€10,300 EPT Paris High Roller Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-24-2023 14:33 UTC+2

Korochenskiy's Full House Beats Mulder's Flush

Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Teun Mulder opened to 500 from the cutoff and Anatoly Korochenskiy called on the button to get the hand heads-up.

Mulder checked on the flop of and Korochenskiy checked back. Mulder checked again on the turn and Korochenskiy bet 400. Mulder check-raised to 4,200 and Korochenskiy responded with a three-bet to 9,900. Mulder called.

The river completed the board and Mulder led out for 10,000. Korochenskiy called. Mulder showed for the nut flush, but it was no good against the of Korochenskiy for eights full of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Korochenskiy	65,000
Teun Mulder	35,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Anatoly Korochenskiy Teun Mulder

02-24-2023 14:27 UTC+2

Livschitz Uses Time Bank

Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Victoria Livschitz and Hady El Asmar were involved in a pot. On the pot had grown to a size of 2,600 chips when El Asmar added 3,700 to it after a check from Livschitz. Livschitz called the bet, and the pair saw the river fall.

On the river, Livschitz let the shot clock run down to a couple of seconds as she was forced to use a time bank extension. A few seconds into her newly renewed time, she led out for a bet of 8,000. El Asmar did not need as much time and quickly called.

Livschitz reluctantly tabled for a pair and missed flush draw, while El Asmar was sitting comfortably on a set with . A big pot in the first level of the day goes the way of El Asmar.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hady El Asmar	63,400
Victoria Livschitz	36,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Hady El Asmar Victoria Livschitz

02-24-2023 14:02 UTC+2

High Roller Warms Up As Players Still Arriving

Matt Warburton

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Players are still taking rolling in and taking their seats in the High Roller, tables filling up as the first few hands are dealt.

Dragos Trofimov raised button to 500 chips. Markkos Ladev called in the small blind and Byron Kaverman called in the big blind. The flop came . Action checked to Trofimov, who made it 400 to go. All other players folded.

The next hand, Trofimov raised again from the hijack and was called by Kaverman in the small blind. The flop came . Kaverman checked and Trofimov bet 400, which Kaverman called. The turn came and both players checked. On the river, Kaverman led out for 1,000 and Trofimov folded.

Next, Markkos Ladev raised button and Kaverman three bet to 1,700. Ladev folded and Kaverman took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Byron Kaverman	53,000 3,000	3,000
Dragos Trofimov	51,000 51,000	51,000
Markkos Ladev	49,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Byron Kaverman Dragos Trofimov Markkos Ladev

02-24-2023 12:37 UTC+2

Welcome to Day 1 of the €10,300 EPT Paris High Roller

Matt Warburton

It's time for the €10,300 High Roller held as part of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris. Day 1 of the event is set to kick off today at 12:30 p.m. local time at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile.

The event will run for three days and players will have just a single reentry to stamp their mark on the tournament. Registration is open until the end of Day 1.

Players will start with 50,000 chips and blinds start at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. This means starting stacks at the first blind level will be 250 big blinds deep. Day 1 will play for ten 60-minute levels with a 20 minute break every two levels and 75 minute break at the end of level six.

Kannapong Thanarattrakul won the last €10,300 EPT High Roller event, which was held as part of EPT Prague. He outlasted a field of 274 entries to take home a prize of €543,750.

As is expected in an event of this calibre, plenty of familiar faces are already registered for the event, including Masato Yokosawa, Byron Kaverman, who recently came fourth in the PCA Super High Roller for over $1 million, and Dominik Nitsche, who's list of poker accomplishments is extensive.

Also registered for the event are a few players who are returning off the back of recent EPT results. Dragos Trofimov came third in the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event in 2022 and will be looking for another final table score. Julien Sitbon bagged a first place finish in a freezeout event in Monte Carlo the same year. And Antoine Labat finished just shy of the final table of the €10,300 EPT Barcelona High Roller last year.

Of course, many more players will register before the event and over the course of Day 1.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates direct from the tournament floor.

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
1	60 min	100	200	200
2	60 min	100	300	300
		20 min break
3	60 min	200	400	400
4	60 min	200	500	500
		20 min break
5	60 min	300	600	600
6	60 min	400	800	800
		75 min dinner break
7	60 min	500	1000	1000
8	60 min	500	1000	1000
		20 min break
9	60 min	600	1200	1200
10	60 min	600	1200	1200

Tags: Antoine Labat Byron Kaverman Dominik Nitsche Dragos Trofimov Julien Sitbon Kannapong Thanarattrakul Masato Yokosawa