EPT Polish Open Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

EPT Polish Open Main Event

Day 2 Completed

11-18-2008 00:56 UTC+2

Official List of Day 3 Players and Chip Counts

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Below are the official chip counts for the 24 players who survived to Day 3, courtesy of PokerStars:

Sergey Shcherbatskiy 265,900
Dario Minieri 211,400
Roland de Wolfe 169,900
Arnaud Mattern 139,200
Uffe Holm 127,900
Juan Manuel Pastor 117,100
Nico Behling 112,700
Kevin MacPhee 97,200
Ludovic Lacay 89,100
Joao Barbosa 85,900
Andrea Benelli 78,000
Atanas Gueorguiev 74,800
Mika Puro 71,600
Brian Jensen 69,500
Moises Parrilla Ramos 60,500
Isabelle Mercier 55,600
Christoffer Egmo 55,200
Eduard Kapitonov 53,900
Patric Martensson 52,900
Stefan Rotach 52,500
Marty Smyth 38,600
Josh Gould 36,800
Michael Muheim 36,700
Julien Van Lang 23,100

11-18-2008 00:22 UTC+2

Day 2 Concludes, Play Resumes at 2 p.m. Tomorrow

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The 24 players who will return to Casinos Poland Warszawa tomorrow all have one thing in common-- they'll be exiting this tournament with at least some money in their pockets. It took just short of seven levels of play to get from 109 players down to two dozen, with more than half the starting field busting out within the first two hours.

Among the lucky survivors are Dario Minieri, Isabelle Mercier, Roland de Wolfe, Arnaud Mattern, Ludovic Lacay, Joao Barbosa, and WSOP $10K PLO bracelet winner Marty Smyth. Sergey Shcherbatskiy finished the night as the chip leader, with more than 265,000 in his stack.

Not as fortunate were Johnny Lodden, Gavin Griffin, Alan Smurfit, Johannes Strassmann, Sebastian Ruthenberg, and Antony Lellouche-- the latter going from chip leader to out of the tournament in the space of just over an hour. Katja Thater also just missed out on the money, despite her short-stack ninja tactics that allowed her to survive to the final 35 players despite never getting above 30,000 in chips.

Official chip counts will be posted as soon as they become available.

Our 24 money finishers will return tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time to play down to a final table of eight. Join us again as we grow ever-closer to crowning a new EPT champion...and, of course, to see what odd Polish food we're being served in the media room.

Until then, good night and good luck from Warsaw.

11-18-2008 00:16 UTC+2

Eskilsson's Hopes Killed as He Bubbles

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Hans Eskilsson, down to 22,000, open-shoved from the cutoff, and found a caller in Moises Parrilla Ramos on the button. The Wall of Media quickly formed around the table as the small blind folded -- and then, most unexpectedly, Arnaud Mattern announced, "All in" from the big blind. "All in?" asked Parrilla Ramos, also taken aback. He quickly passed {A-Clubs}

face-up, and they were on their bubbling backs.

Eskilsson: {A-Diamonds}

Mattern:

Board:

Thus Eskilsson is our unlucky bubbler and we are in the money.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Han Eskilsson Moises Parilla

11-18-2008 00:13 UTC+2

Minieri Pushes Two Off of Pot; Pleased With Self

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Ludovic Lacay raised to 6,500, only for Stefan Rotach to his immediate left to make it 16,500 to go...

...Only for Dario Minieri to make it 61,000 from the small blind. Lacay got out of the way pretty sharpish, but Rotach spent a few tortured moments wondering what to do. Said Minieri, to help him make his decision: "This is not gambling. It is end of day, I am happy with these chips. I have lost with this hand so may times." Rotach passed. Minieri, incredibly pleased with himself, showed {10-Clubs}

.

"It's OK," said Lacay. "You were beating me."

Tags: Dario Minieri

11-18-2008 00:02 UTC+2

Stop-- Bubble Time!

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We're down to 25 players and you know what that means-- hand-for-hand play until we lose one more player and the money bubble bursts.

11-18-2008 00:01 UTC+2

Julian Van Lang Doubles

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Just as Americo Spinozzi was making his exit, short-stacked Julien Van Lang pushed his stack with {K-Hearts}

and hit top set on the flop to stave off elimination.

11-17-2008 23:59 UTC+2

Americo Spinozzi Eliminated by Dario Minieri

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In a preflop all in confrontation, Americo Spinozzi took his {A-Spades}

up against the {K-Spades}

of Dario Minieri. Minieri continued to catch lightning flops, the first three coming down {10-Spades}

to make him top pair. The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

, the river was the {Q-Spades}

, and Spinozzi hit the rail, finishing just two spots off the money.

Tags: Americo Spinozzi Dario Minieri

11-17-2008 23:55 UTC+2

Dude, Where's My Cards?

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Meanwhile Josh Gould and Uffe Holm were being dealt hands on their respective small and big blinds -- but while this was happening they had gotten up to have a look at Joao Barbosa doubling up on the next table. When they got back to their own table, they found that the dealer had mucked their hands, even though they had been within easy distance of a reminder that it was their turn. They were both extremely disgruntled to have their blinds folded with no attempt made to call them back to the table at this stage in the tournament, but it was ultimately ruled that it was their fault for not being in their seats, and the hands stayed mucked while the blinds stayed lost.

Tags: Josh Gould Uffe Holm

11-17-2008 23:50 UTC+2

Barbosa Remains Civilized Through Double-Up

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With his soul good and read, Joao Barbosa wasted little time. Stefan Rotach raised to 7,100 on the cutoff, and Barbosa, a look of incredible ennui on his face, moved all in for 44,600. Eventually, Rotach called.

Rotach: {4-Clubs}

Barbosa:

Barbosa remained expressionless and world-weary all the way down the {K-Hearts}

board that doubled him up to around 90,000.

Tags: Joao Barbosa