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

09-07-2008 00:47 UTC+3

Scoreboard Update

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Chip counts for the players at Table 1 are as follows:

Seat 1: [Removed:133] - 1,100,000
Seat 2: Willy Korchia - 244,000
Seat 3: Raul Paez - 770,000
Seat 4: Claudio Renaldi - 830,000
Seat 5: Alain Roy - 460,000
Seat 6: Philippe Narboni - 260,000

09-07-2008 01:04 UTC+3

Man Riding Chicken

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This thing was spotted running amok in the hallways of the Palm Beach Club. Who knows...

09-07-2008 01:11 UTC+3

Cournut Building Chips

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[Removed:133] opens with a raise to 30,000 from late position. Claudio Renaldi and Alain Roy call from the blinds, and it's three handed to the flop.

It shows up {5-Clubs}

. Check, check, check.

The turn brings the {9-Clubs}

. This time, Renaldi leads out with 52,000 chips. Cournut makes the call rather quickly, while Roy gets out of the mix.

Fifth street: {A-Diamonds}

. Renaldi keeps the heat on, betting another 90,000 chips at Cournut. "Is that a good river card for you?" he asks the bettor. After taking a minute or two to decide, Cournut does make the call, and he watches Renaldi flip over {10-Spades}

. Seemingly surprised by the good news, Cournut tables his {A-Spades}

, and takes down a nice little pot at showdown.

09-07-2008 01:14 UTC+3

Scoreboard Update

[user66118]

Here's the way things stack up over at Table 2:

Seat 1: Fabrice Gouget - 180,000
Seat 2: Thierry Crenn - 220,000
Seat 3: Guillaume Darcourt - 680,000
Seat 4: Jean Philippe Rohr - 260,000
Seat 5: Michael Mizrachi - 215,000
Seat 6: Michael Abecassis - 380,000

Please note that we do not have any access to the featured table area, as it is being filmed for television.

09-07-2008 01:22 UTC+3

Willy Korchia Eliminated in 19th Place ($34,953)

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Willy Korchia was all in pre-flop with a big pocket pair against his opponent's {A-?}

. An ace on the flop spelled the end for the cigarette-chewing Korchia. He will head to the payout desk with a nice pay bump, moving up to nearly $35,000.

Tags: Willy Korchia

09-07-2008 01:23 UTC+3

Trading Places

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[Removed:133] and Claudio Renaldi just played heads-up for perhaps the biggest pot of the tournament thus far.

We caught up to the hand with the board showing {7-Hearts}

. Cournut had checked to Renaldi who moved all in for approximately 405,000; there was at least 600,000 already in the pot.

Cournut tanked and asked a few questions, presumably in French, before eventually sliding two stacks of pink chips across the betting line signaling a call.

Renaldi then turned over two red kings -- the {K-Hearts}

giving him the nut flush -- and Cournut was devastated. He sat motionless in his chair and stared across the table as Renaldi piled up his newfound 1.5 million in chips.

Cournut mucked his cards and was left with just over 600,000 in chips.

Tags: Claudio Renaldi

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

09-07-2008 01:37 UTC+3

Fabrice Gouget Eliminated in 18th Place ($35,953)

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Michael Abecassis has been getting a little aggressive of late, and it is paying dividends in his chip stack. In his most recent pot, he opened with a raise on the button to 43,000. Fabrice Gouget was in the small blind, and he immediately moved all in for a total of 112,000. Thierry Crenn ducked out from the big blind and let the two men battle. With Gouget at risk for his tournament life, he tabled {8-Spades}

and was racing against his opponent's {A-Spades}

.

The flop ran safe for Gouget, showing {6-Spades}

. The next two cards off the deck, however, were {10-Clubs}

and

respectively, giving Abecassis the winning triple tens.

Fabrice Gouget played a really incredible game of poker today. He came into Day 3 with just 35,000 chips -- third from the bottom. With impeccable timing and instinct, he managed to work that all the way up over 300,000 at one point, battling the toughest of tables. For his fine efforts over the past three days, he will pocket nearly $36,000.

Tags: Fabrice Gouget Michael Abecassis

09-07-2008 01:48 UTC+3

Denis Patout Eliminated in 17th Place ($34,953)

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Stephane Bazin has just eliminated Denis Patout from the Main Event, courtesy of a race in which Bazin's ace-king got the best of Patout's pocket eights.

All of the money went in preflop and the board filled out {A-?}

to give Bazin a full house, earning him the pot.

Patout wished his table mates luck and exited the tournament area to a rousing round of applause from the studio audience. He'll take home $34,953 in prize money for his efforts.

Tags: Denis Patout

09-07-2008 01:50 UTC+3

Impromptu Re-draw Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the PPT staff conducts a redraw of the remaining 16-player field.