The 2014 PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Paris took place a few days ago. Poker pro Laurent Polito won the tournament, defeating Carlo Savinelli in an extremely short heads-up play. The winner was awarded the amount of €140,000 of the entire prize pool.
It is interesting to note that this was not Polito’s first WPTN title. Back in January, 2013, he finished first at the World Poker Tour National Paris, where he captured €74,500 of the total prize pool. A year later, he won the 2014 PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Cannes and was awarded the amount of €86,000.
The 2014 PMU.fr World Poker Tour National Paris attracted 682 players. Of those, only 14 returned for the fourth and final day of the tournament.
Faouzi Degachi was the first to be eliminated. He was then followed by Claudio Leonardi and Thierry Luksenberg. Guillaume Wilhelm defeated Mohamed El Bakkouri and sent him to eleventh place.
Tarek Bouchama was the next to go and his elimination marked the beginning of the final table. In other words, only nine players had the chance to take part in this final stage of the game.
And Nathalie Schaeffer was the first to leave. She was defeated by Savinelli and took home the amount of €14,000. Then, three more players were quickly eliminated. Omar Lakhdari’s cards just could not stand a chance against Franck Kalfon’s and he needed to leave, taking the eighth position.
Yet, Kalfon was the next to leave. He received €22,500 for his seventh position. Ouzilou followed him quite quickly. He was eliminated by Wilhelm.
Savinelli then sent David Lascar to fifth place and Gama followed him. The two players took €35,000 and €45,000, respectively.
Thus, Guillaume Wilhelm, Carlo Savinelli, and Laurent Polito were the only remaining players. Wilhelm was quickly sent home by his opponents. He received the amount of €61,000 for his third place.
During the heads-up play, a deal was discussed between the two remaining players. Eventually, Polito decided that he would not like to strike it. He held the majority of chips and it seems that he wanted all the money for himself, as well.
It took only half an hour for a winner to be declared. On the final hand, Savinelli moved all-in with [Ad][9h]
in his hand. Polito, on the other hand, had [Ah][As]. The board ran out [4s][7c][Jc][7d][Ks] and thus, the name of the champion became known.
Polito won the sum of €140,000 of the entire prize pool. He was the chip leader from Day 2 of the tournament. The poker pro did not lose his composure even for a moment and he made only minor mistakes throughout all four days. With all that said, it seems that his victory is well-deserved.
