Le come-back de Yuri Dzivielevski (448,515€)
After 16 hours of poker action, the second high stakes contest of the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® has come to a conclusion. Brazilian superstar Yuri Dzivielevski cut a heads-up deal with Daniel Dvoress as both players divided the lion's share of the €1,776,740 prize pool. It was yet another very successful High Roller attendance as field of 74 entries emerged the first €25,000 Single-Day High Roller of the EPT stop at the Monte-Carlo Sporting complex.
The final stages of the tournament lasted until the early morning hours and once Byron Kaverman was eliminated in third place, Dzivielevski and Dvoress agreed to an ICM deal and flipped for the trophy. The fortune was on the side of Dzivielevski, like it had been many times prior to that, and he claimed the PokerStars spadie along with a top prize of €448,515. For Dvoress, the runner-up finish came with a consolation prize of €387,435 and both discussed immediately after their potential plans for Day 1 of the upcoming €100,000 Super High Roller.
En route to success, Dzivielevski staged a huge comeback as he was the shortest stack on just three big blinds during the final table. The top 11 spots were paid with notables such as Andriy Lyubovetskiy, Andras Nemeth, PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton and Sam Greenwood all earning cash prizes. Sergi Reixach, who earned the most money in the €10,200 Mystery Bounty Event and finished second to Jean-Noel Thorel just one day ago, was eliminated on the bubble this time.
Football star and PokerStars Cultural Ambassador Neymar Jr was also among the participants as well but failed to make a deep run, bowing out soon after the late registration of the tournament closed.
Final Result €25,000 Single-Day High Roller
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuri Dzivielevski | Brazil | €448,515* |
| 2 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | €387,435* |
| 3 | Byron Kaverman | United States | €227,420 |
| 4 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | €175,010 |
| 5 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | €138,590 |
| 6 | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | €108,380 |
| 7 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | €85,280 |
| 8 | Reza Tabatabai | United Kingdom | €66,630 |
| 9 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | €50,640 |
| 10 | Rok Gostisa | Slovenia | €44,420 |
| 11 | Jose Quintas | Portugal | €44,420 |
*reflects ICM deal of the final two players
A recap of the action will be available in the morning.
to keep Dzivielevski ahead.
for Dvoress to pick up the gutshot to a straight but Dzivielevski picked up the nut flush draw.
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flop improved Dzivielevski to a pair of queens. Nothing changed on the 
turn and the 
river ended Kaverman's run in third place as the short-handed survival eventually came down to the final two players.
for Dzivielevski to hit the flop for a pair of eights which he improved to two pair on the turn to knock Lyubovetskiy out in fourth place for €175,010.
board gave Kaverman trips fours and Nemeth was down to a mere 205,000.
flop and retained it on the 
flop was checked by both players and Dvoress bet the 
for a full house and Tabatabai flashed his 
for a set of kings by Greenwood were briefly exposed but Kaverman had the best of it with 
