EPT Prague Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

12-01-2009 13:54 UTC+2

Gueorguiev Going Strong

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Atanas Gueorguiev is active to start the day, splashing around in a number of early pots.

In his latest foray, Gueorguiev opened to 300 in early position, and he continued out with a bet of 625 on a {J-Hearts}

flop. The player on the button stuck in a raise to 2,100, and Gueorguiev eventually made the call. The {8-Hearts}

brought two checks on the turn, and the {6-Spades}

filled out the board. Gueorguiev stacked together a small bet of 2,150, and it was enough to win him the pot.

The Bulgarian pro is up to about 35,000 to start his day.

Tags: Atanas Gueorguiev

12-01-2009 13:52 UTC+2

Katja Gets Called

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Meanwhile Katja Thater has had a rather good start. She bet around 2,000 on the river of a {3-?}

board and her opponent called, but then mucked when Thater turned over {J-Clubs}

for a straight.

Tags: Katja Thater

12-01-2009 13:50 UTC+2

Early Chip Leader Identified

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Many thanks to Mr. Oleh Okhotskyi for showing us his passport, as we'd never have been able to spell his name without printed assistance.

Either way, he is our current chip leader on around 60,000. We didn't see the hand, but Okhotskyi was holding aces, and his hapless opponent became the first elimination of the day. First of many...

Tags: Oleh Okhotskyi

12-01-2009 13:31 UTC+2

More People Now Evident at the Tables

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Anthony Roux
Nicolas Levi
Michiel Brummelhuis
Guillaume de la Gorce
Ramez Haddad
Almira Skripchenko
Julian Thew
Joep van den Bijgaart
Gino Alacqua
Ruben Visser

12-01-2009 13:28 UTC+2

Arnaud's Had His Weetabix

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Some Gallic hilarity already, as the gent in the cutoff raised only for Arnaud Mattern in the small blind to make it 2,250 to go. Undeterred, Mr. Cutoff made it 6,100 - but Mattern made it 11,500 and Mr. Cutoff gave it up.

Mattern showed him a {4-Diamonds}

, naturally.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern

12-01-2009 13:15 UTC+2

Who's Here on Time?

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A veritable plethora of familiar faces are already at the felt, including these folks:

Katja Thater
Shaun Deeb
Marcel Luske
Arnaud Mattern
Stuart Rutter
EPT Vilamoura finalist Jan Skampa
Daniel Drescher
EPT Grand Final winner Pieter de Korver
Voitto Rintala and his feline contact lenses
Popular Bulgarian Atanas Gueorguiev
EPT Vilamoura runner up Pierre Neuville
Michael Keiner

12-01-2009 13:10 UTC+2

Let's Go!

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The cards are flying, and the PokerStars.com EPT Prague is underway!

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

12-01-2009 13:01 UTC+2

Almost Time

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We are as excited as a bunch of kids on Christmas morning, because we are mere minutes away from ripping open the wrapping paper on the Pokerstars.com EPT Prague. Players are milling around, press pens are poised over notebooks, and we will be getting this party started oh so soon...