€10,300 EPT Paris High Roller Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

€10,300 EPT Paris High Roller

Day 1 Completed

02-25-2023 02:51 UTC+1

Japan at the Top After Day 1 of the €10,300 EPT Paris High Roller

Frank Visser

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Day 1 of the €10,300 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris High Roller has come to an end. 394 entries made their way to the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile, of which 173 filled their bag with chips at the end of day. The players played ten one-hour levels, and in the end it was Kazuhiko Yotsushika who bagged the most chips with 433,000 (289 BB). The other 172 players will join him Saturday at 12:30 p.m. for Day 2 of this three-day tournament.

Close behind is fellow Japanese player Jun Obara, who bagged 401,000 chips. Jenya Gavrilovich is the final player on the podium, landing in third with 360,000. The prizepool these players are fighting is standing at €3,782,400, but registration is open until the start of Day 2, so that is still expected to grow.

€10,300 EPT Prague High Roller Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Kazuhiki Yotsushika	Japan	433,000	289
2	Jun Obara	Japan	401,000	267
3	Jenya Gavrilovich	Belarus	360,000	240
4	Alberto Okuda	Brazil	328,500	219
5	Rui Ferreira	Portugal	316,500	211
6	Lander Lijo	Spain	303,000	202
7	Igor Picone	France	299,000	199
8	Mateus Endo	Brazil	298,000	199
9	Julien Sitbon	France	284,500	190
10	Alexander Ivarsson	Sweden	269,500	180

Day 1 Action

The start of the day had a little delay as players were slowly finding their seats but, eventually, the field started growing at a rapid pace. Among those who found their way to the tournament room were high stakes regulars Sam Greenwood, Ren Lin, Adrian Mateos and Teun Mulder. All of them busted the two entries that were allowed and are thus out of contention for the win.

The likes of PokerStars Ambassadors Benjamin Spragg and Ramon Colillas also failed to make it through the day, but have only fired one bullet so can still reenter until registration closes at the start of Day 2.

Chris Brewer has bagged and tagged 55,000 chips and is looking to win his third trophy during this EPT Paris. Other players still in that have won an event already this festival are Mike Watson (94,000), Stephen Chidwick (87,000), Humberto Lopes Galindo (58,000), Andre Marques (16,000) and Bruno Fitoussi (11,000)

Other notable names that did make it through the day include Steve O'Dwyer (182,500) and Sam Grafton (111,000).

Play will continue on Day 2 at 12:30 p.m. local time in Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante. The field will play ten levels of 60 minutes before those who will make it through return on Day 3 on Sunday for the finale.

The PokerNews team will be there on Saturday for live coverage of the €10,300 High Roller, as well as other tournaments found at our EPT Paris Main Hub.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Alberto Okuda Alexander Ivarsson Andre Marques Benjamin Spragg Bruno Fitoussi Chris Brewer Humberto Lopes Galindo Igor Picone Jenya Gavrilovich Julien Sitbon Jun Obara Kazuhiko Yotsushika Lander Lijo Mateus Endo Mike Watson Ramon Colillas Ren Lin Rui Ferreira Sam Grafton Sam Greenwood Stephen Chidwick Steve O'Dwyer Teun Mulder

02-25-2023 01:56 UTC+1

Day 2 Seat Draw (By Table)

Frank Visser

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Belarmino De Souza	Brazil	99,000	66
1	2	Simeon Spasov	Bulgaria	165,000	110
1	3	Felipe Fontoura	Brazil	17,000	11
1	4	Tamer Kamel	United Kingdom	31,500	21
1	5	Timo Kamphues	Germany	67,000	45
1	6	Pavel Plesuv	Moldova	21,000	14
1	7	Marton Czuczor	Hungary	117,500	78
1	8	Vincent Cavailles	France	40,000	27

2	1	Aleksandar Tomovic	Serbia	136,500	91
2	2	Axel Hallay	France	40,500	27
2	3	Aliaksei Boika	Belarus	100,000	67
2	4	Masato Yokosawa	Japan	150,000	100
2	5	Oliver Bithell	United Kingdom	200,500	134
2	5	Boris Kolev	Bulgaria	50,000	33
2	6	Luis Dorneles	Brazil	28,500	19
2	7	Kim Soo Jo	South Korea	193,000	129
2	8	Andre Marques	Portugal	16,000	11

3	1	Chuc Hoang	France	129,000	86
3	2	Luis Pinho De Faria	Portugal	21,500	14
3	3	Agatino Spitaleri	Italy	124,500	83
3	4	Niko Koop	Germany	48,000	32
3	5	Parker Talbot	Canada	48,000	32
3	6	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	97,000	65
3	7	Sirzat Hissou	Germany	24,000	16
3	8	Jerome Finck	France	89,000	59

4	1	Ben Heath	United Kingdom	25,500	17
4	2	Bruno Volkmann	Brazil	171,500	114
4	4	Eros Calderone	Italy	151,500	101
4	6	Mario Mosboeck	Austria	62,000	41
4	7	Romain Lewis	France	98,500	66
4	8	Mihai Niste	Romania	215,000	143

5	1	Johan Guilbert	France	42,500	28
5	2	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	101,000	67
5	3	Danilo Velasevic	Croatia	54,000	36
5	4	Anatoly Korochenskiy	Russia	100,000	67
5	5	Gilbert Diaz	France	142,000	95
5	6	Hady El Asmar	Lebanon	102,000	68
5	7	Benjamin Chalot	Hungary	87,000	58
5	8	Floyd Rosner	Netherlands	211,500	141

6	1	Klas Kruger	Germany	73,000	49
6	2	Seth Davies	USA	114,000	76
6	3	Tom-Aksel Bedell	Norway	143,000	95
6	4	Kosumosu Yamanaka	Japan	70,000	47
6	5	Yuki Sako	Japan	35,500	24
6	6	Jonathan Proudfoot	United Kingdom	68,000	45
6	7	Markkos Ladev	Estonia	227,500	152
6	8	Viacheslav Goryachev	Russia	91,500	61
6	8	Andrija Robovic	Croatia	161,500	108

7	2	Viktor Ustimov	Russia	50,000	33
7	3	Mark Hammond	United Kingdom	47,500	32
7	4	Lianmin Bai	Hong Kong	169,500	113
7	5	Martin Jacobson	Sweden	150,500	100
7	6	Tom Vogelsang	Netherlands	55,000	37
7	7	Sergio Coutinho	Portugal	49,000	33
7	8	Yannick Schumacher	Germany	45,000	30

8	1	Petar Kalev	Bulgaria	119,000	79
8	2	Manuel Bueno Fernandez	Spain	90,500	60
8	3	Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland	182,500	122
8	4	Byron Kaverman	USA	77,000	51
8	5	Fedor Holz	Germany	62,000	41
8	6	Dawid Smolka	Poland	22,000	15
8	7	Nariman Yaghmai	Iran	117,000	78
8	8	Gianluca Speranza	Italy	111,500	74

9	1	Shakhabiddin Muradov	Latvia	141,000	94
9	2	Ramzi Karam	Lebanon	72,500	48
9	3	Kalidou Sow	France	201,500	134
9	4	Conor Bergin	Ireland	127,500	85
9	5	Abdelhakim Zoufri	Netherlands	136,000	91
9	6	Max Silver	United Kingdom	211,500	141
9	7	Nazar Buhaiov	Ukraine	73,000	49
9	8	Sho Homma	Japan	37,000	25

10	1	Sungho Hong	South Korea	115,500	77
10	2	Rui Bouquet	Portugal	59,500	40
10	3	Simeon Naydenov	Bulgaria	125,500	84
10	4	Ian Bradley	United Kingdom	50,000	33
10	4	Juan Pardo	Spain	44,500	30
10	5	Alexandros Kolonias	Greece	52,500	35
10	6	Humberto Lopes Galindo	Spain	58,000	39
10	7	Alberto Ah Line	France	68,000	45
10	8	Jakub Michalak	Poland	146,000	97

11	1	Sam Grafton	United Kingdom	117,000	78
11	2	Pieter Aerts	Belgium	75,500	50
11	3	Justin Saliba	USA	91,000	61
11	4	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	87,000	58
11	5	Diego Montone	Italy	44,000	29
11	6	Lars Kamphues	Austria	42,500	28
11	7	Leon Sturm	Germany	215,500	144
11	8	Hossein Ensan	Germany	18,500	12

12	1	Aleksandr Shevliakov	Russia	153,500	102
12	2	Mauricio Ferreira Pais	Germany	244,000	163
12	3	Mike Watson	Canada	94,000	63
12	4	Simon Brandstrom	Sweden	36,000	24
12	5	Juha Helppi	Finland	93,500	62
12	6	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	138,500	92
12	7	Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Japan	433,000	289
12	7	Renan Bruschi	Brazil	75,500	50
12	8	Ankit Ahuja	India	134,000	89

13	1	Pedro Garagnani	Brazil	28,500	19
13	2	Cedric Lellouche	France	62,000	41
13	3	Damien Le Goff	France	69,000	46
13	4	David Miscikowski	USA	170,500	114
13	5	Dimitar Danchev	Bulgaria	67,500	45
13	6	[Removed:428]	Switzerland	25,000	17
13	7	Jenya Gavrilovich	Belarus	360,000	240
13	7	Alexander Tkatschew	Germany	116,500	78
13	8	Simon Mattsson	Sweden	39,500	26

14	1	Fabrice Maltez	France	51,000	34
14	2	Istvan Pilhofer	Hungary	8,500	6
14	3	Vlada Stojanovic	Croatia	55,500	37
14	4	Andre Barroco	Portugal	128,000	85
14	5	Cedric Schwaederle	France	128,000	85
14	6	Emrah Yildiz	United Kingdom	64,500	43
14	7	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	36,000	24
14	8	Nenad Dukic	Croatia	25,000	17

15	1	Rui Ferreira	Portugal	316,500	211
15	1	Chris Brewer	USA	55,000	37
15	2	Apoorva Goel	India	102,500	68
15	3	Omar Del Pino	Spain	137,500	92
15	4	Igor D'Ursel	France	36,000	24
15	5	Mateus Endo	Brazil	298,000	199
15	6	Michel Dattani	Portugal	203,500	136
15	7	Ken Okada	Japan	185,000	123
15	8	Samuel Ju	Germany	62,000	41

16	1	Alexander Ivarsson	Sweden	269,500	180
16	2	Jakob Miegel	Germany	137,500	92
16	3	Pedro Gois Neves	Portugal	120,500	80
16	4	Ethan Yau	USA	75,000	50
16	5	Anton Suarez	Sweden	161,000	107
16	6	Lander Lijo	Spain	303,000	202
16	7	Toni Kaukua	Finland	100,500	67
16	8	Tetsuma Ishizu	Japan	197,000	131

17	1	Daniyar Aubakirov	Kazakhstan	12,500	8
17	2	Joris Ruijs	Netherlands	243,500	162
17	4	Manuel Fritz	Austria	22,500	15
17	5	Roope Tarmi	Finland	95,000	63
17	6	Jimmy Saft	Netherlands	114,000	76
17	7	Samy Dubonnet	France	45,000	30
17	8	Motoyoshi Okamura	Japan	131,500	88

18	1	Jan Kesanen	Finland	145,000	97
18	2	Milos Petakovic	Serbia	93,000	62
18	3	Nuno Duarte	Portugal	120,500	80
18	4	Benjamin Winsor	United Kingdom	16,000	11
18	5	Bruno Fitoussi	France	11,500	8
18	6	Daniel De Sousa Custodio	Brazil	46,500	31
18	8	Pierre Zerbib	France	95,000	63

19	1	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	50,000	33
19	3	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	152,000	101
19	4	Sacha Rymland	France	112,500	75
19	5	Joao Vieira	Portugal	68,500	46
19	6	Renat Boghdanov	Ukraine	86,500	58
19	7	Michael Rocco	USA	217,500	145
19	8	Brian Kim	USA	61,500	41

20	1	Mario Navarro	Spain	107,000	71
20	2	Jules Dickerson	France	34,000	23
20	3	Jamil Wakil	Canada	27,000	18
20	4	Thomas Santerne	France	199,000	133
20	5	Victoria Livschitz	USA	73,500	49
20	7	Pedro Marques	Portugal	105,500	70

21	1	Armin Rezaei	Austria	50,500	34
21	2	Raoul Refos	Netherlands	161,000	107
21	3	Benjamin Souriau	France	53,000	35
21	4	Timothy Adams	Canada	261,000	174
21	5	Nozomu Shimizu	Japan	157,500	105
21	6	Antoine Vranken	Netherlands	128,500	86
21	7	Martin Kabrhel	Czech Republic	60,000	40
21	8	[Removed:482]	France	33,500	22

22	2	Rafael Moraes	Brazil	161,500	108
22	3	Diogo Coelho	Portugal	164,500	110
22	4	Enrico Camosci	Italy	125,000	83
22	5	Roman Hrabec	Czech Republic	213,500	142
22	6	Julien Sitbon	France	284,500	190
22	7	Igor Picone	Germany	299,000	199
22	8	Stephen Song	USA	107,500	72

25	5	Jun Obara	Japan	401,000	267
25	6	Alberto Okuda	Brazil	328,500	219

26	3	Conor Beresford	United Kingdom	226,500	151

02-25-2023 01:46 UTC+1

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Frank Visser

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	433,000 48,000	48,000

Jun Obara	401,000 186,000	186,000
Jenya Gavrilovich	360,000 60,000	60,000
Alberto Landgraf	328,500 258,500	258,500
Rui Ferreira	316,500 316,500	316,500
Lander Lijo	303,000 198,700	198,700
Igor Picone	299,000 19,000	19,000
Mateus Endo	298,000 298,000	298,000
Julien Sitbon	284,500 34,500	34,500
Alexander Ivarsson	269,500 227,500	227,500
Timothy Adams	261,000 11,000	11,000
Mauricio Ferreira Pais	244,000 50,900	50,900
Joris Ruijs	243,500 -11,500	-11,500
Markkos Ladev	227,500 205,500	205,500
Conor Beresford	226,500 -13,500	-13,500
Michael Rocco	217,500 217,500	217,500
Leon Sturm	215,500 215,500	215,500
Mihai Niste	215,000 85,000	85,000
Roman Hrabec	213,500 213,500	213,500
Floyd Rosner	211,500 81,500	81,500
Max Silver	211,500 146,500	146,500
Michel Dattani	203,500 203,500	203,500

Kalidou Sow	201,500 -23,500	-23,500
Oliver Bithell	200,500 200,500	200,500
Thomas Santerne	199,000 44,000	44,000

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02-25-2023 00:56 UTC+1

Day 1 Wraps Up

Connor Richards

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Day 1 of the €10,300 EPT Paris High Roller has wrapped up after ten 60-minute levels of play with 176 players out of 394 entrants remaining.

Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.

02-25-2023 00:53 UTC+1

Koop Gifted Late-Night Double

Connor Richards

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Niko Koop was all in and at risk for 23,300 against the bigger-stacked Rui Bouquet.

Niko Koop:
Rui Bouquet:

Koop had his opponent pipped and nothing changed on the runout of to earn him a double in one of the final hands of the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niko Koop	50,000 42,300	42,300
Rui Bouquet	47,000 -19,000	-19,000

Tags: Niko Koop Rui Bouquet

02-25-2023 00:47 UTC+1

Final Three Hands of Day 1

Frank Visser

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The clock has been paused and the floor announced that all tables will play their last three hands to finish out Day 1.

02-25-2023 00:40 UTC+1

Ruijs Gets Two Barrels Paid Off With Ace High

Matt Warburton

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Igor D'Ursel raised to 2,500 and Eros Calderone called. Joris Ruijs reraised to 13,700, D'Ursel folded and Calderone called.

The flop came . Ruijs continued for 7,000 and Calderone called. The turn came the and Ruijs bet 10,500. Calderone called again and action went to the river, which was the . Both players checked it back to showdown.

Ruijs showed and Calderone showed the face up before mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	255,000 -20,000	-20,000
Eros Calderone	125,000

Tags: Eros Calderone Igor D'Ursel Joris Ruijs

02-25-2023 00:39 UTC+1

Big Stacks As the Final Level Winds Down

Connor Richards

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	385,000 165,000	165,000

Jenya Gavrilovich	300,000 300,000	300,000
Igor Picone	280,000 280,000	280,000
Julien Sitbon	250,000 110,000	110,000
Kalidou Sow	225,000 182,300	182,300

02-25-2023 00:35 UTC+1

"Stevie Wonder" Rivers a Boat

Connor Richards

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Steve O'Dwyer was out of position against Conor Beresford and got to the river on a board of .

Beresford bet 9,500 on the river and O'Dwyer raised to 34,000. Beresford thought over a decision and called.

O'Dwyer tabled for a rivered full house and Beresford mucked, while Martin Kabrhel hit O'Dwyer with several needles after O'Dwyer apparently floated the flop before the turn checked through.

"You play really well, Stevie! Nice call on the flop!" Kabrhel said as O'Dwyer, Beresford and others at the table broke into laughter. "You play excellent poker! Stevie Wonder, everybody!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Beresford	240,000 800	800
Steve O'Dwyer	200,000 -6,000	-6,000

Martin Kabrhel	45,000

Tags: Conor Beresford Martin Kabrhel Steve O'Dwyer