2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Abdellatif Hands Over his Chips to the Dutch

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Jonathan Abdellatif's chair was vacant and it turned out the Dutch players at the table were to blame.

Ruben Visser told us that Luuk Gieles, who sat down with a fresh 30,000 in chips after the dinner break, opened for 1,250. One player called and Jonathan Abdellatif in the big blind called as well. Abdellatif checked to Gieles on {9-}{6-}{4-} with two diamonds and the young Dutch player bet 1,800. The first player folded, Abdellatif made the call.

Abdellatif check called another 4,200 on the off suit {6-}-turn and check called 16,500 on the {8-}-river. Gieles showed {4-}{4-} for a flopped set and turned full house and Abdellatif mucked.

Abdellatif was left with 5,000 which he would lose the next hand. The button opened, Abdellatif shoved from the small blind, and big blind Ruben Visser reshoved from the big blind. The button folded and Visser tabled {A-}{10-} to Abdellatif's {K-}{Q-} suited. The flop was good for Abdellatif with {Q-}{7-}{4-}, but the {J-}-turn in combination with the {K-} on the river spelled doom for the Belgian.

On our way back to the media room to report on these hands, we also saw Pierre Neuville walking to the elevator. We expect he wouldn't be so calm if he had chips left, so we assume he's been eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Luuk Gieles
55,000
Profile photo of Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
28,000
7,000
7,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Jonathan Abdellatif
Busted
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Pierre Neuville
Busted

Tags: Luuk GielesPierre NeuvilleRuben VisserJonathan Abdellatif

Sammartino Doubles Through Haglund

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Dario Sammartino
Dario Sammartino

We arrived to find Oolf Haglund and Dario Sammartino looking down at a completed board of {4-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{A-Spades}. Haglund checked over to the Italian who moved all in for his last 9,650. Haglund thought for a moment before flinging out calling chips.

Sammartino rolled over {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} for a turned set of kings. This was enough to elicit a muck from Haglun and Sammartino lived to fight another day. After scooping the pot he has about 32,000. Haglund, on the other hand, has been reduced to 17,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Dario Sammartino
32,000
32,000
32,000
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Olof Haglund
17,000
-8,000
-8,000

Tags: Dario SammartinoOlof Haglund

Geilich, Berende and Soika Face Off

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Ludovic Geilich
Ludovic Geilich

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 {k-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} was checked around and the saw the turn card fall the {5-Spades}. 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 {5-Diamonds} 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 {8-Spades}{7-Hearts} which was beaten by the flush {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} 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
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Ludovic Geilich
34,000
21,500
21,500

Tags: Ihar SoikaLudovic GeilichPaul Berende

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Sotirios Koutoupas Did Not Smash Any Plates After Winning in Deauville

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

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.

Tags: Sotirios Koutoupas

Add On for Darcourt

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

In the previous level, Guillaume Darcourt received a nice gift after making a continuation bet on a {K-} {8-} {3-} flop and was called only by the player in the small blind whereas the other opponent folded. On the {3-} turn, Darcourt bet 3,300 and his opponent raised to 15,000 with 10,000 behind. Darcourt put him all in with {K-} {Q-} for top pair and received a hero call by pocket tens to scoop the pot after a blank river.

Player Chips Progress
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Guillaume Darcourt
115,000
50,000
50,000
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Paul-Francois Tedeschi
41,000
12,000
12,000
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Philippe Ktorza
28,000
6,000
6,000

Tags: Guillaume Darcourt

Nikolaus Teichert on the Rail

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

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
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Nikolaus Teichert
Busted

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Chips for Cody

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Jake Cody
Jake Cody

Joining the action on the {3-Spades} {K-Hearts} {8-Spades} {10-Diamonds} turn, Jake Cody bet 4,000 out of the big blind against Pierre Sakr and was called by the Lebanese. The {A-Hearts} river got checked to Cody and a bet of 15,000 chips went through uncalled to award him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Pierre Sakr
115,000
115,000
115,000
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Jake Cody
40,000
10,200
10,200

Tags: Jake CodyPierre Sakr