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

10-21-2009 13:52 UTC+3

Deeb and Minieri Toegther

donpeters

Shaun Deeb is seated on the right of Dario Minieri. Both players are known to be very active, which should make for some good action throughout the day. So far, the two have tangled in a few pots with Minieri getting the best of it.

On one hand, Minieri fired 600 after Deeb checked the flop of {J-Diamonds}

to him. Deeb made the call and the turn brought the {6-Spades}

. Deeb checked again and this time Minieri fired 1,900. Deeb tanked for a minute or two and then mucked his hand. Minieri didn't show.

On the very next hand, they were at it again. Deeb checked the flop of {Q-Hearts}

to Minieri in blind versus blind action. The Italian member of Team PokerStars PRO fired the minimum bet of 100 and Deeb called.

The turn brought the {2-Spades}

and Deeb check-called a bet of 200. The river then went check, check after the {3-Hearts}

fell. Minieri showed {10-Diamonds}

for a pair of twos and Deeb mucked his hand.

Minieri is up to 33,000 over the early going while Deeb has slipped to 27,000.

Tags: Dario Minieri PokerStars Shaun Deeb Team PokerStars PRO

10-21-2009 13:38 UTC+3

Let's Do This

[user66118]

The button is in seat eight if you're curious, and the cards are in the air on Day 1b!

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

10-21-2009 12:59 UTC+3

Almost Ready To Go

donpeters

Day 1b is just about a half an hour away from action. The buzz around the Hyatt Hotel is a little greater today than it was yesterday and there's much anticipation. As soon as the 'shuffle up and deal' phrase is muttered, we'll let you know and bring you all the updates. Stay tuned!

10-21-2009 09:47 UTC+3

Day 1b Approaching

donpeters

Yesterday's flight of competitors reached 88 players, with 64 of them surviving the day. The cream of the crop was EPT Barcelona winner Carter Phillips, who was able to pump up his stack to 194,850 chips. To put that number in perspective, it is nearly double his closest competitor, Clayton Mozdzen, who holds 103,250. The third and final player to eclipse the century mark was Team PokerStars PRO Luca Pagano.

Action for Day 1b is set to kick off at 12:30pm local time (CEST). The numbers are expected to be much larger than yesterday. So far on the list of entrants are Team PokerStars PROs Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Katja Thater, Florian Langmann, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Dario Minieri, Thierry Van Den Berg, and William Thorson. Scotty Nguyen, Gus Hansen, Vitaly Lunkin, Shaun Deeb, and Ludovic Lacay, fresh of his third-place finish at WPT Marrakech, will also be on hand.

Be sure to be right back here for all of the live coverage from EPT Warsaw, coming straight to you from PokerNews.com in just a few short hours!