London – 9th November, 2009 -- 25 year-old Frenchman Antoine Saout
has become the most successful French player ever to participate in the
World Series of Poker Main Event.
Saout, from Brittany, the underdog of the 2009 WSOP Final, had one of
the best performances of all finalists losing a coin-flip hand showdown
of pocket eights against Ace-King. A King on the river netted Antoine
just under €3.5 million in winnings for his third place title and
entered him in the history books with the best ever performance by a
French player at a WSOP Main Event Final.
Antoine beat over 6,400 payers from around the world during the WSOP
Main Event and became only the second Frenchman in history to be a
finalist in the world’s most important poker event. He played the World
Series of Poker for the first time in July 2009 after winning a ticket
for the event on a €50 satellite on Jogar Poker Online.
2009 has been an outstanding year for Antoine. He started playing
poker full-time just 18 months ago after leaving college to concentrate
on his poker skills. He is now being hailed as one of France’s poker
legends and one of the country’s most successful players in terms of
winnings and performances at international tournaments reaching the
final table of the WSOPE in London in September 2009 as well as cashing
in half a dozen major tournaments since reaching the final table of the
WSOP in July.
Antoine was supported throughout the WSOP Final by dozens of French
players and guests who made the trip to Vegas especially to cheer him
on in true flamboyant French style and backed by official sponsors of
the WSOP Jogar Poker Online with whom Antoine signed a deal to join Team
Jogar Poker Online in August 2009.
