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

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