We earlier saw Bahram Chobineh fold pocket queens pre-flop but we've just found out that he doesn't like to fold kings. He opened to 24,000 from under-the-gun+1 with , Jose Carlos Garcia three-bet to 59,000 from the small-blind, Chobineh moved all-in for 290,000 and Garcia made the call.
The flop gave Chobineh a set, but Garcia a flush draw. The turn and river were both blanks as far a Garcia was concerned and he was knocked down to 145,000.
At the start of the hand Miha Gabric had roughly 300,000 and made it 25,000 to go. He got calls from Chun Ho Law and Alain Alezra and Rustem Muratov then moved all-in from the small blind for roughly 400,000. Back on Gabric he called and the other two players got out the way.
Gabric:
Muratov:
The board meant Muratov spiked a queen on the turn to eliminate Gabric.
Jose Carlos Garcia open shoved for 176,000 and found one interested party. Chun Ho Law dared to call the all in holding and was up against Garcia's .
The wasn't even all that bad for Garcia, he now had four outs to a straight. The on the turn killed those outs though, he could now split it with a jack or win it with another eight. The on the river was a complete blank however and Garcia made his way to the pay out desk.
That means there are 24 players left and the tournament is on hold to redraw the tables.
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We learned yesterday how Bahram Chobineh only came to play the EPT Deauville Main Event — his first EPT ever — after losing a bet with his home game buddies. He was as surprised as anyone to have made the cash yesterday. And with 24 left he's still in, having folded queens to aces preflop in an eyebrow-raising hand during the first level of Day 4. Chobineh chatted with the PokerStars blog today, still insisting "I don't know what I'm doing."
JP Kelly is sitting just inside the top five now with 24 left at the EPT10 Deauville Main Event.
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Andrew Sweeney just spent five minutes in the tank on the river in a hand against Sotirios Koutoupas, guessed the Greek's exact hand but couldn't quite make the call.
Koutoupas raised to 32,000 from the cut-off and then called when Sweeney three-bet to 76,000. On the flop Sweeney c-bet 65,000 and Koutoupas made the call. On the turn Sweeney slowed down, checking it to Koutoupas who bet 135,000, call from Sweeney.
There was now 540,000 in the pot and the completed the board. Sweeney checked, Koutoupas asked Sweeney how much he was playing, "about 370,000," replied Sweeney. The Greek player then pushed forward a stack of 500,000 to set Sweeney all-in. The Irishman looked to the heavens, looked at the tournament clock (there's a pay jump between 24th and 23rd) and then started thinking over his decision.
"Have you got pocket threes that got counterfeited?" asked Sweeney? Another minute or so passed and Sweeney pushed his cards into the muck, Koutoupas showed as he took the pot and Sweeney tapped the table in a way that indicated he'd passed ace high.
, Jose Carlos Garcia three-bet to 59,000 from the small-blind, Chobineh moved all-in for 290,000 and Garcia made the call.
flop gave Chobineh a set, but Garcia a flush draw. The 
turn and 
river were both blanks as far a Garcia was concerned and he was knocked down to 145,000.
board meant Muratov spiked a queen on the turn to eliminate Gabric.
and was up against Garcia's 
.
on the turn killed those outs though, he could now split it with a jack or win it with another eight. The 
on the river was a complete blank however and Garcia made his way to the pay out desk.![[user38338]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop Sweeney c-bet 65,000 and Koutoupas made the call. On the 
turn Sweeney slowed down, checking it to Koutoupas who bet 135,000, call from Sweeney.
completed the board. Sweeney checked, Koutoupas asked Sweeney how much he was playing, "about 370,000," replied Sweeney. The Greek player then pushed forward a stack of 500,000 to set Sweeney all-in. The Irishman looked to the heavens, looked at the tournament clock (there's a pay jump between 24th and 23rd) and then started thinking over his decision.
as he took the pot and Sweeney tapped the table in a way that indicated he'd passed ace high.