€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 3 Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€4,915,200
Entries
512
Level
36
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
32
Players Left
1
Oliver Weis Crowned 2024 EPT Paris €10,300 High Roller Champion
Level 36
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
The €10,300 High Roller has just finished here at PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris, held at Le Palais De Congres, and with it a hugely successful EPT Paris 2024.
Oliver Weis of Germany is the newly crowned champion, having overcome the record-breaking 512-strong high quality field and a marathon final table to claim the trophy, along with the huge first prize of €970,200, amounting to the lion’s share of the €4,915,200 prize pool.
After 13 hours of play, Weis will have been delighted to dispose of his final two opponents, Luca Marki and Sergey Lebedev, in one hand, when his pocket kings held against Lebedev's pocket jacks and Marki's flush draw.
Weis, who finished 115th in the WSOP Main Event in 2022, is no stranger to six-figure scores, having finished second in a PLO High Roller at the PCA in 2023 for over $200,000. However this victory is by far the biggest of his career.
EPT Paris €10,300 High Roller Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Weis | Germany | €970,200 |
| 2 | Luca Marki | Switzerland | €606,750 |
| 3 | Sergey Lebedev | Russia | €433,350 |
| 4 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | €333,400 |
| 5 | Stanislav Zegal | Germany | €256,500 |
| 6 | Carlos Ribeiro | Brazil | €197,300 |
| 7 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | €151,800 |
| 8 | Alexander Tkatschew | Austria | €116,750 |
| 9 | Tomi Brouk | Finland | €90,950 |
Winner's Reaction
PokerNews managed to grab a word with the newly crowned champion, asking him what it felt like to capture a High Roller title at EPT Paris.
Weis responded "Amazing, I've been playing a long time and it feels great to finally get a major title." The pro confirmed he'd been playing since he was 18 and dabbles in a bit of everything in terms of tournament and cash games but, with a laugh, "no mixed games".
Weis stated the final table was "one of the craziest I've been involved in, short stacks doubling everywhere, and with a lot of variance at the end, so just really happy to win."
Final Day Action
32 players returned for Day 3, with Ehsan Amiri, Robin Ylitalo (aiming for his fourth EPT title) and Oliver Weis coming into the day as the top three chip stacks.
The first player to fall was American Michael Jozoff, who ran ace-king into Alexander Tkatschew's kings.
Ylitalo got off to a difficult start after he also ran ace-king into Vladas Tamasauskas’ aces. Still, he would recover before ultimately finishing just shy of the final table in 13th.
The knockouts came relatively quickly with notable names such as Timothy Adams, Joao Vieira, Joey Weissman and Alex Keating all starting the day, but departing before the final table.
Play slowed down as we got towards the final table, which was ultimately set when Amiri exited in tenth place, having got unlucky against Stanislav Zegal, who was able to overcome a spot where his ace was dominated by Amiri’s.
Weis was the chip leader going into the final table, having a reasonable lead over Nikita Kuznetsov and Segal, with Luca Marki as the short-stack. That soon changed however when Marki doubled-up twice in quick succession.
The first was against Tomi Brouk as he rivered a one-card flush to overcome a dominated ace situation, the second was when his pair of eights flopped a set against Carlos Ribeiro’s aces.
With short stacks doubling in some unlikely scenarios, including Ribeiro’s king-high overcoming Zegal’s flopped set of sevens with a runner-runner straight, it was almost two hours before Brouk was the first to fall at the final table, running his pocket eights into Lebedev's pocket kings.
Lebedev then disposed of Tkatschew in eighth when he won a race with ace-queen against Lebedev's sevens.
Kuznetsov busted in seventh when his ace-queen couldn't get there against Lebedev's pocket jacks.
With the agreement of the players, the clock was then subsequently reduced to 45 minutes in order to ensure an appropriate finish time to the tournament, this being the final day of the festival.
Despite that, it was another 90 minutes before Zegal busted Ribeiro in sixth with a turned set of eights.
Weis, who was generally the most aggressive and active player at the final table, then eliminated Zegal in fifth with two pair in a blind-on-blind confrontation.
Lebedev eliminated Soika in fourth when he called his jam from the small blind and found he had Soika dominated.
As mentioned above, three-handed play did not take long as Weis eliminated his final two competitors in one fell swoop to take a well deserved victory.
That concludes PokerNews coverage of EPT Paris, in what has been a wonderful event. Be sure to check out PokerNews' coverage of other tournaments around the world.
Oliver Weis Takes Down the €10,300 High Roller (€970,200)
Level 36
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
In remarkable fashion, Oliver Weis has just defeated a field of 512 entries in the €10,300 High Roller here in Paris as he scored a double knockout to end it all with his pocket kings.
Weis earned €970,200 for his efforts, and the EPT PokerStars trophy.
A full recap of this exciting event will be posted shortly.
Sergey Lebedev Eliminated in 3rd Place (€433,350); Luca Marki Eliminated in 2nd Place (€606,750)
Level 36
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Luca Marki shoved 6,530,000 on the button, and Oliver Weis announced all in next to act. Sergey Lebedev was in the big blind and went into the tank.
"How much does he have?" He asked, pointing at Mark's stack. "Never mind, I call," he continued before the dealer answered, as he pushed his 6,200,000 into the middle.
Sergey Lebedev: J♠J♦
Luca Marki: A♠7♠
Oliver Weis: K♣K♠
The 9♠9♣5♠ flop was a sweat as Marki flopped a flush draw, but the 6♥ turn, and 7♥ river didn't help either player defeat the kings of Weis as he eliminated both players and claimed the trophy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,600,000 | 24,275,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Ihar Soika Eliminated in 4th Place (€333,400)
Level 36
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Sergey Lebedev shoved the small blind and Ihar Soika called off the rest of his 1,300,000 in the big blind.
Ihar Soika: 9♠6♣
Sergey Lebedev: Q♣6♠
Soika was dominated and the J♥8♦6♥4♥J♠ run out gave both players a pair of sixes, but Lebedev's queen-kicker earned him the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,250,000 | 900,000 |
|
|
6,800,000 | 900,000 |
|
|
5,200,000 | 1,700,000 |
|
Busted |
Perfect Time for Aces
Level 36
: 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Ihar Soika shoved in the cutoff, and Sergey Lebedev called off his 1,550,000 in the big blind.
Ihar Soika: 5♦5♣
Sergey Lebedev: A♣A♦
Lebedev woke up with aces in his big blind with just four big blinds left, and managed to hold as the board ran out A♠10♠8♠7♦2♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
1,700,000 | -1,600,000 |
Stanislav Zegal Eliminated in 5th Place (€256,500)
Level 36
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Action was folded to Stanislav Zegal in the small blind, who moved all in for around 900,000. Weis made the quick call in the big blind.
Stanislav Zegal: 10♦7♦
Oliver Weis: A♥10♣
Zegal was in trouble and his position got worse after the A♠Q♠2♥ flop, Weis in the lead with a pair of aces, and the 10♥2♣ turn and river did not alter matters, Weis ending up with two pair. Zegal wished his table mates well and headed to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,350,000 | 2,750,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 36
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
King on the River Keeps Marki Alive
Level 35
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Luca Marki shoved 2,750,000 in the small blind, and Stanislav Zegal called in the big blind.
Stanislav Zegal: Q♦J♦
Luca Marki: K♣8♥
The A♥J♥7♣ flop gave Zegal a pair of jacks to take the lead. The 6♣ hit the turn, leaving Marki needing a king for a better pair. The K♦ river was just that as he celebrated with a cheer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,900,000 | 900,000 |
|
|
1,900,000 | -4,200,000 |
Lebedev Flops a Flush
Level 35
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Sergey Lebedev raised 1,375,000 on the button, and Ihar Soika announced all in from the small blind. Lebedev only had 25,000 behind and made the call.
Sergey Lebedev: A♦3♦
Ihar Soika: A♥K♠
Lebedev was dominated but the J♦5♦4♦ flop gave him a flush. The board completed with the 3♥ on the turn, and the 6♣ on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,400,000 | 1,900,000 |
|
|
3,300,000 | -3,550,000 |