Bahram Chobineh is playing his very first EPT event this week. In fact, he's never played for more than a couple hundred dollars before in his life. He's here as the result of a bet with his home game buddies and a tournament they played.
He must have won, right? No, he lost. And now he's made the cash playing against the "big boys" (as he calls them). Watch him explain the story to Laura Cornelius on the PokerStars blog.
Romain Baert, a PokerStars player from France, moved all in with and was called by Tony Blanchandin with . Baert was at risk and as the cards ran out he was eliminated from the tournament.
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A hand from the feature table now as Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko just busted...
He moved all-in for 67,500 under-the-gun with and Giuliano Bendinelli called from the big blind with . The board gave the Italian the pot and sent Kravchenko to the rail. After that hand Bendinelli is up to 442,500 and is just 1,500 behind Dario Sammartino who has the chip lead at the feature table.
Greece has been a stealth nation on the EPT and has notched up a number of Man Event runner-up spots in the last few seasons. We spoke to Sotirios Koutoupas, second at EPT9 Prague, who is well stacked here at EPT Deauville. Put simply, he wants to be first. Find out more at the PokerStars blog.
Walter Van Camberg was all-in for 63,500 with and in a coin-flip for his tournament life against Ghattas Kortas who held pocket twos. The Swede became a massive favourite on the flop but Belgian had a flush draw. The was a blank but the kept him in the tournament.
Portugese player Renato Almeida had opened to 10,500 from late position and Jasper Wetemans had shoved right next to him for 74,500. Almeida thought about it for some time and eventually called.
Wetemans had the best hand with . Almeida went to battle with and, despite flopping a gutshot on , would not triumph. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Wetemans could start raking in the chips.
and was called by Tony Blanchandin with 
. Baert was at risk and as the cards ran out 
he was eliminated from the tournament.
and Giuliano Bendinelli called from the big blind with 
. The 
board gave the Italian the pot and sent Kravchenko to the rail. After that hand Bendinelli is up to 442,500 and is just 1,500 behind Dario Sammartino who has the chip lead at the feature table.
and in a coin-flip for his tournament life against Ghattas Kortas who held pocket twos. The Swede became a massive favourite on the 
flop but Belgian had a flush draw. The 
was a blank but the 
kept him in the tournament.
and, despite flopping a gutshot on 
, would not triumph. The 
on the turn and 