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A big congratulations to Adrien Allain who took home the World Poker Tour Amneville Main Event last night. For the win he received €310,633 and his second trophy from a major poker tournament. Allain is quite new to the live tournament scene, but he has been extremely successful so far and we will most probably hear more from him in the near future.

Here are the final table results:
1st - Adrien Allain - €310,633

2nd - Jordane Ouin - €170,365

3rd - Thibaud Guenegou - €113,580

4th - Scott Baumstein - €80,640

5th - Michel Konieczny - €60,196

6th - Arnaud Trouer - €47,700

The field of 379 players who signed up for the WPT Amneville Main Event 3 days ago have now become a field of 76 players as Day 1 and 2 are over. Chip leader is Urs Kohler with almost 500k chips, followed by Scott Baumstein with 481k. Other players of note to make it to Day 3 are, for example, Nesrine Kourdourli (431k), Joseph Cheong (380k) and Arnaud Mattern (258k). Play will resume at 12:00 (CET) today and will played for 5 90-minute levels or until the field has been narrowed down to 18 players. 

The World Poker Tour has now made a stop in Amneville, France, and already Day 1a and 1b have been played. Out of the 379 players that paid the €3200 + €300 and entered the tournament, 218 players still have chips left and will return to play Day 2 later on today.

Day 1a was lacking of superstars, but Day 1b attracted quite a few big names. For example there were 2 famous poker couples on show with Liv Boeree/Kevin MacPhee and Catherine Hong/Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. Unfortunately both MacPhee and ElkY hit the rail at the early stages of Day 1b, but luckily both their girlfriends made it through to Day 2. Other notables that made it to Day 2 are Jamies Rosen, Arnaud Mattern, Joseph Cheong and famous French rap artist Bruno "Kool Sheen" Lopes.

Sam El Sayed raised 800,000 from the button, Franck called. The flop came 6[s]4[d]10[h] and Franck check/called Sam El Sayed's 800k bet. The J[c] landed on the turn, Franck Pepe checked and Sam El Sayed fired 2 millions into the pot. Franck called straight away and is now all in.

Sam El Sayed: K[h]K[c]
Franck Pepe: K[d]10[d]

Franck needed to hit a 10 (2 outs) to stay in the tournament. But the river card was the J[s] and it's all over. Sam El Sayed takes home the WPT Amneville with 2 pairs, kings over jacks, and the first place prize of €426,425. The runner-up, Franck Pepe, received €226,613.

48 of 542 players survived the 2 first days of the WPT Amneville Main Event and returned to their seats to play Day 3 a couple hours ago, however, 8 of these players have already been knocked out. It feels like the final table is just a few hours away now. 

Chip leader at the moment is Nesrin Kourdourli who really made a name for herself in Day 2 of the tournament. Now, she's is aiming to reach the final table with a healthy stack and she probably wont let anyone get in her way. Only two PartyPoker online qualifiers are left, and as we mentioned in the previous WPT Amneville update, they have the chance to win $1,000,000 extra if they take down the tournament.

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