Action was picked up with an all in and call announced. Arvin Vahdat was all in and at risk against the covering stack of Fabrice Bigot.
Arvin Vahdat: A♥5♣
Fabrice Bigot: A♣10♦
Vahdat found his ace dominated and needed help but there wasn't any on the A♦K♠6♦ flop. Bigot's top pair came out on top and held through the Q♦ turn and 9♠ river confirming Vahdat's elimination from the tournament.
Action folded to Tsugunari Toma on the button who went all in for over 4,000,000. Seonguk Huh made the call for around 950,000.
Seonguk Huh: A♥8♣
Tsugunari Toma: A♣K♥
"Oh my god" Huh exclaimed as he saw Toma's hand. The K♣9♦7♠ left Huh drawing slim, and Toma claimed Huh's stack and bounty after the 3♦ turn and A♦ river. Huh said "good game" to the table before heading to the payout desk.
Louis Linard moved all in preflop for 770,000 and Salomon Azria took him up with the call. Azria had Linard covered as players turned their cards.
Louis Linard: Q♣J♥
Salomon Azria: 6♦6♠
The board ran out J♠9♥6♥K♥K♠. Linard paired his jack on the flop, but Azria made a set of sixes. The turn brought Linard a flush draw and backdoor straight draw, but Linard made a full house on the river to win the pot.
Linard was eliminated from the tournament in 12th place for €17,700.
Tsugunari Toma raised from middle position and Birger Larsen shoved from the big blind for around 1,200,000. Toma made the call and players flipped their cards.
Birger Larsen: A♠6♣
Tsugunari Toma: Q♣Q♦
The board ran out K♣2♠9♥4♥K♦. Toma held with his pocket queens to win the pot. Larsen was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place for €17,700.
Birger Larsen opened to 160,000 from middle position before [Removed:451] reraised to 400,000 from the hijack. Action then folded around to Stephane Gabarre who went all in for 740,000. Larsen folded and Al-Sayegh made the call.
Stephane Gabarre: K♠J♠
[Removed:451]: Q♦10♦
Gabarre called for a king before the 6♣10♥5♥ flop, which put Al-Sayegh ahead. He then called for an ace to make Broadway after the Q♥ turn. Gabarre missed on the 4♣ river. He tapped the table and said good game to his tablemates before heading to the payout desk.
The third and final day of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris €3,000 Mystery Bounty will see a champion being crowned and the rest of the bounties unveiled. The event resumes at 12:30 p.m. local time from here at Le Palais des Congrès.
Only 14 players remain, all of whom will be hoping to take the title and winner’s prize of €298,796 from the €1,682,936 prize pool. There were 997 total entries into this tournament, eclipsing the 787 that entered into this very same event last year.
[Removed:451] of Belgium comes into Day 3 as the chip leader (5,425,000), with Ram Faravash of Australia (4,270,000) in second and Tsugunari Toma of Japan (3,000,000) in third.
The last €25,000 and €50,000 bounties were pulled last night but there are still three €10,000 and three €5,000 envelopes to be pulled.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
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Belgium
5,425,000
90
2
Ram Faravash
Australia
4,270,000
71
3
Tsugunari Toma
Japan
3,000,000
50
4
Gediminas Uselis
Lithuania
2,415,000
40
5
Salomon Azria
France
2,350,000
39
6
Fehim Hajdari
Denmark
2,270,000
38
7
Hossein Ensan
Germany
2,180,000
36
8
Seonguk Huh
Korea
1,770,000
30
9
Pierre May
Germany
1,595,000
27
10
Stephane Gabarre
France
1,300,000
22
Ram Faravash
The remaining 14 players will return today at 12:30 p.m. local time for Day 3 to 40-minute levels and will play to a winner. Play will recommence at level 28, which features 30,000/60,000 blinds with a 60,000 big blind ante.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of what is sure to be a exciting ending to this event.
