2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
63
Prize
€875,000
Event Info
Prize Pool
€4,627,200
Entries
889
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
30,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Martinsson Mucked

Yorane Kerignard is suddenly on 760k after picking off Niclas Martinsson.

The hand began with a 16k open from Tobias Peters. Kerignard flatted, but big blind Martinsson came up with a squeezy looking shove, putting his last 210k in.

Peters gave it up, but Kerignard snap-called with {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and Martinsson was caught with just {8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}.

He hit the rail after a {j-Spades}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{5-Spades} board only made things worse.

Player Chips Progress
Yorane Kerignard fr
Yorane Kerignard
760,000
380,000
380,000
Niclas Martinsson
Niclas Martinsson
Busted

Tags: Niclas MartinssonYorane Kerignard

It's Amen for Ayman

Sometimes it's strange how players almost know what's coming before it does. Ayman was all-in against Patrick Nataf and he let out a sigh, and shook his head before the killer turn came down.

The hand started with an Ayman raisie to 18,000 out of a 70,000 stack from under the gun. The action folded around to Nataf and he took one peek at his cards before shoving. Snap call.

Ayman: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Nataf: {3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}

The board ran {7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{8-Clubs} to make Natak a set on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Zbib Ayman
Zbib Ayman
Busted

Tags: Patrick NatafZbib Ayman

One For The Home Team

Luca Pagano
Luca Pagano

Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano continues to assert himself here in Deauville.

He just spent a good four minutes in the tank, thinking about calling a 100k bet from David Lichentin with a little over 100,000 chips in the middle on a {k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} board.

Eventually Pagano called and Lichentin turned over {j-Clubs}{j-Spades} as if he was sure his set was the best hand. It wasn't.

Pagano held {q-Spades}{9-Clubs} and his straight was good.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
610,000
200,000
200,000
PokerStars

Tags: Luca Pagano

Kool Cash

Bruno Lopes on Day 2
Bruno Lopes on Day 2

French Rap Mogul Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes is out of the EPT Deauville Main Event.

He finally shipped the last of his chips in with {a-}{k-}, but PokerStars.fr qualifier Antonio Guerrero looked him up with pocket tens.

Needless to say, the tens held.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes
Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes
Busted

Tags: Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes

Ludo Gets Some Back

Ludovic Lacay comes from the Dario Minieri school of aggression. Even when he has a big stack, you can never be sure that he'll still have it by the ends of the day. He lost a pot to Martins Adeniya earlier than saw his stack dip from 900,000 to 800,000 (roughly), and from there it looked as if the wheels were coming off as his stack shrunk and shrunk.

He just put a stop to the rot when he got Oliver Rogez off a hand on the river. We picked up the action on the turn when the board read {9-Spades}{j-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and Rogez led for 42,000 from the big blind and called when Lacay raised to 119,000 from the button.

The river came {a-Hearts} and Rogez checked to face a 110,000 bet. He tank-folded and showed the {k-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Rogez
Olivier Rogez
600,000
-150,000
-150,000
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
450,000
-62,000
-62,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Olivier RogezLudovic Lacay

Lucky You!

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

David Lichentin picked up pocket aces and was only too happy to get it in against a short-stacked Jean Yves Malherbe and his {a-}{7-}.

He wasn't happy in the end, however, as Malherbe found a way to turn that seven into a straight to double through him.