€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-22-2023 18:06 UTC+1

Loeliger Doubles Through Najchaus

Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Alexane Najchaus opened to 7,000 from the cutoff and Paulina Loeliger defended out of the big blind.

Loeliger checked on the flop and Najchaus checked back. Loeliger then led out for 7,000 on the turn and Najchaus called.

The river completed the board and Loeliger moved all in for 13,500. Najchaus gave it some thought and called. Loeliger tabled for a straight to win the pot as Najchaus showed for a lower straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexane Najchaus	250,000 55,000	55,000
Paulina Loeliger	55,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Alexane Najchaus Paulina Loeliger

02-22-2023 18:06 UTC+1

A Whole Batch of Notable Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruslan Volkov	650,000 103,000	103,000
Mark Roovers	505,000 75,000	75,000
Omar Del Pino	335,000 95,000	95,000
Gorki Oliveira	310,000 50,000	50,000
Andreas Klatt	310,000 50,000	50,000
Samuel Ju	295,000 25,000	25,000
Simon Brandstrom	240,000 20,000	20,000

Niklas Astedt	185,000 25,000	25,000
Benjamin Chalot	150,000 80,500	80,500
Istvan Pilhofer	150,000 22,000	22,000
Michael Rodrigues	135,000 53,000	53,000
Ori Hasson	130,000 85,000	85,000
Benjamin Spragg	120,000 90,000	90,000

Antonin Teisseire	110,000 35,000	35,000
Pablo Navarro	60,000 61,000	61,000

02-22-2023 18:11 UTC+1

Djaballah Doesn't Hit the Right Tunes

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The action was picked up on a flop of on which Souhayel Djaballah checked over to Stephen Song, who made it 7,000 to go. Half a minute later, Djaballah check-raised to 21,000 and Song then took a couple of seconds before he announced all-in.

Sliding forward one stack of twenty after the other for it to be counted, Song could pull them back shortly after as Djaballah elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Souhayel Djaballah	145,000 15,000	15,000
Stephen Song	110,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Souhayel Djaballah Stephen Song

02-22-2023 18:15 UTC+1

Orpaz Doubles Before Shaking Kenjic Off a Chop

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Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Tom Orpaz open-jammed a stack of 54,000 from the small blind and Jovan Kenjic looked him up in the big blind with a bigger stack.

Tom Orpaz:
Jovan Kenjic:

Orpaz had run into a strong holding but managed to outflop his opponent as the board ran out to earn him the double with a pair of jacks.

An orbit or so later, Orpaz relayed to PokerNews that the under-the-gun player opened to 6,500 and Orpaz called from middle position before Kenjic three-bet to 22,000. The initial raiser folded and Orpaz called.

Orpaz checked on the flop of and Kenjic checked back. Orpaz then moved all in for around 100,000 on the turn and Kenjic showed before folding to hang onto his remaining 65,000. Orpaz then showed to let the opponent know they would have been chopping.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Orpaz	135,000 70,000	70,000
Jovan Kenjic	65,000 70,500	70,500

Tags: Jovan Kenjic Tom Orpaz

02-22-2023 18:15 UTC+1

Yu Dents Mulders' Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

On the tail end of a board, Ryan Yu bet 20,000. Table chip leader Teun Mulders called and mucked when he was shown the for a full house by the American.

It was only a minor setback for the Dutchman, who saw his stack drop under half a million in chips again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Teun Mulder	475,000 25,000	25,000
Ryan Yu	145,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Ryan Yu Teun Mulders

02-22-2023 18:17 UTC+1

Heath Picks Up Pot With River Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Manig Loeser raised to 6,000 from middle position and picked up calls from Ben Heath and Maher Nouira in the big blind.

The flop came and all three players checked it. The turn was the . Maher Nouira checked, as did Loeser. Heath bet out for 7,500, Nouira folded and Loeser called.

The river was the . Loeser checked and Heath bet 29,000. This was too much for Loeser, who made the fold. Heath picked up a decent pot with the river bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	230,000 92,000	92,000

Ben Heath	210,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Ben Heath Maher Nouira Manig Loeser

02-22-2023 18:20 UTC+1

Loeliger Four Bets All In To Scoop Pot Preflop

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Matt Warburton

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Paulina Loeliger raised to 7,000 and Federico Cirillo responded by reraising to 19,000. Loeliger looked serious as she moved all in. Cirillo said "no" and chucked his hand in the muck.

Loeliger earned a chunk of chips to keep her above the 30 big blind mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Federico Cirillo	180,000 137,000	137,000
Paulina Loeliger	92,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Federico Cirillo Paulina Loeliger

02-22-2023 18:24 UTC+1

Hajiyev Rises Further on the Leaderboard

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Ramin Hajiyev was already sporting a far bigger stack which then grew even bigger after he chipped up through Julius Kettunen. He had raised from under the gun to 7,500 and Kettunen was the only one to stick around on the button after the turn when Hajiyev bet 16,000.

The fell on the river and Hajiyev bet another 36,000, earning an instant call by the Finn. Hajiyev tabled the for a king-high straight and won the pot, Kettunen flashed his cards to the Azerbaijani before mucking them.

"You missed a big hand, aces versus kings," Hajiyev then mentioned and pointed to his table neighbour Sergej Babincev who was left with fumes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramin Hajiyev	325,000 220,000	220,000
Julius Kettunen	105,000 18,500	18,500
Sergej Babincev	45,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Julius Kettunen Ramin Hajiyev Sergej Babincev

02-22-2023 18:30 UTC+1

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lianmin Bai	570,000 140,000	140,000
Alexandros Kolonias	450,000 203,500	203,500
Gerard Carbo	380,000 70,000	70,000
Michael Pinto	310,000 101,500	101,500
Harry Lodge	300,000 60,000	60,000
Yannick Cardot	290,000 112,500	112,500
Maher Nouira	250,000 110,000	110,000
Fabrice Bigot	200,000 152,000	152,000
Erwann Pecheux	170,000 45,000	45,000
Mateus Moraes	160,000 75,500	75,500
Nick Petrangelo	145,000 107,000	107,000
Antoine Vranken	140,000 3,000	3,000
Piotr Nurzynski	102,000 13,000	13,000

Miroslav Alilovic	90,000 30,000	30,000

02-22-2023 18:31 UTC+1

Bystroem Eliminated by Ivarsson

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Laurent Cessy opened the action with a raise to 7,000 and he was called by Alexander Ivarsson from one seat over. It then folded all the way to Erik Bystroem who moved all in for 51,000 and that forced out Cessy. However, Ivarsson called within five seconds and the cards were revealed.

Erik Bystroem:
Alexander Ivarsson: