2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em III
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
97
Prize
€324,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€940,800
Entries
40
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
22
Players Left
1

Five-High vs. Four-High

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 20,000 from the button with Adrian Mateos and Sirzat Hissou calling from the blinds. Action checked through to the river for the final board to show {j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{j-Spades}.

Mateos bet 22,000 which folded out Hissou but Thorel called.

Mateos and Thorel both played the board and chopped the pot as they tabled {5-Spades}{4-Spades} and {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} respectively.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
1,000,000
-100,000
-100,000
EPT Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
640,000
65,000
65,000
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
168,000
-202,000
-202,000

O'Dwyer Pays Off Thorel

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer opened to 22,000 from under the gun and Jean-Noel Thorel called from the small blind. The {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop checked through to the {a-Diamonds} turn.

Thorel check-raised to 90,000 after O'Dwyer bet 40,000. The Irishman called.

On the {7-Spades} river, Thorel sized up to 110,000 and after some thinking time, O'Dwyer called again.

Thorel had the {a-Spades}{j-Spades} for two pair, aces and jacks. O'Dwyer mucked his hand and become one of the shorter stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
575,000
230,000
230,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
170,000
-231,000
-231,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelSteve O'Dwyer

Big Stack to No Stack for Mulder

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Teun Mulder
Teun Mulder

Teun Mulder had a fruitful Day 1 in this event, but his fortunes reversed on the second day of action.

Juan Pardo opened from under the gun before Mulder moved all in with his short stack from the big blind. Pardo called to put Mulder at risk of elimination.

Teun Mulder: {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Juan Pardo: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

The deuces remained ahead following the {j-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop and {j-Spades} turn. However, the {7-Clubs} river double paired the board and counterfeited Mulder which meant Pardo's ten was enough to scoop in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
360,000
71,000
71,000
Teun Mulder nl
Teun Mulder
Busted

Tags: Juan PardoTeun Mulder

Ketzer Downs Volkmann

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action folded to Bruno Volkmann on the button who shoved all in for the second hand in a row, this time for 149,000. Felipe Ketzer asked for a count and then re-shoved all in from the small blind.

Bruno Volkmann: {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Felipe Ketzer: {a-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and Volkmann was unable to connect with the board, falling to Ketzer's straight.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
485,000
149,000
149,000
Bruno Volkmann br
Bruno Volkmann
Busted

Tags: Felipe KetzerBruno Volkmann

O'Dwyer Pays Off Saliba

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Justin Saliba raised to 20,000 on the button and was called by Steve O'Dwyer in the small blind. The flop came {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and both players checked to the {4-Hearts} on the turn.

O'Dwyer checked again and Saliba pushed out a bet of 40,000. O'Dwyer called and the {9-Clubs} completed the board. O'Dwyer checked once more and Saliba used two time banks before making a bet of 110,000, leaving just 6,000 chips behind. O'Dwyer also used two time banks and then called.

Saliba turned over {a-Diamonds}{3-Spades} for just a pair of aces with no kicker but O'Dwyer was unable to beat it.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
401,000
-124,000
-124,000
EPT 1X Winner
Justin Saliba us
Justin Saliba
366,000
178,000
178,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Steve O'DwyerJustin Saliba

Pardo Chips Up Through Ketzer

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Felipe Ketzer opened to 22,000 from under the gun and Juan Pardo was the only caller.

Ketzer continued for 12,000 on the {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop and Pardo called from the button. The {8-Hearts} turn checked through to the {8-Clubs} river. Ketzer used up a few time banks before checking. Pardo then bet 55,000 and after using up another time bank card, Ketzer folded.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
336,000
61,000
61,000
Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
289,000
99,000
99,000

Tags: Felipe KetzerJuan Pardo

Ketzer Felts Jaffe in Last Hand Before Break

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On the last hand before the break, Felipe Ketzer and Jonathan Jaffe got all of their chips in the middle with Jaffe being the one at risk for 117,000 in the small blind.

Jonathan Jaffe: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Felipe Ketzer: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

The flop fell {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Spades} which provided no immediate help for Jaffe who was in need of a king. The {5-Clubs} turn and {4-Clubs} river bricked out and Ketzer brought the field down to just 12 players.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
275,000
165,000
165,000
Jonathan Jaffe us
Jonathan Jaffe
Busted

Tags: Jonathan JaffeFelipe Ketzer

Level: 14

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Thorel Busts Hall; Break Begins

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Galen Hall
Galen Hall

Jean-Noel Thorel opened to 16,000 from the button before Galen Hall moved all in for 108,000 from the small blind. Adrian Mateos folded in the big blind, but Thorel called to put the American at risk.

Galen Hall: {8-Spades}{7-Spades}
Jean-Noel Thorel: {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The {q-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} flop had Hall with one foot out of the door and his exit was confirmed following the {2-Diamonds} turn before the {4-Clubs} completed the board.

After the hand wrapped up, the 12 remaining players were sent on a 20-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
345,000
241,000
241,000
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Adrian MateosGalen HallJean-Noel Thorel

Greenwood Falls to Runner-Runner

Level 13 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

Stephen Chidwick was back down to 98,000 and pushed all in from early position. Sam Greenwood had 92,000 in the cutoff and stuck the last of his chips in the middle as well.

Sam Greenwood: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Stephen Chidwick: {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

Greenwood was in a great position to double up and the flop of {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} left him comfortably in the lead. However, the {4-Clubs} on the turn gave Chidwick a flush draw and he made it on the {k-Clubs} river to eliminate Greenwood.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
210,000
100,000
100,000
$25K Fantasy
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
Busted

Tags: Stephen ChidwickSam Greenwood