2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Isildur1 Out

Viktor Blom - Eliminated
Viktor Blom - Eliminated

It's back to the online grind for Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom, as today's live session did not go as planned.

He got it in with the nut flush against a set, but the set turned a boat and his EPT Deauville Main Event is over.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Busted

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Nacho Slips

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

We arrived at Jose "Nacho" Barbero's table and found his bet of 600 called by two players on a {J-Hearts}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds} flop.

All three players checked the {9-Spades} turn, landing the {9-Clubs} on the river. The first player to act bet 2,150 and received a call only from Barbero, who quickly mucked when his opponent tabled {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}.

Nacho is down to about 19,000.

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Minieri Takes a Hit

Catching up with the action on an {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Clubs} board, a player bet 3,500 into Team PokerStars Pros Toni Judet and Dario Minieri.

Judet folded, but Minieri called to see the {9-Spades} river. A check led to a bet of 11,000 from the Italian pro. A quick call from his opponent led to Minieri saying, "Two pair."

His opponent turned over {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, though, and Minieri saw half his stack head to the opposite end of the table.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Minieri it
Dario Minieri
13,500 -14,500

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Battle of the Blinds

A little aggression from Frenchman Remi Marlair has lifted him up among the early leaders.

We recently caught him making it 500 to go from the small blind in an unopened pot and when the player in the big blind made it 2k, he smooth called. The flop came {10-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Marlair checked, allowing the Big Blind to lead out for 2k.

Rather than fold, or call, he raised, making it 5,600 and after the Big Blind matched the bet, the dealer revealed the {5-Diamonds} turn. Marlair took the lead this time, making it 6,500 and his opponent folded.

Player Chips Progress
Remi Marlair
Remi Marlair
65,400

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MacPhee Got Away Cheap, and Other news from Twitter

Kevin MacPhee tweeted: "26k. Flop bottom 2 vs top 2 and he gets 3 streets (button vs bb) #EPTDeauville."

Jude Ainsworth: "Just got 2/3s of my stack in with kk v ak. Ended up chopping."

For Italian readers, "EPT Deauville day 1 - Alla fine del secondo livello con 32.000." - Luca Pagano

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
32,000 1,000
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
28,000 -2,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
EPT 1X Winner
26,000 -4,000

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Zaichenko Pushes Fitoussi Out

We arrived at the table to find that Bruno Fitoussi (button) three-bet Andrey Zaichenko's (cutoff) opening raise to 1,400. Action folded back to Zaichenko and he four-bet to 4,300. Fitoussi called after a few moments and the flop came down {A-Spades}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}.

Zaichenko fired 5,600, but was unable to shake Fitoussi. When the {7-Hearts} turn fell, Zaichenko bet 10,500. Fitoussi gave it some thought but opted to lay it down.

Player Chips Progress
Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
48,000 11,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
34,000 -10,000

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Tight is Right?

Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov is playing things rather close to the vest here in the early levels.

He's still hovering around a starting stack after calling a 450-chip bet pre-flop, then quickly folding when his opponent made a 800-chip continuation bet on the {10-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop.

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
33,100 1,100

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Laggy Ludovic

Ludovic Lacay's loose-aggressive style of play has earned him close to $2 million in live tournament winnings and he's run deep here in Deauville before.

So it's never a surprise to see him throwing chips around and we caught him tossing a 500-chip bet in pre-flop from early position moments ago, which two players called.

The {q-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop was checked around, but after one opponent led out for 1,025 at the {a-Hearts} turn, Ludovic and his other foe both folded.

Regardless, the often maniacal Frenchman is still off to a good start here in Deauville, inching up towards the 40k mark.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
EPT 1X Winner
38,275 -725

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