After five days of action, the 2011 edition of World Poker Tour Amneville is now over. Adrien Allain emerged victorious among 378 other runners to win the title along with a massive 310k Euro.
Despite his relatively young age of 25, Allain has developed an impressive live poker tournament resume that includes a 2009 win at the Asian Poker Tour Macau for $391k, along with two money finishes at this year’s WSOPE. One of those finishes took the form of a final table run in the 2,500 Euro buy-in 6-Max NLHE tournament.
The six-handed final table at WPT Amneville was a slugfest, with over two hours passing before the first elimination. The victim was Arnaud Trouer, who pushed all-in with A-Q offsuit against the A-J suited of Allain. Allain scored trip jacks on the flop and Trouer was sent to the cage for almost 48k Euro.
Michel Konieczny hit the rail next when his A-10 suited couldn’t hold up against the pocket queens of Scott Baumstein. The garbage board sent him packing with 60k Euro. Baumstein himself was then eliminated with 7-7 under K-J suited, held by Jordan Quin.
Exiting in third place was Thibaud Guenegou, who pushed all-in with A-7 offsuit against the A-Q of Allain. Allain scored a pair on the flop, leaving Guenegou with 113k Euro.
Heads-up play then ensued between Allain and Quin, with both holding roughly even chip stacks. The pivotal hand came when Allain scored a flush, resulting in a nearly 5:1 chip lead. On the final hand, Quin pushed his remaining 1.5 million chips in on the strength of his K-9 offsuit. Allain was holding pocket 10s, however, and a mutually unhelpful board sent Quin home with 170k Euro.
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