2012 EFOP: LATE SURGE HAS CAZALS IN POLE POSITION

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Just like he did Friday, Aubin Cazals has the end of day chip lead at the Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship. Cazals (2011 PTPR Rank: 1956th) enters Sunday play with 795K chips over 350K more chips more than his second place opponent.

Cazals grabbed a ton of chips late when he won a monster pot against EPT Loutraki Champ Zimnan Ziyard. Ziyard (2011 PTPR Rank: 72nd) lost most of his chip stack on that hand and will start final table play as one of the lower chip stacks.

Feature players Jonathan Duhamel and Shannon Shorr were both eliminated during the day.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENT/CHIP COUNTS
Jean-Noel Thorel – 280k
Vladimir Faubert – 130k
Antoine Labat – 328k
Alain Roy – 336k
Jérôme Naye – 123k
Bruno Lopes – 435k
Aubin Cazals – 795k
Zimnan Zinyard – 138k
Sampsa Hytoeren – 113k

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TOP 9 PAYOUTS (in EURO) 1 – 119 440 € 2 – 93 190 € 3 – 62 130 € 4 – 46 600 € 5 – 38 830 € 6 – 31 065 € 7 – 25 890 € 8 – 20 710 € 9 – 15 535 € RELATED POSTS >> CAZALS TAKE LEAD >> SHORR, DUHAMEL CONTEND >> BROSOLO WINS EFOP GOLD >> ElkY BUBBLES AS FINAL DAY SET >> BOYER WINS SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP >> NATALIA NIKITINA WINS EFOP (2011)

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT Euro Finals of Poker EFOP NLH Diamond Championship January 26-28, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $6,540 | Prizepool: $653,980 Entries: 109 DEFENDING CHAMPION Natalia Nikitina (2011 PTPR Rank: 219th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 101 2nd position 61 3rd position 36 4th position 26 5th position 19 6th position 11 7th position 9 8-9th position 6

2012 EFOP: CAZALS TAKES LEAD, DUHAMEL/SHORR IN TROUBLE AFTER DAY 2

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We are down to 21 players at the Aviation Club de France and by Sunday, one of these 21 will become the Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship title holder.

The chip leader after Day 2 is Aubin Cazals. Cazals (2011 PTPR Rank: 1956th) picked up chips at a rapid pace on Friday, he will enter Day 3 play with a 351K chip stack.

A player to look for on Saturday is reigning EPT Loutraki Champ Zimnan Ziyard. Ziyard (2011 PTPR Rank: 72nd) sits fourth in chips and is a player that is expected to put a lot on pressure on his opponents once we get going on Friday.

Our two features from our Thursday post - Canada's Jonathan Duhamel (PTPR #1 Ranked Player) and the USA's Shannon Shorr took it on the chin on Friday.

Both players actually had a lot of chips during the mid-way point of Day 2 play - but, both players find themselves near the bottom of the chip count - both Duhamel (2011 PTPR Rank: 71st) and Shorr (2011 PTPR Rank: 149th) will need to makes early on Day 3 in order to join the lead pack.

CHIP COUNTS
Aubin Cazals 351 000
Vladimir Faubert 290 000
Alain Roy 256 600
Zimnan Zinyard 239 100
Bruno Lopes 196 700
Sampsa Hytoenen 183 400
Antoine Labat 156 800
Idris Ambraisse 143 700
Manuel Bevand 122 700
Jérôme Naye 108 500
Philippe Ktorza 107 700
Marius Torbergsen 98 200
Franck Kalfon 75 700
Lionel Lesur 71 000
Jean-Noël Thorel 66 800
Jacques Guenni 56 700
Benjamin Kraffe 49 100
Jonathan Duhamel 46 600
Shannon Shorr 46 500
Moetaz Elsayed 44 700
Mikhail Petrov 25 300

NOTABLE DAY 2 ELIMINATIONS
Martin Jacobson, EFOP Gold Champioship winner Yann Bosolo, David Benyamine, Alex Dovzhenko and Isabelle Mercier.

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TOP 9 PAYOUTS (in EURO) 1 – 119 440 € 2 – 93 190 € 3 – 62 130 € 4 – 46 600 € 5 – 38 830 € 6 – 31 065 € 7 – 25 890 € 8 – 20 710 € 9 – 15 535 € RELATED POSTS >> SHORR, DUHAMEL CONTEND >> BROSOLO WINS EFOP GOLD >> ElkY BUBBLES AS FINAL DAY SET >> BOYER WINS SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP >> NATALIA NIKITINA WINS EFOP (2011)

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT Euro Finals of Poker EFOP NLH Diamond Championship January 26-28, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $6,540 | Prizepool: $653,980 Entries: 109 DEFENDING CHAMPION Natalia Nikitina (2011 PTPR Rank: 219th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 101 2nd position 61 3rd position 36 4th position 26 5th position 19 6th position 11 7th position 9 8-9th position 6

2012 EFOP: SHORR, DUHAMEL IN CONTENTION AT DIAMOND CHAMPIONSHIP

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109 players made their way to the Aviation Club de France for the Euro Finals of Poker Diamond Championship. The 5,000 Euro buy-in event carries a prizepool over 650K US.


There are plenty of name European players in the event but it's two North-American players that caught our eye during Day 1 play.

Shannon Shorr has had success around the world but he's far away from his Alabama home. Still, Shorr (2011 PTPR Rank: 149th) had a good Day 1 and is looking for his first significant score since finishing 4th at the WPT Southern Poker Championship last January.

Also in the hunt after Day 1 is someone you may have heard of in 2012 ... The #1 ranked player on the 2012 PTPR Tournament Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard, Jonathan Duhamel, is in contention in Paris.

Duhamel (2011 PTPR Rank: 71st) does have some work to do on Day 2 - a quick double-up should do the trick! The 2010 World Champion looks to continue an amazing start to 2012 with this Euro tour.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS
Philippe Ktorza – 117k
Idris Ambraisse – 114k
Shannon Shorr – 89k
Jean-Noel Thorel – 80k
Zimnan Zinyard – 77k
Manuel Bevand – 64,8k
David Benyamine – 62,5k
Jonathan Duhamel – 49,4k
Martin Jacobson – 49k
Yann Brosolo – 44,7k
Alain Roy – 42k
Isabelle Mercier – 32k
Nicolas Babel – 27,5k
Remy Biechel – 22,5k
Alex Dovhzenko – 22k
Tristan Clémençon – 16k

NOTABLE DAY 1 ELIMINATIONS
Natalia Nikitina, Ludovic Lacay, ElkY, Hugo Lemaire, Juha Helppi, Davidi Kitai, Guillaume Darcourt and Samuel Chartier.

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TOP 9 PAYOUTS (in EURO) 1 – 119 440 € 2 – 93 190 € 3 – 62 130 € 4 – 46 600 € 5 – 38 830 € 6 – 31 065 € 7 – 25 890 € 8 – 20 710 € 9 – 15 535 € RELATED POSTS >> BROSOLO WINS EFOP GOLD >> ElkY BUBBLES AS FINAL DAY SET >> BOYER WINS SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP >> NATALIA NIKITINA WINS EFOP (2011)

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT Euro Finals of Poker EFOP NLH Diamond Championship January 26-28, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $6,540 | Prizepool: $653,980 Entries: 109 DEFENDING CHAMPION Natalia Nikitina (2011 PTPR Rank: 219th) PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 101 2nd position 61 3rd position 36 4th position 26 5th position 19 6th position 11 7th position 9 8-9th position 6

2012 EFOP: BROSOLO OUTLASTS STRONG FIELD TO WIN EFOP GOLD

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Yann Brosolo has won the Euro Finals of Poker Gold Championship, taking over from 2011 Champion Julien Muel.

Brosolo (2011 PTPR Rank: 1693rd), earned a score at EPT Prague last season on the circuit. This doubles his previous single event payout.

The chip leader heading into today's play was Samir Choubani. Choubani (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) could do no better than second place, still, a respectable first score to start the season.


Third place finisher Charles Harvey earns his second PTPR Score of 2012. Harvey (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) had a 16th place showing at WPT Ireland earlier this month.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (in EURO) 1er – Yann Brosolo – 70,000 euros 2e – Samir Choubani – 62,500 euros 3e – Charles Harvey – 37,900 euros 4e – William Saad – 25,265 euros 5e – Nicolas Langlois – 18,950 euros 6e – Lucien Cohen – 15,790 euros 7e – Angelo Besnainou – 12,635 euros 8e – Amine Cherif – 11,055 euros 9e – David Lascar – 9,475 euros 10e – Fabian Switz – 7,895 euros DEFENDING CHAMPION Julien Muel (2011 PTPR Rank: 836th) RELATED POSTS >> ElkY BUBBLES AS FINAL DAY SET >> BOYER WINS SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP >> NATALIA NIKITINA WINS EFOP (2011)

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Euro Finals of Poker EFOP NLH Gold Championship January 19-21, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $2,585 | Prizepool: $408,125 Entries: 168 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION YANN BROSOLO 35 SAMIR CHOUBANI 18 CHARLES HARVEY 10 WILLIAM SAAD 8 NICOLAS LANGLOIS 5

2012 EFOP: ElkY BUBBLES AS FINAL DAY SET AT THE AVIATION CLUB

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Day 2 is in the books at the Aviation Club de France in Paris. We will crown a Euro Finals of Poker Gold Championship winner on Sunday as the final 12 players were sent home before a final table could be set ... it was past 4AM in Paris when they were sent home.

Things looked good for Betrand Grospellier early on Saturday. ElkY held one of the top stacks early but sadly, ElkY (2011 PTPR Rank: 5th) was the bubble player and won't be returning on Sunday.

EPT Deauville Champ Lucien Cohen will be defending his title later this month but first, he's got business to take care of here. Cohen (2011 PTPR Rank: 80th) spent parts of the day with the chip lead. He will be fourth once we start play Sunday.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS
Samir Choubani – 614,5k
Yann Brosolo – 484,5k
Charles Harvey – 421,5k
Lucien Cohen – 412k
Nicolas Langlois – 299,5k
Angelo Besnainou – 256,5k
William Saad – 243k
David Lascar – 191k
Fabian Switz – 140k
Jean-Louis Santoni – 139k
Julien Pitcho – 102k
Amine Cherif – 57,5k

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (in EURO) 1e – 75800 euros 2e – 56850 euros 3e – 37900 euros 4e – 25265 euros 5e – 18950 euros 6e – 15790 euros 7e – 12635 euros 8e – 11055 euros 9e – 9475 euros 10e – 7895 euros LIVE UPDATES >> POKER52.fr RELATED POSTS >> BOYER WINS SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP >> NATALIA NIKITINA WINS EFOP (2011)

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Euro Finals of Poker EFOP NLH Gold Championship January 19-21, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $2,585 | Prizepool: $408,125 Entries: 168 PTS AT STAKE 1st place 35 2nd place 18 3rd place 10 4th place 8 5th place 5

2012 EFOP: BOYER CAPTURES 1K SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN

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Many of Europe's top poker pros have gathered at the Aviation Club de France in Paris to take part in the Euro Finals of Poker 5K Gold Championship - that event starts Friday ... over 200 runners decided to start their work week in Paris a little early and play in the 1K Silver Championship that was completed earlier this evening.



Franck Boyer took down the event. Although Boyer doesn't have any PTPR Scores, he has cashed a few times on the circuit since 2010 - the latest cash coming at WPT Ireland earlier this month where he finished in 20th place.

There were some big names entered in the event - although only Babel was able to make it in the money ...

Kara Scott, Remy Biechel, John Eames, Antoine Saout, former WPT Champion Sam El Sayed, Nicolas Babel and former EPT Prague winner Arnaud Mattern.

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EVENT PAYOUTS (in EURO): 1e Franck Boyer 42.845€ 2e Vincent Devauchelle 29.890€ 3e David Pagnard 18.930€ 4e Franck Kalfon 15.940€ 5e Michel Pommaret 12.950€ 6e Pierre Fehner 10.960€ 7e Nathy Bitton 8970€ 8e Nicolas Babel 6975€ 9e Samy Torbey 5980€ 10e Ludovic Heinry 4980€ LIVE UPDATES >> POKER52.fr RELATED POSTS >> NATALIA NIKITINA WINS EFOP (2011)

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT Euro Finals of Poker EFOP NLH Silver Championship January 18-19, 2012 Aviation Club de France | Paris Buy-in: $1,295 | Prizepool: $258,345 Entries: 212 FINAL RESULTS FRANCK BOYER 35 VINCENT DEVAUCHELLE 18 DAVID PAGNARD 10 FRANCK KALFON 8 MICHEL POMMARET 5