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

11-15-2008 17:11 UTC+1

Selected Chip Counts

For your delectation:

Arnaud Mattern: 23,000
Will Fry: 4,500
Ludovic Lacay: 18,000
Priyan De Mel: 8,000
Ricardo Sousa: 13,000
Ilari Sahamies: 16,000
Michal Wisniewski: 10,500
Joao Barbosa: 12,000
Alan Smurfit: 10,200
Kara Scott: 11,000
Albert Iversen: 10,200
Gavin Griffin: 15,000

11-15-2008 17:11 UTC+1

Unlucky for Lodden

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Johnny Lodden flopped a flush but got looked up by a gentleman holding the nut flush draw, which came in on the turn. Lodden now down to 4,000.

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11-15-2008 17:19 UTC+1

Albert Iversen Eliminated

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Albert Iversen called his opponent's bet of 1,650 on a flop of {J-Clubs}

. When the {8-Spades}

came on the turn, Iversen was faced with a 2,000 second bullet and elected to move all in for his remaining 6,450.

"Stupid call," Iversen's opponent said as he pushed in the additional 4,450 and turned over {K-Diamonds}

.

Iversen was on a stone bluff, showing {A-Hearts}

. No help for him on the {J-Hearts}

river and he made an early exit.

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11-15-2008 17:23 UTC+1

Arnaud Mattern Approaching 30K

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On a flop of {8-Diamonds}

, Arnaud Mattern bet 750, his opponent moved all in for her remaining 1,875 and Mattern quickly called. Mattern turned over {9-Diamonds}

to his opponent's {8-Clubs}

, and his pair held up when the turn and river blanked out.

"I have a pair sometimes, people!" he quipped as he raked in the pot, sending his chip stack up near the 30,000 mark.

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Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

11-15-2008 17:48 UTC+1

Priyan De Mel Eliminated

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There was a mid-position limp and another limp from Slobodan Savic in the small blind. Big blind Priyan De Mel pushed all in for his last 1,800 or so and the first limper passed; Savic called, though, and it couldn't have been much worse for De Mel.

Savic: {A-Spades}

De Mel:

"Come on, lucky lady," besought De Mel, but it was not to be.

Board: {8-Hearts}

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11-15-2008 17:54 UTC+1

Kara Doubles Up a Short-Stacked Opponent

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Kara Scott has dropped down to around 7,000 after an unfortunate run-in. An opponent raised to 450, and then called when Kara made it 1,100 from the small blind. They saw a flop.

Flop: {A-Clubs}

Both players checked.

Turn: {8-Spades}

Now Kara tried it on with a bet of 1,600, but was confronted with an all-in raise from her opponent -- just 1,775 more to her. She sighed, shook her head and attempted to ignore the Wall Of Media that was crowding around her table. Eventually she decided that it was worth a call, but she was thoroughly behind and stayed behind on the {Q-Clubs}

river to double her opponent up.

Kara: {4-Hearts}

Opponent of Kara: {A-Hearts}

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11-15-2008 17:56 UTC+1

Barwatch

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Propping up the bar currently are Messrs. John Duthie and Thomas Fougeron. Further bar-propping updates to come as players continue to bust out and find themselves waylaid en route to the exit.

11-15-2008 18:02 UTC+1

Climbing the Mattern-Horn

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Arnaud Mattern has surely broken the 30,000 mark now, taking a chunky pot out of the hands of the player now occupying Iversen's old seat. A player limped in early position only for Mattern to raise to 400. The gent in Iversen's seat called, as did the early position limper.

The limper checked the {2-Spades}

flop and Mattern bet 850. The gent in Iversen's seat raised to 2,000, the limper folded, and Mattern instantly made a huge re-raise, forcing the not-Iversen player to fold.

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11-15-2008 18:05 UTC+1

Lodden = Climber of the Day

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Down to just 4,000 half an hour ago, Johnny Lodden has been on a rampage and is up to 35,000. A lot of his chips came courtesy of an opponent who had the misfortune to double him up twice in consecutive hands, first holding pocket tens against Lodden's pocket kings and the next hand holding pocket jacks against Lodden's pocket aces. Lodden is now a force to be reckoned with.

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