Sam El Sayed Wins World Poker Tour AmnevilleSwiss Player Takes Down €426,425 in France |
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Sam El Sayed, a Swiss-based Lebanese poker pro, topped the 542-strong field in Amneville, France to lift the PartyPoker.fr World Poker Tour title and €426,425 first prize at the weekend.
Sayed started the final table of the €3,500 buy in main event as chip leader and made his advantage pay.
Heads up he raised Franck Pepe to 800,000 from the buton. Pepe called and the fop fell 10 6 4. Pepe checked then called a 800,000 bet. The turn fell J, Pepe checked and El Sayed bet fired 2 million.
Pepe moved all-in with K 10 and was called by El Sayed who held K K which held up as the river fell the J.
The final table payouts were:
1: Sam El Sayed — €426,425
2: Franck Pepe — €229,613
3: Ilan Boujenah — €161,550
4: Nesrin Kourdourli — €109,886
5: William Bresson — €79,545
6: Jean-Paul Pasqualini — €62,323
7: Julien Robert — €46,743
8: Georges Chehade — €34,442