€1,100 Main Event | 2025 PokerStars Open Cannes

12-21-2025 13:50 UTC+1

Atoui Hits a Straight

Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Kamel Atoui opened to 300,000 from under the gun with A♦5♦ and faced Paul Tedeschi who called from the small blind with 3♥3♣.

Both players flopped a straight draw on 7♦6♥4♠ and Tedeschi led out for 250,000. Atoui called, then both players checked the Q♠ turn.

The 8♣ river completed Atoui's straight so after Tedeschi checked, he bet 1,400,000. Tedeschi folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Tedeschi	11,100,000 550,000	550,000

Kamel Atoui	9,800,000 1,850,000	1,850,000

Tags: Kamel Atoui Paul Tedeschi

12-21-2025 13:42 UTC+1

Julien Sitbon Eliminated in 5th Place (€51,730)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Julien Sitbon on the button raised to 650,000. Paul Tedeschi in the big blind three-bet all-in for 9,350,000 and Sitbon called off his last 2,050,000.

Julien Sitbon: K♦9♦ All in
Paul Tedeschi: K♥K♣

Sitbon ran into kings and was eliminated by his friend Tedeschi on 10♥7♣6♣J♠3♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Tedeschi	11,650,000 2,150,000	2,150,000

Julien Sitbon	Busted

Tags: Julien Sitbon Paul Tedeschi

12-21-2025 13:35 UTC+1

Adria Diaz Dalmau Eliminated in 6th Place (€39,790); Michel Marcone Eliminated in 7th Place (€30,600)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Adria Diaz Dalmau in early position jammed for 1,075,000. Michel Marcone in the cutoff quickly moved all-in as well for 850,000, and Nikolai Mamut in the small blind called both stacks.

Michel Marcone: A♥J♣ All in
Adria Diaz Dalmau: A♦K♥ All in
Nikolai Mamut: 7♥7♦

Mamut’s pocket sevens held on 4♦5♣3♠6♣10♥, so he scored a double elimination. Marcone, who held the shortest stack, finished in seventh place for €30,600, while Diaz Dalmau collected €39,790 for his sixth-place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolai Mamut	11,375,000 2,225,000	2,225,000
Michel Marcone	Busted

Adria Diaz Dalmau	Busted

Tags: Adria Diaz Dalmau Michel Marcone Nikolai Mamut

12-21-2025 13:31 UTC+1

The Best Flush for Tedeschi

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

In a blind versus blind situation on 6♥7♥3♥, Paul Tedeschi in the small blind bet 150,000 with Q♦5♥ and Nikolai Mamut in the big blind called with 10♠2♣.

Both players then checked the 9♥ turn leading to the A♥ river where Tedeschi bet 200,000 with his flush. Mamut snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Tedeschi	9,500,000 550,000	550,000

Nikolai Mamut	9,150,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: Nikolai Mamut Paul Tedeschi

12-21-2025 13:18 UTC+1

The First Pot for Atoui

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

In the very first hand of the final table, Paul Tedeschi raised to 300,000 from the cutoff with 7♥5♥ and was called by Kamel Atoui in the small blind with 6♦5♦.

Tedeschi continued for 250,000 on a flop of 6♥3♥3♦. With two pair, Atoui check-called and check-called a second barrel of 850,000 on the 9♠ turn.

Atoui checked once more the A♠ river. Tedeschi bet 850,000 again, Atoui called and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Tedeschi	8,950,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Kamel Atoui	7,950,000 1,550,000	1,550,000

Tags: Kamel Atoui Paul Tedeschi

12-21-2025 13:13 UTC+1

Beginning of the Stream

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

12-21-2025 13:12 UTC+1

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Cards are in the air on Day 4 of the €1,100 PokerStars Open Cannes Main Event.

To respect the stream, PokerNews is providing updates with a 30-minute delay.

Level: 31

Blinds: 100,000/150,000

Ante: 150,000

12-21-2025 13:11 UTC+1

Seat 7: Michel Marcone, Grenoble, France – 1,250,000

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Maxime Taldir

Michel Marcone was the Day 1 overall chip leader, second after Day 2, but by close of play on Day 3 found himself fighting with far fewer big blinds – and is really happy to have made the final table. He might now be the short stack, but this represents the biggest achievement of his poker career in terms of money and prestige for the 62-year-old Grenoble resident.

Marcone learned how to play poker at 15, and later started playing online after he tried out some small live tournaments in brick-and-mortar venues. Nowadays he does not buy in to MTTs, but plays qualifiers for PokerStars Open and EPT events – and has won a number of packages on pokerstars.fr.

He said that he was excited to be coming back on Sunday, and that his main goal would be
trying to ladder a spot or two.

Tournament progression

Day 1: 434,500 (1/562, 1c)
Day 2: 1,395,000 (2/65)
Day 3: 1,250,000 (7/7)

Tags: Michel Marcone

12-21-2025 13:08 UTC+1

Seat 6: Axel Bayout, Dubai – 4,475,000

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Maxime Taldir

Axel Bayout was interviewed during EPT Barcelona in 2024, when he had recently left his job as a delivery driver to try his hand at professional poker, saying that one of the most important things for a person's quality of life was being able to choose a profession you love. With numerous live results this year, Bayout is on track to succeed in this sometimes volatile profession, with an especially strong record in the Czech Republic recently, including two cashes totalling over €50,000 two weeks apart in June.

Originally based in the Marseille area, Bayout now lives in Dubai and travels frequently across France and Europe more widely to make a living from his passion. And he doesn’t travel alone: “We have a small team of regular French players who go to Rozvadov every month to play every possible festival at the poker room. There are buy-ins between €200 and €1,000 almost every day—for tournament poker at reasonably cheap limits, the schedule is incredible.”

The 30-year-old headed further afield this year, as, brimming with confidence, he flew to Las Vegas this summer. It paid off; he achieved his biggest live win in an $800 Aria event, finishing as runner-up for $67,387. Bayout also has two notable pieces of poker jewellery: he won a WSOP Online bracelet in December 2024 for $532,000 (equal to his live total cashes), and a WSOP-C ring in San Remo just 15 days ago.

Tournament progression

Day 1: 61,000 (73/350, 1a)
Day 2: 665,000 (22/65)
Day 3: 4,475,000 (4/7)

Tags: Axel Bayout