Main Event Day 2 | 2010 EPT Deauville

01-22-2010 17:21 UTC+2

Buy 'Em Cheap, Amsellem High

[user46392]

Young Jeremy Amsellem, finding himself approaching the danger zone, raised from the button and got looked up by Konstantin Tolokno in the big blind.

Tolokno checked the {A-Hearts}

flop and Amsellem calmly pushed his whole stack across the line. Fold.

Amsellem is on 45,000, roughly half the average.

Tags: Jeremy Amsellem

01-22-2010 17:33 UTC+2

We admittedly missed the action that led to the showdown, but we can venture a guess. One could surmise that Henryk Nowakowski opened with an early-postion raise, and Melanie Weisner three-bet him from the big blind. It appears that she put him to a decision for the other half of his chips on the flop with a leading shove. Either way, all 35,500 of Nowakowski's chips ended up in the middle when the dealer ran the first three cards.

Nowakowski: {5-Clubs}

Weisner:

We walked up just in time to see the tail end of a board that ran out {5-Hearts}

, giving Nowakowski the pot and the double up over 70,000. "Wow, five-six.." Weisner trailed off, down to about 30,000 now.

"Sorry, darling," Nowakowski replied patronizingly. "I'm not a French player." He pointed to his, well, rather noticeable midsection and added, "I play from here... And I thought you had ace-king." He shrugged, and Weisner sat there stewing.

Rumor has it she was relieved of the remainder of her chips while this post was being written.

Tags: Melanie Weisner

01-22-2010 17:33 UTC+2

Break Time Once More

[user46392]

We're down another 75 minutes of poker, so everyone deserves to do nothing for 15 minutes.

Back soon.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 200

01-22-2010 17:49 UTC+2

That's Enough of That

[user46392]

There's some serious poker to be played, and that's what everyone will be doing for the next 75 minutes.

01-22-2010 18:00 UTC+2

Kitai Ups the Aggression

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Davidi Kitai was just moved to a new table, and they don't seem too happy to have him. In the latest hand, he bet at a {J-Hearts}

flop. His lone opponent, Ruslan Prydryk, put in a raise. Not to be pushed around, Kitai three-bet shoved on Mr. Prydryk, forcing him to either fold or call all in. The man sat frozen for several minutes until someone called the clock. Prydryk still didn't move a muscle as the floor counted down the minute and then declared his hand dead.

Kitai is up to 210,000, more than enough to bully his rather short-stacked table.

Tags: Davidi Kitai

01-22-2010 18:16 UTC+2

K-J no good for Kjerstad

[user46392]

Stephan Kjerstad open-shoved in early position and it folded right around to Riccardo Mazzitelli in the big blind who made Kjerstad squirm for a little while before calling.

Kjerstad: {K-Diamonds}

Mazzitelli: {A-Spades}

Board: a fairly exciting but in the end fair {8-Clubs}

Mazzitelli let out a victory grunt and Kjerstad took his leave.

Tags: Stephan Kjerstad

01-22-2010 18:19 UTC+2

Soysal Top of the Pops

[user46392]

A new chip leader has emerged!

Ladies and gentlemen, we hereby introduce Mr. Goghan Soysal of Belgium. He has 350,000, which is, as far as we can see, more chips than anyone else. Welcome to the blog, Mr. Soysal.

01-22-2010 18:20 UTC+2

It's Always Funner

[user66118]

Andras Nemeth opened the pot with an all-in shove from early position. Action came around to PokerStars qualifier Alexandre Nowak, and he asked for a count. When he learned the number -- 37,100 -- he announced an all in of his own. The table quickly folded out of the way, and the cards were turned up with Nemeth at risk and, he would soon find out, behind.

Nemeth: {A-Spades}

Nowak:

The flop was a big dry desert for the at-risk player as it came out {2-Spades}

. The

on the turn added a bit of drama to the situation, and sure enough, the {10-Diamonds}

spiked the river to make Nemeth the winning Broadway straight.

It's always funner to go runner-runner, and Nemeth's most-recent suckout doubles him up over 75,000.

Tags: Andras Nemeth

01-22-2010 18:29 UTC+2

Tadini Making Some Noise

[user140525]

Anas Tadini showed up to the casino this morning to play one of the biggest stacks in the tournament, but he was getting dangerously short by the start of the day's fourth level.

After some preflop raising, he went heads up with Jad Khaddage to the {J-Hearts}

flop. Tadini pushed in his last 27,500, and eventually Khaddage called. Not exactly quietly, Tadini flipped his cards.

Showdown
Tadini: {J-Spades}

Khaddage:

The

turn and

river brought no runner-runner miracles for Khaddage, and Tadini celebrated his good fortune. He earned some joking congratulations shouted from a nearby table by Dario Minieri, who doubled up Tadini yesterday. Tadini was over 100,000, but got right back to calling off chips the next hand.

Tags: Anas Tadini