Justas Semaska raised preflop from under the gun and got called by one opponent before another squeezed with 
. The Lithuanian moved all in with 
and was called by the cold-caller with pocket kings. The other player didn't want to let go of his suited one-gapper and pocket kings won it all.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
We arrived on the scene to find an already sizable pot built between Jerome Arnould and Michael Aron. The board read 
and Arnould checked fourth street. Aron cut out a bet of what looked to be 22,400 and action was back on Arnould.
Arnould check-raised all in for 95,400 total, sending Aron into the tank. After about four minutes, Arnould called the clock on Aron. A member of the floor staff came over to the table and announced that Aron had one minute to act on his hand or it would be declared dead. Aron's time ticked down to just two remaining seconds before he tossed out a single chip, signifying a call.
Aron: 
Arnould: 
Arnould had flopped a king-high flush, but Aron was drawing live heading to the river with the ace of clubs. Fortunately for Arnould, the 
bricked out the river and he was able to score a key double to around 215,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | 108,900 |
|
55,000 | -47,100 |
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Guillaume Darcourt has been bullying the table relentlessly and enjoying himself tremendously all day, and why not. He’s top of the heap in the tournament and no one at his table can put his stack at risk.
Darcourt opened yet another pot for 3,600 and it folded round to fellow Frenchman Jean-Francois Rial in the big blind. Rial decided to make a stand and moved all in for around 30,000. After all he couldn’t have a hand every time could he?
Darcourt snapped him off with 
and Rial had risked it all with 
. Time to get lucky.
The cards ran out 
and Darcourt had crushed yet another opponent. A friendly shake of hands and Rial was free to enjoy the rest of his day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov played a very interesting hand on Day 2 of EPT Deauville and we caught up with him to discuss the action. Katchalov ended up against two players who were all in for their tournament life, so watch the video to see what happened.
Because we know you love chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
187,000 | 87,000 |
|
122,000 | -14,000 |
|
67,100 | -67,900 |
|
65,000 | 5,000 |
|
64,000 | -1,000 |
|
60,000 | -20,000 |
|
56,000 | -7,800 |
|
46,500 | 29,500 |
|
46,000 | -6,000 |
|
41,000 | -9,200 |
|
|
40,000 | -46,200 |
|
40,000 | 9,000 |
|
35,000 | -55,600 |
|
25,000 | -18,200 |
|
Busted |
A single T-5,000 chip was laying in front of Miroslav Alilovic but we didn't hear the raising amount. Ultimately it would not matter as the Frenchman four-bet shoved into the 8,800-three-bet of Alexander Ivarsson and the Swede ended up tank-calling for 48,100 chips.
Alilovic: 
Ivarsson:
The board ran out 
and Alilovic received a double. Two other players have been able to increase their stacks at the same table: Artur Koren and Kevin MacPhee. You can find both chip counts below as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000 | 95,000 |
|
115,000 | -30,800 |
|
110,000 | 52,000 |
|
105,000 | 40,400 |
John Eames shoved his last 12,000 from under the gun with 
and Benjamin Pollak called out of the big blind with a stronger ace. The kicker of the Frenchman would hold up and that sent Eames to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 66,000 |
|
Busted |
Vladimir Troyanovskiy was the initial raiser from the cutoff and the player on the button called before Andrea Dato moved all in from the big blind with his short stack of 9,500 chips. Troyanovskiy called and the other player folded. It was the 
for the Italian and the 
for the Russian.
The 
flop was quite unlucky for Dato and he was drawing dead after the turn. A meaningless 
on the river sent him to the rail and Troyanovskiy continues to grind with his below-average stack, which he has done all day long thus far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 | 47,000 |
|
Busted |
Stavros Kalfas opened and called the three-bet shove of Diogo Cardoso with 
to see the short stack flip over when being at risk for his last 17,000 chips. Kalfas got lucky on the flop and held up after the 
turn and the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000 | 38,900 |
|
Busted |
After a raise from early position we saw Simon Appleby shoving all in. Right behind him Oleh Okhotskyi followed suit and shoved all in as well. The initial raiser folded and it was time to show down the hands.
Appleby had 
and had about fifty percent chance of winning against Okhotskyi's .
The 
board posed some threat to the Brit, without actually hitting his Ukrainian opponent. The on the turn was a blank but the on the river wasn't. Appleby's deuces counterfeited and he soon enough hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 | -25,800 |
|
Busted |
