A massive pot just went down at the feature table, here’s what happened…
Anton Wigg raised to 1,800 from under-the-gun, two seats along Matthieu Renoud flat called only for Alexander Lakhov to make it 6,000 total from the hijack. Tobias Wagner then cold four-bet to 13,600, the blinds folded and action was back on Wigg. The EPT6 Copenhagen champion then five-bet to 26,400, it folded back to Wagner the German moved all-in for 86,500 and Wigg reluctantly called.
Wigg:
Wagner:
It was a classic race for a 182,500 pot, the board sent the pot the way of the German and left Wigg with 8,800 chips and he was out shortly afterwards.
In a three-bet pot Vojtech Ruzicka was in the big blind against the button Ayman Zbib. The flop was . Ruzicka checked, Zbib bet 15,000, Ruzicka raised and before the bet could be counted Zbib announced “All in.” Ruzzicka instantly called and tabled for the flopped set against the of Zbib. The turn put a sweat out but the river gave Ruzicka his double up.
James Metcalf from the UK was all in with against the of PokerStars player Zimnan Ziyard, having shoved over Ziyard’s open and getting the call. The flop was and Metcalf looked like a happy man, a double up on the way and some more poker to play. Turn elicited a loud “acccchhh” from the Brit and the river prompted a “Fuck’s sake. Nice hand.”
Follow the PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville Main Event Live Stream right here on PokerNews.com. Live commentary from James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton and Marc Convey with guest commentators all day long. EPT London champion Ruben Visser will be a on in a little bit. The feature table at the moment is Table 18, which contains Ludovic Geilich, Anton Wigg and Chris Day amongst others.
If you go deep into the bowels of the Deauville tournament room you'll be rewarded with three very interesting tables all in the same vicinity. On table 30 sit: Lasse Frost (31,100) who finished third at EPT9 Berlin, Sergio Aido (76,100), Manig Loeser (63,900) and Paul Berende (80,400).
One table over on Table 31 you've got EPT6 Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee (20,100), Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko (60,500) and EPT8 Barcelona winner Martin Schleich (152,500). Amazingly MacPhee and Schleich started at the same table yesterday.
Then directly behind table 30, on table 35, you'll see EPT6 Grand Final winner Nicolas Chouity (30,100), Team PokerStars Pro Jan Heitmann (27,700) and Joni Jouhkimainen (100,500). They all looked on as Anthony Pacini and Victor Ilyukhin played a pot. It'd reached the river of a board when Ilyukhin bet 6,300 into a pot of around 18,000. Pacini was in the tank and eventually called, Ilyukhin showed which had out flopped Pacini's .
Tony Blanchandin had made what looked to be a three-bet to 4,000 against Paul Senter, the latter though came back over the top with a four-bet to 7,700. Blanchandin five-bet to 14,000 and Senter six-bet all in, instant call.
Blanchandin:
Senter:
The board came and Blanchandin doubled to 123,000 while Senter was left with just 6,000.
There has been one player that we know of that entered today, right before registration closed.
Jean-Baptiste Loll from France took 30,000 in chips and headed for table 41 seat 4 this morning. Loll was runner-up to Eli Heath in the €1k NL Turbo Random Bounty last night so that might have given him the confidence and cash for a shot at the Main Event.
With Loll added that makes for 669 registrants in total this year, of which 386 remain at this moment.
With on the board we saw Portugese player Diogo Cardoso check call a 4,500 bet from middle position. His next door neighbor Eugene Katchalov was the one betting, but he would put the breaks on after the on the river paired the board.
Both Cardoso and Katchalov checked and Cardoso showed , though we did not see the suits. Katchalov tabled and took the small pot down.
On a flop, Stephen Chidwick had fired out a bet of 3,600 before Antoine Labat raised to 8,700. Chidwick responded by moving all in and Labat called off instantly.
Chidwick:
Labat:
The turn was the making Labat quads and the river meant nothing. A good start for the Frenchman.
board sent the pot the way of the German and left Wigg with 8,800 chips and he was out shortly afterwards.
. Ruzicka checked, Zbib bet 15,000, Ruzicka raised and before the bet could be counted Zbib announced “All in.” Ruzzicka instantly called and tabled 
for the flopped set against the 
of Zbib. The turn 
of PokerStars player Zimnan Ziyard, having shoved over Ziyard’s open and getting the call. The flop was 
and Metcalf looked like a happy man, a double up on the way and some more poker to play. Turn 
prompted a “Fuck’s sake. Nice hand.”
board when Ilyukhin bet 6,300 into a pot of around 18,000. Pacini was in the tank and eventually called, Ilyukhin showed 
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and Blanchandin doubled to 123,000 while Senter was left with just 6,000.
, though we did not see the suits. Katchalov tabled 
flop, Stephen Chidwick had fired out a bet of 3,600 before Antoine Labat raised to 8,700. Chidwick responded by moving all in and Labat called off instantly.
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