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Two Frenchmen Make World Poker Tour Final Table

Bruno Fitoussi and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in Line for Big Pay Days at Bellagio

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Bruno Fitoussi and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier from France have made the final table of the $25,000 buy in World Poker Tour Five Ross Boatman eliminated in 15th at the WPT Championship eventStar World Poker Classic at Bellagio, Las Vegas. They are guaranteed $98,050 with a top prize of $2.15 million on offer.

The final table with chip counts is:

  1. Scotty Nguyen — 5,880,000
  2. Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko — 5,105,000
  3. Christian "charder30" Harder — 4,650,000
  4. Justin "robert07" Young — 4,220,000
  5. Shannon "BLUFFforRENT" Shorr — 3,155,000
  6. Brian "tsarrast" Rast — 3,025,000
  7. Eugene "myrabbifoo" Katchalov — 2,385,000
  8. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier — 1,965,000
  9. Ran Azor — 1,810,000
  10. Bruno Fitoussi — 1,615,000

Earlier in the tournament yesterday Englishman Ross Boatman (pictured right) busted in 15th for $81,700. Justin Young raised from late position to 155,000 and Ross Boatman moved all in on the button. Christian Harder made the call, Young folded, and they turned up their hands. Boatman showed A K and was racing against Harder’s pocket jacks.





The board ran out ten-high and Boatman was eliminated in 15th place while the hand propelled Harder towards the final table.

Check the CardPlayer.com live updates today for all the action from what should prove a fascinating denoument to this tournament.

 
 
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