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

02-16-2023 19:47 UTC+2

Small Pot for Hong as Tournament Gets Underway

Matt Warburton

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Sungho Hong raised to 300 chips from middle position and picked up a call from Marc Uzan in the small blind. The flop came .

Uzan checked and Hong made a continuation bet for 300. Uzan called and the turn fell . Uzan once again checked and Hong checked behind.

The river was the and after Uzan checked for a third time, Hong bet 2,100. This was too much for Uzan, who folded. Hong picked up a small pot to kickstart his tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sungho Hong	33,000	33,000
Marc Uzan	28,000	28,000

Tags: Marc Uzan Sungho Hong

02-16-2023 19:35 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	30,000
Ken Okada	30,000	30,000
Victoria Livschitz	30,000	30,000
Miroslav Alilovic	30,000	30,000
Kevin Lombard	30,000	30,000

Shuffle Up and Deal

Matt Warburton

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Day 1b, the second flight of €1,100 FPS Paris Main Event is now underway. So far, 179 players have registered.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

02-16-2023 18:21 UTC+2

Day 1b Start Time Delay

Matt Hansen

Day 1b's start time has been moved back 30 minutes to 6:30 p.m. local time.

02-16-2023 17:41 UTC+2

Welcome to Day 1b of the FPS Paris €1,100 Main Event

Matt Warburton

Welcome to Day 1b of the French Poker Series (FPS) €1,100 Paris Main Event at PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris. Cards go in the air at 6 p.m. local time for the second of three opening flights.

Players will start with 30,000 chips and the structure is slightly faster than Day 1a with 30-minute blind levels. Blinds start at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Per French regulations, players are allowed to reenter once per flight after the original entry. Players may reenter their initial flight once, and then they have one entry available to each of the remaining flights. Registration will close after Level 10.

Anthony Apicella took down the last FPS Main Event, held in Aix-en-Provence in November of 2022, for €141,200.

Of those who enter, 15 percent of the field will make it to Day 2 and walk away with at least a min-cash. The final flight, Day 1c, begins Friday with 15 percent again progressing to Saturday's Day 2.

Stay tuned to PokerNews live updates from the tournament floor throughout the FPS Main Event.

€1,100 FPS Paris Main Event

Day 1b Started