Grand Prix De Paris: Day 2 - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Brian Johnson is OUT, the empty seat on Table 7 signifying his sudden departure.

[Djinn]

Mad Derwich is OUT - all in preflop with vs. the of the unstoppable Jeff Lisandro.  All clear until the river brought a King, knocking him out and dragging Lisandro's stack up to a tidy 63k or so.  Their table is now breaking, as we're down to 63 players.  Lisandro pictured waving, not trying to get me to go away.
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Lengthiest Dwell Prize goes to Turgut Guner (pictured top) after Yuri Kerzhapkin moved in on the river for 19k into a 13k pot, with the board:  .  No call, but I watched this hand for about ten minutes and so it's getting reported.

[snoopy1239]

A few chippy counts that our viewers may be interested in:

Ramzi Jelassi -- 17,600
Sami Shakhtoor -- 59,100
John Kabbaj -- 53,225
Freddie Deeb -- 69,675
Ram Vaswani -- 84,075
Brad Libson -- 18,500
Noel Gaens -- 24,150
Jeff Lisandro -- 95,325
Paul Gourlay -- 34,450
Peter Gould -- 75,525
Daniel Smits -- 22,525
Dave Colclough -- 63,200

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Table Blondie

Antoine Chuzeville    12,550
Dave Colclough        62,000  (I double took as his stack has just ballooned this level - will ask him things in the break)
Michael Akrich          57,400
David Redlin             97,500
Daniel Bertelsen       20,000
Jason Lee               38,550
Alain Layani             20,675
Georges Teboul       27,500
Otto Richard            43,500

Table Testud Has A Pig Mascot Which Makes the Most Unbelievable Noises

John Kabbaj             51,000
Freddy Deeb            80,000
Sorel Mizzi                30,300
Johan Storakers        18,500
Brad Libson              23,400
Karsten Johanssen     12,300
Kirill Rabtsov              66,500
Paul Testud              90,000
Peter Politis              25,600

[snoopy1239]

I join the action with around 50-60k already in the pot, Jeff pushing in around 30k (covering his opponent, PP Ruscalla) and the board reading...



Ruscalla calls and Jeff asks, in that familiarly confident manner, "So, have you got Jacks or Queens?"

"Tens," replies Roscalla.

Slightly concerned, Jeff reveals , but breathes a big sigh of relief when he sees that he has his opponent drawing dead to two cards with a surprisingly vulnerable and perhaps not biggest-pot-of-the-night inducing .

River =

Ruscalla gone, Lisandro new chip leader with circa 160k.

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Don't forget, this thread is just the bare facts.

If you want to taste the gags, photos and anecdotes we have to offer, then be sure to check out the fuller and more interactive thread by clicking the link below:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=23337.msg476970#msg476970

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Table Lisandro:

Will Ma         76k
Eric Koskas   16k
Vivian Anseline   85k
Stephane Gourverneur  46k
Jeff Lisandro    160k
Aleaksandr Dzianisau  46k
Paul Gourlay      32k

15 minute break......

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Dave Colclough is at 75k during this break, after what he calls some "French hospitality..."  Despite seeing no big pairs this comp, and only one lone A-K today, he's built up from about 15k to his present stack playing a lot of mediocre starting hands from the wonderful big blind.  Here's a breakdown:

1)  After there's one limper - Georges Teboul - he sees a J-8-4 (one diamond) flop in the big blind, holding .  He checks, Teboul bets 2.5k, he raises to 6k.  Call.
Turn:    DC moves in for 16.5k (the diamond giving his confidence in his hand a boost).  He gets a dwell-call (leading him to pessimistically suspect J-K or some such hand) but it turns out he was doubled through by an optimistic 8-9.

2)  In the bb again with it was 2,600 to go with one caller, DC goes for it, "for the value." 
Flop: -9c-4c check-check-check
The turn pairs the four - the bringing the double flush draw.  David Redlin bets 4k, and gets called in the middle - now not so sure that his King is the best hand, he calls.
River:   "I'm now in check-call mode," says Dave, but it checks round, the King stood up.  "Easy pot."

3) In the bb with 4-4 Teboul raises, Dave smooth calls... 2-3-5 the flop. Dave checks, Teboul bets, Dave calls.
Turn  6  Dave bets 5k on his turned straight, and gets a speedy call.
River is a blank... DC leads out 6k, hoping his opponent has a pair...no, he gets not a penny more, being shown the perhaps unexpected A-Q...

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Karsten Johansen (right) limps for 1,200, Brad Lipson (left) moves in for 6,150 more from the big blind, Karsten calls.

Karsten =

Brad =

Board =

Libson doubles through.

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Karsten Johanssen is OUT - After a double limp, from Paul Testud under the gun and later position Freddy Deeb, Karsten Johanssen moved in on the small blind for perhaps 20k...Testud instacalled, which put Freddy off, if he'd been considering it.  "Showdown!" impatiently demands observer Johan Storakers, for no apparent reason (there must be some kind of tedious-dwell history on that table, for example).
Karsten shows: 
Paul shows: 

Flop: 
Turn: 
And he was already halfway out of the room as the irrelevant came down.

[snoopy1239]

Double up for Ramzi, who, according to the youthful Swede, played his first hand in four hours. 

All-in pre-flop.

Ramzi Jelassi =

Runar Runarsson =

Board =

Down to just 15k, a dejected Runar cries, "Every time I lose it's to a redraw."

[snoopy1239]

Looks like the constantly short-stacked Brad Libson has exited stage left. Two other Americans aren't fairing too much better, Jeff Wallace and Jason Lee both struggling with 13,300 and 13,575 respectively.

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The bearer of the sugary gifts, Sorel Mizzi, has just moved all-in for 15k with only to be called by Noel Gaens in the big blind with .

The Flop and Turn looked good for Gaens, but he's been having a rough time of it recently, and could only bang the table, although hesitantly, as the River dealt out a vicious .

[snoopy1239]

Wasek Lukasz has doubled up. He raised it up to 4k with , and was silently overjoyed to see Guillaume de la Gorce move all-in behind him for around 20k more with .

Lukasz called like lightening, as you would, and fisted the air upon seeing the board.

Gorce down to the felt.

[Djinn]

Samir Shakhtoor Suckout News Now:

All-in with J-J against the Q-Q of Nikolai Evdakov, a Jack appearing on the river sparked a full table, "Oooh."  That caught our attention, which was held as they counted down Samir's stack - 62,700 which is now a very healthy double that, while his neighbour is down to around 40k.

[snoopy1239]

John Kabbaj -- 44475
Peter Gould -- 75,025
Freddie Deeb -- 72,250
Jeff lisandro -- 156,850
Dave Colclough -- 37,500
Sorel Mizzi -- 51,700
Noel Gaens -- 33,600
Ram Vaswani -- 128,975
Jeff Wallace -- 14,800
Jason Lee -- 13,350