€1,100 FPS Paris Main Event Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-16-2023 22:17 UTC+2

PokerStars Ambassador Colillas Among Day 1a Casualties

Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	Busted
Cedric Ghanassia	Busted
Manig Loeser	Busted
Sami Daassi	Busted
Kristof Debei	Busted
Ross Leathley	Busted
Romain Meyer	Busted
Nima Azadeh	Busted
Hubert Bokobza	Busted
Benny Taieb	Busted
Jonathan Therme	Busted
Ori Hasson	Busted
Sacha Cohen	Busted
Nicolay Langfeldt	Busted
Jamila von Perger	Busted
Tobias Peters	Busted
Carlo Savinelli	Busted
Yoann Attia	Busted
Mateusz Moolhuizen	Busted
Olivier Armougon	Busted
Sam Sztarkman	Busted
Roger Clement	Busted
William Kassouf	Busted
Seongmin Lee	Busted
Luis Machado	Busted

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02-16-2023 21:33 UTC+2

Dinner Break

Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The remaining 301 players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9:45 p.m. They will play three more levels when they return and then will bag for Day 2.

02-16-2023 21:30 UTC+2

Wild Ride for Haber

Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Nicolas Pagnini jammed for 24,000 from the cutoff. Eric Haber then moved all in for 24,700 from the small blind. Johan Girard, in the big blind, folded.

Nicolas Pagnini:
Eric Haber:

Pagnini paired up on the runout to leave Haber with crumbs.

The next hand, Florian Duta opened to 3,000 from under the gun. Haber put in the last of his chips and Martin Barth called from the big blind. Duta continued for 2,000 on the flop and Barth folded.

Eric Haber:
Florian Duta:

The hand that just hurt Haber had now become his lifeline. He held out to chip up to 4,300 following the runout.

Haber, in the cutoff, then made it three consecutive hands in where he moved all in. Girard called from the button.

Eric Haber:
Johan Girard:

Haber hit the flop and again held out to survive once more following the turn and river.

However, his wild ride would come to an end a few hands later. Manuel Raby opened to 3,000 from early position and Haber jammed for 12,600. Dragos Trofimov then moved all in for 45,700 to isolate Haber. Raby folded.

Eric Haber:
Dragos Trofimov:

Haber was up against pocket sixes again but this time he couldn't improve against the pocket pair and was ousted after the board ran out with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Dragos Trofimov	67,000	67,000
Nicolas Pagnini	54,000	54,000
Florian Duta	49,000	39,000
Johan Girard	35,000	35,000
Eric Haber (FRA)	Busted

Tags: Dragos Trofimov Eric Haber Florian Duta Johan Girard Manuel Raby Martin Barth Nicolas Pagnini

02-16-2023 21:29 UTC+2

PokerStars Announces the Dates for the 17th Anniversary Sunday Million

Sandra Barbour

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

What are you doing on March 26? That date may be a couple of months away but it is a date that you want free in your calendar because March 26 is when the massive 17th Anniversary edition of the PokerStars Sunday Million takes place.

The 17th-anniversary edition of the PokerStars Sunday Million is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. GMT on March 26. It comes with a $215 buy-in and an eye-popping $7.5 million guarantee, although the prize pool could be much larger if past Sunday Million special editions are anything to go by.

Satellites for the 17th-anniversary edition of the Sunday Million can be found in the PokerStars lobby right now. Ensure you enter the correct tournaments because there are satellites for the standard Sunday Million running alongside the $7.5 million guaranteed event.

02-16-2023 21:28 UTC+2

The Stand Up Does Wonders for Ju

Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Samantha Abernathy opened to 3,000 in middle position and Samuel Ju three-bet jammed a micro stack from the big blind. Abernathy called with a bigger stack.

Samuel Ju:
Samantha Abernathy:

Ju didn't get any help from the flop or the turn and stood up from his seat before the spiked on the river to keep him alive.

"The stand up!" commented Abernathy.

"I already bought my ticket for tomorrow!" laughed Ju.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samantha Abernathy	25,000	-7,000
Samuel Ju	16,000	6,500

Tags: Samantha Abernathy Samuel Ju

02-16-2023 21:19 UTC+2

Abernathy Dodges an Ace

Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Petar Kalev opened to 3,300 from middle position and then Samantha Abernathy jammed for 14,000 from the hijack. Kalev called.

Samantha Abernathy:
Petar Kalev:

Abernathy's pocket tens remained best and she doubled up to just above starting stack following the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petar Kalev	100,000	100,000
Samantha Abernathy	32,000

Tags: Petar Kalev Samantha Abernathy

02-16-2023 21:12 UTC+2

Sacksick Dodges Diamonds to Eliminate Two

Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

David Sacksick was in a three-way pot against Sofiane Drissi and Vincent Descams on a flop of and all of the chips got in the middle with Sacksick having the biggest stack.

Vincent Descams:
Sofiane Drissi:
David Sacksick:

Sacksick had a set and both of his opponents were on diamond draws, with Drissi having the best of it for Descams to be drawing dead. The board finished out and Sacksick faded the diamonds to eliminate both opponents and scoop one of the biggest pots of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Sacksick	275,000	275,000
Vincent Descams	Busted
Sofiane Drissi	Busted

Tags: David Sacksick Sofiane Drissi Vincent Descams

02-16-2023 20:57 UTC+2

Late Registration Closes

Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Late registration for Day 1a of the €1,100 FPS Main Event has closed. The first starting flight has seen 796 entries and has contributed €764,160 into the prize pool.

Upon the completion of Level 11, the players will go on a 75-minute dinner break.

When they return, they will play three more levels and then Day 1a will close.

02-16-2023 20:54 UTC+2

Min-Click From Mesloub

Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In the previous level, Bogdan Munteanu opened to 2,500 from middle positon and was called by Jen-Yue Chiang from the button. Djaffar Mesloub and Mohamed Kechiche also called from the blinds.

Munteanu continued for 2,600 on the flop and Chiang got out of the way. Mesloub, however, clicked it to 5,200. both Kechiche and Munteanu called.