Antoine Wins Battle of the Nine!

Antoine Saout is now out of WSOPE in 7th place with a cool £114,228 - he was busted by a certain Daniel Negreanu. Antoine had 5-5 against Dan's A-Q of spades & he hit the flush on the river.

However, Antoine's November Nine counterpart, James Akenhead, went out before our French hero so first blood to Antoine and hat's off or "chapeau" to them both - amazing to be on the final table of WSOPE & WSOP.

Think it's all over? WRONG!

Tomorrow we start EPT London with Team Everest's Cristiano Blanco, Kim Wooka and man of the moment Antoine Saout.

A demain!

Slow Progress but still in...

...Antoine has bearly made a move and remains on 730K ahead of two. The only real mover was Daniel Negreanu who has now doubled up.

This will go on long into the night but we'll keep you posted on the astonishing performance of our DOUBLE WSOP final tablist Antoine Saout.

2nd Break:
Seat 1: Barry Shulman - 1,524,000
Seat 2: Jason Mercier - 2,255,000
Seat 3: Praz Bansi - 866,000
Seat 4: Markus Ristola - 1,051,000
Seat 5: Chris Bjorin - 572,000
Seat 6: James Akenhead - 815,000
Seat 7: Daniel Negreanu - 1,758,000
Seat 8: Antoine Saout - 739,000
Seat 9: Matt Hawrilenko - 516,000

WSOPE Final Table: Go Antoine

Team Everest player Antoine Saout, November Niner, PPT Cannes cash and now WSPOE Final Tablist starts his day on the mother of all poker tables:

Seat 1: Barry Shulman - 1,090,000
Seat 2: Jason Mercier - 3,198,000
Seat 3: Praz Bansi - 1,160,000
Seat 4: Markus Ristola - 784,000
Seat 5: Chris Bjorin - 518,000
Seat 6: James Akenhead - 1,398,000
Seat 7: Daniel Negreanu - 438,000
Seat 8: Antoine Saout - 701,000
Seat 9: Matt Hawrilenko - 674,000

Antoine far right

Later today he could add the 3,000,000 prize to the $1,000,000 he has already won for being on the WSOP final table - which could become $9,000,000 in November!

'Hey, I have more chips than you, er, what's your name?'

Just 4 months ago he was a kid who loved poker from a small town in France, now he is already one of the best players in the world. If you want to be like him head to: http://www.everestpoker.com/live-the-dream/en

WSOPE London: a new dream for Antoine, officially

Making the final table of the two most prestigious and tough tournaments of the year can not be a coincidence. But it's definitely a dream! Antoine Saout crowns his 2009 with another top performance and the poker pros will have to come to terms with this guy for many years to come.
Antoine is currently 6th in chips with 701k. We have a massive chipleader, Jason Mercier with 3,1M, and a short-stacked superstar, Daniel Negreanu, with 438k. Funny enough, we also have the only other European November Niner, James Akenhead, second in chips (1,4M), and Barry Schulman, father of the other Niner, Jeff!

So this final table, from Antoine's perspective, looks very similar to the Big One in Vegas for several reasons: he's in the middle of the pack, there's a massive chipleader, a poker legend and a couple of young and very aggressive players. Plus there's a huge prizepool with a bracelet in the middle and all the pressure of the world.
Can we call it a perfect exercise for Vegas?

Seat 1: Barry Shulman - 1,090,000
Seat 2: Jason Mercier - 3,198,000
Seat 3: Praz Bansi - 1,160,000
Seat 4: Markus Ristola - 784,000
Seat 5: Chris Bjorin - 518,000
Seat 6: James Akenhead - 1,398,000
Seat 7: Daniel Negreanu - 438,000
Seat 8: Antoine Saout - 701,000
Seat 9: Matt Hawrilenko - 674,000

And so it is.... another FINAL TABLE!!!

Antoine is at the final table of WSOPE London.
Antoine is at the final table of WSOPE London.
Antoine is at the final table of WSOPE London.