Almira Skripchenko has been eliminated from the tournament after she moved all-in for 56,000 over the top of Patrice Poujade's initial 7,000 raise. He made the call and we were off to the races.
Skripchenko: 
Poujade: 
The board came 
and the chess star was eliminated.
Czech pro Martin Kabrhel has been knocked out of the tournament, it looked as though he had 
or 
on a 
board but ran into 
with all the money going in on the flop.
Mr. Fabrizio Baldassari seems to have doubled up - he's not exactly out of the danger zone yet, but he is certainly more comfortable than he was previously, on 60,000.
- incorporating Leader Watch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
375,000 | |
|
||
|
|
330,000 | |
|
|
||
|
330,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
305,000 | |
|
290,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
290,000 | |
|
270,000 | |
|
|
230,000 | |
|
200,000 | |
|
||
|
190,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
175,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
60,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
60,000 | |
|
40,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
Busted | |
Praz Bansi has never cashed in an EPT event but Tom Macdonald has just given him a huge opportunity to break his duck. We are not sure what the exact sequence of events were but the end result was a stack threatening big bet being made by Macdonald. Bansi took his time to ponder the situation before dropping a big pile of 5k chips into the middle.
"What do we do now? Should we just get it all-in?" Macdonald asked
"Yeah sure." Said Bansi.
The loose change was then shoved into the middle.
"What do you have?" Bansi asked.
"An airball." Said Macdonald.
Macdonald 
Bansi 
The board did not come to the rescue of Macdonald and Bansi moved up the leaderboard and Macdonald started to make arrangements to leave Deauville.
Bansi ~ 308,000.
Ludovic Lacay is smarting after he somehow managed to miss with 
against 
on a 
after all the money went in on the flop. It was a big hit for Lacay and he was forced to drop around 70,000 in chips.
As the chips are bagged and tagged, one David Sonelin - who you may remember came 11th back at the much-missed EPT Baden the year Team PokerStars Pro Julian Thew won it - has emerged as the decisive chip leader. With 438,900, Sonelin is head and shoulders above his closest rivals who seem to be Fabrice Soulier (390,700) and Sergey Kislinskiy (390,200).
The atmosphere here in Deauville has been rather subdued today, but the pace of play has nonetheless been furious - we've lost around 60% of the field in five levels. Among those who fell by the wayside were Viktor Blom, Frank op de Woerd, Peter de Korver, Fernando Brito and Nacho Barbero.
Roughly 200 players have made it through to Day 3 and it's looking as though it's going to be very entertaining. Still in the running are Praz Bansi, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Thomas Bichon, Bruno Fitoussi and Salvatore Bonavena. Official chip counts will magically appear here overnight and we'll all be back here in the virtual flesh at noon tomorrow. The money is at 128 so we expect to hit the bubble within a few levels, and things are going to get very serious indeed.
A demain, mes amis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
438,900 | |
|
|
||
|
|
390,700
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
|
390,200
15,200
|
15,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
369,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
|
353,600
63,600
|
63,600 |
|
343,600 | |
|
|
||
|
|
339,200
49,200
|
49,200 |
|
|
333,300
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
332,400
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
312,300 | |
|
|
301,200
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
298,000 | |
|
|
285,400
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
279,900 | |
|
|
||
|
272,600 | |
|
|
259,400 | |
|
|
248,300 | |
|
245,700 | |
|
|
243,800 | |
|
|
242,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
241,100 | |
|
240,600 | |
|
|
||
|
|
240,300
90,300
|
90,300 |
|
239,200 | |
|
|
||
|
|
229,700
179,700
|
179,700 |
|
|
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Main Event
Day 2 Completed
