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Roman Stoica Wins EPT Monte Carlo Main Event
The 2026 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo €5,300 no-limit hold’em main event attracted a 1,011-entry field.
Roman Stoica emerged victorious with the title and the top prize of €825,000 ($965,250 USD). This was the largest payday yet for the 31-year-old from St. Petersburg, topping the $431,367 that he earned for a win in a €3,250 mystery bounty event at the 2025 EPT Barcelona festival. Stoica now has nearly $1.6 million in career cashes to his name.
In addition to the hardware and the money, Stoica also earned 1,920 Card Player Player of the Year points. The solid turnout for this, the 18th running of this event, made for a prize pool of $5,736,920. The top 151 finishers earned a share, with big names like Juha Helppi (55th), Derk van Luijk (46th), Joao Vieira (44th), Benjamin Pollak (39th), Benny Glaser (27th), Dimitar Danchev (26th), Thomas Eychenne (22nd), Boris Kolev (21st), Mehdi Chaoui (17th), Ognyan Dimov (13th), Jason Wheeler (12th), and Leonard Maue (9th) all running deep.
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