Everest Poker Blog - March 2010, 16

Evian Poker Open : France International Head's Up tourney

16.03.10 @ 07:15:26 par Richard

Edit 19h39: The fourth Heads Up of Koen de Bakker was against James Akenhead. Before the duel, only 4 players had made a flawless trip.

Unfortunately for our Everest player, the confrontation has turned in favor of James Akenhead who secured a place in the semi final synonymous of cashes.

Koen de Bakker will return tomorrow to play in the quarterfinals. If he wins the next Heads Up he will be In The Money!!

We give you a "rendez vous" for tomorrow at 2pm to follow the extraordinary journey of Koen de Bakker in the International France Heads Up.

Edit 18:30: The next opponent of Koen de Bakker is an "old friend" of Antoine Saout: the finalists of the WSOP and WSOPE 2009, James Akenhead!

The fourth battle will be play on the TV table, so for those who have Eurosport TV, you will be able to watch this Heads Up in late April for the broadcast of these International France Head's Up in Evian.

Edit 18.15: And another win for the Everest Poker player pro, Koen de Bakker!! He won his third consecutive Head's Up, this time against Roger Hairabedian.

On the last hand, Roger goes all in with Ac-8h insta call by Koen who reveals TT.

The board is Jd Ts 3s - 4h - 8c

Koen de Bakker is being interviewed by Eurosport's cameras.

Edit 6:01 pm: The Heads Up between Roger Hairabedian and our player Koen De Bakker has started since a small hour. For the moment, the confrontation turns to the advantage of Koen who are not impress by Roger. Almost all the hands are boosted pre flop and there isn't many flops revealed. We shall keep you informed about the suite of the confrontation.

Edit 16h30: Here are the next heads up to come on the tourney
- Richard Greco Vs Marcello Marigliano.
- Dag Palovic Vs Rui Cao.
- Anthony Lellouche Vs James Akenhead.
- Koen de Bakker Vs Roger Hairabedian.

Here are the rest of the Heads Up to come on this tourney, with the difference that all the following players have no right to make mistakes because they have already lost a confrontation:

- Cyril André Vs Isabelle Mercier.
- Andrew Jeffrey Vs Lou Diamond.
- Leo Marguets Vs Guillaume Darcourt.
- Jens Kyllonen Nicolas Levi.
- François Balmigère Vs Bruno Fitoussi.
- Robbie Verspui Vs Jamel Maistriaux .
- Eric Haik Vs Michael Sebban.
- Manuel Bevand Vs Basile Haiche.

Edit 15h30: On the mean time, the Live The Dream Netherlands player, Koen de Bakker was against Lou Diamond. Initially, the duel was with a slight advantage for Lou until Koen pushes all in on the turn on a board of 7h 5c 5h - Jc
Lou Diamond had a long thought and finaly decides to pay with 5-9. Koen, who are waiting for a flush, is not happy to hear the call, but fortunately for our Everest player, a Kd made his return to flush at the river and allows him to take a clear advantage over his opponent (even if it has took a few minutes to try to understand why his opponent has taken so long to call with his trips).

The end of the Heads Up is anecdotal because after the previous move and with the level of blinds, Lou Diamond has pushed the middle of the table its latest chips and Koen paid with a pair who will stay the best hands and help him to win his second duel.

The third Head's Up will be played by Koen at 17h.
Edit 15h10: And although we cannot say that Fabrice Soulier has been very lucky during these international France Head's Up. Indeed, once again its confrontation against Andrew Jeffrey did not start on the best of way. In fact he was totally card dead, the few hands that he tried to move always finished with the same result: call of his opponent who had found little hands on the board
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Results of this situation are an early elimination of Fabrice Soulier on this Heads Up tournament.

Edit 13h52: The second series of heads up will start in ten minutes so stay tuned for more!

Edit 13:30: HEADS UP WINNERS OF ROUND 2

- Basil Haich Vs Marcello Marigliano
- Eric Haik Vs Richard Greco
- Jamel Maistriaux Vs Dag Palovic
- Rui Cao Vs Francis Balmigère.
- Anthony Lellouche Vs Nicolas Levi.
- Leo Margets Vs James Akenhead.
- Lou Diamond Vs Koen de Bakker.
- Roger Hairabedian Vs Cyril Andre.

HEADS UP OF ROUND 2 OF LOSERS

- Alexia Portal Vs Isabelle Mercier.
- Andrew Jeffrey Vs Fabrice Soulier.
- Guillaume Delagorce Vs Guillaume Darcourt.
- Jens Kyllonen Vs Tobias Reinkemeier.
- Bruno Fitoussi Vs Alexandre Luneau.
- Ludovic Lacay Vs Robbie Verspui.
- Suzanne Fabrice Vs Michael Sebban.
- Manual Bevand Vs Aurelien Guiglini.

Edit 13h24: The duel against Fabrice Soulier and Richard Greco has been the longest of this first round.

After a bad start, Fabrice was back on the game through a all in pre flop with 8-8, paid by his opponent with 7-7. From that moment Fabrice managed to take the lead and grow a stack of 25,000 chips. However, he lost a confrontation All in pre flop with Ac Ad Td 9c Vs who leave our champion with a short stack.

This time, he didn't succeed to do a come back and our player loses his first confrontation of the day by snapping AA vs KQ!

Fabrice will then enter the path of the "losers" who looks very long for him since he will have to win 8 duels if he wishes to reach the final.

Edit 12:17: After 3 levels, we already have the first eliminations of the day.

The Catalan player, Leo Margets just won her duel with Ludovic Lacay. James Akenhead has also zon his HU against Robbie Verspui. Finally, Eric Haik beat out Andrew Jeffrey.

Regarding our players, they are still on the game against their respective opponents.

Our player Live The Dream, Koen de Bakker won his first HU over his opponent,
Michael Sebban, with KK against K4.

Regarding Fabrice Soulier, he's in a difficult position against Richard Greco, but we do fully trust him to achieve his goal and beat his opponent

Welcome to everyone for the coverage of the "Internationaux de France" head up to Evian with two of the players of the Team Everest: Fabrice Soulier and Koen de Bakker.

The tournament has the particularity of being a double chance tournament which means that if a player lost the first confrontation, he will still get a second chance of reaching the final.

The tournament takes place over two days with the following structure: 20,000 chips and blinds starting at 100-200 with levels of 15 minutes.

This € 5.500 tournament will start within a few minutes, and 32 players will compete face-to-face to try to win a share of the prize pool below:

Winner: 61 440 €
Second: 46 080 €
Third: 30 720 €
Fourth: 15 360 €

Here are the confrontations of the day:

Manual vs. Roger Bevand Hairabedian.

Isabelle Mercier vs. Marcello Marigliano.

Michael Sebban vs Koen de Bakker

Guillaume de la Gorce vs Dag Palovic.

Alexandre Luneau vs. Nicolas Levi.

Jens Kyllonen vs Rui Cao.

Leo Margets vs. Ludovic Lacay.

Andrew Jeffrey vs Eric Haik.