Vladimirov Claims Chip Lead on Day 1f of €1,100 FPS Main Event
The final flight of the €1,100 France Poker Series (FPS) Paris Main Event has finished at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris and Denis Vladimirov claimed the chip lead for Day 1f with a stack of 573,000.
A field of 773 entries showed out for Day 1f and the event drew 4,149 entries overall from 1,930 players across all flights — the biggest field in FPS history. A grand total of 619 players have reached Day 2, and they are all guaranteed pieces of the €3,983,040 prize pool.
Rounding out the top three was Georgios Vrakas with 513,000 chips, who claimed a big pot just before the bubble had burst. In third was Charles Nahum, who finished with 503,000 chips.
FPS Main Event Overall Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandre Correia | France | 895,000 |
| 2 | Fabian Niederreiter | Germany | 776000 |
| 3 | Matei Lupascu | Romania | 736,000 |
| 4 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 703,000 |
| 5 | Daisuke Ogita | Japan | 675,000 |
| 6 | Alexandru Lupuleac | Romania | 672,000 |
| 7 | Nazar Buhaiov | Ukraine | 664,000 |
| 8 | Jon Vallinas | Spain | 639,000 |
| 9 | Omar Del Pino | Spain | 617,000 |
| 10 | Istvan Pilhofer | Hungary | 608,000 |
Notable players that attempted Day 1f include PokerStars Team Pro Benjamin Spragg, Simon Mattsson and Juan Pardo .
Also making Day 2 of the Main Event is Alexander Van Der Swaluw, who finished third in the 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus $2,200 Eureka High Roller. He has a stack of 429,000 chips. Frenchman Samuel Fournier, who chipped up consistently will also feature in Day 2 with a stack of 416,000. He finished 19th in the 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 EPT Main Event.
Due to the 20-minute level turbo structure, the field diminished quickly in comparison to the previous flights long bubbles. Ricardo Andrade bubbled tonight's flight with big slick versus pocket kings.
Day 2 of the €1,100 FPS Main Event continues tomorrow, February 17, at noon local time with 60 minute levels. Play resumes on Level 17 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of this record-breaking event.