€7,700 + 300 German Open Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

01-31-2008 15:51 UTC+2

Day 2 About to Begin

[user52009]

Welcome back to Casino Hohensyburg and Day 2 of the PokerStars EPT German Open in Dortmund. 149 out of a starting field of 411 players have made it through. They are fighting it out for a top prize of around €800,000. Day 2 is scheduled to start at 3:00 PM.

Frenchman Cyrille Chabot is in the lead, ahead of Switzerland’s Claudio Rinaldi and Tyler Friederich, an American who qualified online in a PokerStars satellite.

Tags: Claudio Rinaldi Cyrille Chabot Tyler Friederich

01-31-2008 15:53 UTC+2

Top 20 Players Beginning Day 2

[user52009]

These are the top 20 players entering Day 2:

Cyrille Chabot France 111,100
Claudio Rinaldi Switzerland 71,300
Tyler Friederich USA 70,900
Russell Carson Canada 70,400
Jioí Kulhánek Czech Republic 66,300
Michael Kwiek (Unknown) 62,800
Peyman Mohammadzadeh Germany 60,900
Daniel Negreanu Canada 59,900
Ville Mattila Finland 57,300
Andreas Sarling Finland 56,500
Nicolas Levi France 56,100
Markus Golser Austria 54,600
Annette Obrestad Norway 50,200
Mario Kühl Germany 49,800
Christopher Rossiter UK 49,200
Stefan Wrenger Germany 48,600
Mats Erik Iremark Sweden 47,700
Marcel Cesarz Germany 47,600
Marco Diego Perez Spain 47,400
Manfred Bass Germany 46,900

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

01-31-2008 16:27 UTC+2

Cards Are in the Air

[user52009]

At 3:15, tournament Director Thomas Kremser announced the start of Day 2. Marcel Luske and Ramzi Jelassi sat down as the first hand was dealt, but PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu has yet to arrive at Casino Hohensyburg.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Marcel Luske Ramzi Jelassi

01-31-2008 16:54 UTC+2

Early Eliminations

[user52009]

As usual, some of the short-stacked players have already been eliminated during the first level on Day 2. T6 Poker pro Mats Rahmn and PokerStars pro Noah Boeken have both left the tournament.

Tags: Mats Rahmn Noah Boeken

01-31-2008 17:05 UTC+2

Negreanu Has Arrived

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40 minutes late, Daniel Negreanu has now entered the poker room. As always, he is looking forward to a long day of poker.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

01-31-2008 17:10 UTC+2

Hansen Eliminates Mollaie

[user52009]

Korosh Mollaie lost a few pots early on Day 2 and was eliminated by Thor Hansen when his {6-Clubs}

was called by the Norwegian's {K-Diamonds}

. On the turn, Mollaie found an open-ended straight draw with {J-Clubs}

was on the board, but the {5-Hearts}

on river was no help and Mollaie is now out. Hansen is up to 48K after a really good start.

Tags: Korosh Mollaie Thor Hansen

01-31-2008 17:28 UTC+2

Henriksson on a Roll

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T6 Poker's Anders Henriksson has had a good start on the day. Starting out on 18,300, he has now almost doubled his stack and is up to 34,500. Fellow team member Hugo Felix from Portugal is doing even better, increasing his stack from 18,400 to 61,000 by eliminating two players at his table.

Tags: Anders Henriksson Hugo Felix

01-31-2008 17:36 UTC+2

Annette Takes a Hit

[user52009]

Nicolas Levi and Annette Obrestad are both seated on table 4 and just now Levi took a chunk out of the young Norwegian's stack. As usual, Obrestad raised pre-flop and Levi called from the big blind. Both players checked the {J-Hearts}