Chidwick, Marki, and Pardo Win Final European Poker Tour Monte Carlo High Rollers

The 2024 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo festival is now officially in the books. The massive series wrapped up with several massive tournaments concluding over the final weekend, including the €5,300 main event won by Derk Van Luijk. The final few days also saw a trio of high-stakes tournaments crown their champions. Below we take a look at the results from those three high rollers.

2024 EPT Monte Carlo €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em

With 95 entries, the prize pool for the final €10,200 buy-in no-limit hold’em event of the series swelled to $995,220. A baker’s dozen made the money to earn a share of that pot, with the largest chunk ultimately captured by Stephen Chidwick.

The 35-year-old British poker pro walked away with $265,464 after overcoming Steve O’Dwyer heads-up for the title. This was Chidwick’s fourth win and 15th final-table finish of 2024. With 3,958 Card Player Player of the Year points accrued so far, he is now the second-ranked contender in the 2024 POY race standings presented by Global Poker. Chidwick is well situated for a run at his third POY award, having already won in 2019 and 2022.

Chidwick now has more than $58.2 million in career tournament earnings, the third most of any player in the history of the game. O’Dwyer cashed for $171,288 to bring his lifetime haul to $42.3 million, which is good for 14th place on the all-time money list.

2024 EPT Monte Carlo €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em

The multi-day €25,000 buy-in high roller attracted a massive field of 247 entries, resulting in more than $6.4 million being paid out among the top 31 finishers. The final 15 all earned six figures or more, with seven-figure payouts for the champion and runner-up.

Switzerland’s Luca Marki walked away with $1,172,848 after striking a deal with Mauricio Salazar Sanchez, who earned $1,026,000 for second place. This was his largest live score yet, topping the $655,290 he earned for a runner-up showing in an EPT Paris high roller earlier this year.

Marki also scored 1,428 POY points for this victory. Combined with the 1,750 he was awarded for his aforementioned score in France, he now sits in seventh place in the POY rankings with 3,178 total points.

Masashi Oya, who won an earlier high roller at this stop and placed second in another, finished fourth for $464,616. All told, he cashed for more than $1.4 million during this festival.

2024 EPT Monte Carlo €25,000 Single Day No-Limit Hold’em

The final high roller of the series was a single-day €25,000 buy-in affair. With 35 entries, the top six finishers split up a prize pool of $907,578.

Spain’s Juan Pardo triumphed, defeating all-time money leader Justin Bonomo heads-up to secure the title and the top prize of $313,146. Pardo now has $11.3 million in lifetime scores.

Bonomo was awarded $204,228 as the runner-up. The American now sits with more than $65.9 million in career cashes.

Four-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos placed sixth for $64,594. This was already the sixth final-table finish of the year for the Spaniard, with more than $2.1 million in POY earnings accrued across those deep runs. He now sits just outside the top ten in the 2024 POY standings as a result of his solid start to the year.

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