Kenny Hallaert had a seventy percent chance of a 110,000 stack, he told us with a big smile. Instead he now plays a stack of around 45,0000 after his kings were outrun by someone's ace-king. Hallaert is staying active, we'll keep our eyes on the Belgian poker manager, poker player, poker commentator and poker instructor.
Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov opened to 4,000 preflop from late position and Bruno "Cool Shen" Lopes made it 11,000 from the big blind. Katchalov made the call to see a flop where Lopes bet 8,500.
Katchalov made the call to see the on the turn. Lopes now checked and Katchalov bet 16,500. Lopes check-raised all in and Katchalov called instantly.
Lopes:
Katchalov:
The river was the and Lopes was eliminated. Katchalov has a huge stack now.
Luca Dal Cerro moved all in with on the short stack and found a caller in the small blind, Miha Gabric, with . The cards fell and Dal Cerro hit the rail.
It's all over for Fowzi Baroukh - he committed his stack with on a board against Jorma Nuutinen but the Finnish player was holding and held on a turn and river.
From the small blind Jerome Zerbib moved all in. Big blind Giuliano Bendinelli asked for the count (30k) and began agonising over the correct decision. He twisted his mouth, hunched his shoulders and eventually flipped over for a fold. Zerlib showed him the . For good measure he showed him the too. “Next time.” Zerbib said, happy with his bluff shove.
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Christian Aris, Paul Jacob-Mathon, Vincent Guillon, Torsten Brinkmann, Jerzy Zarebski, Orpen Kisacikoglu, Willy Korchia, Kaddouri Mounim, Mikael Guenni, Jean Mikhael, Matthieu Vizioz, Yann Dion, Clement Tripodi, Victor Ilyukhin, Stefan Schillhabel, Marc Trijaud, Mikalai Pobal, Paul Hoefer, Patrick Bailleu, Benjamin Dadon and Gianluca Trebbi.
For a review of what's happening on Day 2 at EPT10 Deauville, visit the PokerStars blog and follow the brushstrokes of the disappearing chip leader, the resurgence of Zimnan Ziyard and James Mitchell, and the lonely walk of Team PokerStars Pro ElkY.
“All in and a call.” Confirmed the dealer. Jesper Hansen from Denmark had his whole 100k stack over the line and was at risk but held against the of the bigger stack James Mitchell. The cards ran out and Hansen got a very nice double up.
On a flop, Dario Sammartino check-called a bet of 5,300 from Mat Frankland to see the on the turn. This time, the Italian led out for 9,000 and Frankland made the call.
The river was the and Sammartino now bet 40,000. Frankland called fairly quickly but Sammartino turned over an unlikely for a straight. The British player looked bemused and lost over half his stack as a result.