€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-23-2023 14:20 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations (174th-154th - €10,650)

Matt Hansen

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	Busted
Mihai Niste	Busted
Markkos Ladev	Busted
Daan Mulders	Busted
Thomas Rauhut	Busted
Sergio Coutinho	Busted
Pawel Krol	Busted
Matthieu Teffaud	Busted
Tamer Kamel	Busted
Ravi Sharda	Busted
Ruslan Volkov	Busted
Matthew Micallef	Busted
Mark Hammond	Busted
Christophe Pommier	Busted
Juan Ochoa	Busted
Benjamin Chalot	Busted
Souhayel Djaballah	Busted
Fabian Gumz	Busted

02-23-2023 14:20 UTC+2

Greenwood Turned Dead

Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Laurynas Levinskas opened to 12,000 from the hijack and Sam Greenwood min-raised to 24,000 with just around 15,000 behind. Christian Pedersen then four-bet jammed from the small blind and Levinskas folded, while Greenwood took a sip of water and called.

Sam Greenwood:
Christian Pedersen:

A nine in the window on the flop of gave Greenwood a big lead, but it was deceiving as the on the turn gave his Pedersen a set to have Greenwood drawing dead before the river. Greenwood took a final sip from his water bottle and hit rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurynas Levinskas	320,000 -59,000	-59,000
Christian Pedersen	300,000 28,000	28,000
Sam Greenwood	Busted

Tags: Christian Pedersen Laurynas Levinskas Sam Greenwood

02-23-2023 14:30 UTC+2

Sabishchenko Continues To Extend Chip Lead

Matt Warburton

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Rostyslav Sabishchenko made an early position raise and found calls from Sergei Petrushevskii, Shakhabiddin Muradov on the button and Fabio Sperling in the big blind.

The flop came and all players checked. Play checked around again on a turn of .

Action picked up again on the river, which was the . Sperling checked, Sabishchenko bet 22,000. All other players folded apart from Muradov who made the call.

Sabishchenko showed for a pair of aces and Muradov chucked his hand in the muck. Sabishchenko continued to chip up and now has around 1.2 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rostyslav Sabishchenko	1,200,000 305,000	305,000

Tags: Fabio Sperling Rostyslav Sabishchenko Sergei Petrushevskii Shakhabiddin Muradov

02-23-2023 14:32 UTC+2

Gahl Crushes the Scepter of Voinea

Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sebastian Gahl opened to 12,000 in middle position and Ionut-Flavius Voinea three-bet jammed a stack of around 100,000 from the small blind. Gahl called with a bigger stack.

Ionut-Flavius Voinea:
Sebastian Gahl:

Voinea was dominated and received no help as the board ran out , pairing his eight at the end but also giving Gahl a flush for Voinea to be sent to the void.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Gahl	580,000 117,000	117,000
Ionut-Flavius Voinea	Busted

Tags: Ionut-Flavius Voinea Sebastian Gahl

02-23-2023 14:36 UTC+2

Romanello Scores Big Versus Lucarini

Mike Patrick

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With a large pot of more than approximately 200,000 in the middle and a completed board of , 2010 EPT Prague Main Event Champion Roberto Romanello bet 113,000 from the small blind which sent his opponent, Alexis Lucarini into the tank in the big blind.

After using three time banks, Lucarini called to see Romanello's for a flopped middle pair which had evolved into a running flush.

Lucarini held for a turned two pair which was rivered by Romanello.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Romanello	798,000 552,000	552,000

Alexis Lucarini	125,000 -235,000	-235,000

Tags: Alexis Lucarini Roberto Romanello

02-23-2023 14:40 UTC+2

Paunescu Takes More From Mateos

Matt Hansen

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Nicolae Paunescu raised to 13,000 with and Adrian Mateos raised to 42,000 from the button with . Paunescu called and the flop was .

Paunescu checked the flop and called when Mateos bet 32,000.

The turn was and Paunescu check-called a 94,000 bet from Mateos. The river was .

Paunescu checked the straight and took the pot when Mateos checked back to avoid any further losses.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolae Paunescu	619,000 211,000	211,000
Adrian Mateos	190,000 -115,000	-115,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Nicolae Paunescu

02-23-2023 14:50 UTC+2

Yokosawa Eliminates Karmazinas

Matt Hansen

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dominykas Karmazinas shoved his last 118,000 and Masato Yokosawa called with just 5,000 more. The cards were turned over.

Dominykas Karmazinas:
Masato Yokosawa:

The board ran out and Yokosawa flopped a pair of queens to send Karmazinas to the rail for the first feature table bust of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masato Yokosawa	256,000 112,000	112,000
Dominykas Karmazinas	Busted

Tags: Dominykas Karmazinas Masato Yokosawa

02-23-2023 14:51 UTC+2

Glaser Doubles Through Levinskas

Mike Patrick

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With a bit under 100,000 in the middle on a turn board of , Benny Glaser checked in the hijack to Laurynas Levinskas in the cutoff who bet 62,000.

Glaser called to see the on the river and checked again. Levinskas moved all in with Glaser slightly covered and the British superstar called.

Levinskas showed while Glaser had the nuts with for a rivered flush to earn a double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	465,000 181,000	181,000
Laurynas Levinskas	57,000 -263,000	-263,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Laurynas Levinskas

02-23-2023 14:54 UTC+2

Tkatschew Wins One From Loeser

Matt Warburton

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Manig Loeser raised and got shoved on by Alexander Tkatschew for around 65,000. Loeser made the call and cards were flipped.

Alexander Tkatschew:
Manig Loeser:

The board ran out . There were four hearts on board but neither player had one to catch the flush. Tkatschew's trip jacks were enough to take the pot. He survived with a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	890,000 411,000	411,000

Alexander Tkatschew	160,000 -18,000	-18,000

Tags: Alexander Tkatschew Manig Loeser

02-23-2023 14:54 UTC+2

Watson Pipped by Ostlyngen

Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mike Watson opened to 13,000 in early position and Sander Ostlyngen three-bet to 26,000 from the next seat. Watson called when the action got back around.

Watson checked on the flop of and Ostlyngen continued for 22,000. Watson called. Watson checked again on the turn and Ostlyngen checked back.

Watson checked a third time on the river and Ostlyngen also checked. Watson showed for ace-high only to be pipped by the of Ostlyngen, who took down the pot with a better ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sander Ostlyngen	250,000 147,000	147,000
Mike Watson	225,000 76,000	76,000

Tags: Mike Watson Sander Ostlyngen