Grand Prix de Paris
Venue: Aviation Club de France; Paris, France
Prize Pool: near $2 million (about €1.7 million)
Final prize: over €479,000 (about $600,000) and $25,000 buy-in to the WPT Championship.
Opening Chip Count:
| CHIP COUNT | |
| MICHEL
ZAJDENBERG Paris, France |
€758,000 |
| ROLAND de WOLFE London, UK |
€728,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI Helsinki, Finland |
€352,000 |
| ALAN GOEHRING Las Vegas, NV |
€327,000 |
| CURT KOHLBERG Westin, MA |
€126,000 |
| TIM ANDERS Las Vegas, NV |
€116,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €1,000/€4,000/€8,000 | |
Butter up your baguettes and shuffle up and deal! We start with Alan taking an easy €34,000. Curt goes over the top to win the next pot.
| Roland (SB) | Juha (BB) |
| A♠A♦ | 9♣7♣ |
| RAISE: €28,000 | CALL: €20,000 |
| 77% | 22% |
| FLOP: 10♦9♠5♣ | |
| BET: €50,000 | CALL: €50,000 |
| 74% | 26% |
| TURN: 2♣ | |
| BET: €60,000 | CALL: €50,000 |
| 67% | 33% |
| RIVER: 3♦ | |
| BET: €80,000 | FOLD |
| WIN: €362,000 | |
Chip count after a champagne break...
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €876,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €714,000 |
| ALAN GOEHRING | €353,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €222,000 |
| CURT KOHLBERG | €144,000 |
| TIM ANDERS | €98,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €1,000/€4,000/€8,000 | |
| Roland | Michel (SB) |
| A♦10♦ | 9♠J♣ |
| RAISE: €30,000 | RAISE: €80,000 |
| RAISE: €50,000 | |
| 27% | 73% |
| FLOP: A♥6♠A♣ | |
| BET: €40,000 | |
| CALL: €40,000 | |
| 91% | 9% |
| TURN: 4♠ | |
| CHECK | |
| BET: €40,000 | FOLD |
| WIN: €294,000 | |
Mucking the two jacks gives Roland the chip lead...
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €1,009,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €593,000 |
| ALAN GOEHRING | €352,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €221,000 |
| CURT KOHLBERG | €135,000 |
| TIM ANDERS | €97,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €1,000/€4,000/€8,000 | |
| Juha | Alan (BB) |
| A♥Q♦ | K♥K♦ |
| RAISE: €25,000 | CALL: €17,000 |
| 32% | 68% |
| FLOP: K♣9♥7♣ | |
| CHECK | |
| CHECK | |
| 2% | 98% |
| TURN: 10♠ | |
| BET: €50,000 | |
| FOLD | WIN: €110,000 |
Alan gets ever so close to Roland's lead...
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €976,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €571,000 |
| ALAN GOEHRING | €371,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €213,000 |
| CURT KOHLBERG | €161,000 |
| TIM ANDERS | €115,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €1,000/€4,000/€8,000 | |
| Alan | Roland (B) |
| J♠J♣ | A♣4♣ |
| RAISE: €16,000 (C-Note: Most poker players agree... there is no good way to play pocket Jacks) |
CALL: €16,000 |
| 63% | 36% |
| FLOP: K♥J♥6♠ | |
| BET: €22,000 | FOLD |
| WIN: €72,000 | |
And Vince has the French Whine Award. More on that later.
| Alan | Roland (B) |
| A♥Q♠ | K♦K♠ |
| RAISE: €16,000 | RAISE: €110,000 |
| ALL-IN: €387,000 | CALL: €293,000 |
| 29% | 70% |
|
FLOP: 6♦5♣4♥ TURN: 4♦ RIVER: 3♦ |
|
| OUT: 6th Place | WIN: €824,000 Two pair K♦K♠4♦4♥6♦ |
With that, Roland takes everything
Alan had and pads his lead that much.
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €1,379,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €557,000 |
| CURT KOHLBERG | €203,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €155,000 |
| TIM ANDERS | €113,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €1,000/€4,000/€8,000 | |
| Roland (SB) | Juha (BB) |
| Q♠5♦ | K♥J♠ |
| RAISE: €48,000 | ALL-IN: €40,000 |
| 32% | 67% |
|
FLOP: K♣J♣4♣ TURN: 7♠ (C-Note: Roland is drawing dead) RIVER: 5♠ |
|
| WIN: €85,000 Two pair K♥K♣J♣J♠7♠ |
|
Juha's win didn't do much for his
total, as he's still on the short stack.... Maybe a little inflation will help.
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €1,346,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €554,000 |
| TIM ANDERS | €227,000 |
| CURT KOHLBERG | €194,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €86,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €2,000/€6,000/€12,000 | |
| Roland (B) | Juha (SB) |
| K♣3♠ | A♠K♥ |
| RAISE: €25,000 | "I need to
double-up twice. Here's the first time." ALL-IN: €84,000 |
| CALL: €59,000 | |
| 10% | 88% |
|
FLOP: 10♦10♣2♣ TURN: 5♥ (C-Note: Roland has one out, the remaining 3 in the deck) RIVER: 8♥ |
|
| WIN: €190,000 Pair of Tens 10♦10♣A♠K♥8♥ |
|
Juha needs one more double up to get back into this game.
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €1,186,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €420,000 |
| CURT KOHLBERG | €336,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €240,000 |
| TIM ANDERS | €225,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €2,000/€6,000/€12,000 | |
| Tim (B) | Roland (SB) |
| K♠5♦ | J♠10♣ |
| RAISE: €30,000 | CALL: €24,000 |
| 69% | 30% |
| FLOP: A♠Q♠9♥ | |
| CHECK | |
| BET: €40,000 | CALL: €40,000 |
| 51% | 48% |
| TURN: 6♠ | |
| BET: €30,000 | |
| ALL-IN: €153,000 | CALL: €123,000 |
| 74% | 26% |
| RIVER: A♦ | |
| WIN: €468,000 Pair of Aces/King kicker A♠A♦K♠Q♠9♥ |
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Tim wins another all-in pot as the money increases...
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €933,000 |
| TIM ANDERS | €600,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €462,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €240,000 |
| CURT KOHLBERG | €172,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €2,000/€10,000/€20,000 | |
| Tim (B) | Roland (SB) | Juha (BB) |
| A♦K♥ | J♦10♦ | 8♠8♥ |
| RAISE: €75,000 | CALL: €65,000 | CALL: €55,000 |
| 38% | 32% | 30% |
| FLOP: 8♣4♦3♦ | ||
| CHECK | CHECK | |
| ALL-IN: €523,000 | FOLD | ALL-IN: €163,000 |
| LOWERED BET: €163,000 | ||
| 4% | 96% | |
|
TURN: J♠ RIVER: A♥ |
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| WIN: €163,000 Three eights 8♠8♥8♣A♥J♠ |
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Fasten your seatbelts, because the price of poker is going up again.
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €791,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €559,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €396,000 |
| TIM ANDERS | €388,000 |
| CURT KOHLBERG | €273,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €3,000/€15,000/€30,000 | |
| Juha | Curt (B) |
| 7♥7♦ | J♠10♣ |
| ALL-IN: €556,000 | ALL-IN: €270,000 |
| LOWERED BET: €270,000 | |
| 56% | 43% |
|
FLOP: 9♣3♣3♠ TURN: 7♠ |
|
| WIN: €585,000 Full house 7♥7♦7♠3♣3♠ |
OUT: 5th Place |
And that elimination gives Juha the chip lead.
| CHIP COUNT | |
| JUHA HELPPI | €925,000 |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €755,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €390,000 |
| TIM ANDERS | €337,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €3,000/€15,000/€30,000 | |
| Tim (B) | Roland (SB) |
| 5♥5♠ | A♣9♣ |
| ALL-IN: €334,000 | CALL: €319,000 |
| 52% | 47% |
|
FLOP: A♠K♦6♥ TURN: 7♦ RIVER: K♠ |
|
| OUT: 4th Place | WIN: €710,000 Two pair A♣A♠K♦K♠9♣ |
And all of the Americans are out. And the antes and blinds are raised again.
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €1,115,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €950,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €345,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €5,000/€25,000/€50,000 | |
| Juha (SB) | Michel (SB) |
| A♦A♣ | Q♦5♠ |
| CALL: €25,000 | CHECK |
| 89% | 11% |
| FLOP: J♠9♦3♣ | |
| CHECK | CHECK |
| 95% | 5% |
| TURN: 10♦ | |
| CHECK | CHECK |
| 81% | 19% |
| RIVER: 7♥ | |
| CHECK | CHECK |
|
WIN: €115,000 Pair of Aces A♦A♣J♠10♦9♦ |
|
Michel goes all-in and wins two easy pots. Juha returns the favor with pocket Kings. Michel, by the way, is the front runner for the French Whine award, but not after winning an all-in hand. On the other hand, he calls shenanigans on the timing issues. He gets the French Whine award.
| Roland (SB) | Juha (SB) |
| K♦5♦ | 8♠4♥ |
| CALL: €25,000 | CHECK |
| 61% | 39% |
| FLOP: J♥3♣2♦ | |
| CHECK | CALL: €75,000 |
| FOLD | WIN: €190,000 |
Juha bets on stone rubbish and reclaims the chip lead.
| CHIP COUNT | |
| JUHA HELPPI | €935,000 |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €910,000 |
| MICHEL ZAJDENBERG | €565,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €5,000/€25,000/€50,000 | |
Roland also bets on stone garbage for a pot. Juha, meanwhile, wins a pot with all-in on big slick.
| Michel (B) | Juha (BB) |
| A♣J♥ | A♠Q♣ |
| ALL-IN: €335,000 | CALL: €3355,000 |
| 24% | 70% |
|
FLOP: A♦9♠6♥ TURN: 2♣ RIVER: 3♦ |
|
| OUT: 3rd Place | WIN:
€810,000 Pair of Aces/Queen kicker A♦A♠Q♣9♠6♥ |
And the Frenchman bids au revoir. Meanwhile, we have the Finn and the Brit ... and the money... and the trophy.. It's time for HEADS UP! Juha's giong for his second WPT title, while Roland goes for his first. Roland goes all in to start, giving Juha something to think about as money goes up again...
| CHIP COUNT | |
| JUHA HELPPI | €1,465,000 |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €945,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €10,000/€40,000/€80,000 | |
| Juha (SB) | Roland (BB) |
| 5♦4♦ | 9♥5♠ |
| CALL: €40,000 | CHECK |
| 31% | 59% |
| FLOP: A♥Q♦7♥ | |
| CHECK | |
| BET: €100,000 | FOLD |
| WIN: €280,000 | |
| Roland (SB) | Juha (BB) |
| K♠5♥ | A♠2♦ |
| CALL: €40,000 | CHECK |
| 39% | 61% |
| FLOP: A♣K♥4♦ | |
| CHECK | |
| CHECK | |
| 18% | 82% |
| TURN: J♥ | |
| BET: €100,000 | |
| RAISE: €225,000 | CALL: €125,000 |
| 11% | 89% |
| RIVER: 5♦ | |
| CHECK | |
| ALL-IN: €540,000 | CALL: €540,000 |
| WIN:
€1,710,000 Two pair K♥K♠5♥5♦A♣ |
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Chip count one more time.
| CHIP COUNT | |
| ROLAND de WOLFE | €1,710,000 |
| JUHA HELPPI | €700,000 |
| Ante/Blinds: €10,000/€40,000/€80,000 | |
| Juha (SB) | Roland (BB) |
| Q♥J♠ | A♥8♣ |
| ALL-IN: €650,000 | CALL: €650,000 |
| 43% | 57% |
|
FLOP: 6♦5♥4♠ TURN: 7♠ (C-Note: Juha is not dead yet. Should the river be an 8, the pot is split) RIVER: 4♣ |
|
| OUT: 2nd Place | WIN:
€1,400,000 Straight to the eight 8♣7♠6♦5♥4♠ |
Roland de Wolfe is the champion at Paris! He takes home €479,680, $599,600. As we toast London's second ACF championship in a row, we look forward to our next stop on the World Poker Tour, Aruba for the Aruba Poker Classic. See you then.