€8,500 Cannes Main Event Day 3 | 2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes

09-07-2008 06:03 UTC+3

Last Table Draw

[user66118]

Seat 1: Alain Roy
Seat 2: [Removed:133]
Seat 3: Antonin Tesseire
Seat 4: Philippe Narboni
Seat 5: Claudio Renaldi
Seat 6: Stephane Bazin
Seat 7: Michael Abecassis
Seat 8: Jean Philippe Rohr
Seat 9: Gus Hansen

Also at the table, sitting in Seat 10, is a second dealer who is shuffling the other deck during the hand in order to keep play moving.

09-07-2008 06:10 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

[user38449]

Alain Roy -- 1,590,000
[Removed:133] -- 360,000
Antonin Tesseire -- 280,000
Philippe Narboni -- 1,480,000
Claudio Renaldi -- 1,340,000
Stephane Bazin -- 1,380,000
Michael Abecassis -- 420,000
Jean Philippe Rohr -- 310,000
Gus Hansen -- 1,800,000

09-07-2008 06:26 UTC+3

Limped Hand Finds it Hard to Pick Up Chips

MarcC

Gus Hansen limps from first position, drawing [Removed:133] and the two blinds into the pot before we see a {K-Diamonds}

flop.

Hansen bets out for 48,000 and only Cournut calls before the turn comes {7-Diamonds}

. This time Hansen check-calls a 100,000 bet from Cournut.

The river comes {7-Spades}

to which Hansen checks again. "Wow," he says as Cournut bets 350,000. Too much for Hansen to call and he mucks saying "Jack-ten is good."

Tags: Gus Hansen

Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

09-07-2008 06:29 UTC+3

Another Big Tangle

[user66118]

Just a few minutes into the last table's play, we have already had our second big pot involving Gus Hansen.

Opening from late position, Michael Abecassis got all his chips into the middle pre-flop holding {A-Diamonds}

. He was looked up by Gus Hansen, who had plenty of chips and held {A-Clubs}

. With a pot of nearly 700,000 chips up for grabs, the dealer ran out the board:

{4-Diamonds}

Gus Hansen failed to overcome his severe deficit, and he shipped 342,000 chips over to his opponent. Michael Abecassis, on the other hand, is on the up and up, having climbed just over 700,000.

Tags: Gus Hansen Michael Abecassis

09-07-2008 06:45 UTC+3

What a Mess

[user38449]

The crowded scene around the unofficial final table is perhaps best illustrated visually rather than verbally, as demonstrated here.

Spectators and a heap of tournament staff are jam packed around the table four and five rows deep to try and catch a glimpse of the night's final hand, if and when it comes.

Free flowing media access is, well, nonexistent, but do not fear -- tournament reporter MarcC is on the case fighting through the crowds so that we can deliver the last bit of action to your monitors. Good on ya, Marc . . . Good on ya.

09-07-2008 06:59 UTC+3

Is This it?

MarcC

It's folded around to Jean Philippe Rohr in the highjack who moves all in for 349,000, a little bit more that eleven big blinds. Gus Hansen folds on the button before Alain Roy moves all in behind him, causing all others to fold.

Rohr shows us {A-Hearts}

but he's behind to Roy's {Q-Diamonds}

.

All the way to the river we go {A-Clubs}

. The first card out is enough to double-up one of our short stacks and keep this going for a little longer.

09-07-2008 07:04 UTC+3

Double Time

[user38449]

Short-stacked Antonin Tesseire has just doubled through his next door neighbor, [Removed:133].

Cournut opened the pot with a raise to 80,000 and when the action fell on Tesseire, he moved all in for a total of 236,000. Cournut made the call and turned over an unimpressive {K-Spades}

; Tesseire tabled {A-Clubs}

.

The

board was all Tesseire, who successfully doubled through to ~490,000 in chips.

09-07-2008 07:09 UTC+3

Tank Time

MarcC

Jean Philippe Rohr raises to 120,000 from under the gun. It's folded around to Michael Abecassis in the big blind who moves all in for about 620,000. Rohr tanks for a while and then folds, showing {Q-Diamonds}

.

09-07-2008 07:26 UTC+3

Let's Gamble

MarcC

Gus Hansen makes a raise to 92,000 before [Removed:133] reraises all in for 251,000. "I don't like my hand but I think I'm going to call," says Hansen.

Call he does with {A-Diamonds}

and he's behind to Cournut's {10-Diamonds}

.

The board comes {Q-Hearts}

.

Cournut hangs in there with a timely and needed double-up putting him up to 574,000.

Tags: Gus Hansen