Tobias Peters started out on a tough table today with, amongst others, Dario Sammartino, Oleksii Khoroshenin and Vincent Verdickt. Peters tournament wasn't going so well at that table, falling down to 8,000 in the first couple of levels. He has picked himself up now though, and plays around starting stack again.
Peters told us two hands that gave him some more breathing room again. In the first Peters was already up to 12,000 and he called a raise to 900 with , only to have someone behind him squeeze to 2,375. The initial raiser folded but Peters shoved all in. His opponent called holding . The board brought some danger with but in the end Peters was safe and doubled.
Right the next hand Peters got aces and he opened. The big blind, the same player who had openen the last hand, made the call. The big blind check called a bet of 1,150 on . Both players checked the on the turn and the big blind bet out 1,550 on the -river. Peters raised to 3,850 and the big blind called. Peters showed his pocket aces and the big blind mucked.
Paul Bertrac reraised to 6,500 after Ognjen Sekularac had a bet of 2,400 in front of him from early position. The opponent in the small blind folded but Sekularac called to see the flop of and check-called a bet of 6,000 by Bertrac after the Frenchman had asked for his stack size prior to the continuation bet.
On the turn, Sekularac checked again and then folded to a bet of 12,000. Bertrac showed the bluff.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy had checked flop and bet turn of a final board reading and then fired out a 6,800 bet on the river. His opponent, Pierre Merlin, looked puzzled and took a few minutes before his curiosity got the better of him and he threw out the call.
Troyanovskiy tabled his two par hand and Merlin mucked. One of Troyanovskiy’s table-mates teased him about his hand, questioning how the action went but he wasn’t too bothered as he stacked the chips. His inquisitor did however concede it was a good bet on the river.
EPT 11 Prague finalist Anton Bertilsson was all in and at risk for 4,700 with and got called by an opponent who was holding . The board ran out safely for the Swede on even though it wasn't without an additional sweat.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier moved all in for 24,650 after FPS Deauville runner up Felix Lambertz had bet 13,000 into a pot of more than 23,000 chips on a river. Lambertz eventually mucked even though it was less than his bet to call and the Frenchman has more than doubled his starting stack.
Zoran Jovanovic won a live satellite to qualify for this event and he limped from first position to get the action underway. Sat to his left, Carlos Mora Alvarez, pounced on the perceived weakness and raised it up to 2,000. All the other players folded and it was back to Jovanovic who made it 5,500 from a 14,000 stack.
Alvarez first looked confused but then even he had to smile as he mucked his hand, slightly abashed that he had fallen for that one.
Georgios Sotiropoulos, runner up of the EPT 10 Prague Main Event, check-called a bet of 2,500 on the turn with a fellow short stack having 7,450 behind. The river saw the Greek check again and then fold to the all in. Sotiropoulos had about 9,000 chips left but headed out of the tournament area quickly after.
"Twice I had sets and both times I lost," Fabrice Soulier said when we inquired about his stack size that was far shorter that the last time we checked by. Apparently, they went to Manuel Sadornil and the Spaniard is among the current chip leaders.
Jonathan Abdellatif opened to 1,000 from middle position. His neighbor, Dutch EPT champion Ruben Visser, three bet to 2,300 from the hijack and action quickly folded back to Abdellatif. The Belgian made the call to see a flop heads up.
Abdellatif checked the flop, and called Visser's 1,800 continuation bet. Abdellatif check called another 4,700 on the turn and knocked on the table a third straight time after the completed the board. Visser contemplated his action before eventually checking behind.
Abdellatif quickly flipped over and Ruben quietly mucked.
Although one may think that the past eight editions of the European Poker Tour in Deauville taught us everything there is to know about this cold spot of Normandy, the first European leg of the circuit in 2015 has already give us several interesting stories to tell.
. The board brought some danger with 
but in the end Peters was safe and doubled.
. Both players checked the 
-river. Peters raised to 3,850 and the big blind called. Peters showed his pocket aces and the big blind mucked.
and check-called a bet of 6,000 by Bertrac after the Frenchman had asked for his stack size prior to the continuation bet.
turn, Sekularac checked again and then folded to a bet of 12,000. Bertrac showed the 
bluff.
and then fired out a 6,800 bet on the river. His opponent, Pierre Merlin, looked puzzled and took a few minutes before his curiosity got the better of him and he threw out the call.
hand and Merlin mucked. One of Troyanovskiy’s table-mates teased him about his hand, questioning how the action went but he wasn’t too bothered as he stacked the chips. His inquisitor did however concede it was a good bet on the river.
and got called by an opponent who was holding 
. The board ran out safely for the Swede on 
even though it wasn't without an additional sweat.
river. Lambertz eventually mucked even though it was less than his bet to call and the Frenchman has more than doubled his starting stack.
turn with a fellow short stack having 7,450 behind. The 
river saw the Greek check again and then fold to the all in. Sotiropoulos had about 9,000 chips left but headed out of the tournament area quickly after.
turn and knocked on the table a third straight time after the 
