Main Event Day 3 | 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

02-03-2012 14:41 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Lacay	600,000 20,000	20,000

Martins Adeniya	486,000 -35,000	-35,000
Samphane Phomveha	485,000 150,200	150,200
Marc Inizan	451,000 155,500	155,500
Jason Hallee	428,000 52,100	52,100
Christian Togsverd	406,000 84,500	84,500
Fehmi Cherif	406,000 -29,000	-29,000
Artem Litvinov	385,000 -12,100	-12,100
Jean Yves Malherbe	384,000 4,000	4,000
Sergey Baburin	378,000 50,100	50,100
Niclas Martinsson	365,000 15,000	15,000
Koen De Visscher	358,000 -12,000	-12,000
Rumen Nanev	353,000 32,901	32,901
Vuong Than Trong	353,000 13,000	13,000
[Removed:167]	345,000 -18,600	-18,600
Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes	344,000 9,000	9,000
Chris Karagulleyan	340,000 -20,700	-20,700
Andre Andrade	339,000 -6,000	-6,000
Mihai Manole	332,000 8,800	8,800
Pierre Barthelemy	330,000 23,100	23,100
Vadzim Kursevich	327,000 -8,000	-8,000
Paul Guichard	314,000 -6,800	-6,800
Sergio Castelluccio	310,000 209,600	209,600
Andre Corredoira	308,000 149,900	149,900
Etienne Moudarres	301,000 118,100	118,100

Break Time

MarcC

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

One level down, 20-minute break. The bubble could, and should burst in the next level.

02-03-2012 14:05 UTC+2

Lacay Sets Up Moser To Take The Lead

Mickey Doft

Jannik Moser opened to 6,000 in the hijack and Ludovic Lacay three-bet to 18,500 from the small blind. Moser called, landing an {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} flop.

Lacay bet 20,000, Moser called, and the {4-Hearts} followed on the turn. Another bet from Lacay, this time 36,500, was called by Moser. When the {10-Diamonds} hit the river Lacay fired a third bullet, this one for 100,000.

Moser called pretty quickly, but mucked when Lacay tabled {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} for a set of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Lacay	560,000 182,700	182,700

Jannik Moser	57,000 -181,300	-181,300

Tags: Jannik Moser Ludovic Lacay

02-03-2012 14:02 UTC+2

Big Stacks, Small Raises

[user127999]

Both Brit Martins Adeniya and Frenchman Ludovic Lacay have massive stacks, especially when compared to the others at their respective tables.

As a result, it's really no surprise to see them raising their fair share of hands and picking up a lot of pots uncontested. But what may surprise you is amounts they are opening up for.

While the 3x raise was all the rage a few years ago and the 2.5x raise became the norm over the last couple of years, both Lacay and Adeniya seem to be opening most of the hands today with minimum raises - A strategy truly popularized by Eric Liu with his fourth place finish at EPT London in 2008.

It seems the bigger the stacks and blinds get, the smaller the raises become.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martins Adeniya	521,000 41,000	41,000
Ludovic Lacay	385,000 7,700	7,700

Tags: Ludovic Lacay Martins Adeniya

02-03-2012 13:59 UTC+2

Jim Slip

MarcC

James Dempsey's stack is down a little after he failed to shake Olivier Rogez off hand. By the conversation after the hand had completed it seemed as if Dempsey had three-bet an early position raise from Chris Brammer. Rogez cold-called from the small blind, and that scared off Brammer.

We picked up the action on the turn where Rogez check-called a 26,500 bet from the Brit. The river was dealt to leave a final board that read {6-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {8-Spades} . Rogez checked again, as did Dempsey after a couple of minutes thought.

Dempsey opened {k-Spades} {q-Hearts} and lost out to his French opponent's {5-Hearts} {5-Spades} .

Player	Chips	Progress
James Dempsey	235,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: James Demsey Olivier Rogez

02-03-2012 13:54 UTC+2

More European Poker Tour Information

Mickey Doft

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

If you'd like to find out more information about this tournament and other stops on the tour, head to the European Poker Tour page provided by PokerStars.

02-03-2012 13:37 UTC+2

Pictures From Last Night's Party

MarcC

James Dempsey, Martins Adeniya, & Kirsty Thompson

02-03-2012 13:37 UTC+2

Triple Up!

[user127999]

Jean Yves Malherbe has just about tripled up to a spot among the leaders after a massive hand here in the day's first level.

We caught the aftermath, but it appears he got it in with pocket nines against David Lichentin's pocket rockets and Sebastien Boyard's {k-} {j-} before flopping a set.

In addition to vaulting him up towards the top of the chip counts, the hand left Lichentin crippled and Boyard broke.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean Yves Malherbe	420,000 224,500	224,500
David Lichentin	45,000 -234,000	-234,000
Sebastien Boyard	Busted

Tags: David Lichentin Jean Yves Malherbe Sebastien Boyard

02-03-2012 13:27 UTC+2

Ari Out

MarcC

Ari Engel's day didn't last as long as he would've liked. He was heads up to a {8-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} flop with Tobias Peters and check-raised all-in for his final 66,800 with {k-Diamonds} {3-Spades} . Peters took his time and made the call with {9-Hearts} {7-Spades} .

The board ran out {a-Diamonds} {j-Diamonds} to seal the American's fate.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Engel	Busted

Tags: Ari Engel Tobias Peters

02-03-2012 13:24 UTC+2

Last Star Standing

[user127999]

Luca Pagano is the only Team PokerStars Pro left in the EPT Deauville Main Event.

He's also a good bet to cash considering he holds the EPT record with 19 main event cashes lifetime.

Pagano's pursuit of cash number 20 got off to a good start today as he three-bet PokerStars Qualifier Douglas Ferreira's 6,500 open, making it 14k in just the first few hands after the call to shuffle up and deal.

Ferreira laid it down and Pagano is off and running here on Day 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luca Pagano	181,000 8,600	8,600

Tags: Luca Pagano