04 Feb 12

Luca Pagano Leads EPT Deauville After Day 4

Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano has emerged with the chip lead at the PokerStars EPT Deauville in France. Find out what happened on Day 4 and who Pagano will have to battle for the title.

Luca Pagano

54 players entered Day 4 of the PokerStars EPT Deauville, and 24 of them will head to Day 5 where they'll play down to an 8-handed final table. Day 4 was full of surprises, including several players busting out despite having huge stacks to start the day. The chip leader at the end of Day 4, however, came as a surprise to no one.

What happened on Day 4?

Luca Pagano takes charge - Italian Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano is the best-known player of the remaining 24, and he also has the most chips. He'll bring 3,561,000 chips with him to Day 5, and he'll hope to make his seventh EPT final table. In his 6 previous final tables he has earned quite a bit of cash, but he still hasn't secured a title and will be very hungry to take this one.

Very short day - This tournament was scheduled with an extra day of play relative to the typical EPT structure. For that reason, players had an exceptionally short day of play and will get to return on Day 5 well rested.

Three noteworthy bustouts - PokerStrategy.com Italian coach Sergio "

geniodelletartarughe" Castelluccio unfortunately saw his tournament life come to an end on Day 4, and he finished in 33rd place for €17,000. Day 3's massive chipleader Sam Phomveha handed nearly all of his chip mountain to Luca Pagano in the first level of play, and he busted in 42nd place. Day 2 chipleader, Martins Adeniya, also lost his big stack and busted in 43rd place. We'll certainly see more of him in the future.

Day 5 will begin at 12:00 CET on Sunday, and play will continue until a final table is reached.

Live Updates Via PokerStars Blog

EPT Deauville End of Day 4 Chip Counts
Place	Name	Chips
1st	Luca Pagano	3,561,000
2nd	Olivier Rogez	2,668,000
3rd	Vadzim Kursevich	1,815,000
4th	Paul Guichard	1,700,000
5th	Andre Corredoira	1,316,000
6th	Ignat Liviu	1,303,000
7th	Christian Togsverd	1,271,000
8th	Chris Brammer	1,262,000
9th	Artem Litvinov	1,193,000
10th	Yorane Kerignard	1,124,000

-	geniodelletartarughe	€17,000
-	Sam Phomveha	€15,000
-	Martins Adeniya	€15,000
Blinds: 12,000/24,000/3,000 \| Players: 24 (54) \| Prize pool: €4,267,200