Michael Graydon had opened from the hijack only to see Thomas Markussen three-bet to 3,400 from the cutoff. Graydon either did not believe his opponent's story or thought his hand was much better because he put in a four-bet to 8,400. A little Hollywooding later and Markussen mucked his hand.
A lot of people say that EPT Copenhagen is one of the toughest stops on the tour. This might be something to do with the local mix of players who learned the game to make money more than for recreation purposes. Also the brand of poker is aggressive, very aggressive. Of course value can be found as you might be lucky enough to be at a table of so-called “Spew monkeys”. The flip side of that though is that you might find yourself at table of ice cold-blooded Nordic sharks.
Take Martins Adeniya for example. He would’ve been happy with his original table. No really big stacks and not too many well known players. It was the first table to break however, and he was moved into the last trap of table 34.
Seat 1. Mads Wissing. Day 1b chip leader and second overall. EPT Prague and Partouche final tables appearances within the last six months.
Seat 2. Jonas Molander. Over $500k in tournament earnings. Not been seen much in the last couple of years but widely thought as a shark in the early seasons of the EPT.
Seat 3. Anton Wigg. EPT Copenhagen champion here two years ago. Sunday Million winner and general beast at the table.
Seat 5. Theo Jorgensen. Danish superstar and Team PokerStars Pro. No need to say anymore.
Seat 7. Mudassar Khan. Sixth place finisher here last year.
Adeniya would’ve been wide eyed when he sat down, but they will all be fearing the Brit just as much as well.
Table 32 is going to be a fun place to watch poker. You have the hefty stacks of Alexander Manson and Danny Neess, but most eyes will be on the battle between Steve O'Dwyer and Marcel Bjerkmann. Bjerkmann has not graced us with our presence yet, but O'Dwyer was on point, bright and early, and here he is in action.
We were six-handed when O'Dwyer raised to 1,400 in first position. Neess and Manson both called, in position, before Yossi Azulay squeezed to 5,800 on the button. O'Dwyer asked for a count and was told it was around 32,000. He then four-bet to 13,200, Neess and Manson folded and Azulay moved all-in - a moved that was snap-called by O'Dwyer.
Azulay
O'Dwyer
The board did not contain the diamonds that O'Dwyer needed and Azulay doubled up - . Then to brighten things up a little bit more, our current champion Michael Tureniec parked his bottom in between O'Dwyer and the space still vacated by Bjerkmann - should be fun!
Maxim Panyak must have ran into a problem this morning because he was sat with 2,000 chips when we saw him move all-in. Victor Ilyukhin made the call from the big blind and we had a showdown.
Arnaud Matten took on British Pro Ben Vinson but, out of position, he had to concede defeat on the river. The Team PokerStars Pro raised to 1,400 from mid position and was called by Vinson (hijack) and one other.
The flop fell and Mattern led for 2,450. Vinson was the only caller to the turn where he called a 4,250 bet from the Frenchman. The river came and Mattern checked to face a 8,800 bet. He took little time in folding.
Berndt Gleissner was the first person to act after the action folded to him on the button. From behind two towers of green 25 chips he made it 1,800 to play. Martins Adeniya, in the big blind, three-bet to 4,500 and Gleissner made the call.
The flop came down and Adeniya bet 5,000 by dropping a single blue chip and Gleissner instantly called. The turn was the and Adeniya now checked. under the watchful gaze of Adeniya Gleissner bet 5,000 and the Brit wasted litte time in sending his cards back to the dealer.
From UTG+1 Andreas Piesik open-limps and puts his silver ingot card protector back onto his hole cards. Dmitri Tchenykh, to Piesik's immediate left, made it 1,800 which caused the remaining players to fold. That was until the action was on Alan Baekke on the button and the former EPT Champion made it 5,100 to play. Neither of his opponents were prepared to pay that amount and they both folded.
Marcel Bjerkmann makes a standard raise from middle position and Danny Neess three-bets to 7,700 on the button. The action folds back around to Bjerkmann who four-bets to 18,800 and stares straight into the soul of Neess. Neess looks very uncomfortable with the Norwegian's eyes mauling him and eventually folds. Bjerkmann allows his opponent to select a card and he turns over the .
Jacob Rasmussen raised to 1,300 in first position and four people called (including Bjerkmann). The flop was and the action checked to Bjerkmann who bet 3,375 and only Tim Jaksland called in the big blind. The turn was the and Jaksland led for 6,000 resulting in a snap-muck by Bjerkmann who showed the .
. Then to brighten things up a little bit more, our current champion Michael Tureniec parked his bottom in between O'Dwyer and the space still vacated by Bjerkmann - should be fun!
and Panyak doubled up to 4,000
and Mattern led for 2,450. Vinson was the only caller to the 
and Mattern checked to face a 8,800 bet. He took little time in folding.
and Adeniya bet 5,000 by dropping a single blue chip and Gleissner instantly called. The turn was the 
and Adeniya now checked. under the watchful gaze of Adeniya Gleissner bet 5,000 and the Brit wasted litte time in sending his cards back to the dealer.
and the action checked to Bjerkmann who bet 3,375 and only Tim Jaksland called in the big blind. The turn was the 
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