2007 EPT Warsaw
Main Event
Day: 3
Player Profile: Andrew O'Flaherty
Andrew has been playing poker 20 years and competing in big tournaments for the last eight. The married father-of-three hails from Dublin but now lives in Leeds. His biggest win so far was $125,000 in a $1,000 buy-in event at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. Andrew is not only successful on the felt though; for a hobby, he races greyhounds and has had two St. Leger winners.
O'Flaherty for the UK
Conroy advances
Fearless Farid
Marius made raised it up from the cut off to 18,000. Farid, in the small blind called, as did Katja.
The flop was a scary looking
The blind positions check.
Marius fired out 25,000.
Farid calls
Katja folds
The turn was
Farid checks. Marius slows down and checks too.
The river was
The watching crowd gasped a little. Both players smiled and checked.
Farid showed for the full house. Marius mucked. Brave play by Farid Meraghni on the flop. This chip leader is not going to be pushed around!
One Round Down, Still 8 Seated
The early tense play is beginning to loosen up. The short stacks will really be feeling the new level's blinds and antes.
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Player Profile: Katja Thater
Katja famously took up poker after standing in for her partner Jan while he went to the bathroom during a high-stakes game. Immediately hooked and enjoying success in her home city of Hamburg, she turned pro in 2000. She came 2nd in the Poker Nations Cup in Cardiff, bubbled five times in a row at the WSOP Tunica event in 2005 and cashed twice at last year’s WSOP. Her many TV appearances have quickly made her the best-known female poker player in Germany. She joined Team PokerStars last year.
Marius making moves
Bathroom talk
Peter Jepsen in the small blind was unmoved and promptly shifted 200k over the line with a reraise full of meaning.
Fredrik spent the next three minutes or so thinking aloud about "all or nothing". It would certainly be all even if he called as his chipcount does not extend too far beyond 200k. He folded and Peter showed the