The €5.300 Main Event of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris at Club Barrière Paris has reached Day 5 – two well-known DACH names are still in the race for the title, which will be played out today.
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49 players started Day 4 and the field was reduced to 16. Along the way, Alex Keating (USA, 45th place – €19.800), Manuel Carvalho (POR, 31st place – €26.250), and Boris Kolev (BUL, 28th place – € 26.250), among others, were eliminated.
The remaining 16 players have €47.250 secured, but the hope naturally lies in the €1.148.600 title of the EPT Paris Main Event Champion 2026.
Nazar Buhaiov from Ukraine currently has the best chances, having finished Day 4 with 7.375.000 chips.
He is followed at some distance by Thierry Gogniat from France, who holds 4.475.000 chips in second position.
Jessica Teusl will also return for the final, sitting in the top 5 with 3.150.000 chips. She and Felix ‘xflixx’ Schneiders represent the DACH hope for a champion from a German-speaking country. Schneiders also still has every chance of making the final table with 2.735.000 chips.
It continues today at 12:00 with 48 minutes and 26 seconds left in Level 26 at blinds 25.000/50.000 (50.000 BB Ante)!
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Replay Day 4:
Chipcounts:
| Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| Nazar Buhaiov | Ukraine | 7375000 | 1 | 4 |
| Thierry Gogniat | France | 4475000 | 2 | 4 |
| Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 4340000 | 1 | 7 |
| Jessica Teusl | Austria | 3150000 | 2 | 7 |
| Mitchell Garshofsky | USA | 3140000 | 2 | 5 |
| Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | 2865000 | 1 | 5 |
| Jorge Abreu | Portugal | 2745000 | 2 | 2 |
| Felix Schneiders | Germany | 2735000 | 1 | 8 |
| Raphael Bilger | France | 2445000 | 2 | 3 |
| Enrico Coppola | Italy | 2070000 | 1 | 2 |
| Julien Mariani | France | 1935000 | 2 | 1 |
| Mihai Tabac | Romania | 1790000 | 1 | 3 |
| Sami Bechahed | France | 1655000 | 2 | 6 |
| Pawel Wojciechowski | Poland | 1470000 | 1 | 1 |
| Casimir Seire | Finland | 1175000 | 2 | 8 |
| Chady El Ojeil | Lebanon | 890000 | 1 | 6 |
Payouts:
| POS | NAME | COUNTRY | STATUS | PRIZE |
| 1 | €1,148,600 | |||
| 2 | €717,350 | |||
| 3 | €512,400 | |||
| 4 | €394,150 | |||
| 5 | €303,150 | |||
| 6 | €233,200 | |||
| 7 | €179,350 | |||
| 8 | €137,950 | |||
| 9 | €106,150 | |||
| 10 | €81,650 | |||
| 11 | €81,650 | |||
| 12 | €68,050 | |||
| 13 | €68,050 | |||
| 14 | €56,750 | |||
| 15 | €56,750 | |||
| 16 | Pawel Wojciechowski | Poland | €47,250 | |
| 17 | Joachim Meisolle | Germany | €47,250 | |
| 18 | Zdenek Zizka | Czech Republic | €39,950 | |
| 19 | Bruno Fuentes | France | €39,950 | |
| 20 | Adrian-Sorel State | Romania | €39,950 | |
| 21 | Ricardo Alves de Sousa | Portugal | €34,750 | |
| 22 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | €34,750 | |
| 23 | Gabriel Nahum | France | €34,750 | |
| 24 | Jakub Sterba | Czech Republic | €30,200 | |
| 25 | Laurent Vauquelin | France | €30,200 | |
| 26 | Hugo de La Fouchardiere | France | €30,200 | |
| 27 | Lyudmil Ivanov | Bulgaria | €30,200 | |
| 28 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | €26,250 | |
| 29 | Joshua Boulton | United Kingdom | €26,250 | |
| 30 | Paul Runcan | Romania | €26,2 |
