PokerStars EPT Copenhagen Main Event Day 1a | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT - Copenhagen

PokerStars EPT Copenhagen Main Event

Day 1a Completed

02-20-2008 03:46 UTC+2

Day 1A Survivors

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Below is a list of the 82 players who survived Day 1A, complete with chip counts. The current chip leader is Peter Eastgate, with Ola Brandborn following closely behind:

Peter Eastgate 79,700
Ola Brandborn 79,300
Mathias Andersen 71,600
Tommy Pavlicek 67,000
Dennis Naci Hansen 63,300
Allan Bække 50,900
Peter Kalsen Petersen 50,900
Marcin Horecki 50,100
Tom Larsen 50,000
Mattias Ressner 50,000
Leroy Soesman 46,000
Frederik Brink Jensen 45,700
Børge Dypvik 44,200
Rasmus Hede Nielsen 43,100
Alexander Kravchenko 40,500
Bill Chen 40,300
Jonas Danielsson 39,700
Christoffer Thorsen 39,400
Jarle Aasen 38,000
Matin Talebi 35,400
Trond Erik Eidsvig 35,400
Jesper Askholt 35,300
Joseph Serock 35,200
Anders Henriksson 34,300
Lars Juul Madsen 34,200
Ulrik Pedersen 33,600
Jesper Hougaard 33,400
Kresten Nielsen 32,900
Thomas Christiansen 32,100
Bengt Sonnert 31,900
Wim Emo 30,900
Martin Bjerring Hansen 30,800
Barny Boatman 30,000
Mathias Kuerschner 29,200
Tobias Holmeide 28,400
Brian Jensen 28,200
Morten Erlandsen 28,000
Andreas Per Ragnar Davidsson 27,300
Anders Bekhøj Hansen 27,300
Joseph Morneau 26,200
Sidsel Helle Boesen 25,900
Nikolas Liakos 25,800
Runar Runarsson 25,400
Severin Hovde 24,600
Jens Hansen 24,500
Andreas Hoivold 23,600
Morten Klein 22,200
Claus Bentzen 22,100
Daniel Ryan 21,400
Michele Limongi 21,000
Roar Wang 20,400
Thor Hansen 20,200
Kenneth Lyons 19,300
Torbjörn Jonson 19,300
Thomas Petersen 17,600
Anders Martinsen 17,400
Marcus Friman 17,200
Piotr Paruszewski 17,100
Jesper Petersen 16,000
Peter Hauerslev 15,900
Morten Johansen 15,400
Jonas Klausen 13,800
Anthony Chatelain 13,600
Lasse Jeppesen 13,300
Christina Orth 13,000
Paul Grabowski 12,600
Nhi Bui 12,600
Ryan Badii 12,600
Peter Eichhardt 12,000
Kaj Jørgensen 11,400
Claus Tversted 10,300
Sigbjørn Mortueit 9,900
Ulrica Skönnemark 9,400
Noah Boeken 9,400
Gesi Bason 9,200
Georgios Pittas 8,800
Jerzy Hajdamowicz 8,300
Luca Ferrario 7,600
Tommy Dender 7,400
Pehr Petersson 7,100
Sven Polarski 7,000
Jannick Wrang 4,300

02-20-2008 00:40 UTC+2

Play Ended for the Day

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Play has finished for the night. We will update with the chip counts of today's survivors when we get them. The tournament clock shows 82 players remaining and Ola Brandborn still looks to be in the chip lead with 83,000.

Join us from 2 pm local time tomorrow, when the second flight begins and Internet connection permitting, we will bring you all the action as it happens.

02-20-2008 00:36 UTC+2

Five More Hands

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The tournament clock was stopped with 10 minutes, 47 seconds remaining in the last level of the evening. Instead of playing until the clock hits zero, five more hands will be dealt at each table before play is completed for the night. The 25-denomination chips will then be raced off the tables and players will bag and tag their chips.

There are 85 players remaining in the field.

02-20-2008 00:36 UTC+2

Aasen Bluffs the River

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Jarle Aasen bets out 12,000 from the small blind position, leaving himself 9,000 behind. The board reads {5-Diamonds}

and there is 15,000 already in the pot. Michele Limongi from Italy has a long three-minute dwell before folding {10-Clubs}

face-up. Aasen shows {K-Hearts}

for the bluff.

Tags: Jarle Aasen Michele Limongi

02-20-2008 00:33 UTC+2

Three-Way Action

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The chips go flying in on a queen-high flop with two clubs. Noah Boeken has {Q-Hearts}

, Anthony Chatelain {A-Clubs}

and Jesper Askholt {K-Clubs}

. All is looking fine for Anthony on a {6-Spades}

turn, however a club on the river sees him lose the main pot, but win a 10,000-chip side pot from Noah. Jesper Askholt wins 25,000 in the main pot with his flush.

Tags: Anthony Chatelain Jesper Askholt Noah Boeken

02-20-2008 00:22 UTC+2

Gus Hansen Eliminated

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A Danish player may take down this tournament, but it won't be Gus Hansen. The Great Dane just hit the rail and was immediately swarmed by TV cameras. He's still giving interviews in the hallway as we write this.

Tags: Gus Hansen

02-20-2008 00:09 UTC+2

Thierry van den Berg Eliminated

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Thierry van den Berg hung on for hours with a short stack, but finally succumbed.

02-20-2008 00:04 UTC+2

Dennis Hansen Eliminates Reijo Manninen

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Reijo Manninen moved all in over the top of Dennis Hansen's raise pre-flop. Dennis called the extra 5,000 and the cards were on their backs:

Reijo: {J-Hearts}