Sami Bechahed moved all in yet again, putting in his last 63,000 from middle position as Juho Haapiainen put him at risk under the gun.
Sami Bechahed: Q♦Q♣ 
Juho Haapiainen: K♥K♠
Bechahed was crushed by Haapiainen's kings, but the flop brought 8♥J♦Q♠ to give him a set and the lead. The turn was the A♦, while Bechahed improved to a full house on the A♠ river to earn yet another double up.
Tournament officials have announced the prize pool for the 2026 EPT Paris Main Event.
The 1,474 total entries into the field built a prize pool of €7,075,200. The top 215 players will finish in the money and earn a min-cash of €8,550, while the champion earns €1,148,600.
Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €1,148,600 | 10-11 | €81,650 | 32-39 | €22,850 |
| 2 | €717,350 | 12-13 | €68,050 | 40-55 | €19,800 |
| 3 | €512,400 | 14-15 | €56,750 | 56-71 | €17,200 |
| 4 | €394,150 | 16-17 | €47,250 | 72-95 | €15,000 |
| 5 | €303,150 | 18-20 | €39,950 | 96-119 | €13,000 |
| 6 | €233,200 | 21-23 | €34,750 | 120-143 | €11,300 |
| 7 | €179,350 | 24-27 | €30,200 | 144-183 | €9,850 |
| 8 | €137,950 | 28-31 | €26,250 | 184-215 | €8,550 |
| 9 | €106,150 |
In a pot of 45,000, Erik Seidel was seen putting in a bet of 20,000 from the small blind on a completed board of 5♦5♣2♦Q♠6♦. His opponent was Diogo Coelho, who moved all in after some thought.
Seidel took some time himself to think things through. Eventually, he gave up on the pot by mucking his cards, leaving himself less than 12 big blinds.
Sami Bechahed moved all in for 15,000 under the gun and Ranno Sootla called in middle position. Diogo Duarte then reshoved on the button and Sootla, with around 50,000 remaining, took a minute before folding.
Sami Bechahed: K♣9♣
Diogo Duarte: A♦Q♣
"I think we had the same hand," Duarte said to Sootla, who shook his head.
"Ace-queen is the hand I wanted to see," Bechahed said as he and Duarte saw the flop came J♦9♦4♣. Bechahed took the lead with a pair of nines, and Duarte couldn't catch up on the 2♥ turn or 3♣ river as Bechahed tripled up.
"You bust me?" he asked Sootla after the hand.
"No," Sootla replied.
The 1,474 entries into the PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris Main Event included 1,023 unique players representing 66 different countries.
French natives made up the biggest portion of the field, with 288 players (28 percent). Italy was second with 68 players (7 percent), followed by the United Kingdom (57 players, 6 percent), Spain (55 players, 5 percent), and Germany (41 players, 4 percent).
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
The iconic PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) is one of the most eagerly anticipated festivals on the online poker calendar, thanks partly to its offering of massive prize pools across three weeks of action. Usually, SCOOP runs online at PokerStars throughout May, but the 2026 SCOOP heads to PokerStars two months earlier, with the festival schedule for March 1-25.
PokerStars first ran SCOOP in 2009, and it immediately became a must-play series for tournament grinders of all skill and experience levels. The multi-tiered buy-in structure opens the door for every PokerStars player to experience a world-class poker tournament festival regardless of their bankroll size.
Since its launch in 2009, PokerStars SCOOP has seen more than 143 million PokerStars players buy into over 3,300 tournaments and share a staggering $1.4 billion in prizes, of which more than $216 million has gone to SCOOP champions.
The 406 players who have survived the first level of Day 2 have been sent on a 20-minute break.
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