EPT Polish Open Main Event Day 1a | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

EPT Polish Open Main Event

Day 1a Completed

11-16-2008 02:06 UTC+2

Official Chip Counts, Courtesy of PokerStars.Com

[user46392]

Antony Lellouche 57,600
Ludovic Lacay 49,600
Johnny Lodden 41,450
Marco Fantini 41,000
Sergey Shcherbatskiy 40,950
Serguei Pomerantsev 39,175
Michael Muheim 36,875
Atanas Stoyanov Gueorguiev 31,975
Moises Parrilla Ramos 30,650
Nico Behling 28,375
Arnaud Mattern 27,675
Julio Martinez 26,275
Joao Barbosa 25,450
Michal Piechowski 22,500
Richard Gryko 22,250
Marcin Doliwa 21,975
Michał Zaremba 21,625
Juan Maceiras 21,300
Gavin Griffin 19,925
Bartosz Skorupa 19,175
Sandor Toth 18,900
Thomas Wolfer 18,250
Robert Kucharski 17,250
Grzegorz Mikielewicz 16,750
Hans Eskilsson 16,350
Piotr Kopacki 15,450
Mario Kuhl 15,125
Sebastian Szuster 14,850
Frederik Brink Jensen 14,750
Miguel Antonio Silva Aroso 14,400
Alan Smurfit 14,000
Espen Slavensky 13,450
Gunnar Klietsch 13,350
Andersson Mathias Per Gunnar 11,650
Stefan Rotach 11,050
Dino Civano Dinler 10,475
Michał Wiśniewski 10,150
Raul Paez 10,025
Bruno De Bari 10,000
Philippe Taupin 9,800
Leszek Krawczyński 9,125
Eduard Kapitonov 9,025
Aliaksandr Marchanka 9,000
Zbigniew Szczep 8,875
Jerzy Hajdamowicz 8,550
Stanisław Pardo 7,750
Vayo Gordon Francis 7,550
Jaakko Lauttamus 7,000
Vanessa Thobert 6,125
Andrej Nagy 5,600
Julien Van Lang 4,150
Miroslaw Klys 3,800
Bekdas Sabri 3,075

11-16-2008 00:11 UTC+2

Day 1A Concludes, Action Resumes at 2 PM Tomorrow

[user25067]

The 99 runners that sat down to play Day 1A of the PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw have been whittled down to 53. Antony Lellouche, Johnny Lodden, and Ludovic Lacay ended the day at the top of the pack, with around 50,000 in chips apiece. Gavin Griffin, Arnaud Mattern, and Polish pop star Michal Wisniewski will also return on Monday to play Day 2.

Today we saw the departure of several notable players including EPT Budapest champion Will Fry, high-stakes online sensation Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies and EPT Live's lovely and talented hostess Kara Scott.

Tomorrow's field should prove to be a bit more crowded and star-studded as a number of the Team PokerStars Pro army of players descend on Warsaw to take their shot at an EPT title. We're expecting appearances from Isabelle Mercier, Dario Minieri, Alex Kravchenko, William Thorson and Bertrand "ElkY' Grospellier to name a few.

As always, official chip counts will be posted when they become available.

Join us again tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time (GMT+1) for continuing coverage of the PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw. Until then, from the Casino Poland, good night and good luck!

11-15-2008 23:57 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts

[user46392]

Alan Smurfit: 13,300
Michal Wisniewski: 9,500
Joao Barbosa: 14,000
Vanessa Thobert: 7,500

11-15-2008 23:53 UTC+2

Further Recovery for the French

[user46392]

Ludovic Lacay has been on a bit of a rampage, most recently knocking out a luckless player whose {7-Diamonds}

was no good against Lacay's {10-Spades}

. Lacay flopped a set for good measure, but in the end both players made a flush, Lacay's bigger than his now-busted opponent's.

Board: {10-Clubs}

Lacay now heading towards the 50,000 mark.

Tags: Ludovic Lacay

11-15-2008 23:51 UTC+2

Lodden Still On Fire

[user46392]

Lodden has knocked out another one, this time his {A-?}

good against the all in player's {A-?}

on an uneventful board.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

11-15-2008 23:48 UTC+2

Recovery for the French

[user46392]

Three-way to a {5-Diamonds}

flop and Marco Fantini bet out 1,050. Leszek Krawczynski, two seats to his left called, as did Arnaud Mattern on the cutoff. They proceeded to the turn.

Turn: {A-Clubs}

Fantini bet out 1,675 and once again he received no respect but found two callers instead.

River: {4-Clubs}

This time Fantini checked, and Krawczynski checked behind. Mattern, however, very cooly and deliberately counted out 7,375, and tossed the chips across the line. Both players passed, and Mattern claws back up to 27,000.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Leszek Krawczynski Marco Fantini

11-15-2008 23:42 UTC+2

Lodden Nearing 50K

[user25067]

Johnny Lodden may look like he's about to nod off into his chip stack, but he's done an excellent job growing it during this last level of play, raising hand after hand and getting folds around the table. Lodden looks to be up to about 48,000 or so, good for the chip lead.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

11-15-2008 23:35 UTC+2

Gavin Griffin Regains Ground

[user25067]

Once down to a mere 5,000 in chips, Gavin Griffin appears to be staging a late-night comeback. He made his stand, shoving all in with {A-?}

and getting a call from an opponent holding {Q-?}

. Griffin flopped an ace and turned another, doubling his stack to around the 13,000 mark and giving him a bit more hope of surviving the night.

Tags: Gavin Griffin

11-15-2008 23:30 UTC+2

It's That Time of Night

[user25067]

With only a bit over thirty minutes left on the clock, the action has slowed considerably as our 58 remaining players set their sights on surviving to play Day 2. Short stacks like Andreas Hagen and Julien Van Lang are waiting to make their move, big stacks like Serguei Pomerantsev and Anthony Lellouche continue to fearlessly accumulate chips, and others are simply fighting to stay awake.

Johnny Lodden, in particular, seems to be fighting that battle; the 23-year old Norwegian is practically falling asleep into his beer glass as an attractive brunette rubs his weary shoulders.