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

02-22-2023 23:12 UTC+2

New Entries, Reentries and Other Updates

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Duco ten Haven	84,500 84,500	84,500
Maxim Lykov	70,000 40,000	40,000

Alan Goasdoue	55,200 55,200	55,200
Leo Margets	52,000 22,000	22,000
Morten Mortensen	51,500 21,500	21,500
Ian Hamilton	46,500 46,500	46,500

Roelof Pepping	42,400 42,400	42,400
Antoine Labat	41,700 41,700	41,700
Zhong Chen	37,500 20,700	20,700
Joris Ruijs	34,500 4,500	4,500
Hossein Ensan	30,000

Bart Lybaert	30,000 30,000	30,000
Victoria Livschitz	29,100 29,100	29,100
Claas Segebrecht	29,000 29,000	29,000
Juha Helppi	25,600 1,600	1,600
Jon Kyte	18,000 -12,000	-12,000
Derk van Luijk	14,000 14,000	14,000

02-22-2023 23:11 UTC+2

Kings for Kozieja

Calum Grant

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 600 ante

Baku Fazliu raised from under the gun and was called by Francky Magliocco on his direct left. Grzegorz Kozieja three-bet from middle position and action folded back to Fazliu. He made it 16,000 to go, which folded out Magliocco. Kozieja then five-bet jammed for 47,900 and was called.

Grzegorz Kozieja:
Baku Fazliu:

Kozieja got the post-dinner-break double up following the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grzegorz Kozieja	100,000 100,000	100,000
Francky Magliocco	50,000 9,800	9,800
Baku Fazliu	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Baku Fazliu Francky Magliocco Grzegorz Kozieja

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 600

02-22-2023 22:20 UTC+2

Get to Know the TWO New PokerStars Ambassadors!

Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Two new PokerStars Ambassadors were unveiled in The Bahamas as Brazilian Lali Tournier and Spain's Irene ‘Frogy’ Albarrán joined the roster of players.

Tournier is a two-time Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) champion and poker streamer, while Frogy is a poker coach and streamer who is also a member of the PokerStars Spanish commentary team.

Read what they had to say about joining Team Pro!

Tags: Irene Albarran Lali Tournier PokerStars Team Pro

02-22-2023 21:43 UTC+2

Dinner Break

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Level 6 has been played to completion and the players can now enjoy a 75-minute dinner break. Play expected to resume just before 10 p.m. local time.

02-22-2023 21:40 UTC+2

Preflop Cooler Leaves Sitbon Short, Jaraiz Sees Him Off

Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Julien Sitbon told PokerNews that he had been reduced to crumbs after he lost a 90,000 pot with queens against aces.

He was then all in for 3,200 from the hijack and was at risk of elimination to Jose Jaraiz, who was in the small blind.

Julien Sitbon:
Jose Jaraiz:

Sitbon was unable to connect on the runout and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Jaraiz	50,000 50,000	50,000
Julien Sitbon	Busted

Tags: Jose Jaraiz Julien Sitbon

02-22-2023 21:36 UTC+2

Galindo Sinks Ibarrola

Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There was around 20,000 in the pot on the completed board. Humberto Lopes Galindo checked in the big blind before Alexis Ibarrola bet 6,500 from under the gun. Galindo jammed as the bigger stack and his opponent went into the tank.

Ibarrola, who had another 18,500 behind, opted to call for his tournament life.

Ibarrola had for trip kings. However, Galindo had for a full house, kings full of threes, and took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Humberto Lopes Galindo	70,000 70,000	70,000
Alexis Ibarrola	Busted

Tags: Alexis Ibarrola Humberto Lopes Galindo

02-22-2023 21:36 UTC+2

Shylko Upends Costa with Aces

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three players were still in the hand on the river with the board reading . There were around 30,000 chips in the middle already and Aliaksandr Shylko ripped all in for roughly 24,000. Silvio Costa went into the tank for a couple of minutes before finally calling off his stack of around 21,000.

Federico Caroe quickly mucked his cards and Shylko tabled for the best two pair. Costa could only muster and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksandr Shylko	75,600 45,600	45,600
Silvio Costa	Busted

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Federico Caroe Silvio Costa

02-22-2023 21:31 UTC+2

Wang Three-Bets Twice

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Michael Wang had amassed an enormous stack of around 150,000 chips when he got involved in a hand with Oleksii Koiev.

Koiev opened from middle position to 1,200, which Wang three-bet to 3,500 from the hijack. Koiev called and the two saw a flop: .

Koiev checked to Wang and he put out a continuation-bet of 3,200. Koiev raised that to 10,500 and Wang went into the tank. When he emerged, he announced that he was all-in, covering Koiev's 43,900 remaining chips. Koiev let out a sigh but called the bet.

Oleksii Koiev:
Michael Wang:

The board ran out an innocuous and Koiev doubled his already above-average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Koiev	96,300 96,300	96,300
Michael Wang	93,000 63,000	63,000

Tags: Michael Wang Oleksii Koiev

02-22-2023 21:29 UTC+2

Limped Pot Goes to Rocco

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Five players limped in and the dealer fanned the flop of . Michael Rocco took a stab at the pot with a bet of 1,000 on the flop. Merijn van Rooij folded on his left and the only player to call was Andreas Bolling in the small blind.

The paired the board on the turn and both players checked to the on the river. Bolling checked again and Rocco dropped in a bet of 2,000. Bolling ditched his cards and Rocco raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Bolling	66,000
Michael Rocco	41,500 11,500	11,500
Merijn van Rooij	16,100

Tags: Andreas Bolling Merijn van Rooij Michael Rocco