€1,100 FPS Main Event Day 1e | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-16-2024 15:33 UTC+2

2023 EPT Paris Main Event Champ Belea Loses a Big Flip

Calum Grant

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Last year's EPT Paris Main Event champion Razvan Belea had started building a stack throughout the early goings of Day 1e, with around 90,000 in front of him. He opened to 1,700 from early position. Pablo Almeida called from the button before Stefan Dimitrov three-bet to 8,200 from the small blind. Belea, who had both players covered, moved all in which folded out Almeida. Dimitrov had 68,400 and called after a few moments of thinking.

Stefan Dimitrov: J♥J♠
Razvan Belea: A♣K♦

Belea was behind his opponent's pair and failed to connect on the 7♠6♦6♠ flop and Dimitrov jumped to the upper echelons of the chip leaderboard after holding out on the 2♦ turn and 7♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Dimitrov	137,500 137,500	137,500
Razvan Belea	21,600 21,600	21,600

Tags: Pablo Almeida Razvan Belea Stefan Dimitrov

02-16-2024 15:07 UTC+2

Odeen's Queens No Good

Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Fouad Toujani raised to 1,500 under the gun, Jerry Odeen three-bet to 4,500, and Toujani four-bet to 15,000. Odeen then moved all in and Toujani quickly called with the bigger stack.

Jerry Odeen: Q♣Q♠
Fouad Toujani: K♥K♣

The board ran out J♦J♣3♠9♠6♠. Toujani held with his pocket kings to win a huge pot, sending Odeen to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fouad Toujani	80,000 80,000	80,000
Jerry Odeen	Busted

Tags: Fouad Toujani Jerry Odeen

02-16-2024 13:45 UTC+2

Wheeler Gets River Bluff Through

Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Action was on the river on a board of 3♦7♥7♠9♣6♣. Jorge Palomino checked and Jason Wheeler moved all in for around two-third of the existing pot.

Palomino was left deliberating and eventually mucked his cards face-up, showing pocket queens. Wheeler showed his cards too, turning ace-king high for a bluff.

"I'm a psycho, my friend," said Wheeler as he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	48,000 48,000	48,000
Jorge Palomino	10,100 10,100	10,100

Tags: Jason Wheeler Jorge Palomino

02-16-2024 13:24 UTC+2

Cukrowicz Cracks Natoptanyi's Aces

Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Following preflop raises and re-raises, Ilan Cukrowicz was all in against Oleksii Natoptanyi. Cukrowicz had the slightly bigger stack as players flipped their cards.

Oleksii Natoptanyi: A♦A♣
Ilan Cukrowicz: K♣K♠

The board ran out 5♦K♦9♥8♠J♥. Cukrowicz made a set of kings on the flop to crack Natoptanyi's aces and double his stack.

A neutral player commented that it was Natoptanyi's first hand of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilan Cukrowicz	63,000 63,000	63,000
Oleksii Natoptanyi	Busted

Tags: Ilan Cukrowicz Oleksii Natoptanyi

02-16-2024 13:16 UTC+2

Wagner Paid for Straight in Multiway Pot

Matt Warburton

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Ben Verhaegen raised to 700 from middle position, Maxim Panyak called, Michael Lopatniuk called, then Adam Wagner three-bet from the button for 2,200. All three players called the reraise.

The flop came 2♠3♠K♠ and all four players checked. The turn was the 5♣. Action checked to Lopatniuk, who made it 4,000 to go. Wagner called and so did Panyak.

The river was the 5♠ and more action followed, with Wagner finding more value before flipping over A♣4♣ for the winning hand. He scooped the pot to bring his chip count up to more than twice the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Wagner	63,000 63,000	63,000
Michael Lopatniuk	17,000 17,000	17,000
Maxim Panyak	16,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Adam Wagner Ben Verhaegen Maxim Panyak Michael Lopatniuk

02-16-2024 10:57 UTC+2

Penultimate €1,100 FPS Main Event Flight Kicks Off at 11 a.m. CET

Calum Grant

It's another day of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris inside the fantastic Le Palais de Congres, and the action is set to continue at 11 a.m. CET with Day 1e of the biggest-ever €1,100 FPS Main Event.

A staggering 2,262 entries have already been tallied across the first four starting flights, eclipsing Monte Carlo's record of 2,138. That figure will exponentially grow over the next day, with Day 1e and Day 1f still to play out. The prize pool currently sits at €2,258,880 and has every chance of crossing the €3 million mark.

As it stands, 339 players have booked their spot for Day 2 and French player Alexandre Correia leads the pack, finishing Day 1c with a stack of 895,000. Fabian Niederreiter (776,000) and Alexandru Lupascu (736,000) round out the top three chip counts. Daisuke Ogita, who won the event in Monte Carlo last year, is also primed for another deep after bagging 675,000 in chips.

All participants receive 30,000 in starting chips and the aim for each Day 1 is reaching the top 15 percent of the field to secure a cash prize, as that's when the action will conclude. A maximum of seven entries are allowed across all flights with the first appearance counting as the initial entry. Each starting day then subsequently permits one reentry and the registration for each of them closes at the start of Level 11.

The 2024 FPS Paris Main Event final table will be live-streamed with cards-up coverage and commentary on a 30-minute delay. It is just one of several tournaments to be streamed on the PokerStars channels and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to cover all major events on the schedule.