It's time for final table play at the WPT's Grand Prix de Paris live from the Aviation Club de France.
We've had a great tournament so far and have the makes of what should be a fine final table. Chips stacks are very similar, we should have some strategic play right out of the gate on Saturday.
Byron Kaverman, fresh off PTPR Scores at the Florida State Poker Championship and the Bellagio Cup 5K Side Event, picked up the chip lead late into Day 4 Friday. Kaverman, who won Event 17 - NLH 8-max at the PCA in January, also held the chip lead heading into final table at the FSPC last month but was unable to close the deal.
Hugo Lemaire's Thursday surge crept into Friday's play. The Frenchman will start the day with the second highest chip stack.
Mikko Sundell, the man who has been at or near the chip lead right from the get-go, is still alive and doing fine - he was the chip leader for a while on Friday. No matter what, this will be the biggest score of fourth place Frederic Magen's career.
Rounding out the traditional WPT 6-man final table are Matthew Waxman and Martin Jacobson. Both players have had a great 2011 - they both will hope that their experience will guide them to their first WPT title.
FINAL TABLE SEATING ASSIGNMENTS / CHIP COUNTS:
Seat 1: Martin Jacobson: 482,000 chips
Seat 2: Mikko Sundell: 1,791,000
Seat 3: Matthew Waxman: 1,423,000
Seat 4: Frederic Magen: 1,554,000
Seat 5: Hugo Lemaire: 1,962,000
Seat 6: Byron Kaverman: 2,079,000
2011 PTPR RESULTS (YEAR TO DATE, PRIOR TO WPT GRAND PRIX):
24th - Byron Kaverman: 175 PTPR Points
T-39th - Matthew Waxman: 156 PTPR Points
T-98th - Martin Jacobson: 130 PTPR Points
T-1154th - Hugo Lemaire: 18 PTPR Points
T-2024 - Mikko Sundell: 5 PTPR Points
N/A - Frederic Magen: First PTPR Score of the season
REMAINING WPT GRAND PRIX DE PARIS PAYOUTS:
1st $729,886
2nd $442,645
3rd $299,834
4th $218,860
5th $187,597
6th $125,083
The World Poker Tour will carry a live stream of the final table starting at 10:30AM Eastern Time:
WPT LIVE STREAM
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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
Rendez-Vous A Paris
WPT Grand Prix de Paris NLH Main Event
September 5-10, 2011
Aviation Club de France | Paris
Buy-in: $10,490 | Prizepool : $3,077,380 | Entries: 312
PTS AT STAKE:
WPT Grand Prix de Paris Champion 128
Runner-Up 78
3rd position 48
4th position 38
5th position 33
6th position 28
DORI YACOUB 28
ALAIN GOLDBERG 13
NESRINE KOURDOURLI 13
ALEXANDRE BRIVOT 13
ANDRAS KOVACS 13
JOE CASSIDY 11
JEAN NOEL THOREL 11
STEPHANE BENABIDA 11
FRANCE PEPE 11
GUILLAUME DARCOURT 8
AHMED DEBABECHE 8
DMITRY STELMAK 8
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