2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris

Main Event
Day: 2
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Event Info

2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♠q♣
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

Day 2 Ends with Gruissem in the Lead

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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

Gruissem Takes from Jetten

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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

Tags: Peter JettenPhilipp GruissemSalman Behbehani

Putting an End to the Madness

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Marvin Rettenmaier (Day 1a) is out.
Marvin Rettenmaier (Day 1a) is out.

Peter Jetten opened things up with a raise to 3,000 from under the gun. Dominik Nitsche called in the cutoff, Philipp Gruissem called on the button, Salman Behbehani called in the small blind, and "Mad" Marvin Rettenmaier moved all in for 11,400 from the big blind. Jetten re-raised to 20,000, Nitsche moved all in for 54,700, and the action folded back to Jetten, who called.

Showdown
Jetten: {a-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Nitsche: {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Rettenmaier: {k-Hearts}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, eliminating Rettenmaier from the tournament.

Nitsche is up to 130,000 chips, while Jetten slipped to 150,000.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten 		150,000 -60,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WPT 1X Winner
130,000 70,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
WPT 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Dominik NitscheMarvin RettenmaierPeter JettenPhilipp GruissemSalman Behbehani

Smith Sent Off

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If this was a $5K event, Smith would still be in
If this was a $5K event, Smith would still be in

Dan Smith open-jammed for his last 9,600 from middle position. The action folded to the player in the big blind, who laughed and folded {9-}{6-} face up.

The very next hand, Smith open-jammed again, and the action folded to Juha Helppi who instantly called out of the big blind. Helppi's {8-Hearts}{8-Spades} crushed Smith's {8-Clubs}{7-Spades}, and held as the board came {4-Spades}{j-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WPT 1X Winner
190,000 83,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

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Lellouche Flops Nuts, Busts Seiver

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Scott Seiver (Day 1b) - Eliminated
Scott Seiver (Day 1b) - Eliminated

Scott Seiver was faced with a preflop raise to 2,000. He called near the button, Lellouche called in the blinds, and the flop fell {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}. The action checked to the original raiser, who slid out a continuation bet of 2,700, and Seiver moved all in for around 20,000. Lellouche flat-called, the original raiser released, and the hands were opened.

Showdown
Seiver: {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Lellouche: {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Seiver didn't fill up on the turn ({2-Spades}) or the river ({3-Spades}), and he was eliminated.

Lellouche is now our overwhelming chip leader, and is flirting with 300,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche 		290,000 60,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

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Yaiche Cracks Jaka's Aces

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Basil Yaiche cracks Faraz Jaka's aces
Basil Yaiche cracks Faraz Jaka's aces

When we arrived at the table, the board read {9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{5-Clubs}. {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts} was laying in front of Basil Yaiche, and Faraz Jaka was cutting out stacks of chips.

Tablemate Jason Mercier was kind enough to fill us in on the details of the hand, and it all started with a min-raise from Mercier. Yaiche called on his left, Jaka three-bet to 7,200, and the action folded back to Yaiche who four-bet to 14,400. Jaka moved all in, Yaiche snapped it off, and Jaka tabled two aces.

The rest is history.

Yaiche, who started the day as one of the leaders, is back above six-figures, while Jaka has just over 11 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Basil Yaiche fr
Basil Yaiche 		115,000 60,100
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka 		11,000 -49,000

Tags: Basil YaicheFaraz Jaka

Prize Pool Information

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Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Don't forget the WPT Champions Cup
Don't forget the WPT Champions Cup

The prize pool information has finally be released. The 228 entrants created a total pool of €1,624,500, and the first-place prize is €400,00 (which includes a seat into the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship event to be held in May of 2013).

Here are the final table payouts. For the full list of payouts, please click the Payouts tab above.

PlacePrize
1st€400,000
2nd€264,600
3rd€170,065
4th€125,775
5th€95,615
6th€75,765

Mercier Loses One, But is Still Trending Up

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Jason Mercier (Day 1a)
Jason Mercier (Day 1a)

Dan Smith opened to 1,500 from early position, Jason Mercier, who evidently doubled with aces earlier, three-bet to 3,625 on the button, and Ovi Balaj four-bet to 13,300 from the small blind. Smith tank folded, and Mercier tank-called.

The dealer fanned {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{j-Clubs}, and Balaj led out for 21,000. Mercier released, but he's still very happy with his day thus far.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier 		117,000 96,575
Ovi Balaj
Ovi Balaj
85,000 10,200
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WPT 1X Winner
17,500 -10,050

Tags: Dan SmithJason MercierOvi Balaj

Waxman Out

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Matt Waxman (Day 1a) - Out
Matt Waxman (Day 1a) - Out

The defending champion of the Grand Prix de Paris is gone.

We just saw Matt Waxman exit the Aviation Club de France, and when we went to his table to find out what happened, two-time WPT Champion Marvin Rettenmaier gave us the scoop.

According to Rettenmaier, Waxman four-bet shoved holding {a-}{k-}, and was called by Ekrem Sanioglu, who had {q-}{q-}. The queens held, and Waxman was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Ekrem Sanioglu fr
Ekrem Sanioglu 		54,000 21,725
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
WPT 1X Winner
Busted

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