Hugues Girard Bests 1,242 Entries In 2024 WPT Prime Paris Championship

The second version of the World Poker Tour Prime Paris Championship €1,100 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion at Club Circus Paris attracted 1,242 entries, leading to a prize pool price almost $1.3 million.

While 156 gamers earned a share, no one walked away with a bigger chunk than eventual champion Hugues Girard. The Frenchman emerged victorious with the trophy and the highest prize of $183,294. This was his second six-figure payout of the yr, having completed second from a area of three,448 entries within the €500 occasion on the Winimax Poker Tour Grand Finale for $137,340 again in March.

This was the primary title and fourth final-table end of the yr for Girard. The 960 Card Player Player of the Year factors he earned for the win moved him into 123rd place within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker.

Girard now has recorded match earnings in extra of $583,000, with the vast majority of that haul being secured this yr.

After 5 beginning flights and in the future of combined-field motion, there have been simply eight contenders remaining on this occasion. Girard sat atop the leaderboard, with Etienne Oliveira in second chip place and Mathieu Goncalves rounding out the highest three.

Oliveira’s A-Ok held in opposition to the A-Q of Samuel Fournier (eighth – $26,416) to slender the sphere to seven. Ludovic Amblard (seventh – $32,777) was the subsequent to fall, along with his fives and queens bested by the jacks and queens of Baptiste Audoli.

Girard’s first knockout of the ultimate day pitted his backside pair and gutshot in opposition to the flush draw and open-ended straight draw of Oleksii Ievchenko. A clean river ended Ievchenko’s run in sixth place ($41,079). Shortly after that, Girard’s pocket sevens held in opposition to the pocket sixes of Oliveira (fifth – $52,508) to go away simply 4 gamers remaining.

Girard’s surge continued when his QQ held in opposition to the Ok9 of Baptiste Audoli. The flop got here down 876 to present Audoli an open-ended straight flush draw, however the 4 flip and eight river had been of no additional assist. Audoli was awarded $68,681 for his fourth-place displaying.

Kostya Zaks final 17 or so huge blinds went in preflop with A9 as an open-shove from the button. Girard reshoved from the small blind with JJ to get heads-up. The two noticed a runout of 874Ok9, giving Girard a flush and the pot. Zaks earned $91,863 for his podium end.

Heads-up play started with Girard holding roughly a 5:1 lead over Goncalves. The last two went on to play greater than 100 extra palms, with Goncalves even combating his approach into the lead for a bit alongside the way in which. Girard pulled again out in entrance forward of the ultimate hand, although. Goncalves shoved from the button with Ok9 for a handful of massive blinds and Girard known as with Ok7. The board ran out 77454, giving Girard sevens full and the title. Goncalves cashed for $126,279 because the runner-up finisher.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the last desk:

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