08 Sep 10

Partouche Poker Tour: PokerNoob in Final Table

PokerNoob played himself into the final table of the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event in Cannes. Meanwhile, Gulliver1985 just missed out on a final table spot, but still earned €86,360 for finishing 10th.

18 players returned for Day 5 of the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event and at the end of it, just 9 players survived to make the final table. They will now have a chance to take a breather after five gruelling days of poker, as the final table will only resume on November 6.

Team PokerStars pro Vanessa Selbst is the current chip leader with 3.95 million chips but she is not far ahead from the chasing pack. Four other players Fabrice Soulier, Ibrahim Raouf, Ali Tekintamgac and Mickael Etalapera also have over 3 million in their stacks.

PokerNoob short stacked but still alive

PokerNoob started Day 5 in 10th place but picked up chips early and was soon at 1.9 million chips. However, he lost a huge part of his stack after making a 3-bet and having to fold to a 4-bet shove. He managed to hang on until the end and will go into the final table as the 2nd shortest stack with 819,000 chips.
 
Meanwhile, fellow PokerStrategist Gulliver1985 became the unfortunate final table bubble boy as he busted out in 10th place. He picked up €86,360 for his efforts. Phil Laak finished 15th for €52,000 while Ronny Kaiser was 17th and earned €42,000.

Here are the chip counts of the 9 finalists as they go into the final table:

Partouche Poker Tour Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
Rank	Name	Chips
1	Vanessa Selbst	3,951,000
2	Fabrice Soulier	3,652,000
3	Ibrahim Raouf	3,492,000
4	Ali Tekintamgac	3,289,000
5	Mickael Etalapera	3,129,000
6	Raphael Kroll	2,390,000
7	Soren Konsgaard	1,073,000
8	Tobias PokerNoob Reinkemeier	819,000
9	Cyril André	600,000

Level info
Blinds	20,000/40,000
Ante	5,000
Player info
Remaining players	9
Average Chip Count	2.5 million

Partouche Poker Tour Main Event Payout Structure
Rank	Prize
1	€1,300,000
2	€800,000
3	€500,000
4	€360,000
5	€300,000
6	€240,000
7	€187,500
8	€130,700
9	€110,300

Here are some pictures and two more videos featuring the highlights of Day 5 and the 9 finalists. They are all from the Partouche Poker Tour blog.

Highlights from Day 5

Video of the 9 finalists

The final 9 posing for pictures with the prize money