Not even two weeks ago, poker year 2023 kicked off in style in the sunny Bahamas, where we witnessed a two-week poker festival. In addition to the PCA Main Event, it also brought a unique PSPC event, which gave players the opportunity to fight for a multi-million prize pool, of which the young Belarusian Aliaksandr Shylko took the biggest share.
The mentioned PCA is considered by many to be an extended part of the prestigious EPT, which has prepared several novelties for 2023. In addition to the traditional stops in Barcelona, Monte-Carlo and Prague, this year we can look forward to a premiere stop in Cyprus or in the French capital. Well, it is Paris that is celebrating its premiere during these days.
On Wednesday 15.2. a 12-day festival started here, which will offer players a total of 39 events with buy-ins from €550 to €50,000. There will be main attractions in the form of the EPT or FPS Main Event, and you can also look forward to several lucrative High Rollers. Here are the dates of the key events:
- FPS Main Event: February 16.-20. - 1,100€
- FPS Cup: February 18.-19. – 550€
- FPS High Roller: February 19.-20. - 2,200€
- EPT Super High Roller: February 19.-21.- 50,000€
- EPT Main Event: February 20.-26. - 5,300€
- EPT High Roller: February 24.-26.- 10,300€
What kind of EPT would it be if it didn't also include a marathon of live broadcasts - once again, you can look forward to 5 days of live streams from the Main Event, which will start on Wednesday, February 22, with the second day of the ME and culminate traditionally with the final table during the Sunday final ( February 26).
The opening tournament of the festival was the €10k Mystery Bounty event, which produced a pleasant 107 entries. Among the world professionals, the star Neymar also appeared in the game, who carried a 35bb stack into the second day of play. Even that was not enough for him to fight his way to the paid ranks in the tournament, when he had to say goodbye to the game in 49th place.
As for the tournament itself, its format has prepared 51 envelopes with mysterious prizes, starting at €5,000 and ending up to €75,000 and €50,000. Adrian Mateos took the biggest one, the second biggest went to Nikita Kuznetsov. The title and trophy together with a reward of €128,500 ended up in the hands of Andre Marquez, who also bagged €47,500 in bounty rewards.
Source: PSlive, PokerNews
