2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
63
Prize
€875,000
Event Info
Prize Pool
€4,627,200
Entries
889
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
30,000

Parlez-Vous Français?

Team PokerStars Pro, WSOP Main Event Champ and Proud French-Canadian Jonathan Duhamel had just been moved over to Kara Scott's table when a rather interesting discussion started.

It turns out, despite French being Duhamel's native tongue, no one over here in France understands much of his, apparently very formal, French-Canadian dialect.

Things got quiet, however, when Scott decided to put in a raise to 1,100 chips pre-flop. She got one caller, who promptly folded to a 1,700-chip continuation bet on the {k-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop and the discussion continued.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
45,200 3,200
Kara Scott ca
Kara Scott
37,000 9,000

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelKara Scott

M.I.A

Constant Rijkenberg got off to a good start but his seat is now filled by another, so we're assuming he's out.

Mathew Frankland never got off to a good start, and it only got worse. His lovely table mate, Kara Scott, confirmed he busted. There's always the side events for him to donate to, I mean, participate in.

Player Chips Progress
Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
Busted
Constant Rijkenberg nl
Constant Rijkenberg
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Constant RijkenbergMathew Frankland

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Collado Can't Gain Traction

Abdelkader Chetioui opened to 750 in early position and Jan Collado called on the button.

The flop came down {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Chetioui checked. Collado bet 1,025, quicky getting called by Chetioui to land the {A-Clubs} on the turn. Both checked, doing the same when the {7-Diamonds} hit the river.

Chetioui tabled {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}, besting Collado's holdings to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jan Collado de
Jan Collado
17,000 -2,000

Tags: Abdelkader ChetiouiJan Collado

Mitchell Fights Back

2010 Irish Open winner James Mitchell has had a tough start here at EPT Deauville, but managed to gain back a little ground in a recent hand.

He made it 700 under the gun and only the big blind called. After the {j-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop and a check from the Big Blind, Mitchell made it 900, but couldn't shake this non-believer.

He quickly became convinced, however, when Mitchell bet 1,600 on the {k-Clubs} turn and his cards hit the muck, sending Mitchell back up over the 12k mark.

Player Chips Progress
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
12,200 -3,400

Tags: James Mitchell

McDouble for McCorkell

Craig McCorkell is breathing easier now after he doubled through Abdellatif Salah. The two saw a {10-}{3-Spades}{2-Spades} flop and the chips ended up in the middle.

McCorkell held {k-}{10-} and had to fade the world on the next two streets as Salah tabled {6-Spades}{4-Spades}. He did just that and has18,000 now.

Player Chips Progress
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
18,000 11,500

Tags: Craig McCorkell

Misclick

A mistake by one player turned into some good fortune for Marchel Masaladzhiu and he's now among the leaders with a 93k stack.

The floor had to be called in to make a ruling when the player threw out a 5k chip thinking he was calling Masaladzhiu's 2,200-chip bet. In the end, it was ruled a raise because it was more than double the amount of the bet and Masaladzhiu replied by shipping it in.

His opponent called off the rest of his 20k+ stack with {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and would need some serious help against Masaladzhiu's {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}.

None would come on the {8-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} board and Masaladzhiu claimed another victim on his way up the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Marchel Masaladzhiu
Marchel Masaladzhiu
93,000

Tags: Marchel Masaladzhiu