Benjamin Spragg jammed his final 15,500 chips in from the cutoff on a board of 8♥Q♣6♣A♠. There were already 28,000 chips in the pot, but his opponent, Gary Mamou in the button, made a quick fold.
Spragg was prompted to show a six but showed the J♦ instead. The next hand, Spragg raised to 4,000 from the button and both blinds folded. This time, he showed J♠J♣.
Mengqi Chen was on the button and had a raise of 55,000 in front of him as Anatoly Korochenskiy called in the cutoff.
The flop came Q♦8♦7♣ and Korochenkiy open-shoved all in. Chen quickly called for 101,500.
Mengqi Chen: K♥K♣
Anatoly Korochenskiy: A♦K♦
"Huge pot," Korochenskiy said as he stood up from his seat. He was looking to hit his ace or complete a flush draw against Chen's pocket kings, but Chen held up through the J♣ turn and K♠ river to finish with top set and double up in the massive pot.
Andreia-Elena Coman raised to 4,500 from the hijack and Luiz Hota Neto put in a three-bet to 17,500 from the cutoff.
Coman then jammed all in and Neto made the call for his tournament life and 68,000 chips after a quick tank.
Luiz Hota Neto: A♠Q♦
Andreia-Elena Coman: A♦K♦
Neto needed help but it did not arrive on the 4♥3♠6♦7♣3♣ runout. He said his goodbyes and quickly joined the many others who were sent to the rail so far in Level 12.
Alexander van der Swaluw and Salvatore Camarda had already built a pot of around 80,000 as they went to the turn on a board of 9♣5♣K♠A♦. Van der Swaluw then bet 10,000 from the hijack and Camarda called in early position.
The river was the 2♣ and Camarda moved all in. Van der Swaluw had 39,500 remaining and tanked for a minute before calling.
Camarda could only show K♦J♣ for a pair of kings and van der Swaluw turned over 9♠9♥ for a set as he doubled up.
Payouts have just been confirmed at a record-breaking EPT Paris Main Event.
The 1,747 field generated a prize pool totaling €8,385,600.
255 players will make the money, with a min-cash good for €8,650.
The winner will take home a seven-figure sum, €1,287,800, while a spot at the eight-man final table will guarantee all players a payout of €154,800.
Andy Wilson had last been spotted with a short stack and those few blinds now vanished. He put his hopes on the A♦3♠ and was ahead in a preflop contest against the K♠9♠ of Omar Lakhdari out of the big blind.
However, the 9♥8♣3♦8♥4♠ runout gave Lakhdari the superior two pair for the knockout.
Viliyan Petleshkov raised to 4,500 in the cutoff, then called when Jack Sinclair moved all in for 27,000 in the big blind.
Jack Sinclair: 4♠4♦
Viliyan Petleshkov: A♠9♦
Sinclair remained in the lead on the 8♠8♣6♠ flop, while the turn was the 10♥. The river, though, came the 10♦ to counterfeit Sinclair's pocket pair and give Petleshkov the pot with his ace-high, sending Sinclair to the rail.
Clark Rowe raised to 4,000 in the hijack before David Tous three-bet to 12,000 in the cutoff. Nozomu Shimizu put in his last 17,500 from the big blind and Rowe called.
"I cannot raise, no? Only call or fold," Tous asked before being told he could only call Shimizu's all in. He also put in the chips and he and Rowe went to a flop of 3♦7♣2♠.
Rowe led out for 10,000 and Tous called to create a side pot. The turn was the K♣ and Rowe checked to Tous who bet 30,000. Rowe then raised to 65,000 and Tous folded.
Rowe showed 7♠7♥ for a set, while Shimizu had J♦2♦ and was already drawing dead heading to the Q♦ river. Tous then admitted he folded ace-king.
"No way," tablemate Pierre Calamusa remarked.
The 2023 WSOP Europe Main Event champion Max Neugebauer has vaulted his stack to two times the average in the second level of the day. In the latest hand, he was heads-up to the K♥8♦7♣2♣ turn on which Ibrahim Ghassan bet 7,000.
Neugebauer made it 25,000 to go and Ghassan reluctantly folded. After his tank, Ghassan asked if Neugebauer had king-queen, then added "definitely not king-jack".
Neugebauer responded with a question of his own regards the holdings of his opponent and Ghassan declared he folded king-ten.
Further chip counts from nearby tables can be found below.
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