€1,000 Main Event Day 1cd | 2025 WSOP-C Aix-en-Provence

04-19-2025 10:30 UTC+1

Day 1c of the WSOP Circuit Aix-en-Provence Main Event Starts at 12:30 P.M.

Maxime Taldir

Where will the counter stop? After the first two starting flights of the €1,000 World Series of Poker Circuit Aix-en-Provence Main Event, a total of 715 entries have been recorded — including 393 on yesterday’s Day 1b alone. But with today’s double feature of Day 1c and the turbo-format Day 1d at Pasino Grand, that number is expected to almost double.

Among the 98 players who qualified for Day 2 through Day 1b, it was the 2023 WSOP Europe champion Max Neugebauer who bagged the biggest stack with 688,000 chips after an impressive comeback. He was followed by Mercedes Osti (525,000), while Azzedine Zouitene secured the third spot with 488,000.

Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Max Neugebauer	Austria	688,000	172
2	Mercedes Osti	France	525,000	131
3	Azzedine Zouitene	France	488,000	122
4	Hugo De La Fouchardiere	France	478,000	120
5	Jean-Christophe Deville	France	389,000	97
6	Yassine Roudine	France	383,000	96
7	Abel Pruchon	France	373,000	93
8	Benjamin Touati	France	360,000	90
9	Kamal Jbirane	France	350,000	88
10	Adrien Ryvol	France	346,000	87

Notable players like Miroslav Alilovic (302,000), Luca Moschitta (287,000), Lucia Navarro (276,000), Cécile Ticherfatine (270,000), Hugues Girard (243,000), Jérémie Zouari (216,000), Nicolas Vayssieres (107,000), Sonny Franco (101,000), Aurélie Reard (88,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Thibault Perissat (69,000) also secured their spot for Day 2. They’ll be joined by those who manage to bag chips at the end of today’s flights.

Day 1c is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. local time with 45-minute levels and will conclude once only 25% of the field remains. It will be followed at 8:00 p.m. by Day 1d Turbo, the final starting flight of the tournament, which will feature 20-minute levels.

As with previous flights, players who have not yet entered the tournament can register and re-enter their first flight. However, those who have already played one or more flights will be allowed just one bullet per remaining flight.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of all the Main Event here in Aix-en-Provence!

Tags: Abel Pruchon Adrien Ryvol Aurélie Reard Azzedine Zouitene Cécile Ticherfatine Hugues Girard Jean-Christophe Deville Jérémie Zouari Kamal Jbirane Luca Moschitta Lucia Navarro Max Neugebauer Mercedes Osti Miroslav Alilovic Nicolas Vayssieres Sonny Franco Thibault Perissat Yassine Roudine

04-19-2025 14:22 UTC+1

Alexandre Reard Winner of the €2,000 WSOP Circuit High Roller

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Before the restart, a ceremony was held to award Alexandre Reard his WSOP Circuit ring following his victory in the €2,000 WSOP-C High Roller event yesterday.

The two-time WSOP bracelet winner added a fifth WSOP Circuit ring to his impressive résumé after defeating a 168-entry field to claim the €65,000 top prize. Volga Uyanik finished runner-up for €45,004, while Virgile Turchi, who led most of the final table, had to settle for third place and €32,700.

€2,000 WSOP Circuit Aix-en-Provence High Roller Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Alexandre Reard	France	€65,000
2	Volga Uyanik	France	€45,004
3	Virgile Turchi	France	€32,700
4	Kamel Atoui	France	€24,100
5	Samy Khaled	France	€18,000
6	Zhao Cheng	China	€13,700
7	Maxime Ryvol	France	€10,700
8	Matiss Celmins	Latvia	€8,600
9	Sonny Franco	France	€7,100

Tags: Alexandre Reard Kamel Atoui Matiss Celmins Maxime Ryvol Samy Khaled Sonny Franco Virgile Turchi Volga Uyanik Zhao Cheng

04-19-2025 20:30 UTC+1

Surinach Saved by the River

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Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jérémy Surinach in middle position found himself at risk for 22,000 against the small blind.

Jérémy Surinach: K♣Q♦ All in
Small blind: A♣K♥

Surinach stood up when he discovered a flop of J♦9♦4♦, but he was lucky enough to hit a flush on the 2♦6♦ runout to secure a double up.

"So lucky," joked Remi Derossi at the table. "You learned me everything," Surinach answered while taking his chips back.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jérémy Surinach	48,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Jérémy Surinach Remi Derossi

04-19-2025 20:44 UTC+1

Najchaus Eliminates her Neighbor

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Maxime Taldir

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Alexane Najchaus on the button jammed for 37,500 and faced the player to her left who moved all-in as well from the small blind for 23,000.

Small blind: K♦Q♣ All in
Alexane Najchaus: A♦8♣

The dealer fanned a board of 9♠4♣9♣10♣8♠ which gave two pair to Najchaus, who eliminated her opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexane Najchaus	65,000 34,500	34,500

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04-19-2025 22:15 UTC+1

551 Entries on Day 1c

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Maxime Taldir

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,000 ante

Late registration closed after the last break on Day 1c of the €1,000 WSOP Circuit Main Event, with a total of 551 entries recorded for this third flight. This brings the overall field up to 1,266 entrants, and with the entries already coming in for Day 1d Turbo, the 1,400-entry mark has already been surpassed.

Day 1c will wrap up once 25% of the field remains—138 players will qualify for Day 2 from this flight.

04-20-2025 00:15 UTC+1

No Day 2 for Ailloud-Zoccali

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

One elimination away from the end of the day, Victoria Ailloud-Zoccali under the gun found herself at risk preflop agains Antoine Bernard in the cutoff.

Antoine Bernard: A♣K♥ All in
Victoria Ailloud-Zoccali: JxJx

Ailloud-Zoccali saw Bernard hit a runner-runner flush on Q♠Q♣7♣6♣2♣ to double up. Down to 2,500 after this hand, Ailloud-Zoccali was forced all-in in the big blind and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Bernard	247,000 247,000	247,000
Victoria Ailloud-Zoccali	Busted

04-20-2025 01:59 UTC+1

Adel Naoun Leads Day 1c; 1,433 Entries Overall

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After the 715 entries recorded on the first two flights of the €1,000 WSOP Circuit Aix-en-Provence Main Event, the Pasino Grand and Texapoker expected to double this number with Day 1c and Day 1d Turbo. That’s almost exactly what happened with a total number of 1,433 entries overall in this 2025 edition. It is almost 400 more runners than last year’s 1,056 entries, and it brings the total prize pool to €1,238,112, way over the million euros guarantee.

To complete the list of players who found their seats for Day 2, 137 players out of 551 qualified through Day 1c. They are led by Adel Naoun with 472,000 chips and a group of nine players over 400,000 chips like Hugo Heiter (465,000), Farid Diaf (455,000), Brian Paccaud (437,000) or Jonathan Khalifa (436,000).

“Oh, I have more than you,” Sofiane Drissi said at the end of the day to Matthieu Mary when he realized that with 430,000 chips, he had only 1,000 chips more than his neighbor at the table. Mary, by the way, was one of the big stacks at least since dinner break, after he won a big pot with a full house against a flush.

Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Adel Naoun	France	472,000	118
2	Hugo Heiter	France	465,000	116
3	Farid Diaf	France	455,000	114
4	Brian Paccaud	France	437,000	109
5	Jonathan Khalifa	France	436,000	109
6	Sofiane Drissi	France	430,000	108
7	Matthieu Mary	France	429,000	107
8	Matthias Delbano	France	420,000	105
9	Vincent Miranda	France	409,000	102
10	Johan Martinet	France	398,000	100

Giuseppe Zarbo (395,000) qualified for Day 2 today, as did Belgium’s Damien Hupé (310,000), local players Julien Mariani (305,000) and Jérémy Palvini (301,000), or Bruno Fitoussi (297,000). Winamax Team Pros Julien Sitbon (315,000) and Romain Lewis (175,000) also made their way to the next step, along with former teammate Gaelle Baumann (170,000) and Erwann Pecheux (267,000).

The field will also be quite international, with notable players like Farid Jattin, who bagged 168,000 chips, Lorenzo Arduini (151,000), and Jan Schwippert, whose 88,000-chip stack is just over the starting stack.

Finally, 42 players out of 167 entrants waited for Day 1d Turbo — the fourth and final flight of the tournament — to build a stack. Most of them, like Heni Mokni (285,000), WSOP-C High Roller runner-up Volga Uyanik (270,000) or Pierre Merlin (215,000), bagged more or less the average stack. But Alban Beysson did twice as well, ending the day as the chip leader with 558,000 chips.

WPO Bratislava champion Aliosha Staes (171,000) was saved by this ultimate flight after an unsuccessful attempt on Day 1c as well. The same goes for EPT champion Nicolas Dumont (123,000), and for Safwane Bahri, who returns with a very short stack of 34,000.

A total of 356 players will return tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time for Day 2 of the WSOP Circuit Aix-en-Provence Main Event. However, not all of them will make it to the money. Play will resume with 31 minutes remaining in Level 14, featuring blinds of 2,000/4,000 and a 4,000 big blind ante, and the complete prize pool will be announced at the start of the day.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as the chips continue to fly here in Aix-en-Provence!

Tags: Adel Naoun Alban Beysson Aliosha Staes Bruno Fitoussi Damien Hupé Erwann Pecheux Farid Diaf Farid Jattin Gaelle Baumann Giuseppe Zarbo Heni Mokni Hugo Heiter Jan Schwippert Jérémy Palvini Johan Martinet Jonathan Khalifa Julien Mariani Julien Sitbon Lorenzo Arduini Matthias Delbano Matthieu Mary Nicolas Dumont Romain Lewis Safwane Bahri Sofiane Drissi Vincent Miranda Volga Uyanik