2014 PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Paris

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Paris

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€140,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,200
Prize Pool
€736,550
Entries
682
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
25,000

Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Guillaume Wilhelm Leads After Day 1a PMU.fr WPT National Paris

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
PMU Poker Team Pro Damien Lhommeau In contention
PMU Poker Team Pro Damien Lhommeau In contention

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 {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts} and on another occasion made a check-raise with the {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs} on the turn of a board reading {5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts} 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.

Tags: Damien LhommeauErwann PecheuxGuillaume WilhelmQuentin LecompteWPT Paris

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End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Wilhelm Guillaume
Wilhelm Guillaume
177,700
177,700
177,700
Profile photo of Lhommeau Damien
Lhommeau Damien
139,100
139,100
139,100
Profile photo of Belhardj Samir
Belhardj Samir
133,100
133,100
133,100
Profile photo of Merceron Nicolas
Merceron Nicolas
118,800
118,800
118,800
Profile photo of Lezzi Antony
Lezzi Antony
117,400
117,400
117,400
Profile photo of Benhamou Brian
Benhamou Brian
116,600
116,600
116,600
Profile photo of Ouzilou Stephan
Ouzilou Stephan
113,000
113,000
113,000
Profile photo of Hijazy Nabil
Hijazy Nabil
112,900
112,900
112,900
Profile photo of Luong Hoa Vinh
Luong Hoa Vinh
110,400
110,400
110,400
Profile photo of Abed Redouane
Abed Redouane
105,000
105,000
105,000
Profile photo of Martini Julien
Martini Julien
103,700
103,700
103,700
Profile photo of [Removed:387]
[Removed:387]
103,600
103,600
103,600
Profile photo of Pereira Gama Alexandre
Pereira Gama Alexandre
91,000
91,000
91,000
Profile photo of Bifarella Samuel
Bifarella Samuel
88,000
88,000
88,000
Profile photo of Pecheux Erwann
Pecheux Erwann
85,900
85,900
85,900
Profile photo of Paris Olivier
Paris Olivier
85,300
85,300
85,300
Profile photo of Zakine David
Zakine David
84,800
84,800
84,800
Profile photo of Daher Ali
Daher Ali
83,800
83,800
83,800
Profile photo of Sadoun Eric
Sadoun Eric
83,700
83,700
83,700
Profile photo of Lecomte Quentin
Lecomte Quentin
83,000
83,000
83,000
Profile photo of Beaudet Johann
Beaudet Johann
79,300
79,300
79,300
Profile photo of Tellier Charles-Frederick
Tellier Charles-Frederick
79,200
79,200
79,200
Profile photo of Lecoeur Nicolas
Lecoeur Nicolas
79,000
79,000
79,000
Profile photo of Benhamida Brice
Benhamida Brice
76,700
76,700
76,700
Profile photo of Benveniste Bruno
Benveniste Bruno
72,700
72,700
72,700

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Some Chip Count Updates

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

As the players near the end of the day here's a quick update on some of the players we have been keeping an eye on ahead of a full count.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
82,000
29,000
29,000
Profile photo of Ali Daher
Ali Daher
76,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Quentin Lecompte
Quentin Lecompte
64,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Cindy Guilbault
Cindy Guilbault
46,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Mireille Nadot
Mireille Nadot
Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

PMU Pro Stacking Chips

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
Damien Lhommeau
Damien Lhommeau

Damien Lhommeau is one of a number of PMU Poker Team Pro’s that will be competing over the next few days hoping to claim the title and at the moment he is having the best of it.

Lhommeau currently sits with a healthy stack of 135,000 challenging for the lead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Damien Lhommeau fr
Damien Lhommeau
135,000
111,000
111,000

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