Guillaume Wilhelm ended Day 1a of the 2014 PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Paris Main Event as the leader with 177,700 in chips. It was a day that saw many players come and go, and one that also included PMU Poker Team Pro Damien Lhommeau. Lhommeau finished on 139,100, which was good enough for second place. Belhardj Samir was in third with 133,100.
Day 1a started with a dozen players queueing and shivering outside the Cercle Clichy Montmartre. At the start of play, there would be 80 eager players huddled around the historic and ornate card room, and by the end of the day that number reached a final tally of 146. Of those, 72 survived to advance to Day 2a.
Wilhelm, a French poker pro, spent most of the day as the chip leader having gathered a stack early on and using it to command the table. It was an impressive display from Wilhelm, who was constantly in action putting pressure on smaller stacks. He once showed the table his and on another occasion made a check-raise with the on the turn of a board reading before again showing the table his cards.
Other notables who survived and thrived on Day 1a included Erwann Pecheux with 85,900 and Quentin Lecompte with 83,000.
Day 1b follows closely on the heels of Day 1a, beginning less than an hour later at 8 p.m. We’re all set for another 10 45-minute levels of poker action and PokerNews will be here to bring you the latest and find out if anyone can finish ahead of the hard-charging Wilhelm. Stay tuned.
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Welcome to the PMU.fr WPT National Paris for Day 1A at the Cercle Clichy Montmartre.There are two Day 1s today with the first flight starting at 10 a.m. and the second starting at 8 p.m. Days 1c and 1d are the same times tomorrow.
This WPT National Main Event is a €1,200 buy-in with 30k starting stack and 45 minute levels until Day 3. Late registration closes after 9 Levels with re-entries only allowed from one day to another (Day 1A to Day 1B, Day 1B to Day 1C, Day 1C to Day 1D).
WPT National Main Event players are allowed up to four entries into the tournament and players that have played both Day 1A and Day 1B (or any kind of combinations on two days) have the option to choose either their Day 1A or Day 1B stack to bring to Day 2.
There are plenty of chances to fire another bullet in this event to swell the prize pool and give one lucky player a big pay out and the title of WPT National Champion in what is likely to be a battle between regulars at this popular local club and some of the circuit professionals.
PokerNews will bring you all the action over the next five days of poker in what is sure to be a lively and exciting tournament. Stay tuned to find out who comes top of the heap as we follow the story and another chapter is written in WPT history.
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