€50,000 EPT Paris Super High Roller Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

Feb 20, 2023

Grafton Fails to Spin It Up

Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The action folded around to Sam Grafton on the button who pushed all in for around 150,000. Ben Heath reraised from the small blind to force Gregoire Auzoux out of the big blind.

Sam Grafton:
Ben Heath:

The flop came to give both players a pair, Heath's being the better of the two. The on the turn got Grafton slightly excited. "Bingo, bango, bongo!" he cheered, but the on the river spelled the end for the PokerStars ambassador.

Tags: Ben Heath Gregoire Auzoux Sam Grafton

Feb 20, 2023

O'Dwyer Bets Big in Blind Battle

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Mike Patrick

Level 13 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer limped his small blind and Alex Kulev checked his big blind before the duo saw a flop of

O'Dwyer led for 37,000 and got a call from Kulev.

Despite the potential for a big pot, the betting ceased after that point as they each checked the runout, with O'Dwyer turning over for a flopped two pair which held up as the winner.

Tags: Alex Kulev Steve O'Dwyer

Feb 20, 2023

Heath Gets a Full Bang for His Buck

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Just before the break, Ben Heath and Nikita Kuznetsov were heads-up on the turn with the board reading and a little over 200,000 in the middle. Kuznetsov checked from the big blind and Heath made a bet of 165,000 on the button. Kuznetsov called and the completed the board.

Kuznetsov checked again and Heath shipped all in for 717,000. Kuznetsov dipped hard into the tank, using all of his remaining time banks as some of the players left for their break. With his last seconds being counted down, Kuznetsov finally threw in a chip to call.

Heath rolled over for top two pair and Kuznetsov sent his cards flying into the muck. Heath scored a massive double up to become one of the chip leaders in the tournament.

Tags: Nikita Kuznetsov Ben Heath

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Feb 20, 2023

Break Time

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Adam Lamers

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 21 players are going on another 20-minute break in the action.

Feb 20, 2023

Dvoress Decides to Stick It In

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Adam Lamers

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress limped in from the hijack and Sirzat Hissou raised to 32,000 in the cutoff. Chris Brewer reraised to 105,000 in the small blind and Dvoress used up two of his time banks before deciding to stick in his last 104,000 chips. Hissou opted to fold and the two remaining hands were tabled.

Daniel Dvoress:
Chris Brewer:

"Same hand," Hissou said pointing to Brewer's hand. That didn't stop Brewer from flopping the best hand on the flop. Dvoress picked up some life on the turn but the on the river ended his tournament.

Tags: Sirzat Hissou Daniel Dvoress Chris Brewer

Feb 20, 2023

Watson Eliminated

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Mike Patrick

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With a pot of almost 300,000 in the middle on a turn board of , Jules Dickerson checked from the big blind and Mike Watson bet 75,000. Dickerson called to see a river card.

That river came with the and Dickerson again checked. Watson now moved 275,000 of his remaining 276,000 chips forward, leaving a single chip behind.

Dickerson called with neither he nor the dealer realizing Watson had the chip behind.

As no verbal announcement of "all-in" was made, Watson was allowed to keep the one chip, which would be all he had left after Dickerson revealed for a rivered two pair which stole the pot away from Watson who showed for the better pair of jacks until that river.

On the following hand, Watson got his last chip in with versus Sirzat Hissou who held and with no help, Watson's day was done.

Tags: Jules Dickerson Mike Watson Sirzat Hissou

Feb 20, 2023

Pardo Takes Out Mulder

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Adam Lamers

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Juan Pardo raised to 25,000 from under the gun and was called by Joao Vieira a couple of seats over. Teun Mulder was in the big blind and shipped all in for 250,000. Pardo asked for a count but just called while Vieira got out of the way.

Teun Mulder:
Juan Pardo:

The board ran out and Mulder was unable to hit that coveted ace in order to keep his tournament hopes alive.

Tags: Teun Mulder Juan Pardo Joao Vieira

Feb 20, 2023

Two Eliminations Lead to Final Three Tables

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Mike Patrick

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Conor Beresford and Galen Hall were both just eliminated, leaving 24 remaining players.

A random table has just been broken as opposed to a complete redraw, leaving just three tables in play.

Once the field is thinned to 16 players, again a random table will be broken, with a full redraw not taking place until the final table.

Feb 20, 2023

Yaroshevskyy Runs Out of Chips

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Adam Lamers

Level 12 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer opened to 27,000 under the gun and Dimitar Danchev three-bet to 75,000 in the cutoff. Igor Yaroshevskyy four-bet shoved all in for 168,000 in the big blind which got O'Dwyer to fold but Danchev quickly called.

Igor Yaroshevskyy:
Dimitar Danchev:

The board ran out and Yaroshevskyy was unable to find any help as he bowed out of the tournament.

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Dimitar Danchev Igor Yaroshevskyy