Bruno Launais Eliminated From EPT Deauville

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Bruno Launais has two EPT final table appearances in his resume. He reached the final table in this very tournament in 2009 and in Vienna in 2010. Ahmed Abdel Fatah has just made sure that he will have to wait at least a few months more before he can reach a third final table.

We joined the action on the flop. There were three players in the hand and 500,000 in the pot. The three players were Bruno Launais, Ahmed Abdel Fatah and Amin Karout.

The dealer gave us a flop of {a-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {8-Hearts} and Launais was first to act and moved all-in for 326,000. Time stood still before Karout folded leaving himself with 200,000 chips behind. Then Abdel Fatah rose to his feet and started to ponder his decision. He really went through the mill and eventually the clock was called. This was not a decision for all of Abdel Fatah's chips but a wrong call would have seriously jeopardised his chances.

The official started the 10 second countdown.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5"

"Call!" announced Abdel Fatah.

Launais did not look happy as he flipped over {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} for the open ended straight draw and back door flush draw. Abdel Fatah was ecstatic with his call as he triumphantly flipped over {a-Clubs} {2-Clubs} . The turn gave Launais more outs when the {5-Diamonds} gave him the flush draw as well. Both players were on their feet as the river was flipped over and the {8-Spades} eliminated Launais.