FPS SNOWFEST: POKER PRODIGY? 18-YEAR OLD PAVLIKOVA WINS EVIAN SNOWFEST

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We may have found our next poker prodigy! This one hails from the Czech Republic and she has just won the France Poker Series Snowfest Evian Main Event in the French Alpes.

Veronika Pavlikova (2012 PTPR Rank: 137th) sure picked a good time to make her first big live tournament presence. She ran through the competition once final table play started and plans playing more France Poker Series events in the future. For now, she will return to playing online.

French pro Guillaume Darcourt (2012 PTPR Rank: 514th) managed to finish fourth in the event and picks up his first PTPR Points of the season. Darcourt won WPT Bucharest in 2010 and finished 35th at the 2011 WSOP Main Event.

Belgian pro Matthias De Meulder (2012 PTPR Rank: 47th) was ninth in the event. De Meulder won a prelim event at EPT Deauville last month.

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TOP 10 PAYOUTS (EURO) 1- Veronika Pavlikova 70.000€ 2- Ludovic Marguerat 45.500€ 3- Serge Didisheim 27.500€ 4- Guillaume Darcourt 21.160€ 5- Gregory Raffelli 16.000€ 6- Damien Denis 12.000€ 7-Gilles Mellet 8500€ 8- Morgan Franz 6000€ 9- Matthias De Meulder 4200€ 10- Thibaud Guenegou 4200€ RELATED POSTS >> DARCOURT, DE MEULDER CONTEND >> DE MEULDER WINS DE TURBO EVENT COVERAGE >> POKER52.fr (FRENCH)

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT France Poker Series Evian Snowfest FPS Evian Snowfest NLH Main Event March 22-25, 2012 Quai Baron de Blonay | France Buy-in: $1,460 | Prizepool: $376,910 Entries: 296 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION VERONIKA PAVLIKOVA 35 LUDOVIC MARGUERAT 18 SERGE DIDISHEIM 10 GUILLAUME DARCOUT 8 GREGORY RAFFALLI 5 NEXT LIVE EVENT FPS Amneville Casino d'Amneville May 10-13, 2012

FRANCE POKER SERIES SNOWFEST EVIAN LIVE COVERAGE

You can watch live final day coverage of the France Poker Series Snowfest Evian Main Event on PokerStarsLive.fr or by clicking on the link below ... NOTE: Coverage is in French, the video coverage is A+ with plenty of cameras on site.

LIVE FEED
>> POKERSTARS LIVE COVERAGE (French)

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TOP 13 PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st 70,000 2nd 43,500 3rd 27,500 4th 21,160 5th 16,000 6th 12,000 7th 8,500 8th 6,000 9-10th 4,200 11-12th 3,350 13th 2,750 RELATED POSTS >> DARCOURT, DE MEULDER IN CONTENTION AT EVIAN >> DE MEULDER WINS DE TURBO

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT France Poker Series Evian Snowfest FPS Evian Snowfest NLH Main Event March 22-25, 2012 Quai Baron de Blonay | France Buy-in: $1,460 | Prizepool: $376,910 Entries: 296 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 35 2nd position 18 3rd position 10 4th position 8 5th position 5 NEXT LIVE EVENT FPS Amneville Casino d'Amneville May 10-13, 2012

FPS EVIAN: DARCOURT, DE MEULDER IN CONTENTION AT EVIAN SNOWFEST

The France Poker Series has made it's way to the French Alpes for the series' inaugural FPS Evian Snowfest!

We have reached final day play in Evian and two name players are in the hunt, sitting in the middle of the final 13 pack as we will resume Sunday.

WSOP standout Guillaume Darcourt (2012 PTPR Rank: NR) and EPT Deauville side event winner Matthias De Meulder (2012 PTPR Rank: 47th) are both a double-up away from taking control of Snowfest - it should make for an interesting Sunday in the French Alpes.

Gilles Mellet has the chip lead while Thibaud Guenegou - who finished third at WPT Amneville last season - sits 10th in chips.

FINAL DAY CHIP COUNTS
Gilles Mellet 1,02M
Morgane Franz 1,011M
Ludovic Marguerat 837k
Vincent Rey 690k
Gregory Raffalli 628k
Guillaume Darcourt 577k
Matthias De Meulder 542k
Veronika Pavlikova 530k
Serge Didisheim 424k
Thibaud Guenegou 422k
Damien Denis 379k
Amine Chadli 154k
Marilena D’Amico 12k

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TOP 13 PAYOUTS (EURO) 1st 70,000 2nd 43,500 3rd 27,500 4th 21,160 5th 16,000 6th 12,000 7th 8,500 8th 6,000 9-10th 4,200 11-12th 3,350 13th 2,750 RELATED POSTS >> DE MEULDER WINS DE TURBO EVENT COVERAGE >> POKER52.fr (FRENCH)

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT France Poker Series Evian Snowfest FPS Evian Snowfest NLH Main Event March 22-25, 2012 Quai Baron de Blonay | France Buy-in: $1,460 | Prizepool: $376,910 Entries: 296 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st position 35 2nd position 18 3rd position 10 4th position 8 5th position 5 NEXT LIVE EVENT FPS Amneville Casino d'Amneville May 10-13, 2012

PTS AT STAKE: LET'S RENDEZ-VOUS A PARIS, SHALL WE?

SOURCE: WPT.com

We're in Paris for the classic Rendez-Vous A Paris at the prestigious Aviation Club, home of the World Poker Tour's Grand Prix de Paris.

We're so happy that the WPT decided to return to ACF a few years back, this is one of the most exciting destinations on the WPT circuit.

Some big names have made their way to Paris. Some are still alive after both Day 1's, some have gone by the wayside.

One of the top chip leaders after the combined Day 1's is France's own Guillaume Darcourt. Darcourt, fresh off a solid performance at EPT Barcelona and the WSOP Main Event - he held the chip lead at one point in each event - Darcout continues his fine play with a late charge to finish Day 1B as the chip leader.

Mikko Sundell will be the overall chip leader once Day 2 play begins on Wednesday.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS FOLLOWING DAY 1A AND 1B:
Mikko Sundell 203,800 (Day 1A chip leader)
Yann Dion 201,400
Guillaume Darcourt (Day 1B chip leader)
Jean Noel Thorel 186,000
Joe Ebanks 142,600
Jani Sointula 135,400
McLean Karr 133,200
Max Silver 124,100
Marvin Rettenmaier 104,600
Mike Sexton 74,000
Ludovic Lacey 62,200

NOTABLE DAY 1A AND 1B ELIMINATIONS INCLUDE:
Kara Scott, Sam El Sayed, Roberto Romanello, Arnaud Mattern, Antoine Saout, Michael Tureniec, Phil Collins, Anton Wigg and Bobby Bellande.

WPT GRAND PRIX DE PARIS PAYOUTS (in Euros):
1st: €500,000
2nd: €311,100
3rd: €211,100
4th: €155,550
5th: €133,330
6th: €88,900
7th: €77,700
8th: €66,665
9th: €55,555
10th-13th: €44,445
14th-18th: €33,330
19th-23rd: €22,220
24th-27th: €16,665
28th-36th: €11,110

A total of 167 players will make their way back to the Aviation Club on Wednesday at 2PM Paris time.


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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour 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
6-7th position 28
8-11th position 13
12-15th position 11
16-18th position 8