Ivey Watch
2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes
€8,500 Cannes Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes
Buy-in
$12,300
Entries
480
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
15,000
Tiffany Michelle Battling
She found such a spot in a recent hand. The player under the gun limped in, and another player in middle position raised the bet to 600. Tiffany was a few seats down the line, and she moved all in for 1,950. The limper folded after a bit of deliberation, while the raiser made the call, putting Tiffany all in and at risk of elimination.
Michelle:
Opponent:
Tiffany was well ahead, and the
flop kept her in the lead. The 
on the turn sealed the deal, sending her a much-needed double up. She now sits with 4,500 chips. Healthy, but not wealthy by any means.
Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner
and was in good shape against his opponent's 
.The board ran
to double Nguyen up to 22,000.
Scoreboard Update
Jeff Madsen - 42,000
Glen Chorny - 18,400
Michael Mizrachi - 47,500
Noah Schwartz - 51,700
Rafe Furst - 39,000
Philippe Rouas - 12,800
The Magician and Mr. Furst
It came down
, and Furst led out with a continuation bet of 1,000. Esfandiari called.Fourth street was the
. Furst slowed down a little bit, checking over to Esfandiari, who checked behind.The last card off the deck was the
. That was good enough for Furst to fire another 2,000 chips into the middle. Esfandiari thought for a minute, then nodded knowingly. He asked, "Two jacks huh, kid?" as he slipped his cards into the muck, sending a few chips over to his fellow pro.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Battling Like a Warrior
.The pot was a six-way limp-fest and the passiveness continued as all players checked the flop. Mads Andersen put a stop to this after the turn had been dealt with a 1,300 bet, but this was instantly raised up to 4,075 by the player in the next seat.
Philippe Rouas was next to act and after a good deal of thought he moved all in. Andersen moved out of the way to let the other player make the call for most of his chips with
. He was behind to Rouas' 
. The river of
changed nothing, enabling Rouas to get back up to his starting stack of 20,000.
Cassidy Gets Even
which put his opponent all in. His opponent reluctantly tossed his last 1,050 into the middle and turned over , putting his tournament life on the line with flush and gutshot straight draws; Cassidy tabled the 
for two pair. A red nine on the river was a safe card for Joe, who stacked up ~18,000 after the hand.
Rocket Boost
. Kitai then check-raised a 500 bet up to 1,500.The call was made so the turn came
. This time Kitai led out for a 2,500 bet that his opponent called after a moment of thought.The river brought a
before Kitai made a final bet of 5,500. His opponent didn't seem to like it but he made the call anyway with 
. Kitai's 
was good for the pot though and it sends him back in the right direction with 34,000.
Tournament Tidbits
Jean-Robert Bellande lost a floor decision when he opened up his hand, but did not intend to muck it. It crossed the betting line though, and was ruled dead.
Phil Ivey has still not made it to the Palm Beach Casino to take his seat.
It is still quite warm in the tournament room, and a lot of players are fanning themselves or leaving their seats between hands to stand near the small fans around the perimeter of the room.
Pascal Perrault has been eliminated from the field. Jean-Robert Bellande and David Williams still remain at his table though, sitting next to each other.
One of the other pro-laden tables in the room has just been broken, sending Noah Schwartz, Eric Mizrachi, and Theo Tran in opposite directions.