Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,211,200
Entries
671
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Late Arrivals
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Simon Deadman, who finished second in the FPS €2k High Roller event late last night, has just graced the tournament with his presence. He's been seated to the right of Toby Lewis - hardly an ideal position.
Elsewhere Joep van den Bijgaart, a former EPT Berlin finalist has also been spotted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
11,250,000 in Chips
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375 players have signed up for the tournament today so far. Late registration is open the entire day though so a lot of players might still have to arrive.
Tureniec Shown the Nuts
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With 
on the board action was on EPT Copenhagen 2011 champion Michael Tureniec in the hijack position. The Swede made it 1,300 and his opponent on the button made the call. The 
hit the river and with 4,350 in the pot, Tureniec bet 3,400. His opponent thought about it for some time, frowned, and then made it 7,200. Tureniec eventually folded after some thinking.
The player on the button took one more peek at his cards, and then said "Good fold" before showing his 
. Tureniec laughed, relieved he wasn't shown a bluff when his opponent made a little bit of theater with his showing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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24,250
-5,750
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-5,750 |
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"I'm not beating much..."
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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.
Following Our Own Footsteps
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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.
Also in Attendance
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In the meantime the tournament clock indicates that the amount of runners is up to 390 with 386 still in.
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Bansi Set Up for a Fall
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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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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61,175
61,175
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61,175 |
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14,000
-16,000
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-16,000 |
Lacay in the Thick of Things
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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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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19,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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The Daily EPT10 Player of the Year Update (1-23-14)
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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.