€1,000 CDF Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2024 Championnat de France
€1,000 CDF Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 Championnat de France
Buy-in
€1,000
Prize Pool
€467,174
Entries
553
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
143
Players Left
44
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Who will succeed Leo Truche, the winner of the 2023 French Championship? The answer will be known on Sunday, but the action started this Wednesday, September 11, with Day 1a of the €1,000 Main Event.
In this first of three flights, 143 entrants were recorded, but only 44 players managed to bag chips at the end of the day. Among them, Mathias Marza quickly rose to the top of the chip counts. He maintained the lead throughout the day and finished with 565,000 chips, the largest stack of all.
€1,000 French Championship Main Event Day 1a Top 10
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathias Marza | France | 565,000 | 377 |
| 2 | Heni Mokni | France | 354,500 | 236 |
| 3 | Julien Combier | France | 352,000 | 235 |
| 4 | Cyrille La Balme | France | 309,000 | 206 |
| 5 | Bruno Khalifa | France | 268,000 | 179 |
| 6 | Bruno Fitoussi | France | 240,000 | 160 |
| 7 | Akram Soliane | France | 240,000 | 160 |
| 8 | Malcolm Franchi | France | 231,000 | 154 |
| 9 | Yunus Ekinci | France | 228,000 | 152 |
| 10 | Julien Pavon | France | 213,500 | 142 |
To build his stack, Marza eliminated the 2024 6-max French champion Julien Mariani, won a big pot from Arnaud Mattern to gain confidence, and battled with Laurent Michot at the end of the day. Michot ultimately lost the battle and bagged 55,000 chips.
Heni Mokni (354,500) and Julien Combier (352,000) also finished with big stacks, along with Bruno Fitoussi (240,000), who had to re-enter the tournament once. During the last minutes, Fitoussi had Malcolm Franchi (231,000) to his left, who hit a straight to send PMU Team Pro Jeremy Surinach to the rail in the last level. Franchi qualified for Day 2 with 231,000 chips.
Mathias Moutaoukil (185,000), Michel Leibgorin (184,500), Omar Lakhdari (150,000), Erich Tedeschi (145,000), Hugues Girard (141,000), Alexandre Le Vaillant (122,000), Remi De Rossi (118,500), and Fabian Rolli (118,000) also advanced to Day 2.
Finally, 2018 EPT Monte Carlo winner Nicolas Dumont (111,500), Michel Molenaar (105,000), and 2023 NAPT Las Vegas champion Sami Bechahed (92,000) are still in the race to win a national title after having already excelled at the international level.
Tomorrow, Thursday, September 12th, the Main Event continues with Day 1b at 1:00 p.m. local time. Ten 60-minute levels will be played in this flight. Then at 9 p.m., the third and last flight will begin with 30-minute levels. Late registration remains open until the end of Level 12 on Day 2.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor throughout the entire Main Event to provide all of the action until a winner is crowned!
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
565,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
||
|
354,500
354,500
|
354,500 |
|
|
352,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
|
309,000
309,000
|
309,000 |
|
268,000
268,000
|
268,000 |
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
231,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
228,000
228,000
|
228,000 |
|
213,500
213,500
|
213,500 |
|
|
206,500
206,500
|
206,500 |
|
206,500
206,500
|
206,500 |
|
|
193,500
193,500
|
193,500 |
|
193,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
192,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
185,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
184,500
82,500
|
82,500 |
|
|
164,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
|
|
154,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
|
150,000 | |
|
149,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
147,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
145,000
500
|
500 |
|
141,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
44 players out of 143 entrants bagged their chips after Day 1a of the €1,000 French Championship.
Stay tuned as PokerNews provides you chip counts and the full recap of the day.
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
On the last hand of the day, Mayis Birdemir shoved for 47,000 from middle position, then Erich Tedeschi in the cutoff three-bet all-in for 93,500. All the other players folded.
Mayis Birdemir: J♥J♦ 
Erich Tedeschi: Q♦Q♠
The board of 6♦10♣A♠8♣5♦ didn't change anything and Birdemir was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
144,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Three more hands will be played tonight before wrapping up.
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Three-way on a flop of 4♥A♦8♦, Sonny Franco under the gun bet 3,000. Jean Souprayenmestry called from the hijack, as well as Luca Delerm who was in the big blind.
All three of them checked the K♠ turn, and the K♥ river brought no more action.
"Queen high," Delerm said while flipping over Q♥9♥. Franco showed 5♣4♣, but the pot went into Souprayenmestry's direction has he had 5♥5♠ for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
85,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
55,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Picking up the action on a board of 10♥2♣6♦4♠J♦ with roughly 90,000 in the pot, the chipleader Mathias Marza in the small blind checked and saw Laurent Michot on the button moving all-in for 82,500.
Marza went deep into the tank, counting his stack again and again. "You show if I fold?" Marza asked. "I never show," Michot answered. "You have ace-king?" Marza added. "Let me check..." Michot joked, before hearing that Marza was folding.
"I don't have ace-king, I have ace-queen," Michot said while flipping over A♥Q♠. Marza showed the 10♣ and sent his second card into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
175,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Omar Lakhdari opened from early position, then Julien Combier to his left three-bet to 14,500. The button called, as well as Lakhdari.
On a flop of 4♣A♦8♠, Combier bet 19,000. The button called again, but Lakhdari gave up at this point.
Both players checked the Q♠ turn, but on the Q♦ river, Combier bet 22,000. The button went deep into the tank but folded. Combier flipped over A♥2♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
150,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
The tenth level of the day just began. It is the last level before wrapping up.