Main Event Day 2 | 2010 EPT Deauville

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

01-22-2010 14:46 UTC+2

Bruel Has a Way With the Ladies

[user46392]

What with poker still being a largely male-dominated affair, the queue for the little boys' room can often be overwhelming at breaks.

Mr. Patrick Bruel has a solution to this.

"I am going to use ze ladies' room," he announced to our spy, at that time posted in the ladies' facilities. "I love ladies."

Tags: Patrick Bruel

01-22-2010 14:36 UTC+2

Eastgate Looking Good

[user46392]

By the by, it has come to our attention that there is a considerable sum of money riding on a last longer between Messrs. Peter Eastgate and Dario Minieri. Eastgate apparently initially declined the wager, but eventually accepted, and he's looking in great shape to go home ever so slightly richer than he arrived.

Current standings - Minieri 30,000, Eastgate 135,000.

Tags: Dario Minieri Peter Eastgate

01-22-2010 14:32 UTC+2

Breaking Things

[user66118]

We've got one level down, and the players are taking a 15-minute break. Back shortly.

01-22-2010 14:32 UTC+2

Perrault Gets Lucky

[user46392]

Wow.

We arrived just in time to witness Pascal Perrault raking in a huge pot and looking just as pleased as punch. Table neighbour Jeremy Amsellem related the tale...

It seems that one gentleman had raised preflop and Perrault had reraised. A four-bet from Mr. Gentleman was met with a call from Perrault, and they saw a raggy flop. Mr. Gentleman now bet out 18,000, Perrault shipped his whole stack in, Mr. Gentleman called all in, and they were on their backs.

Perrault: pocket jacks
Mr. Gentleman: very ahead with pocket kings

Turn: blankest of the blanks

River: jack!

Mr. Gentleman is bust, and Perrault is up to 185,000.

Tags: Pascal Perrault

01-22-2010 14:31 UTC+2

Big Call by Kitai

[user140525]

Davidi Kitai opened to 2,900 preflop, and Abdelouaheb Zizi three-bet to 9,000 from the big blind. The Winimax pro called to see the {K-Clubs}

flop. Both players checked, and the free turn card fell the {2-Spades}

. After a quick pause, Zizi open shoved all in. No messing around here.

Kitai asked for a count, then made the call for a total of 49,600.

Showdown
Zizi: {A-Hearts}

, aka absolutely nothing
Kitai: {A-Spades}

, aka second pair and nut flush draw

With Zizi already drawing dead, the {Q-Hearts}

on the river was just icing on the 125,000 chip cake for gave Davidi. Kitai now has 146,000.

Tags: Davidi Kitai

01-22-2010 14:29 UTC+2

Weisner Drinking Double

[user66118]

By the time we made it over to Melanie Weisner's table, she was beaming with smiles and her starting stack of about 22,000 had grown to 48,000. We tapped her on the shoulder to find out the deal.

Weisner says she opened the pot with a raise before an unknown player moved all in with a similar-sized stack. Weisner called with {A-?}

, and she was in a dominating position against the {A-?}

across the way.

The board ran out full of blanks, and Weisner's king kicker played to give her the early double up.

Tags: Melanie Weisner

01-22-2010 14:26 UTC+2

Shooting Blancs

[user46392]

Peter Eastgate raised to 3,000 in the cutoff and Cristiano Blanco called out of the small blind to see a {6-Spades}

flop.

Blanco checked it and Eastgate asked how much he had left - it was around 40,000. Eastgate bet - and the dejected Blanco folded faster than an origami master going for the world origami speed record.

Tags: Cristiano Blanco Peter Eastgate

01-22-2010 14:10 UTC+2

Kabrhel Encounters Trouble

[user140525]

Several tables from the adjunct room have already broken, but Martin Kabrhel is still sandwiched into the corner over there. We spotted him staring at a flop reading {9-Spades}

and considering his opponent's 13k bet. Kabrhel asked for a count of the man's stack (A: around 100k), asked again for clarification, then slid out 28,000.

The guy studied Kabrhel while drinking an entire bottle of water. When it was empty, he asked how much Kabrhel had (A: enough to comfortably cover him.) "Ok, all in," he said, moving his chips across the line. Kabrhel removed his sunglasses, shook his head, and flicked his cards toward the dealer. After giving up his hand, he still has more than 100,000.

Tags: Martin Kabrhel

01-22-2010 14:03 UTC+2

Ludo Playing Games

[user46392]

Overnight big stack Ludovic Lacay limped in, and it folded around to Javed Abrahams on the button, who made it 3,500 to go. Back to Lacay, who promptly reraised to 16,400.

Abrahams thought about it for a while, and attempted to less-than-minimum raise. He was put right.

"How much do you have?" asked Lacay, but disappeared into the tank when it transpired that Abrahams had rather a lot left behind. Eventually he passed, flashing a sheepish grin at the press.

Abrahams is up to 115,000.

Tags: Javed Abrahams Ludovic Lacay