2026 PokerStars EPT Paris

Day: 1b
1a1b2
Event Info
2026 PokerStars EPT Paris
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€7,075,200
Entries
1,474
Players Left
179
Average Chip Stack
247,039
Total Chips
44,220,000
Next Payout
Place 179
€9,850
Level Info
Level
15
Blinds
2,000 / 4,000
Ante
4,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
838
Players Left
284
Players Left 179 / 1,474

Zhao Makes a Big Call to Double Off Kirby-Hogarty

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Cheng Zhao
Cheng Zhao

Heads-up on a board of 7KQ5, Tobias Kirby-Hogarty bet 13,300 from the button and Cheng Zhao called in the big blind.

The river was the 5, and Kirby-Hogarty moved all in, sending Zhao deep into the tank. He took several minutes, counting out the rest of his stack and apologizing to his tablemates.

"No problem," a few of them replied. Zhao eventually called for his last 48,800, and Kirby-Hogarty showed A9 for ace-high.

"Yes," Zhao muttered as he turned over JJ to take the pot, much to the amazement of the other players at the table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Cheng Zhao cn
Cheng Zhao
140,000
64,000
64,000
Profile photo of Tobias Kirby-Hogarty gb
Tobias Kirby-Hogarty
120,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Cheng ZhaoTobias Kirby-Hogarty