World Poker Tour: Grand Prix de Paris

Grand Prix AWPT de Paris WORLD POKER TOUR CLSua bliX A There is a pattern as two Brits won back-to-back titles, then Denmark did the same, and finally the Americans have also done the same. This means the next two winners will be from the same country and it will not be America. There has been a Swede, a Frenchman, two Brits, two Danes and two American winners of the WPT Grand Prix de Paris. A Grand Prix de Paris events between S6-8 There were no WPT The first ever event won by Christer Johansson was the only time the event was not called the Grand Prix de Paris. It was called the Euro Finals of Poker This event is not one for the recreational player. The eight winners of this event have a combined total live tournament earnings of $27,938,638, The €10k buy-in was the biggest main event buy-in in the world until the WSOPE introduced the £10 WSOPE Main Event in 2007. The fee reduced to €7.5k in S10 The highest number of entrants was 312 back in S10. Last year's final table has a lot to live up to as the final six had a combined total earnings in live tournaments of $17,766,583 in what must go down as the toughest final table in Paris history (Matt Salsberg, Philipp Gruissem, Timothy Adams, Mohsin Cha hia & Fabian Quoss). The ACF was founded in 1907 by a group of Aviators hence the name. The action has always taken place at the Aviation Club de France (ACF), located on the Champs Elysee, one of the most expensive strips of Real Estate in the world. Bruno Fitoussi - who Daniel Negreanu cited as worthy of a place in the Poker Hall of Fame - now ACF Aviation Club de France runs the club. For a night out on the town the nearby If you want to eat out near the ACG then these are top restaurants – "l'atelier" of Joel Robuchon, "Diep" (Chinese), Kaeten (sushi rail), and maison du caviar. Queens nightclub is world- renowned as is the Crazy Tourist attractions include The Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame cathedral. Horse burlesque club. Theo Jørgensen could have been the first double Paris winner when he finjshed as the runner up to Salsberg last year,. He is the top Paris earner of all time with $1,181,864 in winnings. Season Three received worldwide exposure after the infamous verbal assault on Surinder Sunar by Tony G who had a huge chip stack during heads-up. He would go on to lose...but his place in poker's history books was set with that rant. Theo Jorgensen and Tony G are the only two players to make two WPT Paris final tables. The biggest ever prize was given to Christian Grundtvig in S5 $907,066 When a Dane makes the final table they always win. Christian Grundtvig in S5 and Theo Jørgensen in S9 If a Frenchman gets to the final table bet against them becoming the champion. 18 Frenchman have made the final table and only Benyamine has won, the US has had 11 final tablists and won twice with Matt Waxman S10 and Matt Salsberg S11, The British have had 5 final tablists and 2 winners with Surinder Sunar winning in S3 and Roland de Wolfe winning in S4, Finland and Sweden have four a piece with no winners for Finland and Christer Johansson Sweden's sole winner in S1. Despite being held in France David Benyamine remains the only French winner in S2. There were consecutive Finnish runner-ups in S 4 & 5 with Juha Helppi and Jani Sointula coming up short. They are number two and three in the all time Finland money list behind Patrik Antonius. There has never been a final table appearance by a female although Natalya Nikitina did win a €5,000 WPT buy in event in 2011, but it was classed as a regional series event despite her winning $332,624 on a final table that included Sam Trickett. Fabian Quoss busted last year in 6th spot for $95,387. He immediately late regged the HR event and won it for $108,776 – Sicko! During L22 of last year's event, blood started gushing out of Timothy Adams nose during a vital hand with Matt Salsberg. As the players called for the officials to help stem the flow of blood, Adams pulled off the bluff of the century to take the pot away from salsberg prompting Jorgensen to say. "That's the best move l've ever seen." - double sicko! CalvinAyrecom