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

03-11-2008 21:47 UTC+2

Day 1b Preview

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Throughout the day we've spotted a number of well-known pros scoping out the competition, most of whom will play in tomorrow's Day 1b flight. Some of the players we've seen lurking around the poker room are: Greg Raymer, Mel Judah, Sorel Mizzi, Rolf Slotboom, Mark Teltscher, Thierry van den Berg, Eric van der Berg, Nicky Roeg, Joris Jaspers and Pascal Perrault.

03-11-2008 21:49 UTC+2

Stephan Thiele-Bolivar Gets Involved

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Rubik's cube guy, Stephan Thiele-Bolivar, just busted Anthony Chatelain and whilst stacking his chips he called a raise from Dario Minieri. The flop came down {A-Spades}

and he check-raised the short-stacked Italian all in. Dario made the call with {A-Hearts}

, two pair good against Stephan's {A-Diamonds}

. The turn and river bricked to double up Dario.

Tags: Anthony Chatelain Dario Minieri Stephan Thiele-Bolivar

03-11-2008 21:52 UTC+2

Anders Berg Busts Another

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Anders Berg was in the big blind as another short stack moved all in pre-flop. Anders made an easy call with {A-Hearts}

, which was ahead of the short stack's {A-Diamonds}

. It stayed ahead and for the second big blind in a row Anders Berg busted a player having to call an all-in.

Tags: Anders Berg

03-11-2008 22:07 UTC+2

Anders Berg Busted

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Once again Anders Berg gets involved from the big blind. This time, he calls a raise and then pushes on the {5-Hearts}

flop, getting insta-called by his opponent's {A-Hearts}

. Anders has {6-Clubs}

, but the

and

are no help and he is eliminated.

03-11-2008 22:09 UTC+2

Juha Lauttamus Eliminated

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Juha Lauttamus got it all in pre-flop with A-K vs A-A. No miracles for the EPT Prague final table finisher and he is eliminated.

03-11-2008 22:12 UTC+2

Anastasyadis Making Strides

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Short-stacked to the point where he was going all in practically every third hand, T6 Poker's Kosta Anastasyadis has made a monumental comeback, surviving each and every all-in and chipping back up to stack of approximately 12,000.

03-11-2008 22:12 UTC+2

James Honeybone Suffers a Setback

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On a

flop, James Honeybone raised a 3,000 bet to 8,000, and then faced an all-in coming back at him for 12,000 total. Priced in, he made the call and showed {8-Spades}

which was a long way behind the {A-Clubs}

of his opponent. No help on the turn or river and the New Zealander loses a 27,000-chip pot.

Tags: James Honeybone

03-11-2008 22:17 UTC+2

Kolk Crippled by Okumus

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T6 sponsored pro Marek Kolk has just been crippled by German foe Alp Okumus. Kolk took A-K to battle against Okumus' {10-Spades}

. "My birthday," Okumus told us, in reference to his hand. "Nobody beats me on my birthday," the German said.

An early present, the dealer spread a {2-Hearts}

board giving Okumus a jack-high flush and almost 20,000 in new chips. Kolk was left with just 3,500 after the hand.

Tags: Marek Kolk

03-11-2008 22:29 UTC+2

Dario = Eliminario

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Young PokerStars pro Dario Minieri, who "The Simpsons" co-creator Sam Simon likened to Harry Potter during last summer's WSOP, has recently been eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Dario Minieri