Yesterday Kevin MacPhee played a blinder, and got a straight flush to boot. But while he may have enjoyed his day at the office it was a different story for Bertrand ��ElkY�� Grospellier, who crashed out moments ago. The PokerStars Blog reports.
2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville

Over on the feature table, Lionel Rozenberg was all in for his last 100,000 chips with ?
and Dany Parlafes looked him up with the
?
. The Romanian would improve on the
?
?
flop, though Rozenberg picked up a double gut shot straight draw on the
turn. A blank
river sent the Frenchman to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,125,000 | |
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Busted |

Alex Tikhoniouk was eliminated in 24th place in unknown action. He collected �16,770 for his efforts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Seat | Player |
---|---|
Table 8 (Feature Table) | |
1 | Lionel Rozenberg |
2 | Georgios Kapalas |
3 | Joseph Carlino |
4 | Dany Parlafes |
5 | Evangelos Tsairis |
6 | Kevin MacPhee |
7 | Miroslav Alilovic |
8 | Massou Cohen |
Table 9 | |
1 | David Van Den Berg |
2 | Andrius Bielskis |
3 | Benjamin Buhr |
4 | Sergio Aido |
5 | Olivier Piechaczyk |
6 | Benjamin Pollak |
7 | Matas Cimbolas |
8 | Guillaume Darcourt |
Table 10 | |
1 | Ognyan Dimov |
2 | Jeremy Ciup |
3 | Adrien Guyon |
4 | Alex Tikhoniouk |
5 | Carlo Savinelli |
6 | Daniel Carlsson |
7 | Joseph El Khoury |
8 | Julien Duveau |


Joseph Carlino opened for 25,000 from the cutoff and Daniel Carlsson called from the small blind. Carlsson checked to Carlino on and the Frenchman bet out 30,000. Carlsson check raised to 85,000 and Carlino made the call without giving it to many thoughts. The
fell on the turn and Carlsson bet out 140,000.
"You want my stack? I go all in! You bluff!" said Carlino with a lot of fanfare. "He's all in?" asked Carlsson the dealer to double check, "I call" he added when the dealer confirmed.
Carlino showed for top set, Carlsson tabled
.
"I know you have a set!" shouted Carlino. "You want my stack, I give you my stack!" added Carlino twice.
The completed the board and though it kind of looked like a six, it meant Carlino had to give 405,000 total to his French opponent.
"I Play Good! Because I'm a Champion!" shouted Carlino on the top of his lungs. "You don't know who I am. You see my videos on the internet. I'm a champion! Swimming, taekwondo, singing!" said Carlino while doubling up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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890,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
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620,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |

David Jaoui opened the action to 25,000 from the hijack only to have Dany Parlafes three-bet to 62,000 from the next seat over. The button and blinds folded and action was back on Jaoui. He thought for a moment before four-betting to 150,000. Parlafes came back over the top with a five-bet to 255,000, Jaoui quickly six-bet shoved for about 720,000 and Parlafes instantly called.
Parlafes:
Jaoui:
The flop came down giving Jaoui a glimmer of hope to make a gutshot Broadway straight draw. He picked up even more outs after the
fell on fourth street. Ultimately, nothing materialized on the river as the
completed the board. Jaoui was eliminated from play and his elimination prompted the field to re-draw to the final three tables.
Parlafes is now sitting on approximiately 2.01 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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2,010,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
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Busted |
Evangelos Tsairis set Massou Cohen all in on a completed board of . Cohen, after some pondering, called for his own tournament life of roughly 150,000.
Cohen rolled over for a pair of queens and it was good against Tsairis'
which went promptly into the muck. Cohen stood from the table in celebration then sat back to down to stack his chips to about 360,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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560,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
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360,000
45,000
|
45,000 |

Joseph Carlino was singing right into the camera, making a spectacle out of his 4 minute solo for the live stream. The dealer got underway dealing a new hand and Carlino was right in time to receive his cards.
Action folded to Miroslav Alilovic in the cutoff who opened for 26,000. Carlino looked at his cards and pushed all in, talking to the camera while doing it. "I'm all in!" he laughed. It was for 363,000 total and Alilovic couldn't call.
Alilovic showed , Carlino tabled
.
"What is going on?" asked a confused railbird. "This is France" someone answered with a grin.

Straight back from the break, Joseph Carlino put his stack at risk with ?
and had a coin flip against the
?
of Matas Cimbolas. The Lithuanian would find no help on a board of
?
?
?
?
and fell below his opponent in the overall chip counts.
Carlino celebrated the victory by singing, which he already did yesterday as well.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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380,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
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370,000
-247,000
|
-247,000 |


It was a preflop all in between Milan Tomasz Rabsz and Evangelos Tsairis with Rabsz being the player at risk, tabling the ?
. Tsairis had two over cards in
?
and eventually got there on a board of
?
?
?
?
.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
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800,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
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Busted |