Yesterday Stephane Dossetto was explaining to us how his name meant "two-seven," which usually makes poker players bring to mind the worst hand in hold'em.

Today we watched him begin the overall day of the France Poker Series Monaco Main Event with the chip lead, and tonight finish by winning the tournament -- while holding two sevens for the final, winning hand!

The Frenchman outlasted an enormous Main Event field and a tricky heads-up opponent in EPT12 Malta Main Event champion Niall Farrell to win the FPS Monaco title and a €218,000 first prize. And he couldn't has been more ecstatic about how the day went.

A moment to bear in mind for Stephane Dossetto

The prize greater than triples Dossetto's previous best tourney cash of €65,000 for winning the FPS High Roller at Cadet back in Season 3 of the tour. That Dossetto made this final table at the side of two of his friends -- seventh-place finisher Romain Matteoli and Julian Fernandez who took third -- made all of it the more enjoyable for the regular in Parisian poker circles.

Way back on Wednesday came the primary of 2 Day 1 flights, with without equal turnout of 1,261 representing the second-most ever selection of jouers for an FPS Main Event in the course of the FPS's six seasons, and far more than the 993 who played FPS Monaco a year ago.

They reached the official eight-handed final table last night, and after the Romanian Tudor Purice went out in eighth and Matteoli in seventh, the overall six returned today with Dossetto enjoying that narrow chip lead over his eventual heads-up opponent Farrell.

The final day begins

They were not up to an orbit into this final day of play when two of the fast stacks took their last chips up against a larger one, and the outcome saw the sector suddenly carved from six to four.

The Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Bertrand was the shorter of the at-risk pair, reraise-shoving his chips over a Julian Fernandez open with a couple of black tens. Miguel Silva of Portugal then went all-in excessive behind ace-jack, and both were called by Fernandez who had a couple of queens.

The biggest pair held, sending Bertrand out in sixth and Silva in fifth.

After five years' worth of online play, Bertrand adds a handsome live score to his credit.

Jean-Baptiste Bertrand - 6th place

And it was a pleasant finish for Silva as well, the largest cash of his career thus far.

Miguel Silva - 5th place

Four-handed play then saw Farrell taking a few hits, including losing a piece of chips to Dossetto in a hand that saw the latter flop a suite and Farrell turn top pair of aces.

Farrell chipped back, however, boldly bluffing Fernandez off the simpler hand along the way, then won an enormous preflop all-in with ace-king versus Stefano Terziani's pocket eights to snatch the lead and cripple the Italian.

Soon Terziani was all-in with king-four against Dossetto's ace-seven, and without a help from the board took his leave in fourth. He adds an FPS Main final table to final tables at the IPT and on the WSOP.

Stefano Terziani - 4th place

They moved right into a new level and after Farrell enjoyed the lead a brief time, Dossetto moved back ahead. But Farrell soon won a large one when knocking out Fernandez in third.

With pocket kings against the ten-nine of Fernandez, Farrell saw a flop bring three eights, then a nine at the turn did the Frenchmen in, giving him a lesser full house and inspiring him to commit his stack. The river brought no miracle, and Fernandez was out.

A seller of vegetable-and-fruit and not using a lot of previous poker experience, Fernandez walked clear of this event with a large number of cabbage. How about them apples?

Julian Fernandez - 3rd place

That pot gave Farrell a couple of 3-to-2 chip result in start heads-up play, but Dossetto won a few pots early to even the score, then after a stretch through which they traded the lead back and forth, the Frenchman surged into the lead at the strength of a few strong hands.

The duel ultimately would keep on for 3 hours -- longer than it took to minimize from six to 2 -- with Dossetto maintaining the lead for far of it. Finally Farrell found himself at the ropes but fighting gamely, and though he doubled through once with ace-king, he couldn't regain the momentum to mount a comeback.

Heads-up play

Then came the overall hand -- A♦J♥ for Farrell and the aforementioned 7♠7♣ for Dossetto. After flopping a collection (another word uncannily contained throughout the winner's name), Dossetto's handheld to offer him the victory.

While the money was a career triumph for Dossetto, Farrell's score carries him over the $2 million mark in lifetime tournament earnings to head with his many successes online, including on PokerStars as "firaldo87."

There'll be no rest for Farrell as he has already hopped within the EPT Grand Final Main Event where he'll be seeking a second EPT title.

Niall Farrell - 2nd place

Click here to read back through our coverage of the general day.

Congratulations to all 183 cashers on this year's FPS Monaco Main Event, and particularly to the champion Stephane Dossetto!

Stephano Dossetto - FPS Monaco Main Event Champion

FPS Monaco Main Event
Dates: April 27-May 1, 2016
Buy-in: €1,100
Entries: 1,261Places paid: 183
Prize pool: €1,223,1701 - Stephane Dossetto, France, €218,000
2 - Niall Farrell, UK, €127,900
3 - Julian Fernandez, France, €89,900
4 - Stefano Terziani, Italy, €67,100
5 - Miguel Silva, Portugal, €51,780
6 - Jean-Baptiste Bertrand, France, €38,500
7 - Romain Matteoli, France, €29,350
8 - Tudor Purice, Romania, €20,900

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