, and unsurprisingly he was the first to exit the table in ninth place after his pocket nines lost against the king-ten of Pardo. He was then followed by two-time POY winner Stephen Chidwick (8th – €272,800).

Antonius scored his first knockout of the day with his A-Q suited holding against the A-9 of David Yan (7th – €341,200. Yan was followed by Jean-Noel Thorel who fell after calling off with king-queen suited versus a jam from Pardo with ace-ten. Bracelet winner Ben Heath exited  in fifth place after his pocket tens lost a preflop race against the K-J suited of Antonius. Heath from the UK earned €536,500 for his efforts. Antonius then scored his third elimination of the day when he held with A-J suited against the A-8 of Byron Kaverman (4th – €697,500) to enter the 3-handed play with the largest stack.

The next player to fall was Juan Pardo (3rd – €906,700) whose pocket queens were beaten by the Q-6 suited of Christoph Vogelsang, who hit trip sixes. The heads-up began with Antonius holding a 4:3 chip lead over Germany’s Vogelsang. While the latter fought valiantly, Antonius was able to move into the massive lead and win the title. On the final hand, Vogelsang limp-called with Ah 5c and Antonius shoved with Ac 9s. The board ran out Kc Qd 4c Qc 9h, giving Antonius the title.

2024 EPT Monte Carlo €100,000 EPT Super High Roller Final Table Payouts (EURO)

Another EPT champion crowned at the 2024 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo was Greece’s Ioannis Poullos who emerged as the champion of the €2,200 FPS High Roller. Poullos topped a massive field of 1,217-entrants,  claiming his career-best €288,635 and his first-ever PokerStars trophy.

The massive turnout resulted in the  €2,336,640 prize pool. A total of 181 players survived from two starting flights to enter the final day, each of them guaranteed at least €3,290.  Some notables who made it to the final day but fell short of the final table were PokerStars ambassador Rafael Moraes (116th – €4,350), Ole Schemion (74th – €5,000), Dominik Nitsche (71st – €5,750), Antoine Labat (45th – €6,610), Andrew Hulme (39th – €7,590) and Arsenii Karmatckii (26th – €10,050).

2024 EPT Monte Carlo  €2,200 FPS High Roller Final Table Recap

Eliminations continued and the final table was reached after Paul Runcan fell in 10th for €28,510. The action on the final table was fast and furious. The short-stacked Julien Thome was the first casualty after his pocket jacks fell to the unstoppable pocket aces of chip leader Ioannis Poullos. He was followed by Stephane Gabarre, Joachim Meisolle, and Taran Parmar all falling in quick succession.

Javier Gomez, who began the final table with a middle-of-the-pack stack, ascended the leaderboard quickly by scoring the next two eliminations. He first busted Lithuania’s Vladas Tamasauskas in fifth place. He then eliminated fellow Spaniard Javier Fernandez in fourth place, bringing the field to three.

The final three players – Poullos, Di Meglio, and Gomez – held almost even chip stacks with Poullos holding a marginal lead. They finally agreed for a deal, ensuring a fair distribution of the remaining prize money. After the deal, the battle for the coveted PokerStars trophy continued. Ioannis Poullos emerged victorious, claiming the coveted EPT title and a massive €288,635, his career best score.

2024 EPT Monte Carlo  €2,200 FPS High Roller  Final Table Payouts  (EURO)

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