The 2024 European Poker Tour Paris pageant kicked off final week on the Palais des Congres de Paris. The sequence options over 30 occasions, together with seven high-roller tournaments with buy-ins of €25,000 or greater. Three such tournaments have already been accomplished, with greater than $6 million in prize cash paid out between them. Below we check out the outcomes from these high-stakes occasions.
2024 EPT Paris €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em I
The first high-roller occasion of the pageant was a €25,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em event. The single-day affair attracted 51 whole entries by the point registration got here to an in depth, constructing a ultimate prize pool of $1,295,482 that was paid out among the many prime seven finishers.
The final participant standing was two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner Stephen Chidwick. The British poker professional took residence $421,006 and 420 POY factors after defeating four-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos(2nd – $278,532) heads-up.
This was the primary title and eighth final-table end of 2024 for Chidwick, with greater than $1 million in to-date POY earnings already accrued. He adopted this win up with an eighth-place displaying within the €50,000 buy-in occasion at this similar sequence simply days later. As a results of his sturdy begin to the 12 months, he has climbed into second place within the POY standings. Chidwick now has greater than $55.8 million in profession cashes, the third-most of any participant within the historical past of the sport.
Jesse Lonis made his fifth ultimate desk of the 12 months, putting fifth for $110,160. He now sits in fourth place within the POY race heading into late February.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Stephen Chidwick | $421,006 | 420 |
| 2 | Adrian Mateos | $278,532 | 350 |
| 3 | Jean Noel Thorel | $187,812 | 280 |
| 4 | Michael Watson | $142,452 | 210 |
| 5 | Jesse Lonis | $110,160 | 175 |
| 6 | Sam Greenwood | $87,480 | 140 |
| 7 | Daniel Dvoress | $68,040 | 105 |
2024 EPT Paris €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em II
The second €25,000 buy-in event on the schedule drew an excellent bigger turnout, with 62 entries constructing a $1,574,899 prize pool paid out amongst eight in-the-money finishers.
The largest chunk was captured by Canadian poker professional Daniel Dvoress. The two-time bracelet winner locked up $480,427 for the win, together with 504 POY factors. He had additionally completed seventh within the first excessive curler.With $548,467 in earnings and 609 POY factors collected thus far this sequence, Dvoress has moved inside the highest 125 within the POY race.
Dvoress additionally elevated his lifetime event earnings to over $31.5 million with this victory.
Michael Watson completed fifth, backing up his fourth-place displaying within the first €25,000 buy-in and his ninth-place end within the €10,200 thriller bounty occasion earlier within the sequence. The Canadian World Poker Tour winner and two-time EPT champion now has greater than $22.5 million in profession earnings.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Daniel Dvoress | $480,427 | 504 |
| 2 | Niklas Astedt | $314,928 | 420 |
| 3 | Tamas Adamszki | $228,312 | 336 |
| 4 | Johannes Straver | $173,232 | 252 |
| 5 | Michael Watson | $133,920 | 210 |
| 6 | Joris Ruijs | $102,384 | 168 |
| 7 | Enrico Camosci | $78,732 | 126 |
| 8 | Viacheslav Buldygin | $62,964 | 84 |
2024 EPT Paris €50,000 No-Limit Hold’em
The largest buy-in occasion supplied throughout this pageant value €50,000 to enter. That quantity was posted 62 instances earlier than registration got here to an finish, constructing a prize pool of $3,149,798 for the highest eight finishers.
A French participant got here out on prime, with Thomas Santerne strolling away with the trophy and the highest payout of $960,638. This was the most important rating but for the native of Normany, simply surpassing the $254,417 he earned because the runner-up within the World Series of Poker $10,000 six-max occasion final 12 months. He now has greater than $1.6 million in profession earnings.
Two-time bracelet winner Chris Brewer completed second for $629,964. This was the second POY-qualified final-table end of the 12 months for the American, who completed fourth within the ultimate POY standings in 2023 with 26 such showings and almost $13.5 million in POy earnings through the 12 months.
Sweden’s Niklas Astedt, who completed runner-up within the second €25,000 excessive curler, positioned seventh on this occasion. The on-line famous person recognized to many as ‘Lena900’ has already cashed for almost $473,000 this sequence.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Thomas Santerne | $960,638 | 612 |
| 2 | Chris Brewer | $629,964 | 510 |
| 3 | Pieter Aerts | $456,732 | 408 |
| 4 | Duco Haven | $346,464 | 306 |
| 5 | Markkos Ladev | $267,732 | 255 |
| 6 | Sirzat Hissou | $204,768 | 204 |
| 7 | Niklas Astedt | $157,464 | 153 |
| 8 | Stephen Chidwick | $126,036 | 102 |
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