2010 EPT Deauville

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
€847,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,686,400
Entries
768
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
30,000

Keeping it Friendly

Dario
Dario
We just witnessed an enjoyable exchange between Stephane Bazin and Dario Minieri. As far as the action goes, Bazin had opened the pot to 35,000, and Minieri put in a three-bet to 124,000. That sent Bazin into the tank and sparked a long back-and-forth between the two.

Minieri was chatting it up for a minute or so while Bazin was studying his every move. Finally, it hushed for a moment as Minieri said, "Oh my god, I'm not crazy. I won't give anymore talks."

"Thank you," said Bazin, smiling wryly.

It's hard to keep Minieri quiet though, and it wasn't long before Bazin drew some more chatter out of him. "Will you show your hand?" he asked Dario.

"I got in trouble once for answering that question," he replied. "So I can not answer." He then proceeded to answer. "Maybe if you show me both of your cards, I will show you one." Bazin smiled broadly. He would finally flip over the {Q-Hearts} and declare a fold. Bazin tried to induce a card from Dario, but he didn't budge.

"We made a deal," said Dario. "Two for one. You already showed me the queen, so now it's one for one." Bazin didn't want to show his other card despite that great deal. "One card for one random?" asked Dario. Bazin shook his head. "One card for one of my choice?" he tried again, bargaining like a used-car salesman. The head shaking continued. Bazin flipped his queen face-down again and slid them toward the muck. The dealer reached for Minieri's cards, but he stopped her to ask one more time. Bazin wouldn't agree, and everyone's cards finally went back to the dealer. The chatter wasn't done though.

"I think you have ace-queen," said Minieri. "It's the only hand that makes sense for you to think so long."

Bazin shook his head. "I didn't have ace-queen."

Minieri: "King-queen?!"
Bazin: "Something like that." After a pause, he added, "I think you had like fives, sixes, or sevens though."
Minieri: "It's in my range for sure."

The chatter continued as we walked away from the table, but we're happy they're getting on so well over there.

Tags: Dario MinieriStephane Bazin