Break Time; The Bubble Has Burst
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The bubble busted on the last hand before the break. Details coming right up.
The reaming 120 players will be happy and in the money when we return.
2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
Main Event
Day: 3
Peters Lives and Lives by Queens
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Tobias Peters was involved in two interesting hands on the bubble and both times he had pocket queens.
The first hand saw Matthias De Meulder set him all in on the turn of a 
board. Peters tank-folded 
face up and the Team PokerStars Pro showed him 
for a pair and big draw.
The next hand De Meulder opened to 10,000 from under the gun and Peters shoved for 65,500 from two seats along. De Meulder folded after Kevin Miannay flat called from the cut-off.
Peters:
Miannay: 
The board ran 
to safely see the Dutchman double up.
The bubble continues......
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
342,000 | 1,500 |
|
150,000 | -10,000 |
|
146,000 | 21,800 |
Kastle Tanking
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Casey Kastle had fired 40,000 on a flop of 
before Vladimir Velikov raised to 91,000. Konstantin Tolokno folded and the action was back around to Kastle who took a full ten minutes before folding his hand.
How do players feel at the moment? Like this
Fischer Doubles up on the Bubble
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Bastian Fischer has just doubled up over on Table 3 in a hand that spanned over 10 minutes.
Jean-Yves Malherbe opened from middle position to 15,000 and Fischer three-bet all-in for 111,500 from the hijack. Malherbe took an age to call and when he did the players were prevented from revealing their hands until the action had been completed on other tables.
Eventually, the instruction to reveal the hands was given, and this is what we saw.
Malherbe: 
Fischer: 
The "Big Slick" of Malherbe was in front, but not for long. The flop catapulted Fischer in front, the 
turn kept him there and the 
river completed the hand and guaranteed Fischer's double up.
We are still on 121 players and are playing hand-for-hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 134,700 |
Hugo, A Joint Victor
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Hugo Pingray just got very lucky to chop a huge pot against Shahaf Hadaya. The board was reading 
and Hadaya check-called a 70,000 bet on the turn before check-calling Pingray's all in bet on the river.
The cameras and media descended on the table but they were to be dissatisfied as Pingray flipped 
, getting exceedingly lucky to chop against Hadaya's .
Sfez Survives
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Big drama on the bubble here at the EPT Deauville Main Event as on the second hand of hand-for-hand play we've just seen our first all-in and a call.
Following a min-raise to 8,000 from the hijack seat by Jesper Feddersen, last year's EPT Deauville High Roller winner Eric Sfez called from the button and both blinds stepped aside. The flop came 
, and Feddersen checked fairly quickly. Sfez paused a beat, then tossed out a bet of 10,000, leaving himself a little over 75,000 behind. Feddersen instantly announced he was all in, thereby sending Sfez deep into the tank.
The Frenchman considered for a couple of minutes, during which time media swarmed around the table, with cameras clicking away and commentators delivering narratives of what was happening in a variety of languages. Sfez counted out his stack, pushing his chips up to the line but not over, then held his cards for a moment as if he were about to toss them away. Finally with a wave of his hand he said he was calling, pushing his chips forward so they spilled towards the table's center.
Another pause ensued as the announcer described the situation over the public address, then the players cards were revealed… 
for Feddersen, and for Sfez.
Sfez had the edge with his kicker, and was able to fade the 
turn and river to keep his seat.
The bubble drama continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000 | -77,000 |
|
182,000 | 81,500 |
Maisiewicz Bubbles the Bubble
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Jason Koon is looking incredibly dangerous, he just knocked out Kajetan Masiewicz on the feature table to win a big pot after all the chips went in preflop. It was the classic '57-43'.
Maisiewicz: 
Koon: 
The board came 
offering no help to the Pole. It's now hand-for-hand on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | 174,900 |
|
Busted |
Bubble Time
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
With 121 players left and 120 players getting paid, play as gone hand for hand until we lose one more.
Gulyy Makes Good Call
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
One could be forgiven for thinking that Yury Gulyy was tanking over a decision for his tournament life, being so close to the money and all. This blogger's suspicious mind was proved wrong though when the Russian made a correct call.
He opened to 8,000 from early position before Maxime Petitprez shoved all in from the big blind. Gulyy tanked for a few minutes and then called.
Gulyy: 
Petitprez: 
The board ran a blank 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
168,000 | 104,400 |
|
62,000 | -145,200 |
Roos Jumps Off With Picault's Chips
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Anthony Picault is not our bubble boy but he wasn't far from it.
Picault moved all-in for 25,000 from UTG+1 and Andreas Roos called from two seats to his left. The other active players folded in tun and the cards were revealed.
Picault:
Roos:
Picault was down to two outs because, as he was folding, Abdelkader Kaychohi showed ace-nine. Those two outs would remain in the deck as the board ran out 
to send Picault to the rail in 124th place with 120 places paid. Ouch.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |