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

10-20-2009 18:43 UTC+3

Phillips Going Strong

donpeters

Carter Phillips has kept his stack steadily moving in the upward direction all day. He's now at 64,000.

Tags: Carter Phillips

10-20-2009 18:52 UTC+3

Presto! Manole Makes Quads

[user66118]

PokerStars qualifier Edward Kavanagh was down to his last 5,025 chips, and they all went into the pot preflop. Mihai Manole made the call, turning over {5-Hearts}

. Kavanagh was in a good spot to double up with {J-Hearts}

.

As the dealer went to spread the flop, she fumbled it, and the {5-Diamonds}

flipped over, and Kavanagh let out a big sigh of disgust. She gathered the cards and ran a flop of {5-Diamonds}

. The

that hit the turn gave Kavanagh some chop outs, but the {5-Clubs}

was certainly not one of them.

Rivered quads are plenty good enough for Manole to win the pot, sending Kavanagh off to the exit. "Nice call," he muttered, shaking his head and walking away dejected.

Tags: Edward Kavanagh Mihai Manole

10-20-2009 18:59 UTC+3

Anton Genadiew raised from the cutoff seat to 825. Next to act was Oskar Silow and he reraised to 3,325 on the button. The blinds folded and action fell back on Genadiew. He moved all in, having Silow covered. Silow thought for about 30 seconds before sticking the rest of his chips into the middle.

Genadiew held a dominating {A-Spades}

over Silow's {A-Hearts}

. The board ran out {9-Diamonds}

, failing to help Silow improve and send him to the rail. Genadiew on the other hand, moved up to 48,000 chips.

Tags: Anton Genadiew Oskar Silow

10-20-2009 19:04 UTC+3

Pagano Working His Way Up

donpeters

Luca Pagano raised to 900 and got three callers to a flop of {K-Clubs}

. There was one player to act before Pagano and he checked. Pagano fired 2,500 and one by one, all of his opponents folded. The Italian member of Team PokerStars PRO is up to 49,000 chips and doing quite well. He is seated with Carter Phillips, but so far the two have been able to stay away from one another.

Tags: Carter Phillips Luca Pagano

10-20-2009 19:06 UTC+3

Zeeuw Is the Big Stack

donpeters

Olaf De Zeeuw is now the largest stack in the room. He's sitting on 85,000 chips.

Tags: Olaf De Zeeuw

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

10-20-2009 19:22 UTC+3

Carter's Stack On Steroids

donpeters

Scratch whatever we just said about Olaf De Zeeuw being the chip leader because there's a new big stack in town and Carter Phillips is the sheriff. According to Phillips, he raised to 1,600 after a player limped in. Phillips was in the small blind. The flop came down {8-?}

and Phillips continued with a bet of 2,200. His opponent raised to 7,500 and Carter called.

The turn brought a {J-?}

, keeping the board rainbow. Phillips check-called a big bet of 20,000 from his opponent.

The river was a {5-?}

and Phillips checked again. His opponent set him all in and Phillips made the call with two aces. His opponent mucked his hand and Carter scooped the massive pot. He is now up to 124,000 chips.

Tags: Carter Phillips

10-20-2009 19:31 UTC+3

Luca Gets Max value

donpeters

Luca Pagano opened from under the gun and was called by the button and Daniel Samson out of the small blind. The flop came down {10-Spades}

and action checked to Pagano. He fired 2,100 and only Samson called.

The turn was the {5-Hearts}

and Samson checked. Pagano didn't slow down and popped out a bet of 5,900. Samson called.

The river was the {4-Spades}

. Pagano fired a third time when Samson checked. He made the bet 7,000 this time with Samson making the call. Pagano showed {K-Hearts}

for top pair, king kicker. Samson flashed the {10-Hearts}

and then mucked his hand.

Pagano is now up to 65,000 chips.

Tags: Daniel Samson Luca Pagano

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