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Lellouche grabs chip lead on Day1A of the EPT Warsaw
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2008-11-16 08:06
Following the resounding success and sellout crowds of the
EPT Budapest, Day 1A of the Warsaw stop of the European Poker Tour saw a crowd of only 99 players belly up to the poker tables of Casino Poland. What this crowd lacked in size though, it more than made up for in quality.
Will Fry, the winner of the above mentioned Budapest stop was there, as well as EPT founder John Duthie and pros Gavin Griffin, Johnny Lodden and Arnaud Mattern.
Kara Scott and Arnaud Mattern were among the first to throw off the gauntlet as they tangled in a do or die hand early on. Kara picked up a pair of rockets and raised preflop to drag 3 callers with her to the flop. The flop fell 3,6,2, and Mattern shoved all-in following a raise from middle position. The only caller was Scott, who tabled her pair of aces against Mattern’s set of 2s. The turn fell a 5, and the river came a J to send Kara to the rail and Mattern to the top of the provisional chip leader board.
His Budapest triumph still fresh in memory, Will Fry was also sent to the sidelines very early on.
After his initial double-up at Kara Scott’s expense, Arnaud Mattern embarked on a wild rollercoaster ride for the rest of the day, together with Johnny Lodden and Ludovic Lacay. All’s well when it ends well though, and it certainly did end well for all these guys who made it to the top of the leader board en masse by the end of the day.
Antony Lellouche – the eventual chip leader – came under Lady Luck’s protection early on in the day, and went on to take full advantage of the situation. In the first hand he decided to commit on, Lellouche ran his pocket Ks into an opponent’s pocket rockets, but the K which came on the turn gave him the pot. He hammered home a pair of kings later in the day against an opponent’s pocket tens to yet again boost his sprawling stack.
Lellouche finished the day in the chip lead, followed by Ludovic Lacay in 2nd and Johnny Lodden in 3rd.
