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Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,385,600
Total Entries
1,747
Places Paid
255
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
644
Players Left
222
Players Left 1 / 1,747
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Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Eric Afriat was in the big blind and had a raise to 11,000 in front of him before Jean-Vincent Lehut shoved for 87,000 on the button. Afriat snap-called.
Jean-Vincent Lehut: A♦Q♠
Eric Afriat: A♥K♠
Afriat had Lehut dominated and held up through the 5♣5♦7♣8♥10♣ board to send him to the rail and boost his stack up past 300,000.
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Marius Gierse opened to 5,000 and Farid Jattin three-bet to 12,000. Gierse called.
On the A♣A♥K♠ flop, Gierse checked to Jattin, who put out a bet of 8,000, which earned a relatively swift fold from his opponent.
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Roman Stoica raised to 5,000 on the button, Derk van Luijk three-bet to 15,000 in the big blind, and Stoica called.
The flop came 10♥2♦7♥ and both players checked to the 5♥ turn. Van Luijk then led out for 7,500 and Stoica called.
Van Luijk checked the Q♠ river and Stoica bet 12,000. Van Luijk quickly called and Stoica showed 9♠8♠ for a missed straight draw. Van Luijk turned over Q♣J♣ for a rivered pair of queens to take the pot.
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
This week’s field size of 1,747 entries at the spacious Palais des Congrès in Paris has made the €5,300 PokerStars European Poker Tour Main Event the largest one ever held outside of Barcelona.
The tournament saw a 9% increase over last year, thanks to 1,224 unique players and 523 reentries. The event is now the sixth-largest EPT Main Event in history, generating an overall prize pool of €8,385,600.
Largest EPT Main Event Fields
| Year | Main Event | Entries | Prize Pool (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EPT Barcelona | 2,294 | €11,125,900 |
| 2023 | EPT Barcelona | 2,120 | €10,282,000 |
| 2019 | EPT Barcelona | 1,988 | €9,641,800 |
| 2018 | EPT Barcelona | 1,931 | €9,365,350 |
| 2016 | EPT Barcelona | 1,785 | €8,657,250 |
| 2024 | EPT Paris | 1,747 | €8,385,600 |
| 2015 | EPT Barcelona | 1,694 | €8,215,900 |
| 2023 | EPT Paris | 1,606 | €7,708,800 |
A total of 69 different countries were represented this week in Paris, up from 65 at this event a year ago. As expected, the host country of France led the way for a second straight year with 300 players or 24.51% of the field. The rest of the top five nations also remained the same, including Italy (78 players - 6.37%), Germany (68 players - 5.56%), the United Kingdom (66 players - 5.39%) and Spain (58 or 4.74%).
Further down the list is Romania with 54 players for 4.41% of the field, the United States with 44 players for 3.59% of the field, and The Netherlands with 35 players for 2.86% of the field.
Some of the other countries represented this year include Argentina (6 players - 0.49%), Croatia (3 players - 0.25%), Mexico (2 players - 0.16%) and Malaysia (1 player - 0.08%).
A full breakdown of the nationalities represented in the EPT Paris Main Event is available in the table below.
Nationalities In EPT Paris Main Event
| Country | Players | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| France | 300 | 24.51% |
| Italy | 78 | 6.37% |
| Germany | 68 | 5.56% |
| United Kingdom | 66 | 5.39% |
| Spain | 58 | 4.74% |
| Romania | 54 | 4.41% |
| USA | 44 | 3.59% |
| Netherlands | 35 | 2.86% |
| Portugal | 31 | 2.53% |
| Brazil | 29 | 2.37% |
| Canada | 29 | 2.37% |
| Ukraine | 26 | 2.12% |
| Sweden | 25 | 2.04% |
| Russia | 24 | 1.96% |
| Austria | 23 | 1.88% |
| Bulgaria | 22 | 1.80% |
| Greece | 22 | 1.80% |
| Poland | 21 | 1.72% |
| Japan | 20 | 1.63% |
| Lebanon | 18 | 1.47% |
| Belgium | 16 | 1.31% |
| Hungary | 16 | 1.31% |
| Ireland | 15 | 1.23% |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 0.98% |
| Belarus | 11 | 0.90% |
| China | 10 | 0.82% |
| Turkey | 10 | 0.82% |
| Norway | 9 | 0.74% |
| South Korea | 9 | 0.74% |
| Denmark | 8 | 0.65% |
| Finland | 8 | 0.65% |
| Switzerland | 8 | 0.65% |
| Czech Republic | 7 | 0.57% |
| Estonia | 7 | 0.57% |
| India | 7 | 0.57% |
| Israel | 7 | 0.57% |
| Lithuania | 7 | 0.57% |
| Argentina | 6 | 0.49% |
| Australia | 6 | 0.49% |
| Latvia | 5 | 0.41% |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0.33% |
| Serbia | 4 | 0.33% |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.25% |
| Iran | 3 | 0.25% |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0.25% |
| Cyprus | 2 | 0.16% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 0.16% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0.16% |
| Mexico | 2 | 0.16% |
| Moldova | 2 | 0.16% |
| Uruguay | 2 | 0.16% |
| Albania | 1 | 0.08% |
| Algeria | 1 | 0.08% |
| Armenia | 1 | 0.08% |
| Colombia | 1 | 0.08% |
| Cuba | 1 | 0.08% |
| Kong Hong | 1 | 0.08% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0.08% |
| Malta | 1 | 0.08% |
| Mongolia | 1 | 0.08% |
| Montenegro | 1 | 0.08% |
| Morocco | 1 | 0.08% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0.08% |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 0.08% |
| Philippines | 1 | 0.08% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0.08% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0.08% |
| South Africa | 1 | 0.08% |
| Thailand | 1 | 0.08% |
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The remaining 399 players are on the second 20-minute break of the day.
Level 12 Highlights
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Stefan Lehner and Igor Picone were in the blinds as they got the rest of Lehner's 40,500 in the middle before the flop.
Stefan Lehner: A♠J♠
Igor Picone: A♦3♣
Lehner had Picone dominated and began filming the action as the 2♥K♦5♥ flop gave Picone a straight draw. The 9♦ turn was safe for Lehner, while he secured the double up when the 5♦ fell on the river.
Level 12
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
"Wow, so sick. Two rivers in a row, I would not play poker again for a while," Harpreet Gill chimed in after Gary Mamou had just gone from an above-average stack to short stack.
The latest setback for Mamou came when he defended the big blind against Joshua Duce in the cutoff and they got it in after the 9♥6♥4♠A♥ turn.
Joshua Duce: A♠A♣
Gary Mamou: J♥8♥
The river brought another heart but it was the 4♥ which paired the board to leave Mamou completely stunned. Duce doubled fo 77,000 and his opponent dropped to twenty big blinds.
