The €5.300 Main Event of the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris at Club Barrière Paris had its second starting flight, and a long line of players from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland were able to qualify.
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838 players tried their luck in Flight 1b of the EPT Paris Main Event, bringing the number of participants to 1.411 entries before the start of Day 2. Registration remains open until the start of today’s Day 2, only then will the payouts be published!
284 players from Flight 1b push the number of Day 2 starters up to 464!
Among the qualifiers, Mahersh Selvakumaran from the Netherlands was the most successful with 448.500. He also clearly takes the overall chip lead, which was previously held by Thomas Cazayous from France from Day 1a.
The Briton Endrit Geci sat in second position in Flight 1b with 348.500 chips, a significant distance behind the chip leader.
From the DACH countries, Soenke Hahn (GER, 193.000 chips), David Wintersberger (GER, 179.500 chips), Felix ‘xflixx’ Schneiders (GER, 157.000 chips), Tom Fuchs (GER, 127.500 chips), Elvir Nuhiu (SUI, 110.000 chips), and Raphael Goldenberg (SUI, 101.000 chips) will start Day 2 with more than 100.000 chips.
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But Jessica Teusl (AUT, 93.500 chips), Hannes Jeschka (GER, 90.500 chips), Ali Abdulzahra (GER, 87.000 chips), Joachim Meisolle (GER, 80.000 chips), Siegfried Friedl (AUT, 72.000 chips), Ole Schemion (62.500 chips), Ji Zhang (GER, 60.500 chips), and Joshua Gebissa (GER, 52.500 chips) will also be back with solid stacks.
Returning to the tournament with smaller stacks but big hopes are Adrian Stadelmann (SUI, 44.000 chips), Mahmoud Bedoui (GER, 41.000 chips), Lukas Gloor (SUI, 41.000 chips), Fabian Bernhauser (AUT, 38.500 chips), Daniel Smiljkovic (GER, 33.500 chips), Philipp Hasenburger (AUT, 33.000 chips), Yannik Hofmann (GER, 25.000 chips), Klemens Roiter (AUT, 25.000 chips), Josef Schusteritsch (AUT, 21.500 chips), and Armin Rezaei (AUT, 12.000 chips).
At the start of Day 2 today at 12:00, play continues with blinds 1.000/1.500 (1.500 Big Blind Ante)!
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Chipcounts Flight 1b:
Name | Country | Chips |
Mahersh Selvakumaran | Netherlands | 448500 |
Endrit Geci | United Kingdom | 348500 |
Stuart Newman | United Kingdom |
