Sam Trickett

Today the last 10 players left in the WPT National Series Paris by ACFPoker.fr came back to play down until 8 players.

Sam Trickett from Team Titan was 2nd in chips at the start of the day but spent a hard hour and a half losing a big part of his stack. He qualified for the Final Table which will be played on Tuesday at 4:00 pm local time. 

World Series of Poker

Jonathan Duhamel, a 23-year-old from Boucherville, Quebec , overpowered his opponent from Florida, John Racener, in Heads-Up play that lasted 43 hands to win the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, the WSOP gold bracelet and $8,944,310 in cash.

The tournament, which started back on July 5 with 7,319 players, came to its stunning conclusion when Duhamel’s unsuited Ace-Jack held up against Racener’s K-8 in Diamonds.

“It’s a dream come true for me,” Duhamel told the media after his win. “I’ve dreamed about it since I started playing poker six years ago. It’s amazing.”

Racener’s second place finish was worth $5,545,955. Racener went into the Heads-Up play at a huge disadvantage and never saw a real opportunity to gain on Duhamel.

“I could never get anything going,” said Racener, 24, of Port Richey, Florida. “It was unfortunate and he played it well,” he told the media.

Duhamel and Racener were the final two players from the November Nine, the nine players who resumed play at the WSOP Final Table on November 6.

Duhamel is the first Canadian player ever to win the Main Event and only the sixth non-American overall.

John Juanda

After 7 hours of poker today and 5 days in total, we finally know the 8 players who have qualified for the Final Table of the Main Event of the EPT London 2010.

Final Table

Seat 1:  David Vamplew – 3,670,000
Seat 2:  Tom Marchese – 1,480,000
Seat 3:  Fernando Brito – 1,100,000
Seat 4:  Per Ummer – 1,245,000
Seat 5:  Artur Wasek – 2,250,000
Seat 6:  Kayvan Payman – 1,295,000
Seat 7:  Kyle Bowker – 7,165,000
Seat 8:  John Juanda – 7,075,000

Prizes:

Winner:   £900,000
2nd:   £545,000
3rd:   £300,000
4th:   £240,000
5th:   £190,000
6th:   £145,000
7th:   £100,000
8th:   £66,800

The most famous player seated at the Final Table is the American John Juanda, who will start the final tomorrow in 2nd position (in terms of chips). In fact, he is currently co-chipleader with Kyle Boker. Both players have 7 million in chips, double that of the third place player, David Vamplew.

Kyle Bowker

Sam Trickett

Good morning everyone and welcome back to the Casino Solverde of Vilamoura Portugal for the final table. Always a special day but much more today as Sam Trickett from Team Titan gives us the huge pleasure of being amongst the eight finalists.

Sam Trickett  is co-chipleader with his buddy Toby Lewis – both with more than 3 million chips.

Chipcount:

Toby Lewis:   3,322,000
Sam Trickett:   3,318,000
Teddy Sheringham:   1,783,000
Jason Lee:   1,167,000
Sergio Coutinho:   872,000
Martin Jacobson:   441,000
Frederik Jensen:   375,000
Rob Hollink:   259,000

Payouts in €:

Winner:   467,835
2nd:   297,984
3rd:   186,240
4th:   139,680
5th:   93,120
6th:   74,496
7th:   55,872
8th:   37,248

Sam Trickett

Titan Press: Hi Sam, you just qualified for the final table tomorrow, how do you feel ?
Sam Trickett: I feel really good and confident. I play well and i run good (laughing).

Titan Press:   What are your expectations for tomorrow
Sam Trickett: If i don’t finish in the top 3,  I would be very disappointed. I estimate that I have a 50% chance of winning the tournament, even though I’m aware that it will be long and tough.

Titan Press: Who do you fear the most in this final table ?
Sam Trickett: I really respect my two compatriots Toby (Lewis) and Teddy (Sheringham). The first is a friend of mine from London and a really good poker player and Teddy is just my biggest idol ever and a solid and talented poker player.

Titan Press: Any strategy for tomorrow ?
Sam Trickett: Not in particular. I will play my game; it’s working good for me the last months; so no reason to change. As i said, I really respect Toby and Teddy and they have a lot of chips as well. So, i will avoid risking too much against them. But we never know. I’ve started getting used to playing final tables of big tournaments, and I feel confident.

Titan Press: Thank you very much and we wish you a good night and a lot of good cards tomorrow.
Sam Trickett: Thank you. I will do my best, but first I’m off to relax at my hotel. Goodbye.

Sam Trickett in final table !

Erik Van Den Berg was eliminated in 9th place  (for €27,936) by the English Toby Lewis who will come back tomorrow as the chipleader for this high-level final table.

Sam Trickett is barely behind by 4K. Amazing !

Chipleader:  Toby Lewis  3,322,000
2nd:  Sam Trickett  3,318,000 – Team Titan
3rd:  Teddy Sheringham  1,783,000
4th:  Jason Lee  1,167,000
5th:  Sergio Coutinho  872,000
6th:  Martin Jacobson  441,000
7th:  Frederik Jensen  375,000
8th:  Rob Hollink  259,000

The top 3 are 100% English – The three guys have  3/4 of the chips in circulation.

Other notables at this final table include the soccer legend Teddy Sheringham and the Dutchman Rob Hollink.

Even if he is short stacked with 259K, Hollink is the only one at this point who can dream of winning two EPT titles.

It should be a very exciting final table, so don’t miss the start tomorrow at 12:00 local time.

Arnaud Mattern

Arnaud Mattern, the French pro poker player, is arriving at the final table as the chipleader at EPT Tallinn with 3,720,000 chips.

He is on the way to write a new page in the EPT circuit history as, after having won a the EPT Prague in 2007, he could become the first player to win two EPT titles. He could also come home €400,000  richer.

420 players were registered at the beginning of the tournament and just eight are remaining to contend for the final victory.  Arnaud Mattern is obviously the favorite at this point with his vast experience and big stack.

Final table composition:

Seat 1 – Konstantin Bilyauer: 2,498,000 chips
Seat 2 – Steven van Zadelhoff: 805,000
Seat 3 – Kevin Stani: 2,586,000
Seat 4 – Nicolo Calia: 637,000
Seat 5 – Bassam Elnajjar: 744,000
Seat 6 – Dmity Vitkind: 502,000
Seat 7 – Arnaud Mattern: 3, 720,000
Seat 8 – Mikko Jaatinen: 1,166,000

The next step of the EPT circuit will take place in Vilamoura, Portugal from of August 28th through September 2nd.
Team Titan, of course  will be there, including team captain Sorel Mizzi. Make sure to follow the action here on  Titanpokerblog.com.

Marvin Rettenmaier - Titan Pro

Congratulations to Titan Poker team member, Marvin Rettenmaier from Germany, who made it to 3^rd place at the Partouche Poker Million in Spain.

At the beautiful Casino Grand Madrid, Marvin battled a tough field of players who all wanted a piece of the one million Euros prize pool.

Marvin gave a wonderful performance but busted out when he went all-in with 99 against 66 pre-flop. The flop came out K36 and the turn and river produced no miracles for him.

Marvin took home 31,000 Euros and a lot of prestige.

After two days of rest, the 8 finalists will be ready tomorrow at 3 pm to give their best and offer a great show for the final table.

The final table is composed of 5 French players and 3 Scandinavian ones:

- Seat 1: Mickaël Guenni (France): 538,000 chips
- Seat 2: Theo Jorgensen (Danmark):  2,693,000
- Seat 3: Antoine Amourette (France): 489,000
- Seat 4: Per Linde (Sweden): 584,000
- Seat 5: Jimmy Ostensson (Sweden): 436,000
- Seat 6: Nourredine Aittaleb (France): 867,000
- Seat 7: Fabrice Touil (France): 1,183,000
- Seat 8: Arnaud Mattern (France): 678,000

The Champs-Elysées in Paris

Poker dealer handling the chips

These are the nine players that made it to the final table of the ECPT Barcelona 2010:

Seat 1. Hannu Korva (FIN) 322.000

Seat 2. Marvin Rettenmaier (GER) 627.000

Seat 3. Christophe ‘Mr. 20 big blinds’ Benzimra 323.000

Seat 4. Peter Nordin (SWE) 938.000

Seat 5. Andrew Grimason (IRE) 474.000

Seat 6. Nils Petterson (SWE) 322.000

Seat 7. Fabrice Bachelles (FRA) 643.000

Seat 8. John Eames (UK) 488.000

Seat 9. Rebecca Mordoff (FRA) 277.000