Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes
€8,500 Cannes Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes
Buy-in
$12,300
Entries
480
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
15,000
Game On
PokerNews Video: A Poker Lesson in French
PokerNews hostess Gloria Balding sat down with Floor Manager Mathieu Mounaix who offered up a few pointers for non-French speaking players to use while at the tables here in Cannes.
Warning: This video will have you "Tapis-ing" in no time.
Break Time
Mattern of Fact
.Both players checked so it was straight to the turn
. The middle position player decided to bet this time for a total of 1,500 and Mattern called before the river came 
. Very quickly the middle-position player counted out a bet, this time for a total of 3,000. Mattern looked at his opponent and made the call. His
was enough to beat his opponent's bluff attempt with 
.Mattern is moving along nicely with 38,500.
New King of the Hill
Fabrice currently sits with ~88,000 in chips.
Flushy's Flush
. Three players still had cards and one of those was James Dempsey who bet 900 when it was checked to him on the button. Both his opponents called so the turn was dealt as 
.This time a player in middle position bet 1,000 and only Dempsey called before the river came
. Once more the player in middle position led out for a 1,000 bet but Dempsey raised to 10,000 that time, enough to put his opponent all in.His opponent snap-called and showed an eight but it was no good against Dempsey's
for a flush. Dempsey up to 32,000 now.
Jack High No Good?
and there are more than 8,000 chips in the middle of the table. Action is on Gus, and he takes his time mulling over his options. As he likes to do, he bets the full rainbow -- one chip of each color, equaling 6,625. His opponent cuts out calling chips and puts them into the pot, drawing a big sigh from Gus."I think I have absolutely no chance of winning this pot," he said sheepishly. He turned over the
, saying, "I think I have a jack. If you can beat a jack, you win," He also showed the 
. His opponent flipped over 
, and his two pair does indeed beat Hansen's jack high. He pulled in a nice little pot, dropping Hansen back down the totem pole a bit -- now sitting with 64,000.
Scoreboard Update
Gus Hansen - 73,000
Jacques Zaicik - 64,700
Roger Roses - 49,600
Jerome Zerbib - 47,600
'Are you lonesome tonight?'
Scotty Nguyen even stopped by to greet Donnaz personally, saying, "Show them how to play some poker, alright baby!"
Of note is the fact that this is Donnaz's very first time playing live poker. In fact, she has never even held poker chips before. In an interview with a French television crew, she mentioned that she is familiar enough with the game, but has only ever played with dry pasta.