Yves Boutin raised to 400 preflop and got four callers including Govert Metaal and Guillaume Diaz to see the flop of . The action was checked to Metaal and he bet 900 which was called by Diaz before Boutin raised to 2,300. Metaal now reraised to 6,300 and Diaz shoved. Boutin called with less chips and Metaal found a fold.
Boutin:
Diaz:
Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Boutin was gone whereas Diaz now has more than double the starting stack. Boutin was the fourth player to hit the rail in level two already.
That's the sound we heard coming from Michael Gathy's table a couple of minutes ago. Johnny Nedved had 4,000 in front of him on , but was busy adding 7,500 as Gathy had 11,500 in front of him and Nedved had called.
The frustrated sounds were heard because Gathy had while Nedved sympathy showed . Gathy, the Belgian two-time bracelet winner, is up to 55,000.
Two-time European Poker Tour champion Vicky Coren-Mitchell is thriving to start the day, having worked her starting stack up a significant amount in the first two levels.
When we arrived at her table, Sweden's Gustav Nordh opened the action with a raise to 450 from the hijack. Coren-Mitchell was in the hijack and she came along for the ride. The button and blinds folded, leaving the two heads up to a flop. Nordh continued out for another 450 and Coren-Mitchell instantly tossed out a call.
The fell on the turn and the Swede slowed with a check. Coren-Mitchell immediately pounced by moving out a bet of 750. This was enough to get Nordh to fold, allowing Coren-Mitchell to take down the pot. She's off to a solid start here on Day 1, increasing her stack to 42,700 by the conclusion of this hand.
Ludovic Geilich is another recent entrant and he has joined the table with Artem Litvinov on it. Both are creative, aggressive players and it will be interesting to see if they tangle today. Litvinov has position on Geiliech so that could influence proceedings.
Litvinov hasn’t got off to the greatest of starts and it didn’t get much better in a recent hand.
Bernd Vogelhuber tentatively opened the action for 325 pre-flop and got two callers including Litvinov in the big blind. It was checked down to the river of a board reading whereupon Litvinov bet 2,000. Vogelhuber took a while to call and Litvinov turned over for Queen high. The of Vogelhuber was good.
Two times EPT champion Vicky Coren-Mitchell is already up in chips and then faced the all in of Maryline Valente for more than 10,000 after she bet the flop. Coren-Mitchell folded and then Ivan Luca got involved in a pot with Valente, who limped for 150. Luca made it 425 and got called by two opponents including Valente to see the flop of .
Valente fired 1,050 straight away and Luca called while the turn saw another bet of Valente for 1,750. This time, Luca opted for a fold instead and gave up the pot.
Former Deauville champion Lucien Cohen was spotted. "The Rat" is seated in one of the outer corners of the room. Last season's EPT Grand Final winner Antonio Buonanno is also participating at the moment.
Besides these two former champions, November Niner Sylvain Loosli and serial qualifier Pierre Neuville have taken their seats.
Guillaume Darcourt, very easy to recognize with his remarkable hair style and sunglasses, is back at the tables after taking some time off from poker. The "pink boa" is back to blonde though and already up one third of the starting stack.
Michael Hill is sitting next to Martin Staszko and EPT 10 Prague runner-up Georgios Sotiropoulos has been spotted in today's field as well.
All players that haven't shown up yet but have stacks in seat number 4 will now lose chips, as the stacks have just been put into play as per the announcement of the tournament staff.
Ihar Soika raised to 250 from under the gun and was called by Paul Berende in the big blind. On the flop both players invested another 400 chips into the pot and Berende then led the turn for 1,200. Soika called and bet the river for 3,175 when Berende had checked to him.
The Dutchman called with the king-high flush but Soika had that beat with .
. The action was checked to Metaal and he bet 900 which was called by Diaz before Boutin raised to 2,300. Metaal now reraised to 6,300 and Diaz shoved. Boutin called with less chips and Metaal found a fold.
turn nor the 
river changed anything and Boutin was gone whereas Diaz now has more than double the starting stack. Boutin was the fourth player to hit the rail in level two already.
, but was busy adding 7,500 as Gathy had 11,500 in front of him and Nedved had called.
while Nedved sympathy showed 
. Gathy, the Belgian two-time bracelet winner, is up to 55,000.
flop. Nordh continued out for another 450 and Coren-Mitchell instantly tossed out a call.
fell on the turn and the Swede slowed with a check. Coren-Mitchell immediately pounced by moving out a bet of 750. This was enough to get Nordh to fold, allowing Coren-Mitchell to take down the pot. She's off to a solid start here on Day 1, increasing her stack to 42,700 by the conclusion of this hand.
whereupon Litvinov bet 2,000. Vogelhuber took a while to call and Litvinov turned over 
of Vogelhuber was good.
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turn saw another bet of Valente for 1,750. This time, Luca opted for a fold instead and gave up the pot.
river for 3,175 when Berende had checked to him.
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