€1,500 Main Event Day 1b | 2026 WSOP Circuit Aix-en-Provence

Apr 17, 2026

Messina Takes From Apicella

Maxime Taldir

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/4,000, 4,000 ante

Valentin Messina raised to 8,000 from early position and was called by Anthony Apicella in the hijack.

Messina checked a flop of 3♦J♠5♥. Apicella seized this opportunity to bet 8,000 but Messina check-raised to 24,000. Apicella made the call.

Messina continued for 21,000 on the 5♠ turn and Apicella quickly called to find the 2♦ river. Messina moved all-in and Apicella snap-folded.

It appeared that the table was playing a show-one game, so Messina had to reveal one of his cards, and it was the J♦.

Tags: Anthony Apicella Valentin Messina

Apr 17, 2026

Debus Rivers the Best Set

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Maxime Taldir

Level 12 : 1,500/4,000, 4,000 ante

Frank Debus raised to 9,000 from early position and was called by Djamel Ouaret to his left.

Debus continued for 9,000 on 10♥4♦J♦ and was called, but checked the K♣ turn. Ouaret checked back.

Debus bet 13,000 on the 6♠ river. Ouaret called with 4♥4♠ for a set but ran into Debus' better set with 6♥6♣.

Tags: Djamel Ouaret Frank Debus

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Apr 17, 2026

Lampropulos Five-Bets All-In

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Adem Agoudjil opened to 6,500 from under the gun. Maria Lampropulos in the cutoff three-bet and made the button fold. The blinds folded as well.

The action went back to Agoudjil who four-bet to 42,000. Lampropulos went into the tank and announced "all-in" for approximately 130,000.

Agoudjil looked at his cards and folded.

Tags: Adem Agoudjil Maria Lampropulos

Apr 17, 2026

Benjima Wins a Three-Way All-In

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Nassim Ben Rejeb opened to 7,000 from middle position. Samy Benjima in the hijack moved all-in for 22,500, then Stephane Alzeal in the cutoff jammed for 57,500. Vincent Vallero in the big blind announced "all-in" as well for 8,500. "Unbelievable," Ben Rejeb said before he folded what he said was A♣5♣.

Vincent Vallero: 10♥9♠ All in
Samy Benjima: 8♥8♦ All in
Stephane Alzeal: A♠Q♠

Benjima flopped a set on 4♥9♣8♣7♣2♣ to claim the pot. "Nobody has clubs?" he asked before doubling up. Vallero however was eliminated.

Tags: Ben Rejab Nassim Ben Rejeb Samy Benjima Stephane Alzeal Vincent Vallero

Apr 17, 2026

Snaet Doubles with Tens

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Martijn Snaet in the blinds saw his 41,500-chip stack being called by Frederic Ouziel in the cutoff.

Martijn Snaet: 10♦10♥ All in
Frederic Ouziel: A♣Q♦

Snaet kept the lead all the way through a board of 9♥J♦6♦7♦8♥ and he doubled up.

Tags: Frederic Ouziel Martijn Snaet

Apr 17, 2026

Ben Rejeb Hits a Runner-Runner Straight to Eliminate Dupin

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Paul Dupin jammed for 23,500 from early position then Nassim Ben Rejeb to his left three-bet all-in for 35,000. Vladimir Heinich in the big blind seemed tempted to call but folded.

Paul Dupin: A♠K♠ All in
Nassim Ben Rejeb: K♥J♥

Ben Rejeb flopped a flush draw on Q♥3♥9♠, but the danger came from a straight with the 8♦10♠ runout to eliminate Dupin.