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

02-19-2024 01:53 UTC+1

Triple Up for Almeida Arias

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Yet another three-way all-in unfolded, this time over on table eight, with Gonzalo Almeida Arias as the shortest stack involved for the final 84,000 in chips. He was up against Maciej Gut and Justin Steinbrenner.

Gonzalo Almeida Arias: J♥J♦
Maciej Gut: A♥K♣
Justin Steinbrenner: 8♠8♦

The A♦J♠5♠ flop vaulted Almeida Arias into the lead with a set of jacks while both Gut and Steinbrenner picked up outs on the K♠ turn. Nothing changed with the Q♣ river and Almeida Arias tripled up, while Gut doubled through Steinbrenner for 63,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gonzalo Almeida	255,000 255,000	255,000
Maciej Gut	126,000 109,000	109,000
Justin Steinbrenner	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Gonzalo Almeida Arias Justin Steinbrenner Maciej Gut

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

02-19-2024 02:00 UTC+1

The Bubble is Nearing

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Within very quick succession, another three tables broke and the field plummeted below 100 hopefuls. Floor staff instructed dealers to no longer bust players on their iPads and as the all-in showdowns kept coming in hot.

Big names to miss out on a cash price in this event include Kalidou Sow, Yasuhiro Waki, Joao Sydenstricker and Ilija Savevski as they all came up short in the last few minutes.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Foucault	Busted
Kalidou Sow	Busted
Yasuhiro Waki	Busted
Moncef Karoui	Busted
Ilija Savevski	Busted

Jaesung Lee	Busted
Barakeh Fadi	Busted
Joao Sydenstricker	Busted

02-19-2024 02:03 UTC+1

Covrig Out Before the Money on Day 1b

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sergiu Covrig pushed a short stack of around 90,000 into the middle and Maciej Gut did so with the covering stack, forcing out all opponents.

Sergiu Covrig: 7♣7♠
Maciej Gut: 8♥8♦

"Seven seven is my favourite hand. I can feel it, it is coming," Covrig declared while filming the showdown with his smart phone.

However, there was no seven on the A♠K♥4♦5♠9♦ board to knock out the WSOP Europe bracelet winner. Adrian Mateos followed suit on a different table right after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maciej Gut	240,000 114,000	114,000
Sergiu Covrig	Busted
Adrian Mateos	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Maciej Gut Sergiu Covrig

02-19-2024 02:08 UTC+1

Toth Flipped Out by Lonis

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jesse Lonis raised from an early position to 22,000 and Istvan Toth in the small blind pushed all-in for 82,000. Clement Bonnant in the big blind asked for a count and inquired about the stack size of Lonis, too, but folded, while Lonis instantly called.

Istvan Toth: A♠K♦
Jesse Lonis: 10♦10♠

It was all but over for Toth with the 10♥9♦8♠ flop and the A♦ turn confirmed his elimination, as a meaningless 4♥ fell on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	240,000 40,000	40,000
Clement Bonnant	120,000 120,000	120,000
Istvan Toth	Busted

Tags: Clement Bonnant Istvan Toth Jesse Lonis

02-19-2024 02:12 UTC+1

Kaukua Doubles Through Peluso

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Toni Kaukua pushed all-in for 94,000 and table big stack Fabio Peluso looked him up.

Toni Kaukua: A♦Q♦
Fabio Peluso: 8♠8♣

The Finn took the lead with the A♥2♥2♠ flop, then stayed ahead throughout the 2♦ turn as well as the 10♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Peluso	450,000 120,000	120,000
Toni Kaukua	195,000

Tags: Fabio Peluso Toni Kaukua

02-19-2024 02:16 UTC+1

Almeida Eliminates Steinbrenner

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Dan O'Hair

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Justin Steinbrenner opened for 165,000 from the hijack, leaving himself a short stack of 1,000-denomination chips behind, and Gonzalo Almeida shoved from the small blind for more. Action folded back to Steinbrenner, who called all in to put himself at risk.

Justin Steinbrenner: K♣Q♣
Gonzalo Almeida: A♥K♦

Steinbrenner found himself dominated, and the 5♠6♦7♦9♦9♥ runout provided no help — forcing him to surrender his stack to Almeida.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gonzalo Almeida	415,000 415,000	415,000
Justin Steinbrenner	Busted

Tags: Gonzalo Almeida Justin Steinbrenner

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

02-19-2024 02:21 UTC+1

The Tanking Has Commenced

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The floor staff has become more busy now as several tables have had players tanking. Clocks are being called albeit reluctantly as Day 1b is only three eliminations away from the finish line. The last player to bust was Nemanja Lukovic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nemanja Lukovic	Busted

Tags: Nemanja Lukovic

02-19-2024 02:28 UTC+1

Aissani Eliminated by Peluso to Set Up Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

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

With 85 players remaining and several tables stalling, floor staff told the dealers to stop after the current hand as hand-for-hand mode was to commence early.

During this exact hand, Francesco Delfoco busted and further all-in action unfolded. Naim Ouachekradi raised to 32,000 in the cutoff and then folded when Demosthenes Kiriopoulos bumped it up to 162,000 in the big blind.

Last but not least, Mohamed Aissani had defended the big blind against cutoff aggression by big stack Fabio Peluso. The turn showed 6♦4♥2♣9♥ and Aissani had checked. Peluso pushed all-in and Aissani tank-called all-in for around 90,000.

Mohamed Aissani: 8♣7♦
Fabio Peluso: J♠10♥

"Let's go straight," Aissani said in French table chat but bricked the 6♣ river to leave the entire table stunned.

And just like that, the field was reduced to 83 players, thus ensuring hand-for-hand play on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Peluso	660,000 210,000	210,000
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	290,000 130,000	130,000
Naim Ouachekradi	120,000 120,000	120,000
Francesco Delfoco	Busted
Mohamed Aissani	Busted

Tags: Demosthenes Kiriopoulos Fabio Peluso Francesco Delfoco Mohamed Aissani Naim Ouachekradi