Three players put 900 into the pot on a flop of . They saw a turn card of . The big blind, Christophe Lesage who qualified through PokerStars, checked and Finnish PokerStars Player Tatu Maenpaa bet 2,300. It was too much for Herve Gottrand who folded but Lesage made the call. The river card was the and Lesage checked. “How much you got?” demanded Maenpaa and the answer was about 8k. He thought for a while before grabbing a stack of chips that covered his opponent and pushed them over the line. Lesage made the call but regretted it when he saw Maenpaa’s beat his and put on his coat to leave the tournament floor.
Jean-Yves Malherbe, who made deep runs in the World Series of Poker Main Event the last two years (48th in 2012 for $156,293 and 163rd for $42.990 in 2013), just asked the dealer to spread the chips in the pot. Malherbe had checked on and Tatu Maenpaa from Finland had bet 2,600. In the pot was already about 9,000 and Malherbe reluctantly made the call. Those chips he would have to cede, Maenpaa showed which beat Malherbe's .
On the turn of an board, Jannick Wrang saw his 2,700 bet check-raised to 5,400 by Jerome Huge.
Wrang made the call to see the river and Huge moved all in, the Dane instantly folded.
Huge triumphantly showed his for a bluff but Wrang said, "You're bluffing with the best hand, I had a straight-flush draw." (Presumably was his holding.)
On the turn of a board Pawel Brzeski check-raised all in for about 18,000 over the top of Zoltan Purak's initial 2,100 bet. The Hungarian would have to wager almost all his chips to make the call but took nearly five minutes before instead opting to fold.
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.
Jerry Odman opened for 475 from the cut off and was raised to 1,150 by Russian Pokerstars Player, [Removed:266], from the button. The blinds folded and Odman made the call. The flop was checked by Odman who then called a bet of 1,000 from Kleyman. Turn was again check / called by Odman, this time to the tune of 2,000. River card and now Odman led for 2,100. Kleyman didn’t seem to like it but made the call tabling the winning against the of Odman.
We just witnessed Albert Daher from Lebanon getting mixed up in a big pot. With the board already out in total there was 30,500 in the middle. on the table and after some thinking Daher announced to be all in for what looked like 27,500. Daher was seated in the under the gun plus two position while his opponent, Helder Teixeira from Portugal, sat on the button. Minutes passed but in the end Teixeira mucked his cards with some frustration. Daher quietly collected the chips without showing his cards.
Dermot Blain, a Full Tilt Poker Ambassador, opened for 550 and found one caller in big blind Olof Haglund, a Swedish PokerStars Player. They saw a flop of and both checked. The turn was the and Haglund led out for 650 only to face a raise to 1,700 from Blain. Haglund made the call and checked when the river fell . Blain bet a hefty 4,400 and confirmed to his opponent that he had 24k behind. Haglund folded and Blain gathered in the chips.
The Main Event is up to 237 players which makes for 7,110,000 chips in total. Last year the total for Day 1A was 307 players, with 475 on Day 1B. The tournament thus needs 545 or more players to register before the start of Day 2 to beat last years total. Remember that Season 10 allows player to register up until the start of Day 2.
. They saw a turn card of 
. The big blind, Christophe Lesage who qualified through PokerStars, checked and Finnish PokerStars Player Tatu Maenpaa bet 2,300. It was too much for Herve Gottrand who folded but Lesage made the call. The river card was the 
and Lesage checked. “How much you got?” demanded Maenpaa and the answer was about 8k. He thought for a while before grabbing a stack of chips that covered his opponent and pushed them over the line. Lesage made the call but regretted it when he saw Maenpaa’s 
beat his 
and put on his coat to leave the tournament floor.
and Tatu Maenpaa from Finland had bet 2,600. In the pot was already about 9,000 and Malherbe reluctantly made the call. Those chips he would have to cede, Maenpaa showed 
which beat Malherbe's 
.
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board, Jannick Wrang saw his 2,700 bet check-raised to 5,400 by Jerome Huge.
river and Huge moved all in, the Dane instantly folded.
for a bluff but Wrang said, "You're bluffing with the best hand, I had a straight-flush draw." (Presumably 
was his holding.)
board Pawel Brzeski check-raised all in for about 18,000 over the top of Zoltan Purak's initial 2,100 bet. The Hungarian would have to wager almost all his chips to make the call but took nearly five minutes before instead opting to fold.
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 
was again check / called by Odman, this time to the tune of 2,000. River card 
and now Odman led for 2,100. Kleyman didn’t seem to like it but made the call tabling the winning 
on the table and after some thinking Daher announced to be all in for what looked like 27,500. Daher was seated in the under the gun plus two position while his opponent, Helder Teixeira from Portugal, sat on the button. Minutes passed but in the end Teixeira mucked his cards with some frustration. Daher quietly collected the chips without showing his cards.
