Arnaud Mattern models Laura Cornelius' shoes. We think he looks great.
Arnaud Mattern has had a poor start to the day and is down to just 13,000 already.
He'd already been pretty active when his immediate neighbour opened and Mattern reraised with aces. His opponent called and they saw a flop, on which the original check-raised Mattern to 2,750. Original Raiser led out for around 3,000 on the turn and then around 6,000 on the river. Both times Mattern called, and soon discovered that his aces were no good against his opponent's pocket tens for a full house. Oh well.
By the by to add insult to injury, please enjoy this photo of M. Mattern trying on Laura Cornelius' shoes in the press room earlier.
Marc Inizan and fellow countryman Fabrice Soulier are sat staring into each others souls over at table 18. Inizan has his bum entrenched in seat number 6 and Soulier seat 2. Both of these players are very active so we expect to see plenty of action from that table.
A good start to the event would be to flop a set. That is exactly what Inizan just did in the following hand. But it didn't give him good start at all!
The flop was already laid on it's back and Inizan was playing the hand with Kimmo Kurko. Kurko was in the small blind and Inizan was under the gun. We didn't see the pre flop action but believe it was a standard bet and call.
Kurko bet 600, Inizan raised to 1,900 and Kurko called.
Turn:
Kurko checked to Inizan who bet 3,200 and Kurko again quickly called.
River:
Kurko checked to Inizan again and Inizan did not slow down. He picked up a bunch of chips and tossed them over the line. The amount was a multi-coloured 4,675. After very little deliberation Kurko threw a solitary 5k chip into the mix to indicate a call. Hands on your backs gentlemen
"Wow," said Soulier.
Kurko:
Inizan:
Kurko dragged the pot over to his little home for the next 10-hours with his six high flush.
Today's queues for registration were ridiculous. The reason was a quirk in Italian law regarding credit card payments and bank verification or some such - whatever the precise details, the upshot was our two hour delay.
So to avoid the same thing happening tomorrow, the EPT and the casino urge anyone hoping to play Day 1b to register today. Registration for Day 1b will be open until 1am tonight, and if you would prefer not to stand in a three hour queue tomorrow, you may like to drop by the casino today.
Marco Adams is up to 52,000 after he eliminated Luca Paganelli. Adams was holding on a board of against his opponent's who had apparently been prepared to go all the way.
"I think he was a little bit tilted from a previous hand," said Adams gracefully. The Dutch player is the early chip leader with 52,000.
As level one vanished into the distant memory of everyone, level two kick-started with blinds at 75/150. We decided to head over to table 24 for a gander and for good reason. It contains a former EPT winner in the shape of Jake Cody sat in seat 9, it contains a former EPT runner-up in the tattooed form of Emiliano Bono who is occupying seat 2, it contains Ludovic Lacay and a battered black eye in seat 3 and finally the beautiful Celine Bastian has parked her shapely form in seat 8.
While we were there we saw Bono pick up a few pots with some aggressive pre flop play. Lacay added some chips to his stack with a timely squeeze from the big blind and Cody took down a three-way pot with an uncontested continuation bet. Then we finally saw a hand that went all the way and it involved Bono and Bastian.
Bastian opened up with a bet of 400 from early position and Bono called in the hijack. The blinds moved out of the way leaving the two of them to share a flop of . Bastian continued her pre flop lead with a bet of 700 and Bono called. The turn was the and Bastian did not slow down with a bet of 1,000. Bono reached for chips, before stopping and re-evaluating, he looked at Bastian and finally raised to 2,300. Bastian didn't want to leave the board quite yet and she made the call. The river was the and Bastian took her high heel off the gas and checked to the EPT Prague runner-up. Bono huffed and he puffed but instead of blowing the house down he bet 4,450. Bastian called quite quickly and Bono showed for the full-house and Bastian mucked her cards unseen.
Michael Schurpf and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz (so good they named him twice) flat-called Ramzi Jelassi's preflop raise from the blinds. It was checked to Jelassi on the flop of and the Swede bet 1,000 but Schurpf was the only caller to the turn.
Schurpf checked a second time and Jelassi bet 2,600 which again so a quick call from his opponent to see the on the river. Schurpf now slowly counted his chips and fired out 5,800 but Jelassi quickly raised to 13,800. Schurpf clearly hadn't been expecting a raise and tanked for several minutes before deciding to move all-in, Jelassi shrugged and snap-called with for the flopped nuts.
Schurpf sighed, apparently whispering to his neighbour that he had a set of sixes. The Swede Jelassi is up to about 60,000.
Constant Rijkenberg, who won here two years ago, has dropped to just 25,000 after he agonised for several minutes before folding to an 18,500 bet on the river of a board against Fredrik Andersson. Rijkenberg winced even as he made a fold but his Swedish opponent gave him no relief, mucking his own hand face down.
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flop, on which the original check-raised Mattern to 2,750. Original Raiser led out for around 3,000 on the 
turn and then around 6,000 on the 
river. Both times Mattern called, and soon discovered that his aces were no good against his opponent's pocket tens for a full house. Oh well.
and Inizan was playing the hand with Kimmo Kurko. Kurko was in the small blind and Inizan was under the gun. We didn't see the pre flop action but believe it was a standard bet and call.
on a board of 
. Bastian continued her pre flop lead with a bet of 700 and Bono called. The turn was the 
and Bastian did not slow down with a bet of 1,000. Bono reached for chips, before stopping and re-evaluating, he looked at Bastian and finally raised to 2,300. Bastian didn't want to leave the board quite yet and she made the call. The river was the 
turn.
