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€2,200 FPS High Roller
Day 1a Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
€2,200 FPS High Roller
Day: 1a
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€3,448,320
Total Entries
1,794
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
1,250
Players Left
187
Players Left 1 / 1,794
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Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
It was a grueling, arduous journey through Day 1a of the€2,200 FPS High Roller at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris festival, but 187 players finally managed to book their ticket for Day 2.
With 189 players remaining and only the top 188 finishers out of a starting field of 1,250 making the money, play went hand-for-hand. Through a combination of timely double ups and slow play, the bubble took nearly two hours before Mercedes Osti and Floyd Rosner became the last to leave Le Palais des Congres empty-handed.
Yves Bianchetti enjoyed no such fate on Day 1a. The Brazilian native knocked out a player with pocket jacks, then picked up kings for another knockout on his way to bagging up the chip lead with 855,000. He’s followed by Yunsheng Sun (839,000), Daniel Neilson (787,000), and Fabiano Kovalski (778,000). Claudio Di Giacomo knocked out former big stack Kazuhiko Yotsushika with two aces and finished with 686,000 to round out the top five.
Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yves Bianchetti | Brazil | 855,000 | 86 |
| 2 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 839,000 | 84 |
| 3 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | 787,000 | 79 |
| 4 | Fabiano Kovalski | Brazil | 778,000 | 78 |
| 5 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 686,000 | 69 |
| 6 | Adil Oubaaous | Morocco | 685,000 | 69 |
| 7 | Lars Kamphues | Austria | 620,000 | 62 |
| 8 | Yang Zhang | China | 612,000 | 61 |
| 9 | Parker Talbot | Canada | 594,000 | 59 |
| 10 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 584,000 | 58 |
PokerStars Team Pro Parker Talbot did a lot of talking and a lot of winning on Day 1a as he finished with 594,000. Aliaksei Boika (584,000), Farid Jattin (570,000), Pablo Brito Silva (332,000), and Leo Margets (211,000) also made it through to Day 2, as did David Lappin (137,000) and his table nemesis Tom Vogelsang (140,000).
Notables to miss out on a payout today included PokerStars team members Alejandro Lococo, Ramon Colillas, Benjamin Spragg, and Fintan Hand as well as Maria Ho, reigning EPT Paris champion Razvan Belea, Jesse Lonis, and Maria Konnikova.
The 187 remaining players will be joined by the survivors from the Day 1b flight tomorrow at noon local time. Action ended with just 13 seconds remaining in Level 18 with blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a 8,000 big blind ante, after which they increase to 5,000-10,000. The field reached 1,794 total entries, smashing last year’s total. The official prize pool will be announced near the start of the day.
PokerNews will be back to follow the action as the field prepares to play down to a champion tomorrow.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Day 1a has now finished, with 187 players progressing to Day 2.
Full chip counts and a recap of the day's play will follow shortly.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Mercedes Osti and Floyd Rosner are the unfortunate souls on the wrong side of the money bubble in Day 1a of the FPS High Roller.
Osti was all-in and at risk versus Benjamin Chalot.
Merecedes Osti: A♣K♠
Benjamin Chalot: K♦Q♣
Osti was ahead but the runout came Q♥3♦5♥7♥9♦ and Chalot scooped the pot with a pair of queens.
Floyd Rosner was all-in and at risk versus Lars Kamphues.
Floyd Rosner: K♥K♣
Lars Kamphues: A♥K♠
Rosner looked in good shape for the double-up, but had a sweat after the Q♥10♦7♦ flop gave his opponent a straight draw.
Sure enough the J♥ rolled off on the turn to give Kamphues the nut straight and leave Rosner drawing to a chop.
However the 4♣ river was a brick and sealed Rosner's exit, meaning 187 players progress from Day 1a to Day 2.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With around 60,000 in the pot on a board of 6♦A♥J♦9♠, Stanislaw Grodek bet 32,000 from the cutoff and David Hu called in early position.
The river was the J♣ and Grodek bet another 96,000. Hu again called and Grodek showed A♣Q♣ for two pair. Hu mucked as he watched most of his stack head over to Grodek.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Heads-up on a board of 3♣2♥4♠5♠, Adil Touri led out for 60,000 in the small blind and Dann Assouline called in early position.
The river was the Q♠ and Touri moved all in, first putting in a stack of 50,000. Assouline didn't notice he had said all in and went to call that amount before the table stopped him, confirming that Touri had indeed said all in.
Assouline stopped and went into the tank for more than a minute before saving his last 200,000.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Alexander Ivarsson moved all in for 61,000 in the hijack and Daniel Neilson called in early position.
Alexander Ivarsson: K♣K♠
Daniel Neilson: 9♦9♣
The board ran out 5♦10♣Q♦Q♠Q♥ to give both players a full house and Ivarsson doubled up with kings full of queens to prolong the bubble for at least one more hand.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Parker Talbot had check-raised all-in for 185,000 versus a bet of 21,000 from Andrea Canelli on 7♦6♥Q♦. Canelli called to put Talbot at risk.
Parker Talbot: 7♥7♣
Andrea Canelli: 7♠6♣
Talbot was in great shape with a set of sevens versus Canelli's two pair and the J♦4♣ runout changed nothing, sending Talbot the pot.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Marco Silva was already all in as Gerald Rubiralta and Louis Linard went to the river on a board of 6♦8♣2♠10♦A♠ and 80,000 in the pot. Both players checked and awaited hands to finish on other tables.
"I told you to fold even aces. What's the payout, 4K? That could pay for the hotel, at least," tablemate Taran Parmer joked with Silva. Silva eventually turned over K♥K♦ for a pair of hours, Rubiralta mucked K♠J♥ and Linard showed 10♠9♠ as he also mucked.
