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Team PokerStars Pros Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
The PokerNews live reporting team is ready for a week of action from the French coast. We'll be keeping track of all the plays in both the €5.300 PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour Main Event and the €10,300 High Roller.
Today is Day 1A and with a record breaking French Poker Series already in the books, we expect a big field here for the PokerStars.fr European Poker Tour. Team PokerStars Pros Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Julien Brecard and Marcin Horecki are among the many players who are taking part today. Some 170 seats have been won for the EPT Deauville Poker Festival Main Event, including EPT London champion David Vamplew, EPT Barcelona champion Kent Lundmark, Jeremy Nock, Paul Testud, Michael Fratty, EPT London finalist Ludovic Geilich and Russian player Yury Gulyy, who was 15th here last season.
We're supposed to start at 12pm local time, keep your eyes right here on this spot.
Former Science teacher Ian Simpson just took a bit of a hit in a four-way pot. The Geordie, who finished fourth in the Irish Open in 2012, won it in 2013 and finished runner-up at UKIPT4 London in November of last year, raised it up to 800 from the big blind over the top of three limps. Two of the limpers, including Joseph Mazig - who was the original limper - made the call.
The flop fell , Simpson bet 1,000 and Mazig was the only caller. On the turn Simpson slowed down, checking it over to Mazig, the Frenchman, who won his seat in a live satellite, bet 1,000 and Simpson smooth called. The river double paird the board, Simpson decided to lead for 2,200 but folded as soon as Mazig raised him to 5,000.
Joel Ferando Durfort opened under the gun and Mario Adinolfi in middle position and Anton Wigg in the hijack made the call. The big blind came along for the ride as well and the dealer layed out as the flop. The big blind, initial raiser and Adinolfi checked to Wigg who bet 750. Everyone but Adinolfi folded and the dealer placed the on the table. Adinolfi now instantly checked en instantly called as Wigg asked 2,100 from him. The river was the and Adinolfi simply threw his cards into the muck. Wigg was handed the pot, but is still around starting stack while Adinolfi has 10,000 more than that.
Dominik Panka occupys himself during hands by reading.
The board was reading and Joseph Carlino checked, Antonio Guerrero fired a bet of 2,600 and Dominik Panka, the newly crowned champion of the PCA, made the call from the button.
Carlino counted out his chips before opting to check-raise all in for 13,450. Guerrero got out of the way and Panka quickly flicked in the call.
Carlino:
Panka:
Carlino put on his coat and was getting up to leave despite being over 95% favourite. The river doubled the Frenchman up to 40,000 while Panka was left with just 10,000. The Pole didn't look too despondent and simply went back to reading his book.
Lucien Cohen finished 28th here last year for €19,000, and won the whole thing in 2011 for €880,000. He won't be going deep this year, he was just eliminated by Frenchman Joel Vanderschelden.
Jose Alastuey opened for 500 from middle position and Lucien Cohen pushed his last 3,400 to the middle. He received a call from Joel Vanderschelden on the button and Alastuey called as well. on the flop and Alastuey checked to Vanderschelden in the empty side pot. Vanderschelden bet out 6,000 and Alastuey folded.
Cohen had to table his hand and might have still have had a little bit of hope having hit with his . He was in a world of pain though as Vanderschelden tabled for a flopped set. Cohen needed runner runner something but it was all done after the hit the turn. To rub some more salt into the wound the river came the giving Vanderschelden quads.
Lucien Cohen, who we didn't see bringing his iconic plastic rat card protector this year, made his exit. Ian Simpson and Tark Abboud also left the tournament, their registration tickets were on the "busted" table.
Just a couple of minutes ago we saw Anton Wigg win a small pot with a mere pair of fives on a board full of broadway cards. Just now he had a hand a lot stronger than just a pair of fives, and luckily for him his opponent had a stronger hand as well.
With already quite some chips in the pot, Wigg bet out 9,800 on a board. His opponent, American player Sami Zakhary in the blinds, had checked and now called immediately. Wigg showed and that gave him all the rights to the pot. Zakhary threw his open into the muck and continued with a much shorter stack.
EPT10 PCA champion Dominik Panka has just busted out of the PokerStars.fr EPT Main Event, but he was very philosophical about what happened. "Today just wasn't my day," he told PokerNews. "I had lost a couple of big pots and was down to 4,000, I opened with and the big blind called. The flop was rainbow, he checked, I c-bet, he raised and I called," he continued. "The turn was the he set me all-in, I called and he had . River ."
Panka told PokerNews that he'll be back tomorrow for a side event. "I maybe made a couple of mistakes earlier, but I'm happy with my play," he added before heading off into Deauville.
Just dropping in for an update on the first Day 1 flight from EPT10 Deauville? Scroll down through the hand reports for play-by-play of happenings thus far, then pop over to the PokerStars blog for more from the floor.
This afternoon the PokerStars bloggers have talked with Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov about his "lifestyle change" that has created a new and improved self as told in "Before and after Eugene." Then Laura Cornelius of PokerStars.tv spoke with Katchalov about a perplexing hand from today in "How to bamboozle Eugene Katchalov."
The only lady in the tournament today, French PokerStars qualifier Marie Furstoss, has just spilled her last chips.
We didn't witness the hand and thus asked former table mate [Removed:203] what had happened. Mueller told us that someone had raised in front of her and someone called before action was on Furstoss. With about thirty big blinds left she squeezed all in, a move we had seen her make before.
This time she wouldn't get away with it though. The initial raiser had jacks and wasn't about to forfeit those. He made the call and won the battle against Furstoss her ace nine off suit.
No more ladies in the tournament, we expect more ladies on Day 1B.
, Simpson bet 1,000 and Mazig was the only caller. On the 
turn Simpson slowed down, checking it over to Mazig, the Frenchman, who won his seat in a live satellite, bet 1,000 and Simpson smooth called. The 
river double paird the board, Simpson decided to lead for 2,200 but folded as soon as Mazig raised him to 5,000.
as the flop. The big blind, initial raiser and Adinolfi checked to Wigg who bet 750. Everyone but Adinolfi folded and the dealer placed the 
and Adinolfi simply threw his cards into the muck. Wigg was handed the pot, but is still around starting stack while Adinolfi has 10,000 more than that.
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and Joseph Carlino checked, Antonio Guerrero fired a bet of 2,600 and Dominik Panka, the newly crowned champion of the PCA, made the call from the button.
on the flop and Alastuey checked to Vanderschelden in the empty side pot. Vanderschelden bet out 6,000 and Alastuey folded.
for a flopped set. Cohen needed runner runner something but it was all done after the 
giving Vanderschelden quads.
board. His opponent, American player Sami Zakhary in the blinds, had checked and now called immediately. Wigg showed 
and that gave him all the rights to the pot. Zakhary threw his 
open into the muck and continued with a much shorter stack.
and the big blind called. The flop was 
rainbow, he checked, I c-bet, he raised and I called," he continued. "The turn was the 
. River 
. Theissen flipped 
for a turned set while Nassif's 
