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
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

Counts

Player Chips Progress
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
950,000 175,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
930,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
420,000 85,000
Bryan Colin
Bryan Colin
410,000 5,000
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
410,000 70,000
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
370,000 205,000
Florian Leconte
Florian Leconte
330,000 85,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WPT 1X Winner
310,000 -90,000
Raphaël Abitbol fr
Raphaël Abitbol
310,000 165,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WPT 2X Winner
275,000 -45,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
260,000 -42,000
Grégoire Boissenot fr
Grégoire Boissenot
210,000 130,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
190,000 -30,000
Daniel Amara
Daniel Amara
170,000 -15,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
168,000 -27,000
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
WPT 1X Winner
157,000 -53,000
Jérome Douieb
Jérome Douieb
150,000 -80,000
Idris Ambraisse fr
Idris Ambraisse
132,000 -138,000
Michael Kwierk
Michael Kwierk
130,000 60,000
Jacques Enjoubault
Jacques Enjoubault
115,000 15,000
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
90,000 -25,000
Jean-Philippe Rohr fr
Jean-Philippe Rohr
80,000 28,000
Kyle Cheong au
Kyle Cheong
75,000 -165,000
Giacomo Fundaro it
Giacomo Fundaro
WPT 1X Winner
74,000 19,000
Dan Djorno fr
Dan Djorno
73,000 -31,000

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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.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Colin
Bryan Colin
405,000 155,000
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
Busted

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.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
340,000 160,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
220,000 -215,000
Raphaël Abitbol fr
Raphaël Abitbol
145,000 -45,000
Michael Kwierk
Michael Kwierk
70,000 18,000

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.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
775,000 135,000
Patrick Sacrispeyre fr
Patrick Sacrispeyre
Busted
Antonio Subtil
Antonio Subtil
Busted

Tags: Antonio SubtilMatt SalsbergPatrick Sacrispeyre

Counts

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
930,000 400,000
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
640,000 39,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
435,000 144,100
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
WPT 1X Winner
400,000 199,200
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
360,000 50,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
335,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WPT 2X Winner
320,000 25,000
Idris Ambraisse fr
Idris Ambraisse
270,000 -135,000
Bryan Colin
Bryan Colin
250,000 57,500
Florian Leconte
Florian Leconte
245,000 102,800
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
240,000 43,000
Kyle Cheong au
Kyle Cheong
240,000 20,200
Jérome Douieb
Jérome Douieb
230,000 -3,500
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
WPT 1X Winner
210,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
195,000 2,100
Raphaël Abitbol fr
Raphaël Abitbol
190,000 50,000
Daniel Amara
Daniel Amara
185,000 -20,000
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
180,000 -53,600
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
165,000 40,000
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
115,000 61,000
Sean Jazayeri us
Sean Jazayeri
WPT 1X Winner
110,000 -135,400
Patrick Sacrispeyre fr
Patrick Sacrispeyre
105,000 -17,600
Dan Djorno fr
Dan Djorno
104,000 -147,600
Jacques Enjoubault
Jacques Enjoubault
100,000 -19,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
98,000 -86,100

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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.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
930,000 543,100
Ekrem Sanioglu fr
Ekrem Sanioglu
Busted

Tags: Ekrem SaniogluPhilipp Gruissem