2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

�10,200 Mystery Bounty
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
53
Prize
€128,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€1,027,200
Entries
107
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
81
Players Left
1

Marques Preserves Comfortable Lead

Level 25 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Kayhan Mokri stole the blinds and big blind ante once with a raise for almost all of his chips.

He then defended against a min-raise by Pedro Garagnani and check-folded the {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} flop to a bet worth 150,000.

Soon after, Andre Marques limped the small blind and Mokri checked the option from the big blind. The {k-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop saw Marques with a bet of 110,000, shy of the minimum, but it didn't matter as Mokri quickly folded anyways.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Marques pt
Andre Marques
6,150,000
-460,000
-460,000
Pedro Garagnani br
Pedro Garagnani
3,200,000
880,000
880,000
Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
1,500,000
-250,000
-250,000

Tags: Andre MarquesKayhan MokriPedro Garagnani

Pablo Navarro Eliminated in 4th Place (�45,600)

Level 25 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Pablo Navarro
Pablo Navarro

Andre Marques just gave Pablo Navarro a walk on the short stack but then shoved all in on the button. Navarro called off his stack of around 900,000 in the small blind and Kayhan Mokri folded his big blind.

Pablo Navarro: {2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}
Andre Marques: {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Marques picked up a pair of eights to take the lead. The {q-Spades} on the turn and the {5-Hearts} on the river changed nothing, sending Navarro home in fourth place. He will also be adding �12,500 in bounties to his total.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Marques pt
Andre Marques
6,610,000
1,130,000
1,130,000
Pablo Navarro es
Pablo Navarro
Busted

Tags: Andre MarquesKayhan MokriPablo Navarro

Marques Bad Beats Navarro To Take Lead

Level 25 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Andre Marques
Andre Marques

Andre Marques raised it up to 250,000 on the button and Pablo Navarro three-bet to 900,000 in the small blind.

It folded back to the Portuguese, who pondered about his decision for a while to then push all-in. Navarro beat him into the pot with a snap-call in a fraction of a second.

Andre Marques: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Pablo Navarro: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Marques continued Ren Lin's "Lady Gaga" tune and spiked one of them on the {q-Spades}{6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop, leaving Navarro quite frustrated. Neither the {7-Hearts} turn nor the {9-Hearts} river provided the three-outer and Marques doubled for 2,620,000 to take the lead.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Marques pt
Andre Marques
5,480,000
2,800,000
2,800,000
Pablo Navarro es
Pablo Navarro
890,000
-2,785,000
-2,785,000

Tags: Andre MarquesPablo Navarro

Marques Doubles on the First Hand

Level 25 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

On the first hand back from the break, Pablo Navarro shipped all in from under the gun. Andre Marques peeled his cards in the big blind and called off his stack of 1,250,000.

Andre Marques: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Pablo Navarro: {a-Spades}{7-Hearts}

The flop of {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} provided a sweat with Navarro picking up some counterfeit outs. However, the {8-Hearts} and {5-Hearts} runout bricked off and Marques doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Pablo Navarro es
Pablo Navarro
3,675,000
-1,295,000
-1,295,000
Andre Marques pt
Andre Marques
2,680,000
1,030,000
1,030,000

Tags: Pablo NavarroAndre Marques

David Kaye "Blown Away" by Impact of PokerStars US Player Pool Merging

Level 25 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
David Kaye
David Kaye

American David Kaye spoke with PokerNews about his journey from a small-town Michigan poker player to becoming a poker player and PokerStars ambassador.

He also gave insight into the current poker scene in Michigan, and the potential of online poker in the state.
��We know the end goal isn't just two states,�� he said. ��Two states is great, but this is just the groundwork to get where we really want to be when we have all the states under one umbrella �� or as many states as possible.��

Find out what Kaye had to say about the bright future of PokerStars US here!

Tags: David Kaye

Level: 25

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

Garagnani Doubles Through the Leader

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Pablo Navarro pushed all in on the button with two of the shorter stacks in the blinds. Pedro Garagnani woke up with a premium in the big blind and called off his last 1,130,000 chips.

Pedro Garagnani: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Pablo Navarro: {a-Hearts}{4-Spades}

The board ran out {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and Garagnani made a straight to double-up through the chip leader. Garagnani redeemed two of his bounty chips for a total of �12,500.

The remaining four players are now going on a 15-minute break before resuming the end of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Pablo Navarro es
Pablo Navarro
4,970,000
-630,000
-630,000
Pedro Garagnani br
Pedro Garagnani
2,320,000
1,090,000
1,090,000

Tags: Pablo NavarroPedro Garagnani

Ren Lin Eliminated in 5th Place (�35,050)

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Ren Lin
Ren Lin

Once it folded all the way to Kayhan Mokri in the small blind, he simply pushed all-in and into the big blind of Ren Lin. With just 450,000 behind, Lin called and predicted to be ahead despite holding a very mediocre hand.

Ren Lin: {j-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Kayhan Mokri: {10-Hearts}{6-Spades}

Lin was indeed in the lead with his jack-high but Mokri improved on the {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{6-Hearts} flop. Neither player improved with the {7-Diamonds} turn and the {q-Diamonds} river for Lin to bow out in fifth place. He cashed for �35,050 and then redeemed his three bounties for additional paydays of �7,500, �7,500 and �10,000 respectively.

Mokri was pondering whether or not to wait but with five further �7,500 left up for grabs, he picked the envelope with the higher prize.

Player Chips Progress
Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
1,750,000
130,000
130,000
Ren Lin cn
Ren Lin
Busted

Tags: Kayhan MokriRen Lin

Tom Orpaz Eliminated in 6th Place (�26,950)

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Tom Orpaz
Tom Orpaz

The action folded to Pablo Navarro who was the big stack on the button. Navarro announced all in and Tom Orpaz called off his last 875,000 chips from the small blind.

Tom Orpaz: {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Pablo Navarro: {a-Clubs}{2-Spades}

The flop came {q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Orpaz took the lead with a pair of queens. However, the {a-Hearts} on the turn put Navarro back in control. The {3-Diamonds} bricked out on the river and Orpaz was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Pablo Navarro es
Pablo Navarro
5,600,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Tom Orpaz il
Tom Orpaz
Busted

Tags: Pablo NavarroTom Orpaz

Mauricio Ferreira Pais Eliminated in 7th Place (�21,550)

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Mauricio Ferreira Pais
Mauricio Ferreira Pais

After a few small pots without any chip movements, Pablo Navarro had chipped up by a few blinds.

The Spaniard then raised to 200,000 from under the gun and it folded all the way back to Mauricio Ferreira Pais in the big blind. He three-bet to 500,000 as one of the chip leaders with a stack of around 20 blinds. Navarro pushed all-in and Ferreira Pais beat him into the pot.

Mauricio Ferreira Pais: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Pablo Navarro: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

The {q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop brought some equity to Navarro, who asked for running diamonds. With the {k-Clubs} turn, his outs were reduced to four but he spiked one of them with the {10-Diamonds} river. Both stacks were counted and Navarro was ahead by three blinds.

Ferreira Pais earned a cash prize of �21,550 and �72,500 in bounties that he had collected along the way.

Player Chips Progress
Pablo Navarro es
Pablo Navarro
4,600,000
2,550,000
2,550,000
Mauricio Ferreira Pais de
Mauricio Ferreira Pais
Busted

Tags: Mauricio Ferreira PaisPablo Navarro