The field of 1,606 entries generated a prize pool of €7,708,800, from which €1,170,000 will go to the winner. The top 239 players are all guaranteed a min-cash of €8,400.
Steven Warburton raised from the button and Manig Loeser called in the small blind. With a short stack behind, Kannapong Thanarattrakul shoved all in from the big blind. Warburton folded and Loeser called. Players turned their cards.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul:
Manig Loeser:
Thanarattrakul was well ahead preflop, dominating Loeser with a higher kicker. However, the flop ran out to give Loeser a pair of sixes. Thanarattrakul was eliminated from the tournament.
It will be another action-packed day of poker in the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile as the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris continues with Day 2 of the €5,300 Main Event, which commences at noon local time as 550 players return and dozens of others get ready to enter.
The two starting flights of the first-ever EPT Paris Main Event attracted 1,570 entries for a prize pool of €7,612,800, and both those numbers will climb before the start of Day 2 as late registration remains open until that time. All new players will sit down with a 20-big blind stack as they look to catch up to the 231 big blinds of Teun Mulder, who has already picked up a trophy this stop after winning €25,000 High Roller II for €389,870.
Chris Brewer, meanwhile, is looking for his third trophy of the series after winning both €25,000 Single-Day High Roller and €50,000 Super High Roller to leave his bubble run-bad in the dust far behind him.
Other big stacks heading into Day 2 include Spain's Omar Gonzalez (317,000) and Gerard Carbo (302,000) Israel's Oshri Lahmani (301,000) and Poland's Marcin Jaworski (275,000).
€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
BIG BLINDS
1
Teun Mulder
Netherlands
347,000
231
2
Omar Gonzalez
Spain
317,000
211
3
Gerard Carbo
Spain
302,000
201
4
Oshri Lahmani
Israel
301,000
201
5
Marcin Jaworski
Poland
275,000
183
6
Patrik Jaros
Czech Republic
260,000
173
7
Martin Merz
Germany
255,000
170
8
Gorki Oliveira
Brazil
251,000
167
9
Sebastian Gahl
Austria
250,000
167
10
Justus Held
Germany
247,000
165
In addition to the big stacks and EPT Paris trophy winners in the field, there are plenty of notable players looking to cement their place in EPT history, including PokerStars ambassadors Sam Grafton, Benjamin Spragg, Parker Talbot and Alejandro Lococo.
Alejandro Lococo
Several EPT Main Event champions are vying for a second title including Manig Loeser, Hossein Ensan, Roberto Romanello, and Dimitar Danchev. Others to look out for on the Day 2 felt include Niklas Astedt, Adrian Mateos, Ben Heath, Alexandre Reard, Mike Watson, Benny Glaser, Masato Yokosawa, Fabian Gumz and 2022 GPI Player of the Year Stephen Song.
Payout information will be made available shortly after the close of registration and the money bubble will burst on Day 2 with approximately 15% of the field getting paid. All the day's action will be live-streamed by PokerStars so be sure to tune in.
Levels will increase to 90 minutes in duration and Day 2 will last for five and a half levels. A 75-minute dinner break is scheduled to take place after the completion of Level 14.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is here on-site in France's capital and ready to provide updates on all of the EPT Paris Main Event action.
. Krol further improved when he hit a pair of kings on the turn and his hand held to eliminate Maskill.
to give Loeser a pair of sixes. Thanarattrakul was eliminated from the tournament.
