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

02-20-2023 12:27 UTC+1

Hagstrom Felted by Kaya

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With the cards already on their backs in a frantic opening stage, the next all-in showdown unfolded and it was Jonas Hagstrom at risk in a flip against Yavuz Kaya.

Jonas Hagstrom:
Yavuz Kaya:

The runout gave Kaya the superior two pair and Hagstrom headed to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yavuz Kaya	220,000 87,000	87,000
Jonas Hagstrom	Busted

Tags: Jonas Hagstrom Yavuz Kaya

02-20-2023 12:20 UTC+1

Reard Doubles Through Masliankou

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Alexandre Reard moved all-in for 112,000 and it folded all the way to Yury Masliankou, who asked for an exact count. Some 30 seconds later, the Belorussian opted to call.

Alexandre Reard:
Yury Masliankou:

The Frenchman took the lead on the flop, then remained ahead on the turn and river for the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	220,000 108,000	108,000
Yury Masliankou	190,000 -118,000	-118,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Yury Masliankou

02-20-2023 12:17 UTC+1

Lybaert Doubles; Hasson Busts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Bart Lybaert was all-in with a very short stack and his faced an uphill battle in showdown against the of Shimizu Nozomu.

The runout gave the Belgian two pair to survive.

One table over, two shorter stacks got their chips into the middle in Dorian Melchers and Gary Hasson with the latter at risk.

Gary Hasson:
Dorian Melchers:

The dominated ace got there thanks to four diamonds on the runout and Hasson was the next to bow out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shimizu Nozomu	290,000 -9,000	-9,000
Dorian Melchers	190,000 82,000	82,000
Bart Lybaert	100,000 64,000	64,000
Gary Hasson	Busted

Tags: Bart Lybaert Dorian Melchers Shimizu Nozomu Gary Hasson

02-20-2023 12:12 UTC+1

Van Rooij Among the Early Exits on Day 2

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Dutchman Merijn van Rooij was all-in for fewer than ten big blinds in the new level and had a flip with the . El Mostafa Ederoua looked him up with the and remained ahead throughout the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
El Mostafa Ederoua	310,000 82,000	82,000
Sami El Khwass	Busted
Virgile Turchi	Busted
Merijn van Rooij	Busted

Tags: El Mostafa Ederoua Merijn van Rooij

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

02-20-2023 12:07 UTC+1

First Casualties on Day 2

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Three players were eliminated right away including Massou Cohen, Andrew Hulme, and Felipe Donadel.

The blinds went up almost immediately and Sylvain Loosli then dragged in a small pot. His open raise was called by Mourad Falfoul, who then check-folded a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Loosli	330,000 21,000	21,000

Mourad Falfoul	230,000 -18,000	-18,000
Massou Cohen	Busted
Andrew Hulme	Busted
Felipe Donadel	Busted

Tags: Andrew Hulme Felipe Donadel Massou Cohen Mourad Falfoul Sylvain Loosli

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

02-20-2023 11:00 UTC+1

Welcome to Day 2 of the €2,100 French Poker Series High Roller at EPT Prague

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Matt Warburton

Welcome to Day 2 of the €2,100 French Poker Series High Roller at PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris. Cards go in the air at 12:00 p.m. local time and will play down to a winner.

A total of 910 entries were turned in at Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile, which made for a total prize pool of €1,747,200. Of those, 134 players will return for the second day, each guaranteed to cash for at least the minimum of €3,350. The player who comes out on top is set to walk away with €305,300.

Manuel Labous of France topped the leaderboard with 1,106,000 chips and is the only player with over one million. Behind him is Luis Machado of Portugal, who has 702,000. Currently in third place is Julien Rouxel, followed by Alexandru Papazian in fourth, and Daewoong Song sits in fifth place. Most PokerStars ambassadors have already been eliminated, the exception being Lex Veldhuis who sits on 131,000 chips.

€2,100 FPS High Roller Top 10 Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Manuel Labous	France	1,106,000	184
2	Luis Machado	Portugal	702,000	117
3	Julien Rouxel	France	573,000	96
4	Alexandru Papazian	Romania	569,000	95
5	Daewoong Song	South Korea	563,000	94
6	Toivo Rinne	Finland	506,000	84
7	Quentin Roussey	France	469,000	78
8	Darko Svesko	Serbia	468,000	78
9	Jon Kyte	Norway	451,000	75
10	Silviu Baltateanu	Romania	424,000	71

Day 2 commences at 12:00 p.m. local time and will start with just a few minutes to go on blind level 17. Blinds will be at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. The tournament is expected to play to its finale tonight, meaning a winner will be crowned.

PokerNews are here to bring you the action live from the tournament floor. Stay tuned for updates.

Tags: Alexandru Papazian Daewoong Song Darko Svesko Jon Kyte Julien Rouxel Lex Veldhuis Luis Machado Manuel Labous Quentin Roussey Silviu Baltateanu Toivo Rinne

02-20-2023 10:55 UTC+1

2023 EPT Paris €2,200 FPS High Roller Day 2 Seat Draw

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Christian Zetzsche

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Stoyan Obreshkov	Bulgaria	361,000	60
1	2	Georgios Vrakas	Greece	195,000	33
1	3	Tauan Naves	Brazil	208,000	35
1	4	Vlada Stojanovic	Croatia	230,000	38
1	5	Wagner Ripper	Brazil	111,000	19
1	6	Ken Okada	Japan	175,000	29
1	7	Jean Souprayenmestry	France	64,000	11
1	8	Remi Parpillon	France	147,000	25
1	9	Georges Sultanem	Lebanon	59,000	10

2	1	Alexandru Papazian	Romania	569,000	95
2	2	Chakib Mhiri	Tunisia	212,000	35
2	3	Lennart Dijkkamp	Netherlands	241,000	40
2	4	Joao Marques da Silva	Portugal	76,000	13
2	5	Ut Tam Vo	France	320,000	53
2	6	Emil Bise	Switzerland	209,000	35
2	7	Alexandre Rabusseau	France	216,000	36
2	8	Jon Ander Martinez	Spain	243,000	41
2	9	Terry Jordon	United Kingdom	99,000	17

3	1	Manuel Labous	France	1,106,000	184
3	2	Yury Masliankou	Belarus	308,000	51
3	3	Jeremie Tapia	France	91,000	15
3	4	Andrzej Marczykowski	Poland	101,000	17
3	5	Alexandre Reard	France	112,000	19
3	6	Mehdi Chaoui	Morocco	236,000	39
3	7	Maxim Bevers	Belgium	320,000	53
3	8	Philippe Souki	United Kingdom	354,000	59
3	9	Antony Marchetti	France	107,000	18

4	1	Lars Kamphues	Austria	150,000	25
4	2	Alone Zagury	France	145,000	24
4	3	Francesco Delfoco	Italy	285,000	48
4	4	Quentin Roussey	France	469,000	78
4	5	Sari Maalouf	France	123,000	21
4	6	Fotios Ntamaris	Greece	153,000	26
4	7	Gaelle Baumann	France	106,000	18
4	8	Sami El Khwass	France	54,000	9
4	9	Nicola D'Anselmo	Italy	217,000	36

5	1	Felipe Donadel	Brazil	46,000	8
5	2	Danielle Noja	Australia	183,000	31
5	3	Walter Ripper	Brazil	274,000	46
5	4	[Removed:482]	France	69,000	12
5	5	Mark Buckley	Ireland	115,000	19
5	6	Alexis Nicolai	France	237,000	40
5	7	Roberto Rodriguez	Spain	405,000	68
5	8	Dimitri Joubert	France	94,000	16
5	9	Mehdi Rebsai	Tunisia	319,000	53

6	1	Sylvain Loosli	France	309,000	52
6	2	Ladislao Dalfo Batlle	Spain	77,000	13
6	3	Saint Yves Braulio Bianchetti	Brazil	399,000	67
6	4	Amar Harrouch	France	58,000	10
6	5	Michael Ferrer	Canada	248,000	41
6	6	Danut Chisu	Romania	215,000	36
6	7	Mourad Falfoul	France	248,000	41
6	8	Jeremy Saderne	France	70,000	12
6	9	Olivier Temam	France	77,000	13

7	1	Makram Saber	Lebanon	80,000	13
7	2	Toivo Rinne	Finland	506,000	84
7	3	Adrian Strobel	Germany	283,000	47
7	4	Hugo Bohn	Portugal	256,000	43
7	5	Yvan Hadjadj	Israel	48,000	8
7	6	Damien Le Goff	France	33,000	6
7	7	Mustapha Amaouche	France	258,000	43
7	8	Simeon Spasov	Bulgaria	150,000	25
7	9	Silviu Baltateanu	Romania	424,000	71

8	1	Ho Tien Cheung	Netherlands	141,000	24
8	2	Luc Bindel	France	315,000	53
8	3	Kyriakos Papadopoulos	Greece	141,000	24
8	4	Alexandru Cinca	Romania	55,000	9
8	5	Matias Arosuo	Finland	64,000	11
8	6	Antonin Teisseire	France	118,000	20
8	7	Levente Szabo	Hungary	178,000	30
8	8	Vincent Cavailles	France	72,000	12
8	9	Aleksandr Shevliakov	Russia	365,000	61

9	1	Woojong Ha	South Korea	231,000	39
9	2	Ruslan Rishko	Ukraine	249,000	42
9	3	Daewoong Song	South Korea	563,000	94
9	4	Virgile Turchi	France	138,000	23
9	5	Ivan Banic	Croatia	105,000	18
9	6	Cedric Massaro	France	142,000	24
9	7	Mauricio Ferreira Pais	Germany	310,000	52
9	8	Massou Cohen	France	87,000	15
9	9	Jeremie Zouari	France	358,000	60

10	1	Peter Kvisthammar	Sweden	146,000	24
10	2	Bruno Fernandes	France	56,000	9
10	3	David Vinayagamoorthy	Norway	229,000	38
10	4	Mounir Tajiou	Sweden	265,000	44
10	5	Juan Baraza	Spain	100,000	17
10	6	Gerard Rubiralta	Spain	162,000	27
10	7	Mohamed Mokrani	France	194,000	32
10	8	Egor Procop	Moldova	175,000	29
10	9	Wim Verhaegen	Belgium	17,000	3

11	1	Jon Kyte	Norway	451,000	75
11	2	Iacopo Brandi	Italy	310,000	52
11	3	Nicolas Plantin	France	160,000	27
11	4	Jonathan Abiteboul	France	101,000	17
11	5	Nariman Yaghmai	Iran	153,000	26
11	6	Luis Celso	Brazil	162,000	27
11	7	Tomas Kolarik	Czech Republic	282,000	47
11	8	Gabriel Chiva	Romania	81,000	14
11	9	Claudio Di Giacomo	Italy	208,000	35

12	1	Gary Hasson	Belgium	57,000	10
12	2	Luis Machado	Portugal	702,000	117
12	3	Shakhabiddin Muradov	Latvia	240,000	40
12	4	Frederic Delval	France	175,000	29
12	5	Ori Hasson	Israel	114,000	19
12	7	Tetsuma Ishizu	Japan	228,000	38
12	8	Dorian Melchers	France	108,000	18
12	9	Kimon Fountoukidis	Poland	89,000	15

13	1	Bart Lybaert	Belgium	36,000	6
13	2	Anton Suarez	Sweden	374,000	62
13	3	Yavuz Kaya	France	133,000	22
13	4	El Mostafa Ederoua	France	228,000	38
13	5	Jonas Hagstrom	Sweden	85,000	14
13	6	Paulo Villena	Brazil	58,000	10
13	7	Shimizu Nozomu	Japan	299,000	50
13	8	Sandro Pitzanti	Netherlands	15,000	3
13	9	Merijn van Rooij	Netherlands	76,000	13

14	1	Carlos Ribeiro	Brazil	106,000	18
14	2	Mercedes Osti	France	170,000	28
14	3	Darko Svesko	Serbia	468,000	78
14	4	Rehman Kassam	United Kingdom	283,000	47
14	5	Abdelhakim Zoufri	Netherlands	101,000	17
14	6	Marton Czuczor	Hungary	101,000	17
14	7	Symeon Alexandridis	Greece	290,000	48
14	8	Fabio Di Blasi	Switzerland	136,000	23
14	9	Jamil Wakil	Canada	124,000	21

15	1	Arnaud Mattern	France	271,000	45
15	2	Ivan Zhechev	Bulgaria	150,000	25
15	3	Julien Rouxel	France	573,000	96
15	4	Stefan Heizmann	Germany	135,000	23
15	5	Marius Gicovanu	Romania	179,000	30
15	6	Lex Veldhuis	Netherlands	131,000	22
15	7	Andrew Hulme	United Kingdom	79,000	13
15	8	Zhong Chen	Netherlands	77,000	13
15	9	Arthur Thiriat	France	193,000	32

€2,200 FPS Paris High Roller

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