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WPT Grand Prix de Paris – Jorgensen wins
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-05-16 10:52
Theo Jorgensen started the 5th day of the WPT’s grand Prix De Paris with a massive chip lead, and at the end of the final table showdown, he was the one holding up the shiny trophy and stuffing the €633,902 prize into his pockets. It was by no means a walk in the park for him to dispose of the other 7 final table participants though.
The first level of play didn’t bring any significant changes. Jorgensen started the day in possession of a 2.6 million chip stack. Fabrice Touil was second with only 1.2 million. The short-stacks were under pressure early, and they mostly managed to stave off elimination. Antoine Amourette was one of these short-stacks. His A,10o proved to be money against Jorgensen’s 10d, 2d. Amourette’s double-up left Jimmy Ostensson the official short-stack. The previous day’s chip leader would be the first to bite the dust at the final table. He picked up pocket 9s and decided to stake his tournament life on them. Touil made the call with Ac,6c and hit a two pair to bounce Ostensson with €70k in his pocket.
PokerStars’ Arnaud Mattern started the final table on a medium stack, and after a couple of early hits, he found himself forced to shove all-in too. He made the move on an A,Qo and Amourette called him with pocket rockets. The board failed to lend him a hand and he was done in 7th.
Nourredine Aitelabis was the next victim, his A,Jo unable to catch up with Per Linde’s pocket Qs.
After a little bit of 5-handed give and take, Fabrice Touil hit the rail, his A,8o falling short against Jorgensen’s J,8o.
Mickael Guenni happened upon a bit of a miracle, beating Amourette’s A-high flush with a rivered boat to send his final table presence into overtime. He did get it all-in a few hands later though and fell to Jorgensen, picking up €187k for his 4th place.
Per Linde followed him to the rail in 3rd, giving some of his chips to Amorette and some of them to Jorgensen. Jorgensen had a huge chip lead going into the heads-up stage of the poker tournament. The final battle was a short one. The final hand of the
poker tournament saw Amourette’s K,6o go up against Jorgensen’s A,Ko with an easy to anticipate result.
