September 11 2012, Rich Ryan

On Tuesday, the World Poker Tour Season XI Grand Prix de Paris continued with Day 1b at the Aviation Club de France. There were 132 registrants, creating a total player pool of 228, but only 92 survived the day. No player finished with 100,000 chips or more, but French singer Grégoire Boissenot ended with 95,000 chips. Biting at his heels are Peter Jetten and Matt Salsberg, both of whom bagged exactly 83,575 chips.

The overall chip leader in the tournament is Jacques Enjoubault, who finished Day 1a with 225,200 chips.

Other notables who survived the day include 2009 November Niner Antoine Saout (77,795), PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final Champion Mohsin Charania (72,250), two-time $50,000 Poker Players Championship Winner Michael Mizrachi (69,750), 2011 WSOP bracelet winner Fabrice Soulier (62,500), and Tony G (62,450), who finished runner-up in this event in 2004.

Tony G sat down and immediately won a nice-sized pot off of 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event runner-up Kyle Julius. Tony G opened to 1,100 from early position, and two players called, including Julius on the button. The flop was , and the action checked to Tony G who tossed out 2,000. Only Julius called. Tony G fired 3,000 when the turned, Julius called, and Tony G fired a third bullet worth 4,000 when the completed the board. Julius folded tens face up, and Tony G flashed a black eight, announcing that he flopped a set.

Salsberg got off to a rough start, losing more than two thirds of his stack in the first few hours, but doubled through Vanessa Selbst. Salsberg turned a set of queens and called an all-in bet from Selbst who held straight a flush draws. The river bricked, shooting Salsberg’s stack above 40,000 chips.

Dan O’Brien, Guillaume Darcourt, Guillaume Rivet, Roberto Romanello, and Selbst all busted on their second bullet, and JC Alvarado, Ludovic Lacay, and Darren Elias all busted in their only try.

Day 2 is scheduled for 1500 CEST (0600 PDT) on Wednesday, and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be there providing up-to-the-minute updates from the Aviation Club de France.

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August 28 2012, Brett Collson

Day 3 of the of the $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour Legends of Poker Main Event began with 84 players looking to burst the money bubble and move closer to the $500,000 top prize. After a long day on the felts, only 18 survived, with Cyrus Farzad and his 2.6 million chips leading the way.

With the top 63 players making the money, the bubble was reached rather quickly Monday. It burst shortly after players returned from their second break; according to the WPT Live Updates team, Elio Fox moved all-in preflop from the hijack for 90,000 (15 big blinds) and former WPT Championship winner Yevgeniy Timoshenko called on the button. After play ended at the other tables, Fox revealed and Timoshenko tabled , putting the former World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champ at risk and in bad shape. The didn’t provide any help to Fox, who left the tournament area empty-handed.

Each remaining player was guaranteed at least $7,500, but the focus for most was to build a big stack leading up to the final table. Among the players who cashed but fell by the wayside on Day 3 were Todd Terry (53rd – $8,200), Matt Keikoan (52nd – $8,200), Ray Henson (39th – $9,500), Jared Hamby (38th – $9,500), Dwyte Pilgrim (36th – $11,100), Isaac Baron (34th – $11,100), Erick Lindgren (33rd – $11,100), and Timoshenko (25th – $13,400).

While those players succumbed, others thrived. Cyrus Farzad took the chip lead late in the evening after winning a big pot against Jason Koon, who entered the day as one of the chip leaders. Farzad and Koon saw a flop of and both checked to see the hit the river. Koon led out for 47,000, but Farzad fired back with a raise to 200,000. Koon called, and the landed on the river. Both players opted to check, and Farzad’s for a set of nines bested Koon’s for top pair.

“Every showdown we go to, you show a set or better,” Koon said to Farzad after the hand. “If you bet the flop, I go broke. That’s how good I’m running.”

That pot pushed Farzad way out in front of the rest of the pack, and despite losing back more than a million before play ended, he still leads the way going into Tuesday. Joining Farzad near the top of the leaderboard heading into Day 4 are Greg Mueller, Stephen Graner, Jeff Madsen, Max Steinberg, and Day 2 chip leader Ali Eslami.

Koon’s “run-good” didn’t last – he was the final elimination of the day, finishing in 19th place for $13,400. After losing a crucial flip to Jesse Martin, Koon was all-in for about 90,000 chips (4.5 big blinds) with against Max Steinberg’s . The board ran out to keep Steinberg in front and send Koon out the door. With that elimination, the players bagged their chips and play concluded for the day.

Here’s a look at the remaining players going into the penultimate day of action:

2012 WPT Legends of Poker Day 3 Chip Counts

Day 4 begins Tuesday at 1300 PDT (2100 BST) and the last 18 players will play down to the six-handed televised final table. We’ll have a recap of the action at the end of the day, so be sure to keep it locked in to PokerNews.com.

Data courtesy of WorldPokerTour.com.

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