November 2011 David Boyaciya out of nowhere won the biggest tournament in Holland; the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam for €382,200. Not even a month later he travelled to Prague for the European Poker Tour. He finished runner up to Martin Finger for another €535,000.
Boyaciyan had found his calling and continued to crush tournaments all over the world. He travelled to the PCA where he cashed in a side event, made two cashes at the World Series that year and made the final table in a Partouche Poker Tour side event. Not much later it was time for Prague again and once more he made the final table. This time he ended up third for €310,000.
Boyaciyan is playing good and running well. He's playing today and so far enjoying himself. So far so good as Boyaciyan is playing 48,000 at the moment. Boyaciyan isn't splashing his chips just yet, small pots are what he's playing. The only slightly bigger pot was one where his opponent tried to bluff him. Boyaciyan called the raise on the turn and bet on the river with pocket aces. His opponent had complete air and had to forfeit his chips to the Dutch pro.
JP Kelly started out so good today, but after losing two big pots his once oh so big stack is reduced to a mere 12,500.
In the first of the two big hands Tobias Peters raised it up to 450 under the gun. Peters received five callers, including Kelly in position. On a rainbow board Peters continued for 1,150. The player in seat five made the call and Kelly bumped it up to 3,800. Both Peters and seat five made the call.
On the on the turn Peters checked to seat five. That gentleman all of the sudden bet out 7,000 and Kelly made the call. Peters now shoved all in for 18,000 total and seat five reluctantly folded. Kelly made the call and showed a set of eights, but he was drawing to a single out against Peters set of nines. The river spelled doom for Kelly who lost that big pot.
Not much later Kelly squeezed to 2,000 from the small blind after a cutoff open and button call for 500 each. The cutoff folded but Uladzimir Zakharau made the call on the button. and Kelly continued with a 1,600 bet. Zakharau made the call and the man from Belarus also snap called the 4,800 turn bet Kelly made after the had hit. The fell on the river and with four hearts out there Kelly now checked. Zakharau bet 10,000 and Kelly quickly released.
While raking in the chips Zakharau showed the , and later the for the rivered nuts. Kelly wasn't bluffed, but that knowledge doesn't get him his chips back for now.
After the usual amount of fidgeting and waiting and pacing and chatting and coffee-drinking and cigarette-smoking and nervousness, Day 1B is under way in Deauville. There are rappers, former champions and men dressed in tweed (and shark suits), as described on the PokerStars blog.
It’s Day 1B of the EPT10 Deauville Main Event, so it’s a case of "once more, just like before" today, just with a lot more players. Check out last night’s wrap, the overnight chip counts, and how to best follow today’s coverage (all in a bite-sized chunk) by clicking through to the PokerStars Blog.
At noon the tournament will start its second starting day. Yesterday was a rather easy going day with just 234 players in action. Exactly a hundred wouldn't make it through the eight 75-minute levels and had to forfeit their chips early.
Today should be a lot busier. Last year Remi Castaignon triumphed over a 782 other players, if this years PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Main Event wants to beat those numbers we'll need at least 548 players today. The tournament room can handle those numbers, but will the players be here?
A lot of familiar names are in attendance here in Deauville today. Team PokerStars Pro's Jake Cody and Luca Pagano will play today, last years runner up Walid Bou Habib (2nd for €475,000) will start with 30,000 in chips and Niels Van Leeuwen, yesterdays French Poker Series winner, will start. And then there's Patrick Bruel, the accomplished French singer, actor, and professional poker player will make his appearance today. Not to sing a nice little intro song, but to gather all of the chips in the room.
PokerNews' live reporting starts in just under half an hour. Follow the action right here, from start to finish - what should be around midnight.
rainbow board Peters continued for 1,150. The player in seat five made the call and Kelly bumped it up to 3,800. Both Peters and seat five made the call.
on the turn Peters checked to seat five. That gentleman all of the sudden bet out 7,000 and Kelly made the call. Peters now shoved all in for 18,000 total and seat five reluctantly folded. Kelly made the call and showed a set of eights, but he was drawing to a single out against Peters set of nines. The river 
spelled doom for Kelly who lost that big pot.
and Kelly continued with a 1,600 bet. Zakharau made the call and the man from Belarus also snap called the 4,800 turn bet Kelly made after the 
had hit. The 
fell on the river and with four hearts out there Kelly now checked. Zakharau bet 10,000 and Kelly quickly released.
, and later the 
for the rivered nuts. Kelly wasn't bluffed, but that knowledge doesn't get him his chips back for now.
