2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

EPT Polish Open Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥10♥
Prize
€367,141
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,400
Prize Pool
€1,172,973
Total Entries
217
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 217
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EPT Warsaw Begins Today

Hello and welcome to Poland, home of interesting sausages, vodka breakfasts and the Warsaw EPT. This charming Eastern European city is about to be invaded by an expected capacity field of poker players from all around the world, including Team PokerStars pros Dario Minieri, Humberto Brenes, Isabelle Mercier, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Katja Thater and Gavin Griffin. With the buy-in at an impressive-sounding 20,000 zloty (a slightly less impressive-sounding $6,780), someone will surely be a zloty multi-millionaire by the end of the tournament, as well as being crowned the poker king or queen of Poland.

Watch this space from 2pm local time for live updates straight from the card room floor.

Lobby Action

The lobby of the Hyatt Regency is currently full of milling poker players, including Kara Scott, EPT Budapest winner Will Fry and Gavin Griffin. With only 10 minutes to go until the official start time, it looks as though they might be starting a few minutes late, but efforts will no doubt shortly be made to usher the players down two floors to the Casino Poland, buried deep underneath the hotel.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

Surveying the Field

Players are still trickling in, but thus far we've spotted Gavin Griffin, Johnny Lodden, Anthony Lellouche, John Duthie, Albert Iversen, and the always-coloful Polish pop star Michal Wisniewski.

Small Field

A few more notables spotted at the tables are Ricardo Sousa, Arnaud Mattern, Ludovic Lacay and Priyan De Mel, among a rather bijou Day 1a field of just 90-100 players tucked away at the very back of the rather cozy casino.

Short Day

With the field today rather smaller than the usual EPT turnout, it has been decided just to play seven levels instead of the customary eight.

Lodden Already Yo-Yo-ing

In a multi-way limped pot, all four players checked the {9-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} flop. When the {5-Clubs} came on the turn, the action was checked to Johnny Lodden, who led out for 150 from early position. Only the small blind came along. The river was the {10-Diamonds}. The small blind checked and Lodden led again, this time for 425, and earned a call.

Lodden turned up {K-Spades} {5-Spades} for trips and took down a nice early pot.

Only a few hands later, however, Lodden raised it up to 200 from the big blind behind two late position limpers and both men called. All parties involved checked the {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} flop as well as the {6-Clubs} which fell on the turn. When the {7-Spades} appeared on the river, Lodden quickly tossed out a single purple 500 chip. The cutoff folded, but the big blind raised to 1,500.

Looking quite perplexed, Lodden stared at the board, attempting to figure out what his opponent possibly could have here. Ultimately, he tossed in a call.

Unfortunately for Lodden, the button made a runner-runner straight with the {8-Hearts} {9-Hearts} and raked in the pot.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

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