Grand Prix de Paris

Grand Prix de Paris Poker Tournament Results

Surinder Sunar, a poker pro from the UK, won the 2004 Grand Prix de Paris Poker Tournament Championship, and the first place prize of €679,860 (about $831,060).  The excitement of the win was second only to the excitement of the daring daylight casino heist that took place on the final day of the poker tournament, July 20, underway at the elegant Aviation Club de France in Paris.

During a break in the Grand Prix de Paris poker tournament, two armed men wearing ski masks entered the Aviation Club and made the players and staff lie down on the floor while they robbed the casino.  French police later described the gunmen as "well informed" because it appeared that they knew the precise stations where the casino kept its cash.  The thieves collected about 76,000 euros ($92,902).

Upon exiting the Aviation Club de France, the casino robbery took a wrong turn as the thieves had somehow lost the keys to their getaway motorcycle.  So they stole a refrigerated truck.  Still, the pair managed to elude the pursuing police as well as a taxi driver who joined in the chase (until he realized the men were armed and then it didn't seem like such a good idea).  The truck was later found, absent the robbers and the cash.  Rumor is Inspector Clouseau is coming out of retirement to find the renegades.

The Grand Prix de Paris poker tournament resumed after the casino robbery.  The field was narrowed to the final table at which Surinder Sunar triumphed.  The top six players and their winnings were: Surinder Sunar (€679,860), Tony G (€339,930), Jim Overtman, (€203,960), Peter Roche (€135,970), Ben Roberts (€101,980), and Dave Colclough (€84,890).

The Grand Prix de Paris Poker Tournament is the first stop on the World Poker Tour and is followed by the Mirage Poker Showdown at the Mirage Hotel Las Vegas later in July.

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