On Tuesday, the fifth day of World Series of Poker Europe in Cannes, France was played and it turned out to be a very thrilling day of poker. Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari, the winner of the biggest buy-in tournament in history (Big One For One Drop), defeated a field of 626 to capture the title of Event #2: €1,1000 No-Limit Holdem (€126,207). This was Esfandiari's third WSOP bracelet, and he now has the WSOP Player of the Year lead.
Final table results:
1 Antonio Esfandiari €126,207
2 Remi Bollengier €78,059
3 Salvatore Bonavena €57,079
4 Antonin Teisserie €42,356
5 Valentin Detoc €31,869
6 McLean Karr €24,309
7 Ashly Butler €18,798
8 Jamel Haddad €14,736
9 Florian Ciuro €11,707