With the board reading 
, Shaun Deeb was faced with a decision following his bet of 3,000. His opponent in the hand put in a check-raise to 7,550 and after about a minute in the tank, Deeb called to see the 
river. His opponent fired 10,000, much of Deeb's remaining stack.
After about 90 seconds a frustrated Deeb gave it up. His opponent showed 
for top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,200 | -18,800 |
Max Heinzelmann had two back-to-back runner-up finishes at EPTs in Season 8. He decided after that to cut down playing live tournaments. He made a return the the EPT today and was hoping for another deep, and almost expected deep run.
Not so for the talented and hyper aggressive young German. His most recent Facebook status update read: "Gg". Enough said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Bordeaux, France's Rodolphe Rey has emerged as the early leader here in Deauville, having amassed a 90k stack.
He told PokerNews the majority was collected in a massive pot where he held pocket jacks on an 
flop.
By the river, he was able to get it all in against an opponent holding 
and doubled up.
Since then he says a few well timed bluffs have helped him build the rest of a relatively large stack for Level 4 without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 |
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Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 4,000 |
|
25,600 | -400 |
|
24,500 | -5,500 |
|
15,600 | -14,400 |
|
6,500 | 1,500 |
France's Benjamin Saboy just found away to turn things around here in Deauville.
After a pre-flop raising war with Eeki Ruponen, Saboy managed to get all of his 26,625 chips in the middle holding jacks.
Ruponen held big slick, but completely whiffed on the flop, turn and river to send Saboy's stack soaring over the 50,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,550 |
Anton Ionel won back to back pots to become the chip daddy on his table with 56,000 chips.
In the first hand he raised to 800 from the cut-off after an early position limp. Carlos Da Silva called on the button before Robin Graffouillere put in another raise, to 2,200, from the big blind. Ionel and Da Silva called and the three players headed to a 
flop.
Graffouillere continued for 4,000 and Ionel was the only caller to the turn. Both players checked to the 
river where the Romanian's 3,600 bet was check snap-called by Graffouillere. Ionel tabled 
and took the pot as his opponent mucked.
The next hand Marcin Horecki's min raise was called in three spots, but it was Ionel who had the post flop betting reigns in his hands. His 1,700 flop bet thinned the field to two players, and his 3,800 turn bet was enough to take the pot down. The board read 
and Ionel opened the drawing 
before raking in more chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000 | 26,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 60,000 |
|
34,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
24,500 | -5,500 |
|
24,000 | -6,000 |
|
13,000 | -600 |
|
Busted |
PokerStars.fr Qualifier Jerome Hoen has enjoyed play at his table so far today, pushing his stack above the 60k mark. But it now appears he has some new competition for the role as table captain.
Moments after being moved to the table, Samuli Sipila got right in on the action, calling a 550-chip pre-flop raise from Omar Lazraq. Hoen came along for the ride from the button and after Lazraq checked the 
flop, Sipila made it 900 chips to see a turn.
The bet didn't shake Hoen or Lazraq, but when Lazraq checked the 
turn, Sipila led out for a healthy 2,525. Hoen tossed his cards in the muck, but Lazraq made the call and the dealer peeled off the 
river.
Lazraq checked yet again and after Sipila followed up with a 4,300-chip bet, he called instantly.
Sipila showed a jack for the straight and after Lazraq mucked, he added the pot to a now 50k+ stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,100 | |
|
50,200 |
