Poker news tagged with 'wpt paris high roller'

The WPT Paris High Roller event with a €15,00 buy-in saw 36-player field, and just like last year (25 players and €20k buy-in) Sorel Mixxi and Freddy Deeb faced each other in the final heads-up match. However it was Sorel Mizzi who won this time! For the win he received 234,495 euro. In total, Sorel Mizzi now has almost $4 million in tournament winnings.

2011 WPT Paris High Roller results (36 players):
1. Sorel Mizzi €234.495

2. Freddy Deeb €130.275
3. Nichlas Mattsson €78 165
4. Jerome Zerbib €52.110

5. Christopher Lastiwka €26.055

Yesterday, the WPT National Series Paris High Roller Event (€10,000 buy-in - 27 participants) finally got a winner. It ended up being Imad Derwiche from France who took home the tournament for €125,000 after an amazing comeback on the final table. This is his biggest win in his poker career, but if he keeps up that good game we will for sure hear more about him in the future.

WPT Paris High Roller Payouts
1. Imad Derwiche €125,000
2. Sayah Bouali €65,000
3. Firas Nassar €46,000
4. Haim Kakoun €20,642