PokerStars European Poker Tour Deauville -- Day 5

The penultimate day of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Deauville saw 24 players take their seats at the Casino Barriere’s Salles des Ambassadeurs, elegantly poised along the coastline of Deauville in northern France.

Although it took over an hour to lose the first player, that set things off and in less than four levels the final table of eight was found.

Leading the way by close of play was Swede Martin Jacobson with 7,280,000 in chips. The PokerStars qualifier’s most recent success was his runner-up finish at EPT Vilamoura last September for €297,985 and at only 23 years of age, he has more than $1.3 million in live tournament winnings.

Jacobson battled with Alex Wice, the chip leader going into the day, for the top spot and although it looked like Wice was going to take it during the mid-late stages, Jacobson managed to scoop it in the final moments of the day when he made Laurent Polito the final-table bubble boy.

After Jacobson raised to 110,000, Polito three-bet to 310,000 from the big blind. The Swede called and the flop came J 8 7. Polito checked, Jacobson bet 300,000, and Polito moved all in for 2.7 million. Jacobson insta-called flipping over pocket sevens for bottom set. Polito revealed pocket queens, which didn’t improve on the A turn and J river. Polito walked away a day too soon with €50,000 for comfort.

Here is EPT Deauville’s final table:

Martin Jacobson (Sweden) 7,280,000
Alex Wice (Canada) 6,248,000
Kenny Hallaert (Belgium) 3,599,000
Julien Claudepierre (France) 3,244,000
Lucien Cohen (France) 3,085,000
Anthony Hnatow (France) 1,644,000
Ruslan Prydryk (Ukraine) 1,154,000
Kaspars Renga (Latvia) 470,000

And here is what they are playing for:

1. €880,000 ($1,202,795)
2. €560,000
3. €330,000
4. €260,000
5. €200,000
6. €155,000
7. €110,000
8. €66,800

Sixteen players went home with quashed dreams on day 5 as three tables became one. Emile Petit triggered the casualties when he popped Jacobson’s raise of 54,000 to 125,000 from the hijack. Big blind Fabrice Soulier folded and Jacobson shoved all in. Petit instantly called and flipped over pocket kings but Jacobson revealed pocket aces. An ace came on the flop and Jacobson sparked his rise to the top with the downfall of Petit.

Things then picked up speed as player after player hit the rail. Among them was Irishman Thomas Finneran whose A-J could not beat the Q-J of Philip Jacobson when a queen came on the flop and held.

The event also lost its one remaining American, William Johnson. He was crippled by Martin Jacobson after the two PokerStars qualifiers tangled in a pot which saw Johnson river two pair but lose out to Jacobson who rivered a straight. He was soon finished off by Kenny Hallaert and his pocket sevens, who called Johnson’s all in with A Q. A seven came on the flop to put Johnson on the other side of the rail.

Familiar names Fabrice Soulier and German PokerStars qualifier Fabian Holling were also crossed off the final-table list throughout the day.

Here is the full list of results from day 5:

9. Laurent Polito (France) €50,000
10. Philip Jacobsen (Denmark) €50,000
11. Franck Pepe (France) €37,500
12. Kevin Lambert (Switzerland) €37,500
13. William Johnson (United States) €30,000
14. Fabian Holling (Germany) €30,000
15. Didier Mazairac (Belgium) €26,000
16. Kevin Keosomphet (France) €26,000
17. Sebastien Bidinger (France) €23,000
18: Andrzej Nowak-Rogozinski (Poland) €23,000
19: Fabrice Soulier (France) €23,000
20: Zimnan Ziyard (United Kingdom) €23,000
21: Riccardo Giacalone (France) €23,000
22: Thomas Finneran (Ireland) €23,000
23: Fried Meulders (Belgium) €23,000
24: Emile Petit (France) €23,000

Check out the PokerStars Blog Feed to find out what happens next or catch our final recap at CardPlayer.com tomorrow to see who is left standing when the dust settles.

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