The $8,500 buy-in Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes was won at the weekend by Frenchman Alain Roy, who collected 
$1,426,465 for his victory over 479 opponents. Roy defeated Claudio Rinaldi (pictured at right), from Switzerland, after just three hands of heads-up play to take the lion’s share of the $3.2 million prize pool at the three-day event.
The final table payouts were:
- Alain Roy — $1,426,465
- Claudio Rinaldi — $729,158
- Antonin Tesseire — $477,926
- Stephane Bazin — $321,709
- Philippe Narboni — $223,270
- Jean Philipe Rohr — $175,477
- Michel Abecassis — $111,278
The field attracted a broad swath of international poker stars, including Gus Hansen, who came ninth, Michael Mizrachi (14th), and Scotty Nguyen (44th). The event paid out a minimum of $15,963 to the top 48 players.
