Eight players sat down to the
EPT Deauville €5,300 main event final table. Favourite Swede pro
Martin Jacobson started as chipleader, slightly ahead of Canadian
Alex Wice. The final table layout was as presented below:

First out was
Ruslan Prydryk on level 27 (5,000/30,000/60,000), who went all-in with pocket sixes against
Julien Claudepierre’s
A
Q ; the latter won with top two pairs on the
A
4
2
3
3 board. Level 28 (5,000/40,000/80,000) saw the elimination of
Anthony Hnatow, who ran into Wice’s flush with
A
A .
On level 29 (10,000/50,000/100,000) things began to speed up even more; Wice’s full house was enough to eliminate
Kenny Hallaert and his pocket fours, right before short stack
Kaspars Renga went all-in with
A
7 , only to get called and consequently eliminated by Jacobson, who showed
8
5 on the
3
5
Q
J
9 board. Wice then managed to send Claudepierre to the rail as well with top two pairs.
No sooner had they reached level 30 (15,000/60,000/120,000) than the whole tournament was over. Cohen went all-in against Wice with
Q
Q , who showed
A
Q . On the neutral board, Cohen’s pocket pair held out, sending Wice home in third place. Cohen remained to dominate the heads-up phase as well; he had amassed a massive lead by the time he and Jacobson pushed in their stacks preflop. The latter showing
7
6 , Cohen won the event with ace high on the
T
9
3
3
J board. Winning €880,000, this was the Frenchman’s first registered tournament victory ever.
Lucien Cohen
Check the final results below.
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