When American law student Vanessa Selbst sat comfortably at her November 9 table in the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes she had one aim; and that was to leave the Partouche Poker Tour the winner. And true to her word, Vanessa went home holding the €1.3 million prize.
Players have the chance to take part in one of the 2,460 “Satellite” tournaments (first level) and “Super Satellites” (second level) held at the Partouche properties. Winners of the Mansion Poker Deposit Bonus second level satellites will get a seat into the “Main Event”. Like the WSOP the Partouche Poker Tour, holds mostly the event earlier in the year with the final table of the main event several months later with the final heads up match the next day.
The latest season of the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event has drawn a solid Mansion Poker Download field of 764 players. 300 players made their seats through the three tier satellite structure of the tour and more than 400 more bought into the €8,500 main event. The final prize pool was a remarkable €5,684,160 (US $7,226,273).