Night On The Town For Poker Champs

NIGHT ON THE TOWN FOR POKER CHAMPS

15th September, 2025 at 02:44:59

Source: bluffed.net

WPT aces sample the highlife in Paris

The World Poker Tour literally pushed the boat out in entertaining its WPT champions in Paris for the WPT Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club this week.

On Thursday a lunchtime cruise was organised, gliding along the River Seine from the Eiffel Tower and past Paris' many historical and modern landmarks, including Notre Dame Cathedral, the Conciergerie, the Musee d'Orsay, and the Louvre.

Friday saw the group gathering at one of the world's top restaurants - L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - for a multi-course gourmet meal. The dinner included a champagne toast, a 7-course meal with 2 desserts and 4 wine magnums.

Held to celebrate the accomplishments of the champions, the guest list included birthday boy Marvin Rettenmaier, Chino Rheem, Michael Mizrachi, Scott Siever, Joe Serock, Will Failla and Yevgeniy Timoshenko.

The very professional Youtube video here shows how much the dinner, and the presence of the famous chef himself, was appreciated:

youtube/watch?v=y2T_R2ISFxs

Following the dinner, the champs were whisked off to the Queen nightclub, where they joined other Grand Prix de Paris participants for the WPT Players Party. Queen is one of the top nightclubs in Paris and has featured globally famous DJs, including David Guetta, Avicii, Bob Sinclair and Martin Solveig.

The evening included a competition for France's best DJ.

By Friday, the World Poker Tour Season XI Grand Prix de Paris had reached its final table after 4 fast-paced days of action, with Day 4 taking almost nine hours to reach these survivors of an original entry field that numbered 228:

Matt Salsberg 1,757,000

Mohsin Charania 1,435,000

Timothy Adams 1,198,000

Theo Jorgensen 1,169,000

Philipp Gruissem 776,000

Fabian Quoss 570,000

Salsberg, the executive producer of Showtime's long-running (eight seasons) cable television series 'Weeds', holds the chip lead when the table regathers Saturday to decide the event.

The prize pool has been confirmed at Euro 1,624,500, distributed to the last 27 players, with final table pay-outs as follows

Winner: Euro 400,000

2nd Euro 264,600

3rd Euro 170,065

4th Euro 125,775

5th Euro 95,615

6th Euro 75,765

The winner's prize additionally carries with it a seat in the $25,000 WPT World Championship in May.