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The PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence festival is only four days old, but six champions have already been crowned. Among them is Israel’s Gabi Livshitz, who won the €2,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller event.
Livshitz, a veteran of the live tournament circuit with over $2.3 million in career earnings, had not won a No-Limit Hold’em title since March 2023. He did, however, capture a €5,200 Pot-Limit Omaha event in Malta back in October 2025.
The tournament drew 102 entries, including re-entries, generating a €195,840 prize pool shared by the top 15 finishers. As expected for a French live series, most of the field and payout spots were dominated by local players, including French legend Bruno Fitoussi, who exited in 15th for €4,400.
Notable eliminations along the way included former Irish Open champion Dan Wilson in eighth place and Jason Wheeler, winner of the PokerStars Open Barcelona Main Event earlier this year, who busted sixth for €10,200.
Timothee Rey’s run ended in third place for €22,500, marking his eighth five-figure cash of 2026, before Livshitz and Adil Kassou squared off heads-up. Livshitz’s experience proved decisive, earning him the €50,400 top prize, while Kassou banked €32,300, the largest score of his young career.
Attention now turns to the €1,100 Main Event, where Vincent De Luca leads after Day 1a with 368,000 chips, ahead of Krzysztof Zapolski and Baptiste Chauvin.
