Barbero finished the day with 106,300 while Rousso was slightly behind with 96,400.

Chip leader to end the day is Frenchman Amir Salhani, who bagged up 191,000.

Lewis, Cody Close Behind

Several other big names managed to navigate the French field and will join the leaders on Day 2.

Decent-sized stacks include Martins Adeniya (115,200), Toby Lewis (93,200), Fatima Moreira de Melo (81,000), Jake Cody (78,400), Shannon Shorr (75,300), Ludovic Lacay (68,800) and Ari Engel (56,300).

Making it through the day but with below-average stacks were Liv Boeree, Bruno “Kool Shen” Lopes, Joe Ebanks and Kevin MacPhee.

Also making an appearance on Day 1b was famed Vegas rounder Scotty Nguyen, who survived to see Day 2 with a stack of 33,100.

Bye Bye Blom, ElkY

Big names hitting the rail on Day 1b included Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Vanessa Selbst, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Eugene Katchalov, David Benyamine and Dario Minieri.

With 550 registering to play on Day 1b a total of 889 officially turned out for this edition of EPT Deauville, only two players short of the record 891 from last year.

All told it makes for a €4,267,200 prize pool with 128 spots paid and €875,000 for first.

Day 2 action begins at noon in Deauville tomorrow.

Follow the live updates in the PokerStars blog.

Official final-table payouts are as follows:

1. €875,000

2. €557,000

3. €328,000

4. €260,000

5. €200,000

6. €155,000

7. €110,000

8. €67,200

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Poker’s In List November 11-17, 2011

Sam Trickett: IN

The first of two Brits on this week’s In List, Sam Trickett gets a nod for closing on yet another major tournament.

Trickett made the final table of the Partouche Poker Tour back in September and just returned to Cannes to take top honors and the €1 million first-place prize.

Trickett has $6.3 million in total career earnings and takes the number one spot on England’s all-time live tournament money list with this win.

Check out the full final table rundown here.

Jake Cody: IN

Jake Cody is in this week after proving that endorsement deals are still open to poker players, as long as you’re not American.

Cody was signed to graphics-fueled online poker site PKR and joins existing Team PKR Pro members like Sofia “welllbet” Lovgren and Scott Shelley.

Cody has only been playing live majors since late 2009 but has already won titles on the EPT, WPT and WSOP.

"I'm very VERY excited about joining Team PKR Pro," said Cody. "I've been patient with sponsorship, waiting for the right deal to come along. It’s a great site to be involved with and I think I can help take it to the next level.”

Click here for more on that story.

Andy Frankenberger: IN

Andy Frankenberger takes the third spot on this week’s In List thanks to the completely unorthodox style in which he won the recent Party Poker Premier League Mixed Game Championship in London.

He reportedly tilted the un-tiltable players Mike Sexton and played a hand that Luke “FullFlush1” Schwartz called “one of the worst hands he had ever seen” on his way to victory.

Frankenberger is the reigning WPT Player of the Year and defeated Brit Andrew Feldman to claim the $100,000 first-place prize.

Full breakdown right here.

JP Kelly will no longer wear the PokerStars patch.

Poker’s Out List: November 11-17, 2011

$2.6M of Tom Dwan’s Money: OUT

HighStakesDB reported a chat log between Phil Galfond and PokerStars player John “Garfield25” Chan.

Chan relates the fact that the big game is running again in Macau and that Tom Dwan lost roughly 20 million HK$, or $2.6 million USD, last week.

High-stakes poker has seemed to see a surge in Macau in the last year, with top pros like Dwan, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and John Juanda all playing.

A few of the richest businessmen reported to play in those games actually made it to Australia earlier this year for the Aussie Millions so click through here to see photos of some of the players who may have relieved Dwan of that $2.6 million.

The Hopes and Dreams of Thousands of Young Women: OUT

One of poker’s most notorious womanizers is finally settling down for the time being.

David “Devilfish” Ulliott got married on Saturday. The former safe-cracker and convict is on his third marriage.

Tony G - in typical Tony G fashion - took the momentous occasion to rip Ulliott in his blog and wish him well in his “retirement.” Tony G pointed to the massive success of Sam Trickett as a reason that Devilfish has been dethroned as the biggest U.K. winner in poker.

At least now Ulliott can complain to his wife about Tony G.

JP Kelly at PokerStars: OUT

In a somewhat surprising move PokerStars has given two-time bracelet winner JP Kelly the boot from Team PokerStars Pro.

Kelly made waves in the poker world this summer when he made a deep run in the WSOP Main Event eventually finishing 26th for over $300k.

Back in 2009 Kelly won two WSOP bracelets (one was at the WSOPE) in Hold’em events.

The young English pro is up $1.6 million in his poker career and frequently touted as one of the best up-and-coming British poker players.

This afternoon saw 230 players return to the felt, armed with the official prize pool numbers and looking to take one step closer to the 48 players who will be paid in this event.

In total €1,344,000 will be awarded to players in this event with the lion’s share reserved for the eventual champion.

100 players survived the melee that was Day 2, with a healthy contingent of big-name players still in the running.

Recent PokerStars Sunday 500 winner Jason Wheeler is currently in ninth place with 178,500 and the two Day 1 chip leaders, Julian Herold and Mario Puccini, are in 13th and 11th, respectively.

Also through are former EPT champions Kevin MacPhee (130,100), Rupert Elder (118,300), Roberto Romanello (112,800) and David Vamplew (67,600)

Joining them are Jude Ainsworth, Jonny Lodden, Ana Marquez, Joe Elpayaa and McLean Karr.

Unfortunately the list of notable names who didn’t make it through the day is even longer. The most notable among them include Eugene Katchalov, Jeff Sarwer, Pierre Neauville, Kent Lundmark, Nicolas Chouity, Chris Moorman and Mats Gavatin.

Tomorrow will see the remaining 100 players sit back down and fight their way into the money.

Here are the top ten chip counts at the end of Day 2:

Photo Credit: Neil Stoddart for PokerStars Blog.

This afternoon saw 230 players return to the felt, armed with the official prize pool numbers and looking to take one step closer to the 48 players who will be paid in this event.

In total €1,344,000 will be awarded to players in this event with the lion’s share reserved for the eventual champion.

100 players survived the melee that was Day 2, with a healthy contingent of big-name players still in the running.

Recent PokerStars Sunday 500 winner Jason Wheeler is currently in ninth place with 178,500 and the two Day 1 chip leaders, Julian Herold and Mario Puccini, are in 13th and 11th, respectively.

Also through are former EPT champions Kevin MacPhee (130,100), Rupert Elder (118,300), Roberto Romanello (112,800) and David Vamplew (67,600)

Joining them are Jude Ainsworth, Jonny Lodden, Ana Marquez, Joe Elpayaa and McLean Karr.

Unfortunately the list of notable names who didn’t make it through the day is even longer. The most notable among them include Eugene Katchalov, Jeff Sarwer, Pierre Neauville, Kent Lundmark, Nicolas Chouity, Chris Moorman and Mats Gavatin.

Tomorrow will see the remaining 100 players sit back down and fight their way into the money.

Here are the top ten chip counts at the end of Day 2:

Photo Credit: Neil Stoddart for PokerStars Blog.

Eleven of the twelve teams that will play in the Nations’ Cup beginning on November 17 have been revealed and the rosters reflect some of the best players in the game. The “wild card” for this tournament, however, will be its format; the tournament will feature duplicate poker – a form of poker where each table is dealt the exact same hands and players receive points for how well they play a particular hand in comparison with those who also have the same hand – which is something that the competitors might have some trouble preparing for. With that said, the team lineups for the tournament are right out of any major worldwide event.

The United States has arguably the most notable roster of the eleven teams that have been named to this point. Led by 2011 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Barry Greenstein, the team also features top online players Isaac Haxton and Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh, top female pro Vanessa Selbst, World Series of Poker bracelet winners Matt Matros and Antonio Esfandiari and Ali Eslami. Regardless of the format of the game, Team USA has to be considered one of the favorites for the competition.

Two of Team USA’s members have commented regarding their participation in the Nations Cup and the goal of the IFP in changing the way that poker is thought of in certain circles. In an interview at NewJerseyNewsroom.com earlier this month, Selbst commented to writer Jerry Milani, “Poker is 95% skill and 5% luck, and many who are involved on the professional side work hard to improve that skill set. It is what makes good players great in any sport. However the gambling aspect is what people associate most with poker, and that is what these efforts are looking to change. I agree that it is a game of skill and practice and I am pleased to be involved.”

Leigh also likes the idea of the Nations’ Cup, commenting in a BleacherReport.com article, “As much as I have enjoyed playing online and in high stakes events, I think we have a chance to help make the game so much more and to reach a new audience,” she stated. “I think that is what the Nations’ Cup will help start.”

Although the American team is loaded, there is tremendous competition that they will face. The United Kingdom fields a squad consisting of Captain Barny Boatman, 2011 November Niner Sam Holden, poker “Triple Crown” winner Jake Cody, 2009 November Niner James Akenhead, Sam Trickett, JP Kelly and Liv Boeree. Team Ireland is headed by Captain Padraig Parkinson and features the father and son duo of Donnachea and Eoghan O’Dea, “Mad” Marty Smyth, Andy Black, Dermot Blain and Cat O’Neill.

The other nations that will be featured in the Nations’ Cup include Germany (featuring Sandra Naujoks and Sebastian Ruthenberg), France (with Captain Fabrice Soulier, David Benyamine and Nicolas Levi), the Netherlands (captained by Rolf Slotboom and featuring Marcel Luske, Noah Boeken and Rob Hollink), Spain (with Raul Paez, Juan Maceiras and Leo Margets), Australia (with veteran Mel Judah as captain and Antanas “Tony G” Guoga and Women in Poker Hall of Famer Marsha Waggoner), Brazil (stocked with Felipe Ramos, Christian Kruel, Alexandre Gomes and Andre Akkari) and Japan (headed by Gen Watanabe).

Perhaps the most intriguing team in the Nations’ Cup will be representing the “digital nation.” Team Zynga Poker will take to the felt, captained by Jennefer Gallenberger, with some of the competitors experiencing their first ever live tournament performance. Team Zynga Poker will have to learn on the fly as they face some of the stiffest competition in the world, as will the twelfth team that has yet to be named.

The two day Nations’ Cup event will be followed on November 19 by “The Table,” a featured event during the four day festival put in place by the IFP. “The Table” has invited 135 of the top players in the world to battle it out for a $500,000 prize pool, with $250,000 going to the eventual champion. It should serve as a perfect cap to what should be an outstanding event put on by the International Federation of Poker.

Florian Desgouttes ITM in San Remo

After 3 days of a wonderfull poker, Team Titan ’s  Florian Desgouttes had to quit the tournament on a really hard last hand that he couldn’t avoid just before the end of Day 3.

Florian, with a pocket 3 hit the flop: 8♥ 3♣ 4♥ and invested his stack of 220 K for an average of 320 K. His opponent with A♣ 8♣ found the top pair on the flop, then the max flush draw while the turn fell K♣ and finally hit it on the river, the 10♣ 
Really cruel for the french player who nevertheless realized a beautiful result ending the italian adventure winning a prize of € 10,000. 

Congratulations !

“There’s no money on the line in this event so all we do this for is pride,” Daniel Negreanu told PokerListings.com moments after the battle was won.

“Everyone wanted to be on the team because it’s a lot of fun but the format isn’t exactly set up to decide much as far as skill,” said Kid Poker of the ten-minute blinds and unorthodox format.

Originally the American team included former world champions Doyle Brunson and Huck Seed, but when the pair announced they would be unable to attend Mercier and Lamb were subbed in.

Europe also had a few lineup issues to deal with. Italian Dario Minieri was originally included on their roster but pulled out, replaced by Tony G.

And since Jake Cody still had a stack on Day 4 of the WSOPE Main Event, which began just two hours after the Caesars Cup kicked off, the Brit was only able to compete in the first round of matches.

The winner of this event was decided by three different formats of heads-up play. First, two players per team squared off playing alternate streets of the same hand. One player on each team would play preflop, the other on the flop, the other on the turn and so on.

In the first round Ben Lamb and Jason Mercier defeated Tony G and Jake Cody to put Team America up one point.

The second round saw two separate heads-up matches with players from each team sharing the same stack. In this round Daniel Negreanu battled Gus Hansen while Phil Hellmuth went up against Max Lykov.

It was Americas versus Europe at WSOPE 2011 in Cannes.

 

That round went to Europe with Negreanu getting all-in pre-flop with K♥ 8♥ against Hansen’s A♦ 9♠ on the last hand of the match.

The third round was a straight-up one on one battle between European captain ElkY and two-time world champion Johnny Chan. In the end that round came down to a flip with Chan’s pocket fours holding against ElkY’s A♥ 6♥.

With America one win from ending the 2011 Caesars Cup, Phil Hellmuth chose himself to go up against ElkY’s pick, Max Lykov.

After see-sawing back and forth, the chip lead came to rest on Hellmuth’s side of the table heading into the final hand of the event. All-in preflop with Q♣ T♠ for Hellmuth against Lykov’s K♣ 9♣, the board ran out queen high to give Hellmuth the pot and the second Caesars Cup title.

While no money will exchange hands as a result of this win there are bragging rights between Europe and America. But even those bragging rights are dubious, thanks to a patently “Made for TV” structure.

“On one side you want to have a deep structure but on the other hand you’re not playing for money,” said Negreanu.

“It’s not so much who wins or loses, because it usually just comes down to winning flips, but it’s about who made the most mistakes,” he said.

“It was a lot closer this year because last time our team made a lot of mistakes.”k