The 2022 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo stop is set to host several big buy-in events during the course of its schedule. The first with a buy-in of €25,000 or higher wrapped up on Apr. 30. The €25,000 single-day no-limit hold’em high roller event attracted 74 entries by the time registration closed, building a prize pool equivalent to more than $1.8 million. The action was fast and furious, and when the dust settled it was Brazilian poker pro Yuri Dzivielevski who came away with the trophy and the top prize of €448,515 ($470,941 USD). The score was the largest live payday of the online regular’s career, increasing his recorded earnings to more than $2.6 million in the process.
The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner struck a heads-up deal with Canadian high-stakes star Daniel Dvoress to bring the event to its conclusion. In addition to the hardware and the title, Dzivielevski also earned 588 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his third POY-qualified score of the year, having also made two final tables in high roller events at the EPT Prague stop in March. With 884 total points, he now sits just outside the top 150 in the 2022 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker.
Recent mystery bounty event runner-up Sergi Reixach was knocked out on the money bubble, with his A-10 running into the pocket kings of Dvoress. Byron Kaverman then scored a double knockout, with his K-Q suited besting the J-10 of Jose Quintas (11th – $46,641 USD) and the pocket aces of Rok Gostisa (10th – $46,641 USD) to narrow the field to nine.
Dzivielevski was in the middle of the pack when the field combined onto the final table, while Dvoress sat atop the chip counts. Sam Greenwood ran his set of kings into a rivered flush for Byron Kaverman to finish ninth ($53,172 USD). Dvoress then added to his lead with his sevens full of fours defeating the seven-high straight of Reza Tabatabai (8th – $69,962 USD).
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