€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-20-2023 16:10 UTC+2

Veldhuis Gone From Main Event; Sitbon & Loeliger on Final Bullet

Calum Grant

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Song	63,000 33,000	33,000

Nick Marchington	53,000 21,000	21,000
Antoine Labat	44,000 -1,000	-1,000
Johan Guilbert	40,000 10,000	10,000

Julien Sitbon	30,000 30,000	30,000
Paulina Loeliger	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jack Sinclair	25,000
Ian Hamilton	16,000 -11,500	-11,500

Lex Veldhuis	Busted

02-20-2023 16:19 UTC+2

Kolev Gets a Shove Through

Matt Hansen

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Action was heads up between Boris Kolev and Justin Saliba with 7,400 in the middle and on the board when Boris Kolev shoved his last 7,800 from the small blind. Justin Saliba went deep into the tank.

"I can't believe I'm folding this," said Saliba as he tossed his hand into the muck.

Kolev collected the pot with a smile.

"Flush draw, top pair, I had everything," Saliba continued.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	15,100 15,100	15,100
Justin Saliba	13,700 13,700	13,700

Tags: Boris Kolev Justin Saliba

02-20-2023 16:23 UTC+2

Noubarian On 100K Despite Small Loss

Calum Grant

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Majid Ejlal Noubarian opened to 600 from under the gun before Roelef Pepping three-bet to 2,000 from the cutoff.

Noubarian check-raised to 9,000 on the flop after Pepping bet 3,200. Pepping called.

The turn and river then checked through to showdown. Noubarian had the for top pair, top kicker but Pepping had that pipped with his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	100,000

Tags: Majid Ejlal Noubarian

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

02-20-2023 16:32 UTC+2

Lewis Gets Away From One

Matt Hansen

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Acton was heads up with 3,400 in the middle and on the board when Romain Lewis checked from the big blind. Joao Rocha bet 800 and called when Lewis raised to 3,000.

The turn was and Lewis checked. Rocha fired 3,200 and the three-time EPT winner tossed his hand in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Lewis	67,000 67,000	67,000
Joao Rocha	39,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Joao Rocha Romain Lewis

02-20-2023 16:39 UTC+2

Kozieja Misses Everything to Bust

Calum Grant

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The all-in triangle was in front of Grzegorz Kozieja, who was at risk of elimination. He had jammed for 20,200 from middle position after Bogdan Munteanu had bet 5,500 on the flop from the big blind. Munteanu wasn't thrilled about the spot but called anyway.

Grzegorz Kozieja:
Bogdan Munteanu:

Surprisingly both players had jack-high, but Kozieja was the slight favorite as he had an open-ended straight flush draw. Munteanu was behind, but had a double-gutter to the straight himself.

The turn completed the bigger stacks straight and had Kozieja on the verge of busting out. The was of no help to the at risk player and he quickly left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bogdan Munteanu	80,000 80,000	80,000
Grzegorz Kozieja	Busted

Tags: Bogdan Munteanu Grzegorz Kozieja

02-20-2023 16:51 UTC+2

Kollatos Gets the Better of Jordan

Calum Grant

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There was 5,000 in the pot on the flop, with four players active. Yann Brosolo and Mats Ullereng checked from under the gun and the hijack, respectively. Stylianos Kollatos bet 4,000 from the cutoff and was only called by Terry Jordon, who was on his direct left.

Kollatos fired for 15,000 on the turn and Jordan quickly called. The completed the board and Kollatos continued for another 10,000. Jordon was surprised by the bet but he eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stylianos Kollatos	65,000 65,000	65,000
Terry Jordon	41,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Stylianos Kollatos Terry Jordon

02-20-2023 16:55 UTC+2

A Few New Faces and Some Chip Stack Updates

Matt Hansen

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Saccucci	54,500 11,500	11,500

Joey Weissman	52,500 52,500	52,500

Brice Cournut	52,000 10,000	10,000
Kenny Hallaert	50,000 50,000	50,000

Julien Martini	49,800 49,800	49,800

Erik Seidel	43,000 43,000	43,000

Jack Sinclair	35,000 10,000	10,000
Victoria Livschitz	35,000 13,000	13,000
Christopher Puetz	33,200 33,200	33,200
Ren Lin	31,000 31,000	31,000

Masato Yokosawa	24,900 24,900	24,900
Stephen Chidwick	24,500 24,500	24,500

Renan Bruschi	24,400 24,400	24,400

02-20-2023 17:02 UTC+2

Kamel Coolers Lopes Out Of Main Event

Calum Grant

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There was around 35,000 in the pot on the completed board, with Tamer Kamel and Bruno Lopes heads-up on the river.

Kamel jammed for around 20,000 from under the gun and Lopes, who had around 15,000, snap-called for his tournament life.

"Wow," exclaimed Lopes as he saw Kamel's , which was good for a full house, tens full of jacks.

Lopes had nines full of tens, as he turned over his before exiting the Main Event in dramatic fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamer Kamel	72,000 72,000	72,000
Bruno Lopes	Busted

Tags: Bruno Lopes Tamer Kamel

02-20-2023 17:13 UTC+2

Kamphues Sends Drake to the Rail With Aces

Matt Hansen

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ian Drake shoved his last 14,500 Timo Kamphues jammed his stack of 50,000 to isolate. An original raiser got out of the way and action was heads-up with Drake at risk.

Ian Drake:
Timo Kamphues: