Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
Main Event
Day: 6
Kalfon on a Mission
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
[Removed:4] open-raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes, then on the next hand he min-raised again from middle position and watched as Franck Kalfon — a.k.a. "Special Agent: Franck Kalfon" (as the PokerStars.tv commentators have dubbed him) — reraised all in for 820,000 from next position.
It folded back around to the new chip leader who took his time deciding what to do, then after nearly a minute pushed his hand away. Kalfon — who said before the final table "I'll play to win" — adds chips but remains the short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
![[Removed:4]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
8,400,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
1,260,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
Chip Counts
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,450,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
4,645,000
810,000
|
810,000 |
|
||
|
4,060,000
-940,000
|
-940,000 |
|
||
|
1,975,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
1,610,000
-420,000
|
-420,000 |
|
1,415,000
-580,000
|
-580,000 |
|
|
1,230,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Operation Double-Up for Kalfon
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Following a couple more raise-and-take hands, [Removed:4] opened for 200,000 from the button, then Franck Kalfon reraised all in for 1,090,000 from the small blind. Robert Romeo gave up his hand in the big blind, then Rudelitz looked through his green sunglasses at Kalfon's chips for a few beats before calling.
Rudelitz turned up 
and Kalfon 
. The flop came 
and the turn 
, meaning Kalfon's fours were still ahead. The dealer then burned a card and delivered the river… the 
. A brief roar emerged from the rail as Kalfon's supporters expressed their glee, and Kalfon has now bettered his situation considerably, moving up over 2.3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,280,000
-1,170,000
|
-1,170,000 |
|
|
2,350,000
1,120,000
|
1,120,000 |
Noel Gaens Eliminated in 7th Place (€87,800)
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Noel Gaens raised to 300,000 from UTG with a short-stack and it was passed around to Walid Bou Habib in the big blind. The Lebanese player thought for a moment and set Gaens all in, the latter didn't look too happy but felt himself priced in to call off his chips.
Gaens: 
Bou Habib: 
The 
flop didn't improve either player and the on the turn left the Belgian drawing to one of just two remaining tens in the deck but the river was another 
and with that, Bou Habib has solidified his position in second place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,300,000
1,655,000
|
1,655,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Castaignon Chips Back
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Remi Castaignon has taken a couple of modest pots in succession to replace a few of the chips he's lost thus far today.
On the first hand the table folded around to Castaignon in the small blind. The Frenchman limped in and Joseph El Khoury — the current short stack with six players left — checked from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Castaignon led for 125,000, getting a call from El Khoury. The turn then brought the 
and another bet from Castaignon, this time for 225,000, and El Khoury stepped aside.
The next hand saw Franck Kalfon opening for 200,000 from under the gun, then Robert Romeo put out chips appearing as though he might be raising, but he hadn't grabbed enough chips to do so and thus just called. Remi Castaignon called as well from the button, and the blinds got out.
The flop brought three small cards — 
— and it checked to Castaignon who bet 300,000, good enough to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,725,000
765,000
|
765,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,105,000
-305,000
|
-305,000 |
Chip Counts
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,240,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
6,220,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,725,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
2,110,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
|
1,985,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
|
|
1,105,000 | |
Too Friendly?
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Franck Kalfon raised to 225,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes, he showed 
.
Joseph El Khoury moved all in from UTG for 1,065,000 and everyone folded, he showed 
.
Kalfon raised to 200,000 preflop and was called Robert Romeo calling from the cutoff, Remi Castaignon from the small blind and El Khoury in the big blind. Everyone checked the 
flop and the 
turn. The river was the 
and it was checked around. Kalfon showed 
but Romeo showed – much to the commentators' bemusement.
Romeo Runs from Bou Habib's Three-Bet
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Following a sequence of raise-and-take hands — a couple of which were won by the hoodie-wearing Robert Romeo — Romeo was again raising to 225,000 from the button. Then Walid Bou Habib, sitting with a scarf tied around his neck in the small blind, reraised to 525,000 and Remi Castaignon stepped aside.
The action back on Romeo, he and Bou Habib engaged in what appeared to be light-hearted conversation before Romeo folded his hand face up… 
. Bou Habib meanwhile showed one of his cards, the , and took the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,520,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,250,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
Joseph El Khoury Eliminated in 6th Place (€125,000)
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
![Joseph El Khoury - 6th place (shaking hands with [Removed:4])](https://s.pnimg.net/K5_qOJW1i99V8mjEnGj8SG9jGuX9IZNWzoFMk_1tjks/pr:reporting-leading-desktop/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/ODMwLzcxL3hhZTE3/OWI2MWVhLmpwZw.webp)
[Removed:4] raised to 200,000 from UTG and it was passed around to Joseph El Khoury in the big blind, who opted to just call the raise with about 750,000 behind.
Both players checked the 
flop before El Khoury checked the 
turn, now Rudelitz bet 250,000 and El Khoury check-raised all in. A slight dwell from the German but he made the call for the extra half million.
Rudelitz:
El Khoury: 
The short stack was in massive trouble and needed an ace or seven to survive but the 
came on the river instead. Rudelitz moved back over the eight million mark while El Khoury goes out in sixth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,240,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
Busted |