Hwang looked in decent shape for a potential triple up, but the 5♣9♣Q♠ flop put Vasilev into the lead with a pair of queens, and he didn't relinquish it on the 2♥9♠ runout.
Ricardo Andrade was all-in and at risk versus Igor Zolotukhin on the bubble.
Ricardo Andrade: A♥K♥
Igor Zolotukhin: K♠K♦
Andrade had been unfortunate to run Big Slick into pocket aces.
Zolotukhin had a sweat after the J♠9♥7♥ flop gave Andrade a flush draw, but the 10♣ turn and 10♠ river were bricks to send the unfortunate Andrade to the rail.
The final flight of the €1,100 France Poker Series (FPS) Paris Main Event has finished at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris and Denis Vladimirov claimed the chip lead for Day 1f with a stack of 573,000.
A field of 773 entries showed out for Day 1f and the event drew 4,149 entries overall from 1,930 players across all flights — the biggest field in FPS history. A grand total of 619 players have reached Day 2, and they are all guaranteed pieces of the €3,983,040 prize pool.
Rounding out the top three was Georgios Vrakas with 513,000 chips, who claimed a big pot just before the bubble had burst. In third was Charles Nahum, who finished with 503,000 chips.
FPS Main Event Overall Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Alexandre Correia
France
895,000
2
Fabian Niederreiter
Germany
776000
3
Matei Lupascu
Romania
736,000
4
Kenny Hallaert
Belgium
703,000
5
Daisuke Ogita
Japan
675,000
6
Alexandru Lupuleac
Romania
672,000
7
Nazar Buhaiov
Ukraine
664,000
8
Jon Vallinas
Spain
639,000
9
Omar Del Pino
Spain
617,000
10
Istvan Pilhofer
Hungary
608,000
Notable players that attempted Day 1f include PokerStars Team ProBenjamin Spragg, Simon Mattsson and Juan Pardo
.
Also making Day 2 of the Main Event is Alexander Van Der Swaluw, who finished third in the 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus $2,200 Eureka High Roller. He has a stack of 429,000 chips. Frenchman Samuel Fournier, who chipped up consistently will also feature in Day 2 with a stack of 416,000. He finished 19th in the 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 EPT Main Event.
Samuel Fournier
Due to the 20-minute level turbo structure, the field diminished quickly in comparison to the previous flights long bubbles. Ricardo Andradebubbled tonight's flight with big slick versus pocket kings.
Day 2 of the €1,100 FPS Main Event continues tomorrow, February 17, at noon local time with 60 minute levels. Play resumes on Level 17 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of this record-breaking event.
