All Chasing Andre to Start Day 5 at PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville Main Event
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.