€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-23-2023 01:28 UTC+2

Le Goff Stands Up and Wins

Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Mihails Morozovs had raised from early position to 2,500 when Steve Savio made it 6,500 to go from the cutoff. Next to act was Damien Le Goff on the button, who announced an all-in for 20,600. It folded back to Savio, who called relatively quickly after getting a count.

Damien Le Goff:
Steve Savio:

When Le Goff saw Savio's hand, he stood up in disbelief, put on his coat and was ready to go home. The whole table, including Savio, had a good laugh about the situation. As the two traded some words in French the board ran out , prompting Le Goff to sit back down quickly to collect his new chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damien Le Goff	46,700 46,700	46,700
Steve Savio	31,500 31,500	31,500

Tags: Damien Le Goff Steve Savio

02-23-2023 01:27 UTC+2

Souki Finds Aces

Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Tetsuma Ishizu moved all in for 14,900 middle position before Thomas Muehloecker rejammed from the cutoff. Phillipe Souki was on the button and called off his tournament life with his last 41,600.

Tetsuma Ishizu:
Philippe Souki:
Thomas Muehloecker:

Souki was in fantastic shape to get a double up and change up and ousting Ishizu. That's exactly what happened as the board ran out with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Philippe Souki	100,000
Thomas Muehloecker	15,000 -58,000	-58,000
Tetsuma Ishizu	Busted

Tags: Philippe Souki Tetsuma Ishizu Thomas Muehloecker

02-23-2023 01:26 UTC+2

Obara Squeezes Into a Fold

Adam Lamers

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Will Kassouf opened to 3,500 in middle position and was called by Diogo Cardoso on his left and the hijack. Jun Obara three-bet to 14,700 in the cutoff and the action folded back to Kassouf.

After spending a couple of minutes in the tank, Kassouf threw his cards to the muck in frustration. Cardoso opted to four-bet shove all in for 67,300 which got the hijack to fold. Obara asked for a count and spent some time in the tank as well but opted to lay his hand down as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diogo Cardoso	90,500
Jun Obara	56,500
Will Kassouf	43,000 -24,500	-24,500

Tags: Will Kassouf Jun Obara Diogo Cardoso

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

02-23-2023 01:15 UTC+2

Late Night Eliminations

Calum Grant

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Rokita	Busted
Jerry Odeen	Busted
Jack Sinclair	Busted
Igor Picone	Busted
Imad Derwiche	Busted
Davidi Kitai	Busted

02-23-2023 01:06 UTC+2

Early Night for Abed

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,000 ante

There was a red all-in triangle in front of Redouane Abed on the button, as well as 30,200 chips. Jose Jaraiz was in the big blind thinking about his decision and ended up making the call.

Redouane Abed:
Jose Jaraiz

The dealer dealt and Jaraiz could kill some time stacking Abed's chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Jaraiz	94,000 44,000	44,000
Redouane Abed	Busted

Tags: Jose Jaraiz Redouane Abed

02-23-2023 01:06 UTC+2

No Straddle, No Chips

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,000 ante

Martin Kabrhel just took a seat to the right of Thomas Muehloecker and was trying to convince the table to start straddling, or blind raising in a tournament. James Lee wouldn't comply but opted to shove all in for around 17,000 from under the gun instead. The action folded around to Thomas Muehloecker in the big blind who called.

James Lee:
Thomas Muehloecker:

The board ran out and Muehloecker's pair of sevens held on to eliminate Lee. On the next hand, Philippe Souki put out the 2,400 "straddle' but folded to a raise.

Next up was Benjamin Lebor who was confused at was taking place. He just followed instructions and put the 2,400 on and the action proceeded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	73,000 43,000	43,000
Martin Kabrhel	25,500
Jason Lee	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Lebor James Lee Martin Kabrhel Philippe Souki Thomas Muehloecker

02-23-2023 00:59 UTC+2

Dream Spot for Sadeghpourfard

Calum Grant

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,000 ante

[Removed:449] opened from under the gun before Junhyoung Ki three-bet to 9,000 from middle position. Lyudmil Ivanov then jammed for around 37,000 from the small blind. Sadeghpourfard then ripped in his stack of 101,800 and after going through the blender, Ki made the call as the superior stack.

Lyudmil Ivanov:
[Removed:449]:
Junhyoung Ki:

Sadeghpourfard was ahead on the flop, however, the turn gave Ki a flush draw as well as his trips and two pair outs. The completed the board and Sadeghpourfard collected the biggest pot of the day so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:449]	241,000 241,000	241,000
Junhyoung Ki	18,100 -108,400	-108,400
Lyudmil Ivanov	Busted

Tags: Junhyoung Ki Lyudmil Ivanov

02-23-2023 00:59 UTC+2

Big Stacks in the Room

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Shohet	176,000

Francois Vincenti	162,000
Daniel Heredi	162,000
Paul Tedeschi	155,000 111,000	111,000
Jonas Hagstrom	149,000
Mathieu Le Corre	145,000
Jack Maskill	144,000
Nick Marchington	129,000 85,200	85,200
Antoine Saout	104,000

02-23-2023 00:51 UTC+2

Veldhuis' Slow Play Key to Victory

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,000 ante

Lex Veldhuis and Junhyoung Ki were battling for a pot worth more than 25,000 on the turn. The board read and Veldhuis checked from early position. Ki bombed 20,000 chips into the middle from the cutoff which Veldhuis called after a little thinking time.

The river came , Veldhuis checked again, and Ki snap-checked behind. Veldhuis revealed he had been slow playing the turn with , leading to Ki mucking his cards and Veldhuis raking in this sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Junhyoung Ki	126,500 46,500	46,500
Lex Veldhuis	96,500 47,000	47,000

Tags: Junhyoung Ki Lex Veldhuis