Andrius Bielskis opened the cutoff and his countryman Matas Cimbolas in the big blind was the sole caller.
Cimbolas check called a bet of 55,000 on before things got interesting on the turn. Cimbolas tanked for a bit and eventually lead out for 123,000. Bielskis made the call.
The river came the and Cimbolas again needed some time before making up his mind. He eventually slid 220,000 forward and Bielskis needed some time. After about a minute or two Bielskis folded, and Cimbolas quietly mucked while stacking his newly won chips.
Yesterday the PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville Main Event played four full 90-minute levels, disregarding the initial goal of playing down to 16 players. And so one more player got eliminated; Adrien Guyon missed his flush draw and couldn't out run Matas Cimbolas' flopped trips. When level 23 ended there were 15 players left, lead by flamboyant France Poker Series regular Joseph Carlino.
The goal for today is to at least play down to a final table of eight, but they just might play on when that milestone is reached. As this is not a televised event like Monte Carlo or the PCA, there's no set stage to be made here today. During recent EPT's they played on till only six players remained, so that just might happen today as well.
Here are the next five levels on the schedule:
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
24
12,000
24,000
3,000
25
15,000
30,000
4,000
26
20,000
40,000
5,000
27
25,000
50,000
5,000
28
30,000
60,000
10,000
The remaining fifteen players are already guaranteed a big pay day. With €27,850 already locked up, it's just looking ahead for them right now, all glancing at that first prize of €543,700.
Position
Prize
Position
Prize
1
€543,700
7
€85,530
2
€338,700
8
€58,820
3
€242,390
9
€46,400
4
€187,550
10 - 11
€38,080
5
€147,760
12 - 13
€31,830
6
€115,650
14 - 15
€27,850
Play starts at noon local time, so in about an hour. PokerNews will bring you updates all day long from both the feature table and the outer table. On top of that you can again enjoy the live stream right here on PokerNews.com, with commentary by James Hartigan and the ever so funny Joe Stapleton.