2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Remi Castaignon
Winning Hand
33
Prize
€770,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,753,600
Entries
782
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Dovzhenko and Andrulis Chop it up

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Kristijonas Andrulis
Kristijonas Andrulis

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 {Q-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{k-Hearts} flop, a flop that Dovzhenko led for 75,000 on and Andrulis smooth called. The {2-Hearts} 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 {2-Clubs} on the river.

Dovzhenko: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Andrulis: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

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!"

Tags: Alexander DovzhenkoKristijonas Andrulis

Frankland the Bluff Catcher Pt. 2

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

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 {5-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} board to see El Fatah bet 35,000 from the hijack of the six-handed table and Frankland call. The river was the {K-Spades} 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
Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
545,000
245,000
245,000

Tags: Ahmed Abd El FatahMathew Frankland

Hadaya Gets Fedd

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

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 {8-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{A-Clubs}{2-Spades}{8-Clubs} board. Shahaf Hadaya had check-called him down with {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts} the whole way and Feddersen could only show {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Shahaf Hadaya
Shahaf Hadaya
731,000
281,000
281,000
Jesper Feddersen
Jesper Feddersen
Busted

Tags: Jesper FeddersenShahaf Hadaya

Guiglini Gouges Ziyard

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

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 {4-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{6-Spades}.

Ziyard led at the flop for 11,500, then Guiglini raised to 45,000. Again acting without hesitation, Ziyard called. The turn brought the {10-Spades} and a bet of 13,500 from Ziyard, which Guiglini called.

The river brought the {6-Diamonds} 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 {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} 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
[Removed:13] fr
[Removed:13]
642,000
347,000
347,000
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
103,000
-272,000
-272,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Aurelien GuigliniZimnan Siyard

Four-bet to Death

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

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: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
El Fatah: {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

The {2-Spades}{9-Hearts}{a-Spades} flop fell causing Konopelko to grumble, "Oooo".

The turn came {j-Spades} and Konopelko changed to "YES. YESS!"

The {2-Clubs} 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
Andrei Konopelko by
Andrei Konopelko
270,000
18,000
18,000
Ahmed Abd El Fatah fr
Ahmed Abd El Fatah
Busted

Tags: Ahmed Abd El FatahMathew FranklandAndrei Konopelko

Cohen Doubles, Faure Attempts Table Breakage

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Lucien Cohen's rat
Lucien Cohen's rat

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 {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades} against Nicolas Faure's {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}.

Cohen started shouting in French and waving his rat around (Note: that is not a euphemism). The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Cohen shouted once more in delight, the {7-Spades} and {6-Hearts} 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
Lucien Cohen fr
Lucien Cohen
260,000
148,000
148,000
EPT 1X Winner
Nicolas Faure fr
Nicolas Faure
67,000
-153,000
-153,000

Tags: Lucien CohenNicolas Faure

Rudelitz Rudely Douses Mattionfire

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Matthias De Meulder
Matthias De Meulder

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 {8-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}, with Rudelitz snap-calling de Meulder's final bet. The Belgian pro had a pair of aces, but Rudelitz showed a winner with {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} 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
[Removed:4] de
[Removed:4]
595,000
186,000
186,000
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
Busted

Tags: Matthias de Meulder

A Round With The Table of Rejects

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

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.

Flush for Frankland

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Mathew Frankland on Day 2
Mathew Frankland on Day 2

Sam Grafton opened to 12,500 from the hijack seat of his six-handed table and his only customer was Mathew Frankland in the big blind, who called.

The {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades} flop saw Frankland check-call a 16,000 continuation bet from Grafton, leading the dealer to bring the {A-Clubs} into play. Frankand checked again and this time Grafton checked behind.

Frankland also checked the arrival of the {2-Clubs} on the river and when Grafton checked behind the cards were revealed.

Frankland: {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
Grafton: {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}

"Is that a good hand then?" asked Grafton, "Someone get me a hand ranking chart please?!"

More banter between the two ensued. "I played it perfectly," claimed Grafton, "I bet when I was ahead and checked when I was behind."

"I can't argue with that," replied Frankland as he added to his 550,000 stack.

Tags: Mathew FranklandSam Grafton