2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Remi Castaignon
Winning Hand
33
Prize
€770,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,753,600
Entries
782
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Big Hands for the Small Stacks

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Marc Inizan just now pushed his short stack of about 5,500 all in from middle position, and it folded around to Phu Phuoc Truong who called from the blinds, committing about a third of his chips to do so. Inizan quickly flipped over his {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}, and Truong remained emotionless as he showed his {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}.

The flop came {6-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and turn {2-Clubs}, giving Truong flush outs to steal the hand. But the river was the {A-Hearts}, and Inizan survives.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Inizan fr
Marc Inizan
13,000
7,500
7,500
Phu Phuoc Truong
Phu Phuoc Truong
12,500

Tags: Marc InizanPhu Phouc Truong

Frankland Dealt "Two Good Cards"

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Mat Frankland continues to climb up the leader board and is now armed with 75,000 chips.

We joined the hand over on Table 10 to see Kevin Allen sat in middle position with 2,525 worth of chips in front of him, considering what his best response to Frankland's 5,425 bet (from the button) should be. Allen eventually decided on a fold, to which a couple of players on the rail requested Frankland to "show a deuce!"

Allen said to Frankland, "You could show one good cards," to which Frankland responded, "I could show you two good cards!"

We asked "Franky" how the hand went down and he informed us there was a raise and a call in early position, Allen three-bet to 2,525 and Frankland four-bet to 5,425.

Player Chips Progress
Mat Frankland
Mat Frankland
75,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: MatMathew FranklandKevin Allen

Kings Serve Derkowski

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jinfeng Huo raised from middle position, Grzegorz Derkowski reraised from late position, and when it folded back Huo called, creating a pot of about 7,500.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{10-Diamonds} and both players checked. The turn then brought the {3-Diamonds} and a bet of 6,000 from Huo, leaving herself not much more than that behind. Derkowski waited about 30 seconds, then declared he was all in and Huo called.

Huo had {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}, but Derkowski had her beat with {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}. The river was the {7-Diamonds}, and Huo hits the rail.

The big board is showing 250 players currently remain out of the 307 who started Day 1a.

Player Chips Progress
Grzegorz Derkowski pl
Grzegorz Derkowski
62,000
19,000
19,000
Jinfeng Huo
Jinfeng Huo
Busted

Tags: Grzegorz DerkowskiJinfeng Huo

Korik and Botond in Sync

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Balazs Botond and Zachary Korik seem to like to play hands at the same time when we're walking between their tables.

Korik was busy playing, and defeating, Matthias De Meulder out of position. He was in the big blind peeled a button raise from the Team PokerStars Pro. De Meulder continued for 1,100 and and Korik check-called before both players checked the {2-Spades} turn. The final card came {q-Clubs} and and Korik led for 1,825. Fold.

Meanwhile Botond had made it to the river of an {8-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{q-Clubs} board where he bet 10,000. It was a pot-sized bet his opponent, Philippe Narboni, had to consider calling out of his remaining 13,000 chips. He called ans mucked upon seeing Botond's {8-Spades}{9-Spades} for a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Balazs Botond hu
Balazs Botond
48,000
Zachary Korik us
Zachary Korik
45,000
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
29,000

Tags: Balazs BotondMatthias De MeulderZachary Korik

A British Home Game

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
John Eames
John Eames

Despite being firmly in French territory, there is something of a British home game going on. Now seated on the same table are two former EPT champions in Zimnan Ziyard and David Vamplew, and we also have James Mitchell and John Eames keeping them company.

It's probably not the easiest table in the world, especially when you consider it is Day 1a of a major France-based tournament, but these guys will cope we are sure.

Gohr and Brains

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Sebastian Gohr has just moved all in preflop in a hand against a man who declared his love for eating brains!

Cast your mind back to the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event and you may recall Sergii Baranov came out with an infamous speech about how Ukrainians "like to eat the brains of their enemies!" It appears cannibalism does not scare Gohr because he just took on Baranov, and won, by pushing him around preflop.

We missed the first bets but saw Gohr with 5,000 in front of him and Baranov with chips totalling 13,000 in front of him. Gohr was deep in the tank, so deep that he had the clock called on him. As one of the floor staff approached to begin the countdown, Gohr moved all in for 34,400 in total, putting the pressure back onto Baranov.

After around 90 seconds, Baranov's hand was sent into the muck and Gohr escaped with his chips and brains intact.

Tags: Sebastian GohrSergii Baranov

Jesper Gets Fedd

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Jesper Feddersen
Jesper Feddersen

PokerStars qualifier Jesper Feddersen is making hay, a lot of hay, a veritable haystack if you will. Niclas Fjellstrom fired out 5,500 but then folded when Feddersen chucked out 25,000 to set him all in.

Player Chips Progress
Jesper Feddersen
Jesper Feddersen
115,000
115,000
115,000

Tags: Jesper Feddersen