€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-19-2024 17:39 UTC+1

Friese Doubles Through Van Wersch

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Youssafi Khalil shook his head after he was forced out preflop and then saw the cards revealed as follows between Raoul Van Wersch and Timothy Friese.

Raoul Van Wersch: J♠10♠
Timothy Friese: 10♥10♣

The board ran out A♦K♠9♦6♠3♦ and Friese doubled.

"I just don't understand it ... only a small raise and then all-in?" Youssafi Khalil sighed before adding he had folded pocket nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Van Wersch	47,000
Timothy Friese	44,000 11,800	11,800
Youssafi Khalil	32,000

Tags: Raoul Van Wersch Timothy Friese Youssafi Khalil

02-19-2024 17:37 UTC+1

Derwiche Eliminated by Russo

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Imad Derwiche was all-in before the flop and earned two callers in Aurelien Russo as well as Jose Manuel Gonzalez. Russo bet the Q♥10♦9♠2♥ turn for 9,500 and Gonzalez folded.

Imad Derwiche: A♠3♠
Aurelien Russo: 10♠10♣

Derwiche was drawing dead and the 2♥ river only improved Russo to a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aurelien Russo	95,000 42,000	42,000
Jose Manuel Gonzalez	45,000
Imad Derwiche	Busted

Tags: Aurelien Russo Imad Derwiche Jose Manuel Gonzalez

02-19-2024 17:29 UTC+1

Saliba Gives It Up

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Justin Saliba raised to 1,000 as first to act and Javier Fernandez Alonso put in a three-bet to 3,500. The action folded back to Saliba, who made the call.

The 4♦J♦6♦ flop Saw Saliba check-call a 2,000 bet from his opponent before he check-folded when Fernandez Alonso fired an additional 8,500 on the 10♣ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Fernandez Alonso	57,700
Justin Saliba	43,000 1,200	1,200

Tags: Justin Saliba Javier Fernandez Alonso

02-19-2024 17:25 UTC+1

Carvajal Earns River Value From Xanthopoulos

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

On the tail end of a heads-up pot to the K♥9♦8♥9♣5♠ river, Pavlos Xanthopoulos bet 2,300 in the small blind. Jose Carvajal raised to 7,000 in an early position and Xanthopoulos called.

Carjaval tabled the K♣Q♥ and it was good enough to win the pot on a table filled with notables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Carvajal	65,000
Rory Young	65,000 2,100	2,100
Anton Wigg	60,000 9,300	9,300

Pavlos Xanthopoulos	33,000
Marle Spragg	28,000 2,000	2,000

Sergi Reixach	21,000 9,000	9,000
Paul Hoefer	5,000

Tags: Jose Carvajal Pavlos Xanthopoulos

02-19-2024 17:22 UTC+1

Further Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Afriat	100,000 1,000	1,000
[Removed:520]	95,000 2,000	2,000
Robert Mather	52,000
Alexandre Amiel	45,000
Nozomu Shimizu	45,000 2,400	2,400
Jose Manuel Gonzalez	45,000
Andrea Dato	40,000 17,000	17,000
Piotr Nurzynski	35,000

Zdenek Zizka	35,000
Julien Sitbon	35,000
Matthew Wantman	31,000 13,700	13,700
Thomas Boivin	29,000 1,000	1,000
Henning Andre	29,000
Pierre Calamusa	28,000 3,500	3,500
Istvan Pilhofer	25,000
Frederik Thiemer	24,000 6,000	6,000
Bruno Lopes	23,000
Florian Duta	21,000 4,000	4,000
Alexander Lakhov	20,500

02-19-2024 17:18 UTC+1

Defending Champion Belea With a Big Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Jorge Ramella on the button took on Razvan Belea in the big blind and the latter check-called a bet of 1,000 on the A♥6♥2♦ flop. They checked the 4♦ turn and Belea then bet 3♣ river for 1,500. Ramella folded and Belea claimed the pot.

Since the break, the defending champion of this very event has more than doubled and now sits firmly in the top ten of the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Razvan Belea	110,000 62,000	62,000

Lars Tungel	80,000
Jorge Ramella	65,000 43,000	43,000
Nikita Kuznetsov	40,000 8,000	8,000
Samantha Abernathy	35,000

Tags: Jorge Ramella Razvan Belea

02-19-2024 17:14 UTC+1

Entries and Exits

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boivin	30,000 30,000	30,000
Imad Derwiche	30,000 30,000	30,000
Chris Dowling	30,000 30,000	30,000
Frederik Thiemer	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Miscikowski	30,000 30,000	30,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	30,000 30,000	30,000
Julien Gal	Busted
Leo Worthington-Leese	Busted
Maksym Filipovskyi	Busted
Niall Farrell	Busted

Elias Gutierrez	Busted

Adam Wagner	Busted

02-19-2024 17:10 UTC+1

Andreev Doubles Through Jorgne

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Andrey Andreev had slipped all the way to just 7,000 and got those in via three-bet shove out of the big blind for Peter Jorgne to call.

Andrey Andreev: K♣K♥
Peter Jorgne: 6♥6♠

The board ran out K♠9♦6♣10♣10♠ and Andreev doubled with the superior full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Jorgne	18,200 8,800	8,800
Andrey Andreev	15,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Andrey Andreev Peter Jorgne

02-19-2024 17:09 UTC+1

Christy Loses Big Flip

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Woody Christy had open-raised from early position when Samuel Fournier made it 2,900 to go from the hijack. Andrei Konopelko and Sabare Atmani called cold in the blinds, after which Christy jammed all in for 30,900.

Fournier quickly got out of the way and Konopelko eventually followed suit. Atmani, however, stuck in a call with the bigger stack and the cards were turned over.

Woody Christy: A♠K♠
Sabare Atmani: 4♥4♦

The 10♣7♣8♦10♥ runout brought some counterfeit outs for Christy, but the Q♦ river bricked regardless. He took his leave while Atmani chipped up to over 150 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sabare Atmani	76,700
Samuel Fournier	71,500 71,500	71,500
Andrei Konopelko	22,700 22,700	22,700
Woody Christy	Busted

Tags: Andrei Konopelko Sabare Atmani Samuel Fournier Woody Christy

02-19-2024 17:02 UTC+1

Fruet Falls to Lee

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With a pot of around 25,000 to the 10♥8♥2♣J♣ turn, Alessandro Fruet pushed all-in out of the big blind and Hwany Lee beat him into the pot from the under-the-gun position.

Alessandro Fruet: A♦K♣
Hwany Lee: J♥J♠

"Of course," another player exclaimed when they saw the cards in showdown. Fruet needed a queen to survive but the K♥ river was too little too late. Both stacks were counted and the 14,600 of Fruet were covered by Lee.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hwany Lee	58,000
Alessandro Fruet	Busted

Tags: Alessandro Fruet Hwany Lee