€2,200 FPS Paris High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
€2,200 FPS Paris High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€1,747,200
Entries
910
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
910
Players Left
134
Labous Leads 134 Survivors After Day 1 of 2023 EPT Paris €2,200 FPS High Roller
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris stop at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile continues to produce solid attendance numbers and the latest event to shine was the France Poker Series (FPS) Paris €2,200 High Roller. A total of 910 entries emerged to generate a prize pool of €1,747,200 and two players already earned a tiny portion of the cash prizes after a dramatic conclusion to Day 1.
With approximately 15% making the money, the top 135 finishers were supposed to advance but three all-in showdowns at separate tables resulted in two eliminations. Ankit Ahuja and Kyung Sik Jung came up second-best to split the min-cash of €3,350, ultimately coming up short of a Day 2 berth.
Only one player turned the starting stack of 30,000 chips into a seven-figure stack and Manuel Labous topped the leaderboard with 1,106,000, followed by Luis Machado (702,000), Julien Rouxel (573,000), Alexandru Papazian (569,000), and Daewoong Song (563,000). Rouxel was responsible for the elimination of Jung to become one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Labous | France | 1,106,000 | 184 |
| 2 | Luis Machado | Portugal | 702,000 | 117 |
| 3 | Julien Rouxel | France | 573,000 | 96 |
| 4 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | 569,000 | 95 |
| 5 | Daewoong Song | South Korea | 563,000 | 94 |
| 6 | Toivo Rinne | Finland | 506,000 | 84 |
| 7 | Quentin Roussey | France | 469,000 | 78 |
| 8 | Darko Svesko | Serbia | 468,000 | 78 |
| 9 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 451,000 | 75 |
| 10 | Silviu Baltateanu | Romania | 424,000 | 71 |
Among the notables to advance with an above-average stack are Anton Suarez, Philippe Souki, Iacopo Brandi, Mauricio Ferreira Pais, Symeon Alexandridis, Vlada Stojanovic, and Emil Bise.
The only PokerStars ambassador advance to lock a portion of the seven-figure prize pool is Lex Veldhuis, who claimed 131,000 to his name. Ramon Colillas, Benjamin Spragg, Parker Talbot, and PokerStars Live at the Hippodrome Pro Chris Da Silva were among the hundreds of casualties throughout more than 15 hours of play including breaks.
Many other big names of the international poker scene came up short of reaching the money including EPT Main Event and WSOP bracelet winners such as Simon Brandstrom, Frederik Brink, Jack Sinclair, Dominik Panka, Remi Castaignon, Michael Wang, Benny Glaser, Arnaud Enselme, Sung Joo Hyun, Harry Lodge, and Jason Wheeler were all among the casualties.
The WSOP Main Event winner Martin Jacobson recovered from a short stack with a triple up only to then bow out with ace-ten suited against the ace-queen of Ruslan Rishko. Jun Obara departed from the very same table as well and was not able yet to carry on the momentum from his 2022 EPT Prague Main Event final table run.
Only a few spots away from the money bubble, former PokerStars ambassador Kalidou Sow failed to improve with king-five against the pocket sixes of Aleksandr Shevliakov. That set up a frantic few minutes in which five further eliminations concluded the late night poker action.
All remaining 134 survivors will return to their seats at noon local time with at least €3,350 guaranteed for their efforts. Only 2:23 minutes are left in Level 17 at blinds of 3,000/6,000 and a big blind ante of 6,000 before the blinds increase right away. The tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner, and another marathon session can be expected.
As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor to provide as many key hands as possible en route to crowning a winner.
2023 EPT Paris €2,200 FPS High Roller Day 2 Seat Draw
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | 361,000 | 60 |
| 1 | 2 | Georgios Vrakas | Greece | 195,000 | 33 |
| 1 | 3 | Tauan Naves | Brazil | 208,000 | 35 |
| 1 | 4 | Vlada Stojanovic | Croatia | 230,000 | 38 |
| 1 | 5 | Wagner Ripper | Brazil | 111,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 6 | Ken Okada | Japan | 175,000 | 29 |
| 1 | 7 | Jean Souprayenmestry | France | 64,000 | 11 |
| 1 | 8 | Remi Parpillon | France | 147,000 | 25 |
| 1 | 9 | Georges Sultanem | Lebanon | 59,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | Alexandru Papazian | Romania | 569,000 | 95 |
| 2 | 2 | Chakib Mhiri | Tunisia | 212,000 | 35 |
| 2 | 3 | Lennart Dijkkamp | Netherlands | 241,000 | 40 |
| 2 | 4 | Joao Marques da Silva | Portugal | 76,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 5 | Ut Tam Vo | France | 320,000 | 53 |
| 2 | 6 | Emil Bise | Switzerland | 209,000 | 35 |
| 2 | 7 | Alexandre Rabusseau | France | 216,000 | 36 |
| 2 | 8 | Jon Ander Martinez | Spain | 243,000 | 41 |
| 2 | 9 | Terry Jordon | United Kingdom | 99,000 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | Manuel Labous | France | 1,106,000 | 184 |
| 3 | 2 | Yury Masliankou | Belarus | 308,000 | 51 |
| 3 | 3 | Jeremie Tapia | France | 91,000 | 15 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrzej Marczykowski | Poland | 101,000 | 17 |
| 3 | 5 | Alexandre Reard | France | 112,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 6 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 236,000 | 39 |
| 3 | 7 | Maxim Bevers | Belgium | 320,000 | 53 |
| 3 | 8 | Philippe Souki | United Kingdom | 354,000 | 59 |
| 3 | 9 | Antony Marchetti | France | 107,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | Lars Kamphues | Austria | 150,000 | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | Alone Zagury | France | 145,000 | 24 |
| 4 | 3 | Francesco Delfoco | Italy | 285,000 | 48 |
| 4 | 4 | Quentin Roussey | France | 469,000 | 78 |
| 4 | 5 | Sari Maalouf | France | 123,000 | 21 |
| 4 | 6 | Fotios Ntamaris | Greece | 153,000 | 26 |
| 4 | 7 | Gaelle Baumann | France | 106,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 8 | Sami El Khwass | France | 54,000 | 9 |
| 4 | 9 | Nicola D'Anselmo | Italy | 217,000 | 36 |
| 5 | 1 | Felipe Donadel | Brazil | 46,000 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | Danielle Noja | Australia | 183,000 | 31 |
| 5 | 3 | Walter Ripper | Brazil | 274,000 | 46 |
| 5 | 4 | Idir Haiche | France | 69,000 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | Mark Buckley | Ireland | 115,000 | 19 |
| 5 | 6 | Alexis Nicolai | France | 237,000 | 40 |
| 5 | 7 | Roberto Rodriguez | Spain | 405,000 | 68 |
| 5 | 8 | Dimitri Joubert | France | 94,000 | 16 |
| 5 | 9 | Mehdi Rebsai | Tunisia | 319,000 | 53 |
| 6 | 1 | Sylvain Loosli | France | 309,000 | 52 |
| 6 | 2 | Ladislao Dalfo Batlle | Spain | 77,000 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | Saint Yves Braulio Bianchetti | Brazil | 399,000 | 67 |
| 6 | 4 | Amar Harrouch | France | 58,000 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | Michael Ferrer | Canada | 248,000 | 41 |
| 6 | 6 | Danut Chisu | Romania | 215,000 | 36 |
| 6 | 7 | Mourad Falfoul | France | 248,000 | 41 |
| 6 | 8 | Jeremy Saderne | France | 70,000 | 12 |
| 6 | 9 | Olivier Temam | France | 77,000 | 13 |
| 7 | 1 | Makram Saber | Lebanon | 80,000 | 13 |
| 7 | 2 | Toivo Rinne | Finland | 506,000 | 84 |
| 7 | 3 | Adrian Strobel | Germany | 283,000 | 47 |
| 7 | 4 | Hugo Bohn | Portugal | 256,000 | 43 |
| 7 | 5 | Yvan Hadjadj | Israel | 48,000 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | Damien Le Goff | France | 33,000 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 | Mustapha Amaouche | France | 258,000 | 43 |
| 7 | 8 | Simeon Spasov | Bulgaria | 150,000 | 25 |
| 7 | 9 | Silviu Baltateanu | Romania | 424,000 | 71 |
| 8 | 1 | Ho Tien Cheung | Netherlands | 141,000 | 24 |
| 8 | 2 | Luc Bindel | France | 315,000 | 53 |
| 8 | 3 | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | Greece | 141,000 | 24 |
| 8 | 4 | Alexandru Cinca | Romania | 55,000 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Matias Arosuo | Finland | 64,000 | 11 |
| 8 | 6 | Antonin Teisseire | France | 118,000 | 20 |
| 8 | 7 | Levente Szabo | Hungary | 178,000 | 30 |
| 8 | 8 | Vincent Cavailles | France | 72,000 | 12 |
| 8 | 9 | Aleksandr Shevliakov | Russia | 365,000 | 61 |
| 9 | 1 | Woojong Ha | South Korea | 231,000 | 39 |
| 9 | 2 | Ruslan Rishko | Ukraine | 249,000 | 42 |
| 9 | 3 | Daewoong Song | South Korea | 563,000 | 94 |
| 9 | 4 | Virgile Turchi | France | 138,000 | 23 |
| 9 | 5 | Ivan Banic | Croatia | 105,000 | 18 |
| 9 | 6 | Cedric Massaro | France | 142,000 | 24 |
| 9 | 7 | Mauricio Ferreira Pais | Germany | 310,000 | 52 |
| 9 | 8 | Massou Cohen | France | 87,000 | 15 |
| 9 | 9 | Jeremie Zouari | France | 358,000 | 60 |
| 10 | 1 | Peter Kvisthammar | Sweden | 146,000 | 24 |
| 10 | 2 | Bruno Fernandes | France | 56,000 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | David Vinayagamoorthy | Norway | 229,000 | 38 |
| 10 | 4 | Mounir Tajiou | Sweden | 265,000 | 44 |
| 10 | 5 | Juan Baraza | Spain | 100,000 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | Gerard Rubiralta | Spain | 162,000 | 27 |
| 10 | 7 | Mohamed Mokrani | France | 194,000 | 32 |
| 10 | 8 | Egor Procop | Moldova | 175,000 | 29 |
| 10 | 9 | Wim Verhaegen | Belgium | 17,000 | 3 |
| 11 | 1 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 451,000 | 75 |
| 11 | 2 | Iacopo Brandi | Italy | 310,000 | 52 |
| 11 | 3 | Nicolas Plantin | France | 160,000 | 27 |
| 11 | 4 | Jonathan Abiteboul | France | 101,000 | 17 |
| 11 | 5 | Nariman Yaghmai | Iran | 153,000 | 26 |
| 11 | 6 | Luis Celso | Brazil | 162,000 | 27 |
| 11 | 7 | Tomas Kolarik | Czech Republic | 282,000 | 47 |
| 11 | 8 | Gabriel Chiva | Romania | 81,000 | 14 |
| 11 | 9 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 208,000 | 35 |
| 12 | 1 | Gary Hasson | Belgium | 57,000 | 10 |
| 12 | 2 | Luis Machado | Portugal | 702,000 | 117 |
| 12 | 3 | Shakhabiddin Muradov | Latvia | 240,000 | 40 |
| 12 | 4 | Frederic Delval | France | 175,000 | 29 |
| 12 | 5 | Ori Hasson | Israel | 114,000 | 19 |
| 12 | 7 | Tetsuma Ishizu | Japan | 228,000 | 38 |
| 12 | 8 | Dorian Melchers | France | 108,000 | 18 |
| 12 | 9 | Kimon Fountoukidis | Poland | 89,000 | 15 |
| 13 | 1 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | 36,000 | 6 |
| 13 | 2 | Anton Suarez | Sweden | 374,000 | 62 |
| 13 | 3 | Yavuz Kaya | France | 133,000 | 22 |
| 13 | 4 | El Mostafa Ederoua | France | 228,000 | 38 |
| 13 | 5 | Jonas Hagstrom | Sweden | 85,000 | 14 |
| 13 | 6 | Paulo Villena | Brazil | 58,000 | 10 |
| 13 | 7 | Shimizu Nozomu | Japan | 299,000 | 50 |
| 13 | 8 | Sandro Pitzanti | Netherlands | 15,000 | 3 |
| 13 | 9 | Merijn van Rooij | Netherlands | 76,000 | 13 |
| 14 | 1 | Carlos Ribeiro | Brazil | 106,000 | 18 |
| 14 | 2 | Mercedes Osti | France | 170,000 | 28 |
| 14 | 3 | Darko Svesko | Serbia | 468,000 | 78 |
| 14 | 4 | Rehman Kassam | United Kingdom | 283,000 | 47 |
| 14 | 5 | Abdelhakim Zoufri | Netherlands | 101,000 | 17 |
| 14 | 6 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 101,000 | 17 |
| 14 | 7 | Symeon Alexandridis | Greece | 290,000 | 48 |
| 14 | 8 | Fabio Di Blasi | Switzerland | 136,000 | 23 |
| 14 | 9 | Jamil Wakil | Canada | 124,000 | 21 |
| 15 | 1 | Arnaud Mattern | France | 271,000 | 45 |
| 15 | 2 | Ivan Zhechev | Bulgaria | 150,000 | 25 |
| 15 | 3 | Julien Rouxel | France | 573,000 | 96 |
| 15 | 4 | Stefan Heizmann | Germany | 135,000 | 23 |
| 15 | 5 | Marius Gicovanu | Romania | 179,000 | 30 |
| 15 | 6 | Lex Veldhuis | Netherlands | 131,000 | 22 |
| 15 | 7 | Andrew Hulme | United Kingdom | 79,000 | 13 |
| 15 | 8 | Zhong Chen | Netherlands | 77,000 | 13 |
| 15 | 9 | Arthur Thiriat | France | 193,000 | 32 |
Assorted End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,106,000 | 116,000 |
|
702,000 | 702,000 |
|
573,000 | |
|
569,000 | 139,000 |
|
563,000 | 373,000 |
|
506,000 | -24,000 |
|
469,000 | 169,000 |
|
468,000 | -2,000 |
|
451,000 | 66,000 |
|
424,000 | -1,000 |
|
405,000 | 405,000 |
|
399,000 | 19,000 |
|
374,000 | -6,000 |
|
365,000 | -35,000 |
|
361,000 | 71,000 |
|
358,000 | 28,000 |
|
354,000 | 164,000 |
|
320,000 | 320,000 |
|
320,000 | -10,000 |
|
319,000 | 319,000 |
|
315,000 | -30,000 |
|
310,000 | -60,000 |
|
310,000 | 50,000 |
|
309,000 | 159,000 |
|
308,000 | 308,000 |
Day 1 Completed With 134 Survivors
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
After the three eliminations in five minutes and the chopped min-cash, the remaining 134 players have bagged and tagged their chips for the night. Full chip counts will be provided when PokerNews receives them and a recap of today's action is to follow.
Ahuja and Jung Eliminated on the Money Bubble
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Victor Caballero was eliminated and moments later, the dealers were instructed to stop after their current hand is completed. What followed was a dramatic bubble as three seperate all ins occurred across the room, each playing out hand for hand as players crowded round.
Ankit Ahuja was all in against Mehdi Chaoui, the former the at-risk player and Chaoui also with most of his chips in the middle.
Ankit Ahuja: 
Mehdi Chaoui: 
The board ran out 
and Chaoui's kings held up. Ahuja was eliminated right on the bubble, but so was Kyung Sik Jung when his 
for a set of sevens on the 
board was no good. Julien Rouxel had rivered a wheel with the 
.
The third all-in showdown brought a double up for Vlada Stojanovic, who got it in preflop for 106,000 against Wim Verhaegen.
Vlada Stojanovic: 
Wim Verhaegen: 
The 
runout was a sweat but Stojanovic dodged the additional straight draw to survive.
With two eliminations on the stone-cold money bubble,Ahuja and Jung actually chopped the min cash of €3,300 to walk away with €1,675 each.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
573,000 | 507,000 |
|
230,000 | 100,000 |
|
160,000 | 104,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Triple Up for Caballero
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The two active players checked down the 
river after which the floorman prompted "all cards must be shown" with Victor Caballero at risk. The Spaniard revealed 
for trips kings, which beat the 
of Iacopo Brandi and 
in showdown.
One table over, Jeremy Saderne doubled with to stay in contention. Jiayu Ruan and Frederik Reusch were not as fortunate as their eliminations brought the field down to the last 137 hopefuls.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | -130,000 |
|
90,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Giacomo Doubles and Pinna Hangs On
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a flop of 
, Claudio Di Giacomo had all his chips in the middle against Victor Pinna.
Claudio Di Giacomo: 
Victor Pinna: 
Pinna was ahead with a pair of aces but a 
on the turn gave Giacomo the flush. The river came the .
The hand gave Giacomo a double up and took Pinna down to just 40,000. A few hands later and Pinna was still hanging on, successfully getting through with a shove to survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 35,000 |
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
Sow Eliminated by Shevliakov
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Kalidou Sow jammed a shorter stack on the button for around 43,000. He was looked up by Aleksandr Shevliakov in the small blind and the following cards were revealed.
Kalidou Sow:
Alaksandr Shevliakov: 
The 
flop gave Sow some equity with a pair and back door flush draw. However, he found no help on either the turn nor river to bow out just shy of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | -130,000 |
|
|
290,000 | -50,000 |
|
Busted |
Play Slows Down and All In Results In Chopped Pot
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Play has slowed down considerably since returning from the break, players aware that they are just moments away from the money bubble.
In one hand that did result in an all in confrontation Merijn van Rooij shoved from the hijack for 85,000 and got called by Mark Buckley. Both players showed ace queen, and the pot was chopped.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 50,000 |
|
85,000 |