Former French International Footballer Vikash Dhorasoo is an early casualty on Day 1b. We're told that Dhorasoo, who won 18 caps for France, lost with aces twice. Other exits include: Kresten Nielsen, Renaud Desferet and Pavel Cheremisin.
Well, this probably could be deemed a 'puke-worthy spot'.
On the turn of an board, Jean-Philippe Roosens was probably feeling pretty good about getting his chips in the middle with . But then Timur Margolin turned over for a bigger house and Roosens was drawing to two cards - just to chop.
The river was the and predictably, Roosens was forced to make an exit.
With the board reading , Victor Choupeaux and Rob Woodcock both checked across to Dmitry Yurasov who bet 800. Choupeaux made the call but Woodcock came in for a check-raise to 3,200. Yurasov and Choupeaux both made the call to see the on the turn, ostensibly a blank and Choupeaux checked to Woodcock.
The British player bet 8,500 this time with about 13,000 behind, Yurasov folded quickly but Choupeaux was a little more circumspect. Eventually though, he mucked as well.
Right before the first break someone limped under the gun. Manuel Bevand raised it up to 600 from middle position but he would not get the limper all to himself as the small blind and blind joined in as well, as did the limper.
Four way to the flop which brought three clubs into play: . The small blind and Nikolay Losev in the big blind checked to the limper who checked as well. Bevand bet 1,400 and the small blind quickly folded. Losev raised it up to 3,800 and the limper released his cards within seconds. Bevand wasn't so eager to throw his hand away though, he pushed all in to maximize the pressure on Losev.
The Russian player made the call but his flopped straight with was almost drawing dead. Bevand had for the flopped flush. With the on the turn hopes for Losev for a runner runner split pot were gone and he exited even before the had hit the river.
France’s very own Roger Hairabedian, “Big Rog” to his friends, opened and was raised from the big blind by Chun Ho Law from the UK to 1,900. They say a flop of and Law checked to Hairabedian who bet 2,000. Law called and they say a turn card of which again was checked to Hairabedian who bet a single T5000 chip. Law gave an inquisitive nod of his head and Hairabedian showed him his remaining chip stack of around 6,000. Law bet a stack of chips to cover that and Hairabedian threw his cards in the muck.
Ekrem Sanioglu from Turkey, sporting a bright pink sweater, opened for 450 in the cut-off and faced a three-bet from Russia’s Dmitry Yurasov in the small blind. The big blind folded and Sanioglu made the call. A flop of saw Yurasov lead for 1,100 and get a call. They both checked the turn and Yurasov checked the river . Sanioglu bet out 1,625 and a smile spread across the Russian’s face. He spread the bet to check the count and threw out the call. Sanioglu turned over for bottom pair. Yurasov showed his read was right with his getting a “Wow.” from his opponent.