Dmitry Yurasov opened the action from the button for 400 and Ghassan El-Hoss in the small blind and big blind Dimitar Danchev decided to stick around.
The flop of saw no action but on the turn card it was checked to Yurasov who bet 775. A fold from El-Hoss but Danchev threw out the call.
The river was the and a final check from Danchev saw a bet of 1,575 from Yurasov. Danchev mulled it over and gave his opponent a quick look but the inscrutable Yuraov waited patiently before his bet did the trick and he collected the pot.
When there's been a lot of action in a hand and someone turns over trips, you might say you run into a big hand. When you're calling bets and someone turns over that same trips, you might call it slowly walking into it. Such was the case for EPT London champ David Vamplew just now.
David Vamplew opened for 400 from early position. The player on the button thought for a bit before calling, the big blind came along as well.
The three of them checked on and the dealer did his duty burning and turning: . The big blind bet out 600 and both Vamplew and the button made the call.
The completed the board and the big blind tossed in a 1,000 and 500 chip. Vamplew made the call and so did the button.
The big blind showed for rivered trips and Vamplew and the button mucked.
Jorma Nuutinen and Franck Makaci were tangling over a fairly juicy pot. There looked to be around 9,000 in the middle and they had got to the river of a board reading .
Nuutinen had a bet of 4,500 in front of him and Makaci was agonising over his decision, telling Nuutinen that he wasn’t a bluffer and implying he had a real hand. A minute ticked by before Makaci released his hand telling the Finn, “Alright, you win.” If he was hoping to see some cards to relieve the mental torture he was right out of luck as the pot was pushed to Nuutinen and his cards remained a mystery.
Anthony Michel Cruz and Anton Wigg were heads up with a completed board of . With 8,450 already in the center of the table, Cruz checked his action over to Wigg. Wigg reached for chips and shot out a river bet of 5,600. Cruz replied by going into the tank.
Roughly two minutes passed while Cruz shifted in his seat, pondering his action. Ultimately, he picked up a few chips and tossed them forward, signifying a call. Wigg showed for two pair of aces and tens. Cruz stood up in his seat, shook his head, and flipped over for the second best hand. Cruz's cards were pulled into the muck, leaving him with just 5,600 in chips. Wigg, on the other hand, boosted his stack to about 36,000.
The clock indicates there are 179 players who started today on Day 1a. Registration will be open the entire day, and same goes for tomorrow. In fact, players are able to register up till the start of Day 2 for this tournament.
Here's a look at the number of entrants. PokerNews has been covering this event since 2010 and so we know the entrants per starting days for these events. If history on this small sample size learns us anything, it's that tomorrow will be a lot busier than today.
* In some years Day 1a and 1b don't add up to the number under total, as players were able to register before Day 2 without having played one of the two starting days.
We arrived on the scene to find a large pot brewing between Boutros Naim and Pascal Aznar. The completed board read and Aznar made a river bet of 11,500.
A clearly distraught Naim thought for a bit before letting out a sigh.
"I have to call," said Naim, tossing out chips. "Ace-jack?"
Aznar did indeed roll over for a full house of aces full of jacks. Other members of the table let out audible gasps when the saw Aznar's smaller full house with before his hand was taken into the muck. Aznar was awarded the pot and now has about 47,500 to his name.
Whilst the EPT Main Event gets under way today there’s enough on Sunday’s schedule to fill a football team. From satellites to seniors via the conclusion of the FPS Main Event and High Roller here’s what’s happening today.
Martins Adeniya opened to 400 from early position and got Quentin Lecomte in the cutoff, and David Haroune
in the big blind, to come along for the ride.
Haroune checked to Adeniya on and the initial raiser bet out 800. Lecomte made the call but the big blind had bigger plans. Haroune raised to 2,200 and both Adeniya and Lecomte made the call.
The big blind bet out 6,300 on the turn and Adeniya didn't waste much time before calling. Things were getting a little too expensive for Lecomte and the Frenchman folded.
The completed the board and Haroune shoved all in for a whole tower of (big denomination) chips. Adeniya glanced at his cards one more time, before open mucking his .
There may be 179 entrants but just before the first break of the day seven of them have headed for the exit. One of those unlucky players was Polish player Grzegorz Wyraz who got the last of his chips in before the flop and had been called by a player holding . Wyraz needed some sort of help from the dealer with his .
A run out of saw Wyraz rise from the table and immediately get on his phone to presumably pass on the bad news that his Deauvile Main Event was over before it had ever really begun.
Not too far away Walid Bou Habib was also rising from his seat, his was swept away into the muck and his remaining chips went to his opponent. He is now returning to his new business in the Lebanon, raising goats!
saw no action but on the turn card 
it was checked to Yurasov who bet 775. A fold from El-Hoss but Danchev threw out the call.
and a final check from Danchev saw a bet of 1,575 from Yurasov. Danchev mulled it over and gave his opponent a quick look but the inscrutable Yuraov waited patiently before his bet did the trick and he collected the pot.
and the dealer did his duty burning and turning: 
. The big blind bet out 600 and both Vamplew and the button made the call.
completed the board and the big blind tossed in a 1,000 and 500 chip. Vamplew made the call and so did the button.
for rivered trips and Vamplew and the button mucked.
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. With 8,450 already in the center of the table, Cruz checked his action over to Wigg. Wigg reached for chips and shot out a river bet of 5,600. Cruz replied by going into the tank.
for two pair of aces and tens. Cruz stood up in his seat, shook his head, and flipped over 
and Aznar made a river bet of 11,500.
before his hand was taken into the muck. Aznar was awarded the pot and now has about 47,500 to his name.
and the initial raiser bet out 800. Lecomte made the call but the big blind had bigger plans. Haroune raised to 2,200 and both Adeniya and Lecomte made the call.
turn and Adeniya didn't waste much time before calling. Things were getting a little too expensive for Lecomte and the Frenchman folded.
completed the board and Haroune shoved all in for a whole tower of (big denomination) chips. Adeniya glanced at his cards one more time, before open mucking his 
saw Wyraz rise from the table and immediately get on his phone to presumably pass on the bad news that his Deauvile Main Event was over before it had ever really begun.
