Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz Goes Forward as Chip Leader in Day 1c of the Main Event

Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz

Today the third of four starting flights took place. Starting at 10 am, 44 early birds took their seats in the Main Event organised by Club Pierre Charron and held at the Palais des Congrès de Paris. That number spiralled as the day went on and by the time late registration had closed at the start of Level 10, 228 entries had been logged. That makes Day 1c officially the most popular flight yet in the €1,500 event.

It was a day of mixed fortunes for those who took part but there was no question regarding the kind of day Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz (222,900) had, with the Pole going through not only as chip leader but as the only player to accumulate more than 200k chips. Currently, he is in third position overall, with Eric Souvay (268,300) and Giuseppe Zarbo (260,000) ahead of him.

The hand that triggered his rise was undoubtedly in a huge clash with Fabrice Amouyal during Level 9. Wyrzykiewicz had opened ace-jack in early position and Amouyal defended his big blind. They both hit trip jacks by the river and when Wyrzykiewicz bet 11,000, Amouyal reraised all in for around 50,000 effective. Wyrzykiewicz’s ace kicker played with Amouyal holding jack-ten and that hand put him up to 150,000. Impressively, Amouyal managed to build from 10,000 back to 57,300 by the end.

Top five stacks

Gregory Luttke-Grech

WPTDS Brussels Champion Gregory Luttke-Grech (140,000) finished just shy of the top five, taking the seventh spot. Philipp Zukernik (85,400), Jeremy Nock (79,800), Clyde Tjauw Foe (77,100), Raoul Refos (76,100), Romain Lewis (59,600), Bruno Lopes (59,600), Remi Castaignon (57,000), Antoine Vranken (52,800), Jose Astima (37,900) and Antoine Saout (25,800) were some of the other big names who found a bag.

Thierry Luksenberg, Paul Tedeschi and Anatolii Zyrin were among the casualties though. Zyrin managed to get it in good in a three-way pot during the penultimate level of the night. The hand began with Andrew Ackah Miezan moving all in with 14bb in early position. It then folded to Stephane Nicot in the hijack who shoved 58bb and Zyrin tank-called with pocket tens. He was ahead as both opponents held ace-queen but despite hitting a set on the flop, a runner-runner straight hit by the river and he hit the rail.

Tonight, at 9 pm sees the last starting flight get underway. Then tomorrow, all those who have progressed from Days 1a & 1c will return for Day 2a at 10 am, and those going through from Days 1b and 1d play Day 2b at 8 pm.

Don’t go anywhere, with live coverage continuing through the night and all the way through to the winner’s ceremony on Monday.

Check out all the WPTDS Paris photos on Flickr. WPT Paris photos courtesy of Tomas Stacha.