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OMAHA
CUP
It
all started with the 6 finalists, in order
of chips; Bernard Darmon from France with
66 200, Dave Colclough from UK with 42
100, Alphons Jaggi from Switzerland with
27 400, Guy Sitbon from France with 15
000, Mick Wernick from UK with 12 600,
and last but not least, Gilles Tatossian
from France with 10 700 in chips.
First
out was Alphons Jaggi, who moved all-in
on 4th street with his trips, but found
Bernard's nut straight to call him. 5th
street brought no help to Alphons who
finished in 6th place of this major event
and took away � 6 600.
Since
the start, Bernard seemed pretty aggressive
to me. Not only did he begun the final
with a considerable chips lead, but he
also made many pre-flop raises to win
them right there. And here he was, announcing
"pot", "pot", and "pot", just like he
already knew he would get out of the room
with the cup and medal..
After
Alphons, it was Mick Wernick's turn to
go all-in with his diamond flush, but
then again, Bernard was there to call
the bet with his trips, plus the ace of
diamond in hand. The board eventually
paired on the river to give Bernard a
full house, so Mick went away with the
5th place as well as � 9 900.
Down
to 4 players after 40 minutes of play,
Dave Colclough was the only non-French
left in the battle field. While Bernard
continued to fire and show monster hands
(even when he had no caller!), Gilles
Tatossian on his side was witnessing his
stack getting lower and lower. Dave didn't
look impress by Bernard's huge stack,
was picking up every pots he could, and
did look a little scary I have to admit!
When you see him picking up very slowly
one chip on top of every pile he has to
constitute his bet, you can't help to
wonder�
And
that's when Bernard's previous hand repeats
itself, when Dave put Guy Sitbon all-in
with his trips, and Guy called with his
straight, a tiny little deuce paired on
the river to give Dave a full house. Guy
finished in 4th place, but nevertheless
took away � 14 800!
Gilles,
the witness, didn't move too much since
the start of this final table, but he
was now facing two guys with tons of chips
while he had something like 10 000 (out
of the total 174 000) in front of him�
Still, it was amazing how serious he played,
and how long he was thinking before every
move. Some would just let it go and put
it all in. Not Gilles. All serious, announcing
"pot", as he gently places almost all
of his chips in. No caller. So he does
it again on the next hand. No caller again.
But shortly after when he was first to
speak and bet the pot, Bernard raised
again, and it was obvious that Gilles
would call, considering how many chips
he had left. He did call, with a flush
draw, but that wasn't good enough to beat
Bernard's trips Aces. Gilles managed to
start with the lowest stack and transformed
it in the 3rd place and � 24 500!
Bernard
and Dave, with mountains of chips, decided
not to deal and go for it. Prize money
was � 66 000 for the first, and � 33 000
for the second. The atmosphere was cool
and relax, Bernard was humming some songs,
those two players proved to be real gentlemen.
They decided to make their deal a little
while after, and Dave finally took way
the crystal carafe and first place, while
Bernard went home with the flutes! Congratulations
to all of you, and on behalf of all the
ACF team, thank you for your generosity!
Saturday
night live from the ACF
11 cash games tables and 4 tournament
tables running simultaneously in the Aviation
Club, no need to talk about the atmosphere!
People all around, the sound of the chips,
players calling for cards, windows wide
open on the Champs-Elys�es, the only ones
missing in the poker room were at the
bar enjoying their night!
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