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France's Christopher Marcadet won the PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence Main Event, a €1,100 buy-in, and collected €130,000, the biggest cash of his career. He had travelled from Budapest, Hungary, to his home country to play it.
The field was 859 entries, and the event played to a winner on its fourth day. The prize pool was €824,640 and the top 129 finishers were paid. Maria Lampropulos, David Lappin, Benjamin Bruneteaux, Joe Hindry, Gabi Livshitz and Sacha Cohen also cashed.
China's Chenxiang Miao was the first finalist out and took €13,000. Arno Peonnet and Laurent Lebar of France followed, then Poland's Krzysztof Zapolski in sixth. Algeria's Omar Lakhdari finished fifth for €34,000, Dinh Nguyen fourth for €45,000 and Jordan Ayasse third for €62,000.
Heads-up play ended without a deal, even with €43,000 separating first and second place. Switzerland's John Rezzonico finished runner-up for €87,000. According to PokerNews, Marcadet's prize is almost four times his previous best result.
Marcadet told PokerStars he was still struggling to process the win, praised the organization and structure, and said he plans to return to defend the title. The next PS Open, a €1,650 buy-in, runs December 2-7 at the European Poker Tour festival in Prague.
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