2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
64
Prize
€309,170
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,228,800
Entries
128
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

And Another Break

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

The three players are off to enjoy 15 minutes away from the table. Josip Simunic lost some chips but continues to put a lot of pressure on his opponents. The second last hand of the level saw him open shove the small blind.

"I really like this hand," Fady Kamar said and eventually folded. "Pick one card," Simunic then said and the Lebanese would find an ace. "If you had picked the other one, it would have been the same," the Austrian added.

Tags: Fady KamarJosip Simunic

Thorel Shoves River

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel limped the small blind and Josip Simunic checked the big blind.

The flop was {7-Hearts}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Thorel check-called a bet of 150,000. On the turn card {j-Spades} Thorel led for 225,000 and Simunic checked. The river was the {4-Hearts} and Thorel moved all in. Simunic gave it some thought before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
4,250,000 100,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
1,300,000 60,000

Tags: Josip SimunicJean-Noel Thorel

Simunic Walks Over Opponents

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Only a few hands have been played between the last three opponents and Josip Simunic has increased his lead, putting a lot of pressure on Fady Kamar and Jean-Noel Thorel.

One of the hands saw Simunic raise to 200,000 from the small blind and Kamar call from one seat over. The {2-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {K-Spades} flop got checked through, Simunicbet the {10-Clubs} turn for 265,000 and that got Kamar out of the pot.

Another example: Min-raise by Thorel to 160,000 and instant fold when Simunic moved all in.

Then there was a {K-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} flop where Simunic and Thorel both committed 125,000 chips. The Frenchman bet the {A-Clubs} turn for 125,000 and folded to a raise.

Player Chips Progress
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
4,100,000 700,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
1,240,000 -680,000
Fady Kamar lb
Fady Kamar
1,060,000 -580,000

Tags: Fady KamarJean-Noel ThorelJosip Simunic

A Rare Flop

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Josip Simunic’s stack means the other two players are giving him a wide berth not really wanting to tangle and put their tournament life at risk. There is a fair bit of raise and take from Simunic and folds to shoves from the other players.

One hand did go to the river recently though.

Jean-Noel Thorel limped the small blind and Josip Simunic checked his option.

On a flop of {a-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades} Thorel check-called a bet of 100,000. On the turn {10-Diamonds} Thorel led for 100,000 and got called. The turn was the {4-Hearts} and a bet of 125,000from Thorel got called again by Simunic.

Thorel turned over the winning {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
1,920,000 570,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelJosip Simunic

Robin Ylitalo Eliminated in 4th Place (€112,440)

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Robin Ylitalo
Robin Ylitalo

Josip Simunic raised to 170,000 as first to act and Jean-Noel Thorel had already folded out of turn from the big blind while short stack Robin Ylitalo was still to make his decision from the small blind. Simunic grabbed a stack of T-25,000 chips to snap-call an all in and that's exactly what happened.

Simunic: {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts}
Ylitalo: {J-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}

The {7-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {7-Clubs} board provided help for the Swede on the turn and he doubled up for 360,000. One hand later, Ylitalo was all in again for 820,000 in total and Simunic asked for a count. The Austrian then moved all in himself from the small blind and Fady Kamar folded from the big blind.

Simunic: {6-Clubs} {6-Spades}
Ylitalo: {K-Spades} {Q-Spades}

"Small cards please," Simunic requested from the dealer but the {K-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {3-Spades} flop once again gave Ylitalo the better hand. However, the Swede would be drawing dead after the {6-Diamonds} turn. A meaningless {8-Diamonds} river was just a formality and Simunic holds half of the chips with three players left. EPT 10 London champion Ylitalo receives €112,440 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
3,400,000 820,000
Robin Ylitalo se
Robin Ylitalo
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Fady KamarJean-Noel ThorelJosip SimunicRobin Ylitalo

Thorel Doubles; Ylitalo Short

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Robin Ylitalo shoved from the button and was met with a quick call from Jean-Noel Thorel in the small blind. Josip Simunic asked if he’d heard right, said, “Good luck guys.” and mucked.

Ylitalo: {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

Thorel: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The cards ran out {j-Spades}{4-Spades}{k-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{9-Spades}.

Ylitalo took the lead on the flop but Thorel’s flush draw got there on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
1,350,000 540,000
Robin Ylitalo se
Robin Ylitalo
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
470,000 -1,030,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelRobin Ylitalo

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

Limped Pot Almost Escalates

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Josip Simunic limped from the small blind and Fady Kamar checked from one seat over. On the {7-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {3-Spades} flop, Simunic check-called a bet of 80,000 and did so again for 110,000 once the {7-Hearts} had appeared on the turn.

With the {6-Spades} river, the Austrian checked again and a possible straight and flush draw had now arrived. Kamar bet large for 450,000 and Simunic tank-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
2,580,000 -570,000
Fady Kamar lb
Fady Kamar
1,640,000 190,000

Tags: Fady KamarJosip Simunic

Simunic’s Turn To Think

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel completed the small blind and Josip Simunic checked.

Thorel was still turning over in his mind the fact that he felt he was bluffed off the last hand by Kamar.

The flop of {3-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{10-Spades} was checked around and on the {a-Spades} turn Thorel shoved the lot in for 750,000.

“Count please.” Simunic asked.

“Your turn to think.” Thorel told him.

“I didn’t expect that.” Simunic said and took a good few minutes to think while trying to get some information from Thorel. He even use the good old, “Show if I fold?” Simunic said, “Fold.” And Thorel’s rail urged him not to show. He mucked but Simunic did show the {a-Diamonds}

Tags: Josip SimunicJean-Noel Thorel