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 The Aviation de France
World Poker Tour brought people from all around the world to battle for a first prize of 357,200. The final table players were David Benyamine, Jan Boubli,
Erick Lindgren, Georges Paravoliasakis, Jamie Posner
and Lee Salem. Most of these players are not well known names, but we will be hearing from a couple of them on future WPT events.
Lee was the short stack during the event, but made up some ground when he held pocket queens to Jan's AJ. All of the chips
got in before the flop and Jan did not improve. Lee won the pot worth 56,500, but he did not last for long after that. He
moved in for 43,200 a couple of hands later with pocket threes and David called in the small blind with pocket queens. The
flop was Q64 giving David the set and made
it a very long longshot for Lee to win. The turn was an ace and the river was an eight. Lee finished in sixth place.
David won a nice hand when he held a hand inferior to Jamie. David raised to 9000 with KJ of clubs, Jamie
flat called with AJ of diamonds, and Jan in
the big blind called the extra 5000 with 96. The flop was 986 all clubs giving David the
flush and Jan two pair. Jamie
checked, Jan checked and David
bet 14,000. Jamie folded his hand and Jan raised to 51,000. David just called. The turn was an eight and it appeared both
players were uncomfortable with their hand at the time. They both checked. The river was a five. Jan checked and David bet
30,000 into the large pot. The small bet invited Jan to call which he did.
The next hand shown was going to be one of many where George the Greek won the pot with the worst hand. David raised to
11,000 with A9 and George moved all-in in the big blind with KJ. David called the remaining 29,300. George flopped the jack
and won the pot after the river and turn were both threes.
Erick made a terrific laydown when he
called in the small blind with T7 of hearts and David checked his T6. The flop was T96 giving David two pair and Erick top
pair with a straight draw. Erick bet
5000, David raised to 25,000, and Erick called. The turn was a five. Erick checked, David bet 60,000 and Erick folded after
listening to David talk about what he was possibly holding. David seemed confident during his banter and I am sure this had
something to do with Erick making the correct laydown.
Jan did the obligatory raise with 72 for this episode of the WPT. I have stated on previous reports that this seems like something many
players are tempted to do to showboat for television. Jan was in the small blind when he raised and George folded his big blind.
Erick seemed to have a difficult time making a decision when Jamie moved all-in for 57,300 with AK. Erick held pocket nines
and when he called, he made a comment about "gambling". I think this was a good call in this situation because Erick had
Jamie out-chipped. I would not label it "gambling". The flop was AJ6, the turn was a 4 and the river was a deuce.
On the next hand shown, Erick moved all-in on the
button with pocket fours and he picked up
the pot. The next hand we see, Erick moved all-in in first
position with 86. David called 57,500 with AQ,
Jamie laid down the same hand (AQ), Jan threw his A8 away and George did the same with K3. We were able to see that three aces were
already out in these players hands, but the case ace flopped for David and Erick did not improve his pair of eights (he flopped an eight)
on the turn or the river. Erick knew he had to make up a lot of ground, but he was doing it too fast. It looks to us watching like he made
two moves right in a row, but this could not have been the case because of the position of the button. Still he was not in position
for this raise. It looks like an unnecessary play at this time. He could/should have waited for better position to make that move.
Jamie left the tournament when he moved all-in over Jan's original raise of 15,000. Jan held pocket threes and Jamie held
KT. The flop was 874, the turn was a deuce and the river was a jack.
 George's
luck continued when he moved all-in with KJ for 57,200 and David called 53,200 in the small blind with AJ. The flop was T64,
but the turn was a king of diamonds. This gave George top pair, but it also gave David the flush draw. The river was not a
diamond and David lost the pot. George looked like he might double up again when David raised to 24,000 on the button with
fives and George moved all-in with pocket tens. It was another 100,400 for David to call, but he opted to fold. George made
another all-in move, but this time it was against Jan. Jan raised in the small blind with pocket fours to 33,000, George
moved all-in with JT and Jan folded. Lucky George pulled it off again when he moved all-in for 128,000 on the button with A7
of diamonds and David called the 122,400 with pocket aces. The flop was 874 and the turn was a three of diamonds giving
George the diamond or the seven draw. The river was a seven!
Mike Sexton made a comment about him having more lives than a cat.
Lucky George the Greek lost most of his chips when Jan raised to 26,000 with pocket kings and George moved all-in with AT of
diamonds. The flop was K87 and the turn was a four giving George no outs. The river was another king giving Jan four of a
kind. The next hand George was eliminated when he pushed in the remaining chips with A2 of hearts. David called and Jan
checked his big blind. The flop gave David three threes, but it also gave George the flush draw. His flush did not get there
and he left the tournament in third place.
The heads up battle was between the two
Frenchmen. David had about a two and a half to one chip lead on Jan. The final hands we saw were all-in pots and the chip
lead switched a couple of times. The first hand Jan raised to 41,000 with AQ of spades and David moved all-in with A9. The
board was KJT giving Jan the nut straight
and there came no help for David on the turn or the river. The next hand Jan called 8000 with A2, David raised to 25,000
with pocket aces, Jan moved all-in and David called. Jan may have been inviting a raise by just
limping, but his hand was pretty weak for that. The board came KKJ82 and David
took the lead back from Jan.
The final hand we see, David raised to 38,000 with AT and Jan moved all in with pocket eights. David called the 139,800. The
flop was Q22, the turn was a three of diamonds giving David the diamond draw and the river was an ace of diamonds. That
particular card gave the pot to David with the pair of aces and the flush. David Benyamine was the first place finisher.
Also see the Aviation Club de Paris - Season One and
Season Three reports |
