€2,200 FPS Paris High Roller | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-20-2023 18:18 UTC+1

Spasov Comes Back From Behind To Double Up

Matt Warburton

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Simeon Spasov went all in from middle position for 580,000 and Marton Czuczor isolated with a shove. The two players flipped their cards.

Simeon Spasov:
Marton Czuczor:

Spasov was at risk and badly behind, but the board ran out to give him a pair of fives and a double up to over one million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simeon Spasov	1,250,000 820,000	820,000
Marton Czuczor	410,000 -580,000	-580,000

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

02-20-2023 18:10 UTC+1

Sari Maalouf Eliminated in 23rd Place; Stoyan Obreshkov Eliminated in 22nd Place (€10,250 each)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Sari Maalouf pushed all in with a very short stack from under the gun and Stoyan Obreshkov went all in over the top from the cutoff for what appeared to be around 600,000. Both were looked up by Mohamed Mokrani and the cards were flipped over.

Sari Maalouf:
Stoyan Obreshkov:
Mohamed Mokrani:

Both Maalouf and Obreshkov failed to improve on the board as the kicker played for Mokrani to eliminate two opponents. Maalouf had the shorter stack but received the same €10,250 as Obreshkov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Mokrani	2,480,000 970,000	970,000
Sari Maalouf	Busted
Stoyan Obreshkov	Busted

Tags: Mohamed Mokrani Sari Maalouf Stoyan Obreshkov

02-20-2023 18:04 UTC+1

Bart Lybaert Eliminated in 24th Place (€8,950)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Moments after the final three tables resumed their action, Bart Lybaert pushed all in for 235,000 in the cutoff. Arnaud Mattern got it in for 575,000 on the button and the stacks were asked upon but the isolation of Mattern was successful.

Bart Lybaert:
Arnaud Mattern:

Neither player connected on a board and Lybaert was eliminated in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arnaud Mattern	850,000 -150,000	-150,000

Bart Lybaert	Busted

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Bart Lybaert

02-20-2023 18:00 UTC+1

Redraw of the Final Three Tables (full)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Seat	Table 1	Chip Count	Table 2	Chip Count	Table 3	Chip Count
1	Cedric Massaro	670,000	Antony Marchetti	1,250,000	Ladislao Dalfo Batlle	785,000
2	Luc Bindel	1,410,000	Mohamed Mokrani	1,510,000	Mehdi Chaoui	2,190,000
3	Alexandru Papazian	235,000	Mark Buckley	1,450,000	Simeon Spasov	430,000
4	Bart Lybaert	575,000	Sari Maalouf	175,000	Michael Ferrer	1,510,000
5	Arnaud Mattern	1,000,000	Luis Machado	850,000	Ho Tien Cheung	970,000
6	Francesco Delfoco	1,900,000	Manuel Labous	910,000	Jon Kyte	675,000
7	Wagner Ripper	910,000	Luis Celso	1,215,000	Marton Czuczor	990,000
8	Jeremie Zouari	680,000	Stoyan Obreshkov	540,000	Hugo Bohn	860,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Papazian	2,350,000 250,000	250,000
Mehdi Chaoui	2,190,000 -10,000	-10,000
Francesco Delfoco	1,900,000
Mohamed Mokrani	1,510,000 -590,000	-590,000
Michael Ferrer	1,510,000 460,000	460,000
Mark Buckley	1,450,000 -100,000	-100,000
Luc Bindel	1,410,000 720,000	720,000
Antony Marchetti	1,250,000 -150,000	-150,000
Luis Celso	1,215,000 315,000	315,000
Arnaud Mattern	1,000,000 400,000	400,000

Marton Czuczor	990,000 -410,000	-410,000
Ho Tien Cheung	970,000 -80,000	-80,000
Wagner Ripper	910,000 160,000	160,000
Manuel Labous	910,000 -190,000	-190,000

Hugo Machado	860,000 60,000	60,000
Luis Machado	850,000 -250,000	-250,000
Ladislao Dalfo Batlle	785,000 -340,000	-340,000
Jeremie Zouari	680,000 80,000	80,000
Jon Kyte	675,000 -125,000	-125,000
Cedric Massaro	670,000 -170,000	-170,000
Bart Lybaert	575,000 -140,000	-140,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	540,000 -160,000	-160,000

Simeon Spasov	430,000 -130,000	-130,000
Sari Maalouf	175,000 -35,000	-35,000

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02-20-2023 17:56 UTC+1

Four Eliminations In Two Minutes Result in Redraw

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In very rapid fashion, the field was brought down to the final three tables and the last 24 contenders are now redrawing to their new seat assignments. Below is what unfolded in a flurry.

Roberto Rodriguez pushed all in for around 330,000 with the and was looked up by Ho Tien Cheung with the from one seat over. There was a mandatory sweat on the flop but the turn and river bricked off.

Emil Bise was the next to call. All-in for eight blinds from under the gun, he put his hopes on the . Mohamed Mokrani in the big blind called with the and prevailed on the runout.

Mustaoha Amaouche jammed at the wrong time with the as Manuel Labous called in the big blind with . The flop left Amaouche on very thin ice and the turn ended his run in 26th place, as a meaningless fell on the river.

The very same table then also lost Tetsuma Ishizu who failed to get there with the against the pocket tens of Mehdi Chaoui.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Chaoui	2,200,000 400,000	400,000
Mohamed Mokrani	2,100,000 1,590,000	1,590,000
Ho Tien Cheung	1,050,000 200,000	200,000
Roberto Rodriguez	Busted
Emil Bise	Busted
Mustapha Amaouche	Busted
Tetsuma Ishizu	Busted

Tags: Emil Bise Ho Tien Cheung Manuel Labous Mehdi Chaoui Mohamed Mokrani Roberto Rodriguez Tetsuma Ishizu

02-20-2023 17:51 UTC+1

Buckley Chips Up Without Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Mark Buckley came along when Jeremie Zouari raised and the flop brought another bet by Zouari for 145,000, Buckley called. After the turn, both checked and the fell on the river. Zouari now checked again and Buckley bet 350,000 to force a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Delfoco	1,900,000 25,000	25,000
Mark Buckley	1,550,000 100,000	100,000
Cedric Massaro	840,000 315,000	315,000
Hugo Machado	800,000 225,000	225,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	700,000 350,000	350,000

Jeremie Zouari	600,000 -300,000	-300,000
Sari Maalouf	210,000 -40,000	-40,000

Tags: Jeremie Zouari Mark Buckley

02-20-2023 17:48 UTC+1

Vrakas Outkicked and Eliminated

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Matt Warburton

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Luis Machado raised to 80,000 from the cutoff, Michael Ferrer called on the hijack, and Georgios Vrakas jammed all in from the big blind for around 260,000. Machado iso shoved for 670,000 and Ferrer was forced out of the pot. Two players showed their hands, with Vrakas at risk.

Georgios Vrakas:
Luis Machado:

The board ran out . Neither player improved, but Machado had the higher kicker with his ace high. He won the pot and Vrakas was eliminated in 29th place for €7,750.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Machado	1,100,000 450,000	450,000
Georgios Vrakas	Busted

02-20-2023 17:42 UTC+1

Delfoco Soars Up the Leaderboard

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Chakib Mhiri was unable to run up fewer than one big blind and Mehdi Rebsai was the knocked out by Francesco Delfoco.

The next all-in showdown on the then final four tables featured Delfoco once more as he looked up the shove of Gaelle Baumann for 395,000.

Gaelle Baumann:
Francesco Delfoco:

The board failed to provide any help and Baumann exited in 30th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Delfoco	1,875,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Mehdi Rebsai	Busted
Gaelle Baumann	Busted
Chakib Mhiri	Busted

Tags: Chakib Mhiri Francesco Delfoco Gaelle Baumann Mehdi Rebsai

02-20-2023 17:38 UTC+1

Bianchetti Eliminated by Buckley

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

With 33 players remaining and one more to break a table, Saint Yves Braulio Bianchetti had three-bet to 350,000 out of the big blind with around 70,000 behind. Mark Buckley then pushed all-in and the Brazilian was in the tank.

Once he was told that the next pay jump was still two eliminations away, he called it off.

Saint Yves Braulio Bianchetti:
Mark Buckley: