Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
Main Event
Day: 1b
Break Time
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Another 75-minute level has been completed and the players sent on a 20-minute break.
Cody's Hand Good for Dufour
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
The good old ten-four offsuit, known affectionately as the Jake Cody hand, has just made an appearance on Roberto Romanello's table.
The board read 
and Fabrice Dufour had bet 1,600 from the big blind seat. Romanello, in middle position, stared his opponent down for close to 90 seconds before calling.
Dufour turned over 
and it was enough to win the hand as Romanello mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,300 | 300 |
Jeremy Nocked Out
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Jeremy Nock had a tough time at his first table, saying he struggled to win a hand in the three hours he was sat there. His mood lightened when he finally won a hand at his new table. Then he busted.
We saw him bet the flop and shove the turn of a 
board. He was up against Kent Roed who called both bets with 
. Nock opened 
and openly begged for a spade but it failed to come. He dashed off as quick as Jason Mercier would if there was a Russian waiting to play him at Open Face Chinese poker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Brecard Doubles Up
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Julien Brecard has just doubled up through Karen Kapamahob.
Brecard opened in the cutoff, Kapamahob three-bet to 1,525 from the small blind and Brecard responded by four-betting to 3,325. Kapamahob doubled checked with the dealer about the minimum raise size and once he was armed with the information he clicked it back to 6,725. Brecard moved all in for 21,375 in total and Kapamahob called.
Brecard: 
Kapamahob: 
The board ran out 
and Brecard climbed to 44,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000 | 44,000 |
Marquez Dismisses Vandersmissen
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Kevin Vandersmissen opened for 500 from early position, then a couple of players called before Ana Marquez reraised to 1,875 from the cutoff seat. It folded back to Vandersmissen, and before he could act one of the players in between folded out of turn. He thought a while longer, then called, and the lone remaining player left Marquez and Vandersmissen to battle it out between them.
The flop came 
, and with deliberation both players checked. The turn then brought the , and after a half-minute pause Vandersmissen pushed out a bet of 2,225. Marquez paused a few beats herself, then called.
The river then brought the 
, putting a third jack on board. This time Vandersmissen took a full minute before checking, then Marquez bet 7,750. Vandersmissen sat quietly for a while longer, then gathered his remaining chips and set them out before him as an all-in raise.
Marquez didn't act right away, but after meditating on everything for a while made the call. Vandersmissen showed his 
— he'd flopped a set and turned a boat, but that river jack had introduced problems for him. And when Marquez tabled her 
for a better full house — jacks full of queens — those problems added up to Vandermissen's elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | 28,000 |
|
Busted |
Chips Ahoy!
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,500 | 1,500 |
|
44,000 | 14,000 |
|
36,000 | 6,000 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
32,000 | -400 |
|
27,500 | -2,500 |
|
27,000 | -3,000 |
|
24,100 | -900 |
|
21,000 | 1,000 |
|
16,400 | -13,600 |
|
13,500 | -16,500 |
|
|
13,000 | -17,000 |
Kerp Your Enthusiasm
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Matthias Tikerpe has doubled up at the expense of Bryn Kenney. The Estonian was all in either preflop or on the flop of 
with 
against Kenney's 
. No help for the American on the turn or river and the American is fairly short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,500 |
Jake Cody’s Excellent Adventure
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
The trip to Deauville is not always straight forward - there are few direct flights and most rely on long train journeys. But not everyone likes to play is so safe. For Jake Cody, who left it until the last minute before making the journey, it was about a ten hour drive, a train ride and a late arrival to Deauville, albeit with some open-face Chinese in between.
PokerStars Blog is where you can read on.
No Rey of Hope
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Yann Del Rey must have been pretty happy to get his chips in with 
against Victor Litovchenko's , especially given it was a 52,000 chip pot.
But the board came 
giving the Russian the bigger boat and Del Rey was sent to the rail.