2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris

Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris
Final Results
Winner
Matt Salsberg
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€400,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€7,500
Prize Pool
€1,624,500
Total Entries
228
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 228
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"Can You Be That Mad?"

He's "That Mad"
He's "That Mad"

When we arrived at the table, the board had already been completed {j-Spades}{k-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{a-Spades}. There was about 20,000 in the middle, and "Mad" Marvin Rettenmaier moved all in for 15,675. His opponent, Theo Jorgensen was in the tank.

Jorgensen, who won this event in Season IX, sat silently, studying both the board and Rettenmaier. Eventually, Jorgensen adjusted his navy blue San Diego Padres hat, rubbed his eyes, and broke the silence.

"Are you really that sick?" he asked Rettenmaier. "Can you be that 'Mad,' Marvin?"

Rettenmaier, the only back-to-back WPT Main Event winner in history, sat silently and stoically.

Finally, Jorgensen lifted his cards off of the felt and painfully mucked {k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} face up.

"That was hard," Rettenmaier blurted, grinning.

"I am going to go crazy," Jorgensen announced, anticipating the bluff.

Rettenmaier looked at his cards, turned over the {6-Spades}, and then after ten seconds or so he showed the {5-Spades}.

"That's where 'Mad' Marvin came from," Jorgensen sighed.

Tags: Marvin RettenmaierTheo Jorgensen

Drinks Anyone?

Samuel Chartier eliminated.
Samuel Chartier eliminated.

Samuel Chartier was just eliminated here on Day 1a. We missed the hand, but Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger was kind enough to let us in on the details.

According to Lichtenberger, Jonathan Duhamel opened for a raise, Philipp Gruissem called behind him, and Chartier moved all in for around 8,000 from the small blind. The player in the big blind put him at risk, and the rest of the action folded. Chartier's {a-}{10-} was dominated by his opponent's {a-}{k-}, and the Canadian received no help from the flop, turn, or river.

"Drinking now?" Gruissem asked as Chartier stood up from the table.

"Maybe," Chartier grinned. "Text me later."

Tags: Samuel ChartierPhilipp GruissemJonathan DuhamelAndrew Lichtenberger

Tony G in the House!

Tony G
Tony G

Tony G arrived just as the dinner break was wrapping up, and he's now seated with WPT Season X Grand Prix de Paris Champion Matt Waxman. At an adjacent table, Daniel "jungleman12" Cates also sat down to try and run his stack up in the last two levels of play.

Tags: Daniel CatesMatt WaxmanTony G

New Plan

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The original plan was to play eight levels here on Day 1a of the WPT Season XI Grand Prix de Paris, but an announcement was made that the players will instead play seven.

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Play Resumes

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
During the dinner break, the WPT Royal Flush Girls popped some bubbly. Yum.
During the dinner break, the WPT Royal Flush Girls popped some bubbly. Yum.

The 90-minute dinner break is over, and the cards are back in the air.

Layani Always Has It

Mickael Layani and Roger Hairabedian were heads up on a board of {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{a-Hearts} moments ago. Hairabedian checked, Layani tossed out 1,500, and Hairabedian called.

The {j-Spades} completed the board, and Hairabedian checked again. Layani tossed out 4,500, and Hairabedian called.

Layani tabled {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}, and Hairabedia mucked.

"Every time you have it," Philipp Gruissem needled.

Layani smiled quietly and raked in the pot.

Tags: Philipp GruissemRoger HairabedianMickael Layani

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Failla and Benyamine Bust

Will Failla runs into quads
Will Failla runs into quads

Just before break, we lost David Benyamine and Will Failla.

According to Benyamine, he only won one hand today. On his final hand, he got the remainder of his short stack in the middle with {k-}{q-}, and ran into the {a-}{j-} of Gaethan Milvaque. The ace-jack held, and Benyamine is out.

On another table, Failla and Jason Mercier butted heads in a large pot. According to Failla, he flopped a set of fours on a {k-}{7-}{4-} board and Mercier led out for 550. Failla raised to 1,200, and Mercier re-raised to 3,200. Failla called.

The turn was a {7-}, and Mercier fired 7,000. Failla called. The river was a blank, and Failla called an all-in bet from Mercier, who turned over quad sevens.

Tags: David BenyamineJason MercierWill Failla