2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
Last Six Hands
The clock has been paused and each table will play six more hands before play ends for the day.
Korenev Adds to His Stack
Roman Korenev has just four-bet Steve O'Dwyer right at the death here in Deauville to add an extra 5,000 or so chips to his stack.
Korenev opened the betting with a raise to 1,200 from early position and it was a raise that received plenty of respect as the players folded all the way around to O'Dwyer in the small blind. O'Dwyer stared at Korenev before three-betting to 3,900. Aubin Cazals folded his big blind and the action was back on Korenev.
After 30-seconds Korenev four-bet to 9,400 and O'Dwyer relinquished his hand, though his face remained expressionless.
Official End-of-Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Ostrom | 212,600 | |
Casey Kastle | 204,500 | |
Ahmed Abd El Fatah | 185,000 | |
Karim Abdelmoumene | 175,800 | |
Andrey Baturin
|
162,300 | |
Philippe Boucher | 160,700 | |
Ferit Gabriellson | 152,200 | |
Cyril Andre |
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Paul Guichard |
147,200
-800
|
-800 |
Fergal Cawley |
144,400
144,400
|
144,400 |
Vadzim Markushevski |
137,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
[Removed:4] |
128,500
-23,500
|
-23,500 |
Said Basri |
126,700
126,700
|
126,700 |
Benjamin Truzman |
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Florian Ribouchon |
123,500
123,500
|
123,500 |
Gaetano Dell'Aera |
123,300
123,300
|
123,300 |
Ben Warrington |
118,300
-11,700
|
-11,700 |
Tobias Peters |
118,200
33,200
|
33,200 |
Fabio Sperling |
118,100
118,100
|
118,100 |
Thomas Butzhammer |
118,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
Pascal Lefrancois |
118,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
Gokhan Guc
|
117,900
117,900
|
117,900 |
Franck Kalfon |
117,500
117,500
|
117,500 |
Cristian Tardea |
116,800
116,800
|
116,800 |
Jean Pierre Petroli |
115,400
115,400
|
115,400 |
David Ostrom On Top at PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
As the world began another work week, it was a busy Monday as well at the Casino Barrière where Day 1b of the PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville Main Event played out. A total of 475 players arrived to play the second of the event's two Day 1 flights — more than the 307 who played Sunday — with Swedish player David Ostrom ending the night having made the most of his day at the office, gathering an tourney-leading stack of 212,600 chips to begin play tomorrow.
There were quite a few familiar faces among today's field, although not all were fortunate enough to survive the day with chips. Those seeing their Main Event runs end prematurely on Monday included Davidi Kitai, Dominik Nitsche, Ludovic Lacay, Alex Kravchenko, Luke Schwartz, Vicky Coren, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Toni Judet, and Pierre Neuville.
Neuville made a play for most painful exit earlier today after getting nearly all of his stack in the middle with versus Joseph Jazzar's following a flop. But the turn and river came and to give Jazzar a runner-runner straight, crippling "Zoutechamp" who would be eliminated on the next hand.
James Akenhead would later earn at least equal amounts of pity following his elimination. Like Neuville, Akenhead lost almost his entire stack in a hand in which he too held and appeared at a great advantage, in this case up against last year's EPT Deauville Main Event runner-up Paul Guichard's . But the flop came to give Guichard trips, and when the lone remaining ace failed to come Akenhead was nearly felted and would be knocked out but two hands later.
And Liv Boeree earned some merit points as well for having persevered despite a bout of food poisoning to survive most of the day before being eliminated. She then watched her boyfriend Kevin MacPhee almost immediately join her on the rail after running into Jean Pierre Petroli's and failing to receive any help from the community cards.
Meanwhile as the workday progressed it was [Removed:4], Paul Guichard, Phillipe Boucher, Casey Kastle, and finally Ostrom each taking turns at the top of the leader board. Ostrom's big rise came late in the day, with a set-over-set hand proving key in his push past everyone and into first position.
Others earning a handsome hourly wage in chips today included Ahmed Abd El Fatah, Karim Abdelmoumene, Andrey Baturin, Vadzim Markushevski, Nicolas Levi, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier.
All told 419 players will be back in action for tomorrow’s Day 2, still more than half of the overall starting field of 782. From those just 120 will be receiving paychecks for their efforts at the EPT Deauville Main Event, with the player finishing the week on top earning the biggest cut of €770,000 from the tourney's €3,753,600 prize pool.
But now isn't the time to be thinking too far ahead. As already suggested, much work is left to be done.
We'll be here working as well starting tomorrow at noon to bring you all of the action from the EPT Deauville Main Event. Until then, au revoir!
Main Event
Day 1b Completed