Jean Pierre Besancon min-raised to 8,000 and reluctantly called the all in of Ioannis Angelou-Konstas for what looked like 40,000 with . The Greek had pushed out of the small blind with and had to go through a roller coaster of emotions on a board of before sitting down again and stacking the chips.
Jan-Eric Schwippert was all in and at risk preflop for his last 48,500 chips and pocket eights. Unfortunately for the German, Vadim Shlez held pocket jacks and the better pair would scoop the pot.
Sotirios Koutoupas won in France last year, and now Greek poker’s elder statesman Georgios Kapalas aims to go back-to-back. The PokerStars Blog reports.
The French Poker Awards were handed out last night during the EPT 11 Deauville festival, and after enjoying the festivities we spoke to French Poker Series President Cédric Billot about the importance of events like this.
Apparently Georgios Zisimopoulos busted just before the start of the break still and a quick look at the screens confirms that there are only 93 players left. With the top 87 spots getting paid, the bubble time will kick off soon.
Right before the break, in one of the last hands played, Matti Konttinen from Finland got eliminated from the tournament. He ran his into his next door neighbors . Marton Czuczor was the beneficiary winning on .
Gangzhou Hu limped on the button and Marton Czuczor made it 15,000 from the small blind. With the big blind folding Hu made the call.
The flop was and, following a check from Czuczor, Hu moved all in. Czuczor instantly called and there was nothing Hu could do except laugh as he saw the top set of Czuczor as he tabled his own .
The turn and completed the action and they were one closer to the bubble.
. The Greek had pushed out of the small blind with 
and had to go through a roller coaster of emotions on a board of 
before sitting down again and stacking the chips.
into his next door neighbors 
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and, following a check from Czuczor, Hu moved all in. Czuczor instantly called and there was nothing Hu could do except laugh as he saw the top set 
of Czuczor as he tabled his own 
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