€2,200 FPS High Roller Day 1b | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-18-2024 20:54 UTC+2

Shahar Deals Final Blow to Ritter

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

It remains unclear when the chips went in but Uwe Ritter was left with the head shaking as he exited the tournament area. The cards were still showing as Ritter's J♥2♥ had flopped a flush draw. However, there was no further heart on the Q♦9♥4♥9♦7♣ runout and that kept the A♥A♣ of Ran Shahar ahead.

Shahar and Simon Lofberg are the two early chip leaders on this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Shahar	46,000 16,000	16,000
Simon Lofberg	44,000 14,000	14,000
Uwe Ritter	Busted

Tags: Ran Shahar Simon Lofberg Uwe Ritter

02-18-2024 21:05 UTC+2

Early Casualties on Day 1b

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

According to the tournament info, Day 1b has already reached 301 entries and some 282 players remain in contention. Below are those who already lost their stack in the opening hour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Axel Hallay	Busted
Franco Polidori	Busted
Marcello Miniucchi	Busted
Sergiu Covrig	Busted
Redouane Abed	Busted
Marc Boyer	Busted
Pascal Frezza	Busted
Nir Sharon	Busted
Paul Fontan Castrillon	Busted
Fouad Toujani	Busted

02-18-2024 21:16 UTC+2

Hani Straightens Teliani Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

William Hani opened to 1,000 first-to-act and Nohad Teliani shoved for her last 12,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Hani, who called to put Teliani at risk.

Nohad Teliani: 8♦8♣
William Hani: A♣Q♥

The 10♥J♣4♥ flop gave Hani additional outs and the K♦ turn filled Hani's Broadway straight draw to leave Teliani drawing dead.

An irrelevant 5♦ completed the board and Teliani was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Hani	58,000 58,000	58,000
Nohad Teliani	Busted

Tags: Nohad Teliani William Hani

02-18-2024 21:19 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Teddy Clement	75,000 19,000	19,000
Elvis Petcu	70,000 42,000	42,000
Ildir Haiche	55,000 31,000	31,000
Lucas Segall	55,000 55,000	55,000
Fabio Peluso	33,000 33,000	33,000
Marius Gicovanu	32,000 32,000	32,000
Fabrice Bigot	30,000 30,000	30,000
Nariman Yaghmai	29,000 9,000	9,000
Alexios Zervos	29,000 29,000	29,000
Samuel Ju	28,000 32,800	32,800
Davidi Kitai	26,000 26,000	26,000

Jose Manuel Gonzalez	Busted

02-18-2024 21:25 UTC+2

Karoui Among the Early Chip Leaders

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Moncef Karoui had already chipped up early on and added even more chips after he knocked out Marton Czuczor. There was a minor twist to the story, though, as Karoui needed some time to think on a completed board of 10♥7♣2♣6♥J♥.

The clock was called on him when facing the shove by Czuczor, and Karoui then called with the 10♣7♠ for two pair. It was good, as Czuczor only had the 9♠9♥.

"Thank you," Karoui grinned to the player that had the called the clock on him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moncef Karoui	105,000 25,000	25,000
Marton Czuczor	Busted

Tags: Moncef Karoui Marton Czuczor

02-18-2024 21:30 UTC+2

More Early Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Hoefer	Busted
Hubert Baran Osinski	Busted
Ivan Fedor	Busted
Ege Guven	Busted
Christophe Panetti	Busted
Gregory Chenet	Busted
Ladislao Dalfo Batlle	Busted
Aliaksandr Yarosh	Busted
Enzo Enzo	Busted
Lars Tungel	Busted
Dan Laidlaw	Busted

02-18-2024 21:34 UTC+2

Kamel Eliminated by Kunze

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a completed board of J♥9♦5♥10♠8♥ with around 21,000 in the middle, Tom Kunze pushed all-in with the covering stack. Tamer Kamel called and was shown the A♥10♥ for the nut flush. He briefly exposed 5♠5♦ for a set and left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Kunze	45,000 45,000	45,000
Tamer Kamel	Busted

Tags: Tamer Kamel Tom Kunze

02-18-2024 21:39 UTC+2

Benoni Picks Wrong Time to Shove

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a heads-up flop of K♦5♦4♦, Henri Benoni was all-in for around 20,200 from under the gun. Cristian David looked him up in the cutoff with the marginally covering stack and the cards were revealed.

Henri Benoni: 6♦6♠
Cristian David: A♣A♠

When the 7♥ came on the turn, David could all but chuckle as Benoni picked up even more outs. However, the J♠ river was a blank and Benoni was knocked out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Saderne	55,000 25,000	25,000
Cristian David	50,000 16,000	16,000
Jonathan Therme	45,000 15,000	15,000
Henri Benoni	Busted

Tags: Cristian David Henri Benoni

02-18-2024 22:05 UTC+2

Zeitoun Eliminated by Enzo

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Enzo Enzo raised and then called the shove by Alain Zeitoun for what appeared to be around 9,500.

Alain Zeitoun: A♦10♦
Enzo Enzo: A♣J♠

The superior kicker played on the Q♦9♠4♥5♠7♦ runout to send Zeitoun to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enzo Enzo	75,000 75,000	75,000
Onar Del Pino	45,000 45,000	45,000
Alain Zeitoun	Busted

Tags: Alain Zeitoun Enzo Enzo

02-18-2024 22:24 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Refael Dahan	75,000 51,000	51,000
Alejandro Lococo	57,000 9,500	9,500
Sergiu Covrig	40,000 40,000	40,000
Marta Miquel Munoz	40,000 40,000	40,000
Dinesh Alt	38,000 3,000	3,000
Maria Lampropoulos	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kuljinder Sidhu	30,000 30,000	30,000
Christophe Panetti	28,000 28,000	28,000
Alexander Lakhov	28,000 28,000	28,000
Nicolas Betbese	Busted
Antonio Buonanno	Busted

Stephane Abehassera	Busted
Kubanychbek Abakirov	Busted
Abdulkadir Ahmed	Busted
Felipe Boianovsky	Busted