Grigorii Rodin and Peter Jorgne Hunting for Back-To-Back Final Tables as 57 Return for Day 4 of EPT Paris Main Event
Of the 1,747 entries that the €5,300 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris Main Event attracted, just 57 will make an appearance at Le Palais des Congrès today at noon local time for Day 4. Two of them have a chance to achieve something extraordinary, as both Grigorii Rodin and Peter Jorgne are looking to make consecutive EPT final tables, although each in a different way.
Rodin finished sixth at the previous EPT stop, just over two months ago in Prague, and will have to spin up his stack of 275,000, or just under 14 big blinds at the start of play, to still have a shot at making his second final table in a row. Meanwhile, Jorgne sits in a more comfortable position, as he bagged 1,475,000 chips on Day 3. He is experiencing another deep run in Paris after finishing runner-up during the inaugural EPT in the French capital in 2023.
Jorgne's stack lands him in the ninth position on the leaderboard, which is topped by Panagiotis Mavritsakis. The Greek player, who is playing in his very first EPT, bagged 2,930,000 chips on Day 3, over 30 big blinds more than his nearest competitor Eric Afriat, who will start with 2,300,000. EPT Barcelona 2013 champion Tom Middleton, meanwhile, rounds out the top three with a stack of 2,190,000 chips.
Start of Day 4 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panagiotis Mavritsakis | Greece | 2,930,000 | 147 |
| 2 | Eric Afriat | Canada | 2,300,000 | 115 |
| 3 | Tom Middleton | United Kingdom | 2,190,000 | 110 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Arduini | Italy | 2,050,000 | 103 |
| 5 | Mathias Siljander | Finland | 1,750,000 | 88 |
| 6 | David Kaufmann | Germany | 1,645,000 | 82 |
| 7 | Sindre Hansen | Norway | 1,590,000 | 80 |
| 8 | Hans Erlandsson | Sweden | 1,550,000 | 78 |
| 9 | Peter Jorgne | Sweden | 1,475,000 | 74 |
| 10 | Florian Duta | Romania | 1,305,000 | 65 |
Other notable names who made it to Day 4 include EPT Champions Anton Wigg (1,250,000) and Dimitar Danchev (285,000), high-stakes regulars Lewis Spencer (1,015,000), Aleksejs Ponakovs (975,000), and Byron Kaverman (290,000), British poker legend Barny Boatman (635,000), and aptly-named online crusher and former streamer Bryan Paris (505,000).
All 57 players have already secured a €19,850 piece of the €8,385,600 prize pool and only two more eliminations are needed before that will be bumped up to € 22,900. All eyes will be on the monstrous € 1,287,800 first-place prize, however, although the road to victory is still long.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | € 1,287,800 | 12-13 | € 76,300 |
| 2 | € 804,750 | 14-15 | € 63,550 |
| 3 | € 574,850 | 16-17 | € 53,000 |
| 4 | € 442,150 | 18-20 | € 46,050 |
| 5 | € 340,100 | 21-23 | € 40,000 |
| 6 | € 261,650 | 24-27 | € 34,800 |
| 7 | € 201,250 | 28-31 | € 30,250 |
| 8 | € 154,800 | 32-39 | € 26,350 |
| 9 | € 119,100 | 40-55 | € 22,900 |
| 10-11 | € 91,550 | 56-57 | € 19,850 |
When play resumes in Level 22, blinds will be at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante. The Main Event is scheduled to play five 90-minute levels on Day 4, after which 45 minutes of Level 27 will be played before the day ends. A 20-minute break will be held after every level, with the break after Level 25 being extended to 65 minutes to allow the players to have dinner.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who makes it through to the penultimate day of the EPT Paris Main Event, and check out PokerStars' Twitch and YouTube channels for cards-up coverage of the feature table.