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

02-20-2024 21:50 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Daan Mulders	175,000 73,600	73,600
Armand Matti	175,000 175,000	175,000
Alexey Badulin	160,000 160,000	160,000
Hwany Lee	155,000 97,000	97,000
Adel Ben Messaoud	140,000 140,000	140,000
Jacopo Denti	140,000 140,000	140,000
Marta Miquel	105,000 105,000	105,000
Padraig O'Neill	95,000 62,000	62,000

Andre Marques	87,000 60,000	60,000
Henri Kasper	80,000 80,000	80,000
Renji Mao	55,000 2,000	2,000
Pedro Marques	47,000 47,000	47,000

Jerry Odeen	43,000 43,000	43,000
Daniel Rezaei	40,000 98,500	98,500
Raul van Boxtel	35,000 35,000	35,000
Razvan Belea	25,000 37,000	37,000

Jack Sinclair	17,500 4,500	4,500

Thiriat Chops With Le Baron

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sebastien Le Baron raised and Arthur Thiriat then pushed forward 21,000 for a three-bet. Le Baron slid forward a stack of chips for slightly more than the three-bet and already opened his A♣K♥, thinking Thiriat was all-in.

However, Thiriat had 700 chips behind and the floor was called. It was ruled as just a call by Le Baron, and they got it in after the J♥6♥3♥ flop. Thiriat tabled the A♦3♣ and they somehow chopped after the 6♦ turn as well as J♠ river runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Le Baron	45,000 45,000	45,000
Arthur Thiriat	23,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Arthur Thiriat Sebastien Le Baron

02-20-2024 21:53 UTC+1

Gill Shows Kings as Franchi Folds

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Harpreet Gill raised and picked up a call before Malcolm Franchi three-bet from the small blind for 7,000. Gill then moved all in for 55,500. Franchi weighed it up, apologizing to the table as he agonized over the decision.

"You never know, you might get lucky," said Gill as Franchi gathered his chips.

Upon hearing that, Franchi quickly folded and Gill tabled pocket kings.

"Did you have queens?" asked Gill, But Franchi would not show.

Player	Chips	Progress
Malcolm Franchi	75,000 75,000	75,000
Harpreet Gill	65,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Harpreet Gill Malcolm Franchi

02-20-2024 21:54 UTC+1

Labussiere Double Dooms Al Fakih

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Julien Labussiere open-jammed from an early position for the last 18,400 and was called by Sal Al Fakih in the big blind.

Julien Labussiere: K♣Q♠
Sal Al Fakih: 10♥10♠

The K♥J♠8♣6♣Q♥ board gave Labussiere two pair and Al Fakih was left with a mere 12 blinds, which vanished before their table broke.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Labussiere	38,000 38,000	38,000
Sal Al Fakih	Busted

Tags: Julien Labussiere Sal Al Fakih

02-20-2024 21:55 UTC+1

Lakhdari Doubles Up Sheils

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Ollie Garland

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Omar Lakhdari raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and Brandon Sheils three-bet jammed for his last 17,200, from the small blind. "Vamos!" Lakhdari announced as he decided to call.

Brandon Sheils: Q♦10♦
Omar Lakhdari: A♥9♣

The board ran out 8♠3♣4♠10♥9♦; Sheils peeled the perfect turn to pull ahead, ultimately doubling him up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omar Lakhdari	62,000 37,000	37,000
Brandon Sheils	36,400 6,400	6,400

Tags: Brandon Sheils Omar Lakhdari

02-20-2024 21:57 UTC+1

Spekman Runs Into Aces

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Last year's final tablist Denzel Spekman was right next to the defending champion Razvan Belea and shipped his shorter stack in with the A♦Q♦. Jorge Ufano happily called with the A♠A♥ and had little to fear on the Q♣6♣4♠9♣8♣ board.

"Easy game," Belea joked to the Spaniard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Ufano	80,000 80,000	80,000
Razvan Belea	26,000 1,000	1,000

Denzel Spekman	Busted

Tags: Denzel Spekman Jorge Ufano Razvan Belea

02-20-2024 21:59 UTC+1

Chabbi Wins at Showdown Without Showing Down

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Younes Hammouchi opened to 2,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 5,500 by Adrian Chabbi on the button. Action folded back around to Hammouchi, who called.

Chabbi proceeded to call bets from Hammouchi, first for 4,700 on the 2♠K♦J♦ flop, then for 10,800 on the 4♣ turn, and finally for 12,000 on the 4♥ river.

Hammouchi motioned that Chabbi was good, but Chabbi didn't want to show unless Hammouchi showed fist. Hammouchi opted to muck and Chabbi followed suit before collecting the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Chabbi	160,000
Younes Hammouchi	83,000

Tags: Adrian Chabbi Younes Hammouchi

02-20-2024 22:01 UTC+1

Grobocopatel Flops Flush to Crack Set

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Matt Warburton

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was on the turn on a board of 4♦10♦5♦Q♠ and Benoit Grobocopatel was all in against Xavier Cortazar Vidal, who had slightly more chips as players revealed their hands.

Vidal showed Q♥Q♦ for a set of queens. However, Grobocopatel turned over A♦K♦ for a flopped flush.

The river came a blank, the 7♥, and Grobocopatel held to win the pot and double his stack. Vidal was left short stacked with just a few big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benoit Grobocopatel	130,000 130,000	130,000
Xavier Cortazar Vidal	4,000

Tags: Benoit Grobocopatel Xavier Cortazar Vidal

02-20-2024 22:01 UTC+1

Break Time

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Ollie Garland

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining 499 players in Day 1b have been sent on their last 20-minute break of the day. Upon their return, they will play two more hour-long levels before bagging for the night.

02-20-2024 22:12 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations and (Re)entries

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	30,000 26,000	26,000
Denzel Spekman	30,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel Neilson	30,000 128,200	128,200
Adamo Facchin Meneguz	Busted
Tan Le	Busted
Jose Fernandes	Busted
Kuljinder Sidhu	Busted
Archibald Seaton	Busted
Philip Joyce	Busted
Antoine Saout	Busted
Yucel Eminoglu	Busted
Jean-Louis Perez	Busted
Xiaqing Ji	Busted
Francis Beauregard	Busted
Alexandre Raymond	Busted
Oswin Ziegelbecker	Busted
Robert Fluereci	Busted
Mohamed Kerkeni	Busted