Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,841,600
Entries
592
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Tom Dwan once said that one can never be too careful when playing poker. He said so with a smirk on his face in one of the episodes of High Stakes Poker, mocking a very cautious player. Dwan might have said the same if he was standing next to Steve Watt's and John Eames' table a couple of minutes ago. Then again, Tom Dwan has fallen of his pedestal pretty hard the last couple of months, so take his words for what they're worth.
Anyway, we saw a hand just now where the small blind checked on a flop of 
. John Eames in the big blind bet out 525 and Steve Watts (who presumably was the initial raiser) in the hijack made the call, the small blind folded.
Eames checked on the 
turn and called after Watts bet out 700. Eames checked again once the 
completed the board. Watts double checked his cards, and checked behind.
Eames showed 
for the flopped flush but he was outdrawn by Watts' 
. Eames laughed he might had check raised, and that was probably exactly why Watts didn't bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
27,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
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Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Three players including Steven Watts took a flop of 
in a raised pot. With 900 already in the middle, there were two checks on the flop over to Watts' button. He moved 350 past the betting line and Yannick Autaa quickly called from the small blind. The third player got out of the way, leaving the duo heads up to fourth street.
The dealer burned and produced the 
on the turn, putting two pair on the board. Autaa checked for a second time and Watts followed suit. The on the river induced two more checks, prompting Autaa to table 
. Watts could not beat the nines and his hand was sent sailing into the muck. With this hit, Watts' stack is down to about 24,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,600
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Ihar Soika raised to 250 from under the gun and was called by Paul Berende in the big blind. On the 
flop both players invested another 400 chips into the pot and Berende then led the 
turn for 1,200. Soika called and bet the 
river for 3,175 when Berende had checked to him.
The Dutchman called with the king-high flush but Soika had that beat with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
23,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
All players that haven't shown up yet but have stacks in seat number 4 will now lose chips, as the stacks have just been put into play as per the announcement of the tournament staff.
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Guillaume Darcourt, very easy to recognize with his remarkable hair style and sunglasses, is back at the tables after taking some time off from poker. The "pink boa" is back to blonde though and already up one third of the starting stack.
Michael Hill is sitting next to Martin Staszko and EPT 10 Prague runner-up Georgios Sotiropoulos has been spotted in today's field as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Former Deauville champion Lucien Cohen was spotted. "The Rat" is seated in one of the outer corners of the room. Last season's EPT Grand Final winner Antonio Buonanno is also participating at the moment.
Besides these two former champions, November Niner Sylvain Loosli and serial qualifier Pierre Neuville have taken their seats.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Sotirios Koutoupas was just spotted queuing at the registration desk.
Last year at Deauville Koutoupas took down the main event winning €614,000 and he is here to defend his title.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Two times EPT champion Vicky Coren-Mitchell is already up in chips and then faced the all in of Maryline Valente for more than 10,000 after she bet the 
flop. Coren-Mitchell folded and then Ivan Luca got involved in a pot with Valente, who limped for 150. Luca made it 425 and got called by two opponents including Valente to see the flop of 
.
Valente fired 1,050 straight away and Luca called while the turn saw another bet of Valente for 1,750. This time, Luca opted for a fold instead and gave up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
29,500
29,500
|
29,500 |
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Ludovic Geilich is another recent entrant and he has joined the table with Artem Litvinov on it. Both are creative, aggressive players and it will be interesting to see if they tangle today. Litvinov has position on Geiliech so that could influence proceedings.
Litvinov hasn’t got off to the greatest of starts and it didn’t get much better in a recent hand.
Bernd Vogelhuber tentatively opened the action for 325 pre-flop and got two callers including Litvinov in the big blind. It was checked down to the river of a board reading 
whereupon Litvinov bet 2,000. Vogelhuber took a while to call and Litvinov turned over 
for Queen high. The of Vogelhuber was good.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
19,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |