2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

�5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j2
Prize
€1,287,800
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,385,600
Entries
1,747
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
222
Players Left
57

Panagiotis Mavritsakis Leads Day 3 of Main Event; Middleton, Wigg, and Danchev All Aiming For Second Title

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Panagiotis Mavritsakis
Panagiotis Mavritsakis

Of the 222 players who sat down for Day 3 of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris Main Event, just 57 remain with Panagiotis Mavritsakis emerging as the chip leader after bagging 2,930,000 in chips here at Le Palais des Congr��s. Hot on his heels is Canadian pro Eric Afrait (2,300,000) and rounding out the top three is none other than Tom Middleton, who won the EPT Main Event in Barcelona back in 2013 for a cool �942,000. Middleton will be looking to be the fourth person in history to win two EPT Main Event titles.

Mavritsakis only shows live tournament cashes dating back to last year per The Hendon Mob, but already has over �200,000 in career earnings. His biggest score came last April after finishing in third place in the Irish Open Main Event for �161,500. A win for Mavritsakis would be his first EPT title.

End of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Panagiotis MavritsakisGreece2,930,000147
2Eric AfriatCanada2,300,000115
3Tom MiddletonUnited Kingdom2,190,000110
4Lorenzo ArduiniItaly2,050,000103
5Mathias SiljanderFinland1,750,00088
6David KaufmannGermany1,645,00082
7Sindre HansenNorway1,590,00080
8Hans ErlandssonSweden1,550,00078
9Peter JorgneSweden1,475,00074
10Florian DutaRomania1,305,00065
Benjamin Spragg
Benjamin Spragg

Day 3 Action

With all players already having made the money, it didn't take long for chips to start flying in Paris. By the first break of the day, a third of the field had already hit the rail. Day 1a chip leader Eero Rantala had an unfortunate start that saw him fall to under 20 big blinds within the first level of play. Rantala was unable to recover and was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Pokerstars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg also landed on the bad side of variance early after flopping two pair against Olivier Rebello's set to bust on the feature table.

The Day 3 field contained no shortage of EPT Main Event champions aiming for a second title, including Pokerstars Ambassador Simon Wiciak, Aliaksei Boika, Arsenii Karmatckii, Middleton, Robin Ylitalo, Anton Wigg, Dimitar Danchev, and the most recent champion Padraig O'Neill, who won in Prague last December. Of those, just Middleton, Wigg (1,250,000), and Danchev (285,000) earned a Day 4 berth to continue their pursuit of a second EPT Main Event title.

Last year's EPT Paris runner-up Peter Jorgne continued his deep run to end with a top ten stack, along with Barny Boatman (635,000), Day 2 chip leader Eliot Hudon (635,000), and Byron Kaverman (290,000) - who lost a big pot on the final hand of the night despite having over one million in chips earlier in the day.

Byron Kaverman
Byron Kaverman

Some notables who fell short of Day 4 include Jerry Odeen (186th - �9,900), Sam Greenwood (111th - �15,000), Benny Glaser (69th - �19,850), and Alex Keating (65th - �19,850), who found himself short and shoved queen-nine preflop only to run into Diego Montone's pocket tens.

Tensions flared at the end of the night after Afrait cracked Eric Sfez's aces to bust him. Afrait commented, "Yes, I smashed him," after winning the pot, which upset Sfez. Following a short discussion with the tournament director, it was ruled that Afriat would receive a one-round penalty at the start of Day 4.

Remaining Payouts

PlacePrizePlacePrize
1� 1,287,80012-13� 76,300
2� 804,75014-15� 63,550
3� 574,85016-17� 53,000
4� 442,15018-20� 46,050
5� 340,10021-23� 40,000
6� 261,65024-27� 34,800
7� 201,25028-31� 30,250
8� 154,80032-39� 26,350
9� 119,10040-55� 22,900
10-11� 91,55056-57� 19,850

All remaining players will return tomorrow, February 23 at noon local time for Day 4. Play will resume on Level 22, which features 10,000/20,000 blinds with a 20,000 big blind ante, and will continue for five additional 90-minute levels.

Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the action leading to the next EPT Paris Main Event champion! Feature table action can also be viewed on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels.

Tags: Alex KeatingAliaksei BoikaBarny BoatmanBenjamin SpraggBenny GlaserByron KavermanDavid KaufmannDimitar DanchevEliot HudonJerry OdeenLorenzo ArduiniMathias SiljanderPadraig O'NeillPanagiotis MavritsakisPeter JorgneSam GreenwoodSimon WiciakTom Middleton