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11.46pm: Jake Cody wins EPT Deauville for €847,000 Teodor Caraba runner up for €516,000 It's over! And after a final full of skill and flair, it was fitting that this ended when two monster hands collided. Teodor Caraba raised to 800,000 and Jake Cody re-raised to 1,760,000. Caraba then...more

8pm: Dinner time That's the end of the level as players take a one hour dinner break. They'll each be required to eat different meals from the buffet so that if one gets food poisoning the other two will be able to play to a finish. Teodor Caraba --...more

6.25pm: Break That's the end of the level. We're on a 15-minute break. 6.20pm: Aces for Caraba Jake Cody started this one off with a bet of 260,000, and Teodor Caraba called. On the T♠7♣5♣ flop, Caraba bet 500,000, Cody re-raised to 1,500,000 and Caraba called. Both checked the...more

4.40pm: Level end That was the last hand of the level and we'll see how it affects the chip counts very soon. Join us in level 30. 4.35pm: Cody double up; Did Timex miss a trick? Jake Cody is back and fighting, but Craig Bergeron is running very short....more

3pm: Level over That was the last meaningful action for the level and we'll now take a break. It's scheduled to last 15 minutes, but to be honest it could be anything up to an hour. 2.50pm: Threesome For what seems to be the first time in this final,...more

1.20pm: Level ends with a three-bet Mike McDonald has now given Jake Cody a taste of his own medicine. The British player opened and McDonald three-bet. Cody folded. Just as it's hotting up, we take a break. That's the end of the first level of the final. Full chip...more

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With the elimination of Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier at the end of day four, our final table of eight players for EPT Deauville was set. The Romanian Teodor Caraba leads, but there are two other major talking points from the final line-up: can the Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate add EPT...more

Regular readers of the PokerStars Blog EPT coverage will be familiar with a relentless obsession with finding a first double winner of an EPT. To those inside the game and particularly those whose lives are spent following this bandwagon across Europe, it's the new frontier, like a Mars colony...more

7.10pm: Ay Caraba! Stephane Albertini opened from early position, making it 110,000, and Jake Cody called late. The pot wasn't done, however, as Teodor Caraba squeezed to 355,000 from the small blind. Albertini was persuaded out of it a little quicker than Cody was, but they eventually both did...more

4.44pm: A few small hands from both tables From the feature table: Stephane Albertini makes it 94,000 and ElkY calls in the big blind. They both check the 5♥T♥7♦ flop and then when Albertini checks the 8♥ turn, ElkY bets 122,000, which takes it down. ElkY was at it...more

3.23pm: Harry can't magic his way out of this spot Harry Touil was under-the-gun and moved his short stack all in. Craig Bergeron was in mid-position and was the only one to make the call. Touil opened K♣Q♣ was in really bad shape against Bergeron's K♥K♦. The board ran...more

1.43pm: Take this one into the break Jake Cody has just shipped a huge portion of his stack to David Morante on the last hand before the break. They had history, though, and it's worth going back to the previous hand to understand how this one played out. Morante...more

Welcome back to day four of EPT Deauville where three poker tables, piloted by 24 players, will provide everything you could possibly need today. Among them are new players, old players, some you've heard of and some you'll never hear of again and it's difficult to predict which ones...more

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We all have our favourites -- be it sweets, sports teams or Blue Peter presenters -- but when pushed to name a preferred day at a European Poker Tour main event, it's difficult to look beyond day three. There's no doubt that day one has its pristine charms, and we...more

10.35pm: Man down on last hand We were due to play down to 24 players or finish seven levels, whichever came first. Amazingly they both came at the same time, with Stefan Fuchs busting on the last scheduled hand of the night. He pushed with pocket queens but ran...more

9.15pm: Etiquette issues There have been a few problems of etiquette here in Deauville and Shane Schleger was just on the receiving end of the most recent occurrence. The tournament director Thomas Kremser announced a 15-minute break just as the dealer on table four was in the middle of a...more

7.41pm: End of the level You know the routine by now - players are going on a 15-minute break. 38 players are left, we need to get down to 24 for the night to be done, or to the end of level 22, whichever comes first. 7.40pm: Oh Oui! Michael...more