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PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence: Vincent de Luca Leads the Main Event Field into Day 2

Arjun Rao Published 4 min read

PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence: Vincent de Luca Leads the Main Event Field into Day 2
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PokerStars LIVE has been at Pasino Grand Aix-en-Provence since November 1 with its first PokerStars Open in the city. The 2026 schedule has 21 events. Several side events have already finished, and the €1,100 Main Event is picking up speed. Today, Friday, 264 players return for Day 2.

Day 1A drew 209 entries, and 67 of them made it through, including PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Bruneteaux. Day 1B was the quietest flight with only 50 entries, and 20 players bagged chips. One of them was Julien Dupre, the second PokerStars Ambassador in the field. Day 1C on Thursday was by far the busiest day, with 416 entries and 137 survivors. The Turbo Day 1D added another 78 entries, and 40 players made Day 2.

That leaves 264 players from a field of 759 entries. French player Vincent de Luca has the biggest stack with 368,000. Play restarts on Friday at 12:30 p.m. in Level 11, with blinds of 600/1,200 and a big blind ante of 1,200. Late registration and re-entry stay open until the end of Level 12, at around 2:45 p.m.

PokerStars France is streaming two days of the Main Event live on its YouTube channel, all the way to the final hand. Hole cards will be shown, and Benny and Yu are on commentary.

2026 PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence
 Date: November 1–8
Location: Pasino GRAND Partouche Aix-en-Provence
Events: 21 (including satellites)
Buy-ins: €200 to €5,000; satellites from €185
Website: pokerstarslive.com

Chip counts from Day 1A

Last NameFirst NameCountryChips
DE LUCAVincentFrance368,000
ZAPOLSKIKrzysztofPoland268,000
CHAUVINBaptisteFrance246,000
COMBEDamienFrance221,000
DUNDARUmitFrance220,000
DI GIACOMOClaudioItaly182,900
ALMAGRO NARANJOAdrianSpain179,400
MIAOChenxiangChina178,000
BIFARELLASamuelFrance171,000
BRUNETEAUXBenjaminFrance163,100
BERNARDILucaItaly157,100
AMRILaurentFrance147,300
BERTOlivierFrance127,100
GIORDANORobertFrance125,000
SCHOUMAKERLouisFrance120,600
DUSCIACRaduRomania112,100
KHALIFABrunoFrance112,100
BEUTERPatrickSpain111,000
FRANCOSonnyFrance109,000
KADDOURIMounimFrance108,800
CHARBITJean PaulFrance108,100
STANTCHEVChristianFrance108,100
AHOORParhamFrance106,100
LACROIXArthurFrance104,600
GUEDJYannFrance102,600
BASILEPierreFrance95,900
ACHOURIEliesFrance92,700
CAZESChristopheFrance89,000
DUARTENunoPortugal84,100
HEMISSIMohamedFrance81,100
ANTOUARDNicolasFrance80,000
TANGWantaoUnited Kingdom78,900
CORDROMPDennieNetherlands78,300
GRUBKAKrzysztofPoland76,000
MONTOISJulienFrance75,000
PERONNETArnoFrance74,900
POMMIERChristopheFrance74,100
MALLEAntoineFrance72,100
MAMUTNikolaiRussia68,100
GRASUAlin GabrielRomania68,000
LEMÉERomainFrance67,300
BOLIMOWSKIJulienFrance67,000
TCHOUNIKINENicolasFrance65,000
MIGUEZ COTOXoanSpain64,400
CASTAREDECedricFrance63,300
RICCIEttoreItaly61,000
VYGERDASJonikasLithuania60,900
YILDIRIMEnverFrance60,900
PERETZYanivIsrael57,300
AUTRANJean-RobertFrance55,300
MENAKERMikhailRussia54,500
GUIDOBriceFrance51,500
HEINICHVladimirFrance50,700
AKEBIRWalidFrance42,300
ARRIBATLéopoldFrance41,300
CHABBI IPINAAdrianSpain37,300
BEYSSONAlbanFrance37,100
MUNOZBenjaminFrance32,800
MARKISZPatrykPoland29,100
SOUKIPhilippeUnited Kingdom27,000
BARANYIAttilaHungary26,600
OUARETDjamelFrance25,600
JOSHISachinUnited Kingdom25,500
DINHAMMatthewUSA22,600
SADJISoufianeAlgeria21,800
COHENGerardFrance19,100

Chip counts from Day 1B

Last NameFirst NameCountryChips
COLLOMBJeromeFrance137,400
VAN DE ZANDEMatthieuBelgium136,100
LAYANIBenjaminFrance132,900
ZURRShaiIsrael126,100
DE ROSSIRemiFrance110,400
TAYLORThomasCanada99,500
BENDINELLIGiulianoItaly99,400
LE GOASAlexisFrance97,900
PROKHODAAntonPoland94,300
GIUDICELLIAlexandreFrance83,400
KAINOriIsrael59,500
TOULLIERVincentFrance52,900
DI PERNANicoloItaly48,800
DE VELDEMennoNetherlands39,700
VRANKENAntoineNetherlands39,200
LIVSHITZGabiIsrael33,000
METSLAMarkUnited Kingdom32,600
DUPREJulienFrance27,000
OLTREBONLouisFrance25,700
BIELANJakubPoland25,000

Chip counts from Day 1C

Last NameFirst NameCountryChips
NEIVA DE SOUSAManuelPortugal285,000
DUPLANDKevinFrance239,800
POLETTIClémentFrance225,600
BEN REJEBNassimFrance225,000
MONNINChristopheFrance206,000
GHELAM-ALLAHMalikFrance195,200
JOYNERTimothyUnited Kingdom190,300
BRUNOFlorentFrance186,000
SIMONETStephaneFrance185,400
VINCENTTeoFrance174,800
AYDINAbulmuhsinFrance164,000
NEGRILorenzoItaly162,100
CANGEMIGiuseppeItaly160,000
LEBARLaurentFrance155,600
GALLIOTDidierFrance155,400
GILShafirFrance154,200
GOUZILHerveFrance151,500
LE DISSEZQuentinFrance148,000
CHOWLong Kin KenUnited Kingdom146,700
ZANARDIMatteoItaly146,500
GUILLONVincentFrance143,800
CHEBOUBAFaycalFrance143,300
REYTimotheeFrance140,500
AGOUDJILAdemFrance140,200
PABIONClementFrance140,100
PIERRISNARDBenoitFrance138,200
APICELLAAnthonyFrance138,000
LESTRADEJean YvesFrance138,000
REZZONICOJohnSwitzerland135,400
TRIPODIFabienFrance131,700
JENSENCasperDenmark131,000
LE FLOCHNicolasFrance130,600
PESCHELAlexandreFrance122,600
ROZENBLATAlexisFrance121,900
ANIS SALOMAO FILHOThalesBrazil121,600
LOPEZ ILLACFabriceFrance121,100
GOUGESClementFrance120,100
COTTOAntoineFrance120,000
ASLANOGLOUIppokratisGreece119,800
HASANOVICAlmirSwitzerland119,200
JOVANOVICJelehaSwitzerland118,500
NAEGELENKevinFrance116,800
NGUYENDinhFrance115,000
SBAISouleimanFrance114,500
TEISSEIREArthurFrance113,700
ROYAlainFrance113,500
PONTHETHerveFrance112,000
HADANLoicFrance111,000
FANTONEBenjaminFrance110,000
LEMOS FERREIRAArturPortugal110,000
DANSELMONicolaItaly109,100
MARIANIMathieuFrance107,600
DELMONACOGionSwitzerland105,500
HELWIGYannFrance105,400
TETARTNathanFrance104,400
CHAITOUWassimFrance102,800
PAPAZIANJulianeFrance102,700
FANLongmaoChina100,200
STEEMANNicolasBelgium97,700
PINELLIAndreaItaly96,500
FITOUSSIBrunoFrance95,100
FRANCESCHIFrancoisFrance94,400
LAHIANYSamuelFrance93,200
HAMOUNINicolasFrance90,000
PERALDIPascalFrance90,000
DOLCEROCCARomainFrance86,300
BECCARIPaulFrance86,100
SERRANO RUIZAlvaroSpain85,100
MARTINSDanielFrance84,400
MAISONYvesFrance84,200
FORSMANUlfSweden83,900
AFONSOPatrickFrance83,700
SIMONJean MarcFrance83,700
VEYSSIEREGuillaumeFrance80,400
CHAMARREPatriceFrance80,000
GAUYACQGillesFrance80,000
TREBBIGianlucaItaly79,400
PUGETBastienFrance77,700
KOPPINENKaritaFinland76,800
MINASIAlessandroItaly76,200
UCUCUAhmetCyprus73,700
DERBALIWassimFrance71,100
WHEELERJasonUSA71,100
SENANEDJBenoitFrance69,000
PELLÉBrunoFrance66,000
THIEBAUDJeromeFrance65,900
MIRABELSebastienFrance65,600
OTAAkikoJapan63,000
SICCONIAliceItaly63,000
PELLEGRINISaverioItaly61,900
GALAZZOAlainFrance61,800
ISLERJeromeFrance61,400
TOFFELDanielUnited Kingdom59,900
PICAZO PINILLARubenSpain57,500
PROZFrédéricFrance57,200
HAMDANIRyanFrance56,000
CHABERTLudovicFrance55,000
LOUGHMANPatrickUnited Kingdom54,600
TEISSEIREAntoninFrance53,700
ALLOUCHEGuyFrance51,500
STEPHANAmauryFrance51,500
TREMBLAYAlexisFrance47,400
HINDRYJoeUSA44,500
PALMADanieleItaly43,400
GRAELLSRicardoSpain42,600
BARRYNicolasFrance41,500
ODRISCOLLConorIreland41,000
CUGUDDALydiaUnited Kingdom40,800
RAYSSIGUIERThomasFrance40,700
DEMPSEYJamesUnited Kingdom39,500
MONTEIROGaelFrance38,100
MARIANIJulienFrance36,000
PRUCHONAbelFrance35,400
LAMPROPULOSMariaArgentina34,500
BAUCKHAGEGermanArgentina34,200
BESSAEVOlegFrance34,000
BENZERFAYoucefFrance33,700
BERREHAILSammyFrance32,400
BAILLIFARDAlainFrance31,000
COSTANTINIBernardFrance30,300
WYDERStefanSwitzerland29,200
BESSESAntoineFrance28,500
MAMALEPOTClaudeFrance28,100
KILICFatihFrance24,200
GIRARDDavidFrance23,300
COLOMBARIOlivierFrance21,100
SCHIAVONEGiuseppeItaly20,800
BOLLIETFredericFrance19,800
LEGERDavidFrance18,000
MINICONIJosephFrance18,000
GOMEZMathieuFrance14,300
FERIOLOJullianFrance13,800
ARMSTRONGIanNorthern Ireland12,800
GUIRAUDJulienFrance12,500
PERALVO SANCHEZAlfonsoSpain12,500
BARINEttoreItaly11,300

Chip counts from Day 1D

Last NameFirst NameCountryChips
BEN KHALEDSayfedineFrance145,000
JAMESXavierFrance141,000
BILGERRaphaelFrance125,300
LINKOVIlyaFrance111,500
COHENSachaFrance109,700
OUERTANIWissamItaly84,200
MARCONEMichelFrance80,100
SAIDTaharFrance78,100
BERKOScottUnited Kingdom78,000
PROUXHugoFrance77,000
BOLDJosephUnited Kingdom75,300
BASINHugoFrance73,900
RAHMOUNIAliFrance71,100
SAUVETGaëlFrance70,800
MESIKAAvrahamIsrael69,500
KRASNIQIAvniSwitzerland67,700
TEDESCHIErichFrance67,000
DUREYSSEIXJulienFrance63,800
MARTINThibaudFrance54,200
DWYERMichaelIreland53,700
AYASSEJordanFrance52,500
CASALTAFredericFrance47,200
SEBANFranckFrance46,400
MARCADETChristopherFrance45,800
MENDESChristopheFrance45,400
SAMINADINThomasFrance44,200
FERREROFulvioItaly42,000
WOODHEADStephenUnited Kingdom40,500
PHILIPPEAnthonyFrance40,100
KUZIVIvanUkraine38,600
ALLOUCHEAlexandreFrance31,400
GRABSIMalekFrance30,000
LAKHDARIOmarAlgeria30,000
CHANSONThierryFrance27,000
SPITALASChristianFrance25,000
FENECHGérardFrance24,300
STEINMETZRonaldFrance14,300
CHANTALATJean JacquesFrance13,400
NAJBURGCyrilFrance13,000
MENNETEAULoicFrance7,100

FAQs

1. When is the PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence 2026 taking place?

The PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence runs from November 1 to 8, 2026, at Pasino GRAND Partouche Aix-en-Provence in France.

2. How many players qualified for Day 2 of the Main Event?

A total of 264 players qualified for Day 2 from 759 entries across four starting flights.

3. Who is leading the PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence Main Event?

French player Vincent de Luca leads the field with 368,000 chips heading into Day 2.

4. What is the buy-in for the PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence Main Event?

The Main Event has a €1,100 buy-in. The festival also features other tournaments with buy-ins ranging from €200 to €5,000.

5. Where can fans watch the PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence Main Event live?

Fans can watch the Main Event live on the PokerStars France YouTube channel, with hole cards revealed and commentary from Benny and Yu.

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