€10,300 EPT Paris High Roller Jour 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

2023-02-25 21:45 UTC+2

Grafton Makes Straight To Eliminate Hall

KaelaineMinton

Niveau 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sam Grafton was all in against Galen Hall preflop. Players flipped their cards, with Hall at risk and Grafton with most of his stack in play.

Galen Hall:
Sam Grafton:

The board came . Hall had the best of it preflop and both players hit their ace on the flop. The turn gave Hall two pair and left Grafton drawing thin as he called for his outs. The river gave Grafton the straight and doubled him up. Hall tapped the table and said "gg" as he left.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sam Grafton	78,000 -2,000	-2,000

Galen Hall	Eliminé

Tags: Galen Hall Sam Grafton

2023-02-25 20:18 UTC+2

Endo Now Chip Leader After Huge Four Bet Pot

KaelaineMinton

Niveau 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Pedro Neves raised to 11,000, Mateus Endo reraised to 38,000 and Jenya Gavrilovich four-bet to 105,000 from the big blind. Neves folded and Mateus Endo called.

The flop came . Gavrilovich led for 82,000 and Endo called. By this point, the pot was already huge, worth more than the average stack.

On the turn of , Gavrilovich led again for a similar size of 78,000 and Endo called. The river came the and Gavrilovich switched to a check. Endo pushed all in for 332,000 and Gavrilovich, after using several time bank cards, made the fold.

The pot took Endo up to nearly 900,000 chips, which makes him the tournament chip leader.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mateus Endo	880,000 310,000	310,000
Jenya Gavrilovich	475,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Jenya Gavrilovich Mateus Endo Pedro Neves

2023-02-25 20:17 UTC+2

Zoufri and Dattani Double Each Other Up

KaelaineMinton

Niveau 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

2023 PCA Main Event winner Michel Dattani and Abdelhakim Zoufri were all in preflop following a raising war. Zoufri, in the big blind, was at risk with his last 336,000 chips, while Dattani, under the gun, narrowly covered him by 13,000.

Abdelhakim Zoufri:
Michel Dattani:

The aces held on the runout for Zoufri to take in the massive pot.

The very next hand, Zoufri put Dattani all in and the latter called for his tournament life. Dattani had the while Zoufri was ahead with his . Dattani managed to get the double-up as the board ran out with the .

Dattani then moved all in again in the following two hands but took in the pots uncontested.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Abdelhakim Zoufri	666,000 391,000	391,000
Michel Dattani	53,000 -122,000	-122,000

Tags: Abdelhakim Zoufri Michel Dattani

2023-02-25 18:39 UTC+2

Kanit Three-Bets Hall

MattHansen

Niveau 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Galen Hall opened to 8,000 from the hijack and Mustapha Kanit three-bet to 31,000 out of the small blind. Hall called.

Kanit continued for 21,000 on the flop of and Hall called. Kanit then checked on the turn and Hall checked back.

Kanit checked again on the turn and Hall also checked. Kanit showed for a pair of queens and it was good to win the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mustapha Kanit	300,000 95,000	95,000
Galen Hall	105,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Galen Hall Mustapha Kanit

2023-02-25 17:58 UTC+2

Rezaei Jams into the Nuts

MattHansen

Niveau 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Armin Rezaei opened to 6,000 from the button and Damien Le Goff defended his big blind to see the flop. Le Goff check-called for 6,000 which brought in the turn. Le Goff used up a time bank card and checked. Rezaei bet 20,000 and again was called.

The completed the board and Le Goff checked for a third time. Rezaei then moved all in for 37,500 and was snap-called.

Rezaei had the for an air-ball while Le Goff had the for Broadway.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Damien Le Goff	290,000 221,000	221,000
Armin Rezaei	Eliminé

Tags: Armin Rezaei Damien Le Goff

2023-02-25 17:32 UTC+2

Kaukua Chips Up and Kisacikoglu Eliminated

MattHansen

Niveau 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mario Navarro raised to 7,000 from the hijack, Toni Kaukua called on the button, and Orpen Kisacikoglu three-bet to 27,500. Navarro folded and Kaukua called.

Two players went to the flop, which came . Kisacikoglu led out for 30,500 and Kaukua called. The turn came and both players checked.

Action picked up again on the river. Kisacikoglu checked and Kaukua used a time bank card before pushing all in.

Kisacikoglu used his time bank cards, then started a heated discussion with the dealer about how many time bank cards he had, all while his time was still ticking down. Eventually he made the call.

Kisacikoglu flipped for a pair of jacks and Kaukua showed for top two pair. That pot brought Kaukua up to the top five in chips and Kisacikoglu, meanwhile, was eliminated.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Toni Kaukua	490,000 389,500	389,500
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Eliminé

Tags: Mario Navarro Orpen Kisacikoglu Toni Kaukua

2023-02-25 14:51 UTC+2

Talbot Shoves Button and Busts

MattHansen

Niveau 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Parker Talbot shoved from the button for just a few big blinds. "Take your time," he joked to Gianluca Speranza, who was sitting in the big blind with an obvious pot odds call to make.

Speranza made the call and the cards were flipped.

Parker Talbot:
Gianluca Speranza:

The board ran out to give Speranza a pair of threes on the flop. Talbot didn't find any help on the turn or river and the PokerStars Ambassador was eliminated from the tournament.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Gianluca Speranza	107,000 -4,500	-4,500
Parker Talbot	Eliminé

Tags: Gianluca Speranza Parker Talbot

2023-02-25 14:42 UTC+2

Jacobson Block Bets, Volkmann Raises

MattHansen

Niveau 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a battle between the blinds on a flop of , Martin Jacobson checked and Bruno Volkmann bet 3,500. Jacobson called.

Jacobson checked again on the turn and Volkmann checked back. The river completed the board and Jacobson led out for a small 2,000. Volkmann shuffled some chips before raising to 17,000 and Jacobson called.

Volkmann showed a bluff with for king-high and Jacobson showed top pair with to win the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Martin Jacobson	225,000 30,000	30,000
Bruno Volkmann	95,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Bruno Volkmann Martin Jacobson

2023-02-25 14:41 UTC+2

Payouts Released; Champion to Take Home €810,500

MattHansen

Niveau 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The payouts for the EPT Paris €10,300 High Roller have been released.

The top 63 players will take home the min-cash of €17,100, while the winner will walk away with €810,500.

Be sure to check out the payouts table below.

Place	prize	Place	prize
1	€810,500	12-13	€60,000
2	€505,800	14-15	€50,000
3	€361,300	16-17	€43,500
4	€277,800	18-20	€37,800
5	€213,700	21-23	€32,900
6	€164,400	24-27	€28,600
7	€126,500	28-31	€24,900
8	€103,700	32-39	€21,600
9	€86,400	40-55	€18,800
10-11	€72,000	56-63	€17,100

2023-02-25 12:34 UTC+2

Ferreira, Sitbon Among Players Returning for Day 2 in €10,300 EPT Paris High Roller

MattHansen

Day 2 of the €10,300 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris High Roller picks back up today at 12:30 p.m. local time inside the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile and will see 173 players returning. Registration remains open until the start of day, so there should be several players sitting down with a fresh starting stack of 50,000 as blinds start off at 1,000/1,500/1,500.

Japan dominated the play on Day 1 as two Japanese players topped the counts with Kazuhiki Yotsushika bagging the chip lead with 433,000, followed closely by Jun Obara with 401,000. Joining them in top ten counts are several notables, including France's Julien Sitbon and Portugal's Rui Ferreira, who is after another big live score after taking down an EPT Barcelona high roller in August 2022 for $772,454 and more recently chopping 2023 PCA $25,000 8-Handed for $664,820.

€10,300 EPT Prague High Roller Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Kazuhiki Yotsushika	Japan	433,000	289
2	Jun Obara	Japan	401,000	267
3	Jenya Gavrilovich	Belarus	360,000	240
4	Alberto Okuda	Brazil	328,500	219
5	Rui Ferreira	Portugal	316,500	211
6	Lander Lijo	Spain	303,000	202
7	Igor Picone	France	299,000	199
8	Mateus Endo	Brazil	298,000	199
9	Julien Sitbon	France	284,500	190
10	Alexander Ivarsson	Sweden	269,500	180

PokerStars ambassadors Parker Talbot and Sam Grafton found bags along with PokerStars Team Pro Rafael Moraes, while Benjamin Spragg and Ramon Colillas were less fortunate.

However, a more recent PokerStars Players Champion, however, did advance as Aliaksandr Shylko bagged a stack of 36,000 after buying in on a second bullet in the last level of play.

Other players who were able to find a bag and will be on the Day 2 felt include Timothy Adams, Stephen Chidwick, Chris Brewer, Fedor Holz, Conor Beresford, Michael Rocco, Roman Hrabec, Max Silver and Mike Watson.

Levels on Day 2 will continue to play for 60 minutes in duration and players will take 15-minute breaks every two levels. There is also a 75-minute dinner break that is currently scheduled to take place after Level 16.

Prize pool information will become available shortly after registration closes and with a few million already in the pool the eventual winner is guaranteed a big prize on Day 3 on Feb. 26.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here in France's magnificent capital to see the rest of the High Roller tournament play out.

Tags: Alberto Okuda Alexander Ivarsson Aliaksandr Shylko Benjamin Spragg Chris Brewer Igor Picone Jenya Gavrilovich Julien Sitbon Jun Obara Lander Lijo Mateus Endo Mike Watson Parker Talbot Ramon Colillas Roman Hrabec Rui Ferreira Sam Grafton Timothy Adams