The Partouche Poker Tour 8,500 Main Event is down to nine players in Cannes, France. On Day 5, 18 players took their seats at the felt in hopes of making it to the final table with their eyes set on the 1,300,000 first-place prize. The field was cut in half, but the remaining nine players won't play down to a winner in the coming days, instead, the PPT has taken a page out of the World Series of Poker handbook and has decided to delay the final table until November.
Leading the way to November is Vanessa Selbst with a 3.9 million-chip stack. Just behind the Team pokerstars Pro is Fabrice Soulier with 3.6 million. European Poker Tour Grand Final High Roller winner Tobias Reinkemeier will have a bit of a challenge if he wants to add another trophy to his mantle, he comes in eighth in chips with 819,000.
Partouche Poker Tour Final Table Lineup
1. Vanessa Selbst, 3,951,000
2. Fabrice Soulier, 3,652,000
3. Raouf Ibrahim, 3,492,000
4. Ali Tekintamgac, 3,289,000
5. Tommi Etelapera, 3,129,000
6. Raphael Kroll, 2,390,000
7. Soren Konsgaard, 1,073,000
8. Tobias Reinkemeier, 819,000
9. Cyril Andre, 600,000

Go Selbst for one, secondly, waiting until November? Is this a good idea outside of the WSOP? Is the Partouche Poker Tour a big deal over there?