€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2026 PokerStars EPT Paris

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Dupre	30,000

Peter Jorgne	30,000
Stephen Song	30,000

Robin Ylitalo	30,000

Anton Suarez	30,000
Simon Lofberg	30,000
Alec Torelli	30,000

Eric Afriat	30,000
Adrian State	30,000
Elias Suhonen	30,000
Boris Kuzmanovic	30,000
Tommi Lankinen	30,000
Michal Schuh	30,000
Florian Duta	30,000
Thomas Clack	30,000
Boris Kolev	30,000
Michael Wang	30,000
Roope Tarmi	30,000
Thierry van den Berg	30,000
Maxim Panyak	30,000
Fabian Niederreiter	30,000
Thomas Muehloecker	30,000
Toni Kaukua	30,000
Klemens Roiter	30,000
Duco ten Haven	30,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Julien Dupre

30,000

Peter Jorgne

30,000

Stephen Song

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

After a one-year hiatus, the PokerStars European Poker Tour has returned to Paris. The EPT has been welcomed back to Le Palais des Congrès with open arms, once again drawing massive crowds to the French capital. Today, at noon local time, the first €5,300 EPT Main Event of the 2026 season kicks off with Day 1a, the first of two starting days.

When the EPT last attended Paris in 2024, Barny Boatman cemented his legendary status with his first-ever victory in an EPT Main Event. He outlasted a field of 1,747 entries and bested a star-studded final table to take home the trophy and the gargantuan sum of €1,287,800.

2024 EPT Paris Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (EUR)
1	Barny Boatman	United Kingdom	€1,287,800
2	David Kaufmann	Germany	€804,750
3	Aleksejs Ponakovs	Latvia	€574,850
4	Owen Dodd	United Kingdom	€442,150
5	Peter Jorgne	Sweden	€340,100
6	Eric Afriat	Canada	€261,650
7	Ami Barer	Canada	€201,250
8	Lorenzo Arduini	Italy	€154,800

Day 1a Plans

The classic formula of the EPT Main Event returns for EPT Paris, meaning a starting stack of 30,000 and blinds starting at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Day 1a will play ten levels, each 60 minutes long. A small break is scheduled after every two levels, and a 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 6, around 6:40 p.m. local time.

The day will conclude after Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200), after which the survivors bag up for Day 2. Each player is allowed two entries in total across Day 1a, Day 1b, and Day 2, with the start of Day 2 marking the end of late registration.

Day 1a Schedule

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
1	60 min	100	100	100
2	60 min	100	200	200
	20 min break
3	60 min	100	300	300
4	60 min	200	400	400
	20 min break
5	60 min	200	500	500
6	60 min	300	600	600
	75 min dinner break
7	60 min	400	800	800
8	60 min	500	1,000	1,000
	20 min break
9	60 min	600	1,200	1,200
10	60 min	600	1,200	1,200

The PokerNews live reporting team has made their way back to Paris as well to provide live coverage of the EPT Paris Main Event from start to finish. Stay tuned for all the latest updates, straight from the tournament floor.

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Ami Barer Barny Boatman David Kaufmann Eric Afriat Lorenzo Arduini Owen Dodd Peter Jorgne

2026 PokerStars EPT Paris

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2024 EPT Paris Final Table Results

Day 1a Plans

Day 1a Schedule