Following an opening raise from the hijack seat by Cyril Andre, Pietro Amoroso reraised all in from the button for 332,000 total and it folded over to Joseph Mouawad in the big blind. Mouawad didn't act right away, first inquiring how much Amoroso's push was for. After about a half-minute Mouawad then announced he was all in as well, and Andre let his hand go.
Mouawad showed while Amoroso had two live cards with . The board brought nothing higher than an eight, however, coming , then , then , and Amoroso is out in 29th.
With a modest-sized pot having developed between them preflop, Hugo Pingray fired 55,000 following a flop, then Massimo Di Cicco raised all in for 294,000 total and Pingray called.
Pingray showed for the overpair and Di Cicco for nines plus flush and straight draws. The turn kept Pingray in the lead, but the fell on the river to give Di Cicco the flush and preserve his tourney life.
On the turn of a board, Eric Sfez saw his 56,000 bet check-raised to 150,000 by [Removed:237] - the latter with just around 100,000 back. Sfez set him in and Horni sighed anc called.
Sfez:
Horni:
The river was the ultimate brick and Sfez saw his stack bumped up over the million mark.
UK grinder Jon Spinks last night won his first EPT trophy in one of EPT Deauville's €2k side events to mark a career largest payout after having accumulated numerous fourth-place finishes in the past.
See who else made the money in the event — among them final-tablist Jonathan Duhamel — over at the PokerStars blog.
After entering Day 4 as the chip leader with 51 remaining, Shahaf Hadaya's EPT Deauville Main Event run has come to an end with a 32nd-place finish after two-and-a-half hours punctuated by several unfortunate hands.
The end came for Hadaya in a hand that saw Jeffrey Hakim open from under the gun for 25,000, then Yury Gulyy call from a seat over. It folded around to Hadaya on the button who pushed all in for 244,000. The blinds and Hakim stepped aside, but Gulyy called the reraise.
Hadaya:
Gulyy:
"I need a jack," called Hadaya to his supporters on the rail. The flop then came . "Or a spade," he added.
Alas for Hadaya, the turn was the and river the , and he's out in 32nd for a €19,000 cash.