VANESSA SELBST TAKES PARTOUCHE POKER TOUR FINAL

And leaves with a pay cheque of Euro 1.3 million
 
The Partouche Poker Tour Main Event Final Table played out at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, France this past weekend saw American Vanessa Selbst beating Raphaël Kroll heads-up and collecting the first prize of Euro 1.3 million for her efforts. 
 
The win is the largest single tournament cash of her career to date and in total the team PokerStars Pro and NAPT Mohegan Sun Champion has approximately US$3.75 million in lifetime tournament winnings which places her third on the women's all-time money list behind tournament veterans Kathy Liebert and Annie Duke.
 
The PPT main event finished as follows:
 
1 Vanessa Selbst Euro 1,300 000
 
2 Raphaël Kroll Euro 800,000
 
3 Fabrice Soulier Euro 500,000
 
4 Mickael Etelapera Euro 360.000
 
5 Ibrahim Raouf Euro 300,000
 
6 Soren Konsgaard Euro 240,000
 
7 Cyril André Euro 187,500
 
8 Tobias Reinkemeier Euro 110,300
 
The event was marred by the disqualification of former WPT Spanish Championship winner Ali Tekintamgac prior to the final table on charges that he used confederates posing as members of the media to gain an unfair advantage over his competitors.