PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw Championship Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

10-20-2009 20:30 UTC+3

One More Level

donpeters

The players are onto the last level of the day. Sixty-eight remain with Carter Phillips leading the pack.

Tags: Carter Phillips

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

10-20-2009 20:15 UTC+3

Break It Up

donpeters

The players are now on their final 15-minute break of the day.

10-20-2009 20:15 UTC+3

Vive La France

[user66118]

It was a French duel at one of the far table moments ago as Andre Dos Santos and Michel Abecassis tangled up in a heads-up pot.

With the flop showing {9-Hearts}

, Dos Santos put out a bet of what looked like 2,100. Abecassis didn't waste much time calling, and the turn brought the {K-Spades}

. Dos Santos would fire another bullet of 6,525 chips, and Abecassis came right along once more.

On the river {Q-Hearts}

, both players checked, and Abecassis tabled {8-Hearts}

. It was the winner; Dos Santos tapped the felt and returned his cards to the muck.

Dos Santos has slipped to about 42,000 now, while Abecassis moves up to 36,000.

Tags: Andre Dos Santos Michel Abecassis

10-20-2009 20:12 UTC+3

, Gianni Giaroni checked being first to act. Viotto Rintala checked as well and action fell on the third player in the hand, Corneliu Cretu, fired 2,425. Giaroni called before Rintala raised to 6,425. Cretu made the call and then Giaroni moved all of his chips into the middle.

"Here we go." announced Rintala as he slid his hand, not his chips, into the middle of the table. Cretu then tanked. Giaroni was all in for a total of 32,200. Eventually, Cretu made the call and tabled {K-Hearts}

. Giaroni was in the lead with top set -- {8-Clubs}

.

The turn added some flush outs for Cretu when the {2-Hearts}

fell, but after the {A-Diamonds}

hit the river, he was still second best. He shipped the chips over to Giaroni and dropped to 14,000. Giaroni moved up to over 70,000.

Tags: Corneliu Cretu Gianni Giaroni Viotto Rintala

10-20-2009 20:10 UTC+3

Umberto Drops Further

donpeters

If you remember from earlier, [Removed:40] was once the chip leader with over 80,000 chips. Since then, it's been a steady slide down for Vitagliano. Just recently, the board was {J-Clubs}

and two players checked to Vitagliano. He fired 1,300 and was called by both his opponents.

The river completed the board with the {J-Hearts}

. The first player, Oskar Lind, checked as did the next player. Vitagliano fired out 3,600 this time. Only Lind made the call. Immediately after the other player mucked, Vitagliano mucked his hand and Lind scooped the pot without having to show. Vitagliano is down to 25,000 chips.

Tags: Oskar Lind

10-20-2009 20:06 UTC+3

Luyanda Doubles

[user66118]

PokerStars online qualifier Felipe Luyanda was down to about 12,000 before he stuck it all in with {J-Hearts}

. A player at his table looked him up with {A-?}

and the covering stack.

The board ran out nicely for the all-in player, coming {10-Diamonds}

. With that double up, Luyanda's back around 26,000 now.

Tags: Felipe Luyanda

10-20-2009 19:49 UTC+3

All Hail the Big Stacks

donpeters

Here are the three biggest stacks in the room:

Carter Phillips - 124,000
Mihai Manole - 103,000
Olaf De Zeeuw - 91,000

10-20-2009 19:42 UTC+3

Manole Over the Century Mark

donpeters

After some unknown preflop action, over 3,000 chips sat in the middle and the flop was laid out {A-Spades}

. Domantas Klimciauskas from Lithuania bet out 2,000 into Mihai Manole. Manole fired back with a reraise to 7,000. After some time in the tank, Klimciauskas mucked his hand.

With that pot, Manole is now over the century mark with approximately 103,000 chips.

Tags: Klimciauskas Mihai Manole