Joining the action on the turn of a board with over 400,000 in the middle already, Remi Castaignon bet 200,000 and Eric Sfez was tanking.
Sfez took a couple of minutes before moving all for 657,000 in total and now Castaignon took some time to think. The cameras surrounded the table but finally Castaignon quietly said, "Call."
Sfez:
Castaignon:
Castaignon needed to avoid an ace, queen or eight and successfully did so when the landed. 22 players remain.
Table 1 was chosen as the feature table via a vote of PokerStars.tv viewers, picked from the final three by a wide margin.
The first orbit over there began quietly with a series of raise-and-take hands. Finally a hand arose in which Yury Gulyy opened with a minumum-raise and Pascal Aznar called in the big blind.
The flop came . Aznar checked, Gulyy continued for 50,000, and Aznar called. The turn then brought the and another check from Aznar, another bet of 50,000 from Gulyy, and another call from Aznar.
The river then came the , eliciting a bet of 75,000 from Aznar, and Gulyy quickly stepped aside.
Bonjour once more from the Casino Barrière where Day 5 of the PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville Main Event is scheduled to start about a half-hour from now. Just 23 players remain from the starting field of 782 to begin this penultimate day of play, with Cyril Andre returning as today's chip leader as the only player to have accumulated more than 2 million chips thus far.
Not far behind Andre is fellow Frenchman Remi Castaignon who is just one 3,000-chip ante shy of 2 million himself. And the next three spots in the counts are presently occupied by players from France as well — Hugo Pingray, Aurelien Guiglini, and Matthieu Herve.
Today's schedule calls for the field to be whittled down to a final eight-handed table to take place on Saturday. The first players to fall today will earn a €23,000 return on their €5,300 investment, but all are eyeing the six-figure prizes awaiting those lasting until the top six spots, with a très formidable first prize of €770,000 up top for the winner.
Coverage begins shortly at noon local time (CET). Come back then to see how the Frenchman and others fare in their battle to reach the EPT Deauville Main Event final table.
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board with over 400,000 in the middle already, Remi Castaignon bet 200,000 and Eric Sfez was tanking.
landed. 22 players remain.
against Freerk Post's 
.
hit the turn changing nothing but then the 
. Aznar checked, Gulyy continued for 50,000, and Aznar called. The turn then brought the 
and another check from Aznar, another bet of 50,000 from Gulyy, and another call from Aznar.
, eliciting a bet of 75,000 from Aznar, and Gulyy quickly stepped aside.
