€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-21-2024 22:29 UTC+1

Late-Night Leaders

Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eliot Hudon	930,000 50,000	50,000

Eero Rantala	900,000 327,000	327,000

Alexios Zervos	866,000 116,000	116,000
Leon Sturm	607,000 242,000	242,000
David Kaufmann	600,000 13,000	13,000

Clement Michaud	597,000 135,000	135,000
Alessandro Minasi	565,000 105,000	105,000
Daniel Custodio	554,000 21,000	21,000
Farid Jattin	535,000 420,000	420,000
Ami Barer	522,000 42,000	42,000
Jose Plaza	515,000 235,000	235,000
Gianluca Speranza	500,000 20,000	20,000
Sergi Reixach	485,000 50,000	50,000
Sergio Coutinho	440,000
Barny Boatman	435,000 10,000	10,000

Julien Groenendijk	435,000 168,000	168,000
Jerry Odeen	431,000 111,000	111,000
Matthias Lipp	426,000 34,000	34,000
Dimitar Danchev	420,000 40,000	40,000

Ihar Soika	418,000 38,000	38,000
Max Neugebauer	416,000 226,500	226,500
Alex Keating	408,000 112,000	112,000
Pieter Aerts	402,000 63,000	63,000
Timothy Rutherford	396,000 47,000	47,000
Mallory Frere	390,000 150,000	150,000

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02-21-2024 22:37 UTC+1

Korochenskiy Doesn't Notice Sturm, Doubles Off Him Anyway

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Leon Sturm raised to 10,000 in early position before Bruno Bernardino moved all in for 50,000 on the button. Anatoly Korochenskiy called in the small blind, then let out a laugh. "I didn't see you," he told Sturm. Sturm then reshoved and Korochenskiy snap-called for 194,000.

"So you do have aces," Sturm said.

Bruno Bernardino: 7♣7♥
Anatoly Korochenskiy: K♥K♠
Leon Sturm: 8♥8♠

Korochenskiy didn't have aces, but he did have Sturm crushed with two kings. Sturm picked up a straight draw heading to the river on a board of 9♠5♦10♠J♥, but he missed the 5♥ as Korochenskiy doubled up and busted Bernardino.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Korochenskiy	450,000 240,000	240,000
Leon Sturm	420,000 187,000	187,000
Bruno Bernardino	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Korochenskiy Bruno Bernardino Leon Sturm

02-21-2024 22:41 UTC+1

Hafner Pays Off Wigg's Raise

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Lukas Hafner and Anton Wigg were heads up on a board of A♠4♦3♣7♣7♠. Hafner bet 17,000 chips into the 60,000 pot from middle position and Wigg raised to 55,000.

After some deliberation, Hafner tossed in the call and got shown A♣10♣ for two pair. Hafner could not beat those cards as his hand was added to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Wigg	340,000 80,000	80,000

Lukas Hafner	260,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Anton Wigg Lukas Hafner

02-21-2024 22:41 UTC+1

Szabo Wins a Race Off Ju

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Samuel Ju raised to 12,000 in the cutoff, then called when small blind Levente Szabo moved all in for 100,000.

Levente Szabo: 6♠6♣
Samuel Ju: K♣Q♦

Szabo needed his sixes to hold on to double up and he successfully dodged the 7♥A♦8♥5♦8♦ board to stay alive in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Levente Szabo	210,000 87,000	87,000
Samuel Ju	140,000 101,000	101,000

Tags: Levente Szabo Samuel Ju

02-21-2024 22:42 UTC+1

Anand Forces Nixon River Fold

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Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jason Anand opened to 11,000 in early position and Jamie Nixon produced a three-bet to 29,000 in the cutoff. Anand called.

Anand check-called a bet of 15,000 from Nixon on the 4♥7♣4♣ flop.

The J♣ turn was checked through by both players.

On the 10♣ river, bringing one-card flush possibilities, Anand led out with a bet of 25,000, and that was enough to force a fold from Nixon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Anand	210,000 84,000	84,000
Jamie Nixon	142,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Jamie Nixon Jason Anand

02-21-2024 22:44 UTC+1

Three More Hands

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Tournament officials announced that players will see three more hands before bagging up for the night.

02-21-2024 22:48 UTC+1

No Day 3 for Savinelli

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Amiri Ehsan raised to 10,000 as first to act and Carlo Savinelli shoved in 39,000 chips in the next seat over.

Amiri asked for a count and made the call shortly thereafter.

Carlo Savinelli: K♠J♣
Ehsan Amiri: A♣2♣

Amiri was the only one to pair up on the 3♥7♣10♣2♥9♣ board, sending Savinelli home in the dying minutes of Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	334,000
Carlo Savinelli	Busted

Tags: Carlo Savinelli Ehsan Amiri

02-21-2024 22:50 UTC+1

Wigg Gets It Done on River

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Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Anton Wigg opened to 10,000 under the gun and Felipe Boianovsky defended his big blind.

On the 7♦4♣7♣ flop Boianovsky check-called a bet of 6,000 from Wigg.

The turn brought the 2♦ and Boianovsky check-called for a second time versus a bet of 13,000 from Wigg.

On the 8♠ river Boianovsky checked for a third time, and Wigg continued to fire, moving all in and putting Boianvosky to the test for the rest of his stack.

Boianovsky thought it over but folded in relatively short order.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Wigg	380,000 40,000	40,000

Felipe Boianovsky	32,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Anton Wigg Felipe Boianovsky

02-21-2024 22:51 UTC+1

Lin Catches a Miracle to Dent Rantala

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ruida Lin moved all in for 202,000 in the big blind and Eero Rantala called in the cutoff.

Ruida Lin: J♥J♣
Eero Rantala: A♦K♥

Lin was racing for his tournament life but fell behind as the 8♣A♥10♦ flop gave Rantala top pair. The K♣ turn improved Rantala to two pair and left him poised to collect the pot and end the night with more than 1,000,000, but the Q♦ spiked on the river to give Lin a straight.

"Yes. Let me take a picture, please," Lin yelled out as he snapped a photo of the board.

"Thank you, chip leader," he said to Rantala as he collected the miracle double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eero Rantala	770,000 130,000	130,000

Ruida Lin	410,000 225,000	225,000

Tags: Eero Rantala Ruida Lin

02-21-2024 22:52 UTC+1

Last-Minute Exits

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gergely Rona	Busted
Hala Karam	Busted
Lev Margolin	Busted
Silma Macalou	Busted
Manuel Roca	Busted
Reza Tabatabaei	Busted
Sergei Petrushevskii	Busted
Michele Tocci	Busted
Nicolas Lecoeuvre	Busted
Oswin Ziegelbecker	Busted
Giovani Torre	Busted
Juan Pardo	Busted
Christian Pedersen	Busted
Henok Tekle Mariam	Busted
Moritz Dietrich	Busted