Pagano Steals The Show On Day 4
When Day 4 of the 2012 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville began, Luca Pagano was sitting in 36th place out of the 54 remaining players. One level into the day he became chip leader and never looked back, ultimately finishing the day with 3,561,000.
With 344,000 at the start, Pagano chipped up nicely to about 700,000 before going on an absolute tear. It started when he picked up 
and eliminated Balazs Botond who couldn't catch up with 
. That put Pagano at about the million chip mark, leading to the hand that changed everything.
The chip leader entering the day, Samphane Phomveha, crawled to the first break as a result of the Team PokerStars Pro. Pagano bet every street of an 
board and Phomveha paid him off each time. Holding 
, Pagano's flopped set became a full house. Phomveha showed 
for trips and was left with just two big blinds, busting shortly thereafter.
Following Pagano in the chip counts is Olivier Rogez (2,668,000), Vadim Kursevich (1,815,000), and Paul Guichard (1,700,000). Here is the table and seat draw for the 24 returning players tomorrow.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Olivier Rogez | 2,668,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Vuong Than Trong | 871,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Andre Corredoira | 1,310,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Paul Guichard | 1,700,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Sergey Baburin | 438,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Antonio Guerrero | 519,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Chris Brammer | 1,262,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Kevin Vandersmissen | 737,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Marc Inizan | 481,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Luca Pagano | 3,561,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Bruno Jais | 970,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Vadim Kursevich | 1,815,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Patrick Nataf | 360,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Rob Stain | 816,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Christian Togsverd | 1,271,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Etienne Moudaress | 650,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Denis Cheremisin | 1,117,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Yorane Kerignard | 1,124,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Karim Lehoussine | 382,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Artem Litvinov | 1,193,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Nikolaus Teichert | 471,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Ignat Liviu | 1,303,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Rumen Nanev | 1,052,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Mick Graydon | 723,000 |
Play resumes tomorrow at noon local time and will continue until the final table of eight is reached. Until then, good night from Deauville!