Main Event
Day 4 Started
2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
Main Event
Day: 4
Day 4 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mathew Frankland | UK | 606,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Lucas Reeves | UK | 307,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Hugo Pingray | France | 768,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Franck Kalfon | France | 260,000 |
| 1 | 5 | [Removed:4] | Germany | 643,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Pascal Aznar | France | 506,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Freerk Post | Netherlands | 380,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Romain Baert | France | 242,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Samuel Grafton | UK | 985,000 |
| 2 | 2 | [Removed:146] | France | 444,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Romeo Robert | Belgium | 116,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Remi Castaignon | France | 321,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Alexander Dovzhenko | Russia | 459,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Anaras Alekberovas | Lithuania | 317,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Jean Pierre Petroli | France | 470,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Vladimir Velikov | Bulgaria | 416,000 |
| 3 | 1 | David Pishvafar | Germany | 116,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Salvatore Bonavena | Italy | 321,200 |
| 3 | 3 | James Mitchell | UK | 983,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Eilert Eilertsen | Norway | 495,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Maxime Petitprez | France | 283,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Brian Benhamou | France | 179,000 |
| 3 | 7 | James Bills | Australia | 877,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Fernand Michelet | France | 396,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Michel Abecassis | France | 150,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Thomas Butzhammer | Germany | 555,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Gordon Huntly | UK | 387,000 |
| 4 | 5 | [Removed:237] | Sweden | 309,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Noel Gaens | Belgium | 480,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Ibrahim Ghassan | Lebanon | 148,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Karim Abdelmoumene | France | 220,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Yury Gulyy | Russia | 430,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Cyril Andre | France | 669,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Jeffrey Hakim | Lebanon | 714,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Loic Fringant | France | 555,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Aurelien Guiglini | France | 942,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Walid Bou Habbib | Lebanon | 531,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Matthieu Herve | France | 1,050,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Massimo Di Cicco | Italy | 512,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Ionel Anton | Romania | 107,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Joseph Mouawad | Lebanon | 489,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Kristijonas Andrulis | Lithuania | 365,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Shahaf Hadaya | Israel | 1,237,000 |
| 6 | 7 | David Kilmartin | Ireland | 239,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Markus Ristola | Finland | 92,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Glen Cymbaluk | Canada | 324,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Lucien Cohen | France | 209,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Joseph El Khoury | Lebanon | 506,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Eric Sfez | France | 450,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Jason Koon | USA | 386,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Pietro Amoroso | France | 454,000 |
Welcome to Day 4 of PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
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Just 51 players are coming back today for this, the fourth day of EPT Deauville here on the Normandy coast. Shahaf Hadaya, known as "Da Boar" online is the current chip leader with 1,237,000 ahead of PokerStars qualifier Matthieu Herve, the only other player over 1 million in chips.
Behind them sit Sam Grafton (985,000) and James Mitchell (983,000), two of several British players still left in this event.
We're expecting a shorter day today with the tournament expected to play down to it's final three tables (24 players) although it's possible that might be revised down to the final two tables instead.
Play begins in about half an hour.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Romeo Finds a Queen
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Alexander Dovzhenko of Russia raised the minimum to 20,000 from under the gun, then it folded around to Robert Romeo of Belgium who reraised all in for 103,000 from the small blind. Remi Castaignon, sitting in between the two, folded his hand, and after a short bit of thinking Dovzhenko called the reraise.
Dovzhenko had 
and Romeo 
, and after the 
flop and 
turn it appeared Romeo would be our first elimination of Day 4. But the river brought the 
to pair the Belgian and give him the early double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
352,000 | -107,000 |
|
210,000 | 94,000 |
A Milly for Mitchell After Pushing Out Pishvafar
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Over on the feature table, James Mitchell has just eliminated David Pishvafar, thereby pushing his stack up over 1 million in the process.
All in for his last 110,000 or so with 
against Mitchell's 
, Pishvafar saw the board come 
to make an early exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,084,000 | 101,000 |
|
Busted |
Mass Effect
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Ionel Anton had moved all in over the top of Massimo Di Cicco's initial raise and the Italian felt priced in to call.
Anton: 
Di Cicco: 
Both players flopped a gutshot on the 
flop but Di Cicco picked up a pair on the 
turn. Anton couldn't hit his straight draw or ace on the 
river and was promptly eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000 | 108,000 |
|
Busted |
Ghassan's Loss is Noel Gaens
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
A blind on blind battle saw Ibrahim Ghassan all in preflop against Noel Gaens.
Gaens: 
Ghassan: 
The flop looked fairly unambitious coming 
but the on the turn was a good card for Gaens as Ghassan said, "No ten."
Sadly for him, those fickle poker gods weren't listening and the came on the river to make Gaens a straight.
"Wow," said Gaens, "that was very lucky. I am sorry."
"It's not a problem," sighed Ghassan as they shook hands and the latter left the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000 | 150,000 |
|
Busted |
River Good for Gordon, Bad for Butzhammer
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Gordon Huntly just opened for 20,000 from under the gun, and when it folded around to Thomas Butzhammer in the big blind he repopped it to 67,000. Huntly sat quietly for about a half-minute, then declared himself all in and Butzhammer instantly called to create a pot of nearly 800,000.
Huntly grimly grinned at the speed of Butzhammer's call, nodding in acknowledgement of his opponent having woken up with 
. Huntly tabled his 
and folded his arms to watch the community cards come.
The flop was 
and turn , and Butzhammer's hand remained best. But the arrived on the river to disturb the serenity of the scene, giving Huntly one of his three needed outs to survive.
Huntly remained stoic, but Butzhammer stood up at the sight of the card, walking away from the table in disgust. He returned to find Huntly almost apologetic at the turn of events, and the pair slapped hands in recognition of fate's preeminence.
Now, however, Butzhammer must overcome emotions as well as having a short stack in order to continue his EPT Deauville Main Event run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
798,000 | 411,000 |
|
88,000 | -467,000 |
Koon and Hadaya go to War
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Massimo Di Cicco opened to 26,000 preflop before Jason Koon made it 59,000 from a couple of seats down. Shahaf Hadaya was in the big blind and cold four bet to 144,000.
Di Cicco tanked for several minutes but then folded, Koon thought and then moved all in and Hadaya snap-called.
Koon: 
Hadaya: 
Koon was freerolling after the flop but the board came 
for a chop.