Maksim Haitsiukevich was all in from the button against Sergey Lebedev in the big blind. Haitsiukevich had 18,200 and was covered as players turned their cards.
Maksim Haitsiukevich: A♣J♣ 
Sergey Lebedev: 8♣8♠
The board ran out 10♥K♥J♠3♦4♦ and Haitsiukevich paired his jack on the flop. He held to win the pot and double his stack.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
There were times during the final table of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte-Carlo Main Event that it seemed like it was fate for Derk van Luijk to be the one to hoist the gold-plated trophy at the end.
The 43-year-old Dutchman was all in on the penultimate day with ace-jack against aces but caught running jacks to make trips and earn a miracle double up. He was a card away from elimination on the final day but spiked two pair to stay alive. Van Luijk doubled up six different times over the course of the day. He ended up winning the most important all-in of all, the last one, as he defeated Boris Angelov at the end of an epic heads-up match to win the EPT title and the €1,000,000 top prize.
“That’s an amazing feeling. I cannot even realize still that I’ve won. It feels like I’m spacing right now. You don’t realize it yet, but it’s an amazing feeling,” Van Luijk said after conquering the largest field in EPT Monte-Carlo history with 1,208 total entries.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derk van Luijk | Netherlands | €1,000,000 |
| 2 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | €620,500 |
| 3 | Rania Nasreddine | United States | €442,900 |
| 4 | Jovan Kenjic | Serbia | €340,500 |
| 5 | Jonathan Pastore | France | €261,700 |
| 6 | Niclas Thumm | Germany | €201,000 |
| 7 | Jonathan Guedes | Brazil | €154,900 |
| 8 | Jozef Cibicek | Slovakia | €119,000 |
Players are going on a 75-minute dinner break. Action should resume around 8 p.m. local time.
Boutras Awad raised from early position, Jennifer Breckenridge called in the small blind, Mario Navarro three-bet from the big blind, Awad called, and so did Breckenridge.
The flop came 7♥J♣4♥ and Breckenridge moved all in for 15,000. Navarro called and showed K♣J♣ for a pair of jacks.
"C'mon," said Breckenridge as she showed J♦9♠ for the same pair, and then called for a nine to pair her inferior kicker.
The turn came the 3♠ and river the 2♥, so Navarro held with his pair of jacks and higher kicker to win the pot. Breckenridge was eliminated.
Shakhabiddin Muradov moved all in for 22,000 from under the gun and Julien Veyssiere put him at risk from the cutoff.
Shakhabiddin Muradov: A♠K♥
Julien Veyssiere: A♣A♦
Veyssiere had woken up with aces, but the J♥4♥9♥ flop gave Muradov some hope with a flush draw. The turn was the 10♠, while the 2♣ fell on the river and sealed Muradov's elimination.
There was around 20,000 in the pot on a board of 5♣5♠4♥2♣6♥ and Gianfranco Iaculli moved all in. Keith Lehr called for 27,000, the rest of his stack.
Iaculli showed 7♥5♥ for trip fives to win the pot, sending Lehr to the rail.
Action was on the turn on a board of 3♠Q♠9♠2♦ and David Docherty made a bet, which Florian Ribouchon raised up to 16,000 from the button. Docherty called and the river came the 3♦.
With around 40,000 in the pot, Docherty then pushed a stack of blues into the middle, an effective all in of 62,000 against his shorter-stacked opponent. Ribouchon went into the tank for a serious amount of time before eventually making the fold.
"Show one, please?" Ribouchon asked Docherty.
"You already know one, it's the other one you want," replied Docherty.
Rania Nasreddine, who was relaxing with her phone in her hand and a masseuse rubbing her back, then said abruptly, "What you have?"
Docherty laughed and revealed that he had "some value and some bluffs."
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