Francois Scapula raised to 3,500 from early position, Abdullah Al-Shanti reraised to 7,500 from the button and Pedro Marques shoved all in for 34,900. Scapula asked for a count before folding but Al-Shanti made the call.
Pedro Marques:
Abdullah Al-Shanti:
Al-Shanti was the firm favorite before the board ran out to give Marques the rivered straight for the double up.
Karim Jamil opened to 2,000 from middle position and was called by Alexandre Reard from the hijack. Brice Bourgeix and Jerome Hananel also called from the blinds.
Action checked to Reard on the flop, and he bet 3,700. Only the players in the blinds called.
The turn checked through to the river. Again, the action checked to Reard and he jammed for around 45,000.
Bourgeix quickly folded but Hananel went deep into the tank for several minutes. He had around 25,000 behind and toyed with his stack until he made the call.
Reard had the for ace-high. Hananel let out a deep sigh of relief and collected the pot after he tabled his for top pair.
Luca Dal Cerro was down to just a single big blind and open-shoved from under the gun before PokerStars ambassador Ramon Colillas raised to 3,000 in middle position. The cutoff called to see a flop three ways.
Colillas bet 2,400 on the flop of and the cutoff folded.
Luca Dal Cerro:
Ramon Colillas:
Dal Cerro had two live cards but couldn't hit as the board finished out to mark his elimination as the PokerStars Players Champion scooped the pot.
Action was caught on the flop with around 10,000 in the pot.
Ivan Banic and Giorgio Bernasconi checked from early and middle positon respectively before Fangzhong Yang made it 3,600 from the hijack. Banic called before Bernasconi clicked it 12,500.
Yang called and then Banic jammed for 20,700. Bernasconi seemed displeased and folded while Yang called again.
Ivan Banic:
Fangzhong Yang:
Banic had the best of it with a set of eights but Yang had the nut flush draw. There was no need to sweat for Banic as the turn gave him quads and the checkmark. The inconsequential completed the board.
Natan Chauskin opened to 700 from the hijack and PokerStars ambassador and commentator Nicholas Walsh three-bet to 2,500 from the cutoff. Chauskin called when the action got back around.
Chauskin checked on the flop of and Walsh continued for 1,500. Chauskin gave it up without a fight.
There was around 16,000 in the pot with the board on show. Alexandre Reard checked from the big blind before Alice Sicconi moved all in for 11,200 from the cutoff. Reard quickly called.
Reard had the for trip kings but Sicconi had rivered a flush with her and took in the pot.
The inaugural PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris stop at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile continues today with Day 1c of the French Poker Series (FPS) €1,100 Main Event, which gets underway at 12 p.m. local time.
The survivors of today's flight will join the 179 survivors from Day 1a and 65 survivors from Day 1b, including France's Jean Labryga and the United States' Joey Weissman, who bagged the chip leads in their respective flights.
Other big stacks who advanced to Day 2 include French natives Steeve Sultan, Alan Ouegoasd and Damien Luis, Armenian Vardan Zakaryan and American Michael Rocco.
Some notables who will be in the Day 1c field include Gaelle Baumann, Alexandre Reard, Tom Vogelsang, Conor Beresford, Danut Chisu, Chris Da Silva, Nils Pudel and PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas.
Following the same format as the previous two flights, Day 1c will kick off with blinds of 100/100/100 and will play for 14 levels lasting 40 minutes in duration. There will be a 20-minute break after Levels 3, 6, and 8, and players will take a 75-minute dinner break after Level 11.
With registration already closed for the event, prize pool information should be available early in the day.
Follow along as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here in France and ready to bring readers all the updates.