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

02-19-2024 01:16 UTC+2

Bartha Binks the River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Sebastien Guinand raised it up preflop in late position and then called the shove by Liviu Bartha for 69,000 on the button.

Liviu Bartha: 10♥10♣
Sebastien Guinand: J♠J♣

Guinand was ahead but couldn't maintain the lead throughout the K♣5♠4♦10♠6♦ board, as Bartha turned a set to leave his opponent on fumes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liviu Bartha	145,000 97,000	97,000
Sebastien Guinand	10,000

Tags: Liviu Bartha Sebastien Guinand

02-19-2024 01:13 UTC+2

Gut Takes From Covrig in Battle of Big Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Maciej Gut in the small blind three-bet to 22,500 and Sergiu Covrig called on the button, which led them to the 10♥4♠2♠ flop. The continuation bet by Gut was worth 20,000 for Covrig to call and that brought them to the 3♥ turn.

Gut now made it 75,000 to go and Covrig reluctantly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maciej Gut	235,000 50,000	50,000
Sergiu Covrig	175,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Maciej Gut Sergiu Covrig

02-19-2024 01:08 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergii Baranov	210,000
Andras Matrai	190,000
Marta Miquel Munoz	150,000 114,000	114,000
Ankit Ahuja	125,000 125,000	125,000
Aram Zobian	70,000 39,000	39,000

Paul Tedeschi	65,000
Max Neugebauer	60,000 32,000	32,000
Ilija Savevski	45,000

Lars Kamphues	25,000 -75,000	-75,000
Jonathan Therme	Busted
Daniel Heredi	Busted
Leo Worthington-Leese	Busted
Endrit Geci	Busted
Justin Saliba	Busted

02-19-2024 01:06 UTC+2

De Doncker Done for the Night

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Cristian David had earned a fortunate split pot not long ago when his dominated ace hit running cards to broadway against Jonathan Therme. Since then, he more than doubled while Therme vanished.

David then looked up the shove by Loic De Doncker with the A♠Q♣, as he jammed over the top to isolate. De Doncker revealed the 10♦9♦ and gained a ton of equity on the Q♦8♦6♥ flop with a gutshot and flush draw.

Yet, there was no happy end on the 8♣ turn and K♠ river runout to eliminate De Doncker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cristian David	95,000 45,000	45,000
Loic De Doncker	Busted

Tags: Cristian David Jonathan Therme Loic De Doncker

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

02-19-2024 01:00 UTC+2

Geci Triples up; Zhang Claims Lion's Share of Three-Way All in

Dan O'Hair

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Hongru Zhang opened to 5,000 from under the gun and was called by Jamil Wakil in middle position and Enzo Enzo on the button. Endrit Geci then shoved for his last 12,000 from the big blind and Zhang also shoved for over 100,000. Wakil called all in for his last 70,000 and Enzo got out of the way.

Endrit Geci: A♥9♠
Jamil Wakil: 10♥10♠
Hongru Zhang: A♣J♦

The 7♣9♣3♠K♥A♠ runout left Geci best with two pair for the triple up. Zhang collected a nice side pot with his pair of aces and Wakil was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hongru Zhang	190,000 163,000	163,000
Enzo Enzo	55,000 -20,000	-20,000
Endrit Geci	45,000 -3,000	-3,000
Jamil Wakil	Busted

Tags: Jamil Wakil Endrit Geci Enzo Enzo Hongru Zhang

02-19-2024 00:58 UTC+2

Next Batch of Day 1b Bustouts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The Day 1b field has been reduced to a mere 213 contenders and more than half of the hopefuls will still leave empty-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Endravuz Lahdo	Busted
Robin Ylitalo	Busted

Toby Joyce	Busted
Nils Pudel	Busted
Mateusz Szymanski	Busted
Atanas Malinov	Busted
Enrico Camosci	Busted
Rayan Chamas	Busted
Jack Hardcastle	Busted
Daniel Szymanski	Busted
Joris Ruijs	Busted
Florian Duta	Busted
Hannes Jeschka	Busted
Jon Ander Martinez	Busted
Kamal Bejjani	Busted
Lucas Segall	Busted
Henok Tekle Mariam	Busted
Stefan Dimitrov	Busted
Imad Derwiche	Busted
Alejandro Lococo	Busted

Luis Faria	Busted
Maximilian Hildebrandt	Busted
William Hani	Busted

02-19-2024 00:54 UTC+2

Okhotskyi Doubles Through Custodio

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a preflop all-in contest, Oleh Okhotskyi was ahead with A♣Q♠ and was up against the A♠J♦ of Daniel Custodio.

The Q♥Q♣10♥ flop left Custodio with a mere four outs, none of which he caught with the 5♠ turn and Q♦ river. Okhotskyi further improved to quads to double up in style for 35,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleh Okhotskyi	80,000
Daniel Custodio	13,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Daniel Custodio Oleh Okhotskyi

02-19-2024 00:52 UTC+2

Farcasanu Falls to Ruotolo

Dan O'Hair

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Angelo Ruotolo opened to 5,000 from the cutoff and Alexandru Farcasanu shoved for his last 25,000 from the big blind. Ruotolo quickly called to put Farcasanu at risk.

Alexandru Farcasanu: 6♥6♠
Angelo Ruotolo: A♠4♥

Farcasanu was a favorite, but the 5♣A♥J♣Q♦10♣ runout left Ruotolo best with a pair of aces — sending Farcasanu to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angelo Ruotolo	65,000
Alexandru Farcasanu	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Farcasanu Angel Ruotolo Farcasanu Falls

02-19-2024 00:46 UTC+2

Amiel Scores a Knockout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Alexandre Amiel had the very best of it when he looked up a shorter-stacked Miguel Faria Lopes with A♣A♥ versus A♠K♦. There was no upset on the Q♥J♦3♥4♣3♣ runout and Amiel earned the pot.

Another player on the table bemoaned to have folded pocket fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Amiel	100,000
Miguel Faria Lopes	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Amiel Miguel Faria Lopes