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2022 EPT Monte Carlo Crowns Its First Brazilian Winner

In a first, the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) crowned a Brazilian as its Main Event winner. Marcelo Simoes Mesqueu grabbed his maiden EPT Main Event (ME) title for his home country in Monte Carlo for €939,840. This win represents by far the heftiest cash grab by the Brazilian player from a prize pool of €5,204,050. Mesqueu topped the table from an entry field of 1,073 players. The 2022 EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event was the second biggest in the history of the Le Sporting Monte Carlo stop of the tour. 

Marcelo Simoes Mesqueu and Morten Hvam pose for picture

The runner-up was Morten Hvam. The second place finisher took home a prize money of €564,640. The heads up duel between the Brazilian and Dane was quite short-lived. On the final hand, Hvam raised to 500,000 from the button position with Kc Td. Mesqueu took the three-bet route for 1,300,000 with Kh Kd. Hvam made the call with more than a quarter of his remaining chips. 

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The 9d 7d 6s flop gave Hvam a gutshot straight draw. Mesqueu again bet 1,000,000. Hvam added 3,400,000 to the pot and got called by Mesqueu. In a nail-biting moment 5s fell on the turn which gave the Dane some outs for a split pot conclusion. But that never happened as Jd fell on the river. After a moment of silence, the Brazilian rail exploded with joy. The €1,100 France Poker Series (FPS) Main Event winner, Lucas Scafini lifted Mesqueu into the air after the latter made his country proud by winning an EPT ME title.

Final Table Payouts

Place	Winner	Country	Prize
1	Marcelo Simoes Mesqueu	Brazil	€939,840
2	Morten Hvam	Denmark	€564,640
3	Dragos Trofimov	Moldova	€397,590
4	Jaime Cervantes	United States	€298,710
5	Hugo Pingray	France	€228,460
6	Erkan Soenmez	Germany	€167,050
7	Ramon Colillas	Spain	€125,420
8	Yannick Cardot	France	€89,770

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