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While everyone was going all in over on Andy Black's table, on the other side of the room Johannes Strassmann raised from the cutoff. On the button, 2008 EPT Warsaw winner Michael Schulze reraised to 1,200. Over to Pontus Kers in the small blind - and he re-popped to 3,100.
Strassmann thought about it for a moment, and then made it 10,100 total. Schulze got out of the way, but Kers paused for a while and then made it another 6,100 to go. Strassmann moved all in to cover, looking suspiciously relaxed, and Kers disappeared into the tank for some time. He stacked and re-stacked his chips, scratching his head uncomfortably. Eventually he shook his head and folded.
"Show the bluff, show the bluff!" said tablemate Marcin Horecki, clearly enjoying the show. Strassmann grinned broadly but showed nothing at all by way of cards. He's up to 55,000.
[user66118]
Action for this hand folded around to the cutoff seat where Aristidas Couto limped in for 200. Andy Black did the same from the button, but the small blind wanted to play for more. Marco Della Tommasina raised it up to 1,100, and the action wasn't done yet. In the big blind, Amadeu Lima De Carvalho made a re-raise to 6,200, and Couto quickly called. Andy Black gave a long speech before folding, and action came back to the original raiser. After about a minute of thought, Della Tommasina moved all in for 29,800. De Carvalho quickly called all in, and Couto did the same! With both of them all in against Tommasina, the cards were turned up:
Showdown
Couto:
Della Tommasina:
De Carvalho:
The board would run out thusly: . Della Tommasina's aces hold, and he's notched a big double elimination on just his third hand of the day. He's up over 75,000 now, and he appears to have the biggest stack in the room.
[user66118]
Registration is now closed for the event.
The big board shows us that 186 players came out to play today, an increase of 50 players over yesterday's flight. That means the two Day 1s combined have assembled a field of 322 runners.
We should have a full prizepool available shortly.
First into the pot from middle position, Dario Minieri opened with a raise to 1,050. On the button, Allan Baekke re-raised to 2,200, and Minieri called.
The flop came out , and fireworks ensued. Minieri led out into the pot with a bet of 2,250. Baekke raised to 7,400, and Minieri came right back with a re-raise to 17,750. That move took Baekke aback.
"Wow," he said with a big sigh. "I'm not sure I can get away from this hand against you, Dario... I'm all in." With that, Baekke slid his remaing stack into the middle, 22,175 on top of Minieri's raise.
Now it was Dario's turn in the tank. After several minutes of gear turning, he too started talking. "Will you show me if I fold?" Baekke shrugged and said, "Probably not."
"Even just one?" pleaded Dario, flashing puppy-dog eyes. "I can't give you all the information," responded Baekke.
The entire hand had taken at least eight or ten minutes by now, and the tournament clock was ticking down to the break. "I'm sorry, but I need the break," said Baekke. "I have to call the clock. I'm sorry."
Dario understood. "No, you're right." The floor man was just about to give the ten-second countdown when Minieri quietly said, "Okay, I fold."
With that, Baekke took down the big pot, and the table headed off to break. Don't worry about Dario. He's had a fine start to his day, and he still has 46,825 chips to work with after the first two hours.
[user46392]
We are exactly one quarter of the way through Day 1b, and all our runners deserve 15 minutes of milling, smoking and/or queuing for the gents'.
[user46392]
A solid Wall Of Media around Andy Black's table alerted us to situation, which involved some sort of raising war culminating in Mr. Black moving all in on a flop. A third player had in some way been involved, but when we arrived at the table the action was on a middle-aged gentleman a couple seats to Black's right, who was down to 10 seconds on the clock. Eventually he folded, turning over in the process. Black turned over and looked like he was waiting for a turn and river. "Oh, you folded," he said eventually. "I thought you said call. I was just going to show you one."
[user46392]
We're not terribly sure what happened - nobody at the table seems particularly short, chip-wise anyway - but diminutive Italian Dario Minieri has somehow managed to bump his stack up to around 65,000. An excellent first couple of levels, and he is looking suitably pleased with himself.
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. Della Tommasina's aces hold, and he's notched a big double elimination on just his third hand of the day. He's up over 75,000 now, and he appears to have the biggest stack in the room.
, and fireworks ensued. Minieri led out into the pot with a bet of 2,250. Baekke raised to 7,400, and Minieri came right back with a re-raise to 17,750. That move took Baekke aback.
flop. A third player had in some way been involved, but when we arrived at the table the action was on a middle-aged gentleman a couple seats to Black's right, who was down to 10 seconds on the clock. Eventually he folded, turning over