2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
76
Prize
€1,170,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€7,708,800
Entries
1,606
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
909
Players Left
329

Assorted Counts Before Dinner

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Michael Dyer us
Michael Dyer
115,000
-20,000
-20,000
Julian Thomas de
Julian Thomas
110,000
15,000
15,000
Ankit Ahuja in
Ankit Ahuja
85,000
34,000
34,000
Corentin Ropert fr
Corentin Ropert
65,000
65,000
65,000
Merijn van Rooij nl
Merijn van Rooij
62,000
62,000
62,000
Paawan Bansal in
Paawan Bansal
48,000
6,000
6,000
Jeremias Mendoza ar
Jeremias Mendoza
47,000
24,500
24,500
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
45,000
5,000
5,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
45,000
17,000
17,000
David Miscikowski us
David Miscikowski
37,000
37,000
37,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
35,000
9,000
9,000
Pedro Neves pt
Pedro Neves
22,000
-10,000
-10,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
10,000
-21,000
-21,000
Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tajiou Flipped Out by Bindel

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Luc Bindel four-bet jammed and Mounir Tajiou got his chips into the middle, which led to the following coin flip.

Mounir Tajiou: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Luc Bindel: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and that spelled the end for Tajiou, while Bindel bounced back to two times the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Luc Bindel fr
Luc Bindel
65,000
24,000
24,000
Mounir Tajiou se
Mounir Tajiou
Busted

Tags: Mounir TajiouLuc Bindel

"Greedy" Banic Only Gets One Street

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Javier Zarco
Javier Zarco

Three ways to the {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} flop, Baho Hosseini and Javier Zarco checked over to initial preflop raiser Ivan Banic, who bet 3,100. Hosseini folded and Zarco called to then check again the {3-Diamonds} on the turn. Banic now fired a bet of 11,000 and Zarco instantly folded.

"Too greedy ... why so much?" the Spaniard exclaimed as Banic silently raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Zarco es
Javier Zarco
90,000
64,000
64,000
Baho Hosseini de
Baho Hosseini
45,000
45,000
45,000
Ivan Banic hr
Ivan Banic
40,000
8,000
8,000
Run It Once
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
35,000
35,000
35,000
EPT 1X Winner
Michael Rodrigues pt
Michael Rodrigues
30,000
30,000
30,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Ivan BanicJavier Zarco

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Maduka Meragal ca
Maduka Meragal
125,000
125,000
125,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos gr
Nikolaos Lampropoulos
120,000
120,000
120,000
Luka Sorainen fi
Luka Sorainen
115,000
115,000
115,000
Gustavo Mastelotto br
Gustavo Mastelotto
110,000
35,000
35,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
85,000
40,000
40,000
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
85,000
85,000
85,000
Giulio Errico ch
Giulio Errico
70,000
70,000
70,000
Chris Dowling ie
Chris Dowling
55,000
Walter Treccarichi it
Walter Treccarichi
45,000
12,000
12,000
Rafi Elharar il
Rafi Elharar
35,000
35,000
35,000

Pinto Forces Out Parlafes

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Michael Pinto
Michael Pinto

In a three-bet pot to the {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}{10-Spades} flop with Dany Parlafes in the small blind and Michael Pinto on the button involved, the former bet 5,200. Pinto then pushed forward a stack of T-5,000 chips as he moved all in with the covering stack.

Parlafes sighed and mentioned, "it is the only hand I can actually fold". The Romanian pondered about it for a couple more seconds and then indeed folded, getting shown the {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} by Pinto.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Pinto nl
Michael Pinto
115,000
-15,000
-15,000
Dany Parlafes ro
Dany Parlafes
26,500
-15,500
-15,500

Tags: Dany ParlafesMichael Pinto

Peters Scores a Double Through Auzoux

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Tobias Peters was all-in for the last 8,600 and somehow earned a call from Gregoire Auzoux, who held the far bigger stack.

Tobias Peters: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Gregoire Auzoux: {q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

The {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{4-Clubs} runout brought no shenanigans and Peters survived, while Mercedes Osti was somewhat surprised about the preflop call of fellow countryman Auzoux according to the table chat.

Player Chips Progress
Mercedes Osti fr
Mercedes Osti
110,000
30,000
30,000
Gregoire Auzoux fr
Gregoire Auzoux
58,000
58,000
58,000
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
18,500
-8,500
-8,500

Tags: Gregoire AuzouxMercedes OstiTobias Peters

Okada Doubles Through Vacher

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Two shorter stacks got their chips into the middle shortly prior to the dinner break and Ken Okada was the effective stack for the last 14,500 against Victor Vacher.

Ken Okada: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Victor Vacher: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The {q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop gave Okada the top pair and more equity. Nothing changed with the {2-Hearts} turn but the {q-Hearts} river improved Okada to trips. Vacher was left with 300 chips and lost those right after.

Player Chips Progress
Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
32,000
6,000
6,000
Victor Vacher fr
Victor Vacher
Busted

Tags: Ken OkadaVictor Vacher

Saeid Chops With Martinez

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

A squeeze to 7,500 was out in front of Tan Lap Le and Amirali Etemad Saeid then pushed all in for 15,600 out of the big blind. Sergi Martinez pushed all in over the top for 33,900 and Le eventually folded.

Amirali Etemad Saeid: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Sergi Martinez: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

There was no upset on the {8-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{j-Hearts}{5-Clubs} runout and they chopped up some profit.

Player Chips Progress
Jenya Gavrilovich by
Jenya Gavrilovich
95,000
95,000
95,000
Manuel Fritz at
Manuel Fritz
85,000
85,000
85,000
Tan Lap Le ie
Tan Lap Le
40,000
40,000
40,000
Sergi Martinez es
Sergi Martinez
40,000
40,000
40,000
Amirali Etemad Saeid us
Amirali Etemad Saeid
19,500
19,500
19,500

Tags: Amirali Etemad SaeidSergi MartinezTan Lap Le