Halbzeit bei der European Poker Tour Paris: Im vom Club Barrière Paris betreuten Palais des Congrès sind sechs von insgesamt zwölf Turniertagen gespielt. Während das prestigeträchtige €5.300 Main Event gerade erst Fahrt aufnimmt, hat eines der High Roller Events sein Finale erreicht.
€2.700 PokerStars Open High Roller: Schemion im Finale
Im €2.700 PokerStars Open High Roller kamen 750 Spieler zusammen, dazu wurden 412 Re-Entries gezogen. Damit wuchs der Preispool auf stattliche €2.788.800 an. Ein Feld dieser Größenordnung bringt naturgemäß Qualität an die Tische – und entsprechend prominent besetzt war auch die Geldränge-Liste.
Aus deutscher Sicht sorgte zunächst Tobias Schwecht für Schlagzeilen, der als Chipleader in Tag 2 gestartet war. Sein Lauf endete jedoch auf Rang 35, wofür er €9.560 erhielt.
Deutlich weiter schaffte es Ole Schemion. Der deutsche Dauer-Crusher überstand Tag 2 und sitzt nun am Finaltisch. Mit 5.325.000 Chips geht er von Seat 8 aus als Vierter in die Entscheidung. Der Abstand zur Spitze ist überschaubar: Chipleader Kasperi Ilkka aus Finnland bringt 5.800.000 Chips mit an den Tisch. Auch Diogo Sao Pedro Duarte (5.700.000) und Mathew Frankland (5.375.000) liegen nur knapp vor Schemion.
| Name | Country | Chips | Seat |
| Kasperi Ilkka | Finland | 5800000 | 5 |
| Diogo Sao Pedro Duarte | Portugal | 5700000 | 3 |
| Mathew Frankland | United Kingdom | 5375000 | 9 |
| Ole Schemion | Germany | 5325000 | 8 |
| Igor Picone | Belgium | 3550000 | 4 |
| Timur Margolin | Israel | 3475000 | 2 |
| Virgile Turchi | France | 3425000 | 7 |
| Ankit Ahuja | India | 1525000 | 1 |
| Ladislao Dalfo Batlle | Spain | 750000 | 6 |
Fast eine halbe Million für den Sieger
Für den Gewinner des High Rollers liegen €476.280 bereit. Auch die weiteren Sprünge sind erheblich: €297.480 für Platz zwei, €212.440 für Rang drei und €163.400 für Platz vier. Selbst Platz neun ist noch mit €43.760 dotiert.
Hier die bisherigen und noch ausstehenden Payouts:
| POS | NAME | COUNTRY | STATUS | PRIZE |
| 1 | €476,280 | |||
| 2 | €297,480 | |||
| 3 | €212,440 | |||
| 4 | €163,400 | |||
| 5 | €125,660 | |||
| 6 | €96,680 | |||
| 7 | €74,360 | |||
| 8 | €57,240 | |||
| 9 | €43,760 | |||
| 10 | Mitchell Johnson | United Kingdom | €33,660 | |
| 11 | Julien Sitbon | France | €33,660 | |
| 12 | Juan Pardo | Spain | €28,060 | |
| 13 | Valentino Konakchiev | Bulgaria | €28,060 | |
| 14 | Angelina Rich | USA | €23,380 | |
| 15 | Jonathan Wahnich | France | €23,380 | |
| 16 | Ludovic Uzan | France | €19,460 | |
| 17 | Pavlos Xanthopoulos | Greece | €19,460 | |
| 18 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | €16,700 | |
| 19 | Bastien Vial | France | €16,700 | |
| 20 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | €16,700 | |
| 21 | Basile Guidetti | Switzerland | €14,520 | |
| 22 | Vitalijs Korhs | Latvia | €14,520 | |
| 23 | Alessandro Sarro | Italy | €14,520 | |
| 24 | Paulo Villena Gini | Brazil | €12,640 | |
| 25 | Ricardo Alves De Sousa | Portugal | €12,640 | |
| 26 | Joseph Bruscella | Italy | €12,640 | |
| 27 | Henri Kasper | Estonia | €12,640 | |
| 28 | Simone Andrian | Italy | €10,980 | |
| 29 | Caglar Bayindir | Turkey | €10,980 | |
| 30 | Alexandro Tricarico | Belgium | €10,980 | |
| 31 | Chady El Ojeil | Lebanon | €10,980 | |
| 32 | Miroslav Alilovic | France | €9,560 | |
| 33 | Stefan-Sebastian Ionita | Romania | €9,560 | |
| 34 | Walid Kebir | Algeria | €9,560 | |
| 35 | Tobias Schwecht | Austria | €9,560 | |
| 36 | Simeon Naydenov | Bulgaria | €9,560 | |
| 37 | Alan Goasdoue | France | €9,560 | |
| 38 | Mehdy El Fki | Tunisia | €9,560 | |
| 39 | Miguel Gomes Silva | Portugal | €9,560 | |
| 40 | Arnaldo Barbosa Leal | Portugal | €8,320 | |
| 41 | Yohan Rascar | France | €8,320 | |
| 42 | Chris Balmforth | United Kingdom | €8,320 | |
| 43 | Atilla Saracoglu | Turkey | €8,320 | |
| 44 | Andrei-Sorin Spataru | Romania | €8,320 | |
| 45 | Kevin Naegelen | France | €8,320 | |
| 46 | Andrea Ribeiro Quadros | Brazil | €8,320 | |
| 47 | Julio Serrao Alves | Portugal | €8,320 | |
| 48 | Afonso Salcedo Da Costa Guimaraes | Portugal | €8,320 | |
| 49 | Alban Juen | France | €8,320 | |
| 50 | Yann Jolissaint | Switzerland | €8,320 | |
| 51 | Daniele Cuomo | Italy | €8,320 | |
| 52 | Traian-Costin Stanciu | Romania | €8,320 | |
| 53 | Dylan Wagner | France | €8,320 | |
| 54 | Soenke Jahn | Germany | €8,320 | |
| 55 | Joao Tomas | Portugal | €8,320 | |
| 56 | Ruben Lopes | Portugal | €7,220 | |
| 57 | Anton Bergstrom | Sweden | €7,220 | |
| 58 | Antoine Saout | France | €7,220 | |
| 59 | Siegfried Friedl | Austria | €7,220 | |
| 60 | Julien Henzi | Switzerland | €7,220 | |
| 61 | Arthur Emig | France | €7,220 | |
| 62 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | €7,220 | |
| 63 | Sergiy Dudka | Ukraine | €7,220 | |
| 64 | Luis Pinho De Faria | Portugal | €7,220 | |
| 65 | Michel Leibgorin | France | €7,220 | |
| 66 | Laurent Azout | France | €7,220 | |
| 67 | Hipolito Carapeta | Portugal | €7,220 | |
| 68 | Matteo Cecchetti | Italy | €7,220 | |
| 69 | Mario Trattou | United Kingdom | €7,220 | |
| 70 | Dimitrios Anastasakis | Greece | €7,220 | |
| 71 | Frederik Egholm Reinert | Denmark | €7,220 | |
| 72 | Sardor Shagulyamov | Switzerland | €6,280 | |
| 73 | Pablo Beltran | Spain | €6,280 | |
| 74 | Ran Shahar | Israel | €6,280 | |
| 75 | Justin Saliba | USA | €6,280 | |
| 76 | Remi Derossi | France | €6,280 | |
| 77 | Maher Achour | Tunisia | €6,280 | |
| 78 | Maroun Jazzar | Lebanon | €6,280 | |
| 79 | Philippe Souki | United Kingdom | €6,280 | |
| 80 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | €6,280 | |
| 81 | Alexander Ivarsson | Sweden | €6,280 | |
| 82 | Nicolaas Wolters | Netherlands | €6,280 | |
| 83 | Diogo Machado | Portugal | €6,280 | |
| 84 | Andrei Konopelko | Belarus | €6,280 | |
| 85 | Konstantyn Holskyi | Ukraine | €6,280 | |
| 86 | Mihai Tabac | Romania | €6,280 | |
| 87 | Samir Moukawem | Canada | €6,280 | |
| 88 | Tarmo Tammel | Estonia | €6,280 | |
| 89 | Jorge Carvalho Abreu | Portugal | €6,280 | |
| 90 | Alejandro Pose | Spain | €6,280 | |
| 91 | Viktor Jensen | Sweden | €6,280 | |
| 92 | Victor Caballero Pinna | Spain | €6,280 | |
| 93 | Hugo Corbel | France | €6,280 | |
| 94 | Nicolas Julien | France | €6,280 | |
| 95 | Brandon Harris | USA | €6,280 | |
| 96 | Mauro Vaccaro | Italy | €5,460 | |
| 97 | Dario Sorrenti | Italy | €5,460 | |
| 98 | Loris Corbelli | Switzerland | €5,460 | |
| 99 | Jakub Michalak | Poland | €5,460 | |
| 100 | Joey Weissman | USA | €5,460 | |
| 101 | Jamie Flynn | Ireland | €5,460 | |
| 102 | Roberto Corbelli | Switzerland | €5,460 | |
| 103 | Christophe Morbee | Belgium | €5,460 | |
| 104 | Eric Joss | Switzerland | €5,460 | |
| 105 | David Wintersberger | Germany | €5,460 | |
| 106 | Gerard Rubiralta | Spain | €5,460 | |
| 107 | Charles Assous | France | €5,460 | |
| 108 | Timothy Chung | United Kingdom | €5,460 | |
| 109 | Michal Hanzik | Czech Republic | €5,460 | |
| 110 | Alexandre Fournier | Canada | €5,460 | |
| 111 | Claude Mamalepot | Gabon | €5,460 | |
| 112 | Siarhei Sochneu | Belarus | €5,460 | |
| 113 | Alexander Zubov | Russia | €5,460 | |
| 114 | Marek Holer | Czech Republic | €5,460 | |
| 115 | Arthur Gouriten | France | €5,460 | |
| 116 | Juan Baraza | Spain | €5,460 | |
| 117 | Yulian Bogdanov | Bulgaria | €5,460 | |
| 118 | Patrick Faraut | France | €5,460 | |
| 119 | Richard Geyer | USA | €5,460 | |
| 120 | Oleh Pritsak | Ukraine | €4,740 | |
| 121 | Mathieu His | France | €4,740 | |
| 122 | Mike Watson | Canada | €4,740 | |
| 123 | Martin Stausholm | Denmark | €4,740 | |
| 124 | Kazuhiko Yotsushika | Japan | €4,740 | |
| 125 | Adil Tlimisov | Russia | €4,740 | |
| 126 | Arthur Thiriart | Belgium | €4,740 | |
| 127 | Luca Bernardi | Italy | €4,740 | |
| 128 | Julien Bolimowski | France | €4,740 | |
| 129 | Bernardno Baptista Das Neves | Portugal | €4,740 | |
| 130 | Gal Bar | Israel | €4,740 | |
| 131 | Luigi D’Alterio | Italy | €4,740 | |
| 132 | Theo Jorgensen | Denmark | €4,740 | |
| 133 | Tomasz Brzezinski | Poland | €4,740 | |
| 134 | Gediminas Uselis | Lithuania | €4,740 | |
| 135 | Fernando Del Campo | Mexico | €4,740 | |
| 136 | Lucas Blanco Oliver | Spain | €4,740 | |
| 137 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | €4,740 | |
| 138 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | €4,740 | |
| 139 | Mats Ullereng | Norway | €4,740 | |
| 140 | Santiago Plante | Canada | €4,740 | |
| 141 | Anze Smajd | Slovenia | €4,740 | |
| 142 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | €4,740 | |
| 143 | Vladimir Andjelic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | €4,740 | |
| 144 | Vincenzo Recchimurzo Bertocchi | Italy | €4,120 | |
| 145 | Peter Jaksland | Denmark | €4,120 | |
| 146 | Milad Sheva | Germany | €4,120 | |
| 147 | Nariman Yaghmai | Iran | €4,120 | |
| 148 | Jack Hardcastle | United Kingdom | €4,120 | |
| 149 | Nils Pudel | Germany | €4,120 | |
| 150 | Ricardo Capela | Portugal | €4,120 | |
| 151 | Vidar Furu Oie | Norway | €4,120 | |
| 152 | Atanas Pavlov | Bulgaria | €4,120 | |
| 153 | Roman Isaienko | Ukraine | €4,120 | |
| 154 | Luca Guglielmoni | Italy | €4,120 | |
| 155 | Gabi Livshitz | Israel | €4,120 | |
| 156 | Juho Suutari | Finland | €4,120 | |
| 157 | Ugo Faggioli | France | €4,120 | |
| 158 | Tomas Paiva | Portugal | €4,120 | |
| 159 | Alexis Lucarini | France | €4,120 | |
| 160 | Rostyslav Sabishchenko | Ukraine | €4,120 | |
| 161 | Antonio Asaro | Italy | €4,120 | |
| 162 | Philipp Hofbauer | Austria | €4,120 | |
| 163 | Koichi Aiba | Japan | €4,120 | |
| 164 | Thierry Luksenberg | France | €4,120 | |
| 165 | Pasi Laihinen | Finland | €4,120 | |
| 166 | Hugues Girard | France | €4,120 | |
| 167 | Stan Jablonski | USA | €4,120 | |
| 168 | Sotirios Patsarouchas | Greece | €4,120 | |
| 169 | Antonin Hays | France | €4,120 | |
| 170 | Josep Ruiz Mercade | Spain | €4,120 | |
| 171 | Malcolm Franchi | France | €4,120 | |
| 172 | Johannes Verhagen | Netherlands | €4,120 | |
| 173 | Rony Halimi | France | €4,120 |
Nach zuletzt mit Prag, Campione und Paris mit drei europäischen Stopps, ziehen die Pokerstars Open jetzt in die USA nach Philadelphia, bevor es ab dem 27. Mai in Namur, in Europa weitergeht.
