€1,100 FPS Main Event Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-17-2024 15:37 UTC+1

Boyd Wins Flip to Double Up

Matt Warburton

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jawad Bengourane open raised in late position and Kyle Boyd shoved all in from the next seat for 212,000. The rest of the table folded and action was back on Bengourane, who deliberated for a moment before making his decision.

"I can't fold," said Bengourane as he put his chips into the middle.

Kyle Boyd: K♦Q♦
Jawad Bengourane: J♠J♦

The board ran out A♣8♦Q♣K♥8♥. Boyd paired his queen on the flop and improved to two pair on the turn. He held to double up his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jawad Bengourane	490,000 262,000	262,000
Kyle Boyd	460,000 317,000	317,000

Tags: Jawad Bengourane Kyle Boyd

02-17-2024 15:37 UTC+1

Carosella's Ride is Over

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Olivier Carosella jammed for 153,000 from early position. Action folded to Matei Lupascu in the big blind, who called after peeling his cards.

It was a classic race as Carosella held A♠K♦ and was flipping against 10♥10♣. A fair fight became more one-sided after the tens remained best after the 9♠7♠7♥ flop. The 3♥ turn and 5♣ river offered no saving grace and Lupascu scored the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matei Lupascu	830,000 94,000	94,000

Maria Konnikova	535,000 95,000	95,000

Olivier Carosella	Busted

Tags: Matei Lupascu Olivier Carosella

02-17-2024 15:42 UTC+1

Shimizu Chipping Up

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Tyler Foran

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nozomu Shimizu opened 25,000 under the gun, and only Jorrit Baars made the call from the small blind.

When the J♥9♠6♥ flop hit the felt, both players checked to see the 5♦ turn.

Baars check-called a bet of 25,000, and the 3♥ hit the river.

Both players tapped the table, and Baars rolled over A♦7♣ before seeing the A♠9♦ of Shimizu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nozomu Shimizu	852,000 322,000	322,000
Jorrit Baars	472,000 199,000	199,000

Tags: Jorrit Baars Nozomu Shimizu

02-17-2024 15:42 UTC+1

Pilhofer Takes It on the Flop

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Ollie Garland

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Youcef Benzerfa raised to 25,000 from middle position, Istvan Pilhofer three-bet to 70,000 from the hijack and Pilhofer made the call.

The 5♣4♠7♠ flop saw Benzerfa check to the aggressor. Pilhofer bet out 59,000 and Benzerfa made a swift fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Istvan Pilhofer	600,000 20,000	20,000
Youcef Benzerfa	300,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Youcef Benzerfa Istvan Pilhofer

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

02-17-2024 15:52 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

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Ollie Garland

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Afriat	Busted
Cenk Nigbolu	Busted
Marius Gicovanu	Busted
Francesco Malcarne	Busted
Giovanni Giudice	Busted
Teodor Negrea	Busted
Birger Larsen	Busted
Romain Hamouche	Busted
Xiaqing Ji	Busted
Mercedes Osti	Busted
Serhii Tarnakin	Busted
Lukas Hafner	Busted
Nabil Nedjai	Busted
Thomas Doukhan	Busted
Adil Oubaaous	Busted
Francisco Puigdemont Rosauro	Busted
Salim Kezzas	Busted
Olivier Carosella	Busted
Mohamed Mamouni	Busted
Takahiro Kanai	Busted
Ivan Kolesnikov	Busted
Mads Borregaard	Busted
Sean Jazayeri	Busted

02-17-2024 15:56 UTC+1

Meli Sent to the Rail

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Tyler Foran

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Matei Lupascu raised 30,000 in middle position, and Maria Konnikova called next to act before Samuel Fournier three-bet 125,000 on the button. The 2023 UKIPT champion Vincent Meli deliberated for a few moments before pushing his last 102,000 across the line from the big blind, and both Lupascu and Konnikova got out of the way.

Vincent Meli: K♣2♣
Samuel Fournier: 9♦8♦

Meli was ahead with his king-high, however, the Q♥8♣4♥ flop gave Fournier a pair of eights to take the lead. The 3♦ turn and 7♠ river were no help as Meli stepped away from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Fournier	1,320,000 595,000	595,000
Maria Konnikova	535,000

Matei Lupascu	530,000 300,000	300,000

Vincent Meli	Busted

Tags: Maria Konnikova Matei Lupascu Samuel Fournier Vincent Meli

02-17-2024 16:00 UTC+1

O'Kearney Falls on Day 2

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Dara O'Kearney moved all in for 133,000 from middle position. Paraskevas Tsokaridis called as the bigger stack from the small blind.

Dara O'Kearney: A♥9♥
Paraskevas Tsokaridis: 10♥10♣

O'Kearney paired up on the K♠J♣9♣ flop but remained behind. The 4♣ turn was a brick as was the 3♥ river, marking the end of his FPS Main Event run.

This marks O'Kearney's second cash at EPT Paris, with his first coming in the €1,100 Freezeout, where he finished third for €25,200 ($27,078)

EPT Paris €1,100 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout Results

Place	Name	Country	Prize
1st	João Oliveira	Brazil	€55,820
2nd	Candido Cappiello	Italy	€35,200
3rd	Dara O'Kearney	Ireland	€25,200
4th	Ankit Ahuja	India	€19,400
5th	David Dahan	Israel	€14,900
6th	Mickael Erbil	France	€11,500
7th	Abderrahim Ineflas	France	€9,500
8th	Danut Chisu	Romania	€7,900
9th	David Alvarez	Spain	€6,600

Player	Chips	Progress
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	1,075,000 728,000	728,000
Dara O'Kearney	Busted

Tags: Dara O'Kearney Paraskevas Tsokaridis

02-17-2024 16:00 UTC+1

Dupre Makes Quads

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Matt Warburton

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Julien Dupre was in preflop against Alexandre Correia, who had him well covered as players flipped their cards.

Julien Dupre: 9♥9♣
Alexandre Correia: K♥K♦

The board ran out 9♠3♠8♥9♦Q♠. Correia was well ahead with pocket kings, until the board brought Dupre a set of nines on the flop and quad nines on the turn. He doubled his stack and left end of Day 1c chip leader Correia with just a couple of big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Dupre	420,000 95,000	95,000

Alexandre Correia	20,000 875,000	875,000

Tags: Alexandre Correia Julien Dupre

02-17-2024 16:04 UTC+1

Custodio Fills Up on Alt

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Calum Grant

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Daniel De Sousa Custodio jammed for 122,000 from middle position and was called by Dinesh Alt from the hijack.

Daniel De Sousa Custodio: A♠2♠
Dinesh Alt: A♦K♦

Alt had Custodio dominated but was the underdog after Custodio made two pair on the A♣2♥9♣ flop. The 2♣ turn filled up Custodio and he took in the pot after the Q♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dinesh Alt	475,000 394,000	394,000
Daniel De Sousa Custodio	284,000 83,000	83,000

Tags: Dinesh Alt Daniel De Sousa Custodio