Antoine Labat raised from early position to 700 and Klas Lofberg reraised to 2,200. Labat called.
The flop came 
. Labat checked, Lofberg bet 1,500 and Labat called. The turn was the 
and the pot was starting to look inflated. Labat checked again and Lofberg bet 2,800. Labat folded to the bet and Lofberg scooped the three bet pot.
Fabian Schmidt opened to 900 from under the gun and Joao Vieira three-bet to 4,500 out of the small blind. Schmidt called.
Vieira continued for 3,200 on the 
flop and Schmidt quickly folded to earn the €25,000 No Limit Hold'em champion the pot.
Andrija Robovic raised button to 700 and Jun Obara reraised to 3,100. Robovic called.
The flop came 
. Obara continued for 1,200 and Robovic called. The turn was the 
. Obara led out for 3,700 and Robovic vacted the pot.
Tom Orpaz opened to 600 from middle position and everyone folded. The next hand, Orpaz again opened to 600 and Igor Picone defended out of the big blind.
Picone checked on the flop of 
and Orpaz continued for 600. Picone called. Picone checked again on the 
turn and Orpaz sized up to 1,500. Picone again called.
Picone checked a third time on the 
river and Orpaz checked back. Picone showed a busted flush draw with 
, while Orpaz showed 
to win the pot with a pair of threes.
Joao Vieira has joined the fray and immediately got caught up in a big pot during a blind versus blind situation against Justin Saliba. There was already a whopping 14,800 in the middle on a flop of 
when Vieira put out a bet of 13,000. Saliba thought for a while, then called.
On the 
turn Vieira used a time bank extension before ultimately deciding to check. His opponent did the exact same actions, and the two saw the river 
. Now Vieira chose to aggress again, and bet 14,000. After a little while, Saliba let his hand go, and Vieira shipped a sizable pot.
After the hand, the two players and the dealer had a discussion on exactly how many time bank extensions were used by each player during the hand. Some decisions took longer than the shot clock allowed, but not every time an extension was given to the dealer, leading to some confusion. In the end, they figured it out and the table went on to the next hand.
Tibor Nagygyoergy raised from early position and Dominik Nitsche called in the big blind. The flop came 
. Nitsche checked, Nagygyoergy bet and Nitsche called.
The turn was the and Nitsche checked again. Nagygyoergy bet out for 2,000 and Nitsche called. The river was the 
, Nitsche checked and Nagygyoergy bet out for 4,100. Nitsche folded and Nagygyoergy scooped the pot to bring him back up close to a starting stack.
Vasileios Panagiotidis and Orpen Kisacikoglu were in a blind versus blind battle and got to the river with the board reading 
.
Panagiotidis bet 3,000 on the river and Kisacikoglu reluctantly called before Panagiotidis showed for a flush.
"Two pair?" Iliodoros Kamatakis asked Kisacikoglu, who shook his head. "Better? A straight?"
Kisacikoglu nodded and showed 
for a flopped straight before tossing his cards in the muck.
Cards are in the air and action is underway in Day 1 of the €10,300 EPT Paris High Roller.
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