2010 EPT Copenhagen

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2010 EPT Copenhagen

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
3,675,000 DKK
Event Info
Buy-in
35,000 DKK
Entries
423
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Lapin It Up

Andrey Lapin had a stroke of luck as a preflop raising war led him and one opponent to see a {9-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {3-Hearts} flop. The opponent went all in, Lapin called, and there ensued the traditional showdown.

Unfortunate Opponent: {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} for an overpair
Lapin: {9-Clubs} {9-Hearts} for a set

Turn: {J-Hearts}

River: {5-Diamonds}

His opponent merely looked irked and walked off; Lapin, although he is what we in the poker blogging world call a "dirty stacker", seems to have in the region of 110,000.

The Fisherman Reels in Nielsen

Ruben Visser
Ruben Visser
Rasmus Nielsen opened the pot to 800 from early position, and Ruben Visser three-bet to 2,100 on the button. Nielsen called, and the two men watched the flop come out {8-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {3-Hearts}. When Nielsen checked, Visser continued out with another 2,500 chips, announcing the amount very clearly as he flicked an oversized chip into the pot.

Nielsen didn't waste much time calling, and the {A-Spades} landed on fourth street. He knocked the table again, and Visser made it 6,500 to go. Nielsen asked for an estimate of his remaining chips before sticking in a check-raise to 16,200. Visser quickly said, "All in," pushing his final 30,925 chips across the line. It was less than 15,000 for Nielsen to call (getting nearly 4-to-1 on his money), but he wasn't so sure. After a minute of debate, Visser piped up: "That bad?"

"Yeah, that bad..." said Nielsen, trailing off. He continued to mumble quietly to himself for another minute or so before sliding his cards muckward. Visser told him he could pick a card to see, and Nielsen drew the {A-Diamonds}. For what it's worth.

Visser is up to about 57,000 after dragging down that pot without the other half of a showdown.

Tags: Rasmus NielsenRuben Visser

Sarwer Kicks Tournament Bucket

Jeff Sarwer, who came third a few months back at EPT Vilamoura, has exploded rather spectacularly.

There was an initial raise to 800, before Sarwer shoved for a somewhat disproportionate sum from the cutoff - we think it was around 18,000. Unfortunately for him, the button woke up with aces, and Sarwer's pocket sixes failed to spike.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

Another One Bites the Nielsen Dust

By the time we arrived, the board read {Q-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {3-Spades} {Q-Clubs} and most of Rasmus Nielsen's chips were across the line, easily enough to put his relatively short-stacked opponent all in.

Nielsen sat calm and still while his opponent squirmed, and after some minutes of torture the hapless gentleman called all in - only to muck his hand when Nielsen turned over {K-?} {Q-?} for a full house.

Nielsen is up to roughly 90,000.

Tags: Rasmus Nielsen

Notables Thriving

The last check of chip counts shows that most of the notables in the room are doing rather well:

Arnaud Mattern - 112,000
Dario Minieri - 83,000
Cornel Cimpan - 66,000
Peter Hedlund - 63,000
Jan Skampa - 62,000

Martin Came, Martin Wendt

There was an initial raise to 800 before Martin Wendt made it 2,050 from the cutoff. The button and small blind folded, but the gentleman in the big blind rather unexpectedly announced all in for around 23,000. The original raiser folded instantly with a giggle.

"That is good play," said Wendt. He folded too, and his big blind opponent declined to show.

Wendt is still very comfortable, though, on 55,000.

Tags: Martin Wendt

193 Runners in the House

Actually, there were 193 runners. That's the number on the board right now for Day 1a entrants, so barring the odd clerical error somewhere along the line, that's how many players turned up for Day 1a. Of those 193, 168 remain at this time.

Hougaard Doubles Up

Brother of Jesper
Brother of Jesper
Lars "Brother Of Jesper" Hougaard has doubled up through the ever-impassive Jan Skampa.

It looked as though the chips went in on the {4-?} {6-?} {Q-?}, two-spades flop, Hougaard holding {A-?} {Q-?} for top pair, top kicker, and Skampa holding {K-Spades} {J-Spades} for a flush draw. Neither the {3-?} on the turn nor the {Q-?} on the river was a spade, and Hougaard doubled to around 40,000. Skampa is not any trouble, though - he remains on a very healthy 65,000.

Tags: Jan SkampaLars Hougaard