High Roller
Day 1 Started
2010 WPT Paris
High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 WPT Paris
Buy-in
€20,000
Entries
25
Level
11
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
2,000
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Welcome To Day 1 Of The High Roller Event!
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While all eyes may be on the the Main Event Final table, there's a €20,000 High Roller event going on as well. It had been scheduled to be a three-day event itself but it has now been shortened to a two-day event. There are apparently three tables worth of talent in this event with a few big names in the mix including Sorel Mizzi, Freddy Deeb and the main man in these parts, Bruno Fitoussi.
Expect some fireworks from the off!
24, and Rising
Five minutes ago there were just 20 high rollers rolling through the first blind level, but four more have just entered the fray. The lineup now includes:
Bertrand ElkY Grospellier
Antony Lellouche
Kevin Eyster
Vikash Dhorasoo
Andrew Feldman
Freddy Deeb
Sorel Mizzi
Bruno Fitoussi
Several of these have clearly decided to make a week of it here at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, adding the €20,000 buy-in two day event to their Main Event in another attempt to take down a deepstacked tournament.
Double Through For Layani
The first emergent stack here, and almost instantly in six figures, is that of Jonathan Layani. A pot of around 15k had developed until it all went crazy on the river, which is when the first 25,000 chip plaque went into the middle and caught my attention.
The board was standing 
and Seat One (who refused to give his name and is not in the original assigned seat) bet out, c.10k (it was hard to tell bet sizing here because both players simply announced figures while sliding these huge blue plastic rectangles into the middle). Layani raised and Seat One came over the top all in. A dwell began which finally ended in a call, and Layani showed 
for the rivered middling full house, while Seat One showed 
! The board and hands were quickly swept away and I wondered if my eyes had deceived me, although none of those cards looked like a five to me, there's always a chance.
A Few More Faces to Stacks
Due to a very early shift-about to accommodate more players on the current three tables (one nine-handed) and the latecomers not all wearing name-badges, it might take the first break to get a definite on all names here today. However, a few more have been identified and we can start the chip graphs off for the beginning. Of course Layani now has double the starting stack, and there have been a few more large shifts (Vikash Dhorasoo down to 23k, tablemate Kristoffer Thorsson up to 88k) but other than that it's a slow start, deep all round.
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50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
Thorel Liking the Check-Raise
Jean-Noel Thorel takes two pots in a row out of position - the first one check-raising a 
flop to 4k from 1,200 then taking it down with an 8k bet on the 
turn. Then, calling Sorel Mizzi's preflop raise, Thorel checked the next hand's flop of 
. Mizzi bet 1,500 and Thorel promptly raised to 3,000 and took down that one without having to wait an instant.
His stack up to 66,500.
Hairabedian Doubles Husainov
Roger Hairabedian, the only player in the high rollers event (and probably the Aviation Club) wearing a tan fisherman's hat, was involved in the last four out of five pots on his table and has been steadily increasing in chips until it all went wrong with a preflop all in:
The player listed as Husainov had shrunk to less than 15k from the starting 50k and having called a late position threebet to 3,200 was in no mood to fold to Hairabedian's following 11,650 total. It was all in and on their backs:
Husainov: 
Hairabedian: 
The flop brought an instant Ace: 
and although the turn brought a flush draw for Hairabedian with the 
the rivered 
doubled up his shortstacked opponent and put a temporary stop to his accumulation.
Mizzi Puts the Boot in
Two of them actually - in a pot which doubled him to over 60k after a second level which was none too good for him. On a flop of Jean-Noel Thorel check-called the 7,200, a little under pot. The turn brought the 
and a bet out of 15k from Thorel. A slow think later (he had just under 20k total behind), and the rest slid over the line, shrug-called by Thorel. Mizzi's was comfortably in front of Thorel's 
and the final card to come brought no upsets (the ). A restart for Mizzi and a blow to Thorel who's down to 30k.