2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€243,656
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€1,328,456
Entries
787
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
711
Players Left
329

Chalkiadakis Receives a Gift

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Andreas Chalkiadakis raised it up on the button and was called by the big blind. The flop came {q-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and Chalkiadakis continued with a bet 700. The big blind check-raised to 2,500 and Chalkiadakis made it 6,500. His opponent called and the {5-Spades} landed on the turn.

The big blind checked again and Chalkiadakis bet 11,000. The big blind check-raised all in for around 16,000 and Chalkiadakis quickly called.

Chalkiadakis tabled {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs} for an overpair while his opponent was left with a straight draw holding {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}. The river was the {5-Diamonds} and Chalkiadakis held on for the knockout.

"Your lucky day," Emile Bise pointed out.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Chalkiadakis gr
Andreas Chalkiadakis
55,000

Tags: Andreas ChalkiadakisEmile Bise

Kitajima Doubles Speranza

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

When the action was caught on the board {4-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs}, Hayato Kitajima had the iconic all-in triangle in front of him. He had his opponent Gianluca Speranza's stack covered. Speranza made the call, and got shown {7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} by Kitajima for a pair of sevens. Speranza bested that with his {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, and doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
42,500
12,500
12,500
Hayato Kitajima jp
Hayato Kitajima
10,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Gianluca SperanzaHayato Kitajima

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

Sitbon Cracks Kings to Double

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante
Julien Sitbon
Julien Sitbon

Ramzi Karam opened to 500 from early position, and Julien Sitbon called from the big blind. Sitbon check-called for 500 on the {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{j-Diamonds} flop, which brought in the {3-Hearts} turn.

Sitbon checked for a second time before Karam continued for another 1,800. Sitbon then jammed for 13,700 and was called.

Julien Sitbon: {8-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Ramzi Karam: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

Sitbon had turned two pair, eights and threes, to have the best hand at the time. The {4-Diamonds} river completed the board, and Sitbon doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Ramzi Karam lb
Ramzi Karam
36,000
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
28,400
-12,600
-12,600

Tags: Julien SitbonRamzi Karam

Bindel Doubles Through Benhamou

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Luc Bindel opened to 600 from the cutoff and Jordan Benhamou called from the big blind.

Benhamou check-called for 900 for {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Spades} and did the same for 5,000 on the {3-Diamonds} turn. Benhamou then led out for 10,000 on the {8-Diamonds} river. Bindel then jammed for 22,100 and was called.

Bindel had the {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} for a pair of aces with a queen kicker while Benhamou had the {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} for a pair of aces, with an inferior jack kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Luc Bindel fr
Luc Bindel
58,000
33,000
33,000
Jordan Benhamou fr
Jordan Benhamou
34,000
-26,000
-26,000

Tags: Jordan BenhamouLuc Bindel

Four-Bet Costs Toth

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Juha Helppi opened the action from middle position with a raise to 600. Hubert Baran Osinski reraised to 2,300 from the hijack, then big blind Bela Toth put out a single T-5000 chip for a cold four-bet. This was too much action for Helppi, who folded quickly. Osinski payed the extra chips, and the two saw a flop.

{3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} saw Toth continuation-betting for 2,800. Baran Osinski upped the aggression once more, and raised that bet to 6,300. Toth thought for a while before he called.

The turn came {5-Spades}, and Toth checked to the last aggressor. Osinski requested an all-in triangle from the dealer as he put in his remaining stack of 18,000. That amount was too great for Toth, who let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Hubert Baran Osinski pl
Hubert Baran Osinski
41,500
41,500
41,500
Bela Toth hu
Bela Toth
18,500
18,500
18,500

Tags: Bela TothHubert Baran Osinski

Jacobson Puts Mosca to the Test

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Enrico Mosca and Martin Jacobson were engaged in a three-bet pot heading to the flop of {k-Clubs}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs}. Mosca checked in the cutoff and Jacobson threw in a bet of 1,100 on the button. Mosca called and the {3-Diamonds} rolled off on the turn.

Mosca checked again and Jacobson tossed in a bet of 5,500. Mosca still called and the {4-Hearts} completed the board. Mosca checked for the third time and Jacobson pushed in a bet of 20,000. Mosca, sitting with a stack of just over 15,000, was forced to send his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
39,000
9,000
9,000
Enrico Mosca it
Enrico Mosca
15,200

Tags: Martin JacobsonEnrico Mosca

Kim Hero-Calls Bacri with One Pair

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Namhyung Kim
Namhyung Kim

A completed board of {9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} was laid out on the table with around 20,000 chips already in the middle. Namhyung Kim led out with a bet of 6,000 and Guillaume Bacri shoved all in for 21,800. Kim thought for a minute before splashing in some chips to call.

"Good call," Bacri announced as he turned his top pair of {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} into a bluff. It wasn't meant to be though as Kim simply called with {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} to send Bacri to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Namhyung Kim kr
Namhyung Kim
62,000
Guillaume Bacri
Guillaume Bacri
Busted

Tags: Namhyung KimGuillaume Bacri