End of Day 4
We're down to our final three tables here in Deauville and it's PokerStars qualifier Alex Wice who'll be going into tomorrow with the chip lead with a staggering 3,410,000. The Canadian had a great final two levels to end the day, winning a couple of huge pots against Ahmed Abd El Fatah and Kevin Lambert to solidify his position at the top of the tree.
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier became the final EPT winner to be eliminated when his set of nines ran into a flush blind-on-blind. This means that once again we will crown a brand new champion at the EPT, the wait for a double champion will have to go on a little longer. Two-time bracelet winner Praz Bansi managed his first cash in an EPT but couldn't make it much more than that as he found his
run into
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PokerStars qualifier and EPT Vilamoura runner-up Martin Jacobson is still in the hunt, as is the entertaining Andrzej Nowak-Rogozinski and the awesomely named Belgian Fried Meulders.
Tomorrow, the tournament will be moved from the Centre International de Deauville back to the casino itself as we play down to our final table of eight.
We'll see you tomorrow from midday local time!