€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 5 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-24-2024 19:47 UTC+2

Barer Leads Into a Three-Way Pot

David Salituro

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 240,000 in middle position and Ami Barer called in the small blind, as did big blind Owen Dodd.

The flop came Q♠10♥8♦ and Barer, holding A♦J♦, led out for 375,000 with his straight draw. Dodd folded A♥9♥, while Ponakovs tanked for a moment before also mucking J♥8♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ami Barer	6,300,000 -740,000	-740,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	5,840,000 -780,000	-780,000
Owen Dodd	2,960,000 -360,000	-360,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Ami Barer Owen Dodd

02-24-2024 19:34 UTC+2

Kaufmann Bluffs Jorgne

Frank Visser

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

David Kaufmann raised his button to 240,000 with K♥J♣ and Peter Jorgne defended the big blind with 8♦7♦.

The Q♠7♠2♥ flop was checked through before Kaufmann fired 440,000 on the 9♥ turn, after a second check from Jorgne.

Jorgne thought about it for a few seconds but eventually folded the best hand as Kaufmann raked in another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	13,230,000 360,000	360,000

Peter Jorgne	6,000,000 -660,000	-660,000

Tags: David Kaufmann Peter Jorgne

02-24-2024 19:29 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	12,870,000 -310,000	-310,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	6,620,000 240,000	240,000
Owen Dodd	3,320,000 910,000	910,000

Afriat Can Only Win With Kings

David Salituro

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 240,000 in early position before Eric Afriat moved all in for 1,975,000 in the small blind. Ponakovs quickly folded A♣3♣ and Afriat took the pot with K♠K♦.

"I won three hands today. Three hands I won them with kings. That's all I've won today, three hands. All of them with kings. Three hands in six hours," Afriat said.

"Actually, I had to share one. So I've won two-and-a-half hands," Afriat added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	6,380,000 -540,000	-540,000
Eric Afriat	2,460,000 240,000	240,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Eric Afriat

02-24-2024 19:18 UTC+2

Boatman Finds Royalty

Frank Visser

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Barny Boatman found K♠K♥ on the button and raised to 250,000. Ami Barer sat in the big blind and made the call with 9♠9♣

The Q♥2♣5♦ flop was checked by Barer, after which Boatman made a bet of 225,000. Barer flicked in a call and the 5♥ turn arrived.

Barer checked again and this time, Boatman checked behind. The river came the 3♦ and Barer led out for 340,000.

Boatman put in a big raise to 1,550,000, forcing Barer to muck his nines and shipping the pot to Boatman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	8,915,000 1,220,000	1,220,000

Ami Barer	7,040,000 -1,455,000	-1,455,000

Tags: Ami Barer Barny Boatman

02-24-2024 19:16 UTC+2

Kaufmann Picking Up Hands

David Salituro

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Eric Afriat raised to 240,000 in the hijack before David Kaufmann three-bet to 660,000 on the button with A♥Q♥. Afriat tanked for a moment and eventually gave up A♣J♥.

Kaufmann looked down at 9♠9♦ the next hand and raised to 240,000 in the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and Kaufmann took the pot uncontested.

Kaufmann then picked up A♣J♣ and raised to 240,000 again, this time in the hijack. No one wanted to challenge the chip leader again and Kaufmann took his third consecutive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	13,180,000 1,140,000	1,140,000

Eric Afriat	2,220,000 -240,000	-240,000

Tags: David Kaufmann Eric Afriat

02-24-2024 19:07 UTC+2

Ponakovs Applies Pressure

Frank Visser

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Eric Afriat raised to 255,000 from the cutoff with Q♠J♦ and Sindre Hansen called on the button with A♠9♠.

Aleksejs Ponakovs then moved all in from the big blind with A♦3♠, covering both of the other players. Afriat quickly folded and Hansen eventually followed suit, shipping the pot to Ponakovs

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	6,920,000 570,000	570,000
Eric Afriat	2,460,000 -260,000	-260,000
Sindre Hansen	1,800,000 -550,000	-550,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Eric Afriat Sindre Hansen

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

02-24-2024 18:59 UTC+2

Dodd Wakes Up With a Bigger Pair to Double Off Jorgne

David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

David Kaufmann raised to 200,000 in early position before Peter Jorgne three-bet to 600,000 in middle position. Owen Dodd was in the small blind and used two time banks before moving all in for 1,005,000. Kaufmann folded, but Jorgne called to put Dodd at risk.

Owen Dodd: 9♠9♦
Peter Jorgne: 7♥7♣

Dodd had Jorgne dominated with his nines as the flop came K♦5♣6♦. The 8♠ turn gave Jorgne additional outs with a straight draw, but he missed the 2♠ river and Dodd doubled up at the start of the final table.