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

1 day 12 hours ago

Custodio Wins the Battle of Big Draws

David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Daniel Custodio bet 3,500 from the button on a flop of 5♠K♦4♦, Eduardo Amaral moved all in for 19,100 in the small blind, and Custodio called.

Eduardo Amaral: A♦6♦ All in
Daniel Custodio: 8♦7♦

Custodio had straight and flush draws, while Amaral was chasing the nut flush draw. The 7♥ turn improved Custodio to a pair, and Amaral couldn't catch up on the 4♣ river as he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Custodio	150,000
Eduardo Amaral	Busted

Tags: Daniel Custodio Eduardo Amaral

1 day 13 hours ago

Tomas Wakes Up With Kings, Lecoevure Makes a Big Fold

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Nicolas Lecoeuvre raised to 1,300 in middle position before Joao Tomas three-bet to 4,500 in the hijack. Xavier Gour then moved all in for 12,700 from the button, and Lecoevure called. Tomas then reshoved for 68,000, and Lecoevure tanked for a minute before folding.

Xavier Gour: 7♥7♠ All in
Joao Tomas: K♣K♦

Lecoeuvre revealed he had two queens after Tomas turned over his kings. The board ran out A♠4♦2♣6♣10♥ to earn Tomas the pot and send Gour to the rail.

"Nice fold," Tomas told Locoeuvre after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Tomas	95,000 95,000	95,000
Nicolas Lecoeuvre	60,000 60,000	60,000
Xavier Gour	Busted

Tags: Joao Tomas Nicolas Lecoeuvre Xavier Gour

1 day 13 hours ago

Geci Spikes the River on Irimia

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Endrit Geci and Marius Irimia went to the turn on a board of 9♠3♣J♣Q♥ when Irimia bet 3,600 from the cutoff. Geci called in the small blind.

The river was the K♠ and Geci moved all in. Irimia called for his last 16,000, and Geci turned over A♠10♦ for a rivered straight. Irimia angrily threw 10♠8♠ into the muck as he made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Endrit Geci	180,000 20,000	20,000
Marius Irimia	Busted

Tags: Endrit Geci Marius Irimia

1 day 13 hours ago

Estrada Doubles Off Jordon

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Terry Jordon three-bet to 4,000 in the big blind and was called by Vitalijs Korhs in middle position, Soraya Estrada on the button, and Parham Ahoor in the small blind.

"Family pot," Jordon said as they went four-handed to the 8♥6♣3♦ flop. Action checked around to Estrada who bet 4,000, and only Jordon and Korhs called.

Jordon asked to see Estrada's remaining stack going to the K♠ turn. "I can use a double up," Jordon said, leading out for 5,000. Both Korhs and Estrada called, and the A♣ fell on the river. Jordon then bet 12,500.

Korhs quickly folded, but Estrada moved all in for 22,900. "I know you have a set, but how do I fold this? I bet it's threes, because I lose to threes all the time," Jordon said, tossing in the chips to call.

Estrada didn't have threes, but she did show 8♦8♠ for a set of eights. Jordon tossed A♠K♦ into the muck and handed over the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soraya Estrada	90,000 55,500	55,500
Parham Ahoor	70,000 70,000	70,000
Terry Jordon	50,000 5,000	5,000
Vitalijs Korhs	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Parham Ahoor Soraya Estrada Terry Jordon Vitalijs Korhs

1 day 14 hours ago

Armougom Flips Pichierri to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Alessandro Pichierri raised to 1,100 under the gun and Luc Lafontaine called in the hijack. Jimmy Armougom then three-bet to 3,700 on the button and Pichierri four-bet to 21,100. Lafontaine got out of the way, but Armougom moved all in. Pichierri only had around 3,000 remaining and quickly called for his last chips.

Alessandro Pichierri: A♣K♥ All in
Jimmy Armougom: 10♠10♥

Pichierri was racing for his tournament life against Armougom's tens, but he couldn't connect with the 9♠2♠6♥4♦5♦ board and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Armougom	100,000 10,500	10,500
Luc Lafontaine	15,000 15,000	15,000
Alessandro Pichierri	Busted

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Jimmy Armougom Luc Lafontaine

1 day 15 hours ago

Skarparis Runs Into Aces, Osti Shows Him the One Hand He Doesn't Want to See

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Mercedes Osti raised to 2,100 under the gun and Georgios Skarparis moved all in for 13,200 in the hijack. Ali Abdulzahra called in the cutoff, while Osti flung 8♣8♦ into the muck.

Georgios Skarparis: 8♥8♠ All in
Ali Abdulzahra: A♠A♥

"No! I don't want to see that," Skarparis said to Osti as he also showed two eights. He was drawing thin against Abdulzahra's aces as the flop came 9♦6♦4♣. "That's okay," Skarparis said, and the 10♥ turn gave him outs to a straight.

"That's better," he added, but he missed the 3♦ river and was sent to the rail.

At the same table, Endrit Geci has built up a stack of around 150,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Endrit Geci	150,000 91,000	91,000
Tokuya Shuto	130,000 8,000	8,000
Ali Abdulzahra	70,000
Ankit Ahuja	60,000 40,000	40,000
Elias Gutierrez	50,000 20,000	20,000

Robert Heidorn	50,000 50,000	50,000
Jessica Teusl	50,000 19,000	19,000
Erik Friberg	35,000
Alec Torelli	30,000 1,000	1,000

Mercedes Osti	25,000
Eelis Parssinen	25,000
Ole Schemion	25,000 5,000	5,000
Samuel Ju	25,000 2,500	2,500
Jack Hardcastle	15,000 13,500	13,500
Sinead Davenport	10,000 2,700	2,700
Georgios Skarparis	Busted

Tags: Ali Abdulzahra Georgios Skarparis Mercedes Osti

1 day 15 hours ago

Zaks Hero-Calls to Six Figures

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A completed board of A♣3♦9♣Q♣Q♦ was between Kostya Zaks in the small blind and Mehdy El Fki on the button, along with a pot of around 20,000.

El Fki then tossed in a bet of 15,000, sending Zaks into the tank. After a while, Zaks cut out a call and flicked it in the middle.

El Fki could only show a baby pair with 2♠2♣, meaning Zaks was awarded the sizable pot with J♥J♣ and ascended to a six-figure stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kostya Zaks	105,000 105,000	105,000
Mehdy El Fki	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Kostya Zaks Mehdy El Fki

1 day 15 hours ago

Moreau, Livshitz Play a Classic Flip

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Gabi Livshitz was under the gun with a raise of 15,000 in front of him before Edgard Moreau moved all in from early position. "Sorry, guys," Livshitz told his tablemates as he went deep into the tank before eventually calling for his last 35,000.

Gabi Livshitz: A♥K♦ All in
Edgard Moreau: Q♥Q♣

Moreau hit top set on the Q♦3♣4♦ flop, and Livshitz was already leaving the table as the 2♦ fell on the turn. He had to be called back as he picked up straight and flush draws, but the A♣ river was no help and Livshitz was sent to the rail.

"I folded jacks," tablemate Marc Uzan said after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elvir Nuhiu	90,000 28,300	28,300
Mahersh Selvakumaran	80,000 1,800	1,800

Edgard Moreau	80,000 80,000	80,000
Andrew Hulme	65,000 4,000	4,000
Dominik Panka	65,000 14,000	14,000

Antoine Labat	60,000 21,800	21,800
Lulei Hu	60,000 30,000	30,000
David Docherty	55,000 18,000	18,000
Joris Ruijs	50,000 20,200	20,200
Julien Sitbon	50,000 32,900	32,900
Alisa Sibgatova	45,000 45,000	45,000
Santiago Plante	40,000 10,000	10,000
Terry Jordon	40,000 4,200	4,200
Adrian Mateos	40,000 1,300	1,300

Michael Wang	35,000 23,100	23,100
David Kaufmann	35,000 11,200	11,200
Bora Kurtulus	35,000 35,000	35,000
Jon Kyte	27,000 7,300	7,300
Marc Uzan	25,000 25,000	25,000
Elie Farah	25,000 5,000	5,000
Mike Watson	25,000 5,000	5,000

Giuliano Bendinelli	25,000 25,000	25,000

Aleksandr Shevliakov	25,000 2,300	2,300

Stephen Song	20,000 10,400	10,400

Felix Schneiders	20,000 3,000	3,000

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Tags: Edgard Moreau Gabi Livshitz

1 day 15 hours ago

Coppola Devastates Paszkiewicz on a Cooler Flop

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With around 15,000 in the pot on a board of 2♦Q♦K♣3♣, Nicolaus Paszkiewicz bet 5,000 from the big blind before Enrico Coppola moved all in for 21,700 from early position.

Paszkiewicz leaned back in his seat and let out a big sigh as he went into the tank. He took more than a minute before calling, and Coppola turned over K♥Q♥ for top two pair. Paszkiewicz could only show A♥K♠, and he was left handing over most of his stack after the J♥ completed the board on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enrico Coppola	57,000 57,000	57,000
Nicolaus Paszkiewicz	2,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Enrico Coppola Nicolaus Paszkiewicz

1 day 16 hours ago

Carvalho Doubles Through Duta's Ambitious Bluff

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Frank Visser

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Manuel Carvalho raised to 700 in early position, getting called by Philipp Hasenburger in the hijack and Ermanno Di Nicola on the button.

Florian Duta sat in the small blind and squeezed in a three-bet to 5,200. Carvalho and Di Nicola called, while Hasenburger got out of the way.

Duta continued for 2,000 on the Q♠A♠A♦ flop. Carvalho raised to 5,600, forcing out Di Nicola. Duta was not satisfied, however, and clicked it back to 9,200. Carvalho called the min-raise, and the 3♦ fell on the turn.

Duta spent a while in the tank before he put Carvalho all-in. Carvalho snap-called for his stack of 12,900, and the cards were revealed.

Manuel Carvalho: Q♥Q♦ All in
Florian Duta: K♣10♣

Duta's bluff had no outs against Carvalho's flopped full house, and the meaningless 9♦ river rolled off as Carvalho raked in the huge pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Carvalho	61,100
Chun Kit Kwan	41,500 41,500	41,500
Ermanno Di Nicola	40,500 3,500	3,500
Thomas Haverstad	40,500 27,000	27,000
Alexandre Rabusseau	36,000
Jean Pasqualini	31,000
Florian Duta	28,500 46,500	46,500
Philipp Hasenburger	21,500

Tags: Ermanno Di Nicola Florian Duta Manuel Carvalho Philipp Hasenburger