2010 EPT Deauville
Main Event
Day: 1b
Storm Brueling
Bruel:
Valenti:
"Ok, that's not bad," said Bruel.
The flop was safe for Valenti, as was the on the turn. But the on the river earned a loud curse from the Italian. He stared at the board angrily for a moment, then collected himself enough to shake Patrick's hand on the way out. Bruel is now up to 74,000 in chips.
Dario Extends His Lead
With around 4,500 in the pot by the river of the board, Dario Minieri bet out 2,800. His opponent called, but Minieri's reputation must have preceded him as Mr. Opponent was clearly not expecting Minieri actually ot have anything. Minieri turned over for two pair, Mr. Opponent mucked, and there is still no-one near Minieri in terms of stack size at this time.
Chippies
Joe Beevers - 39,000
Julien Brecard - 44,000
Vicky Coren - 14,000
Alexander Kravchenko - 26,000
Antony Lellouche - 25,000
Ramzi Jelassi - 53,000
ElkY - 56,000
Jon Aguiar - 59,000
Juha Helppi - 49,000
Jean-Robert Bellande - 34,000
Fabrice Soulier - 11,000
Barbosa Gets Involved With Beautiful Lady
Nevertheless, Cailly checked, before calling an 800 bet from Barbosa. Both players checked the turn, and Cailly checked the river too. Barbosa now bet 2,100 and after a moment's thought Cailly called - but Barbosa turned over which she could not beat, and Barbosa picked up some much-needed chips.
He's on 17,500 after that.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Moving In Together
Martinez Doubles Through Minieri
Martinez: for top pair
Minieri: for absolutely nothing
The turn and river blanked, and Martinez doubled to a very respectable 50,000. Minieri, meanwhile, drops down from the top spot - on 98,000, he's now been pipped by fellow countryman and Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano.
Boat Rescues Coren
The next hand, one player opened to 1350, and Oliverio da Silva called. Coren shipped it in, and the original raiser called. "I have absolutely no chance of winning this hand," said Ms. Coren. "Even if he has two three, I'm not winning this hand."
Hearing that, the da Silva decided to call as well. Thinking the action was complete, he started to table his hand, but Vicky stopped him before he could show the other player with a live hand.
Flop: Both active players checked.
Turn:
The first man checked to da Silva, then quickly mucked when da Silva moved all in. Finally Oliverio got to table his hand, and with , he was sure he had the winner. But Coren turned up for a full house, meaning da Silva was drawing dead.
Another player at the table congratulated Coren on her triple up. "Back in business now," he said. "Am I?" she asked with a shrug and got back to stacking her chips.
Table 39 Tidbits
Under the gun, Jeff Sarwer opened the pot to 1,025. He found calling action from a player in middle position, as well as Luca Pagano in the big blind. The flop came out , and Pagano checked. Sarwer continued out with a bet of 2,550, and that was good enough to put him heads up with Pagano as he was the only caller. Fourth street brought the , and Pagano took pause. He decided to take the betting lead with 4,400 chips, and Sarwer tanked for ages before folding.
A few hands later, Sarwer raised from the cutoff, and Catherine Hong called on the button. The two saw a flop of , and Sarwer fired 1,625. Hong quickly called, and they both checked the turn . On the river, the drew another check from Sarwer, and Hong decided a bet of 2,200 was in order. Sarwer shrugged and called and gestured to see his opponent's hand. Hong showed up . "Oh, you have a seven?" Sawer half-asked. He nodded, double-checked his hole cards, and slipped them into the muck.
Sarwer was sitting with about 68,000 when we decided it was time to stare at another table for a while.