Day 1A Ends with Omar Lakhdari Leading 24 Survivors

Photo:  WPTDeepStacks Brussels champion Omar Lakhdari holds the chip lead after Day 1A

After the elimination of Jose De Andrade in 25th place, the 24 remaining players bagged and tagged their chips for Day 2 of WPT Prime Paris, which begins on Saturday at 12:00 noon CET.

There were 185 entries today for Day 1, and the prizepool is already worth €177,600. The prizepool will continue to grow over the next three days, with four more starting flights to go.

Everyone who bags chips and advances to Day 2 will be in the Money on Saturday. Here are the official chip counts of the 24 players who survived Day 1A:

Omar Lakhdari  –  660,000
Kostya Zaks  –  513,000
Sebastien Fournier  –  463,000
Sutharsan Ariyanayagam  –  375,000
Fouad El Assri  –  375,000
Idir Haiche  –  365,000
Davoud Pira  –  338,000
Guillaume Bertin  –  270,000
Candido Cappiello  –  232,000
Angelo Marrone  –  221,000
Gilles Gauyacq  –  220,000
Gilles Huet  –  200,000
Gilles Zeitoun  –  180,000
Daiki Aoki  –  160,000
David Sacksick  –  148,000
Franck Deligny  –  144,000
Jeremie Zouari  –  137,000
Carole Segoura  –  130,000
Yossef Ifergan  –  123,000
Alexis Ibarrola  –  105,000
Edouard Mignot Bonnefous  –  66,000
Mustapha Amaouche  –  61,000
Pierre Merlin  –  60,000
Allen Nielson  –  51,000

Day 1B begins tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12:00 noon CET (6:00 am EST). Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of WPT Prime Paris.