€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2026 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-26-2026 15:02 UTC+2

Extended Break for Ho

Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Poseidon Ho had gotten his final 50,000 chips in the first hand back from break and was looked up by Bruno Fuentes.

Poseidon Ho: A♠J♠ All in
Bruno Fuentes: A♣K♦

The 4♠Q♠3♣ flop presented Ho with a flush draw, but the 10♣ turn removed some of his outs. Fuentes made a straight when the J♣ was placed on the river, sending Ho home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Fuentes	825,000 72,000	72,000

Poseidon Ho	Busted

Tags: Bruno Fuentes Poseidon Ho

02-26-2026 14:55 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	1,100,000 350,000	350,000
Tsugunari Toma	940,000 201,000	201,000
Adrian State	900,000 98,000	98,000
Endrit Geci	847,000 97,000	97,000
Kayhan Mokri	831,000 91,000	91,000
Zdenek Zizka	800,000 22,000	22,000
Mathieu His	785,000 131,000	131,000
Bruno Fuentes	753,000 133,000	133,000

Pawel Wojciechowski	737,000 13,000	13,000
Ricardo Alves	727,000 107,000	107,000
Gabriel Nahum	718,000 236,000	236,000
Thomas Cazayous	713,000 213,000	213,000

Cesar Garcia	647,000 223,000	223,000
Julien Mariani	602,000 130,000	130,000
Mario Colavita	597,000 51,000	51,000
Laurent Vauquelin	580,000 15,000	15,000
Gael Djenkal	580,000 180,000	180,000
Renato Minicuci	574,000 109,000	109,000
Hanan Tabrichi	557,000 101,000	101,000
Mahersh Selvakumaran	523,000 122,000	122,000

Alexis Lucarini	519,000 239,000	239,000
Tomas Jozonis	501,000 114,000	114,000
Nicolas Nabet	493,000 90,000	90,000
Joshua Boulton	479,000 324,000	324,000
Paul Runcan	450,000 41,000	41,000

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Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

02-26-2026 14:38 UTC+2

Spring Is Coming Early: 2026 PokerStars SCOOP Runs March 1-25

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Sandra Barbour

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

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.

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02-26-2026 14:34 UTC+2

First Break

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The first level of Day 3 is in the books, meaning the 140 remaining players have been sent on a 20-minute break.

Level 16 Highlights

02-26-2026 14:33 UTC+2

Remaining Eliminations From Day 3's First Level

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Fournier	Busted
Benoit Ballet	Busted
Thomas Rauhe	Busted
Mats Ullereng	Busted
David Wintersberger	Busted
Francisco Perez	Busted
Dietrich Fast	Busted
Adil Tlimisov	Busted
Duco ten Haven	Busted
Jerome Cendron	Busted
Vincent Lavollee	Busted
Loris Corbelli	Busted
Rokas Asipauskas	Busted

02-26-2026 14:31 UTC+2

Abdulzahra Loses Last Chips

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ali Abdulzahra shoved his 46,000 remaining chips in from the big blind and was looked up by Ladislao Dalfo in middle position.

Ali Abdulzahra: 9♠9♦ All in
Ladislao Dalfo: A♣J♥

Dalfo paired his jack on the 3♥5♠J♣ flop, sending Abdulzahra to the rail once nines remained absent on the 2♠ turn and 5♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ladislao Dalfo	285,000 72,000	72,000
Ali Abdulzahra	Busted

Tags: Ali Abdulzahra Ladislao Dalfo

02-26-2026 14:30 UTC+2

Table Tries to Get Tsouloftas a Pay Jump

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Georgios Tsouloftas was down to his last 20,000 and put in 19,000 from early position. The table slowly folded around to Andrii Mykhailov in the big blind, who also took his time before reraising to 50,000. A tournament official gave Tsouloftas only five seconds to act, and he quickly tossed in his last chip.

Georgios Tsouloftas: K♥6♥ All in
Andrii Mykhailov: A♣K♣

Tsouloftas was dominated and at risk, and the board ran out Q♠2♠9♥8♠4♦ to keep Mykhailov in the lead with his ace and send Tsouloftas to the rail.

"Did he get the pay jump, or no?" tablemate Ruben Lopes asked after Tsouloftas left the table.

"We tried," Graeme Newman added.

Tsouloftas officially finished in 143rd place, just making the next jump to €11,300.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrii Mykhailov	180,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	Busted

Tags: Andrii Mykhailov Georgios Tsouloftas

02-26-2026 14:23 UTC+2

Kolev Wakes Up With a Monster to Double

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Clement Michaud raised to 10,000 in the hijack before Thierry Gogniat three-bet to 33,000 in the cutoff. Action folded around to Yuliyan Kolev in the big blind who used a time bank before moving all in for 160,000. Michaud quickly folded, but Gogniat snap-called.

Yuliyan Kolev: A♦A♥ All in
Thierry Gogniat: A♣K♦

Kolev had picked up two aces and was a big favorite to double up. The 6♠3♦2♣7♥Q♣ board offered no miracles to Gogniat, and he handed over the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuliyan Kolev	340,000 173,000	173,000
Clement Michaud	180,000 53,000	53,000
Thierry Gogniat	120,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Clement Michaud Thierry Gogniat Yuliyan Kolev

02-26-2026 14:22 UTC+2

Grandemange Goes to Rail as Sutera Starts Comeback

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Remi Grandemange shoved in his small stack of 36,000 from the cutoff. Benedetto Sutera assessed the situation in the big blind, then called with the covering stack.

Remi Grandemange: K♦10♠ All in
Benedetto Sutera: Q♠9♥

Sutera paired up on the J♥9♣8♥ flop, and Grandemange could not hit his outs on the A♣ turn or A♦ river.

Grandemange was sent to the exit, while Sutera has quintupled his stack since falling to ten big blinds not long ago.