Christopher Marcadet Wins €130,000 PokerStars Open Aix-En-Provence Main Event
The Hungary-based French player beat 859 entries for his first six-figure live cash at Pasino Grand.
- Christopher Marcadet won the €1,100 PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence Main Event for €130,000 after a field of 859 entries.
- The €824,640 prize pool paid 129 players, with John Rezzonico taking second for €87,000 and Jordan Ayasse earning €62,000 in third.
- The victory was Marcadet’s biggest live title and first six-figure tournament payout.
- The result gave Marcadet 912 Player of the Year points and his first qualifying score of 2026.
- The next PokerStars Open Main Event runs at EPT Prague from Dec. 2-7.
Christopher Marcadet won the €1,100 PokerStars Open Aix-en-Provence Main Event, beating 859 entries for a career-best €130,000 at Pasino Grand. The four-day no-limit hold’em finale ended Nov. 8 and closed the PokerStars Open festival in France.
The tournament created an €824,640 prize pool and paid 129 places. Jordan Ayasse finished third for €62,000, leaving Marcadet to face Switzerland’s John Rezzonico heads-up; no deal was made despite the €43,000 gap between the top two payouts. PokerNews reported that Rezzonico collected €87,000 for second, a huge result for a player whose prior recorded earnings were below $2,000.
Dinh Nguyen took fourth for €45,000 and Omar Lakhdari earned €34,000 in fifth. Chenxiang Miao was the first player eliminated from the final table, receiving €13,000, while Arno Peonnet and Laurent Lebar were eliminated next, followed by Krzysztof Zapolski in sixth.
For Marcadet, a French player now based in Hungary, the title was his largest live tournament result and first six-figure cash. He travelled from Budapest to play in his native country, and the €130,000 score took his career live earnings toward $350,000. His previous best recorded payday was $36,790 for a runner-up finish in a $600 event at The Venetian Las Vegas in 2022.
Marcadet, who primarily plays online, said he was still processing the victory. He called the trophy at a PokerStars festival “a real milestone” and praised both the organization and tournament structure.
The win also delivered 912 Card Player Player of the Year points, his first qualifying score of the year, moving him into the top 1,000 of the 2026 standings presented by CoinPoker.
PokerStars returned to Pasino Grand with Texapoker for this festival, several years after the venue last staged a France Poker Series edition. Marcadet said he plans to return to Aix-en-Provence to defend the title and play other PokerStars Open stops.
The next PokerStars Open Main Event is a €1,650 event at EPT Prague, running Dec. 2-7.
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