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France's Benjamin Saboy just found away to turn things around here in Deauville.
After a pre-flop raising war with Eeki Ruponen, Saboy managed to get all of his 26,625 chips in the middle holding jacks.
Ruponen held big slick, but completely whiffed on the flop, turn and river to send Saboy's stack soaring over the 50,000-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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53,550 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
25,600
-400
|
-400 |
|
24,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
15,600
-14,400
|
-14,400 |
|
6,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
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Bordeaux, France's Rodolphe Rey has emerged as the early leader here in Deauville, having amassed a 90k stack.
He told PokerNews the majority was collected in a massive pot where he held pocket jacks on an 
flop.
By the river, he was able to get it all in against an opponent holding 
and doubled up.
Since then he says a few well timed bluffs have helped him build the rest of a relatively large stack for Level 4 without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 |
Max Heinzelmann had two back-to-back runner-up finishes at EPTs in Season 8. He decided after that to cut down playing live tournaments. He made a return the the EPT today and was hoping for another deep, and almost expected deep run.
Not so for the talented and hyper aggressive young German. His most recent Facebook status update read: "Gg". Enough said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
With the board reading 
, Shaun Deeb was faced with a decision following his bet of 3,000. His opponent in the hand put in a check-raise to 7,550 and after about a minute in the tank, Deeb called to see the 
river. His opponent fired 10,000, much of Deeb's remaining stack.
After about 90 seconds a frustrated Deeb gave it up. His opponent showed 
for top two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,200
-18,800
|
-18,800 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
|
44,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
38,000
13,800
|
13,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
35,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
14,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
While the early going seemed like tough times for 2010 WSOP Main Event champ and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel, it appears he's turned things around.
Now sitting on a better than 39k stack his raises seem to be getting a lot more respect than they once did as well.
This evidenced by the fact the entire table ran off and hid when he made it 500 pre-flop in a recent hand and Duhamel was able to pick up the blinds and antes without much of an effort.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,100
4,100
|
4,100 |
|
|
||
Martin Jacobson owned the EPT last season. Well as much as one man could without winning an event. This season had not been so fruitful for him, until he finished 10th at the PCA for a cool $101,000.
He's not having much success today and just lost a pot to drop to 17,000 chips. In a four-way raised pot he called two streets with 
on a 
board. He was heads-up with Franck Kalfon by the river and the Frenchman checked behind on the last street with 
and took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
