€5,300 Main Event
Day 4 Started
€5,300 Main Event
Day 4 Started
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
---|---|---|---|---|
11 | 1 | Alexander Goulder | UK | 696,000 |
11 | 3 | Michel Pomaret | France | 277,000 |
11 | 4 | Norbert Szecsi | Hungary | 1,184,000 |
11 | 5 | Sotirios Koutoupas | Greece | 1,129,000 |
11 | 6 | Gheorghe Gradinaru | Romania | 574,000 |
11 | 7 | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | 1,194,000 |
11 | 8 | Aurelien Soutchkov | France | 486,000 |
12 | 1 | Zimnan Ziyard | UK | 339,000 |
12 | 2 | Bahram Chobineh | Iran | 492,000 |
12 | 3 | Anthony Lerust | France | 837,000 |
12 | 4 | Marko Laine | Finland | 296,000 |
12 | 5 | Sebastien Lapeyre | France | 167,000 |
12 | 6 | Carlo De Benedittis | France | 289,000 |
12 | 8 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 121,000 |
15 | 1 | Ekrem Sanioglu | France | 1,300,000 |
15 | 2 | Alessio Isaia | Italy | 291,000 |
15 | 3 | Florian Ribouchon | France | 415,000 |
15 | 4 | Eli Heath | UK | 642,000 |
15 | 6 | JP Kelly | UK | 544,000 |
15 | 7 | Jean-Yves Malherbe | Belgium | 250,000 |
15 | 8 | Dimitri Holdeew | Germany | 774,000 |
16 | 1 | Chun Ho Law | UK | 135,000 |
16 | 2 | Alain Alezra | France | 217,000 |
16 | 3 | Rustem Muratov | Russia | 378,000 |
16 | 4 | Jeffrey Hakim | Lebanon | 323,000 |
16 | 5 | Konstantin Tolokno | Russia | 684,000 |
16 | 7 | Ondrej Vinklarek | Czech Republic | 251,000 |
16 | 8 | Oliver Price | UK | 397,000 |
17 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 528,000 |
17 | 2 | Kamel Boukhalfa | France | 628,000 |
17 | 4 | Jose Carlos Garcia | Poland | 328,000 |
17 | 5 | Jean Maurice Roger Montury | France | 59,000 |
17 | 6 | Javed Abrahams | UK | 375,000 |
17 | 7 | Miha Gabric | Slovenia | 474,000 |
17 | 8 | Erkan Yildirim | Germany | 319,000 |
18 | 2 | Tatu Maenpaa | Finland | 926,000 |
18 | 3 | Ludovic Geilich | UK | 408,000 |
18 | 4 | Andrew Sweeney | Ireland | 775,000 |
18 | 5 | Tobias Wagner | Germany | 341,000 |
18 | 7 | Mustapha Amaouche | France | 231,000 |
18 | 8 | Alexandre Amiel | France | 143,000 |
It's the fourth day of the PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Deauville. It's the day the €10,000 High Roller starts but here we'll concentrate on the Main Event. 41 players remain and today we'll probably play five levels or down to 16. There's still three days to get to a winner so we're in no rush.
Ekrem Sanioglu is the man to beat. The Frenchman, originally from Turkey but living in France for 41 years, had 1.3 million to play with today. That's 130 big blinds, more than enough room for maneuver. Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov is close behind with 1,194,000 and he will most likely be at the feature table today. Back in 2011 he was close for the Triple Crown as he finished third in the EPT Barcelona Martin Schleich eventually won. He's feeling the pressure, today we'll find out how he copes with that.
At 12 p.m. local time the tournament continues with level 20 (5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante). PokerNews is ready to bring you all the updates and deliver you the best photos and interviews with all your favorite players. Get that F5 finger ready!
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
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20 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
15 minute break | |||
21 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 |
15 minute break | |||
22 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
15 minute break | |||
23 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |
15 minute break | |||
24 | 12,000 | 24,000 | 3,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
On one of the first hands of the day there was an all-in and a call on the feature table. Michel Pomaret moved all-in from under-the-gun for 277,000 and Eugene Katchalov made the call. Both players hand ace-king off-suit though and a rainbow flop meant that the pot was chopped. Cue Hartigan and Stapleton's favorutie saying.
JP Kelly raised under the gun to 20,000 and a couple positions down it was Ekrem Sanioglu also placing 20,000 in the middle from the hijack. Sanioglu hadn't seen that Kelly raised and wanted to open raise himself, but it was now ruled a call. The other players went out of the way and it was heads up to the flop.
Kelly checked and called the 32,000 bet Sanioglu made. Both players checked the on the turn and the dealer put the on the table for a river. Kelly checked for the third time. Sanioglu reached for chips and eventually decided to make it 65,000. Kelly called rather quickly and Sanioglu directly said "Good call". Sanioglu showed , Kelly tabled and received the chips in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ekrem Sanioglu |
1,150,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
JP Kelly |
700,000
156,000
|
156,000 |
Tobias Wagner is out in 40th after losing a classic race to Konstantin Tolokno. Pre-flop Tolokno raised to 20,000, Wagner three-bet to 52,000, Tolokno four-bet to 90,000, Wagner moved all-in for roughly 350,000 and Tolokno called.
Tolokno:
Wagner:
The made this race distinctly one sided as according to the Free PokerNews Odds Calculator Tolokno was now a 98% favourite to win the hand. The turn and river didn't change the outcome of the hand and Tolokno is now up to 1,100,000, whilst Wagner collects €12,080 for his 40th place finish.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Konstantin Tolokno |
1,100,000
416,000
|
416,000 |
Tobias Wagner | Busted |
Jeffrey Hakim just doubled thorugh EPT season 8 player of the year Ondrej Vinklarek. We didn't see the action but it was a pre flop all in between the two with Hakim holding and Vinklarek holding . The board came and Vinklarek had just 88,000 left. Moments later he busted as we could see on the live stream, but we're not sure against who at this point.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Hakim |
395,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
Ondrej Vinklarek | Busted |
Michel Pomaret just busted from the feature table after Sotirios Koutoupas made a great call on the river.
Pre-flop Pomaret opened to 23,000 on the button and Koutoupas made the call from the small blind. The flop was checked through and the fell on the turn. First to act Koutoupas fired out a bet of 27,000, Pomaret raised to 60,000 with 212,000 behind and Koutoupas smooth called. On the river Koutoupas checked, Pomaret moved all-in and Koutoupas put one chip over the line to signal a call. First to show was Pomaret who had , Koutoupas had for a gutsy call.
After that hand Koutoupas is up to 1,498,000 and the EPT9 Prague runner-up is now the tournament chip leader.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sotirios Koutoupas |
1,498,000
369,000
|
369,000 |
|
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Michel Pomaret | Busted |
"All in and a call!" As we rushed over to the table the entire board was already out: . Tatu Maenpaa had for the flopped nuts. Dario Sammartino had for the flopped third nuts. The Italian stood up from the table and left the tournament area with hanging shoulders.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tatu Maenpaa |
1,365,000
439,000
|
439,000 |
Dario Sammartino | Busted |