Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Season XI Grand Prix de Paris is set to start here at the Aviation Club de France in the next thirty minutes, and for the first time all 143 players will be under the same roof.
Jacques Enjoubault is our overall chip leader with 225,200 chips, and is followed by Antony Lellouche (178,275), Basil Yaiche (142,475), Pasi Heinanen (100,500), and Juha Helppi (96,200). No player crossed the six-figure mark during Day 1b, while four players finished Day 1a with over 100,000 chips.
Enjoubault may have over 4.75 times the average stack, but there are plenty of great players standing between him and the final table, including a plethora of WPT Champions Club Members: Michael Mizrachi, Will Failla, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Juha Helppi, Theo Jorgensen, Sean Jazayeri, Marvin Rettenmaier, Eugene Katchalov, David Benyamine, Matt Waxman, Davidi Kitai, and Scott Seiver. Rettenmaier is looking for his third win this year, and Waxman is looking to win back-to-back Grand Prix de Paris'.
The cards will be in the air shortly, so make sure you stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all of your up-to-the-minute updates!
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Stephen O'Dwyer (Day 1b) - Eliminated
Facing a three-bet to 4,500 from Stephen O'Dwyer, Daniel Amara four-bet to 12,300. When the action was back on O'Dywer, he effectively five-bet all in (leaving only a handful of black T100 chips behind) and Amara went into the tank. After a minute or so, Amara moved all in, and O'Dwyer quickly called.
O'Dwyer's was crushed by Amara's , and the board ran out , eliminating O'Dwyer from play.
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 , and was called by Ekrem Sanioglu, who had . The queens held, and Waxman was eliminated.
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 , and Balaj led out for 21,000. Mercier released, but he's still very happy with his day thus far.
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.
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Michael Mizrachi (Day 1a) - Eliminated
Michael Mizrachi found himself all in and at risk with moments ago. Antonio Subtil had him crushed with however, and the board did not improve Mizrachi's hand.
When we arrived at the table, the board read . 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.
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 . 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:
Lellouche:
Seiver didn't fill up on the turn () or the river (), and he was eliminated.
Lellouche is now our overwhelming chip leader, and is flirting with 300,000 chips.
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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 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 crushed Smith's , and held as the board came .
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:
Nitsche:
Rettenmaier:
The board ran out , eliminating Rettenmaier from the tournament.
Nitsche is up to 130,000 chips, while Jetten slipped to 150,000.
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, and the board ran out 
, eliminating O'Dwyer from play.
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, and Balaj led out for 21,000. Mercier released, but he's still very happy with his day thus far.
moments ago. Antonio Subtil had him crushed with 
however, and the 
board did not improve Mizrachi's hand.
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), and he was eliminated.
face up.
, and held as the board came 
, eliminating Rettenmaier from the tournament.
