Rostyslav Sabishchenko raised to 17,000 from early position and was called by Askar Bekbayev in the small blind and Fabio Sperling in the big blind.
The flop came . Bekbayev checked and Sperling bet 23,000. Sabishchenko called and Bekbayev folded.
The turn was the . Sperling led out for 70,000 and Sabishchenko called. The river was the . This time, Sperling checked and Sabishchenko bet 75,000. Sperling mucked his hand and Sabishchenko pulled in another pot.
Justus Held raised and then called against Matas Cimbolas, who went all in for 53,000. Cimbolas was at risk. Player's cards were flipped on their backs.
Matas Cimbolas:
Justus Held:
The board ran out . Held hit a deuce on the turn to make a full house, eliminating Cimbolas in 138th place.
Mike Watson opened to 13,000 in early position and Sander Ostlyngen three-bet to 26,000 from the next seat. Watson called when the action got back around.
Watson checked on the flop of and Ostlyngen continued for 22,000. Watson called. Watson checked again on the turn and Ostlyngen checked back.
Watson checked a third time on the river and Ostlyngen also checked. Watson showed for ace-high only to be pipped by the of Ostlyngen, who took down the pot with a better ace-high.
Laurynas Levinskas opened to 12,000 from the hijack and Sam Greenwood min-raised to 24,000 with just around 15,000 behind. Christian Pedersen then four-bet jammed from the small blind and Levinskas folded, while Greenwood took a sip of water and called.
Sam Greenwood:
Christian Pedersen:
A nine in the window on the flop of gave Greenwood a big lead, but it was deceiving as the on the turn gave his Pedersen a set to have Greenwood drawing dead before the river. Greenwood took a final sip from his water bottle and hit rail.
Pedro Pereira Fonseca raisedt o 12,000 with and Adrian Mateos called before Nicolae Paunescu came along from the small blind with . Samuel Ju had a good price to call in the big blind, so he tossed in the chips with .
The flop was and Paunescu checked his flopped straight. Ju and Fonseca also checked before Mateos bet 13,000 with two pair. Paunescu called and Ju folded before Fonseca came along with a pair of jacks.
The turn was and Paunescu bet 45,000. Fonseca folded and Mateos called to see on river.
Paunsecu fired 45,000 and turned over the flopped straight to take the pot when Mateos called.
The largest non-Barcelona Main Event in the illustrious history of the PokerStars European Poker Tour takes a massive step toward crowing its inaugural champion at EPT Paris 2023 Thursday, as the remaining field of 174 will be thinned significantly on its road to the finish line.
Those returning to the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile for Day 3 of the €5,300 Main Event have already locked up a five-figure payday of €10,650, but the meat of the huge €7,708,800 prize pool from 1,606 entries awaits, with the winner taking home an incredible €1,170,000 on Saturday.
But first thing’s first, get through another day of intense poker action, build your stack for that sprint to the final table, and set yourself up for a chance at victory.
The player who’s built his stack the best thus far is Ukraine’s Rostyslav Sabishchenko, who will enter Day 3 with the chip lead of 900,000, good for 180 big blinds. With his first EPT cash locked up, the Ukrainian will have a litany of established professionals hot on his heels as he tries to build toward Day 4.
Right behind Sabishchenko are Harry Lodge with 845,000 chips and Niklas Astedt with 812,000. Fabrice Bigot (764,000), Alexandros Kolonias (653,000), and Andrew Lichtenberger (631,000) are also right there, and those are just players inside the top 10.
EPT Paris 2023 Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts Entering Day 3
Rank
Name
Country
Chips
Day 3 Big Blinds
1
Rostyslav Sabishchenko
Ukraine
900,000
180
2
Harry Lodge
United Kingdom
845,000
169
3
Niklas Astedt
Sweden
812,000
162
4
Frederik Thiemer
Germany
786,000
157
5
Fabrice Bigot
France
764,000
153
6
Omar Del Pino
Spain
703,000
141
7
Alexandros Kolonias
Greece
653,000
131
8
Aurelien Russo
France
633,000
127
9
Andrew Lichtenberger
United States
631,000
126
10
Mark Roovers
Netherlands
624,000
125
The remaining field is still littered with big names including a who’s who of former EPT champions including Manig Loeser (479,000), Adrian Mateos (378,000), Teun Mulder (372,000), Frederik Brink (293,000), Roberto Romanello (246,000), Simon Brandstrom (205,000), Piotr Nurzynski (198,000), and Mike Watson (149,000).
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€1,170,000
10-11
€85,400
40-55
€21,450
2
€780,100
12-13
€71,150
56-71
€18,650
3
€535,850
14-15
€59,300
72-95
€16,200
4
€412,200
16-17
€49,550
96-119
€14,100
5
€317,050
18-20
€43,100
120-143
€12,250
6
€244,000
21-23
€37,450
144-174
€10,650
7
€187,650
24-27
€32,600
8
€144,300
28-31
€28,350
9
€111,000
32-39
€24,650
Players will return for Day 3 at 12:00 local time with blinds at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante and approximately 45 minutes remaining in Level 16. The remaining levels of the day will be 90 minutes in length with 20-minute breaks scheduled after every level, and a 75-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 19.
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