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. 28, 2014):
Ole Schemion
Place
Player
Points
1
Ole Schemion
781.39
2
Vanessa Selbst
736.22
3
Thomas Muhlocker
594.30
4
Georgios Karakousis
512.31
5
Mike McDonald
490.74
6
Jonathan Little
480.01
7
Kenny Hallaert
416.40
8
Andrew Chen
414.18
9
Max Silver
412.50
10
Jeff Rossiter
408.43
It's worth noting that the only player in the top ten at Deauville is Kenny Hallaert, so he'll look to close the gap a bit between him and Ole Schemion.
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
Event 10 winner Eli Heath is making at run in the EPT Deauville Main Event as well
The British pro Eli Heath has already won one tournament here this week and is now deep in the Main Event. He tells the PokerStars blog how Deauville has become one of his favourite stops: a field full of "random" French players is the stuff of most poker players' dreams.
The original Casino Royale novel by Ian Fleming was set in northern France with the casino of the title based on the one in Deauville. The 2006 film adaptation of the first James Bond story featured a fairly improbable hand, but there was a similarly surprising one involving Jasper Wetemans as the bubble edged closer. Read more on the PokerStars blog.
Stephen Chidwick bubbles the EPT Deauville Main Event
“Raise, all-in and a call.” Was how Tobias Wagner described it before the cards were turned over. With the cameras and reporters crowding round the table it was time to turn over the hole cards. Wagner had and the at risk player was PokerStars player from the UK Stephen Chidwick who held . The dealer dealt out the board . The bad news delivered right on the flop and no king to the rescue.
The remaining players are now in the money and a disappointed Chidwick made a dignified exit.
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This hand well demonstrates a player — Stephen Chidwick — showing no fear about busting the tournament shy of the money. Read more about this hand and bubble decision-making on Learn.PokerNews in "Lesson from EPT10 Deauville: Don't Be Afraid of the Bubble."
The most common phrase on the tournament floor right now is "all-in and call," as the post-bubble carnage begins. Stephan Fajg was the first player out in the money and Timothee Jerbillet - who survived with aces on the bubble - followed him out in 94th. Next to go was Jesper Feddersen, he shoved for 56,300 with but ran into the of Ihar Soika. "How do you find aces there?" wondered Feddersen aloud as the board came .
Portugese player Renato Almeida had opened to 10,500 from late position and Jasper Wetemans had shoved right next to him for 74,500. Almeida thought about it for some time and eventually called.
Wetemans had the best hand with . Almeida went to battle with and, despite flopping a gutshot on , would not triumph. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Wetemans could start raking in the chips.
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