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2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville Main Event Day 4: Cyril Andre Leads Final 23

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Only 23 remain from the starting field of 782 at the �5,300 buy-in 2013 PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Main Event, with Cyril Andre of France leading the remaining players as the only one with more than 2 million in chips. Andre��s fellow countrymen Remi Castaignon, Hugo Pingray, Aurelien Guiglini and Matthieu Herve round out an all-French top five heading into Friday��s Day 5.

Day 4 Top 10 Chip Counts

PositionNameCountryChips
1Cyril AndreFrance2,108,000
2Remi CastaignonFrance1,997,000
3Hugo PingrayFrance1,864,000
4Aurelien GuigliniFrance1,671,000
5Matthieu HerveFrance1,194,000
6[Removed:4]Germany1,100,000
7Glen CymbalukFrance1,100,000
8Gordon HuntlyUK1,015,000
9Eilert EilertsenNorway1,000,000
10James MitchellUK990,000

After the bubble burst on Day 3, play began on Day 4 with only 51 players left, and it would take just a little over three hour-and-a-half levels for the field quickly to be trimmed down to the final three tables.

Andre began play with an above-average stack, and had already added to it when a big hand arose between him and Lucien Cohen that saw the latter check-call all three post-flop streets as the board came 9?4?2?A?4?. The final call was for the last of Cohen��s chips, but his A?10? (aces and fours) was no good versus Andre��s 2?2? (full house), and Cohen was out in 28th place for a �19,000 cash.

Cohen keeps a large, conspicuous plastic rat at the table with him, and so at the end of the night Andre wrote ��d��ratiseur�� on his bag �� ��rat killer�� �� as a jokey reference to his elimination of Cohen, a key hand for him during Day 4.

The day��s other main plot line concerned start-of-day chip leader Shahaf Hadaya, who experienced a bad run of fortune during the first two hours of play to go out in 32nd place (also for �19,000).

Pocket kings proved especially unlucky for Hadaya, as he lost repeatedly with them including once against [Removed:4] when a 1.5 million-plus chip pot was at stake. Another hand saw the player from Israel lose with the K?K? against Gordon Huntly��s A?A?, and, down to a relative short stack, Hadaya was ultimately eliminated by Yury Gulyy to see his EPT Deauville Main Event run end prematurely.

Other notable eliminations on Thursday included Ionel Anton (51st, �13,500), Salvatore Bonavena (48th, �13,500), Thomas Butzhammer (43rd, �13,500), Lucas Reeves (42nd, �13,500), Jason Koon (39th, �16,000), Alexander Dovzhenko (26th, �16,000) and Sam Grafton (24th, �23,000).

Grafton��s elimination came on the very last hand of play after Massimo Di Cicco was knocked out in 25th place (�19,000) and play was halted for the night to redraw for three eight-handed tables. That last hand saw Grafton reraise-push a short stack with the K?6? against Glen Cymbaluk��s A?9?, flop a pair of sixes, but ultimately lose when Cymbaluk drew runner-runner two pair.

Eric Sfez, last year��s EPT Deauville High Roller champion, is also still alive with a just-below-average stack, good for 14th position of the final 23.

Play resumes at the Casino Barri��re de Deauville on Friday at 12:00 p.m. CET. Check back then for live updates from the Main Event on PokerNews, and also be sure to look in on reports from the �10,300 High Roller as well.

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