After a three-way flop of , Johnny Nedved bet 5,000 and was called only by Benjamin Souriau. The Belgian also continued with another barrel on the turn, worth 9,000. Souriau tossed in two T-5,000 chips for the call and was then given a check by Nedved on the river.
Souriau made it 9,000 and called the check-raise of Nedved to 21,000 with , the Belgian only had .
We arrived to find Team PokerStars Online Pro Gabriel Nassif and Paulino Subtil heads up with a completed board of . With about 9,000 already in the middle, Subtil reached for chips and flicked 2,500 into the middle.
Nassif thought for some time before dropping out a call. He hovered his cards over the middle of the table, instantly ready to muck his hand. Fortunately for Nassif, Subtil did not table his hand immediately either.
In the end, Subtil showed which was beaten by Nassif's . Nassif won the pot and now has about 77,000 in chips.
Konstantinos Nanos opened the action from early position for 1,000 and Sergio Aido made the call. Fabrice Galardini raised to 3,000 and just Aido made the call.
The flop was and Aido check-called a bet of 4,000. On the turn Aido check-raised a bet of 8,000 to 16,000. Galardini made the call and they both checked the river .
Aido showed and a distraught Galardini showed .
Looking on, Alex Goulder teased him, “You can’t lose. That’s so lucky.” Aido just grinned back at him.
Although one may think that the past eight editions of the European Poker Tour in Deauville taught us everything there is to know about this cold spot of Normandy, the first European leg of the circuit in 2015 has already give us several interesting stories to tell.
Jonathan Abdellatif opened to 1,000 from middle position. His neighbor, Dutch EPT champion Ruben Visser, three bet to 2,300 from the hijack and action quickly folded back to Abdellatif. The Belgian made the call to see a flop heads up.
Abdellatif checked the flop, and called Visser's 1,800 continuation bet. Abdellatif check called another 4,700 on the turn and knocked on the table a third straight time after the completed the board. Visser contemplated his action before eventually checking behind.
Abdellatif quickly flipped over and Ruben quietly mucked.
"Twice I had sets and both times I lost," Fabrice Soulier said when we inquired about his stack size that was far shorter that the last time we checked by. Apparently, they went to Manuel Sadornil and the Spaniard is among the current chip leaders.
Georgios Sotiropoulos, runner up of the EPT 10 Prague Main Event, check-called a bet of 2,500 on the turn with a fellow short stack having 7,450 behind. The river saw the Greek check again and then fold to the all in. Sotiropoulos had about 9,000 chips left but headed out of the tournament area quickly after.
Zoran Jovanovic won a live satellite to qualify for this event and he limped from first position to get the action underway. Sat to his left, Carlos Mora Alvarez, pounced on the perceived weakness and raised it up to 2,000. All the other players folded and it was back to Jovanovic who made it 5,500 from a 14,000 stack.
Alvarez first looked confused but then even he had to smile as he mucked his hand, slightly abashed that he had fallen for that one.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier moved all in for 24,650 after FPS Deauville runner up Felix Lambertz had bet 13,000 into a pot of more than 23,000 chips on a river. Lambertz eventually mucked even though it was less than his bet to call and the Frenchman has more than doubled his starting stack.
EPT 11 Prague finalist Anton Bertilsson was all in and at risk for 4,700 with and got called by an opponent who was holding . The board ran out safely for the Swede on even though it wasn't without an additional sweat.
, Johnny Nedved bet 5,000 and was called only by Benjamin Souriau. The Belgian also continued with another barrel on the 
turn, worth 9,000. Souriau tossed in two T-5,000 chips for the call and was then given a check by Nedved on the 
river.
, the Belgian only had 
.
which was beaten by Nassif's 
. Nassif won the pot and now has about 77,000 in chips.
and Aido check-called a bet of 4,000. On the turn 
Aido check-raised a bet of 8,000 to 16,000. Galardini made the call and they both checked the river 
.
and a distraught Galardini showed 
.
flop, and called Visser's 1,800 continuation bet. Abdellatif check called another 4,700 on the 
completed the board. Visser contemplated his action before eventually checking behind.
turn with a fellow short stack having 7,450 behind. The 
. The board ran out safely for the Swede on 
even though it wasn't without an additional sweat.