The ageless Barny Boatman leads Day 5 of the Main Event
The closely watched EPT Paris Main Event will know its champion tomorrow, but the last 18 players are still holding out hope for the title. They will face a semi-final day today, at the end of which we should know the final six.
Yesterday was the most successful day for poker veteran Barny Boatman. The British matador and co-founder of the legendary The Hendon Mob has been in the poker world for over 25 years, during which time he has managed to win over $4 million, including two WSOP bracelets. The closest he's come to an EPT title was in 2011 when he finished 4th in EPT Sanremo, and he'll certainly be hoping to top that result in Paris.
Last year's runner-up at this stop, Peter Jorgne, is also still in the game, and he could become just the seventh player in EPT history to make back-to-back final table appearances at the same stop. High stakes scene participant Alexey Ponakovs and recent EPT champion Dimitar Danchev will also be at the tables today.
| SEAT | NAME | COUNTRY | STACK |
| 1. | Barny Boatman | UK | 7,620,000 (127bb) |
| 2. | Farid Jattin | COL | 5,660,000 (94bb) |
| 3. | Sindre Hansen | NOR | 5,115,000 (85bb) |
| 4. | Owen Dodd | UK | 4,310,000 (71bb) |
| 5. | Ami Barer | CAN | 3,610,000 (60bb) |
| 6. | David Kaufmann | GER | 3,210,000 (54bb) |
| 7. | David Tous | SPA | 2,935,000 (49bb) |
| 8. | Hans Erlandsson | SWE | 2,840,000 (47bb) |
| 9. | Peter Jorgne | SWE | 2,320,000 (39bb) |
| 10. | Gonzalo Almeida | ARG | 2,310,000 (39bb) |
| 11. | Mathias Siljander | FIN | 2,275,000 (38bb) |
| 12. | Dimitar Danchev | BUL | 2,100,000 (35bb) |
| 13. | Lorenzo Arduini | ITA | 2,005,000 (33bb) |
| 14. | Alexey Ponakov | LAT | 1,655,000 (28bb) |
| 15. | Eric Afriat | CAN | 1,225,000 (20bb) |
| 16. | Francesco Delfoco | ITA | 1,175,000 (20bb) |
| 17. | Leo Worthington-Leese | UK | 1,140,000 (19bb) |
| 18. | Eliot Hudon | CAN | 890,000 (15bb) |
Each of the above Day 5 entrants is guaranteed a €46,050 payout at this point, but as you know, there is €1,287,800 waiting for this year's champion. We'll find out who will get even closer today from 13:00, when the Live Stream kicks off, which you can traditionally find on our website.
21 bounty rewards?!
These are exactly the stories we all love so much on the EPT! Because yesterday we saw the final day of the €3,000 Mystery Bounty event, from which Australian player Ram Faravash took home his first title. It wasn't just any win though, Faravash flew through the tournament like a knife through butter, and managed to collect 21 bounty envelopes on his way to the title! These earned him a total of over €100,000, and together with the €298,796 for first place, he took home €403,296 from the tournament!
| # | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE |
| 1. | Ram Faravash | AUS | 403,296€ |
| 2. | Mustafa Al-Sayegh | BEL | 194,720€ |
| 3. | Salomon Azria | FRA | 151,370€ |
| 4. | Pierre May | GER | 106,590€ |
| 5. | Tsugunari Toma | JAP | 83,910€ |
| 6. | Fabrice Bigot | FRA | 75,690€ |
| 7. | Fehim Hajdari | DEN | 53,680€ |
| 8. | Gediminas Uselis | LIT | 67,910€ |
Source - PSlive, PokerNews, Flickr/PSlive
