2010 EPT Deauville

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2010 EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
€847,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,686,400
Entries
768
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
30,000

Jovanovic Dodges a Shaniac Bullet

We walked up to the table to see a bunch of chips involved in preflop action, though the betting process wasn't exactly clear. What we could tell was that Dragan Jovanovic had 4,000 chips out in front of him, and Shane "Shaniac" Schleger had 10,000 for himself. Jovanovic matched the extra amount, and the two men went off to the flop.

It came {4-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {5-Hearts}, and Schleger led out with 11,500 chips. As quick as a blink, Jovanovic open-mucked his {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs}, drawing a double-take from Shaniac. "Wow... wow. You're too good," he said, flashing his {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades} as he pulled in the smaller-than-he'd-hoped pot.

Shaniac is up to 61,000 after a slow start.

Tags: JovanovicShane SchlegerShaniac

Senninger Sent Home

Therese Demeulemeestere raised in the cutoff and then called the push from Nikolai Senninger on the button. Senninger sighed with the inevitability of it all, and they flipped their cards.

Senninger: {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts}
Demeulemeestere: {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs}

Flop: {3-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} - actually some opportunity for Senninger there

Turn: {10-Spades} now giving Senninger a monster draw

River: {7-Clubs}

Nope.

Senninger, who finalled at EPT London, heads home early this time.

Tags: Nikolai Senninger

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Big Stack Chicken

Who is going to blink first? Usually, when Dario Minieri is in a big hand, it's not going to be him. But Anas Tadini, the other sizable stack at his table, decided to test that theory.

Flop: {K-Clubs} {10-Spades} {10-Diamonds}

Minieri bet out 2,100, and Tadini called. Standard so far.

Turn: {7-Hearts} Dario bet 7,000, and again Anas made the call. Still nothing unusual.

River: {5-Diamonds} Apparently the action card both players were waiting for. Minieri checked. Tadini bet 7,000. And then it got interesting. Minieri made it 15,000. Tadini bumped the bet to 35,000. Dario counted out his entire stack, looked like he might push, and then announced fold. Tadini slammed his cards down on the felt: {8-Hearts} {6-Hearts}.

"I almost push, I almost push," said Minieri. But Dario hadn't exactly folded a monster either. He laughed and tabled {8-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}. "Nine-high I call, I swear."

Tags: Anas TadiniDario Minieri

Do or Die for Adeniya

Martins Adeniya, who's had rather a difficult day, checked a {K-Spades} {10-Spades} {8-Spades} flop in the big blind position, and the action moved over to David Cohen in the hijack who bet. Adeniya very quickly and very purposefully moved his whole, not very large, stack across the line. After a few moments Cohen folded, and Adeniya stays in the game on a slightly shaky 16,000 or so.

Tags: Martins Adeniya

National Pride

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A failed pie chart with a too-small legend... but you get the idea
Our 768 runners have come from 41 countries around the world to be here for EPT Deauville. It's no surprise to find France at the head of the list of countries represented, and here's the rest of the breakdown if you're scoring at home.

France - 481
Russia - 32
Italy - 28
UK - 22
Netherlands - 18
Belgium - 16
Spain - 15
Finland - 11
Portugal - 11
Romania - 11
Germany - 10
USA - 10
Morocco - 9
Ukraine - 9
Canada - 8
Denmark - 8
Sweden - 7
Hungary - 6
Lebanon - 6
Austria - 5
Norway - 5
Switzerland - 5
Czech Republic - 4
Ireland - 4
Israel - 4
Bulgaria - 3
China - 3
Egypt - 2
Kazakhstan - 2
Slovakia - 2
Armenia - 1
Belarus - 1
Brazil - 1
Columbia - 1
Dominican Republic - 1
Greece - 1
Iran - 1
Korea - 1
Mexico - 1
Poland - 1
Turkey - 1

French-on French Action; France Wins

With around 16,000 in the pot by the turn of the {3-Spades} {5-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {Q-Spades} board, Aurelien Guiglini checked out of the big blind position, before calling 6,000 from Jeremy Amsellem.

They both went on to check the {6-Clubs} river and Guiglini turned over {4-Spades} {6-Spades} for a bunch of draws that had turned into a pair of sixes, and started cursing. Amsellem's {A-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} for top pair was good to take the pot, and he remained perfectly sanguine behind his bandit-style face scarf as he raked in the chips.

Guiglini - 30,000
Amsellem - 55,000

Tags: Jeremy Amsellem

Full of Dinner

Back at the felt for three more levels now.

Without the distraction of the French Poker Awards tonight, we should be done a little earlier than yesterday.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50