EPT8 Deauville Final Set. Guichard Leads, Pagano Still in the Hunt
What a frantic day of poker that was at the PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville, Season 8. It took a little more than six hours to reduce the field from 24 players to eight, and set the final table for tomorrow.
Today mostly belonged to Paul Guichard. He will enter the final table as the chip leader on 5,955,000 chips. He won a big pot off Olivier Rogez with the nut-flush, taking his chip lead, and hardly looked back. He will be closely followed by the impressive Vadzim Kursevich, who makes a second EPT final table within a year (he finished 3rd at EPT7 Berlin).
Luca Pagano came into today as chip leader but didn’t have things all his own way like yesterday. He still made the final table, back in the pack in 5th with 2,010,000 chips. We were lauding over Pagano after he made the money, his 20th in all. This is the Team PokerStars Pro’s 7th final table, yet another record extending bar set higher. We are running out of superlatives to describe his achievements on this tour. All he needs now is that elusive title, and then he can change his name to Mr EPT.
This is how the final table will line up tomorrow:
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Jais | 3,450,000 |
| 2 | Mick Graydon | 960,000 |
| 3 | Olivier Rogez | 4,415,000 |
| 4 | Vuong Than Trong | 2,570,000 |
| 5 | Vadzim Kursevich | 5,670,000 |
| 6 | Paul Guichard | 5,955,000 |
| 7 | Luca Pagano | 2,010,000 |
| 8 | Yorane Kerignard | 1,680,000 |
The unfortunate player who finished in 9th place and will miss out on tomorrow’s festivities is Sergey Baburin. His journey came to and end when he got his chips in with second pair on the turn, only for Bruno Jais to call and eliminate him with trips.
As usual play will begin at midday CET time tomorrow. We’ll play from eight all the way to a winner. The minimum a player will take home now is €67,200 for 8th, whereas the winner will take home €875,000. French gaming law states that no deals can be agreed between the players, so the life-changing jumps in the payouts will cause a few jangling nerves.
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