€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 4 Started
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 4 Started
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Of the 1,747 entries that the €5,300 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris Main Event attracted, just 57 will make an appearance at Le Palais des Congrès today at noon local time for Day 4. Two of them have a chance to achieve something extraordinary, as both Grigorii Rodin and Peter Jorgne are looking to make consecutive EPT final tables, although each in a different way.
Rodin finished sixth at the previous EPT stop, just over two months ago in Prague, and will have to spin up his stack of 275,000, or just under 14 big blinds at the start of play, to still have a shot at making his second final table in a row. Meanwhile, Jorgne sits in a more comfortable position, as he bagged 1,475,000 chips on Day 3. He is experiencing another deep run in Paris after finishing runner-up during the inaugural EPT in the French capital in 2023.
Jorgne's stack lands him in the ninth position on the leaderboard, which is topped by Panagiotis Mavritsakis. The Greek player, who is playing in his very first EPT, bagged 2,930,000 chips on Day 3, over 30 big blinds more than his nearest competitor Eric Afriat, who will start with 2,300,000. EPT Barcelona 2013 champion Tom Middleton, meanwhile, rounds out the top three with a stack of 2,190,000 chips.
Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Panagiotis Mavritsakis | Greece | 2,930,000 | 147 |
2 | Eric Afriat | Canada | 2,300,000 | 115 |
3 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | 2,190,000 | 110 |
4 | Lorenzo Arduini | Italy | 2,050,000 | 103 |
5 | Mathias Siljander | Finland | 1,750,000 | 88 |
6 | David Kaufmann | Germany | 1,645,000 | 82 |
7 | Sindre Hansen | Norway | 1,590,000 | 80 |
8 | Hans Erlandsson | Sweden | 1,550,000 | 78 |
9 | Peter Jorgne | Sweden | 1,475,000 | 74 |
10 | Florian Duta | Romania | 1,305,000 | 65 |
Other notable names who made it to Day 4 include EPT Champions Anton Wigg (1,250,000) and Dimitar Danchev (285,000), high-stakes regulars Lewis Spencer (1,015,000), Aleksejs Ponakovs (975,000), and Byron Kaverman (290,000), British poker legend Barny Boatman (635,000), and aptly-named online crusher and former streamer Bryan Paris (505,000).
All 57 players have already secured a €19,850 piece of the €8,385,600 prize pool and only two more eliminations are needed before that will be bumped up to € 22,900. All eyes will be on the monstrous € 1,287,800 first-place prize, however, although the road to victory is still long.
Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | € 1,287,800 | 12-13 | € 76,300 |
2 | € 804,750 | 14-15 | € 63,550 |
3 | € 574,850 | 16-17 | € 53,000 |
4 | € 442,150 | 18-20 | € 46,050 |
5 | € 340,100 | 21-23 | € 40,000 |
6 | € 261,650 | 24-27 | € 34,800 |
7 | € 201,250 | 28-31 | € 30,250 |
8 | € 154,800 | 32-39 | € 26,350 |
9 | € 119,100 | 40-55 | € 22,900 |
10-11 | € 91,550 | 56-57 | € 19,850 |
When play resumes in Level 22, blinds will be at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante. The Main Event is scheduled to play five 90-minute levels on Day 4, after which 45 minutes of Level 27 will be played before the day ends. A 20-minute break will be held after every level, with the break after Level 25 being extended to 65 minutes to allow the players to have dinner.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who makes it through to the penultimate day of the EPT Paris Main Event, and check out PokerStars' Twitch and YouTube channels for cards-up coverage of the feature table.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
All players are in their seats and the cards are in the air.
Day 4 of the EPT Paris Main Event has officially begun.
Leo Worthing-Leese opened to 40,000 first to act with the K♦9♦. It folded all the way to Jose Plaza in the small blind, who glanced down at A♣K♥ and three-bet to 110,000 to win the pot uncontested.
Plaza then opened to 40,000 on the button with the K♣6♣. Eliot Hudon in the small blind squeezed to 570,000 and left a single chip behind to force out Plaza.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eliot Hudon |
675,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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Jose Plaza |
435,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Hans Erlandsson opened to 40,000 from the hijack. Jacob Stone and Alexander Tkatschew called from the button and big blind.
Erlandsson continued for 35,000 on the 5♠4♥2♦ flop. Stone got out of the way before Tkatschew called, leaving him around 120,000 behind.
Tkatschew then released his hand after being put all-in on the Q♥ turn.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hans Erlandsson |
1,700,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Jacob Stone |
785,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Alexander Tkatschew |
120,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
Atanas Pavlov raised to 40,000 from under the gun before Clement Kerrien three-bet all in for 365,000 from the next seat over. Pavlov spent three time banks before eventually flicking in the call.
Clement Kerrien: Q♦J♦
Atanas Pavlov: K♣Q♣
Kerrien was in bad shape, but the 8♣J♥5♥ saw him pair his jack to take the lead. The 6♦3♠ runout was of no help to Pavlov, who had to transfer half his stack to Kerrien as a result.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Clement Kerrien |
780,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
Atanas Pavlov |
360,000
-365,000
|
-365,000 |