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

Feb 23, 2023

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.

Tags: Damien Le Goff Steve Savio

Feb 23, 2023

Souki Finds Aces

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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 .

Tags: Philippe Souki Tetsuma Ishizu Thomas Muehloecker

Feb 23, 2023

Obara Squeezes Into a Fold

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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.

Tags: Will Kassouf Jun Obara Diogo Cardoso

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Feb 23, 2023

Late Night Eliminations

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Calum Grant

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

Feb 23, 2023

Early Night for Abed

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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.

Tags: Jose Jaraiz Redouane Abed

Feb 23, 2023

No Straddle, No Chips

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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.

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

Feb 23, 2023

Dream Spot for Sadeghpourfard

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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.

Tags: Junhyoung Ki Lyudmil Ivanov

Feb 23, 2023

Big Stacks in the Room

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Adam Lamers

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

Feb 23, 2023

Veldhuis' Slow Play Key to Victory

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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.

Tags: Junhyoung Ki Lex Veldhuis