EPT Live viewers have twice voted against watching Table 7 on the live streaming broadcast, which is their right as citizens in a democracy. But democracy is an ass because Table 7 is brilliant, featuring Zimnan Ziyard, Pascal Lefrancois, Philippe Boucher and Ferit Gabriellson, among others. PokerStars Blog watched all the nitty-gritty for an orbit.
Courtesy of Neil Stoddart.
Lone remaining Team PokerStars Pro Matthias de Meulder just saw his EPT Deauville Main Event run come to an end in 75th place following a hand versus the German, [Removed:4].
All of de Meulder's chips went in on the river with the board showing 
, with Rudelitz snap-calling de Meulder's final bet. The Belgian pro had a pair of aces, but Rudelitz showed a winner with 
for set of eights.
De Meulder adds a postscript from his @mattionfire Twitter account, echoing the sentiment of all of those falling shy of the big payouts to come:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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595,000
186,000
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186,000 |
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Busted | |
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Lucien Cohen has lived a charmed life today. The Frenchman, a winner here in Season 7, was just all in preflop for 130,000 with 
against Nicolas Faure's 
.
Cohen started shouting in French and waving his rat around (Note: that is not a euphemism). The flop came down 
and Cohen shouted once more in delight, the 
and 
river missed Faure's pair and flush draw and the latter banged the table incredibly hard with his fist.
At this point Cohen started dancing and singing again as the dealer counted out his stack. "I am the rat! I am the rat man," he shouted, this time in English.
Faure loudly banged the table again while Cohen danced around some more, capping off the act with several pelvic thrusts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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260,000
148,000
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148,000 |
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67,000
153,000
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153,000 |
Ahmed Abd El Fatah had an under-pair, flopped a set but still busted to a relieved Andrei Konopelko.
Mathew Frankland opened to 12,000 from under the gun before Konopelko three-bet to 40,000 and El Fatah shoved for 120,000. Frankland folded to let Konopelko make a quick call.
Konopelko: 
El Fatah: 
The 
flop fell causing Konopelko to grumble, "Oooo".
The turn came and Konopelko changed to "YES. YESS!"
The 
confirmed El Fatah's exit.
Sam Grafton took his seat at the table as this hand was playing out meaning Frankland traded someone he was doing really well against to a force to be reckoned with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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270,000
18,000
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18,000 |
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Busted |
Not long after returning from that one-orbit penalty, Zimnan Ziyard just found himself engaged in a lengthy, tension-filled hand versus Aurelien Guiglini that resulted in a significant chip swing.
The hand began with a middle-position raise to 12,000 by Jean Pierre Petroli, called by Ziyard from a seat over. Guiglini then reraised to 40,000 from the button, and it folded back to Petroli who thought a long while before folding. Ziyard called the reraise quickly, however, and the remaining two players saw the flop come 
.
Ziyard led at the flop for 11,500, then Guiglini raised to 45,000. Again acting without hesitation, Ziyard called. The turn brought the 
and a bet of 13,500 from Ziyard, which Guiglini called.
The river brought the 
and another bet from Ziyard, relatively small at 14,500. Guiglini waited about a minute, then pushed out a column of gray chips for a raise to 100,000.
That slowed Ziyard down, and he took off his sunglasses as he began the process of working through the hand and coming to a conclusion about how to respond to Guiglini's bet. Finally after three minutes Ziyard said he was calling, and Guiglini quickly tabled 
for kings and sixes. Ziyard nodded, pushing his cards face down toward the dealer with one hand while carving what he owed Guiglini with the other.
While Ziyard suddenly slips down to just over 100,000, Guiglini catapults up near the top of the leader board after having endured the bubble-bursting period on a short stack not that long ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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642,000
347,000
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347,000 |
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103,000
272,000
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272,000 |
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Jesper Feddersen, the PokerStars qualifier who led after Day 1A, has just been eliminated after he unloaded the clip. Preflop, on the flop, turn and culminating with a 191,000 bet all in on the river of an board. Shahaf Hadaya had check-called him down with the whole way and Feddersen could only show 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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731,000
281,000
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281,000 |
|
Busted |
Mathew Frankland is closing in on the chip leaders thanks to picking up another bluff by Ahmed Abd El Fatah.
We joined the action on a 
board to see El Fatah bet 35,000 from the hijack of the six-handed table and Frankland call. The river was the and El Fatah bet again, setting the price to play at 75,000 and once again Frankland called.
El Fatah flung his cards into the muck when Frankland called, but Frankland didn't show this time around. Still, Frankland is now on 545,000 and El Fatah is on the slide down the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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545,000
245,000
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245,000 |
Alex Dovzhenko and Kristjonas Andrulis were just embroiled in a battle of wits over at the far end of room, but after much early promise the hand ended in a split pot.
Dovzhenko opened in the hijack and Andrulis three-bet to 29,000 from the button. Dovzhenko responded by four-betting to 63,000 and Andrulis called.
The duo shared a flop, a flop that Dovzhenko led for 75,000 on and Andrulis smooth called. The 
turn saw Dovzhenko revert to checking, but when Andrulis bet the rather small amount of 60,000, Dovzhenko called.
That was the last of the betting action as both players checked the arrival of the on the river.
Dovzhenko: 
Andrulis: 
Both players had the same hand and the pot was split.
"All that time for a chop," quipped Sam Grafton, "The blogger has wasted his time writing that down. Nobody will want to read that!"
Patrick Schuhl's EPT Deauville Main Event run has come to a conclusion here on Day 3 following a most unpleasant river card for the Frenchman.
All in following a flop with , Schuhl was up against his opponent Andrei Konopelko's 
, and after the 
turn there were just three cards in the deck that could take the hand from Schuhl.
Alas for him, one of Konopelko's outs came on the river — the — and Schuhl cried out at the sight of the card before wishing all good luck and departing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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252,000
160,000
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160,000 |
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Busted |
