Mikhail Petrov opened for 350 from middle position and got three callers, including Luke Schwartz playing from the cutoff seat. The flop came and it checked to Petrov who continued for 550. Two players stuck around, including Schwartz. The after the flop Petrov bet 1,525, and this time only Schwartz remained to battle for the pot.
The river then brought the and checks from both players. With a shrug Petrov showed for queen-high. Then Schwartz tabled his . The flush hadn't come for Schwartz on the river, but a pairing four did and he claimed the pot.
Fresh from his victory in the PLO event yesterday, Anton Wigg seems in a good, confident mood. However, the just lost a little ground thanks to Fergal Cawley in a hand that just finished.
Joining the action on a flop, Cawley lead for 400 from middle position and Said Basri called from the seat to Cawley's direct left. To Basri's left was Wigg and he raised to 2,150. Cawley snap-called but the deliberate Basri took a few moments to consider his options before settling on folding being the best.
The turn saw both active players check, but Cawley instantly bet 5,000 upon the arrival of the . Wigg had seen enough and he released his hand.
Pierre Neuville just approached us and asked if we knew what the odds were of being dealt a pair of kings and someone at your table being dealt the other two kings. A little Google searching (other search engines are available) shed some light that it is around 6,016/1 that scenario happening.
The reason we are mentioning this is because Neuville was all-in with pocket kings on a seven-high board against Patrick Fortin, who also held "cowboys." The pot was chopped and both players survived.
"I had aces versus aces yesterday too," explained Neuville, "players moan about 30% chances winning, but what are the odds of what I have seen? They must be in the thousands."
There are not many better players at building stacks early in a tournament than Michael Tureniec. Holding on to them is a different matter (obviously a lot of exceptions to this) but for now he's heading in the right direction. He seems to be in a lot of pots; nothing new there then.
In one hand he bet-folded to a raise on a flop.
The very next hand he was in the big blind and raised to 800 after four limpers. Not surprisingly all players called to see a flop appear. Tureniec continued for 1,750 and all his opponents mucked. One was actually far more interested in ordering a coffee after he's seen he had missed the flop.
Mikhail Georgiev opened to 500 from early position and earned three callers, including Freddy Deeb playing from the hijack seat. The flop came , and it checked to Deeb who fired 350. The player in the cutoff folded, then the big blind check-raised to 800. Both Georgiev and Deeb called.
That check-raise froze the action following the turn and river, with checks following all around on both streets. The big blind then showed and Georgiev .
"Jack-high? Two aces?" said Deeb as he studied his opponents' hands. "Aces are good," he added, mucking his cards.
As play began, we joked with Jeff Sarwer to let us know if he gets dealt aces because he has a terrible track with them and we wanted to catch him busting out with them once again. Although he hasn't found the bullets yet, he had run into some trouble with an unknown player who we will refer to as Monsieur Unconventional.
We joined the action to see Sarwer open to 375 and our unconventional anti-hero three-bet to 2,000. No, that is not a typo, the three-bet was six-times the original raise. Sarwer called and a flop reading came into view. Sarwer checked, Mr Unconventional bet 3,000 and Sarwer called.
The turn was the and Sarwer checked again and had to face a 10,000 bet. Sarwer responded by moving all in and was quickly called.
Sarwer:
Mr Unconventional:
The river was the and Sarwer had to hand over 22,600 of his chips.
After quizzing both Sarwer and Jeremy Nock about the size of the initial three-bet, Nock explained that our anti-hero had been raising five or six times since the start of play, sometimes with weak hands and, obviously, sometimes with stronger hands.
Anyone want to take bets on Mr Unconventional not making it through Day 1b?
Konstantinos Nanos fired 500 on a flop of only for former EPT winner Salvatore Bonavena to make it 1,200 behind him. Nanos called to see the turn and called another 2,025 from the Italian.
The river was the and both players checked, Bonavena showed and it was good enough to win the pot.
Patrick Braga won the French Poker Series last night but his EPT main event has already come to an end. He had three-bet preflop with Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and another player calling to see a flop. Elky check-called on the flop before doing the same on the turn when Braga shoved. Elky's had Braga's drawing dead and the sent him on his way.
Gaelle Baumann is here. She originally hails from Strasbourg (over on the east coast of France), though currently resides in Malta. She's been getting involved in hands fairly frequently during the first level-and-a-half, and just now we caught up with a hand at a decision point for the 2012 WSOP Main Event 10th-place finisher.
The board read and with about 6,500 in the middle Baumann's lone opponent had fired 1,625. Baumann sat riffling chips in between two small figurines — a panda and a donkey — as she broodingly contemplated what to do. Finally after a couple of minutes, she let her hand go.
and it checked to Petrov who continued for 550. Two players stuck around, including Schwartz. The after the 
flop Petrov bet 1,525, and this time only Schwartz remained to battle for the pot.
and checks from both players. With a shrug Petrov showed 
for queen-high. Then Schwartz tabled his 
. The flush hadn't come for Schwartz on the river, but a pairing four did and he claimed the pot.
flop, Cawley lead for 400 from middle position and Said Basri called from the seat to Cawley's direct left. To Basri's left was Wigg and he raised to 2,150. Cawley snap-called but the deliberate Basri took a few moments to consider his options before settling on folding being the best.
turn saw both active players check, but Cawley instantly bet 5,000 upon the arrival of the 
. Wigg had seen enough and he released his hand.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop.
, and it checked to Deeb who fired 350. The player in the cutoff folded, then the big blind check-raised to 800. Both Georgiev and Deeb called.
turn and 
and Georgiev 
.
and Sarwer checked again and had to face a 10,000 bet. Sarwer responded by moving all in and was quickly called.
and Sarwer had to hand over 22,600 of his chips.
only for former EPT winner Salvatore Bonavena to make it 1,200 behind him. Nanos called to see the 
turn and called another 2,025 from the Italian.
and it was good enough to win the pot.
flop. Elky check-called on the flop before doing the same on the 
turn when Braga shoved. Elky's 
