€500 Main Event Day 1cd | 2026 Estoril Poker Fest

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22 hours 53 minutes ago

Bastien Riviere Leads Day 1c of a Massive Estoril Poker Fest

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With little idea of how big the event could get, Casino Estoril could only be delighted when the four starting flights of the €500 Estoril Poker Fest Main Event attracted a total of 2,011 entries.

“It is the biggest tournament ever hosted in Portugal,” Joao Vieira said before the start of play. That record-breaking figure was boosted by a massive Day 1c field of 840 entries, with only 139 players making it through to tomorrow’s Day 2 and securing a place in the money.

Those survivors are led by French player Bastien Riviere, who was propelled up the counts by a double up before the dinner break and eventually bagged 1,122,000 by the end of the night. Jimmy Irlat finished as the only other player above the million-chip mark with 1,044,000, while Thomas Betourne rounds out the podium with 967,000.

Just behind him is Kendji Charles (960,000), who had the opportunity to burst the bubble twice, but doubled up Nicolas Gerold (33,000) on both occasions instead.

Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Bastien Riviere	France	1,122,000	112
2	Marek Holer	Czechia	1,047,000	105
3	Jimmy Irlat	France	1,044,000	104
4	Hugo Blaison	France	970,000	97
5	Thomas Betourne	France	967,000	97
6	Kendji Charles	France	960,000	96
7	Etienne Ravet	France	937,000	94
8	Jose Quintas	Portugal	930,000	93
9	Luis Dias	Portugal	913,000	91
10	Jaime Diaz	Spain	863,000	86

Portugal’s Jose Quintas (930,000) eliminated Leo Margets during the last levels and reached the top ten, alongside Etienne Ravet (937,000) and Luis Dias (913,000).

After flopping trips to burst the bubble, Manuel Borges boosted his stack to 636,000, moving ahead of players such as WSOP Main Event finalist Malo Latinois (478,000), Abel Pruchon (405,000), and Guillaume Molinod (400,000).

Further down the chip counts, Winamax Team Pro Joao Vieira spent the entire day under the lights of the feature table and bagged 276,000. In doing so, he secured only his first cash ever in Portugal.

Ilan Cukrowicz (232,000) is not far behind, while Lucien Cervettaz sits at the bottom of the counts and will return for Day 2 with just 4,000 chips.

While players in Day 1c were waiting for the bubble to burst, the 49 remaining runners in Day 1d bagged their chips, with a fully filled bag for the chip leader Marek Holer (1,047,000).

Among the 293 entries recorded, Hugo Blaison sits second in chips with 970,000, continuing his strong run after finishing 15th in the recent EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event.

French poker streamer Hugues Mazerolle (500,000), Dennis Bijen (286,000), WSOP bracelet winner Jonathan Therme (232,000), Aurelie Dassi (228,000), and Ernestas Taunys (175,000) also secured their seats for Day 2 through this final flight.

A total of 332 players will return at noon local time for Day 2 of the Main Event. Play should resume at blinds of 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante and 35-minute levels. The full payouts and prize pool will be revealed at the restart.

The PokerNews team will be on the floor in Estoril to follow Day 2 of the Estoril Poker Fest Main Event.

Tags: Bastien Riviere Big Blinds Etienne Ravet Jaime Diaz Jimmy Irlat Joao Vieira Jose Quintas Kendji Charles Kevin Prost Luis Dias Nicolas Gerold Ricardo Abreu Thomas Betourne

23 hours 8 minutes ago

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count
1	1	Antoine Morin	63,000
1	2	Ander Gutierrez	466,000
1	3	Romain Derenemensil	557,000
1	4	Enrico Gashi	525,000
1	5	Francisco Revez	64,000
1	6	Johan Etievant	297,000

2	1	Robin Gerard	447,000
2	2	Andre Santana	136,000
2	3	Romain Destouches	175,000
2	4	Lucas Bardot	411,000
2	5	Julien Courtet	203,000
2	6	Arnaud Charoulet	66,300

3	1	Mario Conceicao	80,000
3	2	Leo Lenoir	452,000
3	3	Afonso Costa	314,000
3	4	Quentin Roussel	406,000
3	5	Jimmy Irlat	1,044,000
3	6	Luis Lopes	68,000

4	1	Felix Magneron	705,000
4	2	Victor Recio	92,000
4	3	Benjamin Legrusley	1,836,000
4	4	Bastien Riviere	1,122,000
4	5	Alberto Bana	91,000
4	6	Antonio Costa	187,000

5	1	Alexandre Villevy	352,000
5	2	Niels Van Leeuwen	547,000
5	3	Claudio Coelho	102,000
5	4	Miao Yi Li	216,000
5	5	Jose Lopes	600,000
5	6	Thomas Rayssiguier	281,000

6	1	Jean Salaun	361,000
6	2	Tom Niveaud	477,000
6	3	Tony Lamouroux	145,000
6	4	Sacha Bayard	292,000
6	5	Adriano Abbracciavento	169,000
6	6	Guillaume Pierre Coyez	110,000

7	1	Manuel Coimbra Machado	299,000
7	2	Duarte Blume	306,000
7	3	Manuel Borges	636,000
7	4	Joao Fernandes Silva	247,000
7	5	Pierre Chambon	294,000
7	6	Etienne Ravet	937,000

8	1	Alexis Kaiser	98,000
8	2	Flavien Delestre	245,000
8	3	Kevin Michel Prost	860,000
8	4	Joao Paulo Martins	123,000
8	5	David Senosiain	157,000
8	6	Eduardo Duarte	175,000

9	1	Jorge Lopes	260,000
9	2	Ruben Tordjman	71,000
9	3	Marine Khamvongsa	468,000
9	4	Romain Bille	171,000
9	5	Daniel Gomes	73,000
9	6	Pierre Husson	463,000

10	1	Mathis Lebon	297,000
10	2	Jorge Alvarez Pejenaute	596,000
10	3	Arnaud Cojean	105,000
10	4	Nicolas Gerold	33,000
10	5	Jeremy Cesca	53,000
10	6	Quentin Le Dissez	364,000

22	1	Giovanni Bourreau	276,000
22	2	Romain Lewis	266,000
22	3	Thomas Betourne	967,000
22	4	Daniel Rybakov	234,000
22	5	Dylan Patanchon	970,000
22	6	Maxime Deleglise	415,000

23	1	Hugo Blaison	970,000
23	2	David Dias	317,000
23	3	Gildas Beaumont	595,000
23	4	Fabrizio Abbracciavento	226,000
23	5	Aiden Pribylovski	436,000
23	6	Julien Americo Da Silva	268,000

24	1	Gus Hansen	1,063,000
24	2	Adrien Burgniard	598,000
24	3	Matthieu Rodriguez	36,000
24	4	Karim Khaouani	161,000
24	5	Gaelle Baumann	112,000
24	6	Miguel Tavares	127,000

25	1	Ferdinando Dalessio	12,000
25	2	Ruben Amaral	144,000
25	3	Mohamed Kaidi	236,000
25	4	Amite Chaytee	227,000
25	5	Moundir Zoughari	1,020,000
25	6	Julien Gadanho	675,000

26	1	Jose Pimentel Quintas	930,000
26	2	Claudio Rocha	208,000
26	3	Timothee Antoniw	120,000
26	4	Claudio Moreira	393,000
26	5	Gilles Lamy	89,000
26	6	Alexis Engelvin	96,000

27	1	Valentin Flandrois	364,000
27	2	Andre Luis	905,000
27	3	Nuno Capucho	99,000
27	4	Louis Barata	282,000
27	5	Jose Pedro Costa	615,000
27	6	Vasco Ascensao	251,000

28	1	Flynn Meichtry	298,000
28	2	Paulo Sousa	390,000
28	3	Andre Rocha	265,000
28	4	Dennis Bijen	286,000
28	5	Pascal Sanches	152,000
28	6	Andre Gomes	216,000

31	1	Pedro Miguel Carvalho Coelho	89,000
31	2	Pedro Ponces	328,000
31	3	Larissa Le Bail	30,000
31	4	Jerome Zittel	258,000
31	5	Edgaras Gendvilis	193,000
31	6	Jose Diegues	475,000

32	1	Constantin Lau	72,000
32	2	Dorian Brisset	172,000
32	3	Adrian Nunez	73,000
32	4	David Bohlen	627,000
32	5	Gustavo Urrejola	129,000
32	6	Andre Matias	196,000

33	1	Lucia Martinez	67,000
33	2	Baptiste Ozenne	128,000
33	3	D'Angelo Christophe	364,000
33	4	Goncalo Peres	146,000
33	5	Valentin Francois	115,000
33	6	Aurelio Alves	333,000

34	1	Carlos Duarte	153,000
34	2	Remi Parpillon	169,000
34	3	Ilan Jean Symchowicz	353,000
34	4	Mario Garcia	147,000
34	5	Yannis Lefur	348,000
34	6	Florian Vachez	646,000

35	1	Xiaodi Zhang	281,000
35	2	Theodore Cochin	241,000
35	3	Sylvain Berthelot	286,000
35	4	Giovanni Boon	8,000
35	5	Vincent Nineuil	24,000
35	6	Mickael Athias	27,000

36	1	Rui Oliveira	215,000
36	2	Thomas De Leiris	723,000
36	3	Jacques Dolignon	574,000
36	4	Pedro Olaio	467,000
36	5	Joaquin Hernandez	241,000
36	6	Damien Penicaud	84,000

37	1	Joao Bioucas	160,000
37	2	Sergio Fernandez	369,000
37	3	Maryana Nicolas	447,000
37	4	Rodrigo Araujo	385,000
37	5	Jurgen Keulen	124,000
37	6	Malo Latinois	478,000

38	1	Victor Marques	341,000
38	2	Renato Azevedo	532,000
38	3	Joao Antonio Ferreira	455,000
38	4	Joao Segura	360,000
38	5	Sylvain Riviere	130,000
38	6	Miguel Ferreiro	103,000

41	1	Francisco Pereira	362,000
41	2	Guillaume Collo	97,000
41	3	Nolan Madene	193,000
41	4	Glenn Le Cornec	527,000
41	5	Laurent Amri	264,000
41	6	Edgar Batista	169,000

42	1	Joao Vieira	276,000
42	2	Jose Ribeiro	26,000
42	3	Thomas Sacquet	484,000
42	4	Jose Vieira	84,000
42	5	Bruno Lopes	286,000
42	6	Sylvain Guedj	209,000

43	1	Marceau Dethiere	559,000
43	2	Pierre Louis Bouffard	241,000
43	3	Vitor Piteira	51,000
43	4	Rami Awad	554,000
43	5	Aurelie Dassi	228,000
43	6	Joao Miguel Lourenco	89,000

44	1	Leo Philippe	312,000
44	2	Florian Zanetti	89,000
44	3	Anthony Blan	143,000
44	4	Martynas Brazdzionis	439,000
44	5	Domenico Romano	97,000
44	6	Mario Boos	432,000

45	1	Elizer Lomas Alvarez	342,000
45	2	Benoit Kuhn	174,000
45	3	Anthony Guilloud	535,000
45	4	Peronnet Arno	197,000
45	5	Mauro Ferreira	113,000
45	6	Kevin Rouvrais	51,000

46	1	Victor Burel	263,000
46	2	Johann Couturier	49,000
46	3	Yohan Berne	43,000
46	4	Paulo Roberto Silva	437,000
46	5	Roullet Sylvain	429,000
46	6	Vinicius Martielli Dias	286,000

47	1	Carlos Cruces	433,000
47	2	Julie Lucie Devin	26,000
47	3	Arthur Maurice Israel	225,000
47	4	Eric Roche	350,000
47	5	Mael Chevreux	310,000
47	6	Quentin Larique	29,000

48	1	Anastasios Andrianidis	180,000
48	2	Daniel Perez	104,000
48	3	Marco Polido	172,000
48	4	Nuno Correia	225,000
48	5	Arnaud Lacoste	257,000
48	6	Joao Marques	355,000

51	1	Bruno Henisse	431,000
51	2	Javier Hernandez Jimenez	27,000
51	3	Kentin Lopez	339,000
51	4	Paulo Pina	27,000
51	5	Joao Carlos Milhaes	222,000
51	6	Benoit Abiven	400,000

52	1	Arnaud Pousset	171,000
52	2	Louis Bouillon Vassard	148,000
52	3	Deividas Butnoras	572,000
52	4	Cristiano Pires	478,000
52	5	Pierre Calamusa	185,000
52	6	Corentin Prigent	16,000

53	1	Ibon Jaureguibeitia	74,000
53	2	Brice Lemoine	73,000
53	3	Gustavo Cerejeira	13,200
53	4	Gwendal Le Foll	119,000
53	5	Joao Sobral	50,000
53	6	Mathieu Bonnet	329,000

54	1	Angelo Hans	280,000
54	2	Jaime Diaz	863,000
54	3	Paul Delaunay	792,000
54	4	Giorgio Calligaris	483,000
54	5	Hadrien Gallois	162,000
54	6	Bernardo Salazar	191,000

55	1	Ramon Fernandez	772,000
55	2	Nino Belotti	292,000
55	3	Nicolas Tristan	297,000
55	4	Pascal Magalhaes	305,000
55	5	Laimis Gevorkian	105,000
55	6	Henri Pierre Valette	60,000

56	1	Abel Pruchon	405,000
56	2	Daniel Roldan	247,000
56	3	Mael Dupuy	162,000
56	4	Omar Lopez	194,000
56	5	Mario Rodrigo Gonzalo	172,000
56	6	Nuno Teixeira	328,000

57	1	Andoni Martinez	148,000
57	2	Cedric Frantz	884,000
57	3	David Arevalo	277,000
57	4	Alexis Priem	305,000
57	5	Cyril Seytre	69,000
57	6	Narciso Machado	29,000

58	1	Ilan Cukrowizc	232,000
58	2	Fernando Sanchez Fernandez	40,000
58	3	Ivo Almeida	257,000
58	4	Yauheni Rudzianok	423,000
58	5	Tanguy Rennard	349,000
58	6	Kevin Dumoustier	461,000

61	1	Andre Esteves	198,000
61	2	Luis Paço	857,000
61	3	Miguel Lopes	174,000
61	4	Maxime Gratens	352,000
61	5	Julien Ehrhardt	57,000
61	6	Bruno Dias	152,000

62	1	Nathan Mayer	239,000
62	2	Sergio Ricardo Santos	665,000
62	3	Aitor Sanchez	130,000
62	4	Felisberto Silva	55,000
62	5	Bruno Simoes	154,000
62	6	Charles Pauly	97,000

63	1	Benjamin Laurent	60,000
63	2	Alexandre Mebs	276,000
63	3	Mickael Botzer	69,000
63	4	Victor Guinand	131,000
63	5	Alex Jouhans	255,000
63	6	Guillaume Molinod	400,000

64	1	Amaury Stephan	511,000
64	2	Jose Lopez	251,000
64	3	Anthony Rodriguez	204,000
64	4	Aristides Couto	153,000
64	5	Hugo Duplan	95,000
64	6	Ricardo Abreu	793,000

65	1	Gabriel Terrier	128,000
65	2	Fabio Guimaraes	374,000
65	3	David Torok	180,000
65	4	Joao Pedro Ferreira	419,000
65	5	Luis Cortes Heredia	140,000
65	6	Paulo Ponciano	134,000

66	1	Omar Lakhdari	678,000
66	2	Lucien Cervettaz	4,000
66	3	Bastian Kruse	260,000
66	4	Antonio Alves	498,000
66	5	Luis Dias	913,000
66	6	Ferhat Negri	518,000

67	1	Joseph Loic	332,000
67	2	Jonathan Therme	232,000
67	3	Mario Sousa	520,000
67	4	Frederic Heyvaert	57,000
67	5	Ernestas Taunys	175,000
67	6	Mikael Ifergan	459,000
68	1	Mikael Cardoso	248,000

68	2	Luis Cabello	625,000
68	3	Marco Silva	359,000
68	4	Henrique Matos	498,000
68	5	Marek Holer	1,047,000
68	6	Martin Mirandon	200,000

71	1	Carlos Correia	175,000
71	2	Davidi Kitai	86,000
71	3	Anthony Girard	180,000
71	4	Pedro Martins	76,000
71	5	Yan Linka	365,000
71	6	Dylan Lauret	293,000

72	1	Joao Paulo Santos	334,000
72	2	Eddy Rabah	185,000
72	3	Gil Raposo	363,000
72	4	Francisco Peras	59,000
72	5	Tomas Sousa	107,000
72	6	Augustin Toussaint	55,000

73	1	Hugues Mazerolle	500,000
73	2	Louis Vial	438,000
73	3	Baptiste Duny	66,000
73	4	Tristan Laverdet	96,000
73	5	Timorhee Rey	90,000
73	6	Damiao Rodrigues	136,000

74	1	Jorge Oliveira	535,000
74	2	Prashanth Somas	464,000
74	4	Marc Dalessandro	123,000
74	5	Raian Motte	481,000
74	6	Hugo Miguel Soares	841,000

75	2	Florian Francis Delbergue	466,000
75	3	Fernando Rocha	202,000
75	4	Steeve Galisson	101,000
75	5	Corentin Ollivier-Delaplace	114,000
75	6	Mateo Decourcelle	161,000

76	1	Kendji Charles	960,000
76	2	Rui Costa	139,000
76	3	Tiago Alexandre Antonio	64,000
76	4	Adzael Alouane	541,000
76	6	Theo Milioni	255,000

77	1	Yoann Surreau	573,000
77	2	Erwan Bras	73,000
77	3	Leandro Gomes	261,000
77	5	Paolo Chillemi	78,000
77	6	Mikel Poinson	183,000

23 hours 26 minutes ago

End of Day 1d Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marek Holer	1,047,000

Hugo Blaison	970,000 970,000	970,000
Hugo Soares	841,000
Jacques Dolignon	574,000 574,000	574,000
Renato Azevedo	532,000
Mario Sousa	520,000
Hugues Mazerolle	500,000 500,000	500,000
Giorgio Calligaris	483,000
Paulo Silva	437,000
Mario Boos	432,000 432,000	432,000
Joao Pedro Ferreira	419,000
Lucas Bardot	411,000
Paulo Sousa	390,000
Marco Silva	359,000
Joao Marques	355,000
Ilan Symchowicz	353,000
Joao Santos	334,000
Afonso Costa	314,000
Duarte Blume	306,000
Pascal Magalhaes	305,000
Vinicius Martielli Dias	286,000
Dennis Bijen	286,000
Alexandre Mebs	276,000
Bastian Kruse	260,000 260,000	260,000
Alex Jouhans	255,000

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23 hours 52 minutes ago

End of Day 1c Chip Counts (full)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bastien Riviere	1,122,000 347,000	347,000

Jimmy Irlat	1,044,000 1,044,000	1,044,000
Thomas Betourne	967,000 967,000	967,000
Kendji Charles	960,000 110,000	110,000
Etienne Ravet	937,000 937,000	937,000
Jose Quintas	930,000 930,000	930,000
Luis Dias	913,000 913,000	913,000
Jaime Diaz	863,000 863,000	863,000
Kevin Prost	860,000 310,000	310,000
Ricardo Abreu	793,000 793,000	793,000
Paul Delaunay	792,000 792,000	792,000
Ramon Fernandez	772,000 772,000	772,000
Sergio Santos	665,000 215,000	215,000
Florian Vachez	646,000 646,000	646,000
Manuel Borges	636,000 1,000	1,000
David Bohlen	627,000 627,000	627,000
Luis Cabello	625,000 625,000	625,000
Jose Lopes	600,000 600,000	600,000
Jorge Alvarez	596,000 596,000	596,000
Gildas Beaumont	595,000 475,000	475,000
Jorge Oliveira	535,000 535,000	535,000
Glenn Le Cornec	527,000 527,000	527,000
Amaury Stephan	511,000 511,000	511,000
Raian Motte	481,000 356,000	356,000
Malo Latinois	478,000 428,000	428,000

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1 day ago

139 Players Qualified After Day 1c

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Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Way later than expected, 139 players found a bag at the end of Day 1c and are qualified for tomorrow's Day 2 and in the money.

Stay tuned as PokerNews provides you chip counts and a recap of today's action!

1 day ago

Pameole Eliminated After a 80-Minute Bubble

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Guillaume Molinod opened from under the gun and was called by Manuel Borges on the button, while Mickael Pameole was forced all-in from the big blind for his remaining 4,000.

Molinod continued for 30,000 on the J♥2♥2♣ flop, then fired a second barrel to 75,000 on the 6♠ turn. Borges called both times.

Molinod bet another 100,000 on the 7♥ river and Borges called again, so all three players revealed their cards.

Mickael Pameole: 7♦J♠ All in
Manuel Borges: A♣2♦
Guillaume Molinod: K♣K♦

Pameole hit a pair on the river, but it wasn't enough against Molinod's kings and Borges' trips so he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Borges	635,000 635,000	635,000
Guillaume Molinod	400,000 400,000	400,000
Mickael Pameole	Busted

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1 day ago

Gerold Doubles Up Again

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

One orbit after he doubled, Nicolas Gerold in the big blind moved all-in for 14,000 and faced Kendji Charles in the small blind once again.

Nicolas Gerold: A♦K♦ All in
Kendji Charles: 4♦3♣

Gerold flopped top pair on 9♥7♦K♠10♥6♣ to secure another double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kendji Charles	850,000
Nicolas Gerold	38,000 10,000	10,000

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1 day 1 hour ago

Two More Players Double

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Level 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Pascal Sanches jammed for 81,000 from the button and was called by Maryana Nicolas in the big blind.

Pascal Sanches: A♦Q♦ All in
Maryana Nicolas: 7♠7♣

While all the remaining players were cheering for a seven, an ace appeared on the turn on 4♠3♠J♣A♣J♦ to make Saches double up.

At the same time, Adriano Abbracciavento on the button was all-in and at risk for 72,000 against Jose Lopez in the cutoff.

Adriano Abbracciavento: A♥A♣ All in
Jose Lopez: A♠J♠

The room was pretty happy to hear that Lopez flopped a flush draw on 3♠4♦5♠. However no spades were seen on the 4♣ turn or the K♦ river and Abbracciavento doubled up as well.