€10,200 Mystery Bounty | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-16-2023 15:07 UTC+2

Garagnani and Beresford Come from Behind to Stay Alive

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Stoyan Obreshkov opened to 10,000 from under the gun and Pedro Garagnani shoved all in for 96,500 in the small blind. Obreshkov quickly called and had his opponent in trouble.

Pedro Garagnani:
Stoyan Obreshkov:

Despite being dominated, Garagnani spiked an ace on the flop. The and runout secured the double-up for Garagnani.

Next door, Conor Beresford and Ren Lin also got all of their chips in the middle preflop with Beresford being at risk for 88,000. Beresford tabled but saw the bad news when Lin held .

However, the flop of vaulted Beresford to the lead and held on through the , runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	225,000 -105,000	-105,000

Pedro Garagnani	200,000 -18,000	-18,000
Conor Beresford	188,000 88,000	88,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	45,500 -54,500	-54,500

Tags: Conor Beresford Pedro Garagnani Ren Lin Stoyan Obreshkov

02-16-2023 15:03 UTC+2

Auzoux Eliminated by Hrabec

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Down to around 45,000 in chips, Gregoire Auzoux was all-in with the and found himself up against Roman Hrabec with the .

The flop left Auzoux on the ropes and he joked "diamonds, maybe?" with a dry smile on the face. He was drawing dead on the turn and that made the river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Hrabec	130,000 30,000	30,000
Gregoire Auzoux	Busted

Tags: Gregoire Auzoux Roman Hrabec

02-16-2023 14:58 UTC+2

Adams Runs Into Marques' Kings

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Andre Marques raised to 11,000 in middle position and Timothy Adams called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of and Marques checked. Adams bet 9,000 and Marques check-raised to 25,000. Adams used one of his time banks before shoving all in for 92,000. Marques snapped him off and the cards were on their backs.

Timothy Adams:
Andre Marques:

Adams flopped top pair but it was no match for the pocket kings of Marques. The and runout were no help to Adams who was eliminated just moments after registration closed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Marques	456,000 204,000	204,000
Timothy Adams	Busted

Tags: Andre Marques Timothy Adams

02-16-2023 14:54 UTC+2

Updated Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	500,000 50,000	50,000
Viktor Ustimov	380,000 46,000	46,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	350,000 258,500	258,500
Stephen Chidwick	340,000 186,500	186,500

Ren Lin	330,000 188,500	188,500

Nikita Kuznetsov	310,000 -66,500	-66,500

Stefan Schillhabel	250,000 -15,000	-15,000
Adrian Mateos	210,000 110,000	110,000

Pedro Marques	195,000 -4,000	-4,000
Jorryt van Hoof	190,000 73,000	73,000
Rui Neves Ferreira	165,000 -5,000	-5,000
Chris Brewer	130,000 -74,500	-74,500

Adam Miller	120,000 -17,000	-17,000
Jamil Wakil	120,000 7,000	7,000
Alex Kulev	55,000 -50,000	-50,000
Bruno Volkmann	48,000 -17,000	-17,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	45,000 45,000	45,000

02-16-2023 14:46 UTC+2

Late Registration Closed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Some players are still trying to get seated as they have already bought in and the late registration for the event is officially closed. More than 100 entries have emerged on a very fast-paced opening stage and the official numbers will be verified until the first break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leon Sturm	100,000 100,000	100,000
Roman Hrabec	100,000 100,000	100,000
Mark Hammond	100,000 100,000	100,000
Teun Mulder	100,000 100,000	100,000
Ethan Yau	100,000 100,000	100,000

Sirzat Hissou	100,000 39,500	39,500
Niklas Astedt	100,000
Adrian Mateos	100,000 -110,000	-110,000

Tobias Schwecht	100,000 100,000	100,000
Atanas Malinov	100,000 100,000	100,000
Gilmar Lima	100,000 100,000	100,000
Mauricio Ferreira Pais	100,000 100,000	100,000
Dimitar Danchev	100,000 100,000	100,000

Conor Beresford	100,000 100,000	100,000
Mike Watson	Busted

Jonathan Pastore	Busted
Daewoong Song	Busted

02-16-2023 14:44 UTC+2

Wakil Loads Up the Triple Barrel

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jamil Wakil came into the day as one of the short stacks but is slowly making his way up the leaderboard in the opening levels. Wakil raised to 8,000 in middle position and Alexandre Reard called from the big blind.

The flop came and Reard check-called a bet of 6,000 from Wakil. The paired the board on the turn and Reard check-called another bet of 16,500 from Wakil.

The completed the board and Reard checked for the third time. Wakil dropped in a bet of 36,000, nearly his entire stack and Reard was forced to finally lay his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamil Wakil	113,000 73,000	73,000
Alexandre Reard	54,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Jamil Wakil Alexandre Reard

Level: 11

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

02-16-2023 14:41 UTC+2

Auzoux Bad Beats Lijo

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In a preflop contest, Lander Lijo had the best of it with as he was up against Gregoire Auzoux with the .

The kicker issue wasn't solved yet on the flop but Auzoux improved on the turn, leaving his opponent with just three outs. Nothing changed with the river and that spelled the end for the Spaniard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregoire Auzoux	145,000 45,000	45,000
Lander Lijo	Busted

Tags: Gregoire Auzoux Lander Lijo

02-16-2023 14:39 UTC+2

Moraes Among Early Casualties on Day 2

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

PokerStars ambassador Rafael Moraes was also among those to enter in the first hour of play but barely lasted half an hour. He got it in preflop with the against Julien Sitbon, who held the dominating .

The kicker played on the runout and that spelled the end for Moraes.

However, Sitbon then lost a bigger pot to Kayhan Mokri who further increased his decent stack towards the end of the late registration period.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	440,000 93,500	93,500
Julien Sitbon	250,000 -80,500	-80,500
Rafael Moraes	Busted

Tags: Julien Sitbon Kayhan Mokri Rafael Moraes

02-16-2023 14:34 UTC+2

"Good Turn" for Nesterov

Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Zhi Ning raised to 8,500 from under the gun and was called by Neymar and Jakov Nesterov on his left. They went three ways to a flop of and Ning started with a check. Neymar fired out a bet of 13,000 which Nesterov called and Ning got out of the way.

The landed on the turn and Neymar slowed down with a check this time. Nesterov flicked in a bet of 10,000 and Neymar stuck around to see the on the river.