With on the board action was on EPT Copenhagen 2011 champion Michael Tureniec in the hijack position. The Swede made it 1,300 and his opponent on the button made the call. The hit the river and with 4,350 in the pot, Tureniec bet 3,400. His opponent thought about it for some time, frowned, and then made it 7,200. Tureniec eventually folded after some thinking.
The player on the button took one more peek at his cards, and then said "Good fold" before showing his . Tureniec laughed, relieved he wasn't shown a bluff when his opponent made a little bit of theater with his showing.
375 players have signed up for the tournament today so far. Late registration is open the entire day though so a lot of players might still have to arrive.
Simon Deadman, who finished second in the FPS €2k High Roller event late last night, has just graced the tournament with his presence. He's been seated to the right of Toby Lewis - hardly an ideal position.
Elsewhere Joep van den Bijgaart, a former EPT Berlin finalist has also been spotted.
Sigurds Eskeland opened for 300 under-the-gun. He had just lost a medium sized pot in the previous hand to an opponent who had rivered the nut flush and had seemed a bit steamed about it. Sat to his left Fergal Cawley perhaps thought so and raised to 700. Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano came along for the ride, calling the 700 on the button and the blinds folded. Back to original raiser Eskeland, he made it 2,700 and Cawley got out of the action. Pagano though was undeterred in position, made the call and they saw a heads up flop of . Eskeland led out for 4,500 and Pagano mucked.
The next hand saw Cawley make it 200 under-the-gun leading to a cascade of callers taking a six way flop of . Checked round to Pagano he bet 700 and found one caller in French PokerStars player Roman Wieviorka. The two players saw a turn card and Pagano check called a 1,200 bet from Wieviorka. River card completed the flush draw and some straight possibilities as Pagano led for 2,000. Wieviorka thought about it and called, Pagano showing for two pair. No good though as Wieviorka had the for the straight. “Wow.” Said Pagano as he undoubtedly went back through how the betting had gone.
Two players have been eliminated so far in the opening level, Noel Gaens and Joe Mouawad those to have lost their chips. Stephen Chidwick told me that Mouawad lost his chips in a cooler to Cyril Pusset. The latter had aces to Mouawad's pocket eights on a A-8-6-5-6 board. As a result Pusset is up to 55,000.
As for Gaens, who finished seventh here last year, no information on how he lost his chips but Timur Margolin has a stack of 60,000 in front of him and seems to have been the beneficiary of his demise.
Jake Cody is rocking the shades and playing in position. Folded to him on the button he made it 300 and found one caller in the big blind, Julian Thomas from Germany. They saw a flop of . Checked to Cody who bet 350. Thomas went for the check-raise to 1,250 and when Cody had made sure of the bet amount he let his hand go.
With the entire board already out there action was on EPT Vilamoura season 7 winner Toby Lewis. on the table and it was checked to Lewis on the button. He bet 5,600 and his opponent, Russian player Artem Perepelkin, was thinking about it. At the still 3 handed table he eventually made the call. Lewis showed up with and Perepelkin had to muck. Good start for Lewis.
Sandrine Wilhelm, a French PokerStars qualifier opened from early position for 250 and was called on the button by Hussein Kansoun from Lebanon. The blinds folded and they would fight it out heads up. The dealer fanned the first three cards and a continuation bet of 450 from Wilhelm was enough for Kansoun to fold but not before showing one card the . Seemingly wanting to prove a point Wilhelm showed him .
on the board action was on EPT Copenhagen 2011 champion Michael Tureniec in the hijack position. The Swede made it 1,300 and his opponent on the button made the call. The 
hit the river and with 4,350 in the pot, Tureniec bet 3,400. His opponent thought about it for some time, frowned, and then made it 7,200. Tureniec eventually folded after some thinking.
. Tureniec laughed, relieved he wasn't shown a bluff when his opponent made a little bit of theater with his showing.
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. Eskeland led out for 4,500 and Pagano mucked.
. Checked round to Pagano he bet 700 and found one caller in French PokerStars player Roman Wieviorka. The two players saw a turn card 
and Pagano check called a 1,200 bet from Wieviorka. River card 
completed the flush draw and some straight possibilities as Pagano led for 2,000. Wieviorka thought about it and called, Pagano showing 
for the straight. “Wow.” Said Pagano as he undoubtedly went back through how the betting had gone.
. Checked to Cody who bet 350. Thomas went for the check-raise to 1,250 and when Cody had made sure of the bet amount he let his hand go.
