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It's day three at EPT Deauville and as the engineers in front of us wire up the lights and cameras of the television table, we await the action that will decide who sits around it. We will begin today with 47 players battling through as many levels at it will...more

When we started today the general consensus was that we wouldn't get anywhere near the last 32 player stage, which is what is usually expected on day two of an EPT. All the hallmarks of a long day in the saddle were plain to see: nearly 250 players and...more

David Ulliott is continuing his easy progress through the field, most recently sending Eduard Kapitonov packing with A-K against K-J. Ulliott expressed his gratitude to the aggressive player sitting one to the right of Kapitonov, who had been raising a lot of pots and prompted the Russian's shove from the...more

The sudden rush of eliminations has continued, with Ricardo Sousa now making his way to the rail. The Portuguese player ran A-J into the A-K of Laurent Polito, and although they both ended up making a flush in hears, Polito had the ace. On a neighbouring table, Michel Abecassis was...more

After the quickest possible bubble, lasting exactly one hand, the process of one-by-one eliminations begins, started by Amerigo Santoro who got himself €6,225 for 64th place a few minutes afterward. The same fate was bestowed upon Alessandro Cavalieri, a PokerStars qualifier from Italy, out in 63rd. It was veteran...more

Two things have just happened here in Deauville. The first is that the latest official chip count has been posted over on the chip counts page. They were taken at the end of level 14, about half an hour before we started hand-for-hand play. The second monumental moment from recent...more

Nothing like a few all-ins to spice things up a bit. Our thanks to Andrea Piva, Mika Paasonen, Gino Alacqua, and Toni Ojala for their efforts. First it was Andrea Piva, all-in against Marine Bondet de la Bernard, a name that should surely have the word "Countess" before it,...more

It's true these days that seemingly every poker player you ever meet claims to be "big online". My German colleague Robin Scherr at PokerStarsblog.de sometimes wears a T-shirt that reads: "I swear I win all the time online". But that knowing irony didn't stop Scherr describing Moritz Kranich as a...more

There are two players from Holland sitting next to each other. What headline could you possibly come up with to go with that information? Ladies and gentlemen, a big hand for "Double Dutch". I'll be here all week. Joep van den Bijgaart, left, and Jorn Walthaus, right In truth, the...more

Joao Barbosa was standing, which could only mean one thing - the preparations for elimination were underway and his K-6 didn't look too good against De La Gorse's K-Q. Ricardo Sousa had no fear for his countryman though, not surprised when Barbosa hit the required six on the river....more

Time was when you couldn't move during the late stages of an EPT without bumping into a Scandinavian. Swedish and Danish players in particular destroyed these fields and romped to final tables and championships as if it was no more difficult than hopping in the Volvo and nipping down to...more

Ninety players have the money in sight, cheques written and waiting just thirty places away. Naturally the initial all-in flurry has become a slow trawl through these middle levels, with the relief of doubling up even more powerful than before. Just ask any French or Italian player. There's still...more

That much anticipated chip count from the end of level 12 is now on the chip counts page. The local player Eric Haber has come from nowhere to lead the current counts, but the German PokerStars qualifier Moritz Kranich is also in contention, thanks in no small part to those...more

The former France international footballer Vikash Dhorasoo is enjoying his conversion to poker, and he's prospering still here on home soil. He raised to 3,575 on two hands in succession, the first was a routine blinds-and-antes pick-up; the second found a customer in Carlos Ramos, the American PokerStars qualifier. They...more

The noise right now is coming from Michael Fratty. The Frenchman erupts like Vesuvius on every hand sending ripples of mirth and misery around the ballroom in equal measure. It all goes on one table away from Dave Ulliott, an Englishman not into this sort of thing. "Bring him...more