EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2007 EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final

03-28-2007 17:37 UTC+2

Jan and Katja at Same Table

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Husband and wife, Jan Von Halle and Katja Thater, are seated at the same table. They are not very happy about the prospects of busting one another.

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03-28-2007 17:36 UTC+2

Changes in Battleship Poker Champs

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The Battleship Poker Championships has become a fan and player favorite since PokerStars first launched it at the 2005 PCA. Much like the game of Battleship, two players sit face to face, battling in game of heads-up poker on their laptops. At this year's EPT the format will be different. Player's get to choose both their opponent's AND their buy-in amount rather than in year's past when the event was setup like a tourament. Once the buy-in has been paid, opponent has been selected and match has been set onlookers will be able to watch the game on a plasma screen as the player's battle it out BATTLESHIP STYLE. B9... F2... Pocket Aces... GAME OVER.

03-28-2007 17:34 UTC+2

Terry Cook = Early Chipleader

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Terry Cook jumped out to 40K in chips. He's one of the bigger stacks in the room.

Tags: Terry Cook

03-28-2007 17:27 UTC+2

EPT Copenhagen Leader at 27K

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Magnus Petersson, who won the EPT event in Copenhagen, Denmark in January, is among the chipleaders with 27K.

Tags: Magnus Petersson

03-28-2007 17:25 UTC+2

Some More Faces

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Here's who is also playing today... Johan Storakers, Dave Colclough, Julian Thew, Graece Yamaguchi, Markus Golser, Patrick Bueno, Theo Jorgensen, Magnus Petersson, Kristian Ulriksen and Tony Cascarino.

Tags: Dave Colclough Graece Yamaguchi Johan Storakers Julian Thew Kristian Ulriksen Magnus Petersson Markus Golser Patrick Bueno Theo Jorgensen Tony Cascarino

03-28-2007 17:16 UTC+2

Barry Greenstein Likes Pocket Kings

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Barry Greenstein turned a set of Kings and then rivered a full house to take a nice pot. He's hovering around 20K.

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03-28-2007 17:12 UTC+2

Gobboby Making Moves

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Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke is up to his old tricks. He's picked up where he left off at the Aussie Millions. He's up to 22K after he turned a nut flush with {A-Hearts}

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Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

03-28-2007 17:08 UTC+2

Fossilman Busts a Player

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Late in the first Level, Greg Raymer's stack dwindled down to about 10K. He faced a button raise of 150. Raymer re-raised to 450 with {J-Spades}

. The button raised to 1,500 and Raymer moved all in. His opponent called and flipped over {A-Diamonds}

. Raymer's Jacks held up and his opponent headed to the rail as Raymer had him covered. Raymer now has around 20K.

Tags: Greg Raymer PokerStars

03-28-2007 17:02 UTC+2

Who Else?

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Today is the first of two Day Ones. The starting field for today is rumored to be 330 players; which is more than the entire starting field (298 players) for this event last year. So it may take a little while to track down all the names today.

Johnny "bad_ip" Lodden is apparently taking the field today along with Markus Golser, who finished 14th in this event last year.

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