EPT San Remo Day 1a | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT San Remo

04-01-2008 19:46 UTC+2

Tournament professional Liz Lieu, who had apparently been keeping a low profile in a relatively inaccessible area, has just been moved to a more noticeable location. Lieu seems confident, and why shouldn't she be, she is still very much alive with an average 12,600 chips.

04-01-2008 20:11 UTC+2

Picture Perfect

[user40108]

At the table of Dario Minieri, action folded around to the button who put in the standard raise. The small blind passed and Minieri peeked slowly and deliberately as his hole cards were elaborately photographed, presumably by a journalist friend, from Minieri's own point of view. He held the serious pose long enough for the photograph as the raiser sit waiting. After the picture was snapped, Minieri broke character and laughingly flipped up the {7-Diamonds}

and tossing it into the muck. The raiser let out a conflicted sigh as he exposed {K-Spades}

for all to see.

04-01-2008 20:18 UTC+2

Thater On the Move

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Team PokerStars pro Katja Thater is on the rise, her stack now over the 30,000 mark.

Tags: Katja Thater

04-01-2008 20:28 UTC+2

A Costly Meal

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With two empty seats at a nine-handed table, a passerby was overheard asking, "Where are those guys?" One of the players then remarked, "They left...they thought it was dinner break."

04-01-2008 20:29 UTC+2

Level 5 Replay..

[user50492]

The players that were on dinner are taking their seats and the players that have already played level 5 are about to go for their dinner.

04-01-2008 20:31 UTC+2

No Luck For The Irish

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Roy "The Boy" Brindley and Tony Cascarino both were eliminated before the dinner break. Roy ran J-J into K-K and Tony K-K into A-J.

04-01-2008 20:52 UTC+2

Julian Thew Eliminated

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EPT Baden winner Julian Thew will have to wait until Monte Carlo to try and become the first two-time EPT winner as his up and down day is over.

Tags: Julian Thew

04-01-2008 20:57 UTC+2

Chop! Chop!

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Roland De Wolfe calls a player's all-in on a ten-high flop, expecting to be behind by the look on his face. They both have Q-10 and no surprise backdoor flushes means they chop it up. Roland on 18,000 at the moment and wearing his lucky T-shirt.

Tags: Roland De Wolfe

04-01-2008 21:15 UTC+2

Peter Roche Chips Up

[user50492]

Peter Roche bets 2,600 last to act on a {7-Spades}

board. His opponent then raised to 10,600. This was most of Peter's stack but he made the call anyway expecting a chop but his opponent was on a stone cold bluff with {Q-Spades}