Thomas Santerne opened to 11,000 from the cutoff and was called by Pieter Aerts in the big blind.
Aerts check-called an 11,000 bet from Santerne on the 10♠K♠9♣ flop, but check-folded facing a 25,000 barrel on the 4♠ turn and Santerne added to his stack.
Adrian Mateos, in the hijack, found himself all in and at risk for his last 80,000 against Rui Ferreira, in the big blind.
Adrian Mateos: A♥K♣
Rui Ferreira: A♦Q♠
Mateos got it in good with a dominating holding, however, the Q♣9♣Q♥ flop gave Ferreira trips. The J♣ turn brought hope as it gave Mateos a straight flush draw, but the Q♦ river upgraded Ferreira to quads and Mateos was the first casualty of the day.
On a near by table, Kazuhiko Yotsushika could also be seen leaving to the rail.
Day 1 of the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event drew 31 entries and generated a €752,640 prize pool thus far here at the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris inside Le Palais des Congrès. Of those entrants, just 13 found navigated their way to a bag last night with Indian businessman Santhosh Suvarna leading the pack after ending with 616,000. With late registration remaining open until the start of play today, those numbers are expected to grow further.
Daniel Dvoress bagged seventh in chips with 195,000 and looks poised to continue his incredible run at EPT Paris. Dvoress has cashed in every €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event so far this tour, including winning outright twice - once after overcoming a 62-entry field and defeating Niklas Astedt heads-up last week for €444,840 and more recently after besting a 34-entry field and defeating Adrian Mateos heads-up for €275,780.
Also in the mix are EPT Main Event ChampionsAdrian Mateos (80,000) and Artur Martirosian (51,000), who will surely be looking to pad their poker resumes with a win today.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Santhosh Suvarna
India
616,000
154
2
Thomas Santerne
France
580,000
130
3
Viacheslav Buldygin
Russian Federation
413,000
103
4
Samuel Ju
Germany
276,000
69
5
Chris Brewer
United States
253,000
63
6
Sirzat Hissou
Germany
245,000
61
7
Daniel Dvoress
Canada
195,000
49
8
Sam Greenwood
Belgium
182,000
46
9
Steve O'Dwyer
Ireland
116,000
29
10
Quan Zhou
Hong Kong
98,000
25
Adrian Mateos
Play is set to resume at noon local time on Level 11, which features 2,000/5,000 blinds with a 5,000 big blind ante, and play down to a winner. Levels will continue to last 30 minutes each and a 15-minute break will take place after every three levels.
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