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Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2010 EPT Deauville
Main Event
Day: 2
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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Yes indeed, only 104 places pay out in this mega-tournament, and among those who will definitely not be placing are a number of big names. Arnaud Mattern, Alex Kravchenko, Katja Thater, Jean-Robert Bellande, Jon Aguiar and Antoine Saout were all among the hordes of the busted today, and go home empty-handed.
Still very much in the running, on the other hand, is a sizable clutch of household names. ElkY, Peter Eastgate, Juha Helppi, Dario Minieri and Freddy Deeb all made it through to Day 3, and all will be hoping to accumulate and dominate come tomorrow. France's own Ludovic Lacay, winner of this year's French Poker Award in the Best-Player-Under-26 category won a monster pot late in the day to catapult him into the lead and managed to stay there until he was pipped at the last minute by fellow Frenchie Nicolas Levi. A last-minute surge saw Levi sail away with the chip lead - he goes into Day 3 on 648,000.
We'll be back at noon GMT+1, so join us then to see who ends up on top, and who goes home with nothing.
We're not sure when the chips went in, but the cards looked like so when we reached the table:
Ainsworth: pocket sixes
Jinfeng: pocket kings
Board:
"Nice hand," said Ainsworth, a trifle unnecessarily.
Jinfeng moves on up to 350,000; Ainsworth meanwhile is left with 130,000.
Mr. Levi raised from the cutoff and Michael Benhammouda re-popped from the big blind for 36,000. Levi shipped for 155,000 more, Benhammouda called, and the cards were turned over.
Benhammouda:
Levi:
Board:
Levi looked like he was trying to keep a straight face as the pot headed his way, while Behammouda was having altogether less trouble forming a scowl.
face up. “If you catch three jacks you could win,” said Deeb, showing his pocket queens. Even with that pot, Deeb is still very short.
By the time we caught up with them there was 75,000 or so in the pot and the board read
. Timex had a bet of 40,000 in front of him and Lacay was staring him down. Eventually, though, Lacay decided he liked being chip leader enough not to risk it, and passed.Timex moves on up to 280,000.
There was some seriously nuts preflop action for live poker, especially as the rest of the room has gotten much tighter in sight of the money. Mazzitelli raised to 12,500, Lacay raised to 30k, then Mazzitelli came over the top for around 70,000. Undaunted, Ludovic pulled out the old five-bet shove, a move saved for very special occasions. And Mazzitelli called all in for another 140,000!
Showdown
Mazzitelli:
Lacay:
The board ran out
, meaning Lacay's big slick held up. It's very likely that with less than hour left to play today, Lacay's current spot as Day 2 chip leader will hold as well.
A wall of various cameras and media personnel swarmed around the table while Leblanc considered his options (Mr. Bruel is very famous indeed in France - "He is like George Clooney here," whispered a French blogger to us). Bruel winked at his opponent. Perhaps because of this, or perhaps in spite of it, Leblanc passed.
Shuffle up and deal!
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
