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

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 15:57 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 15:59 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 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 16:12 UTC+2

Next Batch of Updated Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Karakousis	85,000 85,000	85,000
Mercedes Osti	80,000 80,000	80,000
Alexander van der Swaluw	75,000 75,000	75,000
Mark Buckley	68,000 68,000	68,000
Thomas Hueber	58,000 29,000	29,000
Julian Thomas	50,000 20,000	20,000
Fahredin Mustafov	47,000 47,000	47,000
Teun Mulder	47,000 17,000	17,000
Paawan Bansal	42,000 42,000	42,000
Luc Bindel	41,000 -21,000	-21,000
Alexandros Kolonias	40,000 40,000	40,000
Leonard Maue	38,000 38,000	38,000
Vojtech Ruzicka	38,000 14,000	14,000
Christopher Puetz	33,000 3,000	3,000
Jamil Wakil	32,000 32,000	32,000
Pedro Neves	32,000 2,000	2,000
Joao Vieira	32,000 1,000	1,000
Alice Sicconi	28,000 28,000	28,000
Vlada Stojanovic	27,000 27,000	27,000
Henri Juutilainen	21,000 21,000	21,000
Antoine Labat	19,000 -11,000	-11,000
Mauricio Ferreira Pais	18,000 -12,000	-12,000
Antonio Buonanno	15,000 -7,500	-7,500

Jon Kyte	14,000 14,000	14,000

02-21-2023 16:19 UTC+2

Leathley Has the Better Kicker

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Heads-up to the turn, Vlada Stojanovic checked and subsequently called a bet of 3,000 by Ross Leathley. That led the duo to the river on which both opted to check.

Stojanovic tabled the for trips with a jack kicker but Leathley had him pipped by a notch with the .

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

Tags: Ross Leathley Vlada Stojanovic

02-21-2023 16:26 UTC+2

Colillas Chips Up in Showdown Versus Chang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Without any major action prior to the 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 for rivered trips and that won the pot to boost the stack of the Spaniard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	37,500 37,500	37,500

Carlos Chang	24,100 -5,900	-5,900

Tags: Carlos Chang Ramon Colillas

02-21-2023 16:31 UTC+2

Bithell Gets Some Chips Off Margets

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The UK's Oliver Bithell bet a heads-up river of for 2,500 and Leo Margets called after only a few seconds of consideration. Bithell tabled the 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	53,000 53,000	53,000
Leo Margets	38,000 10,000	10,000
Benjamin Chalot	25,000 25,000	25,000
Oliver Bithell	22,000 22,000	22,000
Gianluca Speranza	9,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Leo Margets Namhyung Kim

02-21-2023 16:35 UTC+2

Carvalho Doubles Back Above the Starting Stack

Christian Zetzsche

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 had flopped a set on the board and that saw the Portuguese leap back above the starting stack, trading positions with Nicolai.

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

Tags: Alexis Nicolai Manuel Carvalho

02-21-2023 16:39 UTC+2

Recent Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

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	Busted
Renat Bohdanov	Busted
Yury Masliankou	Busted
Sihao Zhang	Busted
John Mooney	Busted
Carlos Chang	Busted
Arnaud Mattern	Busted

Dumitru Pora	Busted
Felipe Donadel	Busted
Bruno Benveniste	Busted
Mikael Ecanvil	Busted
Peter Jaksland	Busted
Alberto Ah Line	Busted
Ricardo Pinto	Busted
Jon Ander Martinez	Busted
Chris Dowling	Busted
Yerai Ibarren	Busted
Alexis Fleur	Busted
Dorian Melchers	Busted
Alan Goasdoue	Busted
Laszlo Molnar	Busted