No one ever won a poker tournament without making the odd bluff, hitting the odd card, laying the odd trap and making the occasional hero call that might also have sent them to the rail. The 28-year-old Moritz Kranich from Hamburg, Germany, has shown all the requisite skills and more in Deauville this week, and is the worthy champion and winner of the €851,400 first prize. Moritz Kranich But the most significant hero call of Kranich's poker career to date was actually made by his opponent, the 19-year-old Tristan Clemencon, when he and Kranich were the dominant bullies in
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EPT Deauville: Level 28 updates
Live updates from level 28 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 28. Blinds: 40,000-80,000 (ante: 5,000) 8.57pm: Moritz Kranich, a PokerStars qualifier from Germany, win the EPT...more
EPT Deauville: Level 27 updates
Live updates from level 27 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 27. Blinds: 30,000-60,000 (ante: 5,000) 8.42pm: How about now? Esquevin calls from the small blind but...more
EPT Deauville: Level 26 updates
Live updates from level 26 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 26. Blinds: 25,000-50,000 (ante: 5,000) 6.35pm: Double up for Esquevin, Benelli's slump continues Arnaud Esquevin's day...more
EPT Deauville: Level 25 updates
Live updates from level 25 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 25. Blinds: 20,000-40,000 (ante: 4,000) 5.33pm: No Benelli for it And in the last hand, Benelli...more
EPT Deauville: Level 24 updates
Live updates from level 24 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 24. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 (ante: 3,000) 4.13pm: AB takes chunk out of TC My notebook reads: 78...more
EPT Deauville: Level 23 updates (contd.)
Live updates from level 23 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 23. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 2,000) 3.05pm: Thomas Delattre from France, eliminated in eighth place for €77,400...more
EPT Deauville: Introducing the finalists
Television crews, casino staff, dealers and players are currently undergoing last-minute preparations for today's final table. The returning eight players are already guaranteed a payday of at least €77,400 but all eyes will be on the first prize of €851,400. (A full list of prizewinners to date can be found...more
EPT Deauville: Allez les Bleus
Fifty percent of the starting field here in Deauville were French. Of the 48 players who have cashed so far at Casino Barriere this week, 21 grew up beneath le tricolore. And tomorrow's final table, which begins in Normandy at 2pm, will feature eight players. Five of them, you guessed...more
EPT Deauville: Level 23 updates
Live updates from level 23 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 23. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 (ante: 2,000) 7.40pm: Final table set And with that, tomorrow's final table is...more
EPT Deauville: Level 22 updates
Live updates from level 22 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 22. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 (ante: 2,000) 6.45pm: In your own time While Clemencon was making a name...more
EPT Deauville: Level 21 updates
Live updates from level 21 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 21. Blinds: 6,000-12,000 (ante: 1,000) 6.15pm: Double up for Daraux David Daraux finally got his caller...more
EPT Deauville: Level 20 updates
Live updates from level 20 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 20. Blinds: 5,000-10,000 (ante: 1,000) 4.40pm: Launais, Launais; Launais, Launais; feeling hot, hot, hot On the...more
EPT Deauville: Level 19 updates
Live updates from level 19 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 19. Blinds: 4,000-8,000 (ante: 1,000) 3.30pm: The others around the table We play eight-handed on the...more
EPT Deauville: Level 18 updates
Live updates from level 18 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 18. Blinds: 3,000-6,000 (ante: 500) 2.11pm: Did you double up son? Bruno Launias made it 20,000...more
EPT Deauville: Level 17 updates
Live updates from level 17 of the EPT Deauville are brought to you by Stephen Bartley and Howard Swains. Click refresh to see the latest updates. This post will track the action in level 17. Blinds: 2,500-5,000 (ante: 500) 1.07pm: What was and what now is Joep van den Bijgaart...more
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