Paul Runcan Storms to Overall Lead on Day 1c of the 2024 WPT Prime Paris Championship

Paul Runcan

The third out of five starting days in the 2024 WPT Prime Paris €1,100 Championship saw the strongest turnout thus far with 295 entries total, which boosts the overall attendance to 738 entries with two further flights to follow on Saturday, October 26, 2024.

A new chip leader was crowned in the Club Circus Paris as Paul Runcan soared way ahead of the competition. Close to the bubble on Day 1b, Runcan was eliminated in a massive pot against Etienne Silva de Oliveira and came back with a vengeance. After becoming a big stack following the dinner break, Runcan promised to make it through with the chip lead and did so in scintillating fashion.

The Romania-born bagged up an incredible 2,250,000 – forty-five times the starting stack – which is well ahead Karim Alleg (1,346,000) and Giuseppe Zarbo (1,081,000) as the only two players with a seven-figure stack tonight.

Among the 37 survivors are also Florence Allera (718,000), Stephen Song (446,000), Sandrine Zeitoun, Julien Martini (67,000), as well as Japan’s Ayana Taniguchi (53,000).

End of Day 1c Chip Counts

Paul Runcan – 2,250,000 (141 bb)
Karim Alleg – 1,346,000 (84 bb)
Giuseppe Zarbo – 1,081,000 (68 bb)
Kevin Dedner – 945,000 (59 bb)
Florence Allera – 718,000 (45 bb)
Yves Benramdane – 695,000 (43 bb)
Tristan Dosik – 632,000 (40 bb)
Stanislav Petriv – 605,000 (38 bb)
Omry Funis – 474,000 (30 bb)
Stephen Song – 446,000 (28 bb)
Oissim Zaidi – 430,000 (27 bb)
Rami Okasha – 406,000 (25 bb)
Christian Lovrencevic – 388,000 (24 bb)
Karim Guelaz 360,000 (23 bb)
Firas Nassar – 342,000 (21 bb)
Mehdi Hammani – 330,000 (21 bb)
Francois Arnou-Laujeac – 305,000 (19 bb)
Armand Muratoglu – 279,000 (17 bb)
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek – 270,000 (17 bb)
Lucas Amzalak – 247,000 (15 bb)
Ludovic Amblard – 220,000 (14 bb)
Clement Kerrien – 220,000 (14 bb)
Sandrine Zeitoun – 209,000 (13 bb)
Damien Duveau – 192,000 (12 bb)
Jean Etchepare – 165,000 (10 bb)
Xavier Gour – 164,000 (10 bb)
Udol Luther – 147,000 (9 bb)
Sacha Rymland – 138,000 (9 bb)
Alan Monte – 120,000 (8 bb)
Giovanni Renna – 107,000 (7 bb)
Ramesh Caussy – 105,000 (7 bb)
Romain Fajon – 102,000 (6 bb)
Philippe Depieds – 90,000 (6 bb)
Mercedes Osti – 72,000 (5 bb)
Julien Martini – 67,000 (4 bb)
Ayana Taniguchi – 53,000 (3 bb)
Jawed Abdulkarim – 18,000 (1 bb)

So far, 93 players have locked up a cash prize across the three completed flights. This also includes Jawed Abdulkarim, who was forced all-in two hands in a row with a single chip on the Day 1c bubble. He survived both hands and Slimane Mameche then bowed out in the hand thereafter, being forced all-in himself out of the big blind.

The fourth and last regular flight kicks off at noon local time while the turbo hear with a 20-minute level duration gets underway later in the evening at 8 p.m. local time. Stay tuned for all of the action from Paris right here on WPT.com.