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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Mizrachi Moves On

Michael Mizrachi out
Michael Mizrachi out

Michael Mizrachi has been eliminated by an opponent who flopped a set of eights on an eight-high board. Mizrachi was all in and at risk holding two queens, and was unable to catch a third lady on either the turn or the river.

Tags: Michael Mizrachi

On the Rivet

Guillaume Rivet
Guillaume Rivet

Guillaume Rivet opened to 400 from late position, and Will Failla called out of the small blind. The flop fell {5-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{k-Hearts}, and Failla checked. Rivet continued for 475, and Failla called.

The turn was the {3-Hearts}, both players checked, and the {9-Diamonds} completed the board. Failla flicked out a yellow T1,000 chip, and Rivet quickly called.

"You get there on the river?" Failla asked.

Rivet nodded, tabling {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, and Failla flashed {q-Spades}{8-Spades} before mucking.

Tags: Guillaume RivetWill Failla

Smith Out

Dan Smith - Just not his year
Dan Smith - Just not his year

Dan Smith was down to less than a thousand chips when he moved all in preflop. Andrew Lichtenberger called, and the hands were tabled.

Showdown:
Smith: {9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}
Lichtenberger: {a-Spades}{6-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}, and Smith was eliminated with a worse two pair.

"Just not your year," Dan O'Brien joked from an adjacent table.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerDan O'BrienDan Smith

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Seiver is Styling

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Scott Seiver
Scott Seiver

The Aviation Club de France is a very classy place. In order to enter, you need to have a specific card and your fingerprints on file.

Along with the high security, the club also enforces a dress code. According to the website: "Sport shoes (sneakers), t-shirts, and torn jeans are not allowed. Collared shirts and smart shoes are compulsory."

The rules can be bent a little bit, and some of the players here are in violation of the dress code, but Scott Seiver isn't one of them. Seiver is wearing a nice pair of slacks, a button-up shirt, and a pair of dress shoes.

"You actually listened to the rules?" Dan O'Brien jokingly asked.

"Yes," Seiver said confidently.

"You look really sharp," Kara Scott interjected, defending Seiver.

"You're right," Seiver agreed. "I do look sharp."

Tags: Daniel O'BrienKara ScottScott Seiver

Romanello, Darcout Out

WPT Champion Roberto Romanello has been eliminated in Level 2 here on Day 1a, and was kind enough to let us in on the details. According to Romanello, he lost the majority of his chips in a three-bet pot with {a-}{k-} against an opponent's {j-}{j-} on a board of {k-}{j-}{8-}{6-}{6-}. Romanello was eliminated soon after.

Minutes after Romanello's elimination, the pink-haired Frenchman Guillaume Darcourt exited stage left as well. Darcourt was all in holding {k-Spades}{q-Hearts} on a flop of {q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, and Casey Kastle had him at risk holding {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}. The {a-Clubs} spiked on the turn, giving Kastle the lead, and the {5-Hearts} completed the board.

Darcourt and Romanello are both eliminated, but we're certain we'll see them tomorrow for Day 1b.

Tags: Casey KastleGuillaume DarcourtRoberto Romanello

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