€2,200 FPS Paris High Roller | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

2023-02-21 01:28 UTC+2

Hugo Machado Eliminated in 9th Place (€28,200)

MattHansen

Niveau 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The very first flop of the final table after around 20 minutes of play also resulted in a turn and river, as the small blind shove by Hugo Machado for 1,425,000 was called by chip leader Mohamed Mokrani in the big blind.

Hugo Machado:
Mohamed Mokrani:

The ace of the chip leader remained ahead all the way on the board and Machado finished in ninth place for €28,200.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mohamed Mokrani	7,800,000 1,375,000	1,375,000
Hugo Machado	Eliminé

Tags: Hugo Machado Mohamed Mokrani

2023-02-21 01:43 UTC+2

Luis Celso Eliminated in 8th place (€36,650)

MattHansen

Niveau 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Mohamed Mokrani raised to 400,000 and Luis Celso shoved all in for around 1.5 million chips. Makrani made the call and players flipped their cards.

Luis Celso:
Mohamed Mokrani:

The board ran out . Celso was well ahead preflop, but Mokrani found a pair of aces on the flop and took down the pot. Celso was eliminated in 8th place for €36,650.

Meanwhile, Mokrani extended his chip lead. His stack now stands at close to 10 million.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mohamed Mokrani	9,900,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Luis Celso	Eliminé

Tags: Luis Celso Mohamed Mokrani

2023-02-21 01:51 UTC+2

Mokrani Pulls Way Ahead After Leaving Delfoco Short

Gaelle Jaudon

Niveau 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Francesco Delfoco limped in from under the gun and Mohamed Mokrani checked his option out of the big blind. On a flop, Mokrani checked and subsequently called a bet worth 375,000 by Delfoco which led them to the turn.

Both players now checked and Mokrani then bet the river for 1,000,000. Deep in the tank, Delfoco fiddled with calling chips for more than four minutes after which the clock was called on him.

With the additional 30 seconds almost down to zero, Delfoco called and Mokrani rolled over the for a flush to win the pot.

Delfoco was stunned and shrugged to his friend on the rail as he dropped to a mere six blinds with the big blind coming up in the very next hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mohamed Mokrani	11,300,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Francesco Delfoco	1,175,000 -2,075,000	-2,075,000

Tags: Francesco Delfoco Mohamed Mokrani

2023-02-21 02:02 UTC+2

Ripper Gets to Showdown With Sevens

MattHansen

Niveau 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

As the clear big stack, Mohamed Mokrani has been open raising at every opportunity and putting pressure on his opponents. Most of the time, he's been able to take down the pot with a preflop raise.

On this occassion, he met resistance from Wagner Ripper, who defended his big blind. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the and both checked again. The river came the and players once again checked.

Ripper showed for a full house and Mokrani threw his hand in the muck. Still, it was a small pot and barely put a dent in Mokrani's 10 million strong chip stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mohamed Mokrani	10,100,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000
Wagner Ripper	3,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Tags: Mohamed Mokrani Wagner Ripper

2023-02-21 02:03 UTC+2

Kyte Leaps Into Second Place

MattHansen

Niveau 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Jon Kyte raised to 400,000 in the cutoff and was called by Simeon Spasov in the big blind. The flop brought on which Spasov check-called a bet of 350,000. After the turn, Spasov checked again and Kyte's second barrel for 600,000 won the pot without any further resistance.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mohamed Mokrani	10,700,000 600,000	600,000
Jon Kyte	4,350,000 1,175,000	1,175,000
Wagner Ripper	3,675,000 75,000	75,000
Cedric Massaro	2,925,000 600,000	600,000
Simeon Spasov	2,325,000 -300,000	-300,000
Antony Marchetti	2,150,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000
Francesco Delfoco	675,000 -500,000	-500,000

Tags: Jon Kyte Simeon Spasov

Niveau: 33

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

2023-02-21 02:13 UTC+2

Francesco Delfoco Eliminated In 7th Place (€47,650)

MattHansen

Niveau 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Francesco Delfoco shoved all in from early position for 650,000 and Mohamed Mokrani called. The cards were on their backs.

Francesco Delfoco:
Mohamed Mokrani:

The board ran out and Mokrani's pocket jacks held up. Francesco Delfoco was eliminated in 7th place for €47,650.

As it stands, Mokrani is running away with the tournament and no other players have more than 20 big blinds.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mohamed Mokrani	12,350,000 1,650,000	1,650,000
Francesco Delfoco	Eliminé

Tags: Francesco Delfoco Mohamed Mokrani

2023-02-21 02:21 UTC+2

Ripper Gets a Shove Through

MattHansen

Niveau 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Jon Kyte pushed all-in out of the small blind into the big blind of Antony Marchetti. The Frenchman tanked for nearly two minutes and folded.

Soon after that, Kyte raised to 500,000 on the button and Marchetti folded in the small blind. Wagner Ripper jammed for 3,425,000 in the big blind and Kyte asked for a count, however, folded soon after.

Marchetti then jammed for 1,550,000 with Ripper asking for a count but the next preflop shove also got through.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mohamed Mokrani	12,950,000 600,000	600,000
Wagner Ripper	4,275,000 600,000	600,000
Jon Kyte	3,825,000 -525,000	-525,000
Simeon Spasov	2,700,000 375,000	375,000
Antony Marchetti	2,150,000
Cedric Massaro	2,100,000 -825,000	-825,000

Tags: Antony Marchetti Jon Kyte Wagner Ripper

2023-02-21 02:37 UTC+2

Cedric Massaro Eliminated in 6th Place (€61,900)

MattHansen

Niveau 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

After four all-in without call, the next open-shove of a shorter stack saw Simeon Spasov move his chips forward. Cedric Massaro called all-in for 1,825,000 from the very next seat and all other players got out of the way.

Cedric Massaro:
Simeon Spasov:

Massaro and his rail started celebrating when they saw the in the window but were silenced right away when the followed, giving Spasov broadway and the nut flush draw. It was all over on the turn and the river ended Massaro's run in 6th place for €61,900.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Simeon Spasov	5,150,000 2,450,000	2,450,000
Cedric Massaro	Eliminé

Tags: Cedric Massaro Simeon Spasov

2023-02-21 02:42 UTC+2

Jon Kyte Eliminated in 5th Place (€80,500)

MattHansen

Niveau 33 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Antony Marchetti was one of the players to jam up the stack and he surpassed Jon Kyte, who had to forfeit his blinds and big blind ante. Down to 2,100,000, Kyte jammed on the button and Marchetti reshoved from the very next seat to isolate.

Jon Kyte:
Antony Marchetti:

"Barry Greenstein one time," Kyte demanded after he had gathered with his rail. The wish came true with the flop but Marchetti and his French rail exploded when the case jack hit with the turn.

Kyte now needed another miracle with one of the two remaining aces in the deck. That was not the case as the river knocked out the Norwegian in fifth place for €80,500.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Antony Marchetti	6,200,000 4,050,000	4,050,000
Jon Kyte	Eliminé

Tags: Antony Marchetti Jon Kyte