Laurie Tournier raised to 3,000 from middle position and Joey Weissman called in the big blind.
The flop came , Weissman checked and Tournier bet out for 3,000. Weissman called. The turn came the and both players checked. Both players checked again on the river.
A short-stacked Abdelhakim Zoufri was all in from the hijack against Alexandros Kolonias in the small blind.
Abdelhakim Zoufri:
Alexandros Kolonias:
Zoufri was in stellar shape to double until the flop landed to put Kolonias in front with a set. The turn created plenty of chop possibilities, but the river confirmed Zoufri's exit early into Day 2.
Galen Hall limped from early position and was joined by Tamer Kamel who limped along in middle position. Steven Warburton completed the small blind and the big blind checked his option.
The flop came . Hall bet 3,000 and Warburton called. All other players folded. The turn was the and Hall led again for 5,000. Warburton vacated the pot and Hall scooped it.
Jakob Miegel raised to 3,000 from the cutoff and David Caballo reraised to 12,000 from the big blind, which Miegel called.
The flop came . Cabello continued for 10,000 and Miegel called. The turn was the and Cabello fired again, this time for 16,000. Miegel called once again and action went to the river, which was the . Both players checked to showdown.
Miegel showed for a pair of fours and busted flush draw. Caballo had for a pair of eights and scooped an early pot.
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.