2012 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville

Main Event
Day: 2
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

A Start and a Finish

Ben Martin was up all last night with the ill effects of food poisoning, a fate that seems to affect a lot of people in this sleepy winter town. He's made it back today, albeit with a short stack. "I'm pretty sure I deserve to win this now," he said.

Seconds later he three-bet all-in from from the small blind for 8,700 after a raise and a call. Both opponents folded and he looked up a and said, "That's a start."

At the sane time Joep van Den Bijgaart was walking past after busting. "Lost two flips. Bye," was his explanation.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Martin
Ben Martin
13,000
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
Busted

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MacPhee LuckSacked

2010 EPT Berlin champ Kevin MacPhee must have thought his luck was changing when he flopped a set of aces against a baby club draw and got all his chips in the middle.

Unfortunately, his opponent went runner-runner to make a straight and send him to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Kevin MacPhee

Rousso Rising

100,000 reasons to smile.
100,000 reasons to smile.

In just the first few hands here at the start of Day 2, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso has managed to push over and above the 100k mark.

The hand that did it for her started with a standard raise from Nicolas Lambert and calls from both 2011 WSOP Bracelet winner Elie Payan and Rousso.

But after the {j-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades} flop and checks from Lambert and Payan, Rousso managed to pick up the pot with a 4k bet.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
101,000 4,600

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Day 2 Almost Ready To Go

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2012 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville. Tuesday's Day 1a drew 339 players and combined with yesterday's 550 on Day 1b, a total of 889 players took to the felt with hopes of capturing EPT glory, as well as the first-place prize of €875,000. After eight levels of play, 546 players remain.

Team PokerStars is well represented as Nacho Barbero (106,200), Vanessa Rousso (96,400), and Fatima Moreira de Melo (81,000) each enjoyed excellent Day 1's. Several other members of Team PokerStars will return to action today as well.

Here are the top nine chip counts to emerge from the two Day 1 flights:

PlacePlayerChips
1Amir Salhani191,100
2Toufik Ouirini166,800
3Kristijonas Andrulis162,600
4Philippe Ma162,200
5Bartosz Kocinski142,000
6Elie Payan102,500
7Aurelien Guiglini133,700
8Raphael Kroll132,000
9Jannik Moser131,400

Play is scheduled to continue at noon local time, a little more than an hour from now, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews throughout the day for live updates.

Main Event

Day 2 Started