€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event
Day 5 Started
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€7,708,800
Entries
1,606
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
15
Players Left
5
Who Will Reach the Final Day of the 2023 EPT Paris €5,300 Main Event
The sixth largest Main Event in the history of the PokerStars European Poker Tour will crown a winner throughout the next two days. Out of a field of 1,606 entries, only 15 hopefuls remain in contention for the biggest slice of the €7,708,800 prize pool. Among them are two PokerStars online qualifiers and one of them leads the way at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile.
Romania's Razvan Belea enters the penultimate tournament day of the 2023 EPT Paris €5,300 Main Event with 7,285,000 in chips whereas Fabrice Bigot sits in the middle of the pack of shorter stacks with 1,940,000 chips to his name. Both will aim to repeat the victory of Piotr Nurzynski back in 2018, who also ran deep in this event and finished in 30th place for €28,350 this time.
It won't be an easy ride for either of the two qualifiers as the remaining field of contenders is filled with a slate of poker enthusiasts from all over Europe. Denmark's Johan Schultz-Pedersen, who calls Austria his home base these days, sits in second place on the leaderboard with 6,620,000 followed by Denzel Spekman (5,440,000).
Day 3 chip leader Konstantin Held (2,640,000) is no longer the hero atop the leaderboard after an ill-timed move against Henri Kasper (4,790,000) with both players returning in the overnight top ten.
Perhaps the biggest name still left in contention is online poker legend Niklas "lena900" Astedt, who is second to last in the counts with 1,415,000. Well-known rising poker pros Harry Lodge (2,325,000), Mehdi Chaoui (1,760,000) and Arthur Conan (1,420,000) have all had plenty of deep runs on the live poker circuit already.
Day 5 is scheduled to commence at noon local time with level 27, which features blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a big blind ante of 60,000. One further redraw will take place once the field is down to the final nine contenders and the goal of the day is reaching the last six players for tomorrow's grand finale.
All PokerNews updates for the live-streamed final table and the outer table will be published according to the 30-minute security delay in order to not spoil any of the action.
Day 5 Seat Assignments
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Arthur Conan | France | 1,420,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Schultz-Pedersen | Denmark | 6,620,000 | 110 |
| 1 | 4 | Mathieu Di Meglio | France | 2,000,000 | 33 |
| 1 | 5 | Sven Stok | Netherlands | 2,100,000 | 35 |
| 1 | 6 | Razvan Belea | Romania | 7,285,000 | 121 |
| 1 | 7 | Konstantin Held | Germany | 2,640,000 | 44 |
| 1 | 8 | Henri Kasper | Estonia | 4,790,000 | 80 |
| 2 | 1 | Peter Jorgne | Sweden | 4,815,000 | 80 |
| 2 | 2 | Denzel Spekman | Netherlands | 5,440,000 | 91 |
| 2 | 3 | Saar Wilf | Israel | 1,330,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 4 | Harry Lodge | United Kingdom | 2,325,000 | 39 |
| 2 | 5 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | 1,760,000 | 29 |
| 2 | 6 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 1,415,000 | 24 |
| 2 | 7 | Brian Delaney | United Kingdom | 2,355,000 | 39 |
| 2 | 8 | Fabrice Bigot | France | 1,940,000 | 32 |
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Astedt Takes Early Pot
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Niklas Astedt raised to 125,000 with 
from early position and Harry Lodge defended the big blind with 
.
The flop was 
and both players checked for a the 
on the turn.
Lodge bet 160,000 with the flush draw and Astedt called to see 
on the river. Lodge checked and then folded when Astedt bet 400,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,980,000 | -345,000 |
|
1,790,000 | 375,000 |
First Action on Outer Table
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Johan Schultz-Pedersen limped the small blind and Mathieu Di Meglio checked his option to the 
flop. The Dane bet 60,000 and Di Meglio called. After the turn, Schultz-Pedersen checked and folded to a bet worth 80,000.
One hand later, Henri Kasper opened to 125,000 and was called by Sven Stok in the big blind. The flop brought 
and Stok check-folded when Kasper continued for 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,500,000 | -120,000 |
|
4,950,000 | 160,000 |
|
2,200,000 | 200,000 |
|
1,900,000 | -200,000 |
Lodge Gets River Call
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Harry Lodge called from the small blind with 
and Mehdi Chaoui checked his option from the big blind with . The flop was 
.
Lodge checked the flop and Chaoui checked back to see 
on the turn. Both players checked again and the river was 
.
Lodge fired 100,000 on the river with the straight and Chaoui stared him down before he tossed out the chips to call. Chaoui saw the bad news and Lodge took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,280,000 | 300,000 |
|
1,480,000 | -280,000 |
Sven Stok Eliminated in 15th Place (€59,300)
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Sven Stok limped the small blind and chip leader Razvan Belea raised to 235,000 in the big blind. What followed was the limp-shove by Stok for just over 30 big blinds and Belea snapped him off to reveal the most cruel of setups.
Sven Stok: 
Razvan Belea: 
The dominated pair found no help on the 
and Stok left the table with a sigh and "nothing you can do there".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,300,000 | 2,015,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Jorgne Takes With Turn Bet
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Denzel Spekman raised to 250,000 from under the gun with 
and Peter Jorgne three-bet to 385,000 from the big blind with . Spekman called and action was heads up.
The flop was 
and Jorgne continued for 300,000. Spekman shuffled his chips and thought about his options before he tossed in the chips to call.
The turn was and Jorgne fired 425,000 to a quick fold from Spekman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,620,000 | 805,000 |
|
4,760,000 | -680,000 |
Delaney Welcomed to New Table with Massive Double Through Held
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Following the elimination of Sven Stok, Brian Delaney was moved to the outer table and got immediately involved in a huge hand that's seen him double up, leaving Day 3 chip leader Konstantin Held on fumes.
Delaney raised to 125,000 from early position and was called by Held in the big blind.
On the 
flop, Held checked to Delaney who bet 110,000. Held called to see the 
fall on the flop.
The German now led out for 180,000 but got raised to 540,000 by his American counterpart. Held called with a final card to come in the already huge pot.
That final card was the 
on the river and Held checked. Delaney moved all in for 1,580,000, which was slightly less than what was in Held's stack.
Held called and the second massive cooler of the day at the outer table was revealed.
Held showed 
for trip deuces, but Delaney turned over 
for a full house of tens full of deuces, leaving Held with just over two big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,400,000 | 2,045,000 |
|
130,000 | -2,510,000 |
Jorgne Flushes to Go Above 7 Million
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Peter Jorgne called from the small blind with and Denzel Spekman raised to 225,000 with from the big blind. Jorgne called and the flop was 
.
Jorgne checked his flush draw and called when Spekman bet 185,000.
The turn was 
and Jorgne checked again. Spekman bet 225,000 and Jorgne check-raised to 675,000. Spekman called and the river was .
Jorgne bet 500,000 with the flush and Spekman called without hesitation. Jorgne showed the winner and took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,270,000 | 1,650,000 |
|
|
3,110,000 | -1,650,000 |