2011 is definitely one of Sam Trickett’s best years playing the game as he was able to take down the other “French November Nine” players and take home the first prize of €1,000,000, which boosted his overall career earnings way past $6,000,000.
The Final Table
The final table started out with Sam Tricket, who is known to have used the pokerstars marketing code, in the lead. As things progressed, five of the nine remaining players were eliminated before a bit of break in the game. The final table then proceeded forward, and as the eliminations took place, only four players were left. Of course, a few moments later, they were at it again. The player to be eliminated on fourth was Ilan Boujenah who will receive a nice €300,000, and shortly right after, Oleskii Kovalchuk followed Bouhenah out the door with €379,760 and only Salman Behbehani and Sam Trickett were left to proceed to the heads up play, with Behbehani leading in chip count.
The Heads Up Play
When the heads up play started, Trickett had a pretty sizeable disadvantage over his opponent. While Sam Trickett only had around 5.8 million chips, his opponent, Salman Behbehani had over 11.5 million. Of course, patience really is a key factor in the game and Trickett slowly but surely built his stack up a bit, up until he then had the advantage over Behbehani. As things progressed forward, the final hand eventually came about. It was when Behbehani went all in with his A-J. Unfortunately for Behbehani, Trickett already had pocket 10’s and the board gave no improvements to either player’s hands. Trickett then was crowned the champion and was rewarded the €1 million for his efforts.
The Final Rankings
On the number one spot is UK’s favourite player, Sam Trickett with €1,000,000, who is now considered to be the most successful British poker player. On second with a pretty good €600,000 is Salman Behbehani. Right on third is Oleskii Kovalchuk with a total of €379,760 in winnings. Ilan Bouhenah settles in on at the fourth spot with a nice €300,000 as Roger Hairabedian sits on the fifth spot with €230,000. Right on sixth is Mustapha Kanit, with a total of €190,000. Alexander Dovzhenko sits at the seventh spot with a pretty good €160,000. Right on the eighth spot is Alexander Coussy with €130,000 and lastly, we have MAds Wissing, with €100,000 in winnings.