From a massive field of 1,474, just 49 players return for Day 4 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris Main Event at noon local time, with their dream of being immortalized as an EPT champion still alive.
They include Felix Schneiders, who begins the day inside the top five with 1,725,000. The popular streamer and GRND on Tour pro has already nearly matched his best EPT run, which came with a 48th-place finish at EPT Malta last year.
He and the rest of the field are looking up at Portugal’s Jorge Abreu, who seized the chip lead thanks to flopped quads late last night. Abreu takes 2,250,000 into Day 4 and has already locked up his best finish in an EPT Main Event.
Day 4 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Jorge Abreu | Portugal | 2,250,000 | 150 |
| 2 | Pawel Wojciechowski | Poland | 2,180,000 | 145 |
| 3 | Hugo De La Fouchardiere | France | 2,040,000 | 136 |
| 4 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | 1,875,000 | 125 |
| 5 | Felix Schneiders | Germany | 1,725,000 | 115 |
| 6 | Daniel Moran | United Kingdom | 1,685,000 | 112 |
| 7 | Lyudmil Ivanov | Bulgaria | 1,555,000 | 104 |
| 8 | Ricardo Alves | Portugal | 1,500,000 | 100 |
| 9 | Zdenek Zizka | Czechia | 1,455,000 | 97 |
| 10 | Julien Mariani | France | 1,400,000 | 93 |
Pawel Wojciechowski is right behind him on the leaderboard with 2,180,000, while Hugo De La Fouchardiere (2,040,000) and Jessica Teusl (1,875,000) round out the top five. Teusl, the last woman remaining in the field, has a chance to join an exclusive list and become only the fourth woman to win an EPT Main Event, and first since Victoria Coren Mitchell in 2014.
Other top stacks include Zdenek Zizka (1,455,000), Mitch Garshofsky (1,275,000), Casimir Seire (1,225,000), Tsugunari Toma (1,115,000), NAPT champion Sami Bechahed (1,045,000), and the always-entertaining Alex Keating (1,025,000). Further down the leaderboard are Joris Ruijs (945,000), Adrian State (665,000), Paul Runcan (610,000), Yuliyan Kolev (425,000), Boris Kolev (300,000), and Guillermo Gordo (195,000).
The action on Day 4 picks up with 45 minutes remaining in Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/15,000 and a 15,000 big blind ante. Play is scheduled to last another five-and-a-half levels today or down to 16 players. The remaining players have all locked up €19,800, while a spot at the final table is worth at least €106,150. The eventual champion will take home €1,148,600 out of the more than €7,000,000 prize pool.
Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action and provides live updates as the march to the final table continues here in the City of Light.
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Adrian StateAlex KeatingBoris KolevCasimir SeireFelix SchneidersGuillermo GordoHugo De La FouchardiereJessica TeuslJorge AbreuJoris RuijsMitch GarshofskyPaul RuncanPawel WojciechowskiSami BechahedTsugunari TomaYuliyan KolevZdenek Zizka
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