Teun Mulder opened from early position to 3,000 and Paul Tedeschi called on the button. Josu Plazaola three-bet to 12,500 from the small blind which folded out Mulder. Tedeschi responded by moving all in for 43,100 which sent Plazaola into the tank.
After several minutes the clock was called and as the countdown began, Plazaola called.
Paul Tedeschi:
Josu Plazaola:
Tedeschi was in great shape to double up following the flop, however the turn gave Plazaola a set of nines. The completed the board and the Frenchman was eliminated.
Christopher Dowling opened to 4,500 from early position and Roberto Romanello called off his last 3,500 from the cutoff. Kevin Ferrer called from the small blind to see the flop.
The flop checked through to the turn, which was then checked through to the river. Ferrer bet 3,500 and Dowling folded.
Romanello tabled and was unlucky to have not hit his flush and straight draw. Ferrer had the for aces and queens.
Romanello wished his tablemates good luck before departing from the tournament room.
Thomas Lilamand raised to 5,000 from early position and picked up a middle position call. Marius Gicovanu shoved all in for 35,000 and Lilamand was the only caller. The cards were on their backs.
Marius Gicovanu:
Thomas Lilamand:
The board ran out . Gicovanu found no help on the board and was eliminated as Lilamand's tens held up.
Chris Da Silva opened to 4,000 from the cutoff and Viktor Ustimov three-bet to 18,000 from the big blind. Da Silva called.
Ustimov bet 21,000 on the flop of and Da Silva called. Ustimov then bet a similar-sized 23,000 on the turn and Da Silva raised all in. Ustimov snap-called for around 70,000.
Viktor Ustimov:
Chris Da Silva:
Ustimov had been pipped but was far in front after turning a set. Nothing changed on the river and Ustimov earned the double.
Conor Beresford had been looking down at a short stack since returning from the break and was eyeing up his options for a shove. He found his opportunity and went all in for around 28,000 from middle position. Play folded around to Brice Abecassis who made the call in the big blind.
Conor Beresford:
Brice Abecassis:
The board ran out and Abecassis rivered a full house to bust Conor Beresford.
"Great game," said Beresford.
"Best of luck gentleman," he added before taking his leave.
Benjamin Spragg was in the small blind in a heads-up pot against Sergei Petrushevskii in middle position on a board of .
Spragg checked and Petrushevskii bet 10,000. Spagg check-jammed all-in for around 40,000 and his opponent folded for the PokerStars ambassador to live to see another day.
Elsewhere, Chris Da Silva was seen doubling up through who else but Viktor Ustimov, who just doubled up through Da Silva after delivering a sickening two-outer.
Da Silva was able to win some of it back with a full house as he held against the of Ustimov with the board reading .
The 2023 EPT Paris €1,100 FPS Main Event has been confirmed as the biggest FPS Main Event in history!
Today's 1,024 entries has pushed the total number to 2,071, surpassing the 1,918 recorded from the 2022 EPT Monte Carlo FPS Main Event.
The winner of that event was Lucas Scafini, and he collected a cool €250,000 for the win last year. As the prize pool for this edition stands at €1,988,160, it's very likely that this tournament's winner will walk away with a bigger prize.
Payouts are yet to be confirmed, and will most likely be announced when tomorrow's Day 2 kicks off!
Day 1c, the final flight of the French Poker Series (FPS) €1,100 Main Event, has now concluded. The event is taking place as part of the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile.
The flight was completely sold out with 1,024 entries on Day 1c, from which 226 players survived to join the previous two flights. A total of 470 players moved on from the three opening days to see Day 2.
The player who emerged as Day 1c chip leader was Loïc Vaux of France, who bagged up 480,000 chips. Vladimir Lappo finished close behind Vaux with 469,000, and Daniyar Aubakirov finished the day third in chips with 464,000.
FPS Paris Main Event Day 1b Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Country
Chips
Day 2 Big Blinds
1
Loic Vaux
France
480,000
120
2
Vladimir Lappo
Belarus
469,000
117
3
Daniyar Aubakirov
Kazakhstan
464,000
116
4
Matteo Cavelier
France
383,000
96
5
Pedro Neves
Portugal
379,000
95
6
Kevin Ferrer
Spain
348,000
87
7
Axel Santoni
France
334,000
84
8
Rizra Comas
Estonia
334,000
84
9
Clement Delacroix
France
329,000
82
10
Idir Haiche
France
310,000
78
Vaux's biggest score so far came in the $250 No Limit Hold'em 2022 Orleans Fall Poker Open in Las Vegas, a third place finish worth $16,463. He'll be looking for his biggest ever cash on Day 2 of the FPS Main Event.
Lappo, meanwhile, has over $300,000 in live tournament cashes, including a first-place finish in the 2019 WSOP International Circuit Sochi High Roller for 60,382 and a first place finish in the 2019 EPT Sochi Deepstack event for $34,524.
Matteo Cavelier and Pedro Neves both finished well over the 350,000 mark and will be hoping to climb to the top when play resumes.
PokerStars ambassador and 2019 PSPC winner Ramon Colillas is still in the event and bagged up for 181,000. Lasse Jagd Lauritsen, known online as "WisternJL", will also return on Day 2, although with 35,000 chips he'll have a long road ahead of him to make the money.
Record Breaking FPS Main Event
All Day 1 flights combined made for a total of 2,071 entries and a prize pool of €1,988,160. This surpassed the previous record of 1,918 entries at the 2022 EPT Monte Carlo edition, making this the largest FPS Main Event ever, which Lucas Scafiniwon for €250,000.
Action will resume on Saturday in Level Payouts for the FPS Main Event Paris are likely to be announced at the start of Day 2, but it's expected that the winner will walk away with an even greater sum than Scafini.
Day 2 kicks of at 12:00 local time. PokerNews will be bringing you all of the coverage direct from the tournament floor.