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.
Konstantinos Nanos opened the action from early position for 1,000 and Sergio Aido made the call. Fabrice Galardini raised to 3,000 and just Aido made the call.
The flop was and Aido check-called a bet of 4,000. On the turn Aido check-raised a bet of 8,000 to 16,000. Galardini made the call and they both checked the river .
Aido showed and a distraught Galardini showed .
Looking on, Alex Goulder teased him, “You can’t lose. That’s so lucky.” Aido just grinned back at him.
We arrived to find Team PokerStars Online Pro Gabriel Nassif and Paulino Subtil heads up with a completed board of . With about 9,000 already in the middle, Subtil reached for chips and flicked 2,500 into the middle.
Nassif thought for some time before dropping out a call. He hovered his cards over the middle of the table, instantly ready to muck his hand. Fortunately for Nassif, Subtil did not table his hand immediately either.
In the end, Subtil showed which was beaten by Nassif's . Nassif won the pot and now has about 77,000 in chips.
After a three-way flop of , Johnny Nedved bet 5,000 and was called only by Benjamin Souriau. The Belgian also continued with another barrel on the turn, worth 9,000. Souriau tossed in two T-5,000 chips for the call and was then given a check by Nedved on the river.
Souriau made it 9,000 and called the check-raise of Nedved to 21,000 with , the Belgian only had .
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier tells us how Deauville always excites him, and how he's planning on doing lots of streaming on Twitch this year.
John Eames is the proud new owner of some new high denomination chips, but unfortunately one of the fan favorites was the one supplying them.
Eames told us he eliminated Steven Watts in a hand where he (Eames) had queens against (Watts) on a board of . Two pair for Watts, but he was drawing dead at the point the chips went to the middle.
Eames is sitting on a comfortable stack of 65,000, Watts has hit the rail.
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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.
and Ruben quietly mucked.
and Aido check-called a bet of 4,000. On the turn 
Aido check-raised a bet of 8,000 to 16,000. Galardini made the call and they both checked the river 
.
and a distraught Galardini showed 
.
. With about 9,000 already in the middle, Subtil reached for chips and flicked 2,500 into the middle.
. Nassif won the pot and now has about 77,000 in chips.
river.
, the Belgian only had 
.
(Watts) on a board of 
