The Adventures of Unlucky Pierre

Pierre "Zoutechamp" Neuville has met with considerable misfortune here at the start of Level 3 to see his EPT Deauville Main Event run come to an early end.

We arrived to witness the decisive hand for the Belgian after he and two others had already begun their preflop battle. A total of 2,800 sat in front of Anael Barbault playing from early position, while 9,300 sat before Neuville (sitting a seat over) and 9,300 likewise sat pushed out in front of Joseph Jazzar in the cutoff seat. Barbault was tanking, and finally he called Neuville's latest raise, thus creating a pot of about 30,000.

The flop came , and Barbault made a small stab with a bet of 6,000. Neuville thought for a while, then put his remaining chips all in — more than 20,000. Jazzar then tanked a bit before declaring he was all in as well, and Barbault got out.

Neuville showed and Jazzar . The then fell on the turn, providing more outs for Jazzar to catch Neuville. And the river delivered one of them, coming to give Jazzar a backdoor straight.

"Oh no," said Neuville, holding his hands on his head as he saw the fifth-street card fall. The chips were counted down, and it turned out Neuville had Jazzar covered, but only barely as he was down to just 175 chips.

Those went in on the next hand, and following a clearing raise by Ludovic Riehl it was Neuville's versus Riehl's . The flop came to pair Riehl, but Neuville still had a chance at a gutshot straight. But the turn was the and river the , and "Zoutechamp" was down to zero.