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

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 8,000

09-07-2008 23:31 UTC+3

Shuffle Up and Deal

[user38449]

The players have returned from break and the cards are back in the air.

The average chip stack is now 1,371,428, meaning that the average player has ~17 big blinds. The pace of play could potentially speed up now that the blinds are getting higher, proportionately to the average stack size. We've got our fingers crossed, as things have been slow thus far.

09-07-2008 23:44 UTC+3

[Removed:133] Eliminated in 7th Place ($143,378)

MarcC

It's folded around to [Removed:133] on the button who open shoves for just under 500,000. In the next seat sits our chip leader, Stephane Bazin, who makes a quick call holding {10-?}

. Cournut is in a dominated situation holding {7-Diamonds}

and will need help to survive.

The board filled out {9-Spades}

giving Bazin a king-high straight and the pot.

Cournut wished everyone luck before exiting the tournament area, our second casualty of the day.

09-07-2008 23:53 UTC+3

Jean Philippe Rohr Eliminated in 6th Place ($175,477)

[user38449]

After many long hours of minimal action, we've just seen two eliminations within ten minutes of each other.

The action started with a raise from Claudio Rinaldi who made it 225,000 to go. Action then folded around the table to Jean Philippe Rohr who re-raised all in. Rinaldi made the call holding {A-Spades}

and found himself slightly ahead of Rohr's {9-Diamonds}

.

The flop came {A-Hearts}

giving Rinaldi top pair and the {4-Clubs}

fell on the turn leaving Rohr drawing dead.

Rohr will walk away with an impressive $175,477 in prize money for his efforts. Meanwhile, Rinaldi now sits with just over 2.1 million in chips.

Tags: Jean Philippe Rohr

09-08-2008 00:04 UTC+3

Big Stacks Going at It

MarcC

It's folded around to Alain Roy on the button who raises to 235,000 before Stephane Bazin reraises to 625,000 from the big blind. Roy tanks but eventually ends up folding. Bazin yells in delight and lifts up his holding of {K-Spades}

to the crowd. It enables Bazin to retake the lead.

09-08-2008 00:18 UTC+3

'Deuces Loses' . . . Sometimes

[user38449]

Claudio Rinaldi just took down a four way limped pot with a pair of sixes.

Stephane Bazin limped in from the cutoff as did Rinaldi from the button. Antonin Tesseire completed the bet from the small blind and Alain Roy checked his option in the big.

The flop came {2-Hearts}

and the action checked around the table to Rinaldi who made it 150,000 to go. Alain Roy was the lone caller and he and Rinaldi saw the {9-Spades}

fall on the turn.

Both players opted to check the turn and see a free river -- the {J-Clubs}

. Another check-check sequence led to a showdown, at which time Roy showed {2-?}

- X for a pair of twos. Rinaldi then revealed a pocket pair of sixes which were good enough to take down the pot.

09-08-2008 00:32 UTC+3

Tesseire's Lucky Seven

[user66118]

Stephane Bazin comes in first with a limp from the button. Claudio Rinaldi folds the small blind, and Antonin Tesseire knocks the table, content to see a free flop from the big.

The first three community cards come {J-Hearts}

. Tesseire leads out with 180,000 chips, which Bazin quickly calls.

Fourth street is the {5-Hearts}

and both players check quickly.

The river brings the {K-Diamonds}

, pairing the high card on the board. Tesseire checks, letting Bazin put out a bet. Once he does, Tesseire quickly calls, and turns over {10-Spades}

. It's the winner, as Bazin mucks his hand and the pot is pushed to his opponent.

09-08-2008 00:46 UTC+3

Blind Battle

MarcC

Claudio Rinaldi raises from the small blind and Antonin Tesseire makes the call from the big blind before we see a {2-Diamonds}

.

Rinaldi continues his aggression with a 350,000 bet and once again Tesseire calls before the turn comes {4-Diamonds}

.

No messing around from Rinaldi as he moves all-in, forcing a fold from his opponent. Rinaldi up to 3,400,000 now.

09-08-2008 00:47 UTC+3

Moving Chips

[user66118]

From the cutoff seat, Stephane Bazin put in a raise to 300,000. Alain Roy gave him action with a flat call from the big blind.

Heads up, the flop brought {J-Hearts}

. Both players checked rather quickly.

When the turn card came, Bazin led out with 375,000 more chips. Roy rubbed his face, then announced, "All in." Quickly, Bazin folded, and Roy pulls in more than 600,000 of his opponent's chips.

09-08-2008 00:59 UTC+3

Philippe Narboni Eliminated in 5th Place ($223,270)

[user66118]

Alain Roy raises first in, pushing out 225,000 chips. Next to act is Philippe Narboni, and he moves all in for an additional 634,000 on top. The other three opponents duck out, and Roy considers briefly before making the call, putting nearly 2,000,000 up for grabs in this pot.

Roy: {10-Diamonds}

Narboni:

With Philippe Narboni's tournament life hanging in the balance, he watches what could be his final five community cards: {3-Clubs}

. The board does indeed run dry for Narboni, and he bids his table farewell with a smile, notching a fifth place finish. For his efforts over the last four days, he will cash a check for $223,270. Not too shabby.

Tags: Alain Roy Philippe Narboni