Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
During the third day of play at EPT Deauville we spoke to accomplished tournament professional Rhys Jones about what it takes to stay focused during the days at the tables.
2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,841,600
Entries
592
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jannick Wrang as initial raiser check-called a flop-bet of Emin Aghayev for 11,500 with the board reading 
and both players checked the 
on the turn. Wrang then bet the 
river for 14,000 and was eventually paid off by Aghayev, who fell below 20 big blinds after mucking to the 
of Wrang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
88,500
|
88,500 |
|
||
|
90,500
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
While fellow short stack Ronan Monfort doubled up a few minutes ago, it wasn't meant to be for another short stack. Patryk Slusarek opened to 11,000 and had to call off the shove for 32,500 in total by Alfie Adam. The player at risk had 
but Slusarek got there with the 
on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
80,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Robert Schulz opened the betting and got a call from Guillaume Darcourt.
The flop was and Schulz check-called a bet of 14,000 from Darcourt.
The turn was the 
and a check from Schulz saw Darcourt bet another 14,000. Schulz took his time before making the call.
The river was the 
and Schulz moved all in for around 60,000.
“All in?” Darcourt asked, and once it was confirmed he called and flipped over his 
for runner-runner quads.
Schulz tumbled his cards over, almost in slow motion. The 
fell face up on the felt to gasps.
Having run into the straight flush of Kevin MacPhee earlier Schulz was now eliminated by quads. Schulz stumbled away from the table in a daze.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Georgios Kapalas recently eliminated a player without a media identification card, causing the Greek player to soar to the top of the chip counts.
The flop read 
, and after a series of bets and raises, the hands were turned over to find Kapalas behind but drawing live.
Kapalas: 
Opponent: 
The turn brought the , giving Kapalas a few more outs to make a straight. In the end, he earned the best hand when the 
completed the board on the river. Kapalas opponent stood from the table and knocked all of his chips over in frustration, causing some to fall on the floor. Kapalas, on the other hand, waited patiently for the chips to be collected and pushed his way. After stacking the new chips, his overall arsenal increased to about 755,000.
Edit: It later turned out to be Boutros Naim, though Alfie Adam and the Lebanese busted at the same time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
755,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
After a preflop all in situation, Oleh Okhotskyi was at risk for his last 41,000 chips and tabled the 
. Clement Genon-Catalot lookd him up with the and the short stack survived on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
27,700
|
27,700 |
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Ruben Visser opened for 11,000 from middle position and next door neighbor Vladimir Troyanoskiy made the call in the hijack. All other players opted to fold and Visser and Troyanoskiy saw a flop heads up: .
Visser kept his foot on the pedal and fired 8,000. Troyanoskiy made the call. The same was seen on the 
turn with Visser firing 14,000 this time and Troyanoskiy again calling.
The river was another ten to make a board of . Visser pushed a stack of 75,000 forward, more than enough to put Troyanoskiy all in.
The Russian high roller, who won the €2,000 FPS High Roller for €141,000 late last night, thought for some time before eventually mucking. Visser didn't show. The EPT London champion is up to over half a million, quite the improvement on the 160,000 he started the day with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
394,500
|
394,500 |
|
|
||
|
36,500
-55,500
|
-55,500 |
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
There are three short stacks sitting in a row on table 11 and Paul-Francois Tedeschi, Simon Ravnsbaek as well as Nicolau Villa-Lobos all take very long before mucking their cards. Dany Parlafes, big stack at the table, randomly asked Tedeschi when he was still to act: "So, how is life?" and the whole table cracked up.
It would take another five minutes or more before the action was finally on the Romanian and he then took down the pot with a raise out of the small blind.
A new dealer had been waiting patiently to take her seat and the players then greeted their previous dealers: "Enjoy your break," before Vadim Shlez remarked "he just had one," referring to the very slow action on the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
EPT winner Ruben Visser has traveled the world for many years to play in some of the biggest poker tournaments, and we caught up with him to go over some of his favorite places. Surprisingly enough, the city in which he won the EPT was not on his list.
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Tournament director Thomas Lamatsch has decided play will continue hand for hand now, despite the fact that there's still 89 players in the tournament. There has been some stalling, so play will be halted after every hand from now on till the bubble bursts.