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

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Anton Ionel ro
Anton Ionel
84,000
28,000
28,000
Rodolphe Rey
Rodolphe Rey
83,000
-7,000
-7,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
50,000
37,000
37,000
EPT 1X Winner
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
40,000
-4,000
-4,000
Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
37,000
5,000
5,000
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
32,000
-3,000
-3,000
Kara Scott ca
Kara Scott
28,000
-11,000
-11,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
24,000
-500
-500
Nicolas Cardyn
Nicolas Cardyn
22,000
-7,000
-7,000
Eric Van Der Burg nl
Eric Van Der Burg
19,000
5,000
5,000
Jan Collado de
Jan Collado
19,000
-1,000
-1,000

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
-3,400

Tags: James Mitchell

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
-2,000

Tags: Abdelkader ChetiouiJan Collado

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

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
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Constant RijkenbergMathew Frankland

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
3,200
Kara Scott ca
Kara Scott
37,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelKara Scott

Horecki Happy at His Table

Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki Tweeted earlier that he was very happy with his table draw, and now we can see why.

The Pole opened to 600 and Denis Patout peeled from the big blind to see a {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} flop. Horecki continued for 600, and 1,700 on the {q-Diamonds} turn; check-called both times by the Frenchman.

The river brought the {5-Clubs} and Patout decided to lead out for 1,600 with {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}. Horecki called quickly with {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
32,500
-4,500
-4,500

Tags: Marcin HoreckiDenis Patout

Rey Loses Some

Picking up the action on an {A-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} board, Rodolphe Rey checked to an opponent who bet 2,500. Rey re-raised, sliding about 40,000 into the middle to cover his opponent who quickly called all in for 11,125.

Rey tabled {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}, but was drawing thin against his opponent's {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Rey found no help from the {7-Spades} river, but is still going strong with about 83,000.

Player Chips Progress
Rodolphe Rey
Rodolphe Rey
83,000
-13,000
-13,000

Tags: Rodolphe Rey

Checking Things Out

Although his trap failed to work in the following hand, Marchel Masaladzhiu has crested the 100k mark here in Deauville and appears to be at least among the Day 1a leaders.

On an {a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Clubs} board and facing a 2,100-chip bet, we caught Masaladzhiu raising it up to 4,600. A third player in the hand made the call and after the original bettor folded, the {7-Spades} river was revealed.

Masaladzhiu tank-checked, but it wasn't enough to induce a bet from his heads-up opponent, who checked and turned over {8-Spades}{6-Hearts}.

Masaladzhiu held {10-Spades}{j-Spades} and had rivered a flush to drag the pot and still push over the 100k mark.

Player Chips Progress
Marchel Masaladzhiu
Marchel Masaladzhiu
100,200
7,200
7,200

Tags: Marchel Masaladzhiu