Padovani Seizes Chip Lead in Dramatic Final Hand of Day 2 at €1,000 French Championship Main Event
After ten 60-minute levels on Day 2 of the €1,000 French Championship Main Event, the chip lead seemed to belong to Jose De Andrade. However, in a massive pot on the last hand of the night, he lost his advantage to Ruben Padovani, who ended the day as the chip leader with 1,600,000 chips.
Padovani now leads the 47 remaining players out of a field of 553 entrants, which generated a total prize pool of €467,174. After being Day 1b chipleader, he is in the best position before Day 3 ahead of Heni Mokni (1,405,000) and Hugues Girard (1,395,000).
€1,000 French Championship Main Event Day 2 Top 10
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip count | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruben Padovani | France | 1,600,000 | 107 |
| 2 | Heni Mokni | France | 1,405,000 | 94 |
| 3 | Hugues Girard | France | 1,395,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Pierre Basile | France | 1,390,000 | 93 |
| 5 | Sonny Franco | France | 1,175,000 | 78 |
| 6 | Jose De Andrade | France | 1,160,000 | 77 |
| 7 | Axel Bayout | France | 1,115,000 | 74 |
| 8 | Cecile Ticherfatine | France | 1,100,000 | 73 |
| 9 | Julien Pavon | France | 970,000 | 65 |
| 10 | Julien Bolimowski | France | 880,000 | 59 |
To build his stack, second in chips Heni Mokni played a massive pot earlier in the day against Axel Gold-Dalg, four-betting on the flop. Pierre Basile put Adrien Guyon (240,000) in a tough spot to end the day with 1,390,000, while Sonny Franco seemed to have no difficulty reaching 1,175,000 chips.
After losing the chip lead, Jose De Andrade still holds 1,160,000, slightly more than Axel Bayout (1,115,000) and the last woman standing, Cecile Ticherfatine (1,100,000).
The bubble burst today on Day 2, with Dominique Franchi and Quentin Roussey being eliminated at the same time on two different tables out of the money. Roussey was supposed to cash easily, but he lost almost all his chips to Lucas Segall moments before the hand-for-hand procedure. Despite doubling up twice on the bubble, he ended up sharing the 79th place prize with Franchi. Involved in this bubble burst, Arnaud Mattern (630,000) and Segall (551,000) qualified for Day 3.
Mohamed Mokrani (605,000), Michel Leibgorin (550,000), Frederic Delval (390,000), Alexandre Le Vaillant (330,000) also secured a minimum cash prize of €2,650, but thinking about the €75,000 on top. Finally, Michael Rodrigues (140,000) and Malcolm Franchi (115,000) will have less than 10 big blinds at the restart tomorrow.
Unlike the 47 remaining players, Lorenzo Arduini, Gregory Fournier, Elie Nakache, Florian Ribouchon, PMU Team Pro Jérémy Surinach, Nicolas Dumont, Sami Bechahed, Omar Lakhdari, Antonin Teisseire or the defending champion Leo Truche failed in their attempt to reach the money. Philippe Ktorza (73rd - €2,050), Giuseppe Zarbo (64th - €2,050), Bruno Fitoussi (58th - €2,250), and Erwann Pecheux (51st - €2,450) managed to do so, but not as far as they might have hoped.
2024 €1,000 French Championship Main Event Remaining Payout
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €75,000 | 10-11 | €7,250 |
| 2 | €49,574 | 12-13 | €6,250 |
| 3 | €35,400 | 14-15 | €5,450 |
| 4 | €26,700 | 16-17 | €4,750 |
| 5 | €20,600 | 18-20 | €4,150 |
| 6 | €16,100 | 21-23 | €3,650 |
| 7 | €12,800 | 24-31 | €3,250 |
| 8 | €10,400 | 32-39 | €2,950 |
| 9 | €8,600 | 40-47 | €2,650 |
Day 3 will kick off at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 14, with blinds at 10,000/15,000 and a 15,000 big blind ante. The length of the levels will increase to 75 minutes on Day 3, and the plan is to play down to the final table with eight players remaining.
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