€10,300 High Roller
Day 3 Started
2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville
€10,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,228,800
Entries
128
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Who Will Win the EPT 11 Deauville High Roller?
Only 12 players remain out of a field of record-breaking 128 entries in the PokerStars.fr €10,300 EPT Deauville High Roller event and Nikolay Komcharokov is in the lead with 1,145,000 in chips. Play resumes in one hour from now on at 12 p.m. local time in level 21 at blinds 10,000-20,000 with a running ante of 3,000. Four of the remaining participants are down to less than four big blinds after a dramatic last few hands the previous night.
One of them is Davidi Kitai (65,000) and the Belgian is third in the EPT player of the year ranking, which is now led by Vladimir Troyanovskiy after min-cashing the High Roller last night in 16th place. The other short stacks include Tobias Peters (5,000), Garret Gruener (16,000) and Josip Simunic (73,000) whereas Fady Kamar (218,000) begins the mission for High Roller fame with 11 big blinds.
Hot on the heels of Komcharokov are EPT 10 London champion Robin Ylitalo (998,000), Argentinian sensation Ivan Luca (944,000), Jean-Noel Thorel (912,000) and Joao Ribeiro (866,000). Furthermore, Day 2 chip leader Eric Sfez (619,000) and Thomas Butzhammer (475,000) are also still in contention for the first-place payout of €309,170 as well as the title, trophy and the exclusive watch worth more than €5,000 from luxury Swiss brand SLYDE.
Everyone is already guaranteed €22,210 for their efforts and with so many short stacks returning to the tables, plenty of action is guaranteed right from the start. Make sure to tune into PokerNews and follow the live reporting to find out who becomes the newest addition of the EPT High Roller champions club.
Day 4 Seat Draw:
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | Ivan Luca | Argentina | 944,000 |
| 17 | 2 | Josip Simunic | Austria | 73,000 |
| 17 | 3 | empty | ||
| 17 | 4 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 912,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Garret Gruener | United States | 16,000 |
| 17 | 6 | empty | ||
| 17 | 7 | Joao Ribeiro | Portugal | 866,000 |
| 17 | 8 | Nikolay Komcharokov | Russia | 1,145,000 |
| 18 | 1 | Fady Kamar | Lebanon | 218,000 |
| 18 | 2 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 5,000 |
| 18 | 3 | Eric Sfez | France | 619,000 |
| 18 | 4 | empty | ||
| 18 | 5 | Robin Ylitalo | Sweden | 998,000 |
| 18 | 6 | Thomas Butzhammer | Germany | 475,000 |
| 18 | 7 | empty | ||
| 18 | 8 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 65,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Davidi Kitai Eliminated in 12th Place (€22,110)
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The entire first hand on table 18 took more than eight minutes and Tobias Peters was forced all in out of the small blind for 2,000 after having forfeited 3,000 in ante. Robin Ylitalo had raised to 44,000 from under the gun and Davidi Kitai moved all in for 62,000 before the action got to Eric Sfez in the big blind. He could not raise anymore and instead called, so did Ylitalo.
On the 
flop, Sfez check-called a bet of 79,000 and the 
turn was checked down. On the 
river, the Frenchman bet 105,000 and this got Ylitalo to fold his cards. Sfez showed 
and Kitai was eliminated with 
. Peters only had to have hit anything on the board to stay alive and indeed flipped over the 
for a pair of sixes to scoop the pot. "Show me the money," the Dutchman said and jumped up. He is guaranteed a higher payout already as of 11th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | 21,000 |
|
Busted |
Gruener Survives
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Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
While the other hand takes a long time to play out on the other table Jean-Noel Thorel took a pot from Nikolay Komcharokov and they were on to the next hand where Garret Gruener was forced all in on his big blind.
Joao Ribeiro was in first position and limped as did Ivan Luca. Josip Simunic took a long time to think about it from the button as he too was short stacked but he folded. Jean-Noel Thorel in the small blind completed and four players saw the flop.
The dealer fanned the 
and a 40,000 bet from Luca saw the other players fold. The turn was the 
and the river the .
Luca showed 
. He had hit top pair on the flop but Gruener had been dealt 
and survived
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 84,000 |
Simunic Triples Up
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Josip Simunic open shoved from the cut-off and got calls from Jean-Noel Thorel and Joao Ribeiro.
They checked it down and the final board was 
.
Thorel had , Ribeiro 
and Ribeiro got a triple up with two pair 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 137,000 |
Tobias Peters Eliminated In 11th Place (€25,190)
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Tobias Peters got the last of his chips in the middle from first position telling the other players there was no shame in folding.
Robin Ylitalo raised to 44,000 but folded when Fady Kamar moved all in.
The cards were turned over and Kamar showed 
while Peters had 
.
The cards fell 
and even though Peters made two pair it wasn’t as good as the nut flush of Kamar.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Garret Gruener Eliminated in 10th Place (€25,190)
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Josip Simunic had been stealing the blinds and antes once more and then shoved out of the big blind when Joao Ribeiro min-raised to enforce a fold. Two hands later he limped from the button and Jean-Noel Thorel called to see the flop of . Garret Gruener in the big blind checked through as well and the three of them headed to the turn.
Gruener check-folded to a bet of 50,000 by Simunic and Thorel called. The 
river saw another check by Thorel and he called the 116,000-bet of the Austrian with for two pair, Simunic was caught bluffing with queen-high.
Gruener was forced all in the next hand for 10,000 chips after having forfeited his other 3,000 chips as ante. Ribeiro in the big blind turned over 
and the American at risk held . The flop gave the Portuguese two pair and it was all over after the turn. A meaningless 
river completed the board and Gruener receives €25,190 for his 10th-place finish.
A redraw to the unofficial final table now takes place and new chip counts will be available shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000 | 488,000 |
|
|
83,000 | -127,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Unofficial Final Table Seat Assignments
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Butzhammer | Germany | 424,000 |
| 2 | Josip Simunic | Austria | 92,000 |
| 3 | Fady Kamar | Lebanon | 273,000 |
| 4 | Joao Ribeiro | Portugal | 841,000 |
| 5 | Eric Sfez | France | 766,000 |
| 6 | Robin Ylitalo | Sweden | 1,000,000 |
| 7 | Nikolay Komcharokov | Russia | 744,000 |
| 8 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 1,440,000 |
| 9 | Ivan Luca | Argentina | 807,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,440,000 | 40,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 2,000 |
|
841,000 | -25,000 |
|
807,000 | -137,000 |
|
766,000 | 147,000 |
|
744,000 | -401,000 |
|
424,000 | -51,000 |
|
273,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
92,000 | 9,000 |
Simunic Finds Kings in Big Blind
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Robin Ylitalo picked up the first pot on the unofficial final table after raising to 44,000 and getting called by Jean-Noel Thorel from the button. The Swede made a continuation bet on the 
flop and that shut down all further action.
One hand later, Ivan Luca raised to 42,000 from the button and Thomas Butzhammer moved all in from the small blind. Josip Simunic called all in for 74,000 and Luca folded. The Austrian had found 
and Butzhammer's 
were no good after a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
305,000 | -119,000 |
|
|
190,000 | 98,000 |