€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event
Day 1a Started
€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event
Day 1a Started
It is a brand new day at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris, and Day 1a of the €5,300 EPT Paris Main Event is set to begin at 12 p.m. local time, inside the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile.
Two marquee PokerStars events have already played out this year, with the PCA and PSPC wrapping up just a few weeks ago. Michel Dattani and Aliaksandr Shylko were the victors of those events, and have already tested their skills on the felt in the French Capital. They're just two of the notable names that are expected to make up a star-studded lineup.
Dattani collected $1,316,963 for his PCA Main Event triumph, while Shylko pocketed $3,121,838 for his PSPC victory. Another seven-figure first-place prize is expected this time around as well.
The EPT Paris Main Event comes with a €5,300 buy-in and has two starting flights. Due to French regulations, players are only permitted a maximum of two entries across Day 1a and Day 1b.
The plan for the Day 1s is to play ten 60-minute levels, with late registration closing at the start of Level 11 on Day 2. There will be a 20-minute comfort break every two levels and the 75-minute dinner break is scheduled to take place after Level 6 (approx. 6:40 p.m. local time). All entrants will be given a 30,000 starting stack, which is good for 300 big blinds.
Players should note that there is already a waiting list for Day 1a of the Main Event; however, plenty of seats are available for Day 1b.
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
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1 | 60 min | 100 | 100 | 100 |
2 | 60 min | 100 | 200 | 200 |
20 min break | ||||
3 | 60 min | 100 | 300 | 300 |
4 | 60 min | 200 | 400 | 400 |
20 min break | ||||
5 | 60 min | 200 | 500 | 500 |
6 | 60 min | 300 | 600 | 600 |
75 min dinner break | ||||
7 | 60 min | 400 | 800 | 800 |
8 | 60 min | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
20 min break | ||||
9 | 60 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
10 | 60 min | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
As always, keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from the first EPT Main Event of 2023.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
The tournament director has instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal. The EPT Paris Main Event has begun with 477 entries.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Parker Talbot | 30,000 | |
Gianluca Speranza | 30,000 | |
Michael Wang | 30,000 | |
Jordan Saccucci | 30,000 | |
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Martin Jacobson | 30,000 | |
Mustapha Kanit | 30,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pedro Neves |
30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Nick Marchington |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Omar Del Pino |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Johan Guilbert |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Benny Glaser | 30,000 | |
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Jen Shahade | 30,000 | |
Action was heads up with 2,800 in the middle and on the board when Lucas Parisot bet 800 from out of position before Vasileios Panagiotidis called. The turn was and Parisot check-folded when Panagiotidis tossed out 3,100.
Meanwhile, David Frerejacques and Amaury Mamou-Mani were in a heads-up pot with around 1,500 in the middle and a full board of . Frerejacques checked and then quickly tossed his hand into the muck when Mamou-Mani 1,100 from the button.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Vasileios Panagiotidis | 37,500 | |
David Frerejacques
|
33,200
33,200
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33,200 |
Amaury Mamou-Mani |
27,200
27,200
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27,200 |
Lucas Parisot |
27,100
27,100
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27,100 |
Julien Rouquet opened to 300 on the button and was called by Vedran Tuzlic and Nick Marchington from the blinds.
Rouquet continued for another 300 on the flop, and only Marchington called.
The turn quickly checked through to the river and Marchington led out for 1,300. His opponent called after some thinking time and Marchington tabled his for trips. Rouquet mucked after seeing the Englishman's hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nick Marchington |
32,000
2,000
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2,000 |
Action was caught on the turn on the board. Noah Novick checked from the small blind before Antoine Labat made a pot-sized bet of 1,400 from middle position. Novick raised to 4,000 and Labat called.
Novick then sized up to 10,000 on the river and sent Labat into the tank.
"I have a very weird feeling about your hand," said Labat as mulled over his options.
He eventually called and Novick tabled his for jack-high. Labat had a pair of queens with and took the large Level 1 pot.
To the right of Labat is Stephen Song, who still has all of his starting stack intact.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Antoine Labat |
45,000
45,000
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45,000 |
Stephen Song |
30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Victoria Livschitz raised to 400 from under the gun before a player in late position tossed in the chips to call. Jonathan Ampoulie came along from the small blind and Brice Cournut joined the action from the big blind.
All four players checked the flop and the turn was .
Ampoulie tossed out around 1,600 from the small blind and Cournut raised to 3,600 from the big blind. Livschitz and the late position player ducked out of the way and Ampoulie called.
The river was and Ampoulie check-jammed when Cournut bet 7,000. Cournut called quickly for just under 9,000 and turned over for a flopped set of sixes to take the pot while Ampoulie showed for the losing three tens.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brice Cournut
|
42,000 | |
Victoria Livschitz | 22,000 | |
Jonathan Ampoulie
|
19,000 |