Main Event Day 1a | 2010 EPT Copenhagen

02-16-2010 20:54 UTC+2

Van Til Adds a Notch to His Belt

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From early position, Johan van Til opened to 700, and he found three callers. The flop came {5-Clubs}

, and Annette Obrestad checked from the small blind. The big blind did so as well, and van Til continued out with a bet of 1,800. The fourth player in the pot, Charles Hopping moved all in for just about 10,000 total. That was enough to quickly fold both blinds, but van Til stuck the call into the pot without delay.

Showdown
van Til: {5-Diamonds}

Hopping:

Van Til was well ahead with his set of fives, though the {J-Diamonds}

on the turn gave Hopping a gutshot draw for the win. It wouldn't fill though; the {7-Spades}

landed on the river to send him packing, and van Til moves himself up to about 46,000.

Tags: Annette Obrestad Charles Hopping Johan van Til

02-16-2010 20:41 UTC+2

After-Dinner Poker

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With full bellies, the remaining players are back in their seats. We've got four more levels of poker to play, so let's get at it!

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

02-16-2010 19:38 UTC+2

Dinner Bell

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We've played half of Day 1a, and the players have retired for a one-hour dinner break. We'll be back around 7:40pm CET.

Until then!

02-16-2010 19:38 UTC+2

Mattern Gets Lucky

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There were three players in the hand and three cards on the board when we arrived.

Flop: {J-Diamonds}

The first player bet out around 3,000 and the second player called. Arnaud Mattern, however, promptly raised to 7,500.

The original bettor swiftly passed, but the caller now announced all in for another 20,000 or so. "Hmm, big bet," mused Mattern. "Well, you'll get there sooner or later," his opponent countered. "The question, " Mattern continued, "Is whether it's sooner or later." He called.

Mattern: {A-Hearts}

for top pair
Mr. All In: {J-Spades}

for two pair

Turn: bink! {A-Clubs}

River:

"Sorry man," said a sheepish Mattern. Then, once his now-busted opponent had left, "That's why they sponsor me - 'cause I'm a luckbox."

Mr. Mattern is over the 100,000 mark.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern

02-16-2010 19:36 UTC+2

Bichon Continues to Slide

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Thomas Bichon came into the pot raising to 750, and Anton Wigg struggled to put the calling chips in the pot; the vigorous massage he's getting is causing his arms some problems. In any event, the chips were soon in the middle, and the dealer ran a flop of {K-Hearts}

.

Bichon continued out with a bet of 1,125, and Wigg made the call. The turn was the {4-Diamonds}

, and the betting action was unclear, possibly because your blogger was momentarily distracted by the attractive massage therapist. It looks like it went check-check. Apologies.

The river was the {10-Diamonds}

, and Bichon fired out another 2,500 chips. Wigg instantly called this time, showing up {A-Clubs}

. It appeared that Bichon flashed pocket queens as he mucked, and his stack has slipped down to 18,000.

Tags: Anton Wagg Thomas Bichon

02-16-2010 19:23 UTC+2

Van Til's Raise-and-Take

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Annette Obrestad opened to 750 from middle position, and she found calls from Johan van Til and small blind Dominykas Karmazinas. Three-handed then, the flop came out {A-Diamonds}

. Obrestad continued out with a bet of 1,300, and van Til raised it up to 3,750. Karmazinas quickly folded, and Annette slowly folded, and the pot goes to Johan, pushing him up over 40,000.

Obrestad is down to 21,000 after that hand.

Tags: Annette Obrestad Dominykas Karmazinas Johan van Til

02-16-2010 19:18 UTC+2

Skampa in Charge

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Mr. Jan Skampa, who assures our own Gloria Balding that he is a "joker" at heart, has been expressionlessly out-aggressing his new table.

Most recently, he opened for 800 in the hijack, only to be faced with a reraise to 2,000 from the gentleman in the cutoff. Skampa calmly made it 5,000, and that was all that was required to make his opponent lay it down. Skampa's facial muscles didn't so much as twitch.

Tags: Jan Skampa

02-16-2010 19:08 UTC+2

Lodden Shrinking

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Some poor fortune for Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden - he's just lost half his stack and is left with around 13,000.

He seems to have initially checked the {4-Diamonds}

flop and his opponent bet 1,000. Lodden now raised to 2,500, and Mr. Opponent quickly eyed him up before making the call.

The turn came down the {9-Clubs}

and Lodden looked bored as he tossed out a single 5,000-denomination chip by way of a bet. Undeterred, Mr. Opponent called again and they saw a river.

The river was the {4-Clubs}

and Lodden spent a moment gurning in silence before betting out 8,400. Mr. Opponent called that too, and Lodden flipped {K-Spades}

. His opponent, however, had him just pipped with {A-Diamonds}

, and Lodden is left with considerably fewer chips to play with.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

02-16-2010 19:06 UTC+2

Minieri Moves Minimally Down

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Dario Minieri opened the pot with raise, and Kim Garmark made the call with position.

The flop came out {J-Hearts}

, and Minieri continued out with a small bet. Garmark called, and the {A-Diamonds}

on the turn drew a check from both players. The {6-Diamonds}

hit the river, and Minieri flicked 300 chips off his stack, making the minimum bet. Garmark let out a quick, "Hmph," and a smirk, and he eventually made a raise up to 2,300. Minieri quickly called.

Garmark tabled {6-Spades}

for the rivered set, and it was the winner. It was now Minieri's turn for the, "Hmph," and the smirk, and he slid his cards into the muck, still in fine shape with about 55,000 chips.