Final table of the Partouche Poker Tour will commence today in Cannes, France after a two-month hiatus but there are some shocking news even before a hand is played: it turns out that Ali Tekintamgac, who was supposed to start play in 4th place, has been disqualified from the tournament because of cheating.

Apparently the organizers have been viewing footage from the tv table of the tournament and determined that Tekintamgac was cheating. The video evidence has been forwarded to French authorities and fraud charges will possibly be pressed against the German player, who denies all allegations.

Tekintamgac's chips will be removed from the final table but it is not yet clear what will happen to the 9th place prize money of €110,300.

According to posters on the 2+2 forum, this is not the first time Tekintamgac has been accused of cheating at casinos. Earlier this year at EPT Tallinn it was said that he worked together with "fake live reporters" who posed as poker journalists but were in truth trying to see his opponent's hole cards to relate the information to him.

Tekintamgac is the winner of this year's WPT Barcelona and there is a video in circulation that some claim shows how the German player and his accomplices work. The grey-shirted man with the camera appears to be looking at Tekintamgac's opponent's hole cards and giving out some kind of signals with his hands. Tekintamgac makes the call with Q5s. Watch the video below.

"Everybody in Germany knows that he is a cheater. He isn't allowed to play in Austrian and Czech casinos either. He played and his gang members stood around the table, trying to look in the cards of the other players," one poster claims on 2+2. The news (in French and English) about Tekimtamgac's disqualification can be found on Madeinpoker.com.

Going to the tournament, the Partouche Poker Tour two-day final table comes after two-month hiatus much like the WSOP Main Event final table. In September, 9 players (or 8 as is turns out...) made their way to the final where a hefty €1,300,000 first place prize is up for grabs.

Vanessa Selbst, considered by many to be the best female player on the circuit today, has the biggest stack with 3.9 million in chips, closely followed by the experienced pro Fabrice Soulier. Other notables at the table include Tobias Reinkemeier and Sören Kongsgaard.

There will be a livestream from the final table on the Partouche Poker Tour web page, though it is not clear when it actually starts.

Seat 1: Tommi Eteläperä 3.129.000
Seat 2: Sören Kongsgaard 1.073.000
Seat 3: (Ali Tekintamgac 3.289.000; disqualified)
Seat 4: Ibrahim Raouf 3.492.000
Seat 5: Cyril André 600.000
Seat 6: Raphaël Kroll 2.390.000
Seat 7: Vanessa Selbst 3.951.000
Seat 8: Tobias Reinkemeier 819.000
Seat 9: Fabrice Soulier 3.652.000

Prize pool:

1. €1,300,000
2. €800,000
3. €500,000
4. €360,000
5. €300,000
6. €240,000
7. €187,500
8. €130,700
9. €110,300