2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€543,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,841,600
Entries
592
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Alex Tikhoniouk Leads After Day 2 of the PokerStars.fr EPT 11 Deauville Main Event

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Alex Tikhoniouk spins 4 big blinds into lead
Alex Tikhoniouk spins 4 big blinds into lead

Day 2 of the PokerStars.fr EPT 11 Deauville Main Event started with 335 players remaining and Frenchman Guillaume Darcourt leading the way. With the late registration still open until the action restarted at noon, another three players exchanged €5,300 for 30,000 chips to boost the overall attendance to 592 entries in total and 338 remaining. Tournament staff announced that the top 87 spots will get paid with the eventual winner receiving €543,700 as well as the EPT trophy and Slyde watch on Feb. 7.

The action kicked off with a bang Tuesday as Michal Mrakes lost his top 10 stack to Andrius Bielskis within the first half an hour of play. Mrakes and 64 others were eliminated in the first two levels, including Gaelle Baumann, Vojtech Ruzicka, former EPT champion David Vamplew, Christophe Benzimra, Ihar Soika and Philippe Ktorza.

Vicky Coren-Mitchell, the first and only two-time EPT champion, will have to wait for another chance to win her third. She failed to improve with {K-Spades} {Q-Spades} against the {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} of 2013 PCA champion Dimitar Danchev. Michael Tureniec busted to Rube Visser in a battle of former EPT winners when the Dutchman improved with {A-Spades} {J-Clubs} to better the Swede's {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades}. PokerStars Team Online Pros Vicente Delgado and Gabriel Nassif were equally unfortunate, as was PokerStars Team Pro Julien Brecard.

Three former EPT Deauville Main Event winners returned to the tables but only one would make it through. Both Lucien Cohen and Jake Cody were eliminated on the feature table: Cody was trying to bluff Clement Genon-Catalot on a board of {4-Clubs} {5-Spades} {6-Spades} {8-Spades} {8-Hearts} but the Frenchman called his river shove with {Q-Spades} {J-Spades} and the Brit's {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} was no good. Cohen then lost with pocket sixes against pocket jacks to only leave Remi Castaignon behind. The Frenchman turned a full house early on with {Q-Spades} {10-Diamonds} and Damien Lhommeau got his stack in drawing dead with {A-Clubs} {J-Spades} for a gutshot and flush draw. Castaignon would end the day with 175,600 chips.

In the very last hand of the day Fabrice Soulier lost a coin flip with {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} against the {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} of Simon Ravnsbaek, who had bought in just before Day 2 kicked off and ran up the stack to 197,600. Once everyone bagged and tagged their chips, only 138 players remained and Alex Tikhoniouk claimed the lead with 312,600 chips. The Irishman is playing his first ever EPT event and was even down to only four big blinds early today before spinning it up.

Tikhoniuk is closely followed by former EPT champion and EPT 11 London runner-up Kevin MacPhee (308,300) and Robert Schulz with 296,900. Other big stacks include PokerStars Team Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (281,500), Carlo Savinelli (275,400), Benjamin Pollak (275,000), Nicolau Villa-Lobos (230,600), PokerStars Team Pro Jan Heitmann (199,000) and start-of-the-day chip leader Guillaume Darcourt (172,600). Eugene Katchalov started as one of the shortest stacks and doubled up several times to claim 137,000 whereas fellow Team Pro Marcin Horecki (112,000), PokerStars sponsored player Dominik Panka (45,800) and Team PokerStars Pro Online (37,500) also advanced.

The action will resume at 12 p.m. local time with blinds at 1,500/3,000 and a running ante of 400. The level duration increases from 75 to 90 minutes on Day 3, and the money is expected to be reached during the five levels of play. Stay tuned to the PokerNews live coverage to see who lands on the bubble!

Day 3 Redraw:

TableSeatNameCountryChips
81Alexandre ReardFrance85,000
83Martins AdeniyaUK62,200
84Tatiana BarausovaRussia44,500
85Miroslav AlilovicFrance173,000
86Benjamin PollakFrance275,000
87Marcin WydrowskiPoland56,200
88Julien DuveauFrance233,000
     
91Jannick WrangDenmark111,500
92Francesco DelfocoItaly150,000
93Bertrand GrospellierFrance281,500
94Joseph El KhouryLebanon87,000
95Yves SoussanFrance109,400
96Javier RodriguezSpain90,900
97Massou CohenFrance215,900
98Carlo SavinelliItaly275,400
     
101Daniel CarlssonSweden45,100
102Jan HeitmannGermany199,000
103Patryk SlusarekPoland112,200
104Alfie AdamUK135,200
105Ivan GabrieliItaly147,100
106Nicolas ProustFrance48,300
107Daniel WilsonIreland203,300
108Philippe GellmanFrance12,700
     
111Paul-Francois TedeschiFrance83,500
112Simon RavnsbaekDenmark197,600
113Nicolau Villa-LobosBrazil230,600
114Dany ParlafesRomania86,700
115Vadim ShlezUSA121,500
116David GutfreundUSA97,100
117Rony HalimiFrance114,000
118Owain CareyUK165,000
     
121Dominik PankaPoland45,800
122Stephane GojonFrance129,200
123Dimitar DanchevBulgaria44,800
124Andrius BielskisLithuania261,000
125Pierre PerettiFrance105,700
127Nikita NikolaevRussia99,500
128Guillaume DiazFrance142,000
     
131Emmanuel NakacheFrance34,800
132Luciano Santos De HollandaBrazil69,200
133Jouny HannaSweden290,000
134Sergio AidoSpain146,000
135Eric MeissonnierFrance96,100
136Nathan GozlanFrance179,500
137Olivier PiechaczykFrance272,600
138Milan Tomasz RabszPoland123,100
     
141Berdugo SaulFrance238,800
142Jan PrzysuchaPoland48,200
143Vladimir TroyanovskiyRussia91,600
144Eugene KatchalovUkraine137,000
145Matthieu LamagnereFrance140,200
146Jerome ArnouldFrance245,600
147Saoud MnahiKuwait187,200
148Georgios ZisimopoulosGreece93,100
     
151Ivan LucaArgentina64,300
152Firas NassarLebanon227,800
153Jean-Louis PerezFrance35,200
154Yannick ChevrierFrance129,600
155Walter BussBelgium192,500
156Gangzhou HuFrance234,300
157Stefan SchillhabelGermany149,100
158Jin HaijingChina33,000
     
161Bouali SaiahFrance93,100
163Paul BertracFrance172,700
164Luca GiovannoneItaly92,500
165Guillaume DarcourtFrance172,600
166Bernd VogelhuberGermany91,000
167Ognyan DimovBulgaria234,400
168Clement Genon-CatalotFrance236,200
     
171Stepas TindziulisLithuania70,000
172Paul BerendeNetherlands78,600
173Kamel TirFrance132,200
174Stavros KalfasGreece138,200
175Ognjen SekularacSerbia101,700
176Marcin HoreckiPoland112,000
177Guy TomaselliFrance13,300
178Gregoire BoissenotFrance53,800
     
181Jean Pierre BesanconFrance156,300
182Rob StrongNetherlands51,600
183Jerome ZerbibFrance134,700
184Rasmus VogtDenmark103,100
185Roberto Gomez RuizSpain60,400
186[Removed:4]Germany40,800
187Lucas MonnierFrance85,300
188Pierre ChevalierFrance221,000
     
191Adrien GuyonFrance291,100
192Remi CastaignonFrance175,600
193Benjamin BuhrFrance90,300
194Tobias PetersNetherlands220,800
195Sören Ingwart VöhrsGermany62,700
197Marina RazuvaevaRussia68,900
198Cyril PussetFrance57,900
     
201Matti KonttinenFinland83,200
202Evangelos TsairisGreece261,700
203Emin AghayevMonaco119,500
204Rhys JonesUK63,800
205Joseph CarlinoFrance197,800
206Thomas ButzhammerGermany46,700
207Aliaksei BoikaBelarus112,300
208Boutros NaimLebanon170,100
     
211Jean WangFrance26,700
212Omar DahmaniFrance289,700
214Sameer KhuranaPoland160,800
215Matas CimbolasLithuania53,000
216Bastien PanciarolaFrance49,200
217Filippo LazzarettoItaly135,600
218Manuel Andrees SadornilSpain41,100
     
221Tomasz CybulskiPoland163,300
222Ronan MonfortFrance37,500
223David JaouiFrance217,900
224Moundir ZoughariFrance30,600
225Amir MozaffarianGermany35,400
226Ruben VisserNetherlands158,200
227Lionel RozenbergFrance153,000
228Marton CzuczorHungary208,900
     
231Pierre MorinFrance260,900
232Jan-Eric SchwippertGermany74,700
233Jeremy CiupFrance116,300
234Georgios KapalasGreece204,400
235Patrice BitonFrance79,400
236Alexander IvarssonSweden61,500
237Ioannis Angelou-KonstasGreece83,800
238Kevin MacPheeUSA308,300
     
241Gilbert DiazFrance155,400
242Jean-Philippe RohrFrance55,300
243Sebastien LebaronFrance78,500
244Micha HoedemakerNetherlands170,700
245Oleh OkhotskyiUkraine62,300
246Gilles HuetFrance26,900
248Eric QuFrance38,000
     
251Sophie TayebFrance29,400
252Alex TikhonioukIreland312,600
253Mike NeuensLuxembourg25,300
254Pascal AznarFrance171,400
255Robert SchulzGermany296,900
256Jan BoubliFrance84,300
257David Van Den BergNetherlands90,600
258Francois EvardSwitzerland40,700

Tags: Alex TikhonioukAndrius BielskisBenjamin PollakBertrand GrospellierCarlo SavinelliDominik PankaEugene KatchalovFabrice SoulierGabriel NassifGaelle BaumannGuillaume DarcourtIhar SoikaJake CodyJan HeitmannJulien BrecardKevin MacPheeKevin PollakLucien CohenMarcin HoreckiMichael TureniecMichal MrakesMiroslav AlilovicPhilippe KtorzaRemi CastaignonRobert SchulzRuben VisserSimon RavnsbaekVicente DelgadoVicky CorenVictoria Coren