2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€614,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,211,200
Entries
671
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Chips and Position Equals Raise for Isaia

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Philippe Barouk from France opened under the gun for 300 and faced a raise from the button to 900 from Alessio Isaia, who had won a big pot earlier with his suited connectors. The blinds folded and Barouk opted to make the call. The flop fell {2-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. When Barouk checked to the aggressive Italian he was faced with a bet of 1,025. Barouk responded with a raise of his own to 2,200 and Isaia quickly released his hand.

Tags: Alessio Isaia

Wigg Handed a Pot by Adinolfi

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg

Joel Ferando Durfort opened under the gun and Mario Adinolfi in middle position and Anton Wigg in the hijack made the call. The big blind came along for the ride as well and the dealer layed out {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} as the flop. The big blind, initial raiser and Adinolfi checked to Wigg who bet 750. Everyone but Adinolfi folded and the dealer placed the {A-Hearts} on the table. Adinolfi now instantly checked en instantly called as Wigg asked 2,100 from him. The river was the {2-Hearts} and Adinolfi simply threw his cards into the muck. Wigg was handed the pot, but is still around starting stack while Adinolfi has 10,000 more than that.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
40,000 -11,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
30,000

Tags: Anton WiggMario Adinolfi

Didier Done

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Sebastien Didier is among the first players to bust from this tournament, Keith Johnson who was seated to Didier's left told PokerNews what happened. "He three-bet from the blinds with A-K and seat one (Zoltan Szabo) called. The flop was ace high with two hearts and it went bet, call. The turn was the king hearts, they got it all-in and Szabo had the nut flush. It was about a 40k pot." After that hand Szabo is up to around 56,000.

Also out before the first break are Giuseppe Zarbo, Danut Chisu and Sergey Pakhomov.

Player Chips Progress
Zoltan Szabo hu
Zoltan Szabo
56,000

Off to a Good Start

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Jeffrey Hakim made the final table in this tournament here last year, ultimately departing in eight place for €60,000. Here today he's off to a good start, winning a sizable pot that didn't make it past the turn.

Georgios Karakousis made it 400 under the gun and Marko Laine in the hijack made the call. Jeffrey Hakim on the button made it 1,500 to go and after the small blind folded, Oleh Okhotskyi made the cold call from the big blind. Karakousis and Laine made the call as well.

On a {A-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop everyone checked to Hakim who bet 2,400. Okhotskyi made the call, both other players folded. The {8-Hearts} fell on the turn and Okhotskyi checked to Hakim once again. Hakim made it 4,750 and Okhotskyi quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
Jeffrey Hakim lb
Jeffrey Hakim
41,000 11,000

Tags: Jeffrey HakimOleh Okhotskyi

You Wrang?

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

On a flop of {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} John O'Shea fired out a bet of 2,900 in what looked to be a three-way, reraised pot.

Jannick Wrang, the winner of the only (so far) EPT Campione, was the sole caller to see the {6-Hearts} on the turn. O'Shea checked and Wrang thought for a moment before deciding to check behind. Both players then checked the {8-Clubs} river as well.

O'Shea was forced to show {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} but Wrang had {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} having turned a pair to go with the flopped flush draw and the Dane's lowly pair of sixes was enough to win him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jannick Wrang dk
Jannick Wrang
EPT 1X Winner
35,000 5,000
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
27,000 -3,000

Simpson Takes a Hit

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Ian Simpson
Ian Simpson

Former Science teacher Ian Simpson just took a bit of a hit in a four-way pot. The Geordie, who finished fourth in the Irish Open in 2012, won it in 2013 and finished runner-up at UKIPT4 London in November of last year, raised it up to 800 from the big blind over the top of three limps. Two of the limpers, including Joseph Mazig - who was the original limper - made the call.

The flop fell {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}, Simpson bet 1,000 and Mazig was the only caller. On the {10-Hearts} turn Simpson slowed down, checking it over to Mazig, the Frenchman, who won his seat in a live satellite, bet 1,000 and Simpson smooth called. The {A-Hearts} river double paird the board, Simpson decided to lead for 2,200 but folded as soon as Mazig raised him to 5,000.

Tags: Ian Simpson

Odman Loves It

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

On a final board reading {k-Spades}{4-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades} Friend of PokerStars Pierre Neuville checked from the small blind and was faced by a pot sized bet of 3,000 from his young opponent, Swedish PokerStars player Jerry Odman. Neuville was unwilling to call the bet and threw in his cards saying “Nice hand.” which was met with smile and a response of, “Really good hand. I loved it.” as the cards were slid to the dealer to remain unseen.

Tags: Pierre Neuville