Main Event Day 1a | 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

01-31-2012 18:55 UTC+2

Parlez-Vous Français?

[user127999]

Team PokerStars Pro, WSOP Main Event Champ and Proud French-Canadian Jonathan Duhamel had just been moved over to Kara Scott's table when a rather interesting discussion started.

It turns out, despite French being Duhamel's native tongue, no one over here in France understands much of his, apparently very formal, French-Canadian dialect.

Things got quiet, however, when Scott decided to put in a raise to 1,100 chips pre-flop. She got one caller, who promptly folded to a 1,700-chip continuation bet on the {k-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} flop and the discussion continued.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	45,200 3,200	3,200

Kara Scott	37,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel Kara Scott

01-31-2012 18:51 UTC+2

M.I.A

MarcC

Constant Rijkenberg got off to a good start but his seat is now filled by another, so we're assuming he's out.

Mathew Frankland never got off to a good start, and it only got worse. His lovely table mate, Kara Scott, confirmed he busted. There's always the side events for him to donate to, I mean, participate in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathew Frankland	Busted
Constant Rijkenberg	Busted

Tags: Constant Rijkenberg Mathew Frankland

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

01-31-2012 18:45 UTC+2

Collado Can't Gain Traction

Mickey Doft

Abdelkader Chetioui opened to 750 in early position and Jan Collado called on the button.

The flop came down {A-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {2-Spades} and Chetioui checked. Collado bet 1,025, quicky getting called by Chetioui to land the {A-Clubs} on the turn. Both checked, doing the same when the {7-Diamonds} hit the river.

Chetioui tabled {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs} , besting Collado's holdings to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Collado	17,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Abdelkader Chetioui Jan Collado

01-31-2012 18:39 UTC+2

Mitchell Fights Back

[user127999]

2010 Irish Open winner James Mitchell has had a tough start here at EPT Deauville, but managed to gain back a little ground in a recent hand.

He made it 700 under the gun and only the big blind called. After the {j-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {2-Clubs} flop and a check from the Big Blind, Mitchell made it 900, but couldn't shake this non-believer.

He quickly became convinced, however, when Mitchell bet 1,600 on the {k-Clubs} turn and his cards hit the muck, sending Mitchell back up over the 12k mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mitchell	12,200 -3,400	-3,400

Tags: James Mitchell

01-31-2012 18:27 UTC+2

Yet More Chip Counts

MarcC

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Spinks	36,000 -9,000	-9,000
Tom Macdonald	35,000 5,000	5,000
Chris Brammer	33,000 3,000	3,000
Craig Cockburn	23,000 -10,000	-10,000
Mathew Frankland	9,200 -16,400	-16,400

01-31-2012 18:23 UTC+2

More Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Ionel	84,000 28,000	28,000
Rodolphe Rey	83,000 -7,000	-7,000
Ruben Visser	50,000 37,000	37,000

Paul Berende	40,000 -4,000	-4,000
Marcin Horecki	37,000 5,000	5,000

Joep van den Bijgaart	32,000 -3,000	-3,000
Kara Scott	28,000 -11,000	-11,000

Sam Chartier	24,000 -500	-500
Nicolas Cardyn	22,000 -7,000	-7,000
Eric Van Der Burg	19,000 5,000	5,000
Jan Collado	19,000 -1,000	-1,000

01-31-2012 18:21 UTC+2

McDouble for McCorkell

MarcC

Craig McCorkell is breathing easier now after he doubled through Abdellatif Salah. The two saw a {10-} {3-Spades} {2-Spades} flop and the chips ended up in the middle.

McCorkell held {k-} {10-} and had to fade the world on the next two streets as Salah tabled {6-Spades} {4-Spades} . He did just that and has18,000 now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig McCorkell	18,000 11,500	11,500

Tags: Craig McCorkell

01-31-2012 18:19 UTC+2

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Morin	68,000 -8,000	-8,000
Arnaud Mattern	49,000 -8,000	-8,000

Kevin Vandersmissen	46,000 10,000	10,000
Henrique Pinho	43,000 5,000	5,000

Jonathan Duhamel	42,000 2,900	2,900

Yury Kerzhapkin	41,000 9,000	9,000
Alexander Dovzhenko	31,000 -3,000	-3,000
Dermot Blain	30,500 -5,500	-5,500
Adrien Allain	25,500 1,500	1,500
Celine Bastian	23,000 -1,500	-1,500
Samuli Sipila	11,000 1,000	1,000

01-31-2012 18:10 UTC+2

Misclick

[user127999]

A mistake by one player turned into some good fortune for Marchel Masaladzhiu and he's now among the leaders with a 93k stack.

The floor had to be called in to make a ruling when the player threw out a 5k chip thinking he was calling Masaladzhiu's 2,200-chip bet. In the end, it was ruled a raise because it was more than double the amount of the bet and Masaladzhiu replied by shipping it in.

His opponent called off the rest of his 20k+ stack with {k-Diamonds} {q-Diamonds} and would need some serious help against Masaladzhiu's {a-Clubs} {k-Clubs} .

None would come on the {8-Spades} {2-Spades} {6-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} board and Masaladzhiu claimed another victim on his way up the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marchel Masaladzhiu	93,000

Tags: Marchel Masaladzhiu