Balazs Botond never got much going and we just spotted him walking over to fellow Hungarian Valdemar Kwaysser's table. A quick chat revealed that he busted the remainder of his stack with 
versus 
after getting it in on the turn of a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Ludovic Geilich opened the action from under the gun and got calls from small blind Paul Berende and Ihar Soika. The three of them had been talking about tangling in online games and now here was a chance to sort it out face to face over the felt.
The flop of 
was checked around and the saw the turn card fall the 
. Berende had a stab for 2,500 but neither of the other players were deterred and put out the calling chips.
The river was the 
which saw Berende check and Soika go for a bet of 6,200. Geilich instantly called and Berende’s cards hit the muck.
Soika showed 
which was beaten by the flush 
of Geilich. As Geilich stacked the chips Berende gave Soika a, “I had you beat.”
Geilich counted his stack and announced to the table, “I’ve got above starting stack for the first time today. I feel like the chip leader.”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Last year Greece's Sotirios Koutoupas took down EPT Deauville and we caught up with him one year later to talk about what that experience was like. Koutoupas also shared a story about how he combines running a business with playing poker, and how there were no plates smashed after he won this event one year ago.
In the previous level, Guillaume Darcourt received a nice gift after making a continuation bet on a 
flop and was called only by the player in the small blind whereas the other opponent folded. On the turn, Darcourt bet 3,300 and his opponent raised to 15,000 with 10,000 behind. Darcourt put him all in with for top pair and received a hero call by pocket tens to scoop the pot after a blank river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
41,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
28,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
World Series of Poker bracelet winner Nikolaus Teichert won't be cashing in the EPT 11 Deauville Main Event. After a flying start he soon found himself down to only 15,000 as of lately and just got it in preflop with pocket queens versus pocket kings. The board blanked out and Teichert was done for the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Joining the action on the 
turn, Jake Cody bet 4,000 out of the big blind against Pierre Sakr and was called by the Lebanese. The 
river got checked to Cody and a bet of 15,000 chips went through uncalled to award him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
40,000
10,200
|
10,200 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
70,000 | |
|
||
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
39,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
13,000
300
|
300 |
Kevin MacPhee was under the gun and he raised the action to 1,400. Action folded all of the way around the table to Pierre Morin on the button and he cut out a three-bet to 4,750. Paulino Subtil was in the small blind and he four-bet all in for roughly 42,000. MacPhee folded and Morin snapped him off for his own tournament life of what looked to be 36,750.
Subtil: 
Morin: 
The board fell down 
, giving Morin a winning set of aces. Morin doubled to roughly 76,000 while Subtil was crippled to just 5,100.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
76,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
5,100
38,900
|
38,900 |
Rob Strong told us about a big hand he played with Vladimir Troyanovskiy two to his right.
Troyanovskiy opened to 1,100 from the hijack in that hand (in the level before this one), and his neighbor in the cutoff made the call. Rob Strong on the button squeezed to 3,500 and just Troyanovskiy made the call, the cutoff folded.
Troyanovskiy check called a 4,400 bet on with two clubs, and check called another 8,600 on the 
turn. The river was an off suit 
and Troyanovskiy check called 14,400 from Strong.
Strong tabled pocket aces for top set, Troyanovskiy mucked for top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
50,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
