The bustouts continue at a rapid clip as Alexander Dovzhenko has been eliminated over on the feature table in 26th place.
Dovzhenko's end came in a hand in which he took a pair of fives up against the of Jean Pierre Petroli. Alas for the Russian, the flop came -4-2, the turn brought the , and the river the to give Petroli a flush and send Dovzhenko out in 26th.
With 25 left, there's just one more elimination to go before the end of play here on Day 4.
James Bills has seen his EPT Deauville Main Event tournament run end in 27th place. After taking that big hit shortly before when his kings were cracked by Eilert Eilertsen, Bills committed his last 220,000 or so with and run into the of Joseph Mouawad.
The board ran out , and Bills hit the rail as Mouawad edged near the 1.2 million-chip mark.
Preflop action left Lucien Cohen and Cyril Andre alone to see a flop. From there Cohen checked, Andre bet 38,000, and Cohen called.
The subsequent two streets went similarly, though the pace slowed with each new card. The turn brought the and a check, a bet of 100,000 from Andre, and another call from Cohen. The river then came the . Cohen checked again, and this time Andre shoved all in.
Cohen looked down over his enormous plastic rat at his remaining 400,000 chips or so, then made the call. Andre quickly tabled his for a flopped set turned full house, and Cohen showed his second-best before departing in 28th place avec his rat.
Yury Gulyy (Hello Yury if you're reading this!) raised to 32,000 preflop before Aurelien Guiglini made it 88,000 out of the small blind. The Russian made the call to see a flop of . Guiglini bet 80,000 and Gulyy made the call once more to see the on the turn, this time the Frenchman bet 180,000. Gulyy took some more time but again made the call.
The river was the and this time Guiglini tanked, after a while he slid out three and a half large stacks of grey chips amounting to 350,000 to put the pressure back on Gulyy. The cameras surrounded the table as Gulyy thought again but after several minutes, this time he gave up his hand.
Eilert Eilertsen opened for 36,000 from middle position, James Bills raised to 82,000 from the button, then Eilertsen announced he was four-betting to 170,000. Bills then said he reraising all in even before Eilertsen could count out the chips for his reraise.
Eilertsen finished put out his bet, then blinked slowly as he thought through what to do. "I'm more or less committed to this," he said, looking down at the 300,000 or so he had behind. Bills meanwhile had him covered with about half a million chips.
Finally Eilertsen called, showing , and Bills turned over . The flop came to pair Eilertsen right off, and after the turn and river Eilertsen had scored a huge double while Bills had fallen to below 200,000.
David Lappin was the last Irish player left in the EPT Deauville main event. We caught up with him and Dara O'Kearney shortly before Lappin got a grim beat to send him home - via the gelato bar.
With about 200,000 in the middle and the board showing , Matthieu Herve checked, and when Pascal Aznar bet 145,000, Herve made the call.
The river brought the and another check from Herve. Aznar instantly announced he was all in, and a subsequent count determined his shove was for 262,000.
Herve brooded for more than a minute, then called. Aznar showed for two pair, better than Herve's , and Aznar earned the big double up.
Following a cutoff raise by Joseph El Khoury, Eilert Eilertsen defended his big blind with a call, and the pair saw the flop come . Eilertsen checked, El Khoury bet 41,000, and Eilertsen called. Both players then checked the turn.
The river brought the . This time Eilertsen pushed out a bet of 70,000, and after about a minute El Khoury responded with a raise to 210,000.
Eilertsen nodded, saying "ace-queen" as he sat back to contemplate the situation. Finally after about two minutes he leaned forward to set out the calling chips, saying "Show me your ace-queen" as he did.
El Khoury then obliged, turning over , and dragged the pot.
of Jean Pierre Petroli. Alas for the Russian, the flop came 
-4-2, the turn brought the 
, and the river the 
to give Petroli a flush and send Dovzhenko out in 26th.
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and run into the 
, and Bills hit the rail as Mouawad edged near the 1.2 million-chip mark.
flop. From there Cohen checked, Andre bet 38,000, and Cohen called.
. Cohen checked again, and this time Andre shoved all in.
for a flopped set turned full house, and Cohen showed his second-best 
before departing in 28th place avec his rat.
, and Bills turned over 
. The flop came 
turn and 
, Matthieu Herve checked, and when Pascal Aznar bet 145,000, Herve made the call.
Glen Cymbaluk bet 32,000 only for Sam Grafton to make it 88,000. Cymbaluk made the call to see the 
came on the river and Cymbaluk checked again, Grafton took about 30 seconds before betting 280,000 and Cymbal again made another quick call.
. Eilertsen checked, El Khoury bet 41,000, and Eilertsen called. Both players then checked the 
turn.