Monday, February 18, 2008

Paris Open of Poker - Final


Ironically for a tournament taking place at the Aviation Club De France, few players flew to the Paris Open of Poker. It could be that poker pros are concerned about their carbon footprint or maybe it’s just a sign of the explosion of big money tournaments – either way, the final table of the €2,000 buy in event saw just two Swiss players trying to bankrupt the French.

Chief trader of the stack exchange system was poker pro Roger Hairabedian, whose Gallic flair for Texas Hold ‘Em vanquished 124 opponents and boosted his bank balance by €74,000 at yesterday’s showdown. It is not known if he is interested in working for Societe Generale, but he would probably stumble at the recruitment stage, given that his skills seem to be based on making money.

Final Table of the Main Event at the Paris Open of Poker


1 Roger Hairabedian (France) €74,400
2 Olivier Salvini (France) €39,515
3 Thomas Fougeron AKA "Fougan" (France) €27,900
4 Philippe Ciampi (Switzerland) €18,600
5 Vivian Anseline (France) €13,950
6 Vincent Courtois (France) €11,625
7 Laurent Wisniec (Switzerland) €9,300
8 Fabien Bensaid (France) €6,975

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