2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes

€8,500 Cannes Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♠9♦
Prize
$1,426,645
Event Info
Buy-in
$12,300
Entries
480
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
15,000

Back For Day 3

[user66118]
[user66118]
Welcome back to our coverage of the Partouche Poker Tour main event from the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, France. After a full day of play yesterday, 48 players have made it into the money and will return today to continue their run to the final table.

Patrice Sitbon will begin with the big chip lead, sitting with 867,100 chips. Despite his position, things won't be easy for the leader. Gus Hansen, both Robert and Michael Mizrachi, and Patryk Hildebranksi are all within striking distance. Also in the mix are a number of amateurs who have proven themselves capable up to this point.

Play will begin at 3:00pm local time, so join us then as we play down to our final table of eight.

Day 3 Chip Counts

[user66118]
[user66118]
Here's the way the 48 remaining players stack up:

Patrice Sitbon - 867,100
Fabrice Nkoa - 660,700
[Removed:133] - 614,500
Gus Hansen - 583,800
Guillaume Darcourt - 462,900
Robert Mizrachi - 453,000
Stephane Bazin - 290,500
Claudio Renaldi - 290,400
Willy Korchia - 266,400
Aurlien Guiglini - 262,600
Raul Paez - 238,700
Philippe Rottenberg - 235,000
Patryk Hildebranksi - 230,000
Michael Mizrachi - 222,200
Michael Abecassis - 221,000
Frederic Marcoux - 218,000
Bruno Mignini - 216,900
Denis Patout - 211,000
Christophe Drahe - 209,300
Philippe Narboni - 207,800
Mohamed El Berrak - 188,900
Anthonin Teissere - 183,100
Stephane Liger - 180,300
Daniele Mazzia - 172,200
Thierry Crenn - 170,800
Noah Schwartz - 1382,00
Rachid Ben Rezkallah - 134,000
Jean Philippe Rohr - 114,800
Laurent Alibert - 105,500
Bernard Graffouillere - 95,700
Pierre Yves Ayme - 95,200
Arnaud Mattern - 92,000
Stebastien Austy - 91,800
Bruno Balvai - 90,200
Jean Luc Angleraud - 87,100
Frederic Grasso - 85,000
Oury Cohen - 78,800
Romain Constantini - 78,000
Salim Metina - 76,900
Niclas Dymling - 74,300
Alain Roy - 70,500
Christophe Palmeri - 69,200
Stephane Fanego - 44,500
Frederic Lopez - 41,000
Thierry De Matos - 39,600
Fabrice Gouget - 35,200
Arnaud Corvisier - 32,500
Scotty Nguyen - 20,800

Slight Delay

[user66118]
[user66118]
Play was scheduled to begin at 3:00pm today, but we have just learned from our French colleagues that we will be delayed for a little while. The tournament room has undergone a complete overhaul in preparation for the final two days, including the addition of a featured table stage and tons of camera and broadcasting equipment. Final preparations are still underway, and we expect the starting time to be pushed back by close to an hour.

We will keep you updated on the anticipated starting time.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Seat Assignments

[user38449]
[user38449]
The players returned to the felt today in the same seats they vacated at the end of last night. Currently, Scotty Nguyen and Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi are seated at the feature table, while Noah Schwartz, Patryk Hildebranksi and Arnaud Mattern are all sitting together on one of the outer tables.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

Gus Loses a Little

MarcC
MarcC
Gus Hansen and Raul Paez see a raised flop that reads {10-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {6-Clubs}. Hansen is first to act and makes a 33,500 bet that Paez calls before the turn comes {7-Clubs}.

Hansen continues to push with a 51,000 bet. Paez dwells over his next move and counts the call out from his stack to see how much he has left. "All in" comes from his lips, as he slides his chips over the line.

Hansen raises his eyebrows, and slides his cards over the line to concede the pot.

Hansen now on 520,000, Paez on 340,000.

Tags: Gus HansenRaul Paez

"I'm back, baby . . . Watch out!"

[user38449]
[user38449]
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen
Our access to the feature table is quite limited due to the extravagant production stage built around it, though we were able to discern that Scotty Nguyen just doubled up via his exuberant table talk afterwards:

"I'm back, baby I'm back . . . Watch out!" said the Prince of Poker. "Tell your friends!"

"Merci, Merci!" he said to the dealer as he raked in his new chips, ~45,000 of them by our calculations.

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

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