Grand Prix De Paris: Day 1B - At A Glance

[Djinn]

Matthias Poppel wins a good 10k pot like so: 

Heads up opponent Jeff Wallace bets out 1,500 on a flop.  He calls.  Wallace then bets 3k on the turn.  Call.
River:    Now it goes a slowish check-check - Jeff Wallace's no good against ...
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We have moved on to the table which has broken in the tournament area.  Great!  We feel like we're right in the middle of it, which we now are.  On the left - a floorman shouting initials for the already heaving cash games, on the right a big pot between Vikash Dharasso and Eric Koskas:

Caught this on the turn with the board:  when Vikash had bet 6,000 into around an 8k pot.  Eric was thinking...eventually he called.
River:    Eric checked, and received a check behind so fast it spoke quite a lot about how much Vikash liked that river...

But Eric showed leaving the mighty in Dharasso's hand to take the pot with two pair, Tens and Fives...

[NoflopsHomer]

The Wi-fi has apparently gone down, but they are now on a 90 minute break.

[snoopy1239]

Table 5:

Carlos da Silva -- 22,650
? -- 22,075
Mark Teltscher-- 19,650
Alain Layani -- 31,625
Adolfo Vaeza -- 19,450
Herve Schaikroun -- 16,300
Yuri Kerzhapkin -- 21,300
Xavier Detournel -- 28,000
Eric Larchveque -- 19,650

Table 6:

Noel Gaens -- 27,325
Jason Lester -- 13,350
Guillaume Delta Gorse -- 24,150
Steve Zolotow -- 20,075
Patrick Schull -- 20,000
Sorel Mizzi -- 45,900
Henri Boutboul -- 15,100
Patric Martensson -- 15,825
Eric Cajelais -- 38,750

Table 7:

Clement Amagat -- 32,100
Farouk Bensalem -- 14,700
Jan Boubli -- 16,350
Karim Massoud -- 12,800
Christopher Cabras -- 35,775
Ray Coburn -- 11,825
Guillaume Darcourt -- 31,750
Antoine Chuzeville -- 20,650

Table 8:

Ramzi Jelassi -- 16,550
Runar Runarsson -- 24,775
Szawomir Rypiniski-- 12,275
Mats Iremark -- 17,900
Stephane Lering -- 21,900
Peter Gould -- 32,300
Paul Gourlay -- 23075
E. Sfez -- 27,600
Patrick Bueno -- 16,875

Table 9:

Eric Koskas -- 33,275
Peter Politis -- 52,350
Vivian Anseline -- 33,725
Karsten Johansen -- 35,350
Vikash Dharasso -- 19,050
JB Bot -- 3,875
Pascal Perrault -- 39,175
Daniel Smits Bertelsen -- 30,050

Table 11:

Jeff Wallace -- 23,200
Matthias Poppel -- 18,025
Carson Russell -- 21,400
Jean Paul Pasqualini -- 29,050
Adrien Gavile -- 26,875
Ram Vaswani -- 28,075
Remi Marrale -- 26,825
H. Kakoun -- 7,500

Table 12:

David Redlin -- 22,825
Yevgeniy Timoshenko -- 5,900
Freddy Deeb -- 38,475
James Witkowski -- 7,675
Didier Pitchot -- 20,775
Masaki Kagawa -- 25150
Georges Teboul -- 20,950
Imad Derwich -- 21,550
Ahmed Debabeche -- 14,150

[snoopy1239]

Ram Vaswani is now on 65k and the probable chip leader after winning a huge pot off Jean Paul Pasqualini, eliminating him in the process.

When I joined, the cards were on the back and the had been dealt out, Ram scooping the lot with versus .

[Djinn]

It looks like Jonathan Fhal is now out, and the internet crashed pre-dinner break before I could relate this hand - a stage in his demise:

A board of and Daniel Smits checked...Jonathan bet 4,200 - leaving himself just over 5k behind.  Daniel moved all-in, covering him by a good margin.  This was clearly not what he'd had in mind...a mutter of "putain!" and some of the angriest chip riffling I have ever seen later and he passed, giving the 7k+ pot to the young Danish player and now his seat is empty.

Blinds are still just 100/200 ante 25...

[snoopy1239]

Down to 56, Farouk Bensalem sent to the sidlines by Stephane Lering.

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Adolfo Vaeza is also OUT, pushing on a Flop with but being picked off by Eric Larchveque's .

Turn =

River =

[Djinn]

Stephane Lering -- 28,600

Wow, that was literally seconds for the bok to kick in - he was all-in against Jan Boubli with on a flop just now - in poor shape against Jan's .  The turn and the river didn't make a difference and a huge pot (55k or so) makes its way down the table Mr. Boubli.

[Djinn]

Meanwhile David Redling is up to around 50k himself after his got all in against the of M. Kagawa.  A low, mainly club board knocked the latter down to just 2,625 while bumping the former up to a table-leading stack.

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H Kakoun is OUT and has inevitably headed towards the "I'm out of the Main Event" cash games.

[Djinn]

Blinds up to 200/400 ante 25.

We have heard that this will be the last level played today, so that's an hour and a half...
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Double through for Patric Martensson courtesy of Henri Boutboul.  I am going to assume that Henri raised preflop and Patric called in position, for the time being, but you really never know...

Anyway, flop:  - this was where semi-short-stacked Patric raised all-in, and it was called - his on their backs before Henri counted out the 8k or so and called, with .  The turn brought the and the pot was already sliding over towards Martensson... he reacted with the same apparent indifference as usual (pictured here right after doubling through), while Boutboul was clearly a little chagrined but not at the table-banging stage quite yet.

[Djinn]

Leaderwatch:

Jan Boubli     70,500
Sorel Mizzi         68,000
David Redlin      66,000
Ram Vaswani    64,500
Freddy Deeb      58,000   (having just eliminated Ahmed Debabeche)
Karsten Johansen  55,000

[snoopy1239]

Patrick Schull has doubled up off Noel Gaens with Tens v Threes, harmless Q-5-7-7-8 board.

[snoopy1239]

Righteo, as we move into the last several minutes, it looks like these guys are you current Billy Big Bollox, with Freddie Deeb and Eric Cajelais leading the chasing pack with 53,500 and 48,225 respectively.

Ram Vaswani -- 74,300
David Redlin -- 72,850
Jan Boubli -- 70,200
Sorel Mizzi -- 68,875
Karsten Johansen -- 60,825

[snoopy1239]

James Witkowski is OUT.

All-in for his last 5k on a board of , he was swiftly called by Vivian Anseline.

"Have you got a Queen?" pleaded a concerned Witowski, simultaneously reluctant to reveal his cards until knowing where he stood.

Without answering verbally, Vivian turned over , dominating James' .

"Seven!" calls Vivian.

Spookily, and rather suspiciously, the River bring the .

"Almost an Eight," says Deeb.

"It's not fair, he's psychic," shouts an onlooker.

[snoopy1239]

Georges Tervol -- 12,625
Vivian Anseline -- 53,400
Ram Vaswani -- 76,975
Eric Koskas -- 31,550
David Redlin -- 72,475
Yevgeniy Timoshenko -- 13,500
Freddie Deeb -- 50,400
Vikash Dhorasso -- 16,175
Remy Biechel -- 18,375
Alain Layani -- 25,900
Karten Johansen -- 52,250
Adrion Gavile -- 31,675
Pascal Perrault -- 24,125
Will Ma -- 38,100
Eric Larcheveque -- 41,375
Xavier Detournel -- 28,725
Carlos Da Silva -- 33,375
Russell Carson -- 32,425
Noel Gaens -- 52,650
Jason Lester -- 24,975
Guillaume de la Gorce -- 20,325
Patrick Schull -- 20,475
Sorel Mizzi -- 69,075
Patric Martensson -- 3,475
Eric Cajelais -- 35,500
Ramzi Jelassi -- 21,125
Peter Politis -- 38,325
Szawomir Rypiniski  9,475
Mats Iremark -- 15,525
Jeff Wallace -- 64,025
Peter Gould -- 34,200
Paul Gourlay -- 24,925
Nikolas Liakos -- 39,100
Patrick Bueno -- 6,500
Clement Amagat -- 18,150
Guillaume Darcourt -- 19,950
Ray Coburn -- 11,200
Antoine Chuzeville -- 24,725
Imad Derwiche -- 12,175
Daniel Bertelsen -- 14,150
Jan Boubli -- 71,975
Christophe Cabras -- 43,125
Runar Runarsson -- 51,525