Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,211,200
Entries
671
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
€5,300 Main Event
Day 3 Completed
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Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Ekrem Sanioglu, a French amateur player, finished as the chip leader at the end of Day 3 of the PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Deauville Main Event. He will be bringing back 1,300,000 in chips. Not afraid to play big pots against anyone, Sanioglu's fearlessness was well rewarded. He is followed closely by Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov, who was around the top of the leaderboard for most of the day and will return with 1,191,000. Katchalov is also the only Team Pro remaining. Norbert Szecsi is third with 1,184,000 in chips.
Day 3 commenced with 137 players still in contention. With 95 spots getting paid, it would be a tense first few levels. The prize pool totaled €3,355,000 with the winner looking to earn €614,000, but when play began there was still a long way to go and the immediate target for many players was simply to survive the dreaded money bubble.
Level 15 exits included Team PokerStars Pro Jan Heitmann and Friend of PokerStars Pierre Neuville. Another Team PokerStars Pro, Alex Kravchenko, lasted a bit longer, but he too failed to make it to the end of the day.
The UK's Stephen Chidwick was the unlucky bubble boy, falling with one minute of Level 16 still to play. Tobias Wagner from Germany raised and called Chidwick’s all-in shove. The British player held the 
against the 
of Wagner. After another player claimed to have folded an ace, the cards ran out 
to knock Chidwick out and send the remaining players into money.
As play resumed at the start of Level 17, Szecsi was in the lead followed by Anthony Lerust and then Katchalov in third. A string of bust outs soon followed as short stacks looked to spin it up or go home happy with their €9,500 min-cash.
Alex Goulder, a PokerStars player from the UK, small-balled his way through the day, chipping up steadily. Even a table change with Alexander Lakhov directly to his left could not persuade him to change his style. He ended the day on a healthy 696,000 in chips.
PokerStars player Jamila von Perger fell in the last level of the day when her 
went up against the 
of Chun Ho Law. Von Perger couldn’t believe her luck on the flop and her frustration showed as the cards ran out 
. Another German, Artur Koren, also fell late when his with clashed against Szecsi’s 
. The board came out 
.
Play resumes on Thursday at 12 p.m. local time when 41 players will return. Follow all the stories, chip counts, and bust outs right here at PokerNews, and follow the action live on the feature table at as we head into the final three days of the tournament looking to crown a new PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville champion.
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | Alexander Goulder | UK | 696,000 |
| 11 | 3 | Michel Pomaret | France | 277,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Norbert Szecsi | Hungary | 1,184,000 |
| 11 | 5 | Sotirios Koutoupas | Greece | 1,129,000 |
| 11 | 6 | Gheorghe Gradinaru | Romania | 574,000 |
| 11 | 7 | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | 1,194,000 |
| 11 | 8 | Aurelien Soutchkov | France | 486,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Zimnan Ziyard | UK | 339,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Bahram Chobineh | Iran | 492,000 |
| 12 | 3 | Anthony Lerust | France | 837,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Marko Laine | Finland | 296,000 |
| 12 | 5 | Sebastien Lapeyre | France | 167,000 |
| 12 | 6 | Carlo De Benedittis | France | 289,000 |
| 12 | 8 | Jonathan Abdellatif | Belgium | 121,000 |
| 15 | 1 | Ekrem Sanioglu | France | 1,300,000 |
| 15 | 2 | Alessio Isaia | Italy | 291,000 |
| 15 | 3 | Florian Ribouchon | France | 415,000 |
| 15 | 4 | Eli Heath | UK | 642,000 |
| 15 | 6 | JP Kelly | UK | 544,000 |
| 15 | 7 | Jean-Yves Malherbe | Belgium | 250,000 |
| 15 | 8 | Dimitri Holdeew | Germany | 774,000 |
| 16 | 1 | Chun Ho Law | UK | 135,000 |
| 16 | 2 | Alain Alezra | France | 217,000 |
| 16 | 3 | Rustem Muratov | Russia | 378,000 |
| 16 | 4 | Jeffrey Hakim | Lebanon | 323,000 |
| 16 | 5 | Konstantin Tolokno | Russia | 684,000 |
| 16 | 7 | Ondrej Vinklarek | Czech Republic | 251,000 |
| 16 | 8 | Oliver Price | UK | 397,000 |
| 17 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 528,000 |
| 17 | 2 | Kamel Boukhalfa | France | 628,000 |
| 17 | 4 | Jose Carlos Garcia | Poland | 328,000 |
| 17 | 5 | Jean Maurice Roger Montury | France | 59,000 |
| 17 | 6 | Javed Abrahams | UK | 375,000 |
| 17 | 7 | Miha Gabric | Slovenia | 474,000 |
| 17 | 8 | Erkan Yildirim | Germany | 319,000 |
| 18 | 2 | Tatu Maenpaa | Finland | 926,000 |
| 18 | 3 | Ludovic Geilich | UK | 408,000 |
| 18 | 4 | Andrew Sweeney | Ireland | 775,000 |
| 18 | 5 | Tobias Wagner | Germany | 341,000 |
| 18 | 7 | Mustapha Amaouche | France | 231,000 |
| 18 | 8 | Alexandre Amiel | France | 143,000 |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
1,194,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
||
|
1,184,000
349,000
|
349,000 |
|
1,129,000
328,000
|
328,000 |
|
||
|
926,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
837,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
775,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
774,000
374,000
|
374,000 |
|
696,000
262,000
|
262,000 |
|
684,000
605,000
|
605,000 |
|
642,000
322,000
|
322,000 |
|
628,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
574,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
544,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
528,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
492,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
486,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
474,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
415,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
408,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
397,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
378,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
|
375,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
341,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
|
339,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
|
|
||
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Anders Pedersen is the latest player to hit the rail before the end of the day. All-in with he looked good for a double up against Konstantin Tolokno's 
but the poker gods had other ideas and the board came to give the Russian the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
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Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
And then the tournament is done for the day. We'll be right back with an extensive recap of the day and chip counts.
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Joep van den Bijgaart just busted with 
against Dario Sammartino's 
on an 
board. With the departure of van den Bijgaart there are no longer players in the tournament from The Netherlands. There is a player who speaks Dutch though; Belgian Jonathan Abdellatif is still in possession of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
570,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jose Carlos Garcia opened to 17,000 from the hijack and Miha Gabric shoved all in for 155,000 right next to him in the cutoff. Next to him Tatu Maenpaa was seated on the button with 640,000 and he announced all in as well. But that sure wasn't the end of it. Luca Moschitta in the small blind had a decision and eventually announced all in as well. The big blind and initial raiser Garcia (showing the ) both folded and a three way all in was at hand.
Miha Gabric (shortest stack with 155,000):
Tatu Maenpaa (middle stack with 640,000): 
Luca Moschitta (big stack having everybody covered):
The guaranteed Gabric the triple up. Maenpaa was still in the lead for the 970,000 big side pot. The 
on the turn was a blank and so was the on the river. Two happy players, one not so much.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
970,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
498,000
374,000
|
374,000 |
|
100,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |