Grand Prix De Paris: Days 3 and 4 - At A Glance

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  Cooooeeeee

Csaba Kuremszki is OUT, rocked by Ram Vaswani who er... I guess rocked the Casaba (ahem).

Anyhow, I joined it at the very last second, but looking at seating position, it appears as though Csaba raised pre-flop from middle position and Ram smooth called from the big blind.

All the money flew in like lightening on an board, and the cards were turned over.

Csaba =

Ram =

Turn =

River =

Tough one, huh?

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And extreme short-stack Yuri Kerzhapkin doubles through (I am sure I've said that at least twice a day...) all in preflop with vs. neighbour Tor Gammelgard's .  The little pair makes two pair with the help of the board, and he's still there.

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Double up for Antoine Nouel... he raised to 15k preflop (just under half his stack..."Hmmm," we thought) put all in for less than 45k by later-position Tor Gammelgard.  He happily shoved the rest with his , up against Tor's . 
The board:    and the Frenchman's nearly at six figures once more.

***Great Background Moment***  Benjo told me that Antoine is actually an actor/comedian who also does dubbing voice-overs for TV and movies.  Included in his resume is being Chandler in the French Friends.  Wikipedia verifies this - who would have guessed...?

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Nichlas Saarisilta is playing quite a few hands... first raising preflop and getting called by big blind Kirill Rabstov, they checked until the river with the board reading at which point a 14k bet from Nichlas took down the pot.

Then he lost it back to Runar Runarsson, who called his under the gun raise and 17k on the flop, only to bet him off on the turn. 

Back and forth...we've had a press side bet on the time they get to 6 players (the finish for Day 4).  Go 21:17!

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Double up for Paul Gourlay, all-in from the button for 33,700, called by Nikalas Liakos in the small blind.

Paul =

Nikalas =

Board =

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WE HAVE ACTION!

 

Huge hand between Runar Runarsson and Freddy Deeb.  Freddy called Runar's preflop raise, and with around 25k in the pot, the flop comes down .  Runar checks, and Freddy announces, "All in," almost immediately.  This is a big bet - Runar is covered by about two to one in chips, but starts off the verbal drama which follows by asking for a countdown.
"I got you covered," says Freddy.
"He's got you covered," agrees the rest of the table. (Runar has about 125k behind).
"You have a flush draw?  A-J?  Queens?" asks Runar to a silent Freddy, who's hands are clasped patiently.  But not that patient.  For the second time I see the clock called on the agitated Icelander. 
"Why you ask for the clock?" continues Runar, before suddenly saying, "I don't f-ing care.  I made a good laydown before, this time I call."
Runar shows
Freddy shows   and is clearly not pleased at being marginal-slowrolled, in his opinion ("Hope the Queen comes...You were never going to fold...")
But it doesn't - the rest of the board cards bring a flush for Runarsson:  and Freddy Deeb's stack is down to maybe 130k.

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Double through for Deeb... immediately after he loses a pot to Jeffrey Lisandro (who called on the button to take him off on the flop) short stacked Freddy Deeb raises to 15k preflop.  Again, Lisandro takes him on, calling on the small blind.
Flop:    Jeffrey thinks for a good long time, reading the board as if the secret recipe for Coca-cola might be hidden in those three cards, before saying, "All in...45, right?"
Freddy Deeb agrees, his stack is, "45,800.  I call."  He shows which remain good against Jeffrey's .

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We have also lost Adrien Gavile in 17th place (very short stacked, all in for his final hand with just 21k, called and eliminated by Will Ma) and just now Atanas Gueorguieu in 16th, whose was demolished by Jeffrey Lisandro's (ending up with Kings full and a stack to rival Ram's...full counts in one minute).

Payout reminder:

1  €422,560
2  €224,480
3  €158,460 
4  €105,640
5   €79,230
6   €66,020
7   €52,820
8   €39,615
9   €26,410
10-13 €19,810
14-18 €13,205

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Seemingly tough decision for Paul 'Rocket Man'Gourlay.

I join the action with around 30k in the pot and the board reading .

Will Ma has put Paul all-in for his last 45-50k.

At first, Will Ma leaves the table so as not to give anything away, but is asked to return to his seat by the TD.

Upon returning, Will Ma proceeds to hide his perhaps slightly wobbly poker face.

Back to Gourlay. Clearly faced with a tricky decision, you can see it on his face as he rises from his seat, hands on his head.

Back in his chair, he suddenly announces "Call", and we have a showdown.

Will Ma =

Rocket Man =

Turn =

 

Academic River =

Another double up for Rocket Man who er... rockets up to over the 130k mark!!!

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Nikolai Liakos is OUT in 15th (I believe & hope), his Queens running into the American Airlines of local hero Georges Teboul, no help on the board.

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Chip Counts at the Break:

Table Chip Leaders

Runar Runarsson    365,700
Kirill Rabtsov            66,200
Freddy Deeb         120,000
David Redlin           168,000
Jeff Lisandro          195,000
Nichlas Saarisilta      117,000
Ram Vaswani         462,000

Table Short Stacks

Will Ma                 276,000
Jeff Wallace           76,000
Georges Teboul     185,000
Antoine Nouel        74,000
Paul Gourlay          140,000
Tor Gammelgard    327,000
Yuri Kerzhapkin      125,000

Blinds up:  2,500/5,000 ante 500.

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Exit:  The likeable Antoine Nouel ran his A-5 into the A-A of Will Ma, and finishes, therefore, in 14th place.  It got all-in on a 4-A-K flop, and the huge set took out Antoine and his remaining 75k or so. 

Paul Gourlay, "Extra six grand!"

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Tor Gammelgard has suffered a big hit at the hands of table neighbour Yuri Kerzhapkin, all-in with vs. , board.

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Paul Gourlay takes a bit of a hit - raising to 15k preflop, it passes to big blind (5k) Will Ma.  Who calls. 
Flop:    A superquick double-check.
Turn:    Will throws in two blue 10k chips.  Quick smooth call from Paul...
River:    Will bets out 30k and gets another quick call, Paul showing the .  But the slowplayed flopped trips of Will Ma (holding ) take the pot and reduce the Rocketman back to a short stack...
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And then he gets right back up and on with it...a bit of a build back for Paul as he first of all shoves from the small blind on a threeway limped flop of - no call - showing the , and then pushes preflop pretty much straight after that, building back to around 90,000.

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So too is Jeff Wallace, pictured, who has remained under the radar a bit today, but was just caught pushing, uncalled, for his <100k.  The quiet American (oxymoron?) seems to be getting past the aggressors on his table like Will Ma and Tor Gammelgard, while remaining permanently on a bowl of rice...maybe we've just been looking the other way when he's been involved, but it would be interesting to see a few of his cards...
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For Fan-of-Yuri, chip counts from his table (where he's done very well seeing as he started to day second shortest in chips:

Will Ma               500,000
Jeff Wallace         70,000
Georges Teboul   190,000
Paul Gourlay         62,000
Tor Gammelgard  142,000
Yuri Kerzhapkin    247,000

And counts from Table Ram+Runar:

Runar Runarsson    470,000
Kirill Rabtsov          105,000
Freddy Deeb         135,000
David Redlin          110,000
Jeffrey Lisandro     250,000
Nichlas Saarisilta      83,000
Ram Vaswani         370,000

[snoopy1239]

Georges Teboul raises it up to 15k pre-flop from the button, Tor Gammelgard calls from the big blind.

Flop =

To instachecks, Georges bets 20k, Tor calls.

Turn =

Tor bets 25k, Georges pushes all-in, Tor instacalls.

Tor =

Georges =

River =

Georges down to the felt.