Mario Navarro opened to 100,000 from the hijack and was called by Aliaksei Boika and Igor Yaroshevskyy from the button and big blind.
Navarro continued for 100,000 on the A?K?7? flop and only Boika called. Boika then called for 355,000 on the 10? turn before the 8? river checked through to showdown. Navarro tabled his A?Q? for a pair of aces and Boika mucked.
Action folded around to Mario Navarro, who pushed all in from the hijack. Andrea Crobu asked for a count, which was 550,000, and then made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Navarro at risk.
Mario Navarro: 10?10?
Andrea Crobu: 8?8?
Crobu had pocket eights and Navarro had the higher pair, pocket tens. The board ran out K?4?A?2?4? and neither player improved. That gave Navarro an early double up on Day 3.
The PokerStars EPT presented by Monte-Carlo Casino? is reaching its last few days of action, and one event that wraps up today is the €3,000 EPT Monte Carlo Mystery Bounty.
The final day of the tournament gets underway at 12 p.m. local time, and sees 15 players returning to Sporting Monte-Carlo to battle it out for the remainder of the €1,163,448 prize pool. Those who still remain have already locked up €11,100, but of course, all eyes will be on the €224,448 that awaits the winner.
One of the most exciting aspects of Mystery Bounty events are the mystery bounty prizes, and they did not disappoint in the principality. Aurelien Russo and Sam Greenwood pulled the €100,000 mystery bounty prize, with the other big bounties being dished out throughout Day 2. Only €1,000 bounties remain, which could cause play to be cautious for today's session.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize (EUR)
Place
Prize (EUR)
1
€224,448
7
€35,050
2
€140,050
8
€26,950
3
€100,050
9
€20,700
4
€76,950
10-11
€16,000
5
€59,200
12-13
€13,350
6
€45,550
14-15
€11,100
Lopes and Labat Still in Contention
Bruno Lopes
Play resumes on Level 27, where the blinds will be 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante. And coming into today in top spot is Italy's Andrea Crobu (2,675,000). Hot on his heels is Matthias Lipp (2,255,000) and bracelet winner Fabio Peluso (2,155,000), who round out the top three chip counts.
Also among the finalists are French poker veterans Bruno Lopes (1,190,000) and WSOP Main Event final table maker Antoine Labat (255,000). Lopes comes into the day eighth in chips while Labat props up the rest of the pack.
