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

03-11-2008 17:25 UTC+2

Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the players take their first 15-minute break of the day.

03-11-2008 17:13 UTC+2

Italian PokerStars professional player Dario Minieri just busted a player in a 10,000 chip pot. Pre-flop his opponent raised, Dario re-raised and then his opponent moved all in for just over 5,000 chips. Dario hesitated for just a moment before calling with {A-Hearts}

, his oppponent showed {J-Clubs}

. An ace on the flop sealed the deal for Dario.

Tags: Dario Minieri

03-11-2008 17:10 UTC+2

Marcel Baran Eliminated

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Marcel Baran had lost a few chips already when he found {K-Hearts}

. He had one opponent on a {J-Hearts}

flop and decided to give a free card. The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

and Marcel bet out and was called. Marcel shoved the rest in on a blank river but was insta-called by {7-Spades}

and is eliminated.

Tags: Marcel Baran

03-11-2008 16:41 UTC+2

Tough Start For Thew

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EPT Baden winner Julian Thew was down to just 700 chips and on the big blind. There were a couple of limpers and the flop came down {3-Diamonds}

and he called a 300 chip bet from the small blind player. He then moved in blind before the turn was dealt for his last 300. The turn was {9-Diamonds}

and the small blind duly called.

Julian {Q-Diamonds}

Small Blind {Q-Spades}

The river was the {2-Clubs}

and Julian is back up to 1700 chips now.

Tags: Julian Thew

03-11-2008 16:41 UTC+2

Doing Poland Proud

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Local player Wojciech Frankowski, playing today on his home turf, is off to a great start already having accumulated almost 20,000 in chips.

in a recent hand, with the board showing 5-J-6-7-A, action was checked to Frankowski who fired a 1,200 bet. His lone opponent in the hand made the call and tabled 8-4 for an eight-high straight. Frankowski one-upped his heads-up foe, however, revealing 8-9 for the nut straight and scooped the decent-sized pot at the end of the first level of play.

Frankowski is just three months removed from a final table appearance at EPT Prague in December 2007 where he finished in 9th place, earning over $11,000 in prize money.

Tags: Wojciech Frankowski

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

03-11-2008 16:17 UTC+2

Woody Deck Starts Well

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T6 Poker player Woody Deck has got off to a good start with 17,000 chips in front of him already.

Tags: Woody Deck

03-11-2008 16:15 UTC+2

Daniel Ryan Eliminates a Player

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With a board reading {4-Clubs}

and 1,600 in the pot already, the player in the small blind position bet out 1,600. Daniel Ryan re-popped it to 4,500 only to face a re-raise all in. It was an easy enough call for the EPT Copehagen final-table finisher as he flipped {4-Diamonds}

which was good against the {6-Clubs}

of his opponent.

Tags: Daniel Ryan

03-11-2008 16:06 UTC+2

Thater Takes a Seat

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PokerStars pro Katja Thater has just taken her seat on table 12, near the back of a very congested Casinos Poland poker room.

Tags: Katja Thater

03-11-2008 16:03 UTC+2

It's Official

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A member of the tournament staff has just announced that a total of 190 players make up the Day 1A starting field. The tournament will remain open for late registration until the end of the first level of play.