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.
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.
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:
Place
Player
Chips
1
Amir Salhani
191,100
2
Toufik Ouirini
166,800
3
Kristijonas Andrulis
162,600
4
Philippe Ma
162,200
5
Bartosz Kocinski
142,000
6
Elie Payan
102,500
7
Aurelien Guiglini
133,700
8
Raphael Kroll
132,000
9
Jannik Moser
131,400
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.