2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris

Main Event
Day: 3
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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Jason Mercier Eliminated in 27th Place (€13,305)

Jason Mercier - 27th Place
Jason Mercier - 27th Place

After being crippled during hand-for-hand play, Jason Mercier was all in and at risk holding {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}. Florian Leconte had him at risk with {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}, and the jacks held as the board ran out {5-Spades}{6-Spades}{10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}.

Tags: Florian LeconteJason Mercier

Looking for Number Two

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Can Theo Jorgensen win back-to-back Grand Prix de Paris'?
Can Theo Jorgensen win back-to-back Grand Prix de Paris'?

With the final 27 players all guaranteed a cash 2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris, a few of them are looking for their second WPT title. Juha Helppi, Theo Jorgensen, Bruno Lopes and Sean Jazayeri have all won WPT titles in the past and you can find their results below. Jorgensen won this very event back in 2010.

  • Juha Helppi: 2002 Ultimate Bet Poker Classic — $50,000
  • Theo Jorgensen: 2010 Grand Prix de Paris — €638,377
  • Bruno Lopes: 2012 WPT National Series Cannes — €108,000
  • Sean Jazayeri: 2012 L.A. Poker Classic — $1,370,240

With four players left amongst the final three tables, there's a good shot one of these three reach the official WPT final table of six to really get a shot at title number two.

Tags: Bruno LopesJuha HelppiSean JazayeriTheo Jorgensen

Table Draw

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
TableSeatPlayer
51Jean-Philippe Rohr
52Michael Kwierk
53Florian Leconte
54Dan Djorno
55Daniel Amara
56Juha Helppi
57Jérome Douieb
58Jason Mercier
59Raphaël Abitbol
   
61Andrew Lichtenberger
62Giacomo Fundaro
63Mohsin Charania
64Sean Jazayeri
65Bruno Lopes
66Jacques Enjoubault
67Joe Serock
68Philipp Gruissem
69Kyle Cheong
   
121Fabian Quoss
122Grégoire Boissenot
123Theo Jorgensen
124Bryan Colin
125Timothy Adams
126Kyle Julius
127Nicolas Cardyn
128Idris Ambraisse
129Matt Salsberg

Antony Lellouche Bursts the Bubble

Antony Lellouche - Bubble Boy
Antony Lellouche - Bubble Boy

Fabian Quoss opened to 8,000 from the cutoff, Bryan Colin three-bet to 23,500 from the small blind, and Antony Lellouche cold four-bet to 49,000 from the big blind. Quoss quickly folded, and Colin announced all in.

Lellouche snapped it off, but wasn't very happy to see Colin's hand.

Showdown
Colin: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}
Lellouche: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {2-Hearts}{7-Spades}{j-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Clubs}, and Lellouche was eliminated. The remaining 27 players are all guaranteed at least €13,305. We'll bring you a redraw as soon as possible.

Tags: Antony LelloucheBryan ColinFabian Quoss

Doubles on the Bubble

Michael Kwierk doubles
Michael Kwierk doubles

On the first hand of hand-for-hand play, there were two all ins.

On one table, Michael Kwierk open-shoved with {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}, and was called by Raphaël Abitbol who had {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Diamonds}, and Kwierk doubled.

At another table, there was a massive all in between Joe Serock and Timothy Adams. After a series of preflop raises, about 340,000 was in the middle, and the two were racing.

Adam's {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} held against Serock's {a-Spades}{k-Spades} on the flop ({5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{j-Spades}) and the turn ({9-Diamonds}), but the {k-Diamonds} spiked on the river, doubling Serock.

Tags: Joe SerockMichael KwierkRaphaël AbitbolTimothy Adams

Salsberg Busts Two, On Money Bubble

Matt Salsberg just eliminated Patrick Sacrispeyre and Antonio Subtil.

In the first hand, Salsberg had two queens agains Sacrispeyre's pocket tens. The queens held, and Sacrispeyre hit the rail.

A few hands later, Subtil was all in with {a-}{q-}. Salsberg held two tens this time, and they held, elimianting Subtil in 29th place.

We are now on the exact money bubble - only one play will go home without the €13,305 guaranteed for 27th place.

Tags: Antonio SubtilMatt SalsbergPatrick Sacrispeyre

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Just Before Break...

Ekrem Sanioglu can't believe what happened
Ekrem Sanioglu can't believe what happened

Just before the break, Philipp Gruissem and Ekrem Sanioglu were heads up with the board reading {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}.

Gruissem checked to Sanioglu, who bet 28,000. Gruissem check-raised to about 100,000.

"I am all-in," Sanioglu announced instantly.

Gruissem tanked and asked for a count.

"You have plenty of chips," Sanioglu said to Gruissem. "Call."

"I don't think I can fold," Gruissem admitted. "I am sorry if I suck out on you."

Gruissem called, and the hands were opened.

Gruissem: {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}
Sanioglu: {9-Clubs} {9-Hearts}

The {3-Diamonds} was a brick, but the {7-Hearts} slammed on the river, giving Sanioglu a winning straight.

Sanioglu smacked the table in disappointment and is eliminated, while Gruissem is up to an impressive 930,000 chips.

Tags: Ekrem SaniogluPhilipp Gruissem