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

04-20-2025 15:19 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Drusca	1,020,000 390,000	390,000
Hafid Blal	1,010,000 5,000	5,000
Ludovic Sultan	950,000 600,000	600,000
Hugo Heiter	830,000 365,000	365,000
Julien Bolimowski	800,000 559,000	559,000

Antonio Manuel Pereira	760,000 444,000	444,000
Farid Diaf	730,000 275,000	275,000
Azzedine Zouitene	730,000 242,000	242,000
Malik Hebidi	720,000 589,000	589,000
Julien Sitbon	715,000 400,000	400,000

Kostya Zaks	710,000 345,000	345,000
Brian Paccaud	690,000 253,000	253,000
Miroslav Alilovic	675,000 373,000	373,000
Jonathan Khalifa	610,000 174,000	174,000
Philippe Ktorza	600,000 312,000	312,000
Koffi Eklu	580,000 230,000	230,000
Gabriel Corral Carillo	565,000 317,000	317,000
Julien Combier	550,000 153,000	153,000
Oleksandr Lobur	535,000 48,000	48,000
Abel Pruchon	520,000 147,000	147,000
Frédéric Delval	510,000 170,000	170,000

Uri Gilboa	400,000 84,000	84,000

Stephan Fajg	Busted
Richard Hare	Busted
Valeriu Pelinschii	Busted

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Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

04-20-2025 14:50 UTC+1

15-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The 238 remaining players of the Main Event are on a 15-minute break.

04-20-2025 14:40 UTC+1

Girard Doubles Through Merlin

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Hugues Girard opened to 12,000 from the cutoff. Pierre Merlin in the small blind called, and he was the only one to do so.

Girard continued for 20,000 on the 5♠7♦8♥ flop, but Merlin check-raised to 50,000. Girard three-bet all-in for 115,000 and Merlin called.

Hugues Girard: Q♠Q♦ All in
Pierre Merlin: A♠8♠

Merlin called with top pair but Girard already had an over pair, so he doubled up after the 5♣2♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Merlin	330,000 115,000	115,000
Hugues Girard	270,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Hugues Girard Pierre Merlin

04-20-2025 14:23 UTC+1

Perissat Out of the Tournament

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Cards went on their backs on Table 107 with Thibault Perissat in on the button at risk for 55,000 against Hugues Lavieu under the gun.

Thibault Perissat: 8♠8♦ All in
Hugues Lavieu: 10♣10♥

The board of 6♥6♠2♦2♥A♦ was no help for Perissat who was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hugues Lavieu	140,000 140,000	140,000
Thibault Perissat	Busted

Tags: Hugues Lavieu Thibault Perissat

04-20-2025 14:10 UTC+1

Rey to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With only four big blinds left, Timothée Rey in the small blind moved all-in and faced Stefan Drusca in the hijack.

Timothée Rey: A♥Q♠ All in
Stefan Drusca: A♦K♥

Rey couldn't do much against on a board of Q♥K♣K♦4♠2♦ and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Drusca	630,000 537,000	537,000
Max Neugebauer	450,000 238,000	238,000

Timothée Rey	Busted

Tags: Stefan Drusca Timothée Rey

04-20-2025 13:55 UTC+1

New Round of Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Clement Pabion	Busted
Giovanni Renna	Busted
Felix Rabas	Busted
Adel Naoun	Busted

Jad Khaddage	Busted
Farid Jattin	Busted
Sonny Franco	Busted
Anthony Apicella	Busted
Aurélie Reard	Busted

David Lopez	Busted
Christian Testoni	Busted
Philippe Vert	Busted
Davidi Kitai	Busted

Olivier Puche	Busted
Thomas Szuban	Busted
Ruben Cabrerizo	Busted
Iwan Molina	Busted
Julien Presenza	Busted
Hervé Gouzil	Busted
Nicolas Antouard	Busted
Axel Bayout	Busted

Alice Samalikova	Busted
Driss Daude	Busted
Alexandre Zenatti	Busted

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

04-20-2025 13:43 UTC+1

A One Million Chip Pot for Blal

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Gregory Fournier limped from under the gun and was called four times until Hafid Blal in the big blind squeezed to 50,000. Michel Leibgorin in the hijack was the only one to call.

Blal continued for 100,000 on the J♥7♣8♥ flop and saw Leibgorin moving all-in for almost 400,000. Blal called with a slightly bigger stack.

Michel Leibgorin: 8x8x All in
Hafid Blal: J♣J♠

Both players flopped a set, but Blal had the best one and scooped this massive pot after the 7♠ turn and the Q♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hafid Blal	1,015,000 710,000	710,000
Michel Leibgorin	Busted

Tags: Gregory Fournier Hafid Blal Michel Leibgorin

04-20-2025 13:31 UTC+1

Big Split

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Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kevin Ferrer opened from the cutoff and was called by Teddy Merienne in the small blind, but Jordan Guesney in the big blind three-bet to 35,000. Both Ferrer and Merienne called.

The dealer fanned a flop of A♦8♥9♣ where the blinds checked before Ferrer decided to go all-in for 88,000. Merienne called, and Gesney eventually did too after a long reflexion.

On the 7♦ turn, Merienne bet 160,000, but this time, Guesney chose to fold.

Kevin Ferrer: 9♦8♦ All in
Teddy Merienne: 9♠8♠

Both players had the same hand so they spli this big pot after the 5♣ river.