EPT Paris: Grieco the best of the first 14 Italians qualified in the Main, bitterness for Hu in the PS Open

A nonetheless great Lulei Hu finished in third place in the PokerStars Open Main Event, after having flirted with victory for a long time. Meanwhile, the EPT Paris 2026 Main Event has started and, among the 14 Italians qualified in Day 1A, there are several well-known names.

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EPT Paris 2026: Main Event started with 573 entries and 14 qualified Italians

Day 6 of EPT Paris 2026 was the debut of the Main Event. The tournament, always with the classic 5.300€ buy-in, welcomed 573 players to the rooms of the Palais des Congrès, who tried their hand – as scheduled – over the first 10 levels of the tournament. In the end, 180 remained, including this top 10 where the name of Adrian State, a Romanian professional and winner of the PokerStars Open Campione 2025, stands out. In the lead, as you can see, is clearly the Frenchman Cazayous:

The Italians qualified from Day 1A

Although without finding a place in the top 10, the Italian players had their say in this Day 1A, with 14 of ours making it through. Here are the details, with Nik Grieco as the leader in a tournament that the Apulian particularly loves. In the mix, among others, are also Colavita and Cappiello, while Enrico Camosci and Mustapha Kanit will surely try again today in Day 1B.

PokerStars Open Main Event: Hu stumbles at the finish line, Demus wins

We believed in it, and a lot, let’s be clear. At the final table of the 1.650€ PokerStars Open, Lulei Hu started second in chips among the six qualifiers and, at one point, had about 50% of the chips in play when four were left. However, the long 4-handed phase unfortunately proved fatal, as it lasted about 4 and a half hours during which the hierarchies were overturned and the naturalized Italian Chinese lost practically all the decisive hands, eventually exiting in third. The victory went to the Hungarian Demus over the Frenchman Nicolas. This is the final table:

PokerStars Open Super High Roller: Italians KO, today the final table with Schemion

Little luck for the Italians in the decisive phases, also regarding the 2.700€ PokerStars Open High Roller, which determined the qualifiers for today’s final table and, unfortunately, among the magnificent nine there are none of ours. Here is the final table line-up:

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The best of ours was Alessandro Sarro, 23rd for 14.520€, slightly better than Joseph Bruscella who stopped in twenty-sixth place for 12.640€ and Simone Andrian, 28th for 10.980€.

EPT Paris, Super High Roller: Ladva dominance, Camosci out of the picture

Finally, the most expensive tournament of this EPT Paris concluded: the 100.000€ Super High Roller. Enrico Camosci started last in chips and the miracle did not happen for him, in a Day 2/final day that saw 5 other players register at the last minute, for a final field of 24 entrants and a payout with four paid places. In the end, the Estonian Ladva won, truly among the hottest names in the high rollers club in recent months, over the always solid Thai Punsri:

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