€8,500 Cannes Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes
€8,500 Cannes Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes
Buy-in
$12,300
Entries
480
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
15,000
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
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Fabrice Nkoa - 660,700
[Removed:133] - 614,500
Gus Hansen - 583,800
Guillaume Darcourt - 462,900
Robert Mizrachi - 453,000
Stephane Bazin - 290,500
Claudio Renaldi - 290,400
Willy Korchia - 266,400
Aurlien Guiglini - 262,600
Raul Paez - 238,700
Philippe Rottenberg - 235,000
Patryk Hildebranksi - 230,000
Michael Mizrachi - 222,200
Michael Abecassis - 221,000
Frederic Marcoux - 218,000
Bruno Mignini - 216,900
Denis Patout - 211,000
Christophe Drahe - 209,300
Philippe Narboni - 207,800
Mohamed El Berrak - 188,900
Antonin Tesseire - 183,100
Stephane Liger - 180,300
Daniele Mazzia - 172,200
Thierry Crenn - 170,800
Noah Schwartz - 1382,00
Rachid Benrezkallah - 134,000
Jean Philippe Rohr - 114,800
Laurent Alibert - 105,500
Bernard Graffouillere - 95,700
Pierre Yves Ayme - 95,200
Arnaud Mattern - 92,000
Stebastien Austy - 91,800
Bruno Balvai - 90,200
Jean Luc Angleraud - 87,100
Frederic Grasso - 85,000
Oury Cohen - 78,800
Romain Constantini - 78,000
Salim Metina - 76,900
Niclas Dymling - 74,300
Alain Roy - 70,500
Christophe Palmeri - 69,200
Stephane Fanego - 44,500
Frederic Lopez - 41,000
Thierry De Matos - 39,600
Fabrice Gouget - 35,200
Arnaud Corvisier - 32,500
Scotty Nguyen - 20,800
Day 2 is a Wrap
Day 3 is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. local time (9:00 a.m. EST) at which time the remaining players will begin their quests to reach the final table. A million-Euro first prize is up for grabs ($1,426,645 USD) and each of the 48 Day 2 survivors are hungry for it. Among said survivors are notable PokerBattle representatives Michael and Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Noah Schwartz and Patryk Hildebranski.
The Partouche staff have informed us that the official end of Day 2 chip counts will be released in approximately forty five minutes, so we'll post them as soon as they're made available.
Join us tomorrow afternoon (or morning, depending on where you are in the world) for our continued coverage of the 2008 Partouche Poker Tour Cannes Main Event, live from the Palm Beach Club.
Until then, good night and good luck!
Mo' Money, Mo' Problems for Patrick Didier Gastaldi
The hand saw three-way pre-flop action with Gastaldi all in and called by both Daniele Mazzia and Guillaume Bayt, who would ultimately check down the
board.At the showdown, Gastaldi turned over a pocket pair of eights only to find them crushed every which way under the sun by Bayt's
-- the nuts. Mazzia mucked his hand, but told us that he had the 
.All 48 remaining players in the tournament are now guaranteed a minimum payday of $15,700.
Mattern Part Three
It was folded around to Arnaud Mattern in late position who moved all-in for his last 40,000 and found a call from Noah Schwartz in the big blind. Mattern tabled
hoping the red ones would bring more luck than the black ones previously. Schwatrz flipped over 
.The board to the turn ran
and it was at this point in time that Mattern declared he was going to win the whole tournament. The river came to keep that statement alive.Mattern back up to 100,000, Schwartz down to 130,000.
Mattern Part Two
.It's checked to Schwartz who continued with a 27,000 bet that Sitbon called before Mattern raised to 120,000. Both players called creating a monster pot for a bubble hand.
Once the
fell on the turn, Mattern quickly moved all-in. Schwartz tanked so long that Mattern called the clock on him. Schwartz didn't let it run down and folded but Sitbon called fairly quickly with 
for an open ended straight draw and a gutshot straight flush draw, which he picked up on the turn. He was still behind though to Mattern's 
.The all important river came....
to make the straight for Sitbon who responded by yelling in delight. Mattern meanwhile sat there very quietly and took his beat like a true gent. Sitbon upto 870,000, Mattern down to just 43,100 and Schwartz on 169,000.
Mattern Part One
. Arnaud Mattern and Patrice Albert Sitbon are heads-up. We were told by one spectator that Mattern checked raised on the flop before both players checked the turn.Mattern checked once more on the river to face a 60,000 bet from Sitbon. Mattern responded by moving all-in for 141,000. Sitbon took an age to call but finally did so and mucked upon seeing Mattern's
for a full house. Mattern is now up to 380,000 now whereas Sitbon is down to 310,000.
Mizrachi Busts Vernege; One for the Money
held up against Vernege's 
in what was a pre-flop all in confrontation. The win hoisted Mizrachi past the 400,000 mark in chips and left us with 49 players. One more elimination and we're in the money!
S&S
Sagstrom raised pre-flop and Cournut called before a flop came down
, after which all of the chips went in.Sagstrom tabled
to Cournut's 
. Another club fell on the turn to eliminate Sagstrom two short of the money.
Pourprix Wheeled Out
With his tournament life on the line, Pourprix looked in great shape to double up until the board filled out
, giving Bazin the wheel. The surrounding spectators let out a collective sigh on Pourprix's behalf and then gave him a round of applause as he exited the tournament area just three places away from the money.