After five days of action and playing down from 891 players, we have reached the final table of the EPT Deauville main event in France. Swedish Martin Jacobson and Canadian Alex Wice lead the final eight players heading into Monday's final table.
Most of the big names remaining in the field were casualties by day 4 and 5; including Thomas Bichon (75th), Praz Bansi (74th), Ludovic Lacay (52nd), Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (44th), and Joe Ebanks (30th) and Fabrice Soulier (19th).
A total of 891 players, 123 players more than last year, created a prize pool of €4,276,800.
Player Chip Count
Martin Jacobson 7280000
Alex Wice 6248000
Kenny Hallaert 3599000
Julien Claudepierre 3244000
Lucien Cohen 3085000
Anthony Hnatow 1644000
Ruslan Prydryk 1154000
Kaspars Renga 470000
Final table payouts:
1 €880,000
2 €560,000
3 €330,000
4 €260,000
5 €200,000
6 €155,000
7 €110,000
8 €66,800
9-10 €50,000
Play will resume Monday with play in level 26 and the blinds at 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante.