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It may be 39 degrees outside, but in here, players and media folks alike are rolling up their sleeves and chugging down water like it's Vegas in July.
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw
EPT Polish Open Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw
Buy-in
€5,400
Prize Pool
€1,172,973
Entries
217
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000
It may be 39 degrees outside, but in here, players and media folks alike are rolling up their sleeves and chugging down water like it's Vegas in July.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
board.Ruthenberg:
The lucky doubler-upper:
I wander off for a moment and come back to find Levi doubling up an opponent, his
no good against the opponent's 
after the board came out 
. "Not a ton any more," says Levi sadly, examining his remaining 6,000 in chips. "But plenty."And in fact, he got his 'plenty' chips across the line in the very next hand, shoving from the button to an under the gun raise from Jonas Molander.
Molander:
Levi:
Board: an exciting-on-the-turn but ultimately surprise-free
Levi doubles back up to a ton (13,000 in the usual terminology).
, the big blind checked, Sebastian Ruthenberg bet 1,100, William Thorson called and the big blind folded. The turn brought the 
, which both players quickly checked, and on the 
river, Ruthenberg fired out an additional 4,200. Thorson tanked for a short time before dribbling in a call and saw the bad news when Ruthenberg rolled over 
for a set. Ruthenberg is now on 23,000 while Thorson dips to 8,500.
Dario's first leap in chip count came when he landed on the good end of a coinflip, his
flopping top pair against his opponent's 
. One more double-up and a few small pots later, he's good for second in chips, behind Roland de Wolfe, who has ground his stack up past 40,000-- all while enjoying a massage that has now past the six-hour mark.
All in preflop with
against Johannes Strassmann's 
, the flop couldn't have been worse for Michael Keiner.Flop:
Turn:
'Ooohs' from the other players and the instantaneously-formed Wall Of Media.
River:
Explosions of hilarity from the other players and the Wall Of Media, who love that kind of thing. Even Strassmann had to laugh. Nobody, however, was having as good a time as Michael Keiner was, as he doubled up his micro-stack to a merely smallish stack of 11,000.
Although he has ducked under the Pokernews radar for much of the day, he has been quietly and steadily accumulating chips, and is now one of our big stacks on 36,500.
Peter Gould:
Mr. Gould is now extremely unlikely to see Day 2, or even make it to the end of the level, as he's been barely surviving with under 2,000 in chips for some time now on an aggressive table which includes ElkY among its aggressors. With just 1,275 last time we saw him and the blinds at 150/300/25, he may now be beyond the point of recovery...
EDIT: Mr Gould has now officially busted out. With only three big blinds, it was always going to be a struggle...
, Dario Minieri bet 1,400 and his lone opponent on the button called. The turn came the 
. Minieri checked, the button bet 4,000, and Minieri quickly raised to 8,000. The button gave up his hand and Minieri showed 
. "I can't show a bluff, I show the best hand!" quippied Minieri.
"Oh God, Dario again!" groaned Mark Teltscher from one table over, the Englishman unusually interested in Minieri's play today.