The
Grand Prix de Paris
was one of the original stops on the
WPT, and the only foreign
stop for quite some time. In its second incarnation the Paris
tournament is the first stop on this the WPT’s 9th season.
With a
strong international poker
pro presence, the final
table is shaping up to be a star-studded affair, with players like
Isabelle Mercier,
Antione Saout,
and Andrew Feldman
all in terrific shape to make a deep run in the event.
With
a €2.7 million prize-pool, and €633k going to the winner, the
poker players
will be battling hard to reach the final table. Many of the big names
who weren’t lucky enough to survive the first day will likely be
hanging around Paris for a few extra days; when the €20,000
high-roller tournament is set to begin –The high-roller events are
popping up at more and more major tournaments, almost as a
second-chance event for the top pros.
After three days of play, the money bubble has burst at the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris, and the remaining 25 players will be back in action on Wednesday looking to move farther up the pay scale. Day 3 saw 48 players take to the poker tables at the Aviation Club in Paris France, and it wasn’t long before the money bubble burst as Stuart Rutter was eliminated in 28th place –guaranteeing the remaining players some type of compensation for their efforts.
Leading
the field is Jimmy
Ostennson and his 719,000
chips. While the field doesn’t contain much in the way of
star-power, there are still a number of strong European poker players
in the running. Still in the hunt are: Fabrice
Tuil, Steven
van Zadelhoff, and
Andrew Teng.
Day
4 will see the 25 remaining players whittled down to a final table of
eight, a change from the usual six player final table which has been
a staple of the World Poker Tour. Perhaps the change is to follow the
European Poker Tour’s lead, or perhaps to break up the monotony
after 9 seasons.
The
25 players who returned to the Aviation Club for Day 4 at the World
Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris
tournament has been carved down to a WPT first; eight players.
Leading the pack is Theo Jurgenson with a massive chip-lead of over
2-to-1 on his nearest competitor Fabrice Touil –who has been at or
near the top of the leader-board since the conclusion of day 1 play.
Poker players
are also in store for a very long wait as the final table isn’t set
to get underway until Saturday at 3PM local time. In addition to the
final table being played on Saturday, poker fans will also be in
store for even more poker action as Saturday will also be the start
of the €20,000 High-Roller tournament.
The
seat assignments and chip counts of the final eight players can be
found below:
Theo Jorgensen — 2,693,000
Fabrice Touil — 1,183,000
Nourredine Aïtaleb — 810,000
Arnaud Mattern — 678,000
Per Linde — 584,000
Mickael Guenni — 538,000
Antoine Amourette — 489,000
Jimmy Ostensson — 436,000
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