€3,000 Mystery Bounty | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

2024-02-23 19:34 UTC+2

Azria Survives and Gets Double Up

Mwarburton

Niveau 35 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Salomon Azria had most of his stack in the middle for his big blind and ante, with just 400,000 left behind. Ram Faravash shoved from the small blind and Azria called in the big blind. Players flipped their cards.

Salomon Azria: K♠Q♥
Ram Faravash: A♦3♣

The board ran out 10♦J♥K♣5♥6♣. Azria paired his king on the flop. He held to survive and double up his stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ram Faravash	14,100,000	-400,000
Salomon Azria	2,100,000	-1,900,000

Tags: Ram Faravash Salomon Azria

2024-02-23 19:29 UTC+2

Pierre May Eliminated in 4th Place (€102,590)

PatrickCole

Niveau 35 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Ram Faravash opened to 700,000 from the cutoff. Pierre May announced all in from the small blind for 2,425,000. Faravash made the call and the players showed down.

Pierre May: A♠3♠
Ram Faravash: K♦J♥

Faravash made two pair on the 4♥J♦4♦ flop and he held through the 5♥ turn and 7♠ river to send May to the payout desk.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ram Faravash	14,500,000	3,100,000
Pierre May	Eliminé

Tags: Pierre May Ram Faravash

2024-02-23 19:22 UTC+2

Small Pot for Faravash

Mwarburton

Niveau 35 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Ram Faravash raised to 700,000 and Salomon Azria called in the small blind.

The flop came 2♣10♥7♥ and both players checked. The turn was the 9♦. Azria checked and Faravash bet 600,000, which Azria called.

The river was the 7♦ and both players checked to showdown. Azria had K♥Q♣ for king high and Faravash showed J♣9♠ for a pair of nines to win a small pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ram Faravash	11,400,000	3,150,000
Salomon Azria	4,000,000	-500,000

2024-02-23 19:11 UTC+2

Faravash Fills Up

PatrickCole

Niveau 35 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

[Removed:451] opened from early position to 650,000. Ram Faravash made the call from the button.

Al-Sayegh led on the 5♣4♣4♦ flop for 650,000 and Faravash made a quick call. The 5♠ turn was checked around and Al-Sayegh checked on the 10♠ river. Faravash then bet 500,000 and Al-Sayegh made the call.

Faravash tabled A♥4♥ for a full house and Al-Sayegh mucked his hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
[Removed:451]	9,500,000	-700,000
Ram Faravash	8,250,000	625,000

Tags: Ram Faravash

Niveau: 35

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

2024-02-23 18:39 UTC+2

Azria Takes From May

PatrickCole

Niveau 34 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Salomon Azria raised to 500,000 from the cutoff. Pierre May defended from the small blind.

May checked the 7♠4♦10♣ flop before Azria bet 700,000. May made the call. The 8♣ turn was checked around and May checked to Azria on the 10♠ river. Azria announced all in and May made a quick fold. Both players mucked their hands before Azria said, "Jacks," as he scooped the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Pierre May	6,000,000	-700,000
Salomon Azria	4,500,000	1,000,000

Tags: Pierre May Salomon Azria

2024-02-23 18:30 UTC+2

Tsugunari Toma Eliminated in 5th Place (€78,910)

Mwarburton

Niveau 34 : Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Tsugunari Toma raised from under the gun and Salomon Azria moved all in from the big blind with a short stack of around 1,600,000. Toma called and players flipped their cards.

Salomon Azria: A♦J♠
Tsugunari Toma: A♣4♥

The board ran out 7♥4♦6♦J♣2♥. Azria paired his jack to win the pot and double his stack, leaving Toma short with just 650,000.

The next hand, Toma was in the big blind and so, with his ante, had around half of his stack already in the middle. Pierre May raised to 500,000, Azria called in the small blind and Toma called in the big blind, leaving just 25,000 behind.

The flop came K♠J♣Q♥. Azria bet 300,000, Toma threw in his last 25,000 and May also called. Azria and May then checked it down on the K♥ turn and K♣ river. All three players revealed their hands.

Toma had 10♥2♠ for ten high, Pierre May had A♠8♠ for ace high, and Azria turned over J♥8♥ for kings-full-of-jacks to win the pot.

Toma was eliminated from the tournament in fifth place for €78,910.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Pierre May	6,700,000	-1,000,000
Salomon Azria	3,500,000	1,575,000
Tsugunari Toma	Eliminé

Tags: Pierre May Salomon Azria Tsugunari Toma

Niveau: 34

Blinds: 125,000/250,000

Ante: 250,000

2024-02-23 18:18 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts (complet)

Mwarburton

Niveau 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
[Removed:451]	10,200,000	3,500,000
Pierre May	7,700,000	3,200,000
Ram Faravash	7,625,000	-2,255,000
Tsugunari Toma	2,450,000	-2,150,000
Salomon Azria	1,925,000	-475,000

2024-02-23 18:02 UTC+2

EPT Paris: Lexy Gavin-Mather Gives the Inside Scoop on Her New Poker Strategy Book

KaelaineMinton

Niveau 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris has attracted a huge swathe of poker's most notable names. Chris Brewer, Jesse Lonis and Byron Kaverman are just some of the crushers to have made the trip across the Atlantic and also among the flock of talented Americans who've journeyed to France is poker pro and coach Lexy Gavin-Mather, who has been making her mark in the vlogging space.
Initially a cash game player for most of her career, Gavin-Mather has turned her attention to poker tournaments for the last few years. With more than $600,000 in live earnings, Gavin-Mather has picked up a thing or two regarding multi-table tournaments and has now condensed the wisdom of her time at the tables into her latest project.
The latest venture for Gavin-Mather has seen her become a published author, having penned the new poker book Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Tournaments, which is now available to pre-order. The RunGood Poker Series ring winner sat down to PokerNews to give the inside scoop to her book, along with tips for getting into the content space and her return to the EPT.

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