On a flop Keith Johnson fired out a bet of 2,000. Shyam Srinivasan - who finished fourth at this years PCA - raised to 4,600, Tatu Maenpaa made the call and Johnson did likewise. The fell on the turn, it checked to Maenpaa, he bet 8,400 and Johnson (painfully) and Srinvasan (reluctantly) both folded.
Maenpaa is one of if not the chip leader as he has an impressive stack of 106,000.
Omar Idder from France opened for 1,000 on the button and Dominik Nitsche called in the small blind. They went heads-up to a flop of . Nitsche check / called a bet of 2,000 and did the same on a turn card , this time for 2,500. The river was the and they both checked. Idder showed for middle pair and the missed flush draw and gave a grimace when Nitsche with a shrug turned over to tie for the pot.
Fergal Nealon, a PokerStars player from Ireland opened for 800 and got raised by Dominik Nitsche to 2,100. On the button, live satellite qualifier Rony Halimi four-bet to 6,000. Nealon folded and Nitsche, looking none too impressed, tossed his cards in.
EPT8 Loutraki champion Zimnan Ziyard just took down a multi-way pot but he had to fire more than one shell to get over the line. On the flop Ziyard checked, Denisov Aleksandr fired out a bet of 1,000, Jorge Ufano flat called, Ziyard check-raised to 3,350 and Ufano was the only caller.
The hit the turn, Ziyard bet 6,800 and Ufano slid his cards towards the dealer and mucked.
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 European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here. Best French player? Erwann Pecheux in the number 92 spot.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated Jan. 23, 2014):
Ole Schemion
Place
Player
Points
1
Ole Schemion
781.39
2
Vanessa Selbst
736.22
3
Thomas Muhlocker
594.30
4
Georgios Karakousis
512.31
5
Mike McDonald
490.74
6
Jonathan Little
480.01
7
Kenny Hallaert
416.40
8
Andrew Chen
414.18
9
Max Silver
412.50
10
Jeff Rossiter
408.43
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
Jannick Wrang is up to 54,000 after hitting every single community card, making a nice value bet on the river and getting paid off.
A complete board of was on the felt and Wrang bet 6,800 into roughly 8,000. His lone opponent - Orpen Kisacikoglu - mulled over his decision before eventually calling. The EPT8 Campione champion showed for the flopped flush and Kisacikoglu mucked his hand. He's down to 32,000.
The entire board was already out and with on the table German player [Removed:203] had a yellow 1,000 in front of him. We're not entirely sure but it seems that Marie Furstoss is the only lady in the field today and action was on her. She raised it up to 6,500 and action was back on Mueller.
He thought about it for quite some time and someone actually called the clock on him eventually. Before the dealer had even called for a floor Mueller had called. Furstoss tabled and Mueller had to muck.
flop Keith Johnson fired out a bet of 2,000. Shyam Srinivasan - who finished fourth at this years PCA - raised to 4,600, Tatu Maenpaa made the call and Johnson did likewise. The 
fell on the turn, it checked to Maenpaa, he bet 8,400 and Johnson (painfully) and Srinvasan (reluctantly) both folded.
. Nitsche check / called a bet of 2,000 and did the same on a turn card 
, this time for 2,500. The river was the 
and they both checked. Idder showed 
for middle pair and the missed flush draw and gave a grimace when Nitsche with a shrug turned over 
to tie for the pot.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Theissen flipped 
for a turned set while Nassif's 
was predictably no good either.
flop Ziyard checked, Denisov Aleksandr fired out a bet of 1,000, Jorge Ufano flat called, Ziyard check-raised to 3,350 and Ufano was the only caller.
was on the felt and Wrang bet 6,800 into roughly 8,000. His lone opponent - Orpen Kisacikoglu - mulled over his decision before eventually calling. The EPT8 Campione champion showed 
for the flopped flush and Kisacikoglu mucked his hand. He's down to 32,000.
on the table German player [Removed:203] had a yellow 1,000 in front of him. We're not entirely sure but it seems that Marie Furstoss is the only lady in the field today and action was on her. She raised it up to 6,500 and action was back on Mueller.