Main Event
Day 5 Completed
2011 EPT Deauville
Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 EPT Deauville
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,276,800
Entries
891
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Final Table Set!
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Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
With that huge pot at the death, Martin Jacobson has leapfrogged over Alex Wice and into the chip lead for tomorrow's final table. The Swede won two huge pots as we went to one table of nine as first Anthony Hnatow bluffed off a million chips to him then Laurent Polito's demise gave him 3 million more in the last hand of the day.
Wice had dominated the chip lead for most of Day 5 and played fearlessly, not afraid to tangle with his Swedish rival. Elsewhere on the table, the popular Belgian Kenny Hallaert sits in wait, as does Julien Claudepierre.
The table is completed with Lucien Cohen (complete with his rat) the super aggressive Hnatow, as well Ukrainian poker champion (and former EPT finalist) Ruslan Prydryk and the short-stack, Latvian Kaspars Renga. All wil have their eyes on the first prize of €880,000 but only one of them will be taking it home...
Seat 1: Anthony Hnatow - 1,644,000
Seat 2: Julien Claudepierre - 3,244,000
Seat 3: Martin Jacobson - 7,280,000
Seat 4: Ruslan Prydryk - 1,154,000
Seat 5: Kaspars Renga - 470,000
Seat 6: Alex Wice - 6,248,000
Seat 7: Kenny Hallaert - 3,599,000
Seat 8: Lucien Cohen - 3,085,000
Who'll win out tomorrow? Tune into to PokerNews.com from midday local time as we bring you the culmination of EPT Deauville!
Laurent Polito Eliminated in 9th Place (€50,000)
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Martin Jacobson raised to 110,000 on the button, and in the big blind Laurent Polito reraised to 310,000. Jacobson eyed him up for a moment and then called.
They saw an 
flop and Polito silently checked, staring straight ahead. Jacobson bet 300,000 and Polito now announced all in for 2.7 million.
Snap-call.
Polito: 
for an overpair
Jacobson: 
for a set
Turn: 
River: 
"YESSS!!!" cried Kaspars Renga - on just about 10 big blinds, he is now guaranteed a place at the final table. Polito is gone and Jacobson is the chip leader on around 7 million, and we are done for the day.
Wice and Jacobson Play Out Biggest Pot of the Tournament So Far
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Wowzers.
Martin Jacobson opened to 120,000 from middle position.
"How much are you playing?" asked Wice from the small blind.
"Around 4.5 [million]," came the reply.
Wice elected to just call and the players went heads-up to see a 
flop where the Canadian decided to lead for 200,000 but Jacobson made the call. The turn was the 
and Wice now fired 610,000, the Swede took longer in his decision this time but again he made the call as the pot grew to nearly 2 million.
The deathly hush around the table became more apparent as the dealer silently put out the 
river. Wice bet again, 1,100,000 this time which was around of a third of Jacobson's very sizeable stack. Finally, the latter folded, perhaps a decision influenced by the third club but we'll never know.
Wice adds another million to his stack.
All Going Wrong for Renga
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Kaspars Renga came to this unofficial final table as the extreme short stack, and he's getting shorter still. He actually hasn't played a hand yet, but has nevertheless dropped deeper into the danger zone. Last we saw, Anthony Hnatow opened to 120,000, successfully stealing Renga's big blind. He's at around 600,000 with the average at around 3 million.
Prydryk Slowly Sliding
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Ruslan Prydryk, who came fifth back at EPT Warsaw in 2009 and then spent much of the latter stages of the recent EPT Prague as a big stack before crashing out in 48th place, has taken a couple small hits.
First, he called a 120,000 raise in the big blind from Lucien Cohen in the hijack, before check-folding to another 120,000 on the 
flop.
A few hands later and it was Prydryk who opened to 130,000 in the cutoff, but Laurent Polito made it 600,000 from the button and Prydryk gave it up.
Hnatow Donates to the Jacobson Fund
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Anthony Hnatow raised preflop to about 110,000 from the button and Martin Jacobson flat-called from the big blind. The flop came 
and Jacobson check-called a bet of 90,000 from his French opponent to see a 
turn.
Jacobson checked again and Hnatow fired a cool 250,000 which the Swede called again as the pot swelled to around a million chips. The river was the 
and Jacobson checked a third time and Hnatow let loose the third bullet, betting 580,000.
Jacobson sat back in his chair somewhat uncomfortably but made the call and Hnatow visibly aged 10 years and shook his head. The Frenchman flashed 
and Jacobson scooped with 
. Big pot for the Swede.
Redraw
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Our unofficial nine-handed final table looks as follows. We'll be playing on until one player busts out; the seat order will remain the same for tomorrow's official final.
Seat 1: Anthony Hnatow
Seat 2: Julien Claudepierre
Seat 3: Martin Jacobson
Seat 4: Ruslan Prydryk
Seat 5: Laurent Polito
Seat 6: Kaspars Renga
Seat 7: Alex Wice
Seat 8: Kenny Hallaert
Seat 9: Lucien Cohen
By the by, they normally colour up the T1,000 chips when the antes hit 5,000, but this time they have instead left the T1,000 chips on the table and instead taken off the grey T5,000 ones. We understand that this is due to them being the same colour as the T100,000 chips which they will shortly start introducing.
Philip Jacobsen Has Been Eliminated in 10th Place (€50,000)
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
The floormen and dealer were just cleaning up after the departure of Franck Pepe, when all of the money somehow ended up in the middle, in a hand between Philip Jacobsen and Julien Claudepierre.
Jacobsen was in terrible shape with his 
against the 
of Claudepierre. The flop 
gave Jacobsen some back door draws and one of them came in on the turn when the 
hit the board. Jacobsen was praying for a club but it didn't come when the 
ended his tournament.
Franck Pepe Has Been Eliminated in 11th Place (€37,500)
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
We reported earlier that Franck Pepe had lost a significant portion of his stack to Anthony Hnatow; he has now lost the rest to Laurent Polito.
Pepe raised to 120,000 and Polito put him all-in and Pepe called.
Polito: 
Pepe: 
The flop was giving Pepe an open ended straight draw and some slither of hope. The turn was 
and the river was 
and Pepe's tournament run had come to an end.