€1,100 Main Event
Day 1cd Completed
2024 FPS Aix-les-Bains
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
2024 FPS Aix-les-Bains
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€633,600
Entries
660
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
398
Players Left
95
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Days 1c and 1b of the France Poker Series Aix-les-Bains Main Event proved to be the biggest yet, with an additional 398 entrants between both flights making their way into Casino Grand Cercle to take their shot at poker glory. In total, the main event drew 660 entrants across four starting flights. Exact prize pool details and payouts will be announced and posted at the start of Day 2.
By the time the last hand was dealt, it was Quentin Girardet who emerged as the overall chip leader after bagging 420,000 in chips. Just behind him is French poker pro Adel Naoun, who experienced a late-night surge to claim the second spot overall with 418,000.
Overall Top Ten Chip Counts From Day 1c and 1d
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip count | Big blinds |
| 1 | Quentin Girardet | France | 420,000 | 105 |
| 2 | Adel Naoun | France | 418,000 | 105 |
| 3 | Seyed Moussavi Nameghi | France | 380,000 | 95 |
| 4 | Jason Metz | France | 293,000 | 73 |
| 5 | Charles Revil | France | 276,000 | 69 |
| 6 | Abel Pruchon | France | 268,000 | 67 |
| 7 | Patrick Afonso | France | 252,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Alexis Nicolai | France | 242,000 | 61 |
| 9 | Angel Insua | Spain | 242,000 | 61 |
| 10 | Simon Wiciak | France | 237,000 | 59 |
Day 1c got underway with 121 players eager to put their chips to work, as at least two eliminations occurred on the very first level. The first victim of the day was Christian Bombled, who ran pocket queens into Nicolas Payet's pocket kings in one of the first hands of the day. Shortly after, Fabio Calo flopped a set of tens against another player's bottom two pair to claim a starting stack.
PokerStars ambassador Simon Wiciak got off to a hot start after cracking Mickael Freydier's set of nines early in the day and mostly continued to build his stack from that point on. Wiciak, who won the EPT Main Event in Barcelona last year, managed to end with a top-ten stack worth 237,000 in chips.
Other notables to bag into Day 2 include French streamer Pierre-Alexis Bizot, also known as "Domingo" (50,000), Fabian Rolli (160,000), biathlete Florent Claude (210,000), and WSOP bracelet winner Shai Zurr, who ended the day with a very respectable 217,000.
Among the less fortunate who were unable to make it to Day 2 include Karo Nuri, Joseph Carlino, Souleiman Ben Sta, and Michel Molenaar, who lost a flip against Loris Corbelli late in the day after Corbelli hit a runner-runner straight.
Jean-Noel Thorel, who is currently France's top tournament earner with over $20 million in cashes, joined the field late in the day but was unable to gain any real momentum. Thorel also ended up busting after running his pocket tens into Jason Metz's aces and failing to improve.
The final 152 players will reconvene at 1 p.m. local time on Saturday, October 5 for Day 2. Play will resume on Level 15, which features 2,000/4,000 blinds with a 4,000 big-blind ante. Levels will be increased to 50 minutes in length each and scheduled breaks will be determined by tournament staff after play has begun.
Approximately 15 percent of the total field (660) will make the money, but the exact payouts will be announced later during Day 2.
Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the action leading to the money bubble and beyond in the Aix-les-Bain Main Event!
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
242,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
||
|
181,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
|
|
176,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
|
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
165,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
163,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
162,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
|
118,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
104,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
97,000
97,000
|
97,000 |
|
|
93,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
92,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
|
79,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
|
79,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
|
72,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
67,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
61,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
61,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
||
|
418,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
|
380,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
293,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
276,000
276,000
|
276,000 |
|
268,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
252,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
242,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
237,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
||
|
|
232,000
232,000
|
232,000 |
|
217,000
217,000
|
217,000 |
|
||
|
216,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
210,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
198,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
197,000
197,000
|
197,000 |
|
|
195,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
192,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
179,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
|
160,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
154,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
|
148,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
|
143,000
-157,000
|
-157,000 |
|
142,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
|
142,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The remaining 65 players are now bagging and tagging.
Stay tuned for a recap of Day 1c and 1d.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The tournament director has announced that each table will be dealt three more hands before players bag and tag for the evening.
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Adel Naoun has been on a late-night rush that has sent his stack soaring.
In a recent hand, Naoun opened from middle position and the player in the cutoff shoved for approximately 20,000. Action folded back to Naoun, who called.
Cutoff: Q♣Q♦
Adel Naoun: A♦10♣
Naoun was behind, but the A♠5♥8♣K♥7♣ runout paired his ace to award him the knockout.
On the very next hand, Naoun won with ace-ten against a different opponent after pairing his ace on the river and getting a value bet paid off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
445,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The player in the hijack shoved for their last 30,000 and just behind him, Patrick Afonso called in the cutoff. Everyone else folded and a showdown was held.
Hijack: A♥Q♠
Patrick Afonso: A♠J♦
Afonso found himself dominated, and the 2♦10♠3♥ flop and 4♥ turn changed nothing. However, the J♠ river paired Afonso's jack at the last moment to provide him with the winning hand and elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 13
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The player in the cutoff shoved for their last 10,000 and Kamel Belaidouni called in the small blind. Loris Corbelli shoved from the big blind for approximately 80,000 and Belaidouni folded a pair of eights face up.
Cutoff: A♥2♦
Loris Corbelli: K♦Q♥
The board ran out 2♠8♣4♦4♠Q♣ — giving Corbelli a winning two pair for the elimination while Belaidouni watched helplessly in what would have been a double knockout for him had he called.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | |
|
100,000
5,000
|
5,000 |