Mit dem € 1.100 Main Event der France Poker Series (FPS) wurde gestern Mittwoch, den 23. April, das Grand Final der PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) eröffnet. 247 Spieler fanden sich ein, 111 beendeten den Tag erfolgreich, wobei sich Yann Dion die Führung sicherte.
Einige bekannte Namen waren bereits gestern im Monte Carlo Bay am Start, darunter auch Pierre Neuville, Ben Warrington, David Vamplew, Dan Smith, Roger Hairabedian, Kevin MacPhee, Sergio Alto und Paul Berende. Von den deutschsprachigen Spielern traf man unter anderem Guido Garnies, Vladimir Geshkenbein, Tobias Hausen, Paul Höfer und Tarek Riester an den Tischen.
Das Feld wurde mehr als halbiert und am Ende konnten 111 Spieler Chips eintüten. Von den deutschsprachigen Spielern kamen unter anderem Tobias Hausen, Paul Höfer und Tarek Riester heil durch den ersten Starttag. Tobias liegt mit 80.000 auf Rang 25. Die Führung sicherte sich Yann Dion mit 206.300.
Heute geht es im Palmensaal mit Tag 1B des FPS Main Events weiter und es startet das € 100.000 Super High Roller Event. Dieses gibt es dann ab 14:30 Uhr auch im Live-Stream unter eptlive.pokerfirma.com zu sehen. Die Infos findet Ihr unter www.europeanpokertour.com.
| Name | Country | Status | Chips |
| Yann Dion | Canada | PokerStars player | 206.300 |
| Deborah Nizard | France | 180.200 | |
| Piotr Shautsou | Belarus | PokerStars player | 128.700 |
| Julien Sichez | France | PokerStars sponsored player | 126.700 |
| Henri Frederic Benoni | France | 115.600 | |
| Alexander Uskov | Russia | 115.100 | |
| Jan Bendik | Slovakia | 112.700 | |
| Zachary Korik | USA | PokerStars qualifier | 112.600 |
| Benjamin Yu | USA | PokerStars player | 108.000 |
| Shyam Srinivasan | Canada | PokerStars qualifier | 105.200 |
| Abdelmajid Chiboub | France | 101.400 | |
| Olivier Fazio | Switzerland | Players Choice qualifier | 99.100 |
| Alexander Van Eerden | Netherlands | PokerStars qualifier | 98.100 |
| Adrian Naya | Spain | PokerStars player | 97.600 |
| Viktor Chiginev | Russia | PokerStars player | 94.000 |
| Bryan Paris | USA | PokerStars player | 91.600 |
| Steven Moreau | France | PokerStars qualifier | 91.400 |
| Josh Prager | USA | PokerStars player | 90.500 |
| Lorenzo Sabato | Italy | PokerStars qualifier | 89.300 |
| Hassan Fares | France | 88.000 | |
| Mikhail Nikolaev | France | Players Choice qualifier | 87.000 |
| Claudio Tornetta | Italy | 85.900 | |
| Daniel Biechele | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | 84.300 |
| Jean-Loup Didier | France | 80.400 | |
| Tobias Hausen | Germany | PokerStars player | 80.000 |
| Sonny Franco | France | 76.500 | |
| Rodrigo Caprioli | Brazil | PokerStars player | 74.100 |
| Sergio Aido | Spain | PokerStars player | 73.200 |
| Niall Farrell | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 72.100 |
| Enio Bozzano | Brazil | PokerStars player | 71.300 |
| Alexandra Boigeol | France | 69.400 | |
| Roger Hairabedian | France | 67.600 | |
| Ludovic Sultan | France | PokerStars player | 67.000 |
| Jean Antoine Marlin | France | PokerStars sponsored player | 64.900 |
| Daniel Smith | Monaco | 64.600 | |
| Salim Boukrouma | Algeria | 64.300 | |
| Florian Exposito | France | PokerStars qualifier | 62.000 |
| Aurelien Soutchkov | France | 61.700 | |
| Matthieu Renoud | France | Maison du Bluff winner | 60.600 |
| Christian Campan | Romania | PokerStars qualifier | 59.000 |
| Nicolas Fraioli | France | 58.900 | |
| Ivan Netto | Brazil | PokerStars player | 57.800 |
| Tarek Riester | Germany | 57.500 | |
| Julien Perouse | France | 57.100 | |
| Olivier Ferrero | France | PokerStars qualifier | 56.500 |
| Andrea Vincenzo | Italy | 55.400 | |
| Pawel Brzeski | Poland | PokerStars qualifier | 54.600 |
| Andrew Hulme | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 54.000 |
| Olivier Demabre | France | PokerStars qualifier | 53.900 |
| Jerome Collet | France | PokerStars qualifier | 53.300 |
| Frederic Bertrand | France | 51.900 | |
| Jacques Guenni | France | 50.100 | |
| Manuel Pouilloux | France | Players Choice qualifier | 49.600 |
| Renga Kaspars | Latvia | 49.500 | |
| Erwann Pecheux | France | 49.100 | |
| Marco Loru | Italy | 48.800 | |
| Francois Munoz | France | 47.600 | |
| Jacob Amsellem | Israel | 47.500 | |
| Georgy Filippovich | Russia | PokerStars player | 47.400 |
| Mariusz Cepeniuk | France | Players Choice qualifier | 46.900 |
| Sacha Israel | France | 46.200 | |
| Sylvain Mazza | France | 45.300 | |
| Nathan Sawyers | Australia | Live Satellite winner | 44.300 |
| Paul Juergen Hoefer | Germany | PokerStars player | 43.400 |
| Stephane Gard | France | PokerStars qualifier | 43.100 |
| Aroldo Fioroni | Switzerland | PokerStars qualifier | 40.900 |
| Michael Wehner | Germany | PokerStars player | 40.500 |
| Elliot Smith | Canada | PokerStars player | 40.100 |
| Clement Genon-Catalot | France | 40.000 | |
| Imed Ben Mahmoud | Tunisia | 40.000 | |
| Francesco Cirianni | Italy | 39.400 | |
| Andrey Lobzhanidze | Russia | PokerStars player | 38.600 |
| Vallo Maidla | Estonia | 38.000 | |
| Nicky Katz | UK | 36.600 | |
| Gabriel Nassif | France | PokerStars.fr Team Online | 36.400 |
| Paul-Francois Tedeschi | France | PokerStars qualifier | 36.000 |
| Valerie Lelouche | France | 36.000 | |
| David Bielsa | France | PokerStars qualifier | 35.700 |
| Mickey Petersen | Denmark | PokerStars Team Online | 35.300 |
| Pierre Antona | France | 34.400 | |
| Ben Spraggons | UK | PokerStars qualifier | 34.200 |
| Bryan Hairabedian | France | 33.800 | |
| Jean Koja | France | PokerStars qualifier | 32.800 |
| Mickael Tribert | France | PokerStars qualifier | 31.500 |
| Shahriar Soltaninassab | Belgium | 31.300 | |
| Guy Felder | France | PokerStars qualifier | 29.300 |
| Gregory Bultel | France | 28.900 | |
| Younas Rønhoff Yousaf | Denmark | PokerStars qualifier | 27.800 |
| Mikael Haddad | France | 27.400 | |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | PokerStars qualifier | 26.400 |
| Florian Ribouchon | France | 26.200 | |
| Laurent Herault | France | PokerStars qualifier | 24.200 |
| Mikhail Kolobov | Russia | 23.000 | |
| Denis Chiginev | Russia | 21.600 | |
| Nicolas Mornar | Monaco | PokerStars qualifier | 21.300 |
| Rene Fabron | France | 21.300 | |
| Audrey Petit-Jean | France | PokerStars sponsored player | 20.400 |
| Michael Tavlioglu | France | PokerStars qualifier | 19.600 |
| Rumen Nanev | Bulgaria | PokerStars player | 18.600 |
| Paul Testud | France | PokerStars qualifier | 18.400 |
| Mikolaj Zawadzki | Poland | PokerStars qualifier | 18.100 |
| Philippe Zunino | Monaco | 17.000 | |
| Yohan Casagrande | France | PokerStars qualifier | 15.700 |
| Andrejs Perederejevs | Latvia | 15.400 | |
| Pascal Vullion | France | PokerStars qualifier | 15.300 |
| Fabien Solinot | France | Players Choice qualifier | 14.800 |
| Gregory Luttke | France | Live Satellite winner | 14.800 |
| Jean Claude Espallargas | France | 13.800 | |
| Laurent Villard | France | PokerStars qualifier | 13.100 |
| Julien Oriol | France | PokerStars qualifier | 12.900 |
| Thibaud Guenegou | France | 12.600 |