Stephen Song opened to 3,000 from the hijack and Simon Brandstrom three-bet jammed a short stack from the cutoff before Jimmy Saft re-shoved in the small blind. Song got out of the way.
Simon Brandstrom: 
Jimmy Saft: 
Brandstrom had a strong shot at doubling as the flop landed 
to give him a flush draw, but the board then bricked out 
to mark his elimination.
"Always a sweat!" Saft said in relief.
Jacob Amsellem made it 3,000 from early position before Stephen Chidwick made it 8,500 on his direct left. Sungho Hong called from the hijack and Amsellem.
Chidwick continued for 6,000 on the 
flop and won the pot uncontested.
[Removed:592] opened from the hijack and Michael Rocco three-bet to 15,000 from the small blind. [Removed:592] called.
Rocco checked on the flop of Q♥J♦8♥ and [Removed:592] checked back. The turn brought the A♦ and Rocco used a time bank before betting 16,000. [Removed:592] quickly folded.
Nozomu Shimizu raised from early position and [Removed:482] reshoved all in from the button. Shimizu made the call and players flipped their cards.
[Removed:482]: 
Nozomu Shimizu: 
The board ran out 
. Shimizu hit a pair of kings on the flop and [Removed:482] was eliminated from the tournament.
A few hands into the day, Benjamin Winsor pushed all in from middle position. Enrico Camosci asked for a count and then made the call in the big blind. Two players flipped their cards.
Benjamin Winsor: 
Enrico Camosci: 
The board ran out 
. Winsor's pocket jacks held up and he doubles up at the start of Day 2.
In a three-way pot between the button and blinds on a board of 
, Martin Jacobson bet 7,000 from the small blind and Bruno Volkmann and Romain Lewis both called.
The river brought the 
and Jacobson bet 22,000. Volkmann called and Lewis folded. Jacobson showed 
for a flopped flush and Volkmann mucked.
There have been 37 Day 2 entries, taking the field total to 213. Those players have now taken their seats and play has begun.
Niveau: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
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.
| 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.
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