Day 1B of WPT Prime Paris €1,100 Main Event on Horizon

Photo: Matiss Celmins

After an extremely busy Day 1A yesterday, from which 26 players progressed to Day 2 from 202 entries, Day 1B of the WPT Prime Paris €1,100 Main Event is due to kick off today, October 24, at noon local time at Club Circus, Paris.

Mathias Moutaoukil (917,000), Niko Koop (880,000) and Matiss Celmins (740,000) rose to the top of the standings at the conclusion of Day 1A, and they will be aiming for a tilt at the title when they return for Day 2.  

End of Day 1A Top Ten Chip Counts

1.Mathias Moutaoukil – 917,000 (76 bb)
2.Niko Koop – 880,000 (73 bb)
3.Matiss Celmins – 740,000 (62 bb)
4.Gary Benhamou – 708,000 (59 bb)
5.Nicolas Grasland – 540,000 (45 bb)
6.Thomas Rauhe – 492,000 (41 bb)
7.Samuel Fournier – 476,000 (40 bb)
8.Thibault Goncalves – 470,000 (39 bb)
9.Clement Delacroix – 446,000 (37 bb)
10.Tatsuki Ozawa – 377,000 (31 bb)

Players will play 40-minute levels, starting with a 50,000 starting stack, with blinds starting at 100/200, with a 200 big blind ante. Day 1B is the second of five starting flights, all of which will play down to 12.5% of the field, with the final flight, Day 1E, being a turbo flight featuring 20-minute levels. All players who find a bag for Day 2 will be in the money and will then return on October 27 to try and reach the final table thereafter.

The registration for each Day 1 is open until the start of level ten and one re-entry is allowed per day. In this particular case according to French regulations, it means two entries are possible on each player’s first Day 1 of this tournament, and then one entry on the following days if needed.

Blinds will increase to 60-minute levels in Day 2, and will only be be reduced to 30 minutes each once the heads-up stage on the final day has been reached. There will be a redraw prior to Day 2, followed by the final three and two tables, as well as the nine-handed final table. Players will earn points for the 2024 WPT Player of the Year leaderboard and the winner also receives a $10,400 seat for the 2024 WPT World Championships at Wynn Las Vegas this upcoming December.