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

11-15-2008 21:11 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts

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Alan Smurfit: 8,300
Joao Barbosa: 13,000
Polish rock star (and Bono lookalikey) Michal Wisniewski: 10,500
Johnny Lodden: 33,000

11-15-2008 21:06 UTC+2

Mystery Hand for Torre

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Jean-Mathieu Torre bet a whopping 5,000 into an already rather whopping pot on the turn of a {10-Hearts}

board, and his opponent sighed. "What do you have?" he asked, not really expecting an answer. "Kings?" Torre merely shrugged, and his opponent grudgingly passed the {Q-Hearts}

face up. Torre now on 21,500.

Tags: Jean-Mathieu Torre

11-15-2008 21:03 UTC+2

Aces Fail to Pay for Sahamies

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Ilari Sahamies raised and got himself two callers in the button and the big blind. They proceeded to a {9-Spades}

flop which the big blind and Sahamies checked. The button bet 1,725, the big blind passed, and Sahamies called to see a turn. They both checked the {7-Clubs}

turn and, indeed, the {2-Hearts}

river, at which point Sahamies turned over some rather unexpected pocket aces for the flopped full house. There was much hilarity at the rail.

Tags: Ilari Sahamies

11-15-2008 20:41 UTC+2

Players Return from Dinner Break

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Cards are back in the air.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

11-15-2008 19:43 UTC+2

Players Take a 60-Minute Dinner Break

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We'll be back in action at 7:40 p.m. local time (GMT+1)

11-15-2008 19:37 UTC+2

Close on the heels of his fellow countryman Arnaud Mattern is Ludovic Lacay, currently sitting on around 31,000. Much of his stack seems to have come from him calling quite a large bet on the turn, and then betting to a check on the river. His opponent turned over {J-?}

, but Lacay took it down with {A-?}

. "I got lucky," he said unnecessarily.

Board: {9-Clubs}

Tags: Ludovic Lacay

11-15-2008 19:34 UTC+2

Fry is Toast

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Winner of the last EPT back in Budapest, Will Fry, is nowhere to be seen and thus presumed busted. There is a rumour that he had a dream that he was going to win back-to-back EPTs, but things seen in dreams can seldom be trusted and the premonitions of Mr. Fry are no exception.

Tags: Will Fry

11-15-2008 19:31 UTC+2

Lodden Luck Streak is Over

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Johnny Lodden raised to 525 holding {K-Spades}

and then Alex Fitzgerald's 4,000 or so all in -- Fitzgeraldt held {6-Spades}

and they were coinflipping. With it clearly being Lodden's day, the flop came down {2-Spades}

for a flush draw, eliciting a wry chuckle from Fitzgerald, but he failed to hit on the {10-Diamonds}

turn or

river and Fitzgerald doubled up, barely making a dent in Lodden's still impressive stack.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

11-15-2008 19:26 UTC+2

Kara Scott Eliminated

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Kara Scott raised preflop but got very little respect for it and three callers, including Arnaud Mattern. They saw a {3-Spades}

flop and Mattern checked. Kara led out for 1,400 and one player folded. The gentleman in seat nine, however, raised to 3,100 -- at which point Mattern unexpectedly went all in. Kara called all in, the gent in seat nine folded, and they flipped their cards.

Kara: {A-Diamonds}

Mattern:

Turn:

River:

Thus Kara is out, while Mattern is up to 41,500.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Kara Scott