In a pot of 1,100, Pierre Calamusa bet 500 to enforce a fold from Lex Veldhuis with the board reading . One hand later, the Frenchman had raised and the player in the big blind defended. On the flop , Calamusa's continuation bet of 400 was called. The turn saw his opponent bet 700 and Calamusa called before paying off another 1,100 on the river.
The player in the blinds showed and Calamusa mucked. "That's the story of my life," the Frenchman grinned. Fellow Winamax Pro Gaelle Baumann is on the very same table in the last seat.
EPT12 Malta champion Niall Farrell has entered the competition and the early spotlight for Day 1b belongs to Gavin O'Rourke. The Irish has already more than doubled up his stack and busted the table neighbor in the nine seat while Shaan Siddiqui was among the most recent bustouts as well. Malta runner up Alen Bilic has chipped up at the same table.
O'Rourke is no stranger to the European Poker Tour, he finished 10th last December in Prague for a payday of € 56,950.
After a raise to 400, James Akenhead three-bet to 1,100 from the button and the player in the small blind called, the initial raiser folded. On the flop, the action was checked and Akenhead continued for 1,200. The Brit was called and fired a second barrel on the turn for 2,000 before checking behind the river.
Akenhead was shown for a set of queens and mucked.
"Hey, I busted one, 23,000 now. That's better than 15,000, right?" Dietrich Fast said when passing by his table. The German took the rest of Didier Betito's stack while the biggest stack at his table is Iliodoros Kamatakis. Also in now: Jannick Wrang and Liv Boeree.
After a raise to 400 and a three-bet to 1,225, Samuel Bernabeu called in the big blind and the initial raiser came along to see a flop of . The Spaniard, known for his very aggressive standard of play, checked and as did both of his opponents. The trio proceeded to check through the turn and the river as well.
The three-bettor showed and Bernabeu had that beat with , but the initial raiser flashed .
On the flop , Kitty Kuo bet 1,975 from the small blind with a pot of around 4,000 and Mickey Petersen called to see the on the turn. Kuo now made it 5,000 to go and Petersen called, heading to the on the river. Kuo eyed the stack of her opponent before betting 11,000.
Petersen moved all in for some more Kuo immediately sighed, then asked the dealer for a count. It was another 6,075 on top and the Taiwanese poker queen tried to get some info from the Dane. "Mickey. Look at me! I show, you show?" but no reaction followed. Ultimately, Kuo mucked and fell below starting stack.
At least 325 players are now registered for Day 1b with Mick Graydon and Mark James number four and five on the bustout list. Jude Ainsworth has already more than doubled up his stack by enforcing a fold on the river with a bet of 13,000.
Another new faces include Matthias De Meulder, Winfred Yu and Andrew Lichtenberger.
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. One hand later, the Frenchman had raised and the player in the big blind defended. On the flop 
, Calamusa's continuation bet of 400 was called. The 
turn saw his opponent bet 700 and Calamusa called before paying off another 1,100 on the 
and Calamusa mucked. "That's the story of my life," the Frenchman grinned. Fellow Winamax Pro Gaelle Baumann is on the very same table in the last seat.
flop, the action was checked and Akenhead continued for 1,200. The Brit was called and fired a second barrel on the 
turn for 2,000 before checking behind the 
river.
. The Spaniard, known for his very aggressive standard of play, checked and as did both of his opponents. The trio proceeded to check through the 
turn and the 
and Bernabeu had that beat with 
, but the initial raiser flashed 
.
, Kitty Kuo bet 1,975 from the small blind with a pot of around 4,000 and Mickey Petersen called to see the 
on the river. Kuo eyed the stack of her opponent before betting 11,000. 
river with a bet of 13,000.
