2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open

PokerStars EPT Warsaw Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠6♠
Prize
$946,269
Event Info
Buy-in
$8,628
Prize Pool
$3,153,752
Total Entries
359
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 359
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PokerStars EPT Warsaw Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Day 1a Survivors

A total of 72 players made it through to Thursday's Day 2; here they are:

Robert Flink 113300
Anio Alcaraz 78000
Alp Okumus 62100
Joseph Serock 55000
Andreas Torbergsen 53000
Daniel Hofmeister 51900
Jean Claude Perrot 50100
Tyler Netter 42600
David Burn 41700
Kenneth Hicks Jr. 41200
William Johnson 40900
Christoffer Sonesson 39800
Victor Escudero 39100
James Honeybone 38700
Fredrik Haugen 36800
Anton Smolyanskiy 35800
Andrea Benelli 35700
Jari-Pekka Juhola 34400
Trond Erik Eidsvig 34400
Dennis Bejedal 33900
Roberto Nateri 32500
Magnus Petersson 30100
Woody Deck 29700
Cristiano Blanco 28800
Robert Lipkin 28800
Niclas Svensson 27800
Aleksandr Gorelik 27200
Derek Montgomery 26600
Jean François Rigollet 26600
Juan Manuel Pastor 25700
Ulrica Skönnemark 24900
Johan Storakers 24800
Mats Rahmn 24000
Johan Lund 24000
Antonio Gomez Ribera 23800
Jacek Ładny 22500
Jeffrey Petronack 21700
Christos Kravaritis 21600
Hans Eskilsson 21100
Daniel Carter 20800
Daniel Ryan 19800
Julien Boue 18800
Marc Goodwin 18700
Daniel Woolson 18400
Stewart Chantler 18300
Janusz Petlic 18300
Dino Dinler 18300
Daniel Mangas 17900
Hans Ritburg 17500
Mark Hirleman 17200
Casey Kastle 17200
Antti Ropponen 16900
Kosta Anastasyadis 16700
Christian Öman 15700
Kim Öfverström 15500
Nikolaj Fabricius 15400
Morten Holm 15300
Craig Hopkins 15000
Jorund Soma 14700
Joel Gunnarsson 13800
Łukasz Wasek 13500
Patrick Arba 11500
Stephan Thiele-Bolivar 10500
Julian Thew 8900
Marek Piecha 8700
Kai Leurer 8600
Gino Alacqua 8000
William Olivieri 8000
Eugeniusz Licznarowski 6900
Mirko Kirner 6700
Sami Leino 6300
John Gibson 3900

Day 1a is a Wrap

Media Row
Media Row
Eight levels of play have come and gone and more than half of the Day 1a field has been eliminated. The day started with 191 players and we're left with about 79 at the night's end; we'll have the official number for you shortly.

We'll be back tomorrow afternoon for the second and final Day 1 flight which is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Stay tuned for a complete list of today's survivors and their respective chip counts.

Until tomorrow, good night and good luck!

Five For Fighting

With approximately five minutes to go in the level, the tournament director has stopped the clock and instructed each table to play five more hands before calling it quits for the evening.

Hofmeister the Bluffmeister

Serock stares across the table at Hofmeister
Serock stares across the table at Hofmeister
Joe Serock has accumulated one of the tournament's top stacks today with a very aggressive playing style, entering every pot he plays with a pre-flop raise. Across the table from Serock sits Daniel Hofmeister of Germany, who had apparently had enough of Serock's bullying and opted to take a stand against his aggressive opponent in a pivotal hand that left Serock visibly stunned.

Joe opened the pot with an 1,800 pre-flop raise and was called by both Hofmeister on the button and an unknown player in the big blind. The flop then came {A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and the action was checked around to Hofmeister who led out with a 2,500 bet; Serock was the lone caller.

The turn brought a seemingly harmless {2-Diamonds} and Serock passed the first action to Daniel who fired again - this time tossing five 1,000 chips into the middle. Serock quickly cut the chips from his stack and made the call.

The last card to fall off the deck was the {6-Clubs} and Serock checked again. Hofmeister then cut two stacks of chips from the rest of his neatly organized pile - each one worth 5,000 - but slid them across the betting line one at a time. The dealer correctly ruled that his bet was of the string variety and permitted a 5,000 wager. Serock tanked and tanked and tanked before eventually tossing his cards into the muck pile, only to have his nemesis table {4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a stone cold bluff.

Serock sat motionless, yet you could practically feel the angst steaming from his pores in the wake of the bluff. Serock was left with a still-manageable 35,000 in chips after the hand.

Tags: Joe Serock

Flink Maintaining His Lead

Robert Flink of Sweden is still atop the tournament leaderboard with just under 90,000 in chips. There are currently 85 players remaining in the tournament with approximately 35 minutes to play in level eight.

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Scoreboard Updates

As we approach the eighth and final round of play for the evening, here are some notable chip count updates:

"The Music Man" Stewart Chantler - 21,000

Woody Deck - 11,000

Kenneth Hicks Jr. - 38,500

Alp Okumus - 44,000

Okumus Doubleupagus

Alp Okumus of Germany has just doubled through an opponent after making a tough call for *almost* all of his chips holding {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} on a {Q-Spades}{4-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Spades} board.

After the turn was dealt, his opponent, first to act, asked Okumus to count down his stack which amounted to 9,775 in chips. His opponent then opted to make a bet of 9,750, which would've left Alp with a single green 25 chip. After quite some time in the tank, Okumus took a look at his watch and said, "I think it's time to go for me," before dropping his stack into the middle to make the call.

"Good call," said Okumus' opponent, who tabled {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs} for a stone cold bluff. At this point, everyone seemed happy enough to ignore the fact that Okumus stll had one green chip behind, as the showdown took place right then and there despite the incomplete action.

The river brought a meaningless {9-Clubs} and Okumus took down the hand with a pair of queens, doubling up to just over 37,000 in chips.

Tags: Alp Okumus

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