€5,250 Championship Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague

12-11-2008 16:26 UTC+1

15 Minute Break

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Like Ross and Rachael in Friends, the remaining players are now on a break.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

12-11-2008 16:43 UTC+1

No Luck for the Irish

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Stevie Devlin raised to 6,000 from the button and Rifat Palevic defended his big blind. On the {7-Hearts}

flop, Palevic checked, Devlin continue bet 9,000 and Palevic announced all-in. Devlin called for what he had left.

Devlin = {Q-Hearts}

Palevic =

Turn =

River =

Tags: Rifat Palevic Stevie Devlin

12-11-2008 16:47 UTC+1

Charbel Al Chagoury Eliminated

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"No ace," requested Al Chagoury as he took on fellow Greek Georgios Gatselos with {10-Diamonds}

versus

.

Flop = {Q-Clubs}

"Argh!"

Turn = {6-Spades}

River =

Tags: Charbel Al Chagoury Georgios Gatselos

12-11-2008 16:50 UTC+1

Bevand Maintains Chip Lead

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Manueal Bevand of France is still your current chip leader with a monstrous 250,000.

Tags: Manueal Bevand

12-11-2008 17:00 UTC+1

Spotted on the Rail

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Marc Naalden, Martin Vallo and Ian Nelson have all been spotted on the rail, so I think it's safe to assume that they slipped through the net earlier on.

12-11-2008 17:03 UTC+1

There was a mid-position raise of 5,800 called by Joris Jaspers in the small blind, before Benjamin Mirsaidi reraised all-in behind for around another 46,000 or so. The original raiser folded and Jaspers dwelt for ages before making the call with a significant portion of his stack. A couple of cheers were heard on the rail when he turned over {K-Diamonds}

, which dominated against the {Q-Hearts}

of the young German. A board of {A-Diamonds}

was dealt out amid more cheers from the rail as Jaspers eliminated Mirsaidi.

Tags: Joris Jaspers

12-11-2008 17:04 UTC+1

King High No Good for Lodden

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Johnny Lodden raised to 6,200 from the button, but met resistance in the shape of Sorin Posa, who pushed all in from the big blind. It was only four or five thousand more, so Lodden made the call and asked, "King good enough?" His opponent flipped an ace, followed by a queen for {A-Diamonds}

. Lodden had {K-Diamonds}

.

An uneventful {3-Hearts}

board later and Posa had doubled through, leaving Lodden with a depleted stack of 38,000.

Tags: Johnny Lodden Sorin Posa

12-11-2008 17:11 UTC+1

Dutch Delight

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Joris Jaspers has now ambushed the top of the leader board after sending Sorin Posa to the rail. I'm not sure if it went in preflop or post-flop, but either way it looks nasty, Posa's {A-Spades}

in all sorts of bother againt Jaspers' {A-Hearts}

with a

board.

"Perfect time," said another player. "You're a very lucky man."

Lucky or not, Jaspers is now on a whopping 230,000 and tangling with Manuel Bevand for the chip lead.

Tags: Joris Jaspers

12-11-2008 17:27 UTC+1

Five Alive

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Currently leading the way:

Manuel Bevand -- 250,000
Fredrik Nygard -- 235,000
Joris Jaspers -- 230,000
Constandinos Alexiou -- 195,000
Raul Mestre -- 180,000