Everest Poker Pro Tobias Wagner finishes 5th at WPT Paris

After EPT Deauville, GCOP Rozvadov, the World Poker Tour Paris is his 3rd live event in 2011 and also the 3rd ITM. With his 5th rank at the WPT the young sports student from Nuremberg, Germany wins 52.250 Eur. Tobi plays his last hand shortly after 1am. He open-shoves all-in UTG for 370.000 chips. Alexandre Brivot 3-bet all-in from the button. Tobias Wagner has KdQh, Alexandre Brivot has KcKs – not looking good for Tobi. The board shows: 6dAc3c Ah9h and Tobias reaches a fantastic 5th rank.

Team Everest Player Tobias Wagner is the best German Player at WPT Paris

Update: Midnight

Sam Trickett is out, Tobias in the Top 5!!!

Sam Trickett has lost against Jean-Lou Tepper: 99 vs 55.

The board shows the third 9 and two 10 10 to give a full to the old French man.

He finishes at the 6th position and wins 43,545 euros.

Tobias is now short stack and it is time to double up.

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Update 23:30

Chipcounts after the dinner break:
Benjamin Pollak : 1,595k
Natalia Nikitina : 1,195k
Alexandre Brivot : 627k
Jean-Lou Tepper : 569k
Tobias Wagner : 378k
Sam Trickett : 333k

Blinds: 20k-40k / Ante 5k.

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Bad news for Ingo Paulus is good news for Team Everest. His elimination makes our German Team Everest player Tobias Wagner best German player in the EUR 5K Main Event of WPT Paris.

Paulus was already short with less than 10BB when he decideds to push all-in with A2s. Jean-Lou Tepper in BB position calls with TT.
At first the flop gives Ingo the top pair KcAhJd, but the turn Qd completes the straight for Tepper.
Paulus from Germany finishes 7th and receives EUR 34,835. The last German standing is now Everest Pro Tobias Wagner – with his remaining 419,000 chips Tobi will have to act soon.

Team Everest Player Tobias Wagner at the Final Table of WPT Paris

Update 8:30 PM : First Out – Nicolo Calia

Short stack since the beginning of the final table, Nicolo Calia is the first player out.

Preflop, Nicolo shoves all-in with AJoff and he is only called by the chipleader of the tournament Benjamin Pollak who shows AKoff.

The board could not save the Italian and he is out on the 8th position. He wins 26,120 euros.

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Update 8:00 PM

After almost 3.5 hours of play we have still not lost a player. All short stacks who push all-in win their try. The last one was French Jean-Lou Tepper. He shoved all-in preflop with Ac8c. Only the Russian Natalia Nikitina called with pair of 9s.

The board comes with 3cQcKs 2d7c gives a flush for Jean-Lou.

Our Everest player Tobias is having hard time. He doesn't get the hands to play and is now down to 431k.

These are the chipcounts:
- Benjamin Pollak : 1,271k
- Natalia Nikitina : 1,014k
- Sam Trickett : 633k
- Alexandre Brivot : 618k
- Tobias Wagner : 431k
- Ingo Paulus : 319k
- Jean-Lou Tepper : 302k
- Nicolo Calia : 159k

Keep your fingers crossed for our tobestar!

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Update 5:50 : End of the first level

There are still 8 players in after the end of the first level of the day.

During this level, Tobias lost some chips against the chipleader Benjamin Pollak from France.

Tobias on the button calls a raise from Pollak for 36k. Benjamin check-calls the bets of Tobias for 40k on the flop and 75k on the turn.
Then the chipleader places a bet on the river and the Everest Poker player folds quickly.

Stacks at the end of this level :
- Benjamin Pollak : 1,312k
- Ingo Paulus : 834k
- Natalia Nikitina : 811k
- Tobias Wagner : 605k
- Jean-Lou Tepper : 430k
- Alexandre Brivot : 401k
- Sam Trickett : 189k
- Nicolo Calia : 165k

New level: Blinds 10k-20k / Ante 3k

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16:30: Shuffle up and deal at the final table of WPT Paris.

Team Everest on Fire! After Live the Dream winner Julien Claudepierre who has finished 4th at EPT Deauville and Team Everest player Leo Truche who has finished 7th at the French Poker Series it is now their German mate Tobias Wagner who is playing at the final table. At WPT Paris Tobias is third in Chips and about 150 K above average (589K so far).

Blinds 8k-16k ante 2k

Chipcounts of the 8 finalists:
- Benjamin Pollak : 1,251 k
- Ingo Paulson : 983k
- Tobias Wagner : 748k
- Natalia Nikitina : 688k
- Pierre Lou Tepper : 470k
- Alexandre Brivot : 203k
- Sam Trickett : 191k
- Nicolo Calia : 176k

Seating:

Seat 1 : Ingo Paulus
Seat 2 : Alexandre Brivot
Seat 3 : Benjamin Pollak
Seat 4 : Jean-Lou Tepper
Seat 5 : Tobias Wagner
Seat 6 : Natalia Nikitina
Seat 7 : Sam Trickett
Seat 8 : Nicolo Calia

Good luck Tobi! You can do it!