EPT8 Deauville: Day 5 seat draw

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:02:52 +0000

Table one
1 Olivier Rogez 2,668,000
2 Vuong Than Trong 871,000
3 Andre Corredoira 1,310,000
4 Paul Guichard 1,700,000
5 Sergey Baburin 438,000
6 Antonio Guerrero 519,000
7 Christopher Brammer 1,262,000
8 Kevin Vandersmissen 737,000

Table two
1 Marc Inizan 481,000
2 Luca Pagano 3,561,000
3 Bruno Jais 970,000
4 Vadzim Kursevich 1,815,000
5 Patrick Nataf 360,000
6 Rob Stain 816,000
7 Christian Togsverd 1,271,000
8 Etienne Moudaress 650,000

Table three
1 Denis Cheremisin 1,117,000
2 Yorane Kerignard 1,124,000
3 Karim Lehoussine 382,000
4 Artem Litvinov 1,193,000
5 Nikolaus Teichert 471,000
6 Ignat Liviu 1,303,000
7 Rumen Nanev 1,052,000
8 Mick Graydon 723,000

Vadzim Kursevich, third in chips

[Source] Rick Dacey

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The familiar story of Luca Pagano and the chip lead with 24 left in Deauville

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:47:49 +0000

Pagano first doubled (“It was a miracle hand”), soon after moved past the million mark, as players like Martins Adeniya and Mikhail Lakhitov, prominent in the earlier stages of the tournament, were forced into the pay-out line.

Luca Pagano

Soon it was two million, next, as the third level of the day ticked by Pagano made it 2,500,000.

Artem Litvinov

This date he became most notable for his reaction to winning a big hand, leaving his table, walking to the corner and performing a kind of boxing manoeuvre, like a man trying to beat up the voice in his head.

There are others, in-between the spectrum of weird and wonderful, who will think nothing of denying to Pagano what he has pursued for so enlarged, details of all of them, and their chip counts, being available in our live coverage stream available here.

Julien Ehrhardt becomes one of the last to go to the rail on Day 4, sent there by Christian Togsverd

Now though we rest after what has been an unusually short day on the EPT, all thanks to an additional day in the schedule. It means a lot but it’s not going to change my life. It seems he intends to put that right in the next two days.

Yorane Kerignard

Then there is Chris Brammer.

Pagano has the live track record but Brammer has it online. When players see you can win those big pots they start getting afraid. Back next his portion was nibbled by eventual winner Andrey Pateychuk and Kerignard departed in sixth. With more than a million won on pokerStars he’s a likely candidate to match that come Monday.

Chris Brammer

Those looking for the left field pick to win need look no further than Russian player Artem Litvinov. “Let’s say the drama is by. Second on the Pocket Fives leader board (and previously first), that is Brammer’s career best live outcome and a hard-to-believe first EPT cash. whether it comes in Deauville I’ll be happy but whether it doesn’t happen I’ll keep trying next season and for the next 25 seasons.”

Pagano eases into Day 5

Regardless of how things pan out that week Pagano has already returned to the top of the EPT Tournament Leader Board, having conceded the lead to Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, albeit temporarily. It’s a point not lost on Pagano but not something keeping him awake at night.

“I won an IPT that summer,” said Pagano.

Sunset in Deauville

Until tomorrow it’s goodnight from Normandy.

All photography © Neil Stoddart

He is and it should be easy; after all, we’ve written it countless times before. In essence you have.

But it has never been about the money, or at least it isn’t any more to the poker playing businessman.

A “seat of the pants” player, Litvinov has been known to flip coins to determine how he should act, as well as taking cigarette breaks when anyone else would be glued to their 50,000-chips-an-orbit seat. “But in that tournament I keep betting for value and they keep paying me. But watching him closely one could tell the Frenchman was not yet finished. Experienced as he is the field is littered with players additionally used to the business end of a main event.

A mascot stands guard next to Mick Graydon’s chips

It was at an event organised by Pagano – EPT San Remo – that Yorane Kerignard made it known that he wanted a slice of the EPT cake. The next best player in that respect is Marc Inizan of France. So with that in mind I’ve given up all attempts to sound new. It’s that first EPT title that matters to him, which, after seven and a half seasons of looking, remains difficult to find.

It’s difficult to write that Luca Pagano is leading EPT Deauville. The trouble starts though when you try to be original, you just stare at the keyboard convinced you’ve cut and paste a previous spread. In short Pagano has some 893,000 ahead of the next guy, Olivier Rogez.

“I’ve been able to build up chips. That count finished on 3,561,000. Those times they didn’t believe me I had very big hands. It probably means these guys don’t read your blog.”

Pagano powered to the lead halfway through the day

Pagano leads the field not just in EPT cashes (this is his 20th) or in EPT finals (he’s reached six) but additionally in experience. Let’s say that in poker it’s critical to get luck but at the right moment.

“Everyone knows I play very solid,” he added. Back at the top and proud of that he may be, Pagano will want to celebrate that with a win.

“I’m in the right spot, in the right way, with the right style of game, so I just have to keep playing my game,” said Pagano. As the shock and awe of that began to sink in word came back that he was now up to 3 million. There are still articles to read from that abbreviated Day 4, urls to which are listed below.

Cold start for the 54 heading into Day 4

Luca Pagano reclaims top spot of EPT Leader board

The look of the opening level

Graydon and Brammer staking their claim for the last 24

A varied mix in the last 36

the final four tables

Artem Litvinov keeps on fighting

That’s it from Deauville on a cold day in Deauville, except whether your name is Pagano. I’ll just say it: Luca Pagano leads the last 24 players at EPT Deauville.

Pagano started today with 344,000 chips, some way behind the leader Sam Phomveha who had more than a million and who found himself on the rail (sent there largely by Pagano) before the close of the first level. “And getting good cards like today.”

To do that the Italian still faces some mighty opposition. Since the first ever EPT in Barcelona (in which Pagano finished third) all the way to now, the Team pokerStars Pro has amassed nearly $2 million in live tournament winnings. I was up to two million with that hand (against Phomveha). I’m happy on the way it went in the past. I will keep trying. I wouldn’t change any of my previous results with just one win.

[Source] Stephen Bartley

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EPT8 Deauville: Day 5 seat draw

The familiar story of Luca Pagano and the chip lead with 24 left in Deauville