€1,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 WSOP-C Aix-en-Provence

04-20-2025 19:55 UTC+1

Jean Runs Into a Flush

Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Francois-Regis Jean shoved for 91,000 from the hijack. Hafid Blal in the cutoff called, as well as Koffi Eklu in the big blind.

Both Eklu and Blal checked a board of 10♣A♥8♦4♣, but on the 6♣ river, Blal decided to bet. He almost didn't have the time to move his chips forward that Eklu folded.

Francois-Regis Jean: A♦3♠ All in
Hafid Blal: K♣Q♣

Blal hit a flush on the river and eliminated Jean.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hafid Blal	1,270,000
Francois-Regis Jean	Busted

Tags: Jean Runs Into Hafid Blal

04-20-2025 19:44 UTC+1

Fournier Hits a Runner-Runner Straight

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Gregory Fournier opened to 25,000 from early position. Hassan El Mahri in the big blind three-bet all-in for 223,000 and Fournier eventually made the call.

Hassan El Mahri: A♦K♠ All in
Gregory Fournier: A♠Q♦

El Mahri was on his way to double up on 2♣J♦J♥, but the K♦ turn and the 10♥ river completed a runner-runner straight for Fournier, ending El Mahri's tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grégory Fournier	1,290,000 310,000	310,000
Hassan El Mahri	Busted

Tags: Gregory Fournier Hassan El Mahri

04-20-2025 19:30 UTC+1

Lievre Doubles Through Hallay

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Axel Hallay raised from the button then called when Julien Lievre in the small blind three-bet all-in for 55,000.

Julien Lievre: A♠Q♦ All in
Axel Hallay: Q♠Q♣

After the flop of J♥8♦K♠, Lievre was lucky enough to hit a pair on the A♥6♦ runout to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Axel Hallay	850,000 300,000	300,000
Julien Lievre	134,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Axel Hallay Julien Lievre

04-20-2025 19:17 UTC+1

Keane to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Gavin Keane in the cutoff jammed for 122,000 and he was snap-called by the big blind.

Gavin Keane: A♥4♠ All in
Big blind: 10♠10♥

Keane flopped two pair on J♠J♦4♥5♠8♥, but it wasn't enough to win and he was eliminated in 168th place for €2,250.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gavin Keane	Busted

Tags: Gavin Keane

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

04-20-2025 18:17 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Diaf	1,650,000 250,000	250,000
Stefan Drusca	1,450,000 250,000	250,000
Brian Paccaud	1,350,000 290,000	290,000
Hafid Blal	1,270,000 70,000	70,000
Hugo De La Fouchardiere	1,020,000 20,000	20,000
Laurent Michot	1,020,000 757,000	757,000
Alina Paliahoshka	990,000 806,000	806,000
Miroslav Alilovic	985,000 245,000	245,000
Grégory Fournier	980,000 230,000	230,000
Koffi Eklu	970,000 390,000	390,000
Ludovic Sultan	940,000 10,000	10,000
Constantin Lali	930,000 865,000	865,000
Azzedine Zouitene	890,000 160,000	160,000
Flavius Vlasiu	850,000
Fabien Motte	800,000 520,000	520,000
Cécile Ticherfatine	800,000 530,000	530,000
Lorenzo Arduini	760,000 609,000	609,000
Kevin Bleitrach	740,000 346,000	346,000
Pierre Merlin	735,000 405,000	405,000
Sofian Benaissa	735,000 361,000	361,000
Philippe Ktorza	730,000 130,000	130,000
Hugo Heiter	725,000 105,000	105,000
Antonio Manuel Pereira	700,000 60,000	60,000
Frédéric Delval	670,000 160,000	160,000

Ollivier Tamagno	605,000 340,000	340,000

75-Minute Dinner Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Now in the money, the 177 remaining players are on a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 8:05 p.m. local time.

04-20-2025 17:40 UTC+1

First Eliminations in the Money (178th-206th, €2,050)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sichez	Busted
Kevin Ferrer	Busted
Maxime Ryvol	Busted
Ludovic Lacroux	Busted
Gregory Arnaud	Busted
Jared Louali	Busted
Benoit Grobocopatel	Busted
Florent Coye De Brunelis	Busted
Eric Masini	Busted
Louis Bertrand	Busted
Yani Benitez	Busted
Eric Maillet	Busted
Frank Blumenfeld	Busted
Achraf Boufdil	Busted
Adem Can	Busted
Florian Gazquez	Busted
Elodie Noel	Busted
Theo Givaudan	Busted
Frederic Роmа	Busted
Serge Chechin	Busted
Mickael Muselli	Busted
Guillaume Ehrohlt	Busted
Mohamed Taghla	Busted
Kamal Jbirane	Busted
Damien Combe	Busted

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04-20-2025 17:30 UTC+1

Murgia Eliminated on the Bubble

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

While William Crot was doubling up with Q♣Q♦ against Boris Progner's A♣K♥ for 128,000, Lorenzo Murgia in the big blind moved all-in for 250,000 on a flop of 10♠2♦3♦ and was called by Farid Diaf under the gun.

Lorenzo Murgia: J♣J♦ All in
Farid Diaf: Q♦Q♠

The dealer revealed the 4♥ turn followed by the 10♥ river, sending Murcia to the rail on the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farid Diaf	1,400,000 670,000	670,000
William Crot	285,000 188,000	188,000
Boris Progner	70,000 81,000	81,000
Lorenzo Murgia	Busted

Tags: Boris Progner's Farid Diaf Lorenzo Murgia

04-20-2025 17:13 UTC+1

Short Stacks Double Through Fournier

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Maxime Taldir

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Everybody folded to Gregory Fournier in the small blind who moved all-in. Ali Rahmouni in the big blind looked at his cards and called with with his 320,000-chip stack.

Ali Rahmouni: A♠A♥ All in
Gregory Fournier: Q♦8♠

In an atmosphere reminiscent of a stadium, all the spectators started cheering for Rahmouni. "The short, the short", they all sang in one voice. They eventually all celebrated when Rahmouni doubled up on K♥5♠10♦A♦2♣.

One the next hand, it was Alex Sampirisi's turn to be in danger from the big blind for 27,000 against Fournier on the button.

Alex Sampirisi: K♣Q♣ All in
Gregory Fournier: 3♠2♥

Once again, everybody was for the short stack who doubled up on 4♦7♣4♥6♣Q♦.