8 Players Battle for French Championship Title and €75,000

More than just a tournament winner, a new French champion will be crowned today at Pasino Grand in Aix-en-Provence. Out of 553 entrants, only 8 players remain in the €1,000 French Championship Main Event, and they will compete for the title and the top prize of €75,000.

Among these players, Rachid El Yaacoubi will begin the final table as the chip leader with 7,060,000 chips. Heni Mokni also has over 100 big blinds with 6,360,000, while the last woman standing, Cécile Ticherfatine, is third in chips with 4,400,000.

€1,000 French Championship Main Event Final Table

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Rachid El Yaacoubi	France	7,060,000	118
2	Alexis Rozenblat	France	2,595,000	43
3	Heni Mokni	France	6,360,000	106
4	Hugues Girard	France	1,820,000	30
5	Axel Bayout	France	2,925,000	49
6	Frederic Delval	France	685,000	11
7	Lionel Foulquier	France	1,825,000	30
8	Cecile Ticherfatine	France	4,400,000	73

Axel Bayout (2,925,000) and Alexis Rozenblat (2,595,000) both have slightly less than the average stack of 57 big blinds, while Lionel Foulquier (1,825,000) and Hugues Girard have shorter stacks, but still have 30 big blinds. Finally, all eyes will be on Frédéric Delval during the first minutes of the final table, as he is last in chips with 685,000 chips.

The final table starts at 1 p.m. local time tomorrow, with blinds restarting at 30,000/60,000/60,000 and 75-minute levels. The action will be to follow on steam on Texapoker, with a 30-minute delay, until the new French Championship winner is crowned.