François  Guégan and Arnaud Bourdette, two first year engineering students at our School, won the second and 17th places in the Grandes Ecoles poker tournament (GEPT) at the Pougues-les-Eaux casino (Nièvre) on March 26.

Hold'em game (a poker variation) during the Grandes Ecoles poker tournament March 26.

It was in a very friendly atmosphere that 95 of the best players of Texas Hold’em (poker variation) of the top business and engineering schools in France met to compete. Note that the organization by the students from Skema business school was exemplary. As far as the game was concerned, François lost his head-to-head final against the winner of the tournament (Kevin Fleer, ESC Grenoble) with two pairs against 44,998 the same two pairs of 8 and 4 with a jack kicker. François had an 8: 4499. Verdict: The second place went to François. He left without a trophy but with 1480 € in his pocket!

François Guégan, first year engineering student, second in the poker tournament of the Grandes Ecoles, 26 March.

Association of School students Poker Club

Several times a month, the poker club offers events for players of all levels. These good results reward the work carried out in recent months. Friday 1st April, the club organized in partnership with the website partouche.fr the first round of the Partouche Poker student tour. This online intra-school tournament was attended by 33 students and finally 6 players were selected to defend the colors of the School during the second phase: Nicolas Bruère, Capucine Moreaux, Yoan Torres, Benoit Rudent, Eliott Roynette and Alexis Bernardin