Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris
Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris
Buy-in
€7,500
Prize Pool
€1,624,500
Entries
228
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
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After a series of preflop raises, Theo Jorgensen was all in and at risk for 1,349,000 holding 
. Timothy Adams had him at risk with 
, and the board ran out 
, doubling Jorgensen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,613,000
1,323,000
|
1,323,000 |
|
||
|
1,539,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
||
|
1,533,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
721,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
389,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
200,000
-1,143,000
|
-1,143,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,552,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,343,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
1,290,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
760,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
400,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Theo Jorgensen opened in first position, Fabian Quoss three-bet to around 100,000 from the cutoff, and Timothy Adams cold four-bet on the button. The action folded back to Quoss, who folded as well, and Adams took down the pot.
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Matt Salsberg opened to 35,000 from the cutoff, Theo Jorgensen three-bet to 85,000 from the small blind, and Salsberg called. The flop fell 
, and Jorgensen led for 75,000. Salsberg called.
Both players checked on the turn (
), and the river (
), and Jorgensen tabled 
. Salsberg showed two fours, and took down the pot.
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The cards are in the air. It's time to crown a champion.
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
It is already 1615 CEST, and play has yet to begin at the Aviation Club de France. The production crew is making a few final touches, and then the cards will be in the air.
Also, today's live updates will be near-live. Access to the final table area is limited, so we will be reporting off of the live stream.
If you search for Matt Salsberg on IMDb.com, you'll see that he has executive producer and writing credits for [i]HBO's Weeds[/b], and producer credits for Entourage. He's also quite a strong poker player - he has over $400,000 in career live tournament earnings, including a 70th-place finish in the 2011 WSOP Main Event.
This is Salsberg's second career six-figure score, and no matter where he finishes, this will be his largest career cash. The Hollywood producer has been among the chip leaders since the start of the tournament, and is looking to go wire-to-wire at the final table.
Philipp Gruissem, known as "philbort" online, is a very agressive German with over $2.7 million in live career earnings. Gruissem's largest cash came in 2011 when he took down the ￡20,000 high roller at EPT London for $703,657. Two months earlier Gruissem took down another event on the EPT, winning a €10,000 tournament in Barcelona for $337,838.
Unafraid of a high buy in, Gruissem has participated in two of the biggest events this year. He played the $1 Million Big One for One Drop, busting short of the money, and nearly final tabled the HK$2,000,000 Macau High Stakes Challenge, finishing in 10th ($587,778).
Gruissem enters the final table with the second-shortest stack, but with his aggressive style anything is possible.