€8,500 Cannes Main Event | 2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

09-07-2008 19:27 UTC+3

Cournut Wins Deux

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[Removed:133] has just taken down the last two pots, earning a serious round of applause from his fans here in the studio audience.

09-07-2008 19:38 UTC+3

Narboni Turns an Ace

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Claudio Rinaldi came in raising to 130,000. Philippe Narboni gave him some action from the blinds, and the two men went to the board heads up.

The flop came {5-Hearts}

, and both men checked.

Fourth street was the {A-Diamonds}

. Narboni led out into the pot with 170,000 chips. Rinaldi made the call without much delay.

The last card was the {8-Diamonds}

, putting a pair on board. Narboni again led out with a bet, though the amount is unclear. Rinaldi called, and Philippe Narboni showed the winning {A-?}

, taking down a nice little pot at showdown.

Tags: Claudio Rinaldi Philippe Narboni

09-07-2008 19:46 UTC+3

Tesseire Claims First Victim...

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...his chair.

Moments ago, the big man carried his now-broken chair off of the final table stage and replaced it with a new one, garnering a laugh from the in-house studio audience.

Tags: Antonin Tesseire

09-07-2008 19:49 UTC+3

Due to the restrictions of getting onto the TV Set, these are as accurate as we can be from distance:

Alain Roy - 2,300,000
Stephane Bazin - 2,120,000
Jean Philippe Rohr - 1,520,000
Claudio Rinaldi - 1,500,000
Philippe Narboni - 1,000,000
[Removed:133] - 620,000
Antonin Tesseire - 600,000

09-07-2008 19:58 UTC+3

Narboni Moving Up

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Under the gun, Philippe Narboni put in a raise, possibly to 165,000. [Removed:133] called, as did Alain Roy from the small blind.

The three-way flop showed up {8-Spades}

. Roy checked, and Narboni continued out with a bet. [Removed:133] made a small raise, prompting Roy to fold. When action came back to Narboni, he announced, "Tapis," and pushed his entire stack forward. Cournut went into the tank for several minutes, shooting glances over at his opponent and eyeballing his stack. Finally, he decided to surrender his hand, and Narboni drags down a nice pot with no showdown.

Tags: Alain Roy Philippe Narboni

09-07-2008 20:07 UTC+3

Tesseire Gets In Again

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We pick up the action on the flop with the board showing {5-Diamonds}

. Claudio Rinaldi puts out a bet of 300,000, and Antonin Tesseire moves all in for a small amount more. Rinaldi makes the call, tabling {Q-Spades}

. Tesseire shouts something in French as he turns over {A-Hearts}

, in good shape to double up.

Fourth and fifth streets are the {10-Clubs}

and

respectively, and Tesseire does indeed win the pot, doubling his way up over 800,000 chips.

Tags: Anthonin Teisseire Claudio Rinaldi

09-07-2008 20:28 UTC+3

Help Has Arrived!

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Thus far we've relied on our extremely subpar knowledge of the French language to try and understand Jean Jacques Ichai's commentating at the final table. Needless to say, we're all but useless in that regard.

To solve the problem, we've enlisted the services of one of the PPT's official translators, Julie Mourchidi, who is going to help us figure out what the heck's going on.

Merci, Julie! Merci, beaucoup!

09-07-2008 20:40 UTC+3

Break Time

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The tournament clock has been paused while the remaining seven players take their first 15-minute break of the evening.

09-07-2008 20:55 UTC+3

Official Chip Counts at Break Time

MarcC

Stephane Bazin - 2,750,000
Alain Roy - 2,143,000
Antonin Tesseire - 1,406,000
Philippe Narboni - 1,363,000
Claudio Rinaldi - 800,000
Jean Philippe Rohr - 793,000
[Removed:133] - 477,000