Partouche Poker Tour Final!

Today the last stop of the third season of the Partouche Poker Tour started, a final! This tournament with a great, deep structure has a day 1a and 1b. We will follow our Everest Poker players on this blog. On the French blog you'll find more information about the French Everest Poker players.

Who is playing today?

Koen de Bakker (Live the Dream)
The young economics student from Leiden (the Netherlands), Koen de Bakker is as dedicated to his studies as he is to his poker game. Will he make it to the final table here in Cannes?

Fabien Perrot (Live the Dream)
He speaks French, German, English, Spanish and Italian fluently and is an avid chess player. Allez allez Fabien from France!

Antoine Saout (Everest Poker Pro)
Antoine Saout is a sponsored Team Everest player and one of poker’s rising superstars, finishing 3rd in the 2009 WSOP Main Event. Maybe he will win this 8.5k euro buy in tournament in his home country?

Chipcounts just before the dinnerbreak:

(They started the day with 30k.)

Koen de Bakker 47k
Fabien Perrot 23k
Antoine Saout 10k

We also spot our Everest Poker friend Voitto. He's very short and has to double his 7k stack in the remaining levels today. The players will play till 4PM (!!).

Bella Italia: Pier Luca Salassa is the Champion of 3LT Warnemuende

Pier Luca Salassa on the button raises to 51,000, Christian calls.

Flop shows 3h9hQs and Christian checks. Pier Luca bets 70,000 and Christian Oswald raises. Pier Luca shoves all-in and Christian calls.

Pier Luca shows Js9d and Christian opens QdTs - still in the lead with Queens.

Turn brings Ad - which doesn't change anything, but Jc on the river completes Pier Luca's Two Pair and makes him the tournament champion!

Runner-up Christian Oswald wins 61,200 Eur. 3LT Warnemuende champion Pier Luca Salassa takes home EUR 85,800.

Heads-up between Pier Luca Salassa and Christian Oswald

The last hand of Robin Kazemieh from Germany is the following:

The flop shows AsAhQh
Christian checks and Robin checks behind.

Turn: 3h

Christian bets 75,000 and Robin pays.

River: 2d

Christian asks for a count and Robin has 300K in chips. So Christian announces to bet 300K.
Robin calls with KT, Christan has 43 - two pair.

Robin is out and wins 43,800 EUR

Chipcounts

Update: 21:00
We are in level 21. Blinds are 8,000/16,000 with an Ante of 2,000.

Pier Luca Salassa 635,000
Robin Kazemieh 400,000
Christian Oswald 1,665,000

Players busting.....

....one after the other

Tim van der Zwet from Holland is out
With KQ vs 88 he finishes 5th an gets 22,200 Eur

Ismael Bojang out
He loses with AT vs. Christian Oswald's Jacks

Everest Poker European Cup 2010 winner Mikael Johanssen busto

Mikael Johanssen pushes UTG his last 160.000 chips all-in and gets a call by Ismael Bojang.
Mikael shows AK and Ismael 99.

On the board there are 533 8 T and Mikael ranks 6th with 15,900 Euro.

Cedric Hiblot is out: Place 7 with 10,800 Eur

Cedric Hiblot shoves all-in with 150,000 Chips, Italian Pier Luca Salassa insta-calls.

Board: Jd8d2s - Kd - 9d
Cedric has Js7s, Pier Luca wins with AcKs.

Christian Oswald kicks out Guenther Bauer

Günther Bauer pushes all-in from small blind position with 47,000 and Christian Oswald calls from the BB.

Günther shows QJ and Christian has 45suited.

Christian hits 4 and 5 on the board and kicks out Günther with Two Pair. Er gets 7,800 Eur for reaching place 8.

Final Table video

Stephan Klam is the first one to leave the final table

Stephan Klam is very short and UTG shoves his last 12,500 chips all-in. Christian Oswald calls from SB position. Tim van der Zwet reraises from the BB to 45,000, Christian pays.

The flop shows 2T2 and Christian check-folds after a 55K bet by Tim.

In the showdown the Dutch player shows KT and is leading against Stephan's QT. No help from the board for Stephan. He finishes 9th and wins 6,000 Eur.