Main Event
Day 2 Started
Main Event
Day 2 Started
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 |
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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.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
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 flop and checks from Lambert and Payan, Rousso managed to pick up the pot with a 4k bet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Vanessa Rousso | 101,000 | 4,600 |
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 |
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Kevin MacPhee
|
Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern shoved on the button for 6,500 and was called by Nicolas Chouity in the big blind.
With , Mattern topped Chouity's when the board came down .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nicolas Chouity
|
50,000 | -7,100 |
Arnaud Mattern | 14,300 | 8,000 |
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 |
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Ben Martin
|
13,000 | |
Joep van den Bijgaart | Busted |
Vanessa Rousso raised to 2,000 from early position and the next player to act popped it 4,300. Action folded back to Rousso and she called, landing a flop.
Rousso check-called 5,500 from her opponent, leading to the turn. Both checked and when the hit the river, Rousso bet 6,000. Her opponent called immediately and Rousso tabled . Her opponent, though, showed to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Vanessa Rousso | 90,000 | -11,000 |
Sam Phomveha just moved up to a spot among the early leaders and over the 100k mark after cooling off one opponent.
Both managed to make trip kings, but Phomveha's ace-kicker bested his opponent's ten.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sam Phomveha
|
130,500 |