L'INFLUENCE FRANÇAISE EN ROUMANIE RESTE FORTE !
GUILLAUME DARCOURT REMPORTE LE WPT BUCAREST, SPONSORITÉ PAR GAMEBOOKERS.COM
37-year-old French businessman Guillaume Darcourt is the winner of the inaugural Tournée mondiale du poker événement en Roumanie! Le WPT Bucarest, sponsorisé par Gamebookers.com, a eu lieu à l'hôtel Novotel Bucarest City Center, mais les organisateurs du Regent Casino ont déplacé la table finale de six places dans un endroit spécial avec un public en direct ! Darcourt, qui joue au poker depuis trois ans et réside à Lausanne, en Suisse, a remporté €125,846 and a $25,000 seat at the prestigious WPT World Championship at the Bellagio.
There were a total of 161 players taking part in the €3000 + €300 Main Event. The prizepool paid 18 places with a total prize pool of €449,450. Darcourt eventually emerged triumphant after a grueling heads-up with German online ace Simon "Schnibl0r" Münz. Darcourt had a strong supporting contingent in the crowd, including wife Caroline, while Munz was being railed online by thousands of players through his position as a prominent member of PokerStrategy.com.
“This win is amazing,” said Darcourt, who is originally from Paris. “I was eighth in chips after the first day and chip leader at the end of day two. I was running really good on day three too but started to slip away. One hand changed the whole tournament for me. I was up against AA with A9 but hit a straight. I will always remember that hand.”
Darcourt gave a fantastic lesson in power poker and runner-up Munz acknowledged the strengths of the Frenchman. “Darcourt deserved to win. I would have loved to have really attacked him in the heads-up but he just wouldn’t fold and I didn’t have enough chips,” said Simon. Munz went on to the final table as chip leader - won many admirers and banked his best live tournament finish. Munz kept grinding his way back into the heads-up but eventually his J7 offsuit got outflopped by the Q9 of Darcourt. Two pair on the flop sealed the win for the Frenchman.
“Winning the $25,000 WPT World Championship seat is incredible,” said Darcourt. “I have a full tournament schedule but to get a seat to such a prestigious tournament is wonderful.” Darcourt, who has three children aged 2, 7 et le 10 now plans to spend some time relaxing at home. “The last three months have been three of the best of my life,” he added.
First out on the six handed final table was the Romanian contingent with Eva Iosif and Abdula Atila finishing sixth and fifth. Next to go was Panama’s Jose De La Guardia followed by the USA’s Joseph Ebanks from the United States. Ebanks found his QJ outgunned by Darcourt’s AJ. This left Darcourt with almost a 3:1 chip lead over Munz.
Tous les détails des mains peuvent être trouvés sur : http://ro.pokernews.com/live-reporting/world-poker-tour-2010/main-event/blog/day4/
Un porte-parole de Gamebookers.com a déclaré : « Nous tenons à remercier M. Sorin Constantinescu, M. Gokhan Ozturk et à tout leur personnel pour les efforts incroyables qu'ils ont déployés pour développer le jeu de poker en Roumanie. Ils ont organisé un événement fantastique et ont obtenu la table finale passionnante qu’ils méritaient.
Sorin Constantinescu, PDG de Regent Casino et organisateur du tournoi a déclaré : « Nous tenons à féliciter Guillaume Darcourt pour sa victoire méritée. Le poker en Roumanie est en plein essor et ce n'est que le début. Nous reviendrons et encore plus gros la prochaine fois ! »
WPT BUCAREST, SPONSORITÉ PAR GAMEBOOKERS.COM, ATTRIBUTION FINALE DES PLACES À LA TABLE ET COMPTES DE CHIPMES
1) Abdula Atila (ROM) 160,000
2) Eva Iosif (ROM) 96,000
2) Eva Iosif (ROM) 96,000
3) Jose De La Guardia (PAN) 410,000
4) Joseph Ebanks (USA) 349,000
4) Joseph Ebanks (USA) 349,000
5) Guillaume Darcourt (FRA) 614,000
6) Simon "Schnibl0r" Münz (GER) 775,000
Apart from bubble boy Carlos Mortensen, notable names that bust in the latter stages include France’s Thomas Bichon, who went out in 12th and Argentina’s Jose Barbero who departed in 15th.
Voici les paiements du Main Event et la répartition des prix.
WPT BUCHAREST MAIN EVENT – Novotel City Centre, Romania – 28th Mars - 2nd Avril
161 runners, Total Prizepool €449,450
1st) Guillaume Darcourt (FRA) €125,846 +$25,000 WPT World Championship seat
2nd) Simon "Schnibl0r" Münz (GER) €93,400
3rd) Joseph Ebanks (USA) €59,750
4th) Jose De La Guardia (PAN) €36,600
5th) Abdula Atila (ROM) €30,550
6th) Eva Iosif (ROM) 96,000€23,150
7th) Ovidu Saizu (ROM) €17,100
8th) Gheorghe Gradinaru (ROM) €11,250
9th) Viktoria Szilasi (HUN) €8,100
10th) Ioannis Tsintzos (GRE) €6,750
11th) Primoz Urek (SLOV) €5,850
12th) Thomas Bichon (FRA) €5,400
13th) Dan Semenescu (ROM( €4,950
14th) Liviu Chirita (ROM) €4,500
15th) Jose Barbero (ARG) €4,500
16th) Brent Wheeler (USA) €4,050
17th) Dany Parlafes (ROM) €4,050
18th) Stavros Mogaulas (GRE) €3,600
Regent Casino a pris toutes les dispositions pour garantir que Le WPT Bucarest est un tournoi de poker de classe mondiale. Parmi les noms notables éliminés dès le début figurent Sorel Mizzi, Pascal Perrault, Praz Bansi, Team http://www.partypoker.com/ pro Dragan Galic, Casey Kastle, EPT Snowfest final tablists Russell Carson and Alain Medesan, 2009 WPT Championship runner-up Ran Azor and France‘s Nicolas Levi. Many fancied the chances of Romania’s Cristian Dragomir, Cristian Dumitrescu and Mihai Manole but they didn‘t progress to the later stages of the tournament.
Une personne qui n'a pas atteint la table finale était l'agent de football Giovani Becali, qui a été exclu du tournoi. Tony G donne son point de vue sur : http://blog.partypoker.com/tony-g/football-agent-going-mental-at-wpt-bucharest.html.
Le classement du joueur WPT de l’année peut être consulté sur : http://www.worldpokertour.com/StatsAndTools/WPT_2009_2010_POY.aspx