2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

�1,100 FPS Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a7
Prize
€470,830
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€3,983,040
Entries
4,149
Level Info
Level
43
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
619
Players Left
55

Ilija Savevski Bags Massive Lead at End of Day 2

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Ilija Savevski
Ilija Savevski

The second of four days in the �1,100 France Poker Series (FPS) Paris Main Event has wrapped up with just 55 remaining after the day began with 619 players. Leading the way is Ilija Savevski with a stack of 10,010,000 after winning a massive pot and eliminating Samuel Fournier with a full house nearing the end of the night.

Following Savevski are fellow big stacks Blaz Zerjav (6,645,000), Jonathan Swerdlow (5,045,000), and Enis Rouissi (5,005,000).

The tournament has already been one to remember as it drew a record-breaking 4,149 entrants, besting the previous FPS Main Event record of 2,138 runners set at 2023 EPT Monte Carlo, and more than doubling last years FPS Main here in Paris, which had 2,071 entries. The eventual champion will take home the trophy and top prize of �470,830, while each returning player is guaranteed a payday of at least �8,710.

End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Ilija SavevskiNorth Macedonia10010000167
2Blaz ZerjavSlovenia6645000111
3Jonathan SwerdlowBelgium504500084
4Enis RouissiFrance500500083
5Tomislav PavanicFrance452500075
6Giovani TorrePortugal413000069
7Mustafa SimsekTurkey403000067
8Daniel BarriocanalSpain396000066
9Julien DuveauFrance347000058
10Diogo CoelhoPortugal339000057
     

Some notables who survived to see Day 3 include Cecile Ticherfatine, Scott Margereson, Pierre Merlin, Daniel Smiljkovic, and Day 1 chip leaders Alexandre Correia and Matei Lupascu.

Day 2 Action

As the surviving players from the six starting flights combined on Day 2, it didn't take long for hundreds of players to bust to bring the field down to a few dozen tables with just 322 remaining at the first break. Some of those who made early exits include Alexandre Vuilleumier, two-time FPS champion Anthony Apicella, Julien Sitbon, Daniel Rezaei, Jason Wheeler, and 2023 EPT Paris runner-up Peter Jorgne.

Kenny Hallaert began to pick up some steam in Level 20 when his pocket tens eliminated Benjamin Duval for a pot worth more than 80 big blinds but couldn��t quite make it to Day 3 as he was knocked out late in the day.

Marle Spragg, who was repping a PokerStars patch, began the day with 180,000 and had built it up to a little over 400,000 when she ran into the ultimate preflop cooler as her pocket kings couldn��t defeat the pocket aces of Gilles Sebbane.

Remaining Payouts

PlacePrizePlacePrize
1� 470,83012-13� 27,950
2� 294,53014-15� 23,290
3� 210,22016-17� 20,240
4� 161,71018-20� 17,600
5� 124,39021-23� 15,310
6� 95,68024-27� 13,290
7� 73,58028-31� 11,570
8� 56,59032-39� 10,040
9� 43,54040-55� 8,710
10-11� 33,500  

Day 3 will kick off at noon on Level 27 with blinds of 30,000/60,000/60,000 as the field gets closer to a winner, who will be crowned on Day 4.

That wraps up the PokerNews live reporting team's Day 2 coverage, but be sure to check back on Sunday to keep up on the Day 3 action.

Tags: Alexandre CorreiaAlexandre VuilleumierAnthony ApicellaBenjamin DuvalBlaz ZerjavDaniel RezaeiDaniel SmiljkovicEnis RouissiGilles SebbaneIlija SavevskiJason WheelerJonathan SwerdlowJulien SitbonKenny HallaertMarle SpraggMatei LupascuPeter JorgnePierre MerlinSamuel FournierScott Margereson