The second starting day of the €5,300 PokerStars.fr EPT 11 Deauville Main Event gets underway at 12 pm local time and the overall participation at the Casino Barrière de Deauville is expected to be much higher than the 199 entries of Day 1a.
Same as yesterday, it is scheduled to play eight 75-minute levels including a dinner break of 75 minutes after the end of level six. Nathan Gozlan is leading the 108 survivors thus far after accumulating 148,500 chips on Day 1a.
Several other Side Events determined their winners yesterday as well. Dutch student Tim van Leeuwen won the €300 Deauville Cup for €62,400 after emerging victorious in a field of 1,210 entries.
Anthony Apicella defeated PokerStars qualifier Felix Lambertz in the €1,100 FPS Deauville Main Event after overcoming a 1,355-strong field, good for a payday of € 197,000. Ivan "Negriin" Luca finished fourth and we will most definitely see the Argentinian back at the tables today, defending champion Sotirios Koutoupas is also due to join us for Day 1b. EPT 10 Deauville runner-up and Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov already played on Day 1a and advanced with 16,000 chips.
Bagging and tagging should occur around midnight and the PokerNews.com live reporting team will be there to cover all key moments, so tune back in often. Below is the blind structure for today:
Plenty of time for Eames to text during hands (photo: Neil Stoddart)
Not everyone likes short-handed live poker it seems, so it was a slow start in more ways than one for John Eames in Deauville The PokerStars Blog reports.
A middle positioned player opened to 500 and action folded around to 2013 World Series of Poker November Niner Michiel Brummelhuis on the button. He made it 1,300 to go and the small blind folded. Konstantinos Nanos called from the big blind and the original raiser came along as well.
The flop came down and action checked to Brummelhuis. He continued for 1,450, Nanos called, and the original raiser folded. The on the turn prompted checks from both players, allowing the to finish the board. Nanos bet 3,775 on the river and action was back on Brummelhuis. He thought for a moment before moving all in over the top for what looked to be around 8,000 total. Nanos immediately dropped calling chips past the betting line.
Brummelhuis showed but was ultimately bested by Nanos' for a turned full house. Brummelhuis hit the rail and Nanos boosted his stack up to 43,000.
Tobias Peters was kind enough to fill us in on the details of a rather big hand which was going on over at table 37.
According to Peters, a player in early position opened to 550 and his neighbor called. Aleksii Khoroshenin over called from the cut off and now Sören Ingwart Vöhrs in the big blind squeezed to 2,500. All players called to grow a sizable pot.
The flop came and Vöhrs bet out 5,500 to follow up on his pre flop aggression. Just Khoroshenin in position made the call.
The turn came the and Vöhrs checked to Khoroshenin. The EPT Vienna champ slid out a bet, though we're not entirely sure how much it was. Vöhrs check raised all in (for what appeared over 30,000) and Khoroshenin needed a bit of time to make up his mind. Eventually he made the call, only to find out he needed quite some help to eliminate his German foe as Vöhrs showed the goods with . Khoroshenin had kind of gotten out of line with his .
The on the river was a card as meaningless as they could come, and Khoroshenin was beaten down to about 10 big blinds.
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Rogue villain Thomas Butzhammer in the cutoff entered the town of Metaal coming in for a raise to 600. Action was soon on sherif Govert Metaal in the small blind. The experienced Dutch wielder, with fedora and sunglasses as per usual, glanced at his cards and reached for his holster. He grabbed his ammunition, and fired in a three bet to 1,400. Metaal's neighbor folded, Butzhammer wasn't going anywhere and looked Metaal up.
The innocent bystander in the dealer seat put out a flop of and let the two duel it out again. Metaal gave another swirl on the cylinder, cocked the hammer, and fired 1,600. Butzhammer made the call.
The fell on the turn and Metaal clearly wasn't done yet. He loaded another round and fired 3,800. Butzhammer wasn't backing down and called.
The completed the board and Metaal grabbed a second revolver to dual wield the river. Beng! Beng! Beng! and 6,600 in chips ended up in the middle. Butzhammer had already suffered so much damage, but he wasn't down just yet. Butzhammer looked physically hurt but had some energy left to toss in a single 25 chip to call. Soon enough the German villain fell down dead on the ground after Metaal showed .
As Butzhammer mucked, Metaal put his revolver back in his holster and started stacking. As he looked from left to right, you could almost hear the classic cowboy tune in the background. "Nice hand" said the gunned down Butzhammer.
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.
Rob Strong told us about a big hand he played with Vladimir Troyanovskiy two to his right.
Troyanovskiy opened to 1,100 from the hijack in that hand (in the level before this one), and his neighbor in the cutoff made the call. Rob Strong on the button squeezed to 3,500 and just Troyanovskiy made the call, the cutoff folded.
Troyanovskiy check called a 4,400 bet on with two clubs, and check called another 8,600 on the turn. The river was an off suit and Troyanovskiy check called 14,400 from Strong.
Strong tabled pocket aces for top set, Troyanovskiy mucked for top two pair.
"I just busted," Sotirios Koutoupas said on his way out of the tournament area. He then quickly walked back to grab the iPad that he had forgotten below his seat and then told us what happened.
Evangelos Tsaris had opened to 1,400 and was called by two opponents before the EPT 10 Deauville champion moved all in for 8,800 out of the big blind. Only Tsaris called with pocket kings and Koutoupas couldn't find a miracle with pocket threes.
The Greek was still smiling even upon elimination though. "He is a friend," Koutoupas added, referring to his countryman.
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and action checked to Brummelhuis. He continued for 1,450, Nanos called, and the original raiser folded. The 
on the turn prompted checks from both players, allowing the 
to finish the board. Nanos bet 3,775 on the river and action was back on Brummelhuis. He thought for a moment before moving all in over the top for what looked to be around 8,000 total. Nanos immediately dropped calling chips past the betting line.
but was ultimately bested by Nanos' 
for a turned full house. Brummelhuis hit the rail and Nanos boosted his stack up to 43,000.
and Vöhrs bet out 5,500 to follow up on his pre flop aggression. Just Khoroshenin in position made the call.
and Vöhrs checked to Khoroshenin. The EPT Vienna champ slid out a bet, though we're not entirely sure how much it was. Vöhrs check raised all in (for what appeared over 30,000) and Khoroshenin needed a bit of time to make up his mind. Eventually he made the call, only to find out he needed quite some help to eliminate his German foe as Vöhrs showed the goods with 
. Khoroshenin had kind of gotten out of line with his 
.
on the river was a card as meaningless as they could come, and Khoroshenin was beaten down to about 10 big blinds.
and let the two duel it out again. Metaal gave another swirl on the cylinder, cocked the hammer, and fired 1,600. Butzhammer made the call.
completed the board and Metaal grabbed a second revolver to dual wield the river. Beng! Beng! Beng! and 6,600 in chips ended up in the middle. Butzhammer had already suffered so much damage, but he wasn't down just yet. Butzhammer looked physically hurt but had some energy left to toss in a single 25 chip to call. Soon enough the German villain fell down dead on the ground after Metaal showed 
with two clubs, and check called another 8,600 on the 
and Troyanovskiy check called 14,400 from Strong.
