Main Event Day 1b | 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid

03-13-2012 14:48 UTC

Snippets From the Floor

Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen is doing what he needs to do to get his tournament back on track - putting chips in the middle. He made it to the river of a board and faced a 1,600 bet from Pablo Ubierna Martinez to his right. He bumped it up to 5,500 and forced a fold.
Jason Koon and Fraser Macintyre didn't have the goods to call, only to raise. Macintyre opened to 425 before Koon three-bet to 1,500 in position, and Patrick van Dijk shoved for 8,250 from the big blind. They both folded.
Nicolas Chouity, Eli Elezra and David Benyamine are all big players. The former took the latter off a hand on the turn of a board. Beyamine couldn't stand the heat of a 4,100 bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Chouity	41,000 5,000	5,000

David Benyamine	26,000 500	500
Angel Guillen	22,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Angel Guillen David Benyamine Eli Elezra Fraser Macintyre Jason Koon Nicolas Chouity Pablo Ubierna Martinez Patrick van Dijk

03-13-2012 14:45 UTC

Sweet Caroline

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The Mrs. of Guillaume Darcourt (her name is Caroline) has been darting around the tournament area this afternoon, doing some work while trying to keep an eye on the progress of her man.

He had been doing quite well, up around 50,000 before the bottom fell out. As Caroline tells us, within moments of her arrival at the table, Guillaume had both pocket kings and pocket aces cracked, then lost the rest on another bad beat to run his stack right down to zero.

Thanks to Mrs. Darcourt for the information, and condolences on the bad news about the tournament fate of her husband. His day is done, but she's still working hard over here.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Darcourt	Busted

Tags: Guillaume Darcourt

03-13-2012 14:38 UTC

Chippies

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Player	Chips	Progress
David Vamplew	74,000 1,000	1,000

Steve O'Dwyer	52,500 24,800	24,800

Anton Wigg	51,500 22,000	22,000

Nicolas Chouity	46,000 12,000	12,000

Caio Pimenta	43,000 16,500	16,500
Govert Metaal	39,000 2,000	2,000
Mickey Petersen	37,500 7,500	7,500

Eli Elezra	37,000 2,000	2,000

Kenny Hallaert	37,000 1,000	1,000

Dominik Nitsche	35,500 3,500	3,500
Antonin Teisseire	34,000 2,000	2,000
McLean Karr	33,000 4,500	4,500
Andrey Pateychuk	33,000 7,000	7,000

Joep van den Bijgaart	31,500 5,500	5,500
Ondrej Vinklarek	30,000
Olivier Busquet	29,500 2,700	2,700
Leo Fernandez	28,500 2,400	2,400

Kevin MacPhee	28,000 3,000	3,000

Tristan Clemencon	28,000 2,300	2,300
Theo Jorgensen	27,000 5,400	5,400

Jason Koon	26,500 2,900	2,900

Will Molson	26,000 3,000	3,000
David Benyamine	25,500 1,900	1,900
Melanie Weisner	24,500 5,500	5,500
Faraz Jaka	24,500 4,000	4,000

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Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

03-13-2012 14:22 UTC

Elder-ly Drivers

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Rupert Elder and Melanie Weisner are probably the very last players to sit down in the tournament. The pair had rented a car in an attempt to trump the problems of possible shuttle buses being late/delayed. However, they managed to drive for about an hour and twenty minutes, getting severely lost before eventually finding the casino. The damage to both players' stacks hasn't been too bad however, they've only lost around 500 chips each.

Tags: Rupert Elder Melanie Weisner

03-13-2012 14:20 UTC

'Bout Tree Fiddy

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

The number on the board has been stuck at 335 runners since just before the break, so that's a fair estimate of our field size. We'll give it about a dozen extra as we've seen a few more players trickling into the room late. Some of them were almost turned away from the registration window, but more on that from Homer in a moment.

In any event, we'll venture a guess that we've climbed very close to 350 runners today. We'll bring you the official number and the prize pool as soon as it's made available to us.

03-13-2012 14:18 UTC

Drawing a Blanco

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Ole Kristian [Removed:332], the Norwegian youngster who was a big chip leader here last year at the Grand Final is back to try his luck once more at this year's EPT. The Norwegian check-called a bet of 1,300 on a {A-Spades} {5-Hearts} {2-Hearts} flop against Antonio Blanco Saiz before both players checked the {A-Diamonds} turn.

Negard then led out for 3,100 on the {J-Spades} river but Saiz snapped him off and [Removed:332] was forced to show {10-Hearts} {8-Hearts} , no good versus the {8-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} of Saiz.

Tags: Ole Nergard

03-13-2012 14:17 UTC

Vamos, Tortuga!

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We mentioned earlier about the gregarious Venezuelan with the turtle figurines, and we've just caught him involved in an all-in pot. It began with Andre Pereira opening to 400 in early position. Around the table, our hero, Vincenzo Gianelli stuck in a three-bet to 1,225. When it folded back around to Pereira, he quickly reraised with a covering stack of red chips, and Gianelli was put to the test. He had 7,550 chips total, and he spent a minute prodding Pereira for information.

"Will you show if I fold?" he asked.

"No," Pereira said flatly. "I never show my cards."

"Okay," Gianelli answered as he grabbed all of his chips in one hand. "Let's play." He placed his chips into the middle of the table, and he was flipping for his tournament life.

Showdown
Pereira: {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades}
Gianelli: {7-Clubs} {7-Spades}

"Vamos, tortuga!" Gianelli said as he stood up to sweat his fate. The dealer gave him a friendly {6-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} flop, and he talked the dealer through the last two cards. "Easy," he pleaded, pushing his hands down toward the floor as he rooted for low cards.

Turn: {4-Spades}

"Okay, one more time. Easy."

River: {2-Hearts}

With a clap of the hands and a little pump of the fist, Gianelli has found his double, rebounding to about half his starting stack with 15,800.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincenzo Gianelli	15,800 8,900	8,900

Tags: Vincenzo Gianelli Andre Pereira

03-13-2012 14:07 UTC

The Departed

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Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Zaichenko	Busted
Yann Enzinger	Busted
Michel Henri Fardel	Busted
Oleksii Khoroshenin	Busted

Jacek Ladny	Busted
Eduardo Alcouce	Busted
Alessandro Longobardi	Busted
Antonio Buonanno	Busted

Bela Toth	Busted

03-13-2012 13:55 UTC

Molander Needs all Three Bullets

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Jonas Molander had to work hard to get Mike McDonald off a hand. The Swede and Jan Bendik both called the Canadian's 475 open en route to a {9-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {k-Diamonds} flop.

The action was checked to Molander in the cut-off and he bet 750. McDonald was the only caller after he stared down the "still" baby faced player. The turn came {q-Clubs} and Molander bet 2,200. McDonald stared him down again, and called again.