Christopher Marcadet Wins the PS Open Aix-en-Provence

Christopher Marcadet travelled from Budapest to his home country of France and collected the largest prize of his career. The French player won first place in the 1,100 euro PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence Main Event, earning 130,000 euros.

859 players took part in the tournament. The top 129 places in the Main Event were paid, and the prize pool reached 824,640 euros. Canadian Thomas Taylor was one of the first players to cash. Maria Lampropulos, PokerStars ambassadors David Lappin and Benjamin Bruneteaux, Joe Hindry, Gabi Livshitz and Sacha Cohen were also among the players who cashed.

Chinese player Chenxiang Miao was the first finalist eliminated from the final table and won 13,000 euros. The French players Arno Peonnet and Laurent Lebar were eliminated next. Algerian player Omar Lakhdari finished fifth for 34,000 euros, and Vietnamese-born Dinh Nguyen, who lives in France, finished fourth for 45,000 euros. Jordan Ayasse took third place and 62,000 euros. No deal was made, and Swiss player John Rezzonico settled for second place and 87,000 euros.

With this prize, Marcadet's career earnings have reached approximately 350,000 dollars. The prize was nearly four times his previous biggest cash.