2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j2
Prize
€1,287,800
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,385,600
Entries
1,747
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
222
Players Left
57

€5,300 EPT Main Event

Day 3 Completed

Panagiotis Mavritsakis Leads Day 3 of Main Event; Middleton, Wigg, and Danchev All Aiming For Second Title

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Panagiotis Mavritsakis
Panagiotis Mavritsakis

Of the 222 players who sat down for Day 3 of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris Main Event, just 57 remain with Panagiotis Mavritsakis emerging as the chip leader after bagging 2,930,000 in chips here at Le Palais des Congrès. Hot on his heels is Canadian pro Eric Afrait (2,300,000) and rounding out the top three is none other than Tom Middleton, who won the EPT Main Event in Barcelona back in 2013 for a cool €942,000. Middleton will be looking to be the fourth person in history to win two EPT Main Event titles.

Mavritsakis only shows live tournament cashes dating back to last year per The Hendon Mob, but already has over €200,000 in career earnings. His biggest score came last April after finishing in third place in the Irish Open Main Event for €161,500. A win for Mavritsakis would be his first EPT title.

End of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Panagiotis MavritsakisGreece2,930,000147
2Eric AfriatCanada2,300,000115
3Tom MiddletonUnited Kingdom2,190,000110
4Lorenzo ArduiniItaly2,050,000103
5Mathias SiljanderFinland1,750,00088
6David KaufmannGermany1,645,00082
7Sindre HansenNorway1,590,00080
8Hans ErlandssonSweden1,550,00078
9Peter JorgneSweden1,475,00074
10Florian DutaRomania1,305,00065
Benjamin Spragg
Benjamin Spragg

Day 3 Action

With all players already having made the money, it didn't take long for chips to start flying in Paris. By the first break of the day, a third of the field had already hit the rail. Day 1a chip leader Eero Rantala had an unfortunate start that saw him fall to under 20 big blinds within the first level of play. Rantala was unable to recover and was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Pokerstars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg also landed on the bad side of variance early after flopping two pair against Olivier Rebello's set to bust on the feature table.

The Day 3 field contained no shortage of EPT Main Event champions aiming for a second title, including Pokerstars Ambassador Simon Wiciak, Aliaksei Boika, Arsenii Karmatckii, Middleton, Robin Ylitalo, Anton Wigg, Dimitar Danchev, and the most recent champion Padraig O'Neill, who won in Prague last December. Of those, just Middleton, Wigg (1,250,000), and Danchev (285,000) earned a Day 4 berth to continue their pursuit of a second EPT Main Event title.

Last year's EPT Paris runner-up Peter Jorgne continued his deep run to end with a top ten stack, along with Barny Boatman (635,000), Day 2 chip leader Eliot Hudon (635,000), and Byron Kaverman (290,000) - who lost a big pot on the final hand of the night despite having over one million in chips earlier in the day.

Byron Kaverman
Byron Kaverman

Some notables who fell short of Day 4 include Jerry Odeen (186th - €9,900), Sam Greenwood (111th - €15,000), Benny Glaser (69th - €19,850), and Alex Keating (65th - €19,850), who found himself short and shoved queen-nine preflop only to run into Diego Montone's pocket tens.

Tensions flared at the end of the night after Afrait cracked Eric Sfez's aces to bust him. Afrait commented, "Yes, I smashed him," after winning the pot, which upset Sfez. Following a short discussion with the tournament director, it was ruled that Afriat would receive a one-round penalty at the start of Day 4.

Remaining Payouts

PlacePrizePlacePrize
1€ 1,287,80012-13€ 76,300
2€ 804,75014-15€ 63,550
3€ 574,85016-17€ 53,000
4€ 442,15018-20€ 46,050
5€ 340,10021-23€ 40,000
6€ 261,65024-27€ 34,800
7€ 201,25028-31€ 30,250
8€ 154,80032-39€ 26,350
9€ 119,10040-55€ 22,900
10-11€ 91,55056-57€ 19,850

All remaining players will return tomorrow, February 23 at noon local time for Day 4. Play will resume on Level 22, which features 10,000/20,000 blinds with a 20,000 big blind ante, and will continue for five additional 90-minute levels.

Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the action leading to the next EPT Paris Main Event champion! Feature table action can also be viewed on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels.

Tags: Alex KeatingAliaksei BoikaBarny BoatmanBenjamin SpraggBenny GlaserByron KavermanDavid KaufmannDimitar DanchevEliot HudonJerry OdeenLorenzo ArduiniMathias SiljanderPadraig O'NeillPanagiotis MavritsakisPeter JorgneSam GreenwoodSimon WiciakTom Middleton

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Panagiotis Mavritsakis gr
Panagiotis Mavritsakis
2,930,000
550,000
550,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
2,300,000
Profile photo of Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
2,190,000
190,000
190,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Lorenzo Arduini it
Lorenzo Arduini
2,050,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Mathias Siljander fi
Mathias Siljander
1,750,000
-150,000
-150,000
Profile photo of David Kaufmann de
David Kaufmann
1,645,000
670,000
670,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Sindre Hansen no
Sindre Hansen
1,590,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Hans Erlandsson se
Hans Erlandsson
1,550,000
700,000
700,000
Profile photo of Peter Jorgne se
Peter Jorgne
1,475,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
1,305,000
505,000
505,000
Profile photo of Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
1,300,000
-50,000
-50,000
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
1,250,000
253,000
253,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Diego Montone it
Diego Montone
1,215,000
-85,000
-85,000
Profile photo of Matthias Lipp at
Matthias Lipp
1,150,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Zhongxian Li cn
Zhongxian Li
1,080,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Jorge Ufano es
Jorge Ufano
1,065,000
-235,000
-235,000
Profile photo of Clement Michaud fr
Clement Michaud
1,065,000
585,000
585,000
Profile photo of Terry Vlastos fr
Terry Vlastos
1,025,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Lewis Spencer gb
Lewis Spencer
1,015,000
-125,000
-125,000
Profile photo of Krasimir Neychev bg
Krasimir Neychev
1,015,000
595,000
595,000
Profile photo of Kostadin Kostadinov bg
Kostadin Kostadinov
1,015,000
-385,000
-385,000
Profile photo of Leo Worthington-Leese gb
Leo Worthington-Leese
1,010,000
570,000
570,000
Profile photo of Omar Lakhdari dz
Omar Lakhdari
1,000,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Francesco Delfoco it
Francesco Delfoco
1,000,000
370,000
370,000
Profile photo of Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
975,000
485,000
485,000

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Tension After Afriat Cracked Sfez's Aces

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Eric Afriat
Eric Afriat

On a flop of 977, Eric Sfez on the button and Eric Afriat in the hijack raised each other and ended up moving all in, with Sfez being the player at risk for 900,000 chips.

Eric Sfez: AA
Eric Afriat: 76

Afriat flopped trips, and it held on the turn 5 and the river Q.

When he saw the river land on the felt, Afriat stood up, saying "Yes, I smashed him." Sfez, who heard this sentence, didn't like it at all and became furious. He eventually left the tournament area as he was eliminated.

After he bagged his chips, Afriat had a talk with the tournament director and received a one-round penalty for the beginning of Day 4.

Eric Sfez
Eric Sfez
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
2,300,000
950,000
950,000
Profile photo of Eric Sfez fr
Eric Sfez
Busted

Tags: Eric AfriatEric Sfez

Siljander Shoves on Kaverman to End the Night

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

On the last hand at this table of Day 3, Byron Kaverman and Mathias Siljander built a pot of around 300,000 as they headed to the turn on a board of Q294.

Siljander then bet 140,000 on the button and Kaverman called in the cutoff. The river was the 3 and Kaverman checked.

Siljander then moved all in and Kaverman, who had 300,000 remaining, used up his entire 30-second clock before tossing his cards into the muck while the bags were being placed on the table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mathias Siljander fi
Mathias Siljander
1,900,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
300,000
-430,000
-430,000

Tags: Byron KavermanMathias Siljander

Niederreiter Leaves Himself One Chip

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Tom Middleton
Tom Middleton

A massive pot of around 500,000 was already in the middle as Fabian Niederreiter and Tom Middleton went to the river on a board of Q910Q5.

Niederreiter then bet 320,000 from the big blind, leaving himself one 5,000 chip behind. Middleton, on the button, moved all in and Niederreiter snap-folded.

"You fold?" Middleton asked in amazement.

"Show the bluff," a tablemate said to Middleton, who revealed the J as he dragged in the pile of chips that pushed his stack above 2,000,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
2,000,000
270,000
270,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Fabian Niederreiter de
Fabian Niederreiter
5,000
-555,000
-555,000

Tags: Fabian NiederreiterTom Middleton

Jorgne Surpasses Spencer on the Leaderboard

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Table chip leader Lewis Spencer opened the button to 30,000 with 33 and Peter Jorgne defended Q5 in the big blind. What followed were two barrels worth 20,000 on the QJ7 flop and 100,000 on the 6 turn, both of which Jorgne called.

They checked the 7 river and Jorgne won the pot with the superior two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Peter Jorgne se
Peter Jorgne
1,375,000
230,000
230,000
Profile photo of Lewis Spencer gb
Lewis Spencer
1,140,000
-90,000
-90,000

Tags: Lewis SpencerPeter Jorgne

Delfoco Spikes the River to Find a Crucial Double

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Francesco Delfoco raised to 35,000 from the cutoff, Linus Hjulstroem three-bet to 110,000 from the big blind and Delfoco called

Hjulstroem continued for 85,000 on the 6Q7 flop, Delfoco took his time before moving all in for 395,000 and Hjulstroem snap-called.

Francesco Delfoco: AQ
Linus Hjulstroem: KK

Delfoco was at risk and behind, until the 7 and A runout spiked him two pair to stay alive late on Day 3.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Francesco Delfoco it
Francesco Delfoco
630,000
385,000
385,000
Profile photo of Linus Hjulstroem se
Linus Hjulstroem
510,000
-790,000
-790,000

Tags: Francesco DelfocoLinus Hjulstroem