€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event Day 4 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-24-2023 18:00 UTC+2

Schultz-Pedersen Further Increases Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Johan Schultz-Pedersen was involved in a heads-up pot against Michael Rodrigues and earned a boost to his already impressive stack when he got pair off for 425,000 on the river. Schultz-Pedersen tabled the for a set and Rodrigues mucked.

Manig Loeser limped out of the small blind in the next hand and Schultz-Pedersen raised to 105,000 in the big blind for Loeser to call. The flop was checked by Loeser, who then folded to another bet by Schultz-Pedersen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Schultz-Pedersen	4,200,000 760,000	760,000
Manig Loeser	1,600,000 -75,000	-75,000

Michael Rodrigues	650,000 -565,000	-565,000

Tags: Johan Schultz-Pedersen Manig Loeser Michael Rodrigues

02-24-2023 17:56 UTC+2

Brink Bests Lodge

Mike Patrick

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Frederik Brink raised to 60,000 under the gun and was three-bet by Harry Lodge to 170,000 from the hijack. Brink called and the duo saw a flop of .

Brink check-called a bet of 125,000 from Lodge and the players then saw the turn which they both checked.

On the river, Brink led out for 370,000 which had Lodge digging into his time bank cards.

After using a pair of extensions, Lodge chose to call. Brink showed for aces and sevens with a king kicker.

Lodge mucked his hand, sending a healthy pot across the table to Brink.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederik Brink	2,250,000 600,000	600,000
Harry Lodge	1,650,000 -200,000	-200,000

Tags: Frederik Brink Harry Lodge

02-24-2023 17:50 UTC+2

Wilf Adds More Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Manig Loeser raised to 60,000 and was called by Johan Schultz-Pedersen from one seat over in the cutoff, Saar Wilf on the button then three-bet to 210,000. The initial raiser folded and Schultz-Pedersen called.

Heads-up to the flop, Schultz-Pedersen checked and Wilf's bet of 130,000 won the pot.

One hand later, Florent Estegassy was in the big blind as the shortest stack on the table. It folded to Timo Kamphues in the small blind and the Frenchman joked "fold?!" to his neighbour. Kamphues moved all-in, and Estegassy checked his cards before sending them into the muck with a visible sigh.

"Eight three off, I can't ..." he mentioned in French.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Schultz-Pedersen	3,440,000 515,000	515,000
Saar Wilf	1,950,000 230,000	230,000
Kenny Hallaert	1,750,000 50,000	50,000
Manig Loeser	1,675,000 -290,000	-290,000

Michael Rodrigues	1,215,000 -155,000	-155,000
Timo Kamphues	610,000 110,000	110,000
Florent Estegassy	275,000 -220,000	-220,000

Tags: Florent Estegassy Johan Schultz-Pedersen Manig Loeser Saar Wilf Timo Kamphues

02-24-2023 17:43 UTC+2

Kasper Doubles Through Stok

Mike Patrick

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Following a raise to 65,000 from middle position, Henri Kasper moved all in for 165,000 from the small blind.

Stok made the call to put Kasper at risk.

Henri Kasper:
Sven Stok:

Kasper had his short stack in dominant and after the board failed to bring Stok a jack, Kasper had doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sven Stok	2,720,000 -165,000	-165,000
Henri Kasper	390,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Henri Kasper Sven Stok

02-24-2023 17:42 UTC+2

Russo Runs Into Big Slick

Matt Hansen

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Niklas Astedt raised to 60,000 from the button and Aurelien Russo shoved for 355,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Astedt called to put Russo at risk.

Aurelien Russo:
Niklas Astedt:

The board ran out and Astedt flopped a pair of aces to eliminated Russo from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	1,600,000
Aurelien Russo	Busted

Tags: Aurelien Russo Niklas Astedt

02-24-2023 17:35 UTC+2

Nurzynski Eliminated by Wilf

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After two quick eliminations on the feature table, there was another all-in showdown over on table one.

The shortest stack belonged to EPT Barcelona Main Event champion Piotr Nurzynski who jammed from an early position for what appeared to be around 13 blinds. He was called by Saar Wilf on the button and they were flipping.

Piotr Nurzynski:
Saar Wilf:

The board ran out and that spelled the end for Nurzynski, who came up short in his bid to win a second EPT Main Event title.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saar Wilf	1,720,000 305,000	305,000
Piotr Nurzynski	Busted

Tags: Piotr Nurzynski Saar Wilf

02-24-2023 17:32 UTC+2

Bigot Takes One From Brink

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Fabrice Bigot raised from the button and was only called by Frederik Brink in the small blind.

The flop was checked and Brink bet the turn for 125,000. Bigot opted to raise to 375,000 and that won the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederik Brink	1,650,000 -265,000	-265,000
Fabrice Bigot	1,450,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Fabrice Bigot Frederik Brink

02-24-2023 17:29 UTC+2

Held Holds to Bust Vu

Matt Hansen

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Konstantin Held raised to 60,000 with from the cutoff before Bernard Vu called from the button with and Aurelien Russo came along from the big blind with . The flop was .

Russo checked and Held bet 55,000. Vu and Russo called to see on the turn.

Russo checked once again and Held fired 130,000. Vu used a time bank before he shoved 785,000. Russo folded and Held called.

The river was a and the board did not pair to keep Vu in the tournament. Held took the pot with the turned nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Held	6,040,000 980,000	980,000

Peter Jorgne	2,090,000 350,000	350,000
Mehdi Chaoui	1,350,000 -60,000	-60,000
Niklas Astedt	1,190,000 110,000	110,000
Wooseok Kim	955,000 120,000	120,000
Aurelien Russo	355,000 -360,000	-360,000
Bernard Vu	Busted

Tags: Aurelien Russo Bernard Vu Konstantin Held

02-24-2023 17:26 UTC+2

Quiet Times at Table 4

Mike Patrick

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Table 4 has been relatively uneventful since the break with cautious play and small pots the order of business.

Recently, after a raise to 60,000 from Malo Latinois in middle position, he was called by Brian Delaney in the small blind and Ben Heath in the big blind to set up a three-handed pot.

On the flop, the players in the blinds checked to Latinois, and his continuation bet of 55,000 got a pair of folds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Delaney	2,950,000 -460,000	-460,000
Malo Latinois	1,750,000 570,000	570,000
Ben Heath	675,000 -130,000	-130,000

Tags: Ben Heath Brian Delaney Malo Latinois

02-24-2023 17:24 UTC+2

Held Makes Full House to Bust Wilson

Matt Hansen

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Konstantin Held raised to 60,000 from the cutoff before Daniel Wilson three-bet to 500,000 while leaving 50,000 behind. The blinds got out of the way and Held raised to get the rest of Wilson's chips into the middle. Wilson called for the last of it and he was at risk.

Daniel Wilson:
Konstantin Held: