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Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2010 EPT Deauville
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2010 EPT Deauville
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,686,400
Total Entries
768
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 768
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Many more pros turned out for Day 1b than Day 1a. The stacked field included WSOP Main Event winners Greg Raymer and Peter Eastgate. Raymer didn't survive the day, but Eastgate, Jonathan Aguiar, Shane Schleger, Betrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Freddy Deeb will all return on Day 2 with sizable stacks.
Ludovic Lacay and Luca Pagano are both hovering around the 185,000 mark and top the chip counts at the end of the day. Neither have enough chips to overtake Day 1b leader Robert Cezarescu, who brings 216,900 to Day 2.
Action resumes on Friday at noon CET. Tune back in to catch the table-pounding action (apparently a French custom) as they play toward the money.
The flop rolled out
. Action check-checked, and the turn brought the 
. Ordukhanyan led out with a bet of 4,500, and Shaniac quickly called. The 
filled out the board, and Ordukhanyan passed this time. Schleger put out 8,000 chips, and his opponent hemmed and hawed and folded.Schleger flashed
with a "Good fold," and he's chipped his way up to about 115,000.
flop. The first to act fired 3,000, and Jean-Robert Bellande called while the third player folded. It went check check after the 
on the turn. And the river brought the .Bellande's opponent bet 7,000, and then JRB went into the tank. He flew all night to get to France and has been uncharacteristically quiet today. Without saying anything, Bellande studied the other player, alternately looking like he was about to toss in the chips to call or flick his cards into the much. He tried several times to catch a reaction from the guy, eventually decided on a call.
Not a good idea. The man tabled
for a boat, and JRB's eyes rolled back in his head. Bellande's got about 34,000 left.
We caught up a bit late to the conversation, but we gathered that Sarwer and two opponents each saw a flop for 2,000 chips apiece, indicating a minimum raise somewhere along the line. The dealer ran out the first three cards
, and the big blind checked. The next player slid out a bet of 7,000, drawing an all-in shove from Sarwer. It was about 47,000 total, and he grimaced as the big blind moved all in over the top of him. That was enough to fold the monkey in the middle and put Sarwer heads up for his tournament life.Showdown
Sarwer:
Opponent:
Sarwer's Broadway cards were pretty much dead, and he'd be looking for a fifth club to stay afloat. The turn was an offsuit
though, and an offsuit 
on the river marked the end of Sarwer's day and tournament, much much earlier than we're used to seeing him exit.The former chess prodigy was clearly frustrated and gloomy as he made his way towards the door. You can't win 'em all, but you can't blame "Mr. EPT" for having high expectations of himself.
ElkY raised preflop but got a call from Pierre Canali in the small blind and the two of them found themselves looking down at an
flop. Canali bet out a hefty 6,800, and ElkY passed with a resigned flick of the wrist.He's on a shade below 50,000 now.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
