2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris

We missed the action, but when we arrived at the table, the board was completed . Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger had laying in front of him, and Jeffrey Rossiter had .

Lichtenberger doubled to over 130,000, while Rossiter slipped to 120,000.

Peter Jetten opened things up with a raise to 3,000 from under the gun. Dominik Nitsche called in the cutoff, Philipp Gruissem called on the button, Salman Behbehani called in the small blind, and "Mad" Marvin Rettenmaier moved all in for 11,400 from the big blind. Jetten re-raised to 20,000, Nitsche moved all in for 54,700, and the action folded back to Jetten, who called.

Showdown
Jetten:
Nitsche:
Rettenmaier:

The board ran out , eliminating Rettenmaier from the tournament.

Nitsche is up to 130,000 chips, while Jetten slipped to 150,000.

Dan Smith open-jammed for his last 9,600 from middle position. The action folded to the player in the big blind, who laughed and folded face up.

The very next hand, Smith open-jammed again, and the action folded to Juha Helppi who instantly called out of the big blind. Helppi's crushed Smith's , and held as the board came .

The action folded to Kyle Julius, who opened to 2,600. Joe Serock three-bet to 6,900 on his direct left, and Julius responded with a four-bet to 17,200. Serock went into the tank, examined the raise amount, then announced all in.

Julis looked at his cards one more time, then tossed them into the muck.

The players are now on a 15-minute break.

Fred Coranson was faced with a 14,400-chip bet from Jean-Philippe Rohr with the board reading . Coranson called, and the completed the board.

Rohr announced "all in" in French, sending Coranson into the tank. Coranson eventually called, and Rohr tabled for top-top. Coranson, who was eliminated, was then forced to show his hand () before exiting the room.

Rohr is now above 100,000 chips.

Scott Seiver was faced with a preflop raise to 2,000. He called near the button, Lellouche called in the blinds, and the flop fell . The action checked to the original raiser, who slid out a continuation bet of 2,700, and Seiver moved all in for around 20,000. Lellouche flat-called, the original raiser released, and the hands were opened.

Showdown
Seiver:
Lellouche:

Seiver didn't fill up on the turn () or the river (), and he was eliminated.

Lellouche is now our overwhelming chip leader, and is flirting with 300,000 chips.