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An exclusive interview with the first member of the Partouche Team after his WSOPE experience in London.

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Winner of the Lyon-Vert Super Satellite in Season 1 of the Partouche Poker Tour, François Tardieu is one of the best french players around.  He’s a very technical poker player and also a bit of a backgammon specialist.

François speaks exclusively to partouche-game.com to offer his advice on how best to approach the 125€ satellites during the PPT Season 2.

Start of the game: choice of hand is crucial

« The objective here is to keep your stack, while hoping for the double or triple with some big hands.  During the first stages, I would also advise you to only play pairs that are higher than 10 with Ace/King or Ace/Queen.  Don’t worry about folding marginal hands ».

Middle of the game: Operation blind stealing

« In a sit ‘n’ go, the blinds increase very quickly and rapidly become much sought after.  The moment the blinds are worth at least 20% of your stack/chips, it’s vital that you let them go.  Don’t hesitate in being aggressive.  In this kind of tournament, a lot of players use the same ‘play safe’ tactics from start to finish.  This benefits the blinds stealer who will take advantage, to increase his stack towards the last rounds ».

End of the game: « Push or fold »

« Most of the time when there are only 3 or 4 players left at the table, the blinds are so high in relation to everyone’s stack that there is only one way you can play: go ‘all in’ or fold.  Again, this is often where aggressive players will have the advantage over the players who are more inclined to play safe. Here, the value of your hand is no longer important.  It’s just as acceptable to raise with a 7/2 unsuited, as it is to fold with a pair of aces.  The sole objective is to qualify, and that’s the way you have to look at it».

Alain Roy is the first Partouche Poker Tour millionaire! This guy from Montpellier, who is 42 years old, fought hard for four days and beat the biggest world names in poker to become the winner of the first Partouche Poker Tour season.

The victory was all the more beautiful because he qualified for the Main Event through a 125 € Satellite organised in the Grand-Motte Partouche casino. 125 € to win 1 million…that’s the dream that has become a reality today for Alain Roy!

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1 Alain Roy 1 000 000 €

2 Claudi Rinaldi 511 100 €

3 Antoni Teisseire 335 000 €

4 Stéphane Bazin 225 500 €

5 Philippe Narboni 156 500 €

6 Jean-Philippe Rohr 123 000 €

7 Brice Cournut 100 500 €

8 Michel Abecassis 78 5000 €

9 Gus Hansen 58 000 €

10 Pierre-Yves Aymé 38 000 €

11 Raul Paez 24 500 €

12 Guillaume Darcourt 24 500 €

13 Thierry Crenne 24 500 €

14 Michael Mizrachi 24 500 €

15 Robert Mizrachi 24 500 €

16 Rachid Benrezkallah 24 500 €

17 Denis Patout 24 500 €

18 Fabrice Gouget 24 500 €

19 Willy Korchia 24 500 €

20 Bruno Mignini 15 500 €

21 Fabrice Nkoa 15 500 €

22 Bruno Balvay 15 500 €

23 Frédéric Malcoux 15 500 €

24 Christophe Palmeri 15 500 €

25 Aurélien Guiglini 15 500 €

26 Christophe Drahé 15 500 €

27 Mohammed Elberac 15 500 €

28 Noah Schwartz 15 500 €

29 Thierry de Matos 13 500 €

30 Jean-Luc Angleraud 13 500 €

31 Daniele Mazzia 13 500 €

32 Patryk Hildebranski 13 500 €

33 Frédéric Grasso 13 500 €

34 Patrice Sitbon 13 500 €

35 Sébastien Austry 13 500 €

36 Philippe Rottemberg 13 500 €

37 Arnaud Mattern 11 000 €

38 Ouri Cohen 11 000 €

39 Stéphane Liger 11 000 €

40 Salim Metina 11 000 €

41 Nicolas Dymling 11 000 €

42 Laurent Alibert 11 000 €

43 Bernard Graffouillere 11 000 €

44 Scotty N’Guyen 11 000 €

45 Stéphane Fanego 11 000 €

46 Romain Costantini 11 000 €

47 Frédéric Lopez 11 000 €

48 Arnaud Corvisier 11 000 €

Starting out with a considerable chip lead at the beginning of this head’s up (8 500 versus 1 500 000), Alain Roy finished victor of the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event and winner of 1 million euros, with a pair of 9’s beating a pair of 7’s held by Rinaldi.

24 000 participants across France, 480 players registered for the Main Event, more than 80 hours of poker, and 1 million euros for Alain Roy, who qualified for this tournament via a €125 satellite heat. The dream became reality and the Partouche Poker Tour has most definitely made a place for itself among the greatest poker events in the world.

A breathtaking final, without a moment of dead time, charismatic and talented players, impeccable organization and, above all, the pleasure of the players themselves who, in the space of a week at the Palm
Beach in Cannes, have lived through the most extraordinary experience of their poker lives. The Partouche Poker Tour resumes September 16!

THE SHOW MUST GO ON !

Here are the name of the last 8. Tonight, one of them will win €1,000,000. The end is close.

RINARDI Claudio : 749000

ABECASSIS Michel : 375000

ROHR Jean Philippe : 750000

NARBONI PhilippE : 1465000

TEISSEIRE Antonin : 541000

BAZIN Stephane/ 2387000

COURNUT Brice :1102000

ROY Alain : 2225000

And don’t forget to follow the PPT Live!, the Finale table aired on www.partouchepokertour.com!

48! The magical number has been reached at last after two crazy hours of repeated outrageous hands. Arnaud Mattern almost left us after losing a big game. By paying to see his straight on the river, Patrice Sitbon doubles his stack at 850 000 and reduces Matterns’ to almost nothing, although enough to participate in Day 3.

The day has been especially intense and the pros have suffered a lot. Among the favourites who made it through the day, let us mention the presence of Gus Hansen, who has a very comfortable stack, which should allow him to engage in the final run in excellent conditions. Let us also note the presence of the Mizrachi brothers, Noah Schwartz and Scotty N’Guyen who hung in there, despite a much reduced stack.

At the end of Day 4, there will only be 8 left. Eight of them able to dream of the first place and the million euros. Eight of them who will make history in French poker by participating in the biggest poker tournament ever organized in our country: the Partouche Poker Tour!

History is in the making…

Here are the names of players paid for this first PPT Main Event, and the corresponding chip count!

1 st Place 1 000 000 €
2 nd Place 511 100 €
3 rd Place  335 000 €
4 th Place 225 500 €
5 th Place 156 500 €
6 th Place 123 000 €
7 th Place 100 500 €
8 th Place 78 000 €
9 th Place 58 000 €
10 th Place 38 000 €
11 th Place / 19 th Place  24 500 €
20 th Place / 28 th Place 15 500 €
29 th Place / 36 th Place 13 500 €
37 th Place / 48 th Place 11 000 €