2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

EPT Polish Open Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€367,141
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,400
Prize Pool
€1,172,973
Entries
217
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000

Lacay Returns to Big Stack Status

Ludovic Lacay was back up to 30,000 and Jean-Mathieu Torre was nowhere to be seen last I checked, and we suspect that these two pieces of information may be connected.

As this was being noted, a gentleman moved all in for around 4,500 from the cutoff and found himself called by Lacay from the button. His pocket deuces were behind all the way against Lacay's pocket eights on an uneventful {Q-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs} board, and Lacay is now up to 35,000.

Tags: Ludovic Lacay

Gryko Sitting Comfortably

One gentleman who has been rather quiet all day, but has nonetheless been quietly accumulating chips, is Richard Gryko. Even though 8,500 in chips found its way into the pot pre and on the {8-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {A-Spades} flop, Gryko and his opponent both checked the {7-Spades} turn and the {8-Clubs} river. After inquiring who had to show first, and being informed that it was on him, Gryko turned over {A-Hearts} {5-Hearts} for two pair and a missed flush draw, and his opponent's mucking of his cards, suggested that the ace was good to take the pot. Gryko's now on around 32,000.

Tags: Richard Gryko

Lodden On Fire

Johnny Lodden has further boosted his stack, knocking out an opponent on a most Lodden-favourable board. There was some raising preflop, and his opponent moved in on the {4-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {2-Hearts} flop. Lodden happily called with {8-Hearts} {9-Hearts} for the made flush; his hapless opponent turned over {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} and failed to improve on the {7-Diamonds} turn and the {3-Clubs} river.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Ziigmund Has Left the Building

Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies
Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies
Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies is currently pacing about in front of the Hyatt Regency Warsaw, having a cell phone conversation and enjoying the nip in the Polish air after being eliminated from the tournament by the man who can now claim the chip lead-- Serguei Pomerantsev. The Russian took out the Fin when his {A-?} {K-?} held up against Sahamies' {A-?} {Q-?}, and vaulted into the lead, his chip stack now totaling just over 40,000.

Tags: Ilari Sahamies

Griffin Drops Down

Gavin Griffin is down to 8,000 after calling Sergey Shcherbatsky all in for around 7,000 on the river of a {6-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} board. Griffin thought long and hard before reluctantly making the call; Shcherbatsky promptly turned over the {A-Hearts} and the less relevant {7-Diamonds}, and a despondent Griffin mucked.

Griffin: down to 8,000
Shcherbatsky: up to 39,000

Tags: Gavin GriffinSergey Shcherbatsky

French-On-French Action

Ludovic Lacay
Ludovic Lacay
His stack previously in the 30,000s, Ludovic Lacay has fallen on hard times of late, dropping down to around 13,500. He has scraped a few back though, courtesy of fellow Frenchman Jean-Mathieu Torre. Lacay raised to 800 preflop and Torre called from the big blind. Torre bet out 2,000 on the {10-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} flop, smooth called by Lacay, and then backed down and checked the {2-Clubs} turn. Lacay fired out 3,500 and Torre gave it up there.

Lacay now on 16,500.

Tags: Jean-Mathieu TorreLudovic Lacay