Main Event Day 1a | 2010 EPT Deauville

01-20-2010 19:20 UTC+2

By the Numbers

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Today's opening flight saw 339 players take their seats by the time registration closed. Tomorrow, that number should push up close to 400 additional players, and there's little doubt that this installment of the EPT Deauville will be the largest ever. Last year's field was 645 runners strong, and it's impossible to think we won't eclipse that this time 'round. The initial soft cap of 600 has been lifted to allow as many players as have €5,300 kicking around to enter and play.

That's good news if you're in Normandy. Get down here and play a record-breaking EPT event!

01-20-2010 19:15 UTC+2

Hard Nock Life

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Curiousness and the attention of the floor required as we arrived tableside to witness a board reading {4-Diamonds}

, two players already all in, and Jeremy Nock flipping {K-Hearts}

, still wondering what to do.

The floor issued Nock with a penalty and then furthermore the clock was called. He considered his options, and eventually folded.

On their backs for the other two, then, and it was some hot Russian-on-Russian action.

Roman Gorskiy: {3-Spades}

Rafael Iskhakov: {A-Clubs}

River:

Iskhakov hits the rail, Gorskiy picks up a big ol' pot, and Nock remains on a one-round penalty.

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

01-20-2010 19:03 UTC+2

Vaserfirer Doubles Back

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A player in early position opened the pot with a raise to 850, and he was called by a player a couple seats down the line. On the button, Oleksandr Vaserfirer was down to just 2,550 chips, and he put them all in there. The original raiser reluctantly folded his cards, and the caller called again to put Vaserfirer at risk. The news was good though:

Vaserfirer: {A-Diamonds}

Opponent:

The board ran out safe for the at-risk player as it came {8-Spades}

. That'll double him up and then some, but he's still frowning with his relatively short stack of 6,400 chips.

Tags: Oleksandr Vaserfirer

01-20-2010 19:01 UTC+2

Saout Not Out Yet

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Antoine Saout, somehow down to just 6,000 or so, made a small raise in late position. Remi Marrale reraised from the small blind, but Saout promptly moved all in and Marrale decided it was too much and folded.

Tags: Antoine Saout

01-20-2010 18:58 UTC+2

Kings No Match for Queen-Seven

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An enormous pot had formed preflop, and so it was that with well over 10,000 in the middle, Richard Toth in the big blind position checked. Nicolas Poloniato promptly moved all in for his last 15,000 or so - and Toth made the call.

Poloniato: {K-Clubs}

Toth:

, making us all wish we'd seen how the preflop action went. Extraordinary.

Turn: {8-Clubs}

River:

With exactly the right number of clubs on the board to make Toth a flush and deny Poloniato a higher one, Poloniato headed home early and Toth moved on up the leader board.

01-20-2010 18:51 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts

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An assorted mix of stack sizes for you viewing enjoyment:

Antonin Teisseire - 26,000
Andrew Chen - 32,500
Mikhail Tulchinskiy - 19,000
Katja Thater - 23,200
Antoine Saout - 6,000
Vlad Zguba - 31,000
Craig Bergeron - 55,000
Arnaud Mattern - 60,000
Alain Roy - 15,075

01-20-2010 18:51 UTC+2

Tally Mattern’s Bananas

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Joseph El Khoury opened for 900, and one to his left, Arnaud Mattern quickly repopped it to 2,600. Jean Yves Labbe made the call from the cutoff, and Mr. El Khoury reluctantly threw in the extra chips as well.

Flop: {10-Diamonds}

El Khoury checked the action to Mattern, who fired 4,600. The bet triggered a speedy call from the cutoff and an even speedier fold from El Khoury.

Turn: {2-Diamonds}

This time Mattern pondered for a while before tossing in one blue 10k chip. Yves Labbe again made the call.

River: {5-Diamonds}

Mattern tossed out a large bet. Insta-muck from his disgusted opponent. After stacking the sizable pot, Mattern is sitting behind a 60,000 stack and two ripe bananas.

01-20-2010 18:39 UTC+2

Burlot Aggression Strikes Fear Into the Hearts of Tablemates

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Siegfried Devos opened for 1,375 and got himself called by Frederic Manaud to his immediate left, only for Regis Burlot to make it 3,000 from the small blind. Eyebrows were raised, but both players called.

Flop: {6-Diamonds}

Burlot bet out 5,000, and duly, both his opponents passed. Like falling off a log, this.

01-20-2010 18:31 UTC+2

Bad River for Malle

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Jean Claude Malle and Hicham Berdai limped in before Bruno Benveniste made it 1,350 from the button. The gent in the big blind called, so did both limpers, and they saw a {K-Spades}

flop, which all four players checked.

The turn was the {J-Clubs}