Adrien Amorella opened to 4,000 under the gun and was met with a three-bet to 10,000 by Gregory Fournier in middle position. Action folded back to Amorella who called.
On the 7♦4♣3♠ flop, Amorella checked to his opponent, who fired out a bet of 6,000. Amorella swiftly check-raised an amount to put Fournier all-in, and he quickly called to put himself at risk.
Gregory Fournier: Q♦Q♠
Adrien Amorella: 5♥5♣
Fournier was in good shape with his overpair queens, although had some outs to fade with Amorella holding a gutshot draw with his pair of fives.
However the 8♠ turn and 3♣ river were bricks and Fournier scooped the double-up.
After Miroslav Alilovic opened to 4,500 from middle position, the chip leader Sabare Atmani to his left three-bet then continued for 5,000 on a flop of 7♠8♦7♣.
But after he called preflop, Alilovic check-raised to 21,000. Atmani folded and the chips went in Alilovic's direction.
On the next hands, cards went on their backs on a flop of Q♥J♥4♣ with Jean-Pascal Vernet at risk for approximately 25,000 in the blinds against Atmani.
Jean-Pascal Vernet: Q♦8♠
Sabare Atmani: 6♥5♥
Vernet had top pair but Atmani was still hoping for hearts to hit a flush. But the 3♣ turn and the 9♣ river didn't change anything and Vernet doubled up.
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Jean Sarfati opened to 4,500 under the gun and was faced with a three-bet to 12,000 by Victor Dubrulle in middle position. Action folded back to Sarfati, who called.
On the 10♥10♠7♠ flop, Sarfati led out with a bet of 12,000. Dubrulle took quite some time to consider his options, before reaching for chips and producing a raise to 25,000.
Sarfati went into the tank but ultimately released his hand. Dubrulle seemed to think about showing his hand, but thought better of it and sent his cards to the dealer, who sent him the pot.
Ekrem Sanigolu opened to 6,000 from early position, and Mathieu Choffardet defended from the big blind.
On a flop of Q♠8♠7♥, Sanioglu continued for 25,000, and Choffardet quickly check-folded.
On the next hand, Sanioglu limped from under the gun, then called after Cedric Ghanassia raised to 8,000 from the button. Sanigolu called, then both players checked the J♣5♠8♣ flop.
The J♥ came on the turn and Sanioglu bet 2,000. Ghanassia called, but folded after Sanioglu fired a second barrel of 11,500 on the 7♥ river. "You won every pot so far" said Choffardet to Ekrem, who agreed while scooping the pot.
There is a slight delay to the start of play, with a large queue of players taking advantage of late registration building. Late registration is open for two hours, closing at the end of level 12.
After ten levels played on all four flights, it's time for Day 2 of the €1,200 WSOP Circuit Paris Main Event, here at the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris. A total of 950 entrants have been recorded so far, with 349 players successfully qualifying for Day 2.
Out of these players, France's Sabare Atmani bagged the overall chip lead with 585,000, which is fifty big blinds more than Mohamed Aissani, who is second in chips with 535,000. Paul Runcan (423,500) also reached the Top 10, as well as WSOP bracelet winner and Day 1b chip leader Tobias Peters (349,000).
€1,200 WSOP Circuit Paris Main Event Day 1s Top 10
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Sabare Atmani
France
585,000
293
2
Mohamed Aissani
France
485,000
243
3
Paul Runcan
Romania
423,500
212
4
Guillaume Walch
France
419,500
210
5
Vincent Montes
France
393,500
197
6
David Hu
Netherlands
357,000
179
7
Tobias Peters
Netherlands
349,500
175
8
Sidi Tourad
France
343,000
172
9
Kostynian Kostiantyn
France
340,500
170
In the chase for his eighth WSOP-C ring, Sonny Franco will be back on Day 2 with 281,000 chips and 100 big blinds, as well as Kuljinder Sidhu (218,000), Frédéric Delval (205,500), and Mathieu Di Meglio (200,000). EPT champion Nicolas Dumont bagged 184,000 chips after his Day 1, and he is followed by Louis Linard (168,000), €550 WSOP-C Paris Cup winner Samuel Fournier (166,000), Omar Lakhdari (163,000), and Mourad Amokrane (147,500).
Kalidou Sow also qualified for Day 2 with 131,000 chips and an average stack, as did Laurent Polito (129,000), Fabrice Bigot (126,000), Jerome Sgorrano (120,500), and Danut Chisu (120,000).
Finally, players like Antonin Teisseire (106,500), Miroslav Alilovic (100,500), Alexandre Reard (76,000), Tommy Nguyen (75,000), Pierre Merlin (63,500), his friend Gregory Fournier (60,500), Fabio Peluso (53,500), Thomas Santerne (41,000), and Arnaud Enselme (40,000) have shortest stacks. However, if they are eliminated in the first two levels of the day, they still have a chance to re-enter as late registration closes at the end of Level 12.
Antonin Teisseire
Day 2 resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 60-minute long, and full details of the prize pool and payouts will be confirmed once late registration has closed.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage, as we start to progress towards the business end of the tournament.
