Overview
- Day 5 ended with 20 players left in the EPT Montecarlo Main Event, led by Austria’s Bernhard Binder with about 4.5 million chips.
- Italy’s run ended when Fabiano Cappelli busted in 42nd place after kings ran into aces.
- Start-of-day leader Thomas Eychenne saw his momentum stall and finished in 22nd place.
- La Gazzetta dello Sport will stream the closing action in Italian using a new format that trims tournament breaks for near-continuous coverage.
- Side events wrapped as Goryachev won the Mystery Bounty with a €237,000 first prize and Rabl captured the T-O-R-S-E title.