EPT Paris: Latinos Start Strong After Day 1A Of The Main Event – CodigoPoker

EPT Paris: Latinos Start Strong After Day 1A Of The Main Event - CodigoPoker
EPT Paris: Latinos going strong after Day 1A of the Main Event

Day 1A of the EPT Paris 2026 Main Event is now history and left significant numbers in the circuit’s return to the French capital. The €5.300 tournament gathered 573 entries at the Palais des Congrès, falling just a few registrations short of the festival record. With the remaining flights and Day 2 yet to be played, the prize pool already amounts to €3.470.400, confirming that the event is once again one of the strongest on the European calendar.

After ten levels of play, 180 players managed to survive, with Frenchman Thomas Cazayous

France
leading the count with 385.000 chips. The local closed a brilliant night after soaring in the final levels and will start Day 2 with more than 250 big blinds. He is followed by Eduard Litskan
Ukraine
(315.000) and Yaman Nakdali
Spain
 (295.000), in a high table dominated by experienced names from the circuit.

EPT Paris: Latinos Start Strong After Day 1A Of The Main Event - CodigoPoker

Thomas Cazayous Is The Day 1A Leader.

But the Latino focus also took center stage. Eleven players from the region advanced to Day 2, with several competitive stacks and room to dream of a deep run.

The best-placed was the Brazilian Carlos Rocha

Brazil
, who bagged 244.000 chips and made it into the Top 10 of Day 1A. Also standing out were his compatriots Lucas Scafini
Brazil
(208.000), Giovani Gouveia
Brazil
(171.500) and Felipe Tavares
Brazil
(131.500), consolidating the strong Brazilian presence in the tournament.

Venezuelan Raif El Arigie

Venezuela
 closed with 172.000 points, while Argentine Luis Sequeira
Argentina
advanced with 133.000, keeping the Albiceleste in the race. Completing the Latino list are Rolando Carrera
Cuba
(89.500), Carlos Ribeiro
Brazil
(86.000), Gustavo Morales
Argentina
(82.000), Gustavo Silva
Brazil
(78.000) and Leocir Carneiro
Brazil
(46.500).

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