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

02-21-2023 16:08 UTC+2

Bleiker Bets Out Covaciu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Felix Bleiker tangled with Paul-Adrian Covaciu in a three-bet pot after which he bet the turn for 4,500 into a pot of 14,000. Covaciu went into the tank for a short while and then elected to fold.

"Good turn," Bleiker grinned as he flashed the cards briefly and only exposed em to his opponent before dropping them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felix Bleiker	37,000 17,000	17,000
Paul-Adrian Covaciu	36,000 -29,000	-29,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	33,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Felix Bleiker Paul-Adrian Covaciu

02-21-2023 15:59 UTC+2

Hawkins Chips Back Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

On the tail end of a heads-up confrontation between Andrew Hawkins and Sari Maalouf, the completed board showed . Hawkins bet 4,300 and Maalouf called but quickly mucked upon being shown the for the top pair and top kicker.

Hawkins recovered some earlier losses to get closer to the starting stack again on a table filled with several notables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florent Estegassy	40,000
Orson Young	34,000
Manig Loeser	33,000 3,000	3,000

Eoghan O'Dea	30,000
Andrew Hawkins	25,000
Sari Maalouf	23,000
Saar Wilf	22,000

Tags: Andrew Hawkins Sari Maalouf

02-21-2023 15:57 UTC+2

Aceto Escapes From Elimination

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

On a heads-up turn of between Morgan Aceto in the small blind bet and Vadzim Godzdanker called in the cutoff as both players invested 6,500 each to see the on the river. Aceto now checked and Godzdanker pushed forward a stack worth 27,000 to cover Aceto's remaining chips.

The Frenchman tried some table chat to gather information and ultimately folded. "You show, I show?" he inquired and Godzdanker agreed as Aceto revealed his . Godzdanker first showed the followed by the and Aceto counted his blessings.

"Blank turn and I am out," he added and also confirmed he would have called if the Belorussian had jammed the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vadzim Godzdanker	58,000 58,000	58,000
Enrico Camosci	23,000 23,000	23,000
Morgan Aceto	14,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Morgan Aceto Vadzim Godzdanker

02-21-2023 15:51 UTC+2

Second Batch of Early Casualties on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Haci Bayram	Busted
Bruno Lopes	Busted
Iliodoros Kamatakis	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Shakhabiddin Muradov	Busted
Mohamed Kechiche	Busted
Jonathan Berenzon	Busted
Jack Corrigan	Busted
Luis Faria	Busted
Jean-Luc Labryga	Busted
William Kassis	Busted
Maroun Jazzar	Busted
Jonas Plaar	Busted
Lyudmil Ivanov	Busted
Sandro Pitzanti	Busted
Istvan Pilhofer	Busted
Silvio Costa	Busted
Pascal Frezza	Busted
Chakib Mhiri	Busted

02-21-2023 15:47 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasyl Zabrodskyy	65,500 65,500	65,500
Shawn Morales	49,000 15,000	15,000
Derk van Luijk	48,000 6,000	6,000

Bogdan Berinde	41,000 13,000	13,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	32,000 2,000	2,000

Hossein Ensan	30,600 30,600	30,600

Fabio Sperling	28,000 28,000	28,000
Andrea Ricci	27,000 -3,000	-3,000
Dumitru Pora	27,000 27,000	27,000
Ankit Ahuja	26,500 -3,500	-3,500
Soenke Jahn	21,000 -5,000	-5,000
Govert Metaal	18,000 18,000	18,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

02-21-2023 15:22 UTC+2

First Break on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The first two 60-minute levels have been completed with 665 players out of 697 entries remaining. This has unleashed the first scheduled 20-minute break of the day and another eight levels are to follow.

02-21-2023 15:19 UTC+2

Ayyad Leaves Chiva With Crumbs

Matt Hansen

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Action was three ways with around 10,000 in the middle and on the board when [Removed:432] bet 5,000. Gabriel Chiva raised to 15,000 and Abdessamad Ayyad shoved with slightly less than Chiva's total. [Removed:433] quickly ducked out of the way and Chiva tossed in a chip to call.

Abdessamad Ayyad:
Gabriel Chiva:

The board finished up with and Ayyad's kings held to take the big pot and leave Chiva with just over one big blind. Chiva was seen leaving the tournament area just a few moments later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdessamad Ayyad	87,000 87,000	87,000
[Removed:432]	16,500 16,500	16,500
Gabriel Chiva	Busted

Tags: Abdessamad Ayyad Gabriel Chiva

02-21-2023 15:16 UTC+2

Castaignon Chips Up Through Kebe

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Heads-up to the turn, Remi Castaignon called a bet worth 5,000 by Jimmy Kebe and the on the river was then checked through. Castaignon tabled the and that won the pot.

"It has been a wild table," Michael Rocco in the two seat added after the showdown was completed.

In the same tournament section is also another well-known Frenchman in Sylvain Loosli, who bet 7,500 on a river into a pot of around 10,000. His opponent folded and Loosli dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Loosli	40,000 10,000	10,000

Michael Rocco	39,000 -2,000	-2,000
Remi Castaignon	34,000 34,000	34,000

Jimmy Kebe	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Jimmy Kebe Michael Rocco Remi Castaignon Sylvain Loosli

02-21-2023 15:10 UTC+2

Zerjav Chips Up Through Dragoman

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Blaz Zerjav had already increased his stack right out of the gates and added further chips after a heads-up pot with Daniel Dragoman. It was the latter who check-called a bet of 1,000 on the flop and then check-raised to 6,500 on the turn. Zerjav stuck around to the river and faced a bet of 3,500.