Welcome to the EPT Season 11 stop in Deauville on the French coast. Deauville is just north of the area where D-Day took place in 1944, and we explored the surrounding area before making our way down to the tournament room.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
20 minutes break for the players and dealers.
As the first break is about to start, eight players have already been eliminated from the tournament. Those eight can find something better to do. They won't be returning to the Main Event as this is no re-entry tournament. 173 players still left in the field at the moment, but that number will surely grow the coming hours as people are still able to register.
There may be 179 entrants but just before the first break of the day seven of them have headed for the exit. One of those unlucky players was Polish player Grzegorz Wyraz who got the last of his chips in before the flop and had been called by a player holding 
. Wyraz needed some sort of help from the dealer with his 
.
A run out of 
saw Wyraz rise from the table and immediately get on his phone to presumably pass on the bad news that his Deauvile Main Event was over before it had ever really begun.
Not too far away Walid Bou Habib was also rising from his seat, his 
was swept away into the muck and his remaining chips went to his opponent. He is now returning to his new business in the Lebanon, raising goats!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Martins Adeniya opened to 400 from early position and got Quentin Lecomte in the cutoff, and David Haroune
in the big blind, to come along for the ride.
Haroune checked to Adeniya on 
and the initial raiser bet out 800. Lecomte made the call but the big blind had bigger plans. Haroune raised to 2,200 and both Adeniya and Lecomte made the call.
The big blind bet out 6,300 on the 
turn and Adeniya didn't waste much time before calling. Things were getting a little too expensive for Lecomte and the Frenchman folded.
The 
completed the board and Haroune shoved all in for a whole tower of (big denomination) chips. Adeniya glanced at his cards one more time, before open mucking his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,200
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
23,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Whilst the EPT Main Event gets under way today there’s enough on Sunday’s schedule to fill a football team. From satellites to seniors via the conclusion of the FPS Main Event and High Roller here’s what’s happening today.
We arrived on the scene to find a large pot brewing between Boutros Naim and Pascal Aznar. The completed board read 
and Aznar made a river bet of 11,500.
A clearly distraught Naim thought for a bit before letting out a sigh.
"I have to call," said Naim, tossing out chips. "Ace-jack?"
Aznar did indeed roll over 
for a full house of aces full of jacks. Other members of the table let out audible gasps when the saw Aznar's smaller full house with 
before his hand was taken into the muck. Aznar was awarded the pot and now has about 47,500 to his name.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,500 | |
|
20,500 |
Anthony Michel Cruz and Anton Wigg were heads up with a completed board of 
. With 8,450 already in the center of the table, Cruz checked his action over to Wigg. Wigg reached for chips and shot out a river bet of 5,600. Cruz replied by going into the tank.
Roughly two minutes passed while Cruz shifted in his seat, pondering his action. Ultimately, he picked up a few chips and tossed them forward, signifying a call. Wigg showed 
for two pair of aces and tens. Cruz stood up in his seat, shook his head, and flipped over 
for the second best hand. Cruz's cards were pulled into the muck, leaving him with just 5,600 in chips. Wigg, on the other hand, boosted his stack to about 36,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
|
5,600
18,400
|
18,400 |
Jorma Nuutinen and Franck Makaci were tangling over a fairly juicy pot. There looked to be around 9,000 in the middle and they had got to the river of a board reading 
.
Nuutinen had a bet of 4,500 in front of him and Makaci was agonising over his decision, telling Nuutinen that he wasn’t a bluffer and implying he had a real hand. A minute ticked by before Makaci released his hand telling the Finn, “Alright, you win.” If he was hoping to see some cards to relieve the mental torture he was right out of luck as the pot was pushed to Nuutinen and his cards remained a mystery.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | |
|
22,000 |
