2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
76
Prize
€1,170,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€7,708,800
Entries
1,606
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
909
Players Left
329

Salazar Sanchez Binks the River

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Mauricio Salazar
Mauricio Salazar

Tibor Nagygyorgy was already all-in and awaiting his fate after the {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop when the {10-Diamonds} turn brought the all-in of Marc Choucair in the big blind. He held the superior stack against Mauricio Salazar Sanchez, who eventually called it off for the 13,900 he had behind.

Tibor Nagygyorgy: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez: {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Marc Choucair: {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Choucair was ahead with the nut straight and Nagygyorgy already drawing dead. Despite blocking two hearts, Choucair could not hold as the {6-Hearts} river improved Salazar Sanchez to the nut flush.

Player Chips Progress
Andras Vaczo hu
Andras Vaczo
105,000
105,000
105,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez co
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez
67,000
67,000
67,000
Anton Suarez se
Anton Suarez
38,000
38,000
38,000
Marc Choucair lb
Marc Choucair
22,000
22,000
22,000
Tibor Nagygyorgy hu
Tibor Nagygyorgy
Busted

Tags: Marc ChoucairMauricio Salazar SanchezTibor Nagygyorgy

Vedral on the Rise

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Thailand's Kannapong Thanarattrakul was playing for stacks and called a raise to 16,000 on the {k-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{8-Spades} turn by David Vedral, which led them to the {j-Clubs} on the river. This time, both players checked and Vedral tabled the {a-Spades}{k-Spades} for the top pair and top kicker with the missed nut flush draw.

Thanarattrakul was unable to beat that and dropped back below the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
David Vedral at
David Vedral
50,000
50,000
50,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul th
Kannapong Thanarattrakul
28,000
-12,000
-12,000

Tags: David VedralKannapong Thanarattrakul

Cirillo Eliminated; Metaal Doubles

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Over on table 25, a completed board of {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades} saw a check by Federico Cirillo out of the small blind. Matteo Cavelier then bet his large chip denominations and Cirillo called it off.

Cavelier tabled the {a-Spades}{8-Spades} for aces and eights, which ended up winning the pot. Cirillo briefly flashed the {a-}{3-} as confirmed by Victor Canaple in the big blind. Apparently Canaple had also been involved in the action as well but folded on a previous street.

One hand later, Govert Metaal jammed for the last 2,100 and Axel Hallay called in the next seat.

Govert Metaal: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}
Axel Hallay: {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}

The dominated pair gained equity on the {7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flop but Metaal survived after the {2-Clubs} turn and {q-Hearts} river.

Player Chips Progress
Matteo Cavelier fr
Matteo Cavelier
53,000
Alexander Ivarsson se
Alexander Ivarsson
48,000
Victor Canaple fr
Victor Canaple
28,000
Axel Hallay fr
Axel Hallay
27,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
6,000
-12,000
-12,000
Federico Cirillo mx
Federico Cirillo
Busted

Tags: Axel HallayFederico CirilloGovert MetaalMatteo CavelierVictor Canaple

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Recent Casualties

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The Day 1b field is now up to 661 players out of 743 entries remaining and all those below have been eliminated on their first entry of this flight.

Player Chips Progress
David Vinayagamoorthy no
David Vinayagamoorthy
Busted
Renat Bohdanov ua
Renat Bohdanov
Busted
Yury Masliankou by
Yury Masliankou
Busted
Sihao Zhang lu
Sihao Zhang
Busted
John Mooney gb
John Mooney
Busted
Carlos Chang tw
Carlos Chang
Busted
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Dumitru Pora ro
Dumitru Pora
Busted
Felipe Donadel br
Felipe Donadel
Busted
Bruno Benveniste fr
Bruno Benveniste
Busted
Mikael Ecanvil fr
Mikael Ecanvil
Busted
Peter Jaksland dk
Peter Jaksland
Busted
Alberto Ah Line fr
Alberto Ah Line
Busted
Ricardo Pinto pt
Ricardo Pinto
Busted
Jon Ander Martinez es
Jon Ander Martinez
Busted
Chris Dowling ie
Chris Dowling
Busted
Yerai Ibarren es
Yerai Ibarren
Busted
Alexis Fleur fr
Alexis Fleur
Busted
Dorian Melchers fr
Dorian Melchers
Busted
Alan Goasdoue fr
Alan Goasdoue
Busted
Laszlo Molnar hu
Laszlo Molnar
Busted

Carvalho Doubles Back Above the Starting Stack

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The cards of Alexis Nicolai were already in the muck and he paid off a full double-up to table neighbour Manuel Carvalho. With just a small main pot in the middle, Carvalho's {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} had flopped a set on the {j-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} board and that saw the Portuguese leap back above the starting stack, trading positions with Nicolai.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Carvalho pt
Manuel Carvalho
34,000
34,000
34,000
Alexis Nicolai fr
Alexis Nicolai
14,000
14,000
14,000

Tags: Alexis NicolaiManuel Carvalho

Bithell Gets Some Chips Off Margets

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The UK's Oliver Bithell bet a heads-up river of {j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for 2,500 and Leo Margets called after only a few seconds of consideration. Bithell tabled the {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for the top pair and top kicker, which won the pot.

Early chip leader on the same table is South Korea's Namhyung Kim, who has nearly doubled the stack already.

Player Chips Progress
Namhyung Kim kr
Namhyung Kim
53,000
53,000
53,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
38,000
10,000
10,000
Benjamin Chalot fr
Benjamin Chalot
25,000
25,000
25,000
Oliver Bithell gb
Oliver Bithell
22,000
22,000
22,000
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
9,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: Leo MargetsNamhyung Kim

Colillas Chips Up in Showdown Versus Chang

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Ramon Colillas
Ramon Colillas

Without any major action prior to the {j-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{9-Diamonds} river, Ramon Colillas in the big blind bet 3,500 for the size of the pot. He was up against Carlos Chang who called after a couple of seconds. Colillas tabled the {9-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for rivered trips and that won the pot to boost the stack of the Spaniard.

Player Chips Progress
Ramon Colillas es
Ramon Colillas
37,500
37,500
37,500
Carlos Chang tw
Carlos Chang
24,100
-5,900
-5,900

Tags: Carlos ChangRamon Colillas

Leathley Has the Better Kicker

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Heads-up to the {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{10-Spades}{3-Clubs} turn, Vlada Stojanovic checked and subsequently called a bet of 3,000 by Ross Leathley. That led the duo to the {2-Diamonds} river on which both opted to check.

Stojanovic tabled the {j-Spades}{10-Hearts} for trips with a jack kicker but Leathley had him pipped by a notch with the {q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Ross Leathley gb
Ross Leathley
37,000
7,000
7,000
Vlada Stojanovic rs
Vlada Stojanovic
20,300
-6,700
-6,700

Tags: Ross LeathleyVlada Stojanovic

Next Batch of Updated Counts

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Georgios Karakousis gr
Georgios Karakousis
85,000
85,000
85,000
Mercedes Osti fr
Mercedes Osti
80,000
80,000
80,000
Alexander van der Swaluw nl
Alexander van der Swaluw
75,000
75,000
75,000
Mark Buckley ie
Mark Buckley
68,000
68,000
68,000
Thomas Hueber at
Thomas Hueber
58,000
29,000
29,000
Julian Thomas de
Julian Thomas
50,000
20,000
20,000
Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
47,000
47,000
47,000
Teun Mulder nl
Teun Mulder
47,000
17,000
17,000
Paawan Bansal in
Paawan Bansal
42,000
42,000
42,000
Luc Bindel fr
Luc Bindel
41,000
-21,000
-21,000
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
40,000
40,000
40,000
Leonard Maue de
Leonard Maue
38,000
38,000
38,000
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
38,000
14,000
14,000
Christopher Puetz de
Christopher Puetz
33,000
3,000
3,000
Jamil Wakil ca
Jamil Wakil
32,000
32,000
32,000
Pedro Neves pt
Pedro Neves
32,000
2,000
2,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
32,000
1,000
1,000
$25K Fantasy
Alice Sicconi it
Alice Sicconi
28,000
28,000
28,000
Vlada Stojanovic rs
Vlada Stojanovic
27,000
27,000
27,000
Henri Juutilainen fi
Henri Juutilainen
21,000
21,000
21,000
Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
19,000
-11,000
-11,000
Mauricio Ferreira Pais de
Mauricio Ferreira Pais
18,000
-12,000
-12,000
Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
15,000
-7,500
-7,500
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Jon Kyte no
Jon Kyte
14,000
14,000
14,000