The tournament director just announced the payouts for the €1,200 WSOP-C Paris Main Event.
The 1,056 entrants generated a total prize pool of €1,064,448. There will be 151 places in the money, and the winner of this main event will take home the first-place prize of €150,000 and a prestigious WSOP-C ring.
A player opened to 9,000 from early position and was met with a three-bet to 27,000 by Clement Delacroix in the next seat.
Action folded to Alexandru Lupuleac on the button, who cold four-bet jammed for around 165,000. The opener got out of the way and Delacroix quickly flicked in a calling chip for the rest of his chips, totaling 120,000, to put himself at risk.
Clement Delacroix: Q♥Q♦
Alexandru Lupuleac: J♠J♦
Delacroix was in great shape for a double-up with his overpair, and nothing altered on the 3♠5♣2♥10♠7♦ runout, sending him a double-up and leaving Lupuleac in the danger zone on ten big blinds.
Around 23,000 was in the middle on a flop of K♦6♥Q♥ in a hand between Daniel Veloson and Yoann Piau, who had position.
Veloson checked and Piau slid out a bet of 27,500. Veloson considered the spot before reaching for chips and producing a check-raise to 135,000. Piau thought it through for a moment before moving all in for around 214,000 and Veloson made the quick call. Piau slightly covered his opponent.
Daniel Veloson: A♣A♥
Yoann Piau: K♥Q♦
Veloson's pocket rockets were behind Piau's flopped top two pair, and the 3♣ turn and 9♦ river did not provide Veloson with the help he needed to reverse the picture, sending him to the exit.
Piau exclaimed "Yes!" and rapped the table in celebration as the river hit to send him a big pot.
Around 45,000 was in the middle on a completed board of Q♦5♣7♥J♥6♦. Birger Larsen was all-in for 116,500 and at risk versus Matthieu Hollaender.
Larsen turned over Q♠J♣ for the turned top two pair, which had usurped Hollaender's flopped top two pair with Q♣7♣ in a cooler, sending Larsen a chunky pot.
Traian Stanciu opened to 6,000 from early position and was faced with a three-bet to 14,000 by Fabrice Bigot in the next seat. Action folded to Mahmoud Ait Benour, who spent around two minutes pondering his options and counting his chips before announcing he was all-in for around 120,000.
Stanciu got out of the way but Bigot made the quick call, with Bigot at risk.
Fabrice Bigot: Q♦Q♣
Mahmoud Ait Benour: A♥K♦
Bigot was ahead in the classic race, and no help arrived for Benour on the 10♦9♣5♥9♦J♥ runout, sending Bigot a timely double-up.
Action folded to David Salman in the small blind, who raised to 12,000. Frederic Delval made the call in the big blind.
On the 8♠3♥7♠ flop, Salman fired out a bet of 20,000, with Delval quickly calling.
The 4♥ rolled off on the turn and Salman wasted no time in shipping the rest of his chips into the middle, around 70,000. Delval made an equally quick call with the covering stack.
David Salman: J♠7♣
Frederic Delval: 4♣4♠
Salman was drawing dead with his pair of sevens after Delval had turned a set of fours, and the 2♦ completed the board, sending a nice pot to Delval.
Ludovic Periaux opened to 4,000 under the gun and received calls from Samuel Fournier, who has already collected a trophy this week, and Philippe Merckx, both in middle position.
On the 7♦Q♠4♥ flop, Periaux continued with a bet of 4,000, which only Fournier called.
The A♣ turn slowed down the action and was checked by both players.
The 6♥ river completed the board and Periaux again checked. Fournier thought his next move over before firing out an overbet of 36,000, leading to a prompt fold from Periaux.
Adrien Amorella opened to 4,000 under the gun and was met with a three-bet to 10,000 by Gregory Fournier in middle position. Action folded back to Amorella who called.
On the 7♦4♣3♠ flop, Amorella checked to his opponent, who fired out a bet of 6,000. Amorella swiftly check-raised an amount to put Fournier all-in, and he quickly called to put himself at risk.
Gregory Fournier: Q♦Q♠
Adrien Amorella: 5♥5♣
Fournier was in good shape with his overpair queens, although had some outs to fade with Amorella holding a gutshot draw with his pair of fives.
However the 8♠ turn and 3♣ river were bricks and Fournier scooped the double-up.
Jean Sarfati opened to 4,500 under the gun and was faced with a three-bet to 12,000 by Victor Dubrulle in middle position. Action folded back to Sarfati, who called.
On the 10♥10♠7♠ flop, Sarfati led out with a bet of 12,000. Dubrulle took quite some time to consider his options, before reaching for chips and producing a raise to 25,000.
Sarfati went into the tank but ultimately released his hand. Dubrulle seemed to think about showing his hand, but thought better of it and sent his cards to the dealer, who sent him the pot.
After ten levels played on all four flights, it's time for Day 2 of the €1,200 WSOP Circuit Paris Main Event, here at the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris. A total of 950 entrants have been recorded so far, with 349 players successfully qualifying for Day 2.
Out of these players, France's Sabare Atmani bagged the overall chip lead with 585,000, which is fifty big blinds more than Mohamed Aissani, who is second in chips with 535,000. Paul Runcan (423,500) also reached the Top 10, as well as WSOP bracelet winner and Day 1b chip leader Tobias Peters (349,000).
€1,200 WSOP Circuit Paris Main Event Day 1s Top 10
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Sabare Atmani
France
585,000
293
2
Mohamed Aissani
France
485,000
243
3
Paul Runcan
Romania
423,500
212
4
Guillaume Walch
France
419,500
210
5
Vincent Montes
France
393,500
197
6
David Hu
Netherlands
357,000
179
7
Tobias Peters
Netherlands
349,500
175
8
Sidi Tourad
France
343,000
172
9
Kostynian Kostiantyn
France
340,500
170
In the chase for his eighth WSOP-C ring, Sonny Franco will be back on Day 2 with 281,000 chips and 100 big blinds, as well as Kuljinder Sidhu (218,000), Frédéric Delval (205,500), and Mathieu Di Meglio (200,000). EPT champion Nicolas Dumont bagged 184,000 chips after his Day 1, and he is followed by Louis Linard (168,000), €550 WSOP-C Paris Cup winner Samuel Fournier (166,000), Omar Lakhdari (163,000), and Mourad Amokrane (147,500).
Kalidou Sow also qualified for Day 2 with 131,000 chips and an average stack, as did Laurent Polito (129,000), Fabrice Bigot (126,000), Jerome Sgorrano (120,500), and Danut Chisu (120,000).
Finally, players like Antonin Teisseire (106,500), Miroslav Alilovic (100,500), Alexandre Reard (76,000), Tommy Nguyen (75,000), Pierre Merlin (63,500), his friend Gregory Fournier (60,500), Fabio Peluso (53,500), Thomas Santerne (41,000), and Arnaud Enselme (40,000) have shortest stacks. However, if they are eliminated in the first two levels of the day, they still have a chance to re-enter as late registration closes at the end of Level 12.
Antonin Teisseire
Day 2 resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 60-minute long, and full details of the prize pool and payouts will be confirmed once late registration has closed.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage, as we start to progress towards the business end of the tournament.
