Mario Lau Leads APT Noumea 2017 Welcome Event Final Table

The APT Noumea 2017 continues today with the Final Table of the NLH Welcome Event at the Casinos de Noumea with a total of 89 entries for a prize pool of about XPF 3,500,000.

All smiles for Welcome Event Final Table chip leader Mario Lau

At the end of the day, it was Mario Lau who was all smiles as he bagged the largest stack of 213,000 in chips. Next to Lau in the chip counts is Eric Grigaux with his stack of 188,000.

Welcome Event Final Table based on their seats:
1. Pautaud Olivier (101,500)
2. Mario Lau (213,000)
3. Takahiro Honda (98,000)
4. Pomarede (147,500)
5. Boulanger (40,000)
6. Eric grigaux (188,000)
7. Alain Petrague (101,000)

As expected, the local poker community was well-represented. There were still some APT regulars in the field like APT Player of the Year 2016 Iori Yogo; current APT POY 2017 standings leader Tetsuya Tsuchikawa along with compatriot Yoichi Uesugi and Australia’s Anthony Hope. Also spotted on the tables was reigning APT Noumea 2016 Main Event Champion Daniel Gilles.

Reigning APT Noumea Main Event Champion Daniel Gilles

In addition to the Welcome Event Final Table, the day’s line up also includes the XPF 44,000 Main Event Warm Up at 1:00 pm and another Main Event Mega Satellite at 7:30pm. For more details, check out the complete APT Noumea 2017 Info page