€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 4 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-23-2024 14:58 UTC+1

Zereg Wakes Up With Queens to Bust Verhagen

David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Johannes Verhagen moved all in for 260,000 from early position as action folded to Youssef Zereg, who had only just taken his seat at this table, in the big blind. He took a peek at his cards and snap-called.

Johannes Verhagen: A♥J♥
Youssef Zereg: Q♠Q♥

The flop came Q♦3♣2♣ and Zereg hit top set, leaving Verhagen drawing dead after the J♦ turn. The inconsequential river was the 4♠ and Zereg scored the knockout.

"Welcome to the table," a tablemate told him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youssef Zereg	1,100,000 90,000	90,000
Johannes Verhagen	Busted

Tags: Johannes Verhagen Youssef Zereg

02-23-2024 15:00 UTC+1

Arduini and Spencer Move In

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Picking up the action on a turn of 5♥7♣3♥6♥ with around 380,000 chips in the pot, Lorenzo Arduini made a bet of 150,000 from the small blind. He received a call from Eliot Hudon under the gun, and a K♠ river was dealt.

Arduini went all in for 535,000 chips, causing Hudon to go into the tank. After a little while passed, he mucked his cards and forfeited the pot to Arduini.

On another table, Lewis Spencer busted after he got his final few blinds in the middle and could not win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eliot Hudon	1,400,000 300,000	300,000

Lorenzo Arduini	1,215,000 315,000	315,000
Lewis Spencer	Busted

Tags: Eliot Hudon Lewis Spencer Lorenzo Arduini

02-23-2024 15:08 UTC+1

Almeida Scores Double Through Erlandsson

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Gonzalo Almeida opened to 50,000 and Hans Erlandsson three-bet out of the hijack in the next seat to 125,000. The initial raiser jammed for 410,000 and Erlandsson called, then sighed when the cards were revealed.

Gonzalo Almeida: A♠Q♥
Hans Erlandsson: A♦J♦

Some chop outs were had until the K♠8♣3♥A♣ turn but the 10♠ river secured the double for Almeida.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hans Erlandsson	1,350,000 210,000	210,000
Gonzalo Almeida	880,000 405,000	405,000

Tags: Gonzalo Almeida Hans Erlandsson

02-23-2024 15:09 UTC+1

Afriat Ascends Further

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Eric Afriat and Aleksejs Ponakovs were heads up on a completed board of 5♥10♠K♥9♥9♠. Ponakovs checked out of the big blind and Afriat made a pot-sized bet of 200,000 on the button.

Ponakovs thought it over for a little while before flicking in a call. Afriat showed J♣9♣ for runner-runner trips and Ponakovs quickly tossed his cards in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Afriat	2,925,000 230,000	230,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	2,000,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Eric Afriat

02-23-2024 15:13 UTC+1

Duta Shoves Into Afriat's Set in Massive Pot

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Eric Afriat raised to 55,000 under the gun, Florian Duta three-bet to 155,000 in the big blind, and Afriat called.

The flop came Q♣5♦10♦ and Duta continued for 215,000. Afriat then raised to 500,000 and Duta tanked for a moment before announcing he was all in for 1,250,000. Afriat snap-called.

Florian Duta: K♠K♣
Eric Afriat: 5♠5♣

Duta showed down a pair of kings, but he had run right into Afriat's flopped set as the 8♥ turn and 4♠ river secured the massive pot for Afriat and sent Duta crashing out of the tournament.

"He had to have kings or aces," Afriat said after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Afriat	4,450,000 1,525,000	1,525,000
Florian Duta	Busted

Tags: Eric Afriat Florian Duta

02-23-2024 15:15 UTC+1

Almeida Catches Wigg Bluffing

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Anton Wigg limped the A♦5♣ and Gonzalo Almeida checked the K♣8♣. They checked the K♥9♠7♠ flop before Wigg bet the J♦ turn for 85,000, Almeida called.

Wigg also bet the 2♦ river for 360,000 into a pot of 245,000 and that sent Almeida into the tank. One time bank vanished and Almeida called to send Wigg to the bottom of the leaderboard on the feature table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gonzalo Almeida	1,350,000 470,000	470,000
Anton Wigg	565,000 525,000	525,000

Tags: Anton Wigg Gonzalo Almeida

02-23-2024 15:19 UTC+1

Jattin Wheels Out Neychev

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Krasimir Neychev went all in for 330,000 from the hijack and was called by Farid Jattin on the button.

Krasimir Neychev: K♠K♦
Farid Jattin: A♥Q♠

The 4♥2♥10♠ flop remained safe for Neychev, but the 3♥ turn brought a plethora of outs for Jattin. He hit one of them on the 5♠ river, and his straight knocked out Neychev in 34th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Jattin	1,350,000 455,000	455,000
Krasimir Neychev	Busted

Tags: Farid Jattin Krasimir Neychev

02-23-2024 15:20 UTC+1

Boatman Tangles With Lakhdari ... Again

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Barny Boatman opened to 50,000 with the Q♥Q♣ out of the hijack. He was once again three-bet by Omar Lakhdari to 165,000 with the A♥10♠ out of the curtoff and Boatman called with the words "I can't fold" to hit top set on the Q♦7♠2♦ flop.

Boatman checked and Lakhdari quickly bet 125,000 for Boatman to "kiss his chips goodbye" before tossing them into the middle. The 8♦ turn saw Boatman lead for 250,000 into a pot of 640,000 and Lakhdari inquired "how much do you have" while pondering about his decision.

Lakhdari folded and Boatman raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omar Lakhdari	2,310,000 360,000	360,000
Barny Boatman	1,610,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Barny Boatman Omar Lakhdari

02-23-2024 15:21 UTC+1

[Removed:524] Makes a Tight Fold; Worthington-Leese Shoves

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Calum Grant

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Youssef Zereg opened to 75,000 from under the gun and action folded to [Removed:520] in the big blind. He had 335,000 total and agonised over his options before open-folding 8x8x. Zereg was kind enough to show he had AxKx.

Two hands later, David Kaufmann opened to 50,000 from under the gun and was called by Kostadin Kostadinov from hijack. Leo Worthington-Leese moved all in for 515,000 and picked up what was in the pot as he folded out the rest of the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	1,700,000 70,000	70,000

Kostadin Kostadinov	1,250,000
Youssef Zereg	1,200,000 100,000	100,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	675,000 5,000	5,000
[Removed:520]	300,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: David Kaufmann Kostadin Kostadinov Leo Worthington-Leese Youssef Zereg

02-23-2024 15:23 UTC+1

Danchev Holds to Double

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Calum Grant

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

David Tous moved all in from the small blind and Dimitar Danchev quickly called off his stack of 300,000 from the big blind.

Tous grimaced as he tabled 9x8x while Danchev had A♦J♦ for the better hand. Danchev smashed the A♥A♠6♣ flop and filled up on the 6♦ turn before the 3♠ river hit the felt.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Tous	1,880,000 420,000	420,000
Dimitar Danchev	625,000 365,000	365,000

Tags: David Tous Dimitar Danchev