Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€7,708,800
Entries
1,606
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
174
Players Left
47
Players Left 1 / 1,606
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Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Players in the EPT Paris €5,300 Main Event are now on their final break of the day. The break will last for 20 minutes, after which the tournament will play for one more 90-minute level. There are now 60 players remaining.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Following a late position open, Roberto Romanello moved all in for his last 198,000 and was called by Murad Akhundov.
Roberto Romanello: 
Murad Akhundov: 
The board came 
, bringing no help to the 2010 EPT Prague champion to end his day just before the final break of the day.
Meanwhile, Fabrice Bigot has also won a sizeable pot before break to eliminate Balakrishna Patur and vault him into the two million chip club.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,125,000
675,000
|
675,000 |
|
455,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Konstantin Held opened in early position to 25,000 and was three-bet by Pedro Pereira Fonseca to his immediate left. Held called and a pot that would become huge was brewing.
On the 
flop, Held checked and Fonseca bet 50,000. Held then check-raised to 175,000 which sent Fonseca into the tank.
After taking a bit of time, Fonseca said "call," which Held mistook as "all-in" and flicked a chip forward, signifying his intent to call had it been an all-in bet. The dealer corrected Held, letting him know that it was just a call and the hand proceeded with both players a bit bewildered on how to proceed.
The dealer put the on the board for the turn and Held said in an 'I guess so' kind of manner, "all-in".
Fonseca now went back into the tank trying to decipher what to do with his final 385,000 chips. After using his final two time banks, he shook his head a final time and called.
Held showed 
for a flopped set, and Fonseca showed 
for a flopped top pair which had become top two pair following the confusion.
The river was the 
that sealed Fonseca's fate in a strange but massive pot that has Held now over 2,000,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,180,000
880,000
|
880,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Harry Lodge made a late position raise to 25,000 and Stefan Schillhabel went all in for 199,000 chips. Lodge made the call and players flipped their cards to reveal the most classic of poker races.
Stefan Schillhabel: 
Harry Lodge: 
The board ran out 
. Lodge couldn't catch a pair and Schillhabel's pocket queens held to give him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
311,000
|
311,000 |
|
420,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Sami Bechahed raised from the button before Sven Stok made it 55,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Bechahed called out 140,000. Stok went into the tank for a moment and emerged with a shove for 480,000. Bechahed used a time bank before he mucked his hand and gave up the pot at the buzzer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
734,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
|
327,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Murad Akhundov raised from late position and Eduardo Amaral Silva reshoved. Akhundov called and Silva was at risk of busting. Players flipped their cards.
Murad Akhundov:
Eduardo Amaral Silva: 
The board ran out 
. That gave Silva a set of kings on the flop and by the turn Akhundov was drawing dead. Silva doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
180,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Earlier in the day, Hala Karam told PokerNews that her day had been "hustling and struggling" as she tried to stay afloat in the tournament with a short stack.
Following her recent double-up, there was less struggle for her and now following another one, there is certainly more hustle in one of the last ladies in the field.
Following an early position raise from Marton Czuczor in early position, Karam moved in over top for 348,000 and got called by Czuczor who had slightly more.
Hala Karam:
Marton Czuczor: 
As Karam filmed the hand on her phone, the dealer laid out a board of 
, bringing Karam a king-high flush to double up again to the healthiest stack she's seen all day.
Shortly after, Czuczor would see the last of his chips disappear as he became one of the latest eliminations of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
740,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Niklas Astedt opened to 26,000 from the hijack and Kenny Hallaert defended out of the big blind.
Hallaert checked on the flop of 
and Astedt continued for 20,000. Hallaert called. Hallaert checked again on the turn and Astedt sized up to 100,000. Hallaert laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,550,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
640,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
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Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Mathieu Di Meglio raised to 25,000 from early position and Benny Glaser went all in for 184,000. Di Meglio called and players flipped their cards.
Benny Glaser: 
Mathieu Di Meglio:
The board ran out 
. Glaser failed to improve and Di Meglio's pocket eights held up. Glaser was eliminated from the tournament in 69th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
730,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
Busted |
