2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€614,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,211,200
Entries
671
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Katchalov Lays Down the Best Hand

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

Eugene Katchalov opened the button to 120,000 with {J-Spades}{7-Spades} and received a call from Sotirios Koutoupas in the big blind with {K-Hearts}{5-Clubs}.

The Greek player check called Katchalov's 150,000 continuation bet on {5-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades}. The turn was the {7-Hearts} and now Koutoupas bet 225,000.

Guest commentator Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier said he thought it was kind of a weird play, but it worked. Katchalov, having turned top pair, thought about it but folded the best hand in the end.

Tags: Bertrand "ElkY" GrospellierBertrand GrospellierEugene KatchalovSotirios Koutoupas

Koutoupas Makes Law Lay Down

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
Sotirios Koutoupas
Sotirios Koutoupas

There's no stopping Sotorios Koutoupas even when he made what ElkY - a pretty aggressive player - said was "a light call,".

Pre-flop Harry Law raised to 120,000 from the cut-off with {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} and Koutoupas defended from the big blind with {J-Spades}{2-Spades}. Both players checked the {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} turn and the {8-Hearts} hit the river. First to act Koutoupas bet 125,000 and it was enough to win the pot.

Koutoupas now has over 8,000,000 of the 20,130,000 chips in play.

Tags: Harry LawSotirios Koutoupas

The Daily EPT10 Player of the Year Update (2-01-14)

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante

The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.

The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here. Best French player? Erwann Pecheux in the number 92 spot.

Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated Jan. 31, 2014):

Ole Schemion
Ole Schemion

PlacePlayerPoints
1Ole Schemion781.39
2Vanessa Selbst736.22
3Thomas Muhlocker594.30
4Georgios Karakousis512.31
5Mike McDonald490.74
6Jonathan Little480.01
7Kenny Hallaert416.40
8Andrew Chen414.18
9Max Silver412.50
10Jeff Rossiter408.43

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 5,000

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Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

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Tags: Skrill

Heath Wins Final Hand of the Level

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

On the last hand of the level a three-way pot played out between the three Brits at the table.

Oliver Price opened to 100,000 from the cut-off with {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, Harry Law called on the button with pocket fours and Eli Heath did likewise from the big blind with {Q-Spades}{10-Clubs}.

On the {J-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop it checked to Law who took a stab at the pot by betting 145,000, Heath called but Price folded. There was no betting on the {10-Spades} turn and the {6-Spades} completed the board. Heath decided to check, Law bet 190,000 and Heath responded with a check-raise to 550,000 and Law mucked his cards.

Tags: Eli HeathHarry LawOliver Price