2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€400,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€7,500
Prize Pool
€1,624,500
Entries
228
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Official End of Day 2 Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
280,600
Bryan Colin
Bryan Colin
243,300
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
229,700
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WPT 1X Winner
222,800
Giacomo Fundaro it
Giacomo Fundaro
WPT 1X Winner
216,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WPT 2X Winner
196,300
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
184,800 300
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
178,900
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
178,600 600
Idris Ambraisse fr
Idris Ambraisse
175,200 5,200
Daniel Amara
Daniel Amara
167,400 -7,600
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
157,400
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
156,600
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
156,600 16,600
Basil Yaiche fr
Basil Yaiche
141,700 26,700
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
141,200 200
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
140,700
Fabrice Touil fr
Fabrice Touil
140,200 122,925
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WPT 1X Winner
137,600
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
WPT 1X Winner
126,900 900
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
126,500
Kyle Cheong au
Kyle Cheong
124,900 66,550
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
120,300
Jacques Enjoubault
Jacques Enjoubault
116,500
Ovi Balaj
Ovi Balaj
115,600 43,600

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Day 2 Ends with Gruissem in the Lead

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Philipp Gruissem - Day 2 Chip Leader
Philipp Gruissem - Day 2 Chip Leader

Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Season XI Grand Prix de Paris began with 143 of the original 228 runners, and after four levels of play, only 63 players remain with Philipp Gruissem as your chip leader with 280,600 chips.

Gruissem shot up the charts in the middle of Day 2 and was a nuisance to his tablemates, especially Peter Jetten. In one particular hand, Jetten opened to 2,500 from the cutoff seat, Salman Behbehani called on the button, and Jetten three-bet to 10,600 from the small blind. Gruissem called, Behbehani released, and the dealer fanned {8-Spades}{j-Hearts}{q-Spades}. Jetten led out for 12,000, Gruissem raised to 28,000, and Jetten called. The turn was the {10-Diamonds}, and Jetten opted to check-fold when Gruissem fired 38,000.

Jetten took a nice-sized pot off of Gruissem a few orbits later however, and finished the night with 156,600 chips.

Gruissem wasn't the only player able to accumulate chips throughout the day, Bryan Colin (243,300), Matt Salsberg (229,700), Juha Helppi (222,800), and Giacomo Fundaro (216,100) all finished with over 200,000 chips.

Antony Lellouche, who finished the day with 184,500 chips, climbed the leader board the entire day, and won a nice-sized pot when he eliminated WPT Champions Club Member Scott Seiver. Lellouche, Seiver and a third player took a flop of {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} in a raised pot. The original raiser tossed out a continuation bet, Seiver moved all in for around 20,000, and Lellouche flat-called. The original raiser folded, and Lellouche tabled {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} - the nuts.

Seiver was drawing live with {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}, but neither the turn ({2-Spades}) or the river ({3-Spades}) filled him up, and he was eliminated.

Michael Mizrachi, a fellow WPT Champions Club Member, was also eliminated during play today. The two-time $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner got the rest of his chips in the middle with two nines, but was dominated by Antonio Subtil's pocket kings.

Joining Mizrachi and Seiver on the rail were, among others, Jonathan Duhamel, Kara Scott, Casey Kastle, Davidi Kitai, Stephen O'Dwyer, Nicolas Levi, Andrew Seidman, Ramzi Jelassi, Igor Kuranov, and the Season X Grand Parix de Paris winner Matt Waxman.

Midway through the day, the official prize pool information was released. A total of €1,624,500 will be dispersed amongst the top 27 finishers, with the minimum cash being €13,305. If you are fortunate enough to make the final table, you'll earn a minimum of €75,765. Win, and you'll pocket €400,000, which includes a seat in the $25,000 WPT World Championship in May.

Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1500 CEST, so check back for all of your up-to-the-minute updates. For now, good night from Paris!

Tags: Philipp Gruissem

Various End-of-Day Counts

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
280,600 65,600
Bryan Colin
Bryan Colin
243,300 3,300
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
229,700 29,700
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WPT 1X Winner
222,800 32,800
Giacomo Fundaro it
Giacomo Fundaro
WPT 1X Winner
216,000 136,700
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WPT 2X Winner
196,300 46,300
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
184,500 -60,500
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
178,900 28,900
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
178,000 48,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
157,400 27,400
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
156,600 -10,400
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
141,000 -5,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
140,700 38,700
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WPT 1X Winner
137,600 103,600
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
126,500 -33,500
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
WPT 1X Winner
126,000 69,000
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
120,300 50,300
Jacques Enjoubault
Jacques Enjoubault
116,500 -73,500
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
114,000 4,000
Sean Jazayeri us
Sean Jazayeri
WPT 1X Winner
105,300 35,225
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
101,800 -8,200
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
97,800 24,800
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
94,000 -2,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WPT 1X Winner
92,100 -37,900
Tony G lt
Tony G
47,200 -27,800

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Two More Hands

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The special die procured a "two," signifying that the players will play two more hands then bag and tag for the evening.

Jetten and Gruissem Do Battle Again

Petter Jetten (Day 1b) gets back some of his chips.
Petter Jetten (Day 1b) gets back some of his chips.

Peter Jetten opened to 3,000 from under the gun, and the action folded all the way to Phillip Gruissem in the small blind, and he three-bet to 10,000. Jetten called.

The dealer fanned {2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}, and Gruissem led for 13,000. Jetten called.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}, and Gruissem led again - this time for 28,000. Jetten went into the tank for the better part of two minutes, then moved all in. Gruissem snap-folded, and Jetten raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
215,000 -45,000
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
167,000 56,000

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Gruissem Takes from Jetten

Philipp Gruissem (Day 1a) is among the leaders
Philipp Gruissem (Day 1a) is among the leaders

Philipp Gruissem opened to 2,500 from the cutoff, Salman Behbehani called on the button, and Peter Jetten three-bet to 10,600 from the small blind. Gruissem called, Behbehani released, and the dealer fanned {8-Spades}{j-Hearts}{q-Spades}. Jetten led out for 12,000, Gruissem raised to 28,000, and Jetten made the call.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds}, and Jetten slowed down, checking to Gruissem. Gruissem tossed out 38,000, and Jetten folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
260,000 95,000
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
111,000 -39,000

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