€1,100 FPS Paris Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
€1,100 FPS Paris Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€1,988,160
Entries
2,071
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
61
Players Left
7
Labryga Leads Final Seven After Penultimate Day in FPS Paris Main Event
Level 33
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The penultimate day of the €1,100 France Poker Series Paris Main Event wrapped up after ten 60-minute levels of play with Jean-Luc Labryga leading the final seven players with a stack of 20,350,000. Labryga holds a big lead over Oleksii Natoptanyi, Elias Fisz and Roger Taieb, but Christopher Dowling, Alan Goasdoue and Thibault Reverdito all have a fighting chance at taking home the trophy and €287,830 top prize.
The six players who survived a record-breaking FPS Main Event field of 2,071 players will return to finish out the final table on Feb. 20 at noon local time as they each look to etch their name in EPT Paris history.
Labryga, a France native who ended Day 1a as the chip leader, is guaranteed his biggest-ever score as the Frenchmen looks to add to his $31,533 in Hendon Mob earnings. He'll have a good chance at significantly besting that as he enters Day 4 with nearly a third of chips in play.
€1,100 FPS Paris Main Event Final Table
| SEAT | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
| 1 | Alan Goasdoue | France | 3,350,000 | 11 | |
| 2 | Elias Fisz | Netherlands | 9,225,000 | 31 | |
| 3 | Jean-Luc Labryga | France | 20,350,000 | 68 | |
| 4 | Oleksii Natoptanyi | Ukraine | 9,150,000 | 29 | |
| 5 | Roger Taieb | France | 8,100,000 | 27 | |
| 6 | Christopher Dowling | Ireland | 7,300,000 | 24 | |
| 7 | Thibault Reverdito | France | 4,625,000 | 22 |
Day 3 Action
It didn't take long for the starting Day 3 field of 61 players to dwindle down to a few tables as some of the early eliminations included Igor Yaroshevskyy (58th - €4,570), Gianluca Speranza (47th - €5,270) and Day 1c chip leader Loic Vaux (39th - €6,040).
Pedro Neves, who last month finished runner-up in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 Main Event for $1,183,037, went out in 23rd place when his ace-queen couldn't improve against the Cowboys of Diogo Vieira.
Day 2 chip leader Ai Guo Xu's run ended in a 22nd-place finish when he ran ace-ten into the ace-queen of Labryga, who used the knockout to build up a stack before entering the final table with 70 big blinds and the chip lead. Leading up to the final table, Labryga's ace-jack held up against the king-queen of Willem de Jong to send the Dutchman out in 10th place.
And in the final hour of play, Labryga eliminated Alexis Lucarini in ninth place with Big Slick as he dominated the fellow Frenchman's king-jack. The energetic Vasyl Zabrodskyy of Ukraine then bowed out in eighth place when his pocket sixes couldn't hold against Labryga's ace-jack.
Action on Day 4 will pick up on Level 34 with blinds of 150,000/300,000/300,000, and the day will play down to a winner. Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to finish coverage of the record-breaking €1,100 FPS Paris Main Event here in France.
End of Day 3 Chip Counts
Level 33
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,350,000 | 20,350,000 |
|
9,725,000 | 1,725,000 |
|
9,225,000 | -725,000 |
|
8,100,000 | -1,900,000 |
|
7,300,000 | 1,600,000 |
|
4,625,000 | -1,175,000 |
|
3,350,000 | -1,250,000 |
Day 3 Closes
Level 33
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Day 3 has ended, and the seven remaining players are now bagging and tagging their stacks for Day 4, which gets underway at 12 p.m. local time on Monday, February 20.
Chip counts and recap of today's action to follow shortly.
Vasyl Zabrodskyy Eliminated in 8th Place (€34,610)
Level 33
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Jean Labryga kicked off the action with a raise to 800,000 from under the gun. Labryga then snap-called when Vasyl Zabrodskyy jammed for 2,950,000 from the big blind.
Vasyl Zabrodskyy: 
Jean Labryga: 
Labryga instantly took the lead as the 
was in the window and followed by the 
. The 
turn kept Labryga ahead and the 
river confirmed the Ukrainian's elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,400,000 | 5,900,000 |
|
Busted |
Alexis Lucarini Eliminated in 9th Place (€26,620)
Level 33
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Alexis Lucarini open-jammed a stack of around 2,000,000 from middle position and Jean Labryga called in the big blind with a bigger stack.
Alexis Lucarini: 
Jean Labryga: 
Lucarini was dominated and couldn't hit his three-outer as the board ran out 
to mark his elimination in ninth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,500,000 | -200,000 |
|
Busted |
Dowling Doubles Fisz
Level 33
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Christopher Dowling started the action by raising to 500,000 from the hijack. Every player gave their cards to the dealer, except Elias Fisz in the big blind, who announced he was all-in for 4,800,000. Dowling inquired after the size of Fisz's stack, and after an approximation was given, put in the rest of the chips.
Elias Fisz: 
Christopher Dowling: 
The board ran out all undercards to his pocket queens: 
. That scored Fisz the double-up, which he celebrated with some audible cheering.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,950,000 | 4,450,000 |
|
|
5,700,000 | -4,800,000 |
Day 3 to Close Upon Level Completion
Level 33
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The nine remaining players have been told that Day 3 will close upon the completion of the current level. The players who bag and tag a stack have been told to return for Day 4, which kicks off at 12 p.m. local time on Monday, February 20.
Dowling Takes from Zabrodskyy
Level 33
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Vasyl Zabrodskyy opened to 575,000 in middle position and Christopher Dowling called on the button to get the hand heads-up.
Zabrodskyy checked on the flop of 
and Dowling checked back. Zabrodskyy checked again on the turn and Dowling bet a small 300,000. Zabrodskyy folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,500,000 | 1,000,000 |
|
|
4,000,000 | -600,000 |
Labryga Maximizes Profit in Three-Way Clash
Level 33
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Christopher Dowling raised to 500,000 from middle position, and got both blinds Jean Labryga and Oleksii Natoptanyi to call. The flopped was played passively by all players, as it checked around.
On the 
turn the two blinds checked again. This time, however, Dowling made a bet of 500,000. Labryga called while Natoptanyi folded. The river turned out to be the 
and Labryga took the betting lead by forwarding 1,000,000 chips to the middle. Dowling sighed while he put the call in, and it turned out he had good reason to do so.
Labryga showed 
for the nut straight, while exclaiming: ''Max! Max!''. Laughter was heard around the table while Labryga stacked his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,700,000 | 4,200,000 |
|
|
9,500,000 | -1,200,000 |