Julian Thomas, a PokerStars qualifier from Germany, was in the small blind and there had been a lot of action already, a raise a call and a three bet. Thomas stuck out a big four bet and Stefano Garbarino seemed to be thinking about his options. He threw his hand away though and a cascade of folds followed. “Lot of drama.” said Gareth Teatum from the UK. “I would have folded kings.”
Jake Cody, at the same table, opened the next hand for 300 and found that Thomas was his only caller on the button. They saw a flop of and Thomas made the call when Cody continued for 800. With a turn card of and another bet from Cody of 2,300 though Thomas folded his cards.
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 not gone Gaëlle Baumann's way so far today. She check-called a bet of 4,200 on a board against Ayman Zbib before opting to check again on the river.
Zbib quickly threw out a bet of 11,200 and Baumann tanked for several minutes before finally electing to make the call. Zbib quickly turned over and Baumann looked disappointed as she mucked her hand.
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here. Best French player? Erwann Pecheux in the number 92 spot.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated Jan. 23, 2014):
Place
Player
Points
1
Ole Schemion
781.39
2
Vanessa Selbst
736.22
3
Thomas Muhlocker
594.30
4
Georgios Karakousis
512.31
5
Mike McDonald
490.74
6
Jonathan Little
480.01
7
Kenny Hallaert
416.40
8
Andrew Chen
414.18
9
Max Silver
412.50
10
Jeff Rossiter
408.43
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
Is there a person around that creates more action than Ludovic Lacay? The Frenchman is always at the heart of the action, especially early on where he'll be winning or losing the biggest pot of the tournament.
On a board of Lacay checked the river across to Ondrej Vinklarek, the latter choosing to bet 7,775 into a pot with about 6,000 in the middle. The overbet had Lacay suspicious, but not suspicious enough to call and instead he chose to let his hand go.
Praz Bansi is down to 14,000 after losing a brutal hand against Miroslav Alilovic. Pre-flop Bansi made it 350 to go from middle position and called when Alilovic, who is sat to Bansi's direct left, three-bet to 1,025. On the flop Bansi checked, Alilovic bet 1,800, Bansi check-raised to 4,500 and Alilovic smooth called.
On the turn Bansi bet 6,500 and Alilovic quickly made it 12,500 to play. Bansi then asked Alilovic to move his hands so he could eye the Frenchman's remaining chips (roughly 13,000) whilst this was going on a couple of the other players at the table alerted the dealer to the fact that Alilovic's raise was not legal and so the dealer instructed Alilovic to put out another 500 chips to make the bet 13,000 total.
Another minute or so passed whilst Bansi mulled over his decision, it was clear from his expression that he didn't much like the situation he found himself in but that he also had a strong hand. After some more thought Bansi moved all-in and Alilovic snap called.
Bansi: - middle set
Alilovic: - top set
The completed the board and Bansi said, "nice hand," as Alilovic dragged the pot, the latter had exactly 25,000 total on the turn and is up to 61,175 as a result.
With the EPT in its 10th season and returning to Deauville for an eighth time, many of those participating are coming back after having been here before, including Season 6 Main Event champion Jake Cody, here for today's second Day 1 flight and hoping to follow his own previously-taken path to the winner's circle.
The PokerNews and PokerStars bloggers are also all returning to Deauville again, similarly mindful of walking in their own footsteps around the seaside city — in some cases quite literally. Read more at the PokerStars blog.
Erkan Yildirim was sighing. He was facing a 2,900 bet on the river of a from Anthony Pacini, the former was looking very unhappy.
"I'm not beating much," he said glumly as he tossed in the call.
Pacini looked sad and flashed , Yildirim turned over . Perhaps it wasn't beating much in his head in the way the hand had been played out, but it was enough to beat the Italian's bluff and win the pot.
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and Thomas made the call when Cody continued for 800. With a turn card of 
and another bet from Cody of 2,300 though Thomas folded his cards.
and Baumann looked disappointed as she mucked her hand.
Lacay checked the river across to Ondrej Vinklarek, the latter choosing to bet 7,775 into a pot with about 6,000 in the middle. The overbet had Lacay suspicious, but not suspicious enough to call and instead he chose to let his hand go.
flop Bansi checked, Alilovic bet 1,800, Bansi check-raised to 4,500 and Alilovic smooth called.
turn Bansi bet 6,500 and Alilovic quickly made it 12,500 to play. Bansi then asked Alilovic to move his hands so he could eye the Frenchman's remaining chips (roughly 13,000) whilst this was going on a couple of the other players at the table alerted the dealer to the fact that Alilovic's raise was not legal and so the dealer instructed Alilovic to put out another 500 chips to make the bet 13,000 total.
- middle set
- top set
completed the board and Bansi said, "nice hand," as Alilovic dragged the pot, the latter had exactly 25,000 total on the turn and is up to 61,175 as a result.
, Yildirim turned over 
. Perhaps it wasn't beating much in his head in the way the hand had been played out, but it was enough to beat the Italian's bluff and win the pot.