We came on a hand involving Jake Cody in which he and another opponent had reached the river with the board showing .
When checked to the English pro had paused a bit before pushing out a river bet. The circumstance, bet size, and method all worked well enough to earn a call, then Cody tabled his hand — — to scoop the pot.
Poor old Philippe Boucher is struggling for chips, struggling for confidence, struggling to win a pot.......NOT.
We approached the table as Boucher was stacking chips from eliminating another player. This meant the table went to nine-handed and the players were asked to space out accordingly. "Good, I was struggling for room for my chips!" jested the Canadian.
He was still stacking his chips when he opened to 1,000 from the cut-off. A player in the small blind called and Boucher whispered, "When will they learn?"
The flop fell and Boucher folded to a bet. See, he can't win a hand!
Nicolas Levi, the 'Hatpimp' albeit sans hat here is up to 106,000. He successfully flipped with against Aido Sergio's for what looked to be an 80,000 chip pot when the board came .
Former EPT Dortmund champion and current Team PokerStars Pro Sandra Naujoks is currently watching from the sidelines after being given a one orbit penalty.
The reason for her warning was the result of accidentally exposing her cards to her opponent. Naujoks thought her opponent had checked behind so she revealed her hand, unfortunately her opponent had not checked and the penalty was given.
There was a sizeable pot brewing on one of the outermost tables, the board was reading . Roberto Romanello was still to act but his opponent checked out of turn and exposed her cards - for a turned straight.
The floor was called and the ruling was that Romanello could make any decision he wanted now and then his opponent could act accordingly, though with her cards exposed.
The Welshman thought for a minute and then moved all in for about 45,000 into the 25,000 pot. His opponent (who doesn't have an ID card - scandalous!) took two minutes before opting to fold.
After a short-stacked player pushed all in for about 3,000 from early position, Bernard Guigon called from middle position, then Remi Castaignon reraised to 5,500 and it folded around. Guigon called the reraise, and the three players saw the flop come .
Guigon checked, Castaignon bet 5,500 again, and after some thought Guigon stepped aside. Castaignon then tabled his while his opponent showed . The then fell on the turn to fill Castaignon's straight, and after the river another player has hit the rail.
The big board may be a little behind at the moment, but is presently showing 325 players still remaining from the 475 who began play today. All, of course, are hoping to make it through to join the 165 survivors from yesterday's Day 1a.
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Lucille Cailly sits behind 62,000 chips after she bettered Dean Henri Taibi in hand that had the latter shaking his head at the end.
We missed the pre flop action but somehow 5,300 made it into the middle before the two players saw the flop fanned in front of them. Cailly led for 2,650. Call.
No more chips ventured from behind the line as both players checked through the turn and river. Cailly opened bettering her opponent's .
Today's Day 1b saw 475 players come out, which put together with yesterday's 307 entrants yields a total turnout of 782 for this year's EPT Deauville Main Event stop. That's shy of the 889 who played a year ago, but still a healthy-sized field that creates some worthwhile prizes up top.
And speaking of those prizes, we'll be passing along information about the prize pool and payouts as soon as we gather it.
Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren has just been eliminated from the EPT Deauville main event. It really hasn't been her day.
Sweden's Shahin Baharan opened the betting from early position and Coren moved all-in from a couple of seats down. We were unsure of the amount and we did not get chance to count it as Baharan called to put Coren at risk.
Coren:
Baharan:
Coren was in front and a solid favorite to double up and claw her way back into contention. That scenario looked ever more likely by the turn because the board read but the river was the and Coren's hand became second best.
"Bonne chance," said Coren to her former table mates as she gathered her belongings and made the lonely walk out of the tournament area.
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— to scoop the pot.
and Boucher folded to a bet. See, he can't win a hand!
against Aido Sergio's 
for what looked to be an 80,000 chip pot when the board came 
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. Roberto Romanello was still to act but his opponent checked out of turn and exposed her cards - 
for a turned straight.
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flop fanned in front of them. Cailly led for 2,650. Call.
turn and river. Cailly opened 
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