2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event Day 1a | 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

03-21-2010 20:26 UTC+2

More-sson for Thorsson

[user46392]

With over 12,000 in the pot preflop, Kristoffer Thorsson and Bodo "Toughest Man In The Field To Spell" Sbrzesny both checked the {10-Hearts}

flop.

They moved on to the {9-Diamonds}

turn and Thorsson bet out 6,500. Sbrzesny called, and they proceeded to the river.

The river was the {5-Diamonds}

and Thorsson now announced all in for 22,775. Sbrzesny dwelled and grinned, dwelled and grinned. "Hmpf," he said at last, Then someone called the clock. "I don't beat that much," mused Sbrzesny, but eventually made the call - only for Thorsson to turn over {6-Clubs}

for a straight. Sbrzesny tried to muck but was forced to show {7-Clubs}

.

The reigning Amsterdam Master Classics champion is up to over 70,000.

Tags: Kristoffer Thorsson

03-21-2010 20:22 UTC+2

Battle of the Blinds

Mickey Doft

The player in the hijack seat raised to 900 and Luca Falaschi made the call from the small blind. Arnaud Mattern popped it to 3,400 from the big blind and the original raiser folded.

Falaschi then re-raised to 9,400 and sent Mattern into the tank. After about a minute, Mattern gave it up. He is sitting comfortably with 60,000 while Falaschi chips up to 35,000.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Luca Falaschi

03-21-2010 19:59 UTC+2

Back to Work

[user46392]

We don't need no dinner break! Half of the field has returned to the tournament area, and so have we.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

03-21-2010 19:42 UTC+2

Break it Up

[user66118]

That's another two levels in the books. Half the field has gone off for their dinner break while the other half is just taking a 15-minute breather. We'll be back in a flash.

03-21-2010 19:41 UTC+2

Negreanu Miffed

Mickey Doft

Daniel Negreanu does not appear to be very thrilled with the player that has just been seated to his right. Negreanu was the big blind and posted the 300, while the new addition to his table coincidentally (or conveniently) sat down just afterward.

Though he seemed to be saying the following things light heartedly, the words "cheating" and "blind dodging" were thrown around. Negreanu also said that his new opponent must be "comfortable with angles" and that "karma will have its say."

Negreanu is sitting on a stack of roughly 26,000.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

03-21-2010 19:39 UTC+2

Wendt Not Gone

[user46392]

Martin Wendt got his tiny stack in with {7-Spades}

and got called by the big blind holding {J-Spades}

. Wendt was already standing and chatting with a friend at the rail when the board came down {10-Spades}

to double him up to 15,000.

Tags: Martin Wendt

03-21-2010 19:38 UTC+2

Ravnsbaek and Forth

[user46392]

Jesper Hougaard raised in the hijack, only for Simon Ravnsbaek to make it 2,050 from the cutoff. Everyone else got out of their way, and the action was back on Hougaard. He promptly made it 5,200.

Ravnsbaek thought about it for a long time, before announcing, "I wanna go snowboarding anyway," and pushing his whole 35,000 stack across the line. Hougaard insta-folded.

"It's too dark to go snowboarding," noted another player at the table. "Oh, you're right," said Ravnsbaek. "Then I shouldn't have done it."

03-21-2010 19:27 UTC+2

The Final Runner

[user66118]

It appears that we may have picked up one more player since the official numbers came in. We've just spotted a Max Pescatori at Table 3, and he is supposed to be in the Day 1b field. The Italian Pirate is, however, most certainly playing today.

That tentatively moves the Day 1a up to a total of 270 runners.

03-21-2010 19:15 UTC+2

Dinner Plans

[user66118]

The staff has just made dinner plans for the players.

The field will be broken in half, with the first flight of players heading to the buffet at the conclusion of this level. They'll have 75 minutes to chow, and which point they'll be tagged out by the hungry half of the room. They'll return to play their fifth level, and then the field will recombine for Level 6 once everyone has had their fill.

We'll be working away through both dinner breaks, so if anyone is in the area and wants to drop off dinner for your beloved bloggers...