Belarusian poker pro Nikita Badiakovskiy once again won the EPT Monte Carlo High Roller over the weekend, taking home nearly $1 million in prize money. With a buy-in of 25,000 euros, 162 people entered the tournament, 49 players took advantage of the re-entry opportunity. Thus, the prize pool amounted to € 5,066,110. The event took place over three days. The Belarusian started the third day with the third stack. It took about 11 hours to determine the winner. Bodyakovsky, who was 1-1 with Britain’s Ben Heath, made a deal to slightly change the distribution of the first two payouts.
In total, the prize zone included 31 positions.