button in SafariThe WSOP Circuit Aix-en-Provence Main Event Returns for Another Edition
After a record-breaking edition of the World Series of Poker Europe in Prague, it’s now time to chase rings again with the 2026 edition of the WSOP Circuit Aix-en-Provence at the Pasino Grand Partouche.
First of six WSOP Circuit events organized by Texapoker across Europe this year, the Aix-en-Provence stop returns for another edition, with David Gradic having won the 2025 €1,000 Main Event from a field of 1,433 entries.
In the south of France “for vacation” at the time, Gradic “just wanted to play this one tournament” and turned it into a €160,000 victory, along with a WSOP Circuit ring and a $10,000 WSOP Main Event ticket offered by the organizers.
2025 WSOP Circuit Aix-en-Provence Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gradic | Slovenia | €160,000* |
| 2 | Thierry Amirault | France | €110,500 |
| 3 | Axel Hallay | France | €79,250 |
| 4 | Aliosha Staes | Belgium | €58,400 |
| 5 | Julien Bolimowski | France | €43,812 |
| 6 | Cécile Ticherfatine | France | €33,500 |
| 7 | Julien Sitbon | France | €26,000 |
| 8 | Farid Diaf | France | €20,400 |
*and a $10,000 WSOP Main Event ticket offered by Texapoker
This year, 12 rings are up for grabs, with the first ones already awarded. Poland’s Lukasz Czeladzki claimed the opening €300 WSOP Circuit Mini Main Event for €32,000, while Frédéric Asta took down the €550 WSOP Circuit Senior Event for €16,500.
Gerardo Rodriguez Ulloa finished first in the €550 WSOP Circuit Mystery Bounty, earning €15,300 plus €11,500 in bounties after defeating Sacha Cohen in heads-up play, just three weeks after Cohen won the 2026 Winamax Poker Tour at the same venue.
The remaining rings still need to find an owner, with several events already underway, including the €2,500 WSOP Circuit High Roller. A €3,500 WSOP Circuit Super High Roller will also take place toward the end of the festival, while Event #10 will award a ring online on PMU PLAY from April 19–21.
2026 WSOP Circuit Aix-en-Provence Ring Events
| Ring | Event | Entries | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | €300 WSOP-C Mini Main Event | 878 | Lukasz Czeladzki | €32,000 |
| #2 | €550 WSOP-C Senior Event | 143 | Frédéric Asta | €16,500 |
| #3 | €550 WSOP-C Mystery Bounty | 388 | Gerardo Rodriguez Ulloa | €15,300 + €11,500 |
| #4 | €300 WSOP-C Colossus | - | - | - |
| #5 | €750 WSOP-C KO Progressif | 234 | - | €15,000 |
| #6 | €2,500 WSOP-C High Roller | 98* | - | - |
| #7 | €1,500 WSOP-C Main Event | - | - | - |
| #8 | €1,000 WSOP-C Deepstack | - | - | - |
| #9 | €550 WSOP-C Omaha | - | - | - |
| #10 | €250 WSOP-C Online PMU PLAY | - | - | - |
| #11 | €3,500 WSOP-C Super High Roller | - | - | - |
| #12 | €350 WSOP-C Big Stack | - | - | - |
*Late registration remains open on Day 2
From this Thursday, April 16, however, all eyes will be on the €1,500 WSOP Circuit Main Event and its four starting flights. Beginning with today’s Day 1a at 12:30 p.m. local time, players will start with a 50,000-chip stack and look to build it through 40-minute levels, which increase to 60 minutes on Day 2 and Day 3.
Late registration is open for 12 levels (approximately 10:30 p.m.), and each day will end when 13.5% of the field remains. All players who qualify for Day 2 will be in the money.
The French rule for re-entries applies, with one entry and one re-entry allowed in the first flight played, but only one bullet per flight in the remaining flights.
As always, stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to provide you live updates throughout the day, so stay tuned for all the action!