Zimnan Ziyard's charge to the top of the counts this afternoon evokes a certain symmetry with last year's EPT Deauville Main Event when the EPT8 Loutraki champion found himself in second place in the counts at the end of Day 2. Yet all about the poker room are incongruities and contrasts, as explored on the PokerStars blog.
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Ayaz Manji will have lots of time to think about what he's going to do with his chips as he's just been given a penalty for excessive celebration after eliminating Barny Boatman.
The Portuguese player, who currently lives in Angola, let out a loud cry of, "Yes, yes, yes," which is the point at which I reached the table. Boatman had already departed and his cards were face-down, but Manji's pair of jacks and a queen high board (queen on the flop) were still visible. Another player at the table told me what happened: "Manji raised big on the button and Boatman called. On the flop Manji bet 5,000, Boatman check-raised to 15,000, call. It went bet, call on the turn and then Boatman shoved for 34,000 on the river which Manji tank-called."
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Busted | |
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PokerNews grabbed a quick interview with Barney Boatman after his exit at the hands of Ayaz Manji as detailed below. Boatman had been card dead all day, he explained, and in this hand he held 
. When Manji opened he said he would normally raise but here he thought Manji would bet whatever came on the flop. The flop came 
and Boatman duly check-raised him and got a call. A rag on the turn and Boatman bet and was again called. Another rag on the river where Boatman shoved the rest of his stack feeling he might get called by a lower pair if he had anything. Manji went in the tank for a long time and started chatting away, saying what a difficult decision he had. Boatman believes this is a simple call but Manji took so long to make the call because he wanted the attention on him. It was, simply put, a slow roll in his eyes.
Manji had earlier sucked out with 
against the 
of Ihar Soika and Boatman said he feared that when he got those chips that he too might fall victim to those ill-gotten gains. That’s just the way it works sometimes. Boatman is too experienced to feel bitter about the exit and there was certainly no animosity in his telling of the hand. That’s just the way it happened. No more poker in Deauville for the WSOP bracelet winner however, he’s flying back soon as he has a “Hot date.”
Short version: Christopher Frank opened and would fire three bullets against Niels van Leeuwen in the big blind. It would not work.
Slightly longer version: Frank raised from the button and Patrick Bruel quickly folded his small blind. Van Leeuwen was more interested and called from the big blind. 
on the flop and Van Leeuwen check called 4,600. The turn was the 
and Van Leeuwen now check called 11,200.
The river was the 
and Van Leeuwen checked again. Frank now put a big pile of 5,000 chips forward to put Van Leeuwen allin for his last 32,300. The Dutchman thought about it for some time but called in the end.
Frank showed 
for the missed flush draw and rivered third pair. That wasn't good enough, as he sure by now knew, as Van Leeuwen tabled 
for the flopped top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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108,200
70,200
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70,200 |
Jamila von Perger has already won the Ladies Event here in Deauville this week, and now she's making another run in the Main Event. She could soon become one of the brightest stars in the game. Laura Cornelius, of PokerStars.tv, talks to the German sensation.
Victor Ilyukhin has just won a huge double up after his 
beat Lars Tungel's 
in a monster pot.
The board was 
and Tungel was left with just scraps in the aftermath.
"Unlucky," said Ilyukhin with barely concealed glee behind his eyes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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290,000
20,000
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20,000 |
Toby Lewis is out after a day of grinding.
"I three-bet called with sixes and lost to seven-six and I lost kings to ace-jack," was how the EPT Vilamoura champion summed up his day.
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Busted | |
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From the small blind Jeffrey Hakim, 8th in this tournament here last year for €60,000, bet out 4,500. Ihar Soika from Belarus in the big blind made the call and the 
was soon dealt as the turn. Hakim now checked, and called as his neighbor bet 10,000. Hakim checked again on the river. Soika checked behind rather quickly and would soon get the bad news. Hakim showed 
for runner runner trips and Soika mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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150,000
92,900
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92,900 |
All the chips went in the middle before the flop. German PokerStars player Jamila von Perger had 
and her opponent David Zakine from France (the at risk player) held 
. Yes, a race, but the way it played out did seem a little dirty. The final board read 
with von Perger shooting ahead on the turn but needing to dodge a ten or diamond on the river. Zakine made a flush and perhaps celebrated a little bit too much for von Perger’s liking who shot him a look and angrily stacked what remained of her chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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260,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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60,000
-130,000
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-130,000 |
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