€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event Dia 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Omar Gonzalez	317,000 85,000	85,000

Gerard Carbo	302,000 12,000	12,000
Patrik Jaros	260,000 10,000	10,000
Martin Merz	255,000 255,000	255,000
Gorki Oliveira	251,000 251,000	251,000
Silius Moll	245,000 245,000	245,000
Timo Kamphues	227,000 7,000	7,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	225,500 10,500	10,500
Sacha Zaffran	225,500 -30,500	-30,500
Adrian Mateos	222,000 155,000	155,000

Conor Bergin	220,000 220,000	220,000
David Tous Rosich	210,000 210,000	210,000
Luigi D'Alterio	206,500 140,500	140,500
Mikolaj Zawadzki	205,000 5,000	5,000
Stephen Song	197,000 27,000	27,000
Bojan Berberovic	193,500 52,000	52,000
Eric Sfez	188,000 85,000	85,000
Moonho Seo	184,000 184,000	184,000
Daniyar Aubakirov	182,500 182,500	182,500
Natir Pellicane	181,000 181,000	181,000
Nazar Buhaiov	180,500 180,500	180,500
Aleksandr Shevliakov	180,000 180,000	180,000
Ruslan Volkov	179,500 179,500	179,500
Mario van Ackeren	178,000 178,000	178,000
Mark Hammond	177,000 177,000	177,000

Jogador

Fichas

Oscilação

Omar Gonzalez

317,000

85,000

Gerard Carbo

302,000

12,000

Patrik Jaros

260,000

10,000

255,000

251,000

245,000

227,000

7,000

Majid Ejlal Noubarian

225,500

10,500

Sacha Zaffran

225,500

-30,500

Adrian Mateos

222,000

155,000

Conor Bergin

220,000

David Tous Rosich

210,000

Luigi D'Alterio

206,500

140,500

Mikolaj Zawadzki

205,000

5,000

Stephen Song

197,000

27,000

Bojan Berberovic

193,500

52,000

Eric Sfez

188,000

85,000

184,000

182,500

181,000

180,500

180,000

179,500

178,000

177,000

The opening flight of the €5,300 Main Event at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris has come to an end, and Omar Gonzalez is the chip leader after a field of 661 entries turned out for the first of two opening flights in the flagship event of the series.

The Day 1a field generated a prize pool of €3,172,800, and a total of 221 players will return for Wednesday’s Day 2.

Gerard Carbo held the top stack for the latter portion of the night, and he finished the evening with 302,000 and the second most chips, while Patrik Jaros bagged 260,000 for the third spot on the leaderboard. Martin Merz and Gorki Oliveira round out the top five chip counts with 255,000 and 251,000, respectively.

2023 EPT Paris Main Event Top 10 Day 1a Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Chips	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Omar Gonzalez	Spain	317,000	211
2	Gerard Carbo	Spain	302,000	201
3	Patrik Jaros	Czech Republic	260,000	173
4	Martin Merz	Germany	255,000	170
5	Gorki Oliveira	Brazil	251,000	167
6	Silius Moll	Norway	245,000	163
7	Timo Kamphues	Germany	227,000	151
8	Majid Ejlal Noubarian	Iran	225,500	150
9	Sacha Zaffran	France	225,500	150
10	Adrian Mateos	Spain	222,000	148

Day 1a Highlights

Gonzalez was a factor in big hands all day, and his turning point came when Quentin Roussey tried to bluff him out of a big pot, but Gonzalez called after a long tank and turned over two pair to take his entire stack. A short time later, Gonzalez took another big pot from Ori Hasson with another two pair. Gonzalez will return with 317,000 in the bag for Day 2 and the chance to go on a magical run.

Big players on Day 1a included Adrian Mateos, Johan Guilbert, and PokerStars Team Pro Laurie Tournier. Tournier finished with 42,000, which includes chips from a clash with Jan Bednar where Tournier beat Bednar’s pocket fours with pocket tens. Tournier is looking for her first win on the EPT and her previous best finish is a run to fourth place in the 2022 Women’s Event at EPT Barcelona.

Guilbert was in trouble earlier on in the day, but he doubled through Basile Yaiche’s pocket kings when his ace-nine improved on the all-in runout. Guilbert bounced back and he will return for Day 2 with 115,000. He previously won the €10,200 6-Handed event, also at EPT Barcelona.

Mateos will return with a top-ten chip stack and a chance to continue his EPT dominance. Mateos won two EPT tournaments last year, including a €100,000 High Roller in Monte Carlo and a €25,000 High Roller in the winter edition of Prague.

Other players to bag for Day 2 include Boris Kolev, Mike Watson, Victoria Livschitz, Harry Lodge, Jonathan Jaffe, and Paulina Loeliger.

Among the familiar faces that turned out for Day 1a but did not make survive are PokerStars Ambassadors Jen Shahade, Parker Talbot, Ramon Colillas, Andre Akkari, Rafael Moraes, Lex Veldhuis, and Alejandro Lococo, who made it to the late stages of the night but hit the rail when his short stack couldn’t double with pocket sevens.

Day 1b will kick off at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, and players will once again play 10 levels. The surviving players from both flights will combine on Wednesday for Day 2.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all week long for live updates from the floor of the €5,300 EPT Paris Main Event at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Alejandro Lococo Andre Akkari Basile Yaiche Boris Kolev Gerard Carbo Gorki Da Costa Harry Lodge Jan Bednar Jen Shahade Johan Guilbert Jonathan Jaffe Laurie Tournier Lex Veldhuis Majid Ejlal Noubarian Martin Merz Mike Watson Omar Gonzalez Ori Hasson Parker Talbot Patrik Jaros Paulina Loeliger Quentin Roussey Rafael Moraes Ramon Colillas Sacha Zaffran Silius Moll Timo Kamphues Victoria Livschitz

2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

Day 1a Chip Counts (Completo)

Omar Gonzalez Leads Day 1a of the €5,300 Main Event at EPT Paris

2023 EPT Paris Main Event Top 10 Day 1a Chip Counts

Day 1a Highlights