2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€614,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,211,200
Entries
671
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

€5,300 Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Dario Sammartino at the Summit After Day 2 of PokerStars.fr EPT Main Event

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Dario Sammartino
Dario Sammartino

On Tuesday, Day 2 of the PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Deauville Main Event concluded. While no one could hit it rich on the second day of action, the players would discover how much they could win as registration closed and the prize pool information was released.

With 671 players in the field, a prize pool of €3,220,800 was generated and the top 95 spots were set to earn a minimum of €9,500. All eyes were at the top of the ladder, though, as a whopping €614,000 would be waiting there for the eventual winner.

The man best positioned of the 137 players still in contention was Dario Sammartino. His day was one built on good folds and a little bit of luck, but the Italian does have experience with making a deep run in an EPT event. Previously, his best EPT result came from a 19th-place finish in the Season 9 Grand Final. He's also riding a little bit of a current hot streak after placing third in the France Poker Series Deauville High Roller earlier this week for €63,800.

Other players who enjoyed a successful Day 2 included EPT8 Loutraki champion Zimnan Ziyard (392,500), Norbert Szcesi (386,900), Jonathan Abdellatif (351,700) and Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov (345,700). Although, of course, all of these players must be aware as a big stack can be gone in minutes — just ask Ayman Zbib, who started the day as chip leader, but was out inside two levels after losing half his stack early on.

Katchalov is the name that sticks out from that bunch of top stacks, and he will enter Day 3 fifth overall in chips. We're still a few days away from crowning a champion, but if Katchalov can win he will complete the Triple Crown. During Day 2, Katchalov won a big pot against EPT9 Barcelona champion Mikalai Pobal and eliminated Bruno Lopes.

The Ukrainian won't be the only member of Team PokerStars back for Day 3, either. He'll be joined by teammates Jan Heitmann (88,000), Alex Kravchenko (105,000), Julien Brecard (44,400), and Friend of PokerStars Pierre Neuville (50,400).

On the flip side of things, other members of the team weren't so fortunate. It was a frustrating day for Marcin Horecki, as he lost a big pot with ace-queen against pocket kings to leave him short before he busted. Friend of PokerStars Natalie Hof was also eliminated.

Tuesday was the first day of the live streaming on PokerStars.tv, and if viewers were as late as some of the players were in joining the action they'd have missed EPT6 champion Anton Wigg losing a huge 180,000-chip pot. The Swede busted shortly thereafter, and was joined by the likes of fellow former champions Toby Lewis and Kevin MacPhee. Later on in the day, the late exits of Jannick Wrang and Nicolas Chouity confirmed Ziyard as the only player able to win a second EPT Main Event title and become the first to accomplish such a feat.

On Wednesday, Day 2 will commence at 12 p.m. local time. You can find all of the event updates right here on PokerNews.com, so be sure to stay tuned for more poker action from the tournament floor in Deauville.

In the meantime, enjoy the following interview with European poker legend Barny Boatman:

Tags: Alex KravchenkoDario SammartinoEugene KatchalovJan HeitmannKevin MacPheeNatalie Hof

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
427,700 82,700
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
EPT 1X Winner
392,500 92,500
Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
386,900 294,900
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
351,700 131,700
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
345,700 65,700
Loredan Hanganu ro
Loredan Hanganu
329,100 65,100
Sotirios Koutoupas gr
Sotirios Koutoupas
EPT 1X Winner
317,100 241,000
Kamel Boukhalfa fr
Kamel Boukhalfa
289,700 182,100
Anthony Lerust fr
Anthony Lerust
288,600 78,600
Patrick Bruel fr
Patrick Bruel
277,400 185,100
Alexander Goulder gb
Alexander Goulder
272,200 250,600
Marko Laine fi
Marko Laine
264,900 211,600
Jesper Hansen dk
Jesper Hansen
257,500 55,500
Victor Ilyukhin gb
Victor Ilyukhin
257,000 17,000
Julia Vassort ad
Julia Vassort
253,000 167,100
Tobias Wagner de
Tobias Wagner
248,200 65,700
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
247,000 191,000
Gaetano Dell`Aera be
Gaetano Dell`Aera
246,200 170,700
Alexandre Amiel fr
Alexandre Amiel
245,000 187,400
Renato Almeida pt
Renato Almeida
239,000 182,400
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
237,000 155,000
Alberto Fiorilla it
Alberto Fiorilla
233,600 145,400
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
229,800 168,900
Mikolaj Zawadzki pl
Mikolaj Zawadzki
229,700 119,400
Aurelien Soutchkov fr
Aurelien Soutchkov
226,200 106,200

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Von Perger Doubles in the Confusion

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Jamila Von Perger
Jamila Von Perger

Dario Sammartino opened the cutoff with a raise and Jamila von Perger pushed all in from the button for 51,900. Carlos Queiroz Ferreira from France didn't see Von Perger's push and wanted to call just Sammartino's raise. He said call though, and the floor had to come over to make a ruling. The floor ruled that Ferreira had to call Von Perger's push and Sammartino quickly went out of the way.

Von Perger didn't seem too happy just yet, despite having the best hand with {A-Clubs}{6-Spades}. That ace-six was vulnerable though, Ferreira was live with his {K-Spades}{6-Clubs}.

Nobody would hit though on {7-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{9-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Von Perger breathed a big sigh of relief doubling up in the last hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jamila Von Perger de
Jamila Von Perger
110,000 50,000

Tags: Dario SammartinoJamila Von Perger

The Daily EPT10 Player of the Year Update (1-28-14)

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The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.

The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here. Best French player? Erwann Pecheux in the number 92 spot.

Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated Jan. 28, 2014):

Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

PlacePlayerPoints
1Ole Schemion781.39
2Vanessa Selbst736.22
3Thomas Muhlocker594.30
4Georgios Karakousis512.31
5Mike McDonald490.74
6Jonathan Little480.01
7Kenny Hallaert416.40
8Andrew Chen414.18
9Max Silver412.50
10Jeff Rossiter408.43

It's worth noting that the only player in the top ten at Deauville is Kenny Hallaert, so he'll look to close the gap a bit between him and Ole Schemion.

We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.

Tags: EPT Player of the YearEPT POYGlobal Poker IndexGPI

Chidwick Wins Big

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Stephen Chidwick has just picked a huge pot after he eliminated Nuri Hakan Demircioglu. The latter went for a huge bluff with {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs} on a {3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} board but Chidwick had flopped a full house with {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} to leave Demircioglu drawing virtually dead.

Nothing changed on the {7-Hearts} turn and {J-Clubs} river and Chidwick now has a cool quarter of a million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
250,000
Nuri Hakan Demircioglu
Nuri Hakan Demircioglu
Busted

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