After a raise to 6,000 by Michel Dattani Thomas Muehlocker shoved all in for 47,100 total. Two positions down it was Simon Deadman who made the call from the small blind. The big blind and Dattani folded and it was time for the showdown.
Deadman had by far the best of it with , Muehlocker showed .
The flop however, was as good as the could come for Muehlocker: . With the pair and flush draw, Deadman had few outs left to catch up. The on the turn certainly wasn't one of them, but the on the river sure was. Muehlocker left the stage with a bit of a pained face, Deadman started stacking again.
Jussi Nevanlinna raised to 6,500 from the cut off before Oliver Price moved all in for his remaining 65,900 from the bg blind. Nevanlinna thought about his decision for a minute before making the call.
Nevanlinna:
Price:
Price was at risk against the pair until the board ran out . He was able to spike a king on the flop to see him double to 136,000 in chips.
These are visual chip counts, we didn't actually ask the players how much they were playing. So these are rough estimates, sometimes complicated by players stacking huge towers instead of the de facto of 20-chip high stacks.
EPT Live commentator James Hartigan told us the story of his first EPT, which was during the first season in Deauville. Interestingly enough Hartigan didn't do commentary on his first EPT, but he actually played in it.
The action folded around to Steve O’Dwyer on the button who raised it up to 7,000. Dmitry Gromov made the call from the big blind before both players watched the flop come down .
Gromov checked prompting O’Dwyer to throw in an 8,000 continuation bet. The bet was called and the dealer produced the on the turn.
O’Dwyer bet out another 20,000 after facing a check, and again his bet was called. The completed the board and Gromov made it three checks. O’Dwyer thought for over a minute before opting to check as well, only to muck his hand when Gromov talbed for two pair.
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Craig McCorkell raised it up to 6,500 from the cut off before Igor Yaroshevskyy bumped it up to 18,000 from the button. The blinds folded and McCorkell called before both players watched the flop come down .
McCorkell checked and Yaroshevskyy threw out 21,000. McCorkell thought for a moment before making the call as the dropped on the turn.
Both players checked their option before the completed the board. McCorkell reached for his chips and bet out 38,500. Yaroshevskyy tanked for over two minutes before finally releasing his hand, relinquishing the pot.
The hand started with Mustapha Kanit raising to 6,000 from under the gun plus one. Francois Billard then bumped it up to 16,500 from the small blind and was called once the big blind got out of the way.
The flop of saw Billard bet 14,400 and get called before the fell on the turn.
Billard paused for a moment before moving all in for around 120,000 in chips. The bet had Kanit covered, who only had 57,000 in chips behind.
He thought for a minute before finally mucking his hand as Billard raked in the pot.