Tobias Peters In the Lead After Day 1b of the WSOP-C Paris Main Event
Less than an hour after the end of Day 1a, Day 1b Turbo of the €1,200 WSOP-C Paris Main Event came to an end here at Stade Jean-Bouin Paris.
As late registration was still open in Day 1a and will remain open until the end of Level 12 on Day 2, Day 1b was not very busy, with 57 entries recorded. However, as quality is worth more than quantity, a few notable players participated in the second flight of the tournament.
WSOP bracelet winner Tobias Peters was one of them, and he ended the day as the chip leader. He won a massive flip in the last level of the day to secure a 349,500 chip-stack. He filled his bag with almost 100,000 chips more than Luca Bensimon (257,500) and David Spir (245,500), who are second and third in chips tonight.
€1,200 WSOP-C Paris Main Event Day 1b Top 10
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 349,500 | 233 |
| 2 | Luca Bensimon | France | 257,500 | 172 |
| 3 | David Spir | France | 245,500 | 164 |
| 4 | Hugues Girard | France | 235,500 | 157 |
| 5 | Jean-François Gaye | France | 219,000 | 146 |
| 6 | Adrien Amorella | France | 204,500 | 136 |
| 7 | Paul Pires-Trigo | France | 187,500 | 125 |
| 8 | Claude Mamalepot | France | 142,500 | 95 |
| 9 | Nicolas Noguera | France | 114,500 | 76 |
| 10 | Ilan Cukrowicz | France | 113,000 | 75 |
A total of 21 players made it to Day 2, including 2024 Winamax Poker Tour runner-up Hugues Girard (235,500), and Parisian regulars Adrien Amorella (204,500), Claude Mamalepot (142,500), Ludovic Sultan (107,000), and Franck Kalfon (25,500), who has the shortest stack of the day.
Ludovic Periaux (93,000) also managed to find a bag, as well as Karim Lehoussine (81,000), Timothée Scotti (79,500), Benjamin Souriau (73,000), who tripled up at the end of the day, and Pierre Merlin, who'll be back on Day 2 with 63,500 chips.
The two last flights of the WSOP-C Paris Main Event, Day 1c and 1d, are scheduled to take place tomorrow at 1 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. local time respectively, with all players beginning with a 50,000 starting stack at blinds of 100/200, with a 200 big blind ante. Day 1c players will play ten 60-minute levels, while Day 1d players will play ten 30-minute levels, but otherwise following the same structure as previous flights.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of the tournament and to see who is crowned the WSOP Circuit Paris 2024 Main Event champion.