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

02-19-2024 17:48 UTC+1

Ho Faces Big River Decision

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Maria Ho and Laurent Cessy were heads up on a completed board of 8♦10♦Q♥2♦10♠. Ho fired 8,000 chips from middle position, into a pot of 20,500, and Laurent Cessy shoved all in for 29,200.

Ho, who had the covering stack, tanked for a good while before finally letting go of her cards, being left with an average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laurent Cessy	57,500 28,500	28,500
Maria Ho	40,400 29,600	29,600

Tags: Laurent Cessy Maria Ho

02-19-2024 17:50 UTC+1

Laidlaw Keeps Building a Healthy Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jose Espina Santo check-called a bet worth 4,800 on the J♥5♥2♥J♦A♣ river in middle position and Dan Laidlaw flipped over his Q♦J♠ for trips jacks. That was good enough to win the pot as Espina Santo sent the cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Laidlaw	115,000 20,100	20,100
Jose Espina Santo	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Dan Laidlaw Jose Espina Santo

02-19-2024 17:53 UTC+1

Ins and Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Derwiche	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	30,000 30,000	30,000
Lewis Spencer	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kayhan Mokri	30,000 30,000	30,000
Dimitar Danchev	30,000 30,000	30,000

Enrico Camosci	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fahredin Mustafov	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jon Kyte	Busted
Nate Silver	Busted
Paul Hoefer	Busted
Olga Iermolcheva	Busted
Thierry Mizrahi	Busted
David Docherty	Busted
Toni Kaukua	Busted

02-19-2024 17:59 UTC+1

Bradley Stays in Contention

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Maxim Panyak raised to 1,200 and then called the shove by Ian Bradley for the last 5,900 in the small blind.

Ian Bradley: A♦Q♠
Maxim Panyak: K♦6♦

Bradley needed a diamond when the flop fell 10♦7♦3♦ and while he missed on the 3♥ turn, the Brit got there with the 2♦ river to hang in there with a short-stack double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxim Panyak	19,100 600	600
Ian Bradley	13,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Ian Bradley Maxim Panyak

02-19-2024 18:00 UTC+1

Some Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Nolet	105,000 38,000	38,000
Gediminas Uselis	95,000 20,000	20,000
Elliot Smith	65,000 65,000	65,000
Frank Funaro	47,000 28,500	28,500
Justin Saliba	41,000 2,000	2,000
Fabrice Bigot	40,000 7,000	7,000
Lander Lijo	35,000 33,000	33,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	28,000 2,000	2,000
Gianluca Speranza	22,000 22,000	22,000
Kenny Hallaert	12,000 18,000	18,000

Soenke Jahn	6,300 23,700	23,700

02-19-2024 18:05 UTC+1

Hero Call Eventually Busts Kamphues

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Timo Kamphues and Laszlo Molnar were battling over a 34,500-chip pot when they both checked on the 9♥9♦4♥10♥ turn. Kamphues then checked again on the J♠ river, after which Molnar decided to go for it all.

He put his stack of 24,100 chips in the middle and Kamphues asked for a count. Shortly after he heard the correct number, he stuck in a call.

Molnar showed A♥7♥ for the nut flush, beating the J♦10♦ of Kamphues, who played two pair. He was left with just three big blinds, which he would lose as well shortly after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laszlo Molnar	82,300 82,300	82,300
Timo Kamphues	Busted

Tags: Laszlo Molnar Timo Kamphues

02-19-2024 18:08 UTC+1

Oikonomidis Felted by Buhaiov

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ioannis Oikonomidis raised to 1,200 and Nazar Buhaiov then three-bet to 3,600 from one seat over in the hijack. Erkan Soenmez called on the button only for Oikonomidis to make it 10,600 to go. Buhaiov then pushed all in to force out Soenmez, while Oikonomidis called for around 39,000.

Ioannis Oikonomidis: Q♣Q♦
Nazar Buhaiov: K♦K♠

Buhaiov had the best of it and improved to a set on the K♥10♦2♣ flop. The A♥ turn gave Oikonomidis a life line with a gutshot but the 4♥ river was a blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nazar Buhaiov	125,000 125,000	125,000
Erkan Soenmez	24,000 26,000	26,000
Ioannis Oikonomidis	Busted

Tags: Erkan Soenmez Ioannis Oikonomidis Nazar Buhaiov

02-19-2024 18:12 UTC+1

Redjdal Flops a Full House and Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

A large pot was brewing over on Table 46 as around 49,000 was in the middle to the K♦K♣5♦7♥8♥ river. Alexis Andre had checked out of the big blind and Romeric Redjdal then moved all in and Andre called after a few seconds of consideration.

Redjdal tabled his K♥5♥ for a flopped full house and Andre briefly exposed his A♠A♥ for aces and kings. Both stacks were counted and Redjdal doubled for 26,400, leaving his opponent with one big blind only. Soon after, the seat of Andre was empty.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romeric Redjdal	104,000 104,000	104,000
Alexis Andre	Busted

Tags: Alexis Andre Romeric Redjdal

02-19-2024 18:16 UTC+1

Hrabec Roots For Five of a Kind

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Roman Hrabec had raised from the hijack before Jason Lau jammed all in for 6,900. The action folded back to Hrabec, who put in a call.

Jason Lau: Q♠Q♦
Roman Hrabec: J♣10♠

Lau had Hrabec drawing slim on the 7♥4♣Q♣ flop, and the Q♥ turn gave him quads to lock up the pot.

"One more!" Hrabec joked while the 6♥ river completed the board, and he paid Lau what he was owed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Hrabec	59,500 31,000	31,000
Jason Lau	15,300 8,400	8,400

Tags: Jason Lau Roman Hrabec

02-19-2024 18:22 UTC+1

Wheeler Cannot Get Simsek to Fold

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

What started as a limped pot then brought the squeeze of Jason Wheeler in the big blind, and he was only called by Mustafa Simsek. Wheeler then bet all the way on the 9♠5♥4♣ flop for 2,600, 7,000 on the K♥ turn as well as 20,000 on the 8♣ river with 100 chips behind.

Simsek called the first two bets and then went deep into the tank on the river before coming along with the marginally bigger stack. Wheeler showed his A♠10♠ for a bluff and Simsek won the pot with the 7♦7♠, leaping out of his seat to brief a sigh of relief.

Wheeler was forced all-in the next hand and busted, wished everyone good luck and bumped fists with Simsek before heading out.