€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event Day 1b | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-21-2023 21:54 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Chalot	130,000 105,000	105,000
Andrejs Kovalovs	110,000
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	95,000 95,000	95,000
Julian Thomas	94,000 -16,000	-16,000
Benny Glaser	85,000 49,000	49,000

Tom Vogelsang	70,000 70,000	70,000
Konstantinos Nanos	68,000 28,000	28,000
Merijn van Rooij	67,999 5,999	5,999
Sergei Petrushevskii	67,000 29,000	29,000
Ian Bradley	65,000 65,000	65,000
Alexane Najchaus	65,000 65,000	65,000
Marle Spragg	63,000 -2,000	-2,000
Symeon Alexandridis	60,000 60,000	60,000
Roberto Romanello	60,000 36,000	36,000

Michael Wang	55,000 13,000	13,000
Dominik Nitsche	47,000 12,000	12,000
Marius Gicovanu	45,000 45,000	45,000
Artan Dedusha	40,000 6,000	6,000
Dragos Trofimov	40,000 40,000	40,000
Teun Mulder	35,000 -12,000	-12,000
Chris Dowling	20,000 -35,000	-35,000

Gahl Notches Up An Elimination

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Vasyl Palandiuk moved all-in for the last 7,100 and Sebastian Gahl in the small blind with the far superior stack three-bet to get rid of the big blind.

Vasyl Palandiuk:
Sebastian Gahl:

The board kept Gahl ahead as he further increased his already large stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Gahl	152,000 152,000	152,000
Vasyl Palandiuk	Busted

Tags: Sebastian Gahl Vasyl Palandiuk

02-21-2023 22:02 UTC+2

Gini Gone in Three-Way All-In

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Fabrice Maltez raised to 2,000 and Shawn Morales called from the very next seat. Paulo Gini then pushed for 8,000 out of the blinds and Maltez got his 14,700 into the middle of the table. Morales sigh-called to put two players at risk.

Paulo Gini:
Fabrice Maltez:
Shawn Morales:

The flop changed nothing whatsoever while Morales picked up equity with the turn, as he now held the nut flush draw. However, it was Maltez who celebrated on the river as he more than doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Morales	42,000 19,000	19,000
Fabrice Maltez	39,000 19,700	19,700
Paulo Gini	Busted

Tags: Fabrice Maltez Paulo Gini Shawn Morales

02-21-2023 22:06 UTC+2

Kolonias Contemplates a Call

Matt Hansen

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action was heads up with over 10,000 in the pot and on the board when Alexandros Kolonias was facing a raise to 9,700 from Jordan Saccucci. Kolonias called and the turn was .

Saccucci continued for 11,500 on the turn and Kolonias called.

The river was and Saccucci shoved his stack of around 38,000, which sent Kolonias deep into the tank. Another player at the table eventually called the clock and tournament staff came over to administer the countdown.

Kolonias looked ready to call throughout the countdown and he finally put his last 27,600 chips in the middle with a few seconds left. Saccucci turned over the dusty , while Kolonias showed to take the big pot with the top pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandros Kolonias	114,000 69,000	69,000
Jordan Saccucci	8,000 -47,000	-47,000

Tags: Alexandros Kolonias Jordan Saccucci

02-21-2023 22:13 UTC+2

Hot Diaz Cooled Down by Ahuja

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Ankit Ahuja announced a three-bet to 6,500 and then instantly called the four-bet shove by Gilbert Diaz in an early position, who got it in for around 22,000.

Gilbert Diaz:
Ankit Ahuja:

The runout sent Diaz back to the registration desk and there were some raised eyebrows after the showdown. "It was bound to happen," someone remarked and Ahuja replied, "I am glad it was with me, and that no ace came."

Jonathan Fhima chimed in with "He was hot."

"If I know what I know now, I call earlier," another player remarked as they had apparently folded to previous jams by Diaz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	73,000 7,000	7,000
Gilbert Diaz	Busted

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Gilbert Diaz Jonathan Fhima

02-21-2023 22:15 UTC+2

No Saad Story for Mrizeq

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With the cards on their backs preflop, Youssef Mrizeq was the player at risk for 15,400 with the . He was up against the of William Saad, who didn't get there on the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youssef Mrizeq	33,000 8,900	8,900
William Saad	13,000

Tags: William Saad Youssef Mrizeq

02-21-2023 22:22 UTC+2

Lampropoulos Doesn't Freeroll a Knockout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Joyoung Jung pushed all-in for a very short stack and was called by big stack Nikolaos Lampropoulos from three seats over. Jung's was up against and he pulled back the chips already after a flop. The turn was a huge sweat but the river ensured a split pot.

Jung's next shove for 6,100 went through but he bowed out a couple of hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	115,000 -5,000	-5,000
Joyoung Jung	Busted

Tags: Nikolaos Lampropoulos

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

02-21-2023 22:28 UTC+2

Oghabian Among the Next Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Down to around 15,000 in chips, Milad Oghabian put his hopes on ace-five but he had a mountain to climb. Georgios Vrakas tabled the and remained ahead all the way on the flop, turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Vrakas	120,000 35,000	35,000
Milad Oghabian	Busted

Tags: Georgios Vrakas Milad Oghabian

02-21-2023 22:32 UTC+2

Updated Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lianmin Bai	180,000 180,000	180,000
Iraklis Manikaros	170,000 170,000	170,000
Ian Bradley	160,000 95,000	95,000
Sander Aamodt	146,000 71,000	71,000
Derk van Luijk	140,000 45,000	45,000

Olivier Temam	120,000 120,000	120,000
Armin Rezaei	110,000 78,000	78,000
Andras Vaczo	95,000 -10,000	-10,000
Bogdan Berinde	75,000 31,000	31,000
Paul Hoefer	70,000 40,300	40,300
Ionut-Flavius Voinea	70,000
Martin Stausholm	65,000 32,000	32,000
Carlos Chang	64,000 64,000	64,000
Benjamin Spragg	60,000 60,000	60,000

Vadzim Godzdanker	55,000 -3,000	-3,000
Symeon Alexandridis	55,000 -5,000	-5,000
Bart Lybaert	45,000 45,000	45,000
Mario Mosboeck	28,000 28,000	28,000
Hayato Kitajima	22,000 -6,000	-6,000
William Kassouf	8,000 -47,000	-47,000