2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

€1,100 FPS Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
€470,830
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€3,983,040
Entries
4,149
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
347
Players Left
52

Spragg and Konnikova Both Advance on Day 1a of the FPS Main Event

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

Day 1a of the €1,100 France Poker Series Main Event, running as part of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour at the Le Palais des Congrès, got underway today with the first of six starting flights this week. A total of 347 entries were made; after 17 levels of play, 52 advanced to Day 2 and secured a minimum of cash. With this year's event hosting twice as many starting flights as last year's event, this number is expected to swell rapidly.

As this chaotic flight died down, Fabian Niederreiter bagged the overall chip lead taking through a total of 776,000 for the Day 2 restart. Niederreiter was the beneficiary of a cold deck on the stone bubble as his pocket aces held against the pocket kings of opponent Zhongxian Li to burst the bubble and award him this monster stack.

Fabian Niederreiter
Fabian Niederreiter

Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Fabian Niederreiter776,000Germany129
2Leandro DirlewangerItaly548,00091
3Yoshihito ShijimaJapan543,00091
4Benjamin DuvalFrance540,00090
5Pim GielesNetherlands398,00066
6Dumitru PoraRomania385,00064
7Israel AmoyalFrance372,00062
8Bernard DarmonFrance341,00057
9Abdel BourahelFrance269,00045
10Youcef BenzerfaFrance254,00042

Day 1a welcomed some of the best players in Europe and beyond, including PokerStars Team Pro member Parker Talbot. However, proceedings didn’t fall in the favour of the popular streamer as he lost the majority of his stack in Level 11. Jacques Guenni was the beneficiary of most of Talbot’s chip as a big three-way all-in confrontation saw Guenni find the perfect flop to triple up.

Another notable name to hit the rail was UKIPT Player of the Year David Docherty. Docherty fired two bullets here on Day 1a, with his second coming to its conclusion as he ran into the ace-king of Rabythas Sinnathamby on Level 11. Despite this, Docherty was quick to exit the tournament floor and registered the turbo flight of Day 1b.

Those more fortunate on the felt included PokerStars ambassadors Marle Spragg and Maria Konnikova who managed to amass stacks of 180,000 and 210,000 respectively.

Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova

Day 1c will kick off tomorrow, February 9th, at 12 p.m. local time, while its turbo counterpart, Day 1d, will start at 6 p.m.

The PokerNews live reporting team will return to bring you more coverage of the France Poker Series Main Event here at EPT Paris, so stay tuned.

Tags: Abdel BourahelBenjamin DuvalBernard DarmonDavid DochertyDumitru PoraFabian NiederreiterIsrael AmoyalJacques GuenniLeandro DirlewangerMaria KonnikovaMarle SpraggParker TalbotPim GielesRabythas SinnathambyYoshihito ShijimaYoucef BenzerfaZhongxian Li