€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2026 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-23-2026 14:06 UTC+2

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Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Brzezinski	30,000 30,000	30,000

Maria Konnikova	30,000 30,000	30,000

Judy Whitlow	30,000 30,000	30,000
Rania Nasreddine	30,000 30,000	30,000
Oliver Weis	30,000 30,000	30,000

Hakim Zoufri	30,000 30,000	30,000
Scott Margereson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ka Kwan Lau	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tobias Peters	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jon Kyte	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mehdi Chaoui	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Docherty	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ehsan Amiri	30,000 30,000	30,000
Nikolai Mamut	30,000 30,000	30,000
Nils Pudel	30,000 30,000	30,000
Nicholas Palma	30,000 30,000	30,000
Dietrich Fast	30,000 30,000	30,000
Owen Dodd	30,000 30,000	30,000
Armin Rezaei	30,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

02-23-2026 14:02 UTC+2

Kwan Puts It All In

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Georgios Skarparis opened the action with a raise to 300 in the hijack. Roman Isaienko three-bet to 1,000 in the small blind, which Chun Kit Kwan four-bet to 2,600 in the big blind.

Skarparis got out of the way before Isaienko tossed in calling chips. The pair then checked through the 9♠5♠8♥ flop, prompting Isaienko to bet 4,000 on the J♠ turn.

Kwan called to the 8♠ river, where Isaienko sized up to 6,000. Kwan eyed his opponent's stack, then moved all in. Isaienko quickly released his cards, leaving himself just under half a starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chun Kit Kwan	40,500
Georgios Skarparis	36,000
Roman Isaienko	13,700

Tags: Chun Kit Kwan Georgios Skarparis Roman Isaienko

02-23-2026 13:51 UTC+2

Introducing MyPlayers: Your Personalized Way to Follow Poker’s Biggest Names

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Sandra Barbour

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

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02-23-2026 13:51 UTC+2

Vrakas on Double Starting Stack

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Georgios Vrakas in middle position and Oleksii Trofymenko on the button had built a pot just shy of 10,000 when the 5♣4♣K♣10♦A♣ river was dealt. Vrakas grabbed a pile of chips and casually tossed the bet of 17,900 into the middle.

Trofymenko rechecked his cards before he quickly flicked in a calling chip. Vrakas tabled Q♥Q♣ for the nut flush, taking down the big pot and nearly eliminating his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Vrakas	59,000
Oleksii Trofymenko	1,600

Tags: Georgios Vrakas Oleksii Trofymenko

02-23-2026 13:40 UTC+2

Westmorland Rising Early

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Picking up the action on a Q♣2♣K♥10♠ turn, Sebastian Martinez checked from the small blind to Jordan Westmorland in the hijack. Westmorland fired a bet of 5,500 into a pot of 6,000, which Martinez quickly called.

The 4♦ river saw Westmorland size up to 9,000 after another check from Martinez. Martinez needed some time before he concluded his hand was no good and sent it into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Westmorland	36,000 36,000	36,000
Fabrice Bigot	30,000 30,000	30,000
Sebastian Martinez	21,200 21,200	21,200

Tags: Jordan Westmorland Sebastian Martinez

02-23-2026 13:24 UTC+2

More Early Birds

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	30,000

Derk van Luijk	30,000

Simon Wiciak	30,000

Ognyan Dimov	30,000

Gabi Livshitz	30,000
Ian Simpson	30,000
Lander Lijo	30,000
Juho Suutari	30,000
Samantha Abernathy	30,000
Bruno Fitoussi	30,000
Thomas Haverstad	30,000
Matthew Davenport	30,000
Marton Czuczor	30,000
Guillermo Gordo	30,000
Ilija Savevski	30,000

Paawan Bansal	30,000
Andrew Hulme	30,000

02-23-2026 13:21 UTC+2

Den Hartog Overbets River

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

After Siebe den Hartog opened, Luigi Pignataro three-bet to 1,000. It folded back to Den Hartog, who called.

Den Hartog check-called Pignataro's continuation-bet of 900 on the A♦3♠8♦ flop, after which the Q♠ turn was checked by both players.

Den Hartog then fired a big bet of 6,000 on the 7♦ river, receiving a quick fold for his efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Siebe den Hartog	32,100 32,100	32,100
Antoine Berruel	30,000 30,000	30,000
Luigi Pignataro	28,100 1,900	1,900

Tags: Luigi Pignataro Siebe den Hartog

02-23-2026 13:12 UTC+2

Merlin Enters Early Tank

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

A blind-on-blind battle between Robin Gerard and Pierre Merlin had reached the Q♦5♥2♥2♦4♣ river. Gerard checked it over to Merlin, who bet 4,100 into a pot of 5,500.

Gerard then raised to 12,000. Merlin faced a difficult decision, but he let go of his cards after spending some minutes in thought.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robin Gerard	35,100
Luka Sorainen	30,000
Vladimir Lipnitskii	30,000
Pierre Merlin	23,000

Tags: Pierre Merlin Robin Gerard

02-23-2026 13:05 UTC+2

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

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