PokerStars EPT Warsaw Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open

03-13-2008 22:57 UTC+1

New EPT Record About to be Set

Whatever happens on the bubble, a new EPT record will be set. Both Thierry van den Berg and Trond Eidsvig have already cashed three times this EPT season, both with two final tables. At least one of them is going to make it four cashes in a season, which has never been done before. Interestingly, neither of them had cashed before this season in an EPT event.

Tags: Thierry van den Berg Trond Eidsvig

03-13-2008 22:54 UTC+1

Hecham El Sayed Doubles Up Antonio Battisti

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Antonio Battisti raised to 12,000 on the button and Hecham El Sayed moved all in from the big blind. There was another slamming the table incident, this time by Antonio when he saw that his {A-Hearts}

was ahead of Hecham's {A-Diamonds}

. Luckily for him no permanent damage was done and his hand also held up when a queen appeared on the flop.

Tags: Antonio Battisti Hecham El Sayed

03-13-2008 22:53 UTC+1

Hogbom Out in 34th

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Sooner or later someone had to go, and the unlucky winner of that honor was Michael Hogbom -- a PokerStars online qualifier from Sweden. Hogbom shoved pre-flop holding {A-Spades}

and was called by Dennis Petronack, who foretold the future when he said: "I think it's gonna be a race."

Indeed it was, as Petronack made the call and tabled a pocket pair of eights. The flop fell {7-Hearts}

in favor of Hogbom, but a fateful {8-Spades}

on the turn cemented the hand for Petronack, as Hogbom was left drawing dead.

We're now just one elimination away from the money... stay tuned!

Tags: Michael Hogbom

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 400

03-13-2008 22:48 UTC+1

Double Double

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With 34 players remaining -- just two away from the money -- every all-in and call situation attracts a stampede of journalists and spectators, each hoping to catch a glimpse of the next elimination hand, which would bring us to the official money bubble.

So far, there have been at least five "all-in and call" moments and each time the all-in player has lived to see another flop.

Most recently, Antonio Battisti doubled through Dennis Petronack when his {A-Diamonds}

held up against Petronack's {Q-Clubs}

.

A few moments later, PokerStars online qualifier Sebastian Ruthenberg doubled through Fredrik Haugen after his pocket jacks held against Haugen's {A-Clubs}

.

03-13-2008 22:32 UTC+1

Andreas Hagen Likes Ladies

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Andreas Hagen thought he was going out virtually on the bubble when he got all in pre-flop with queens against Giuseppe Caciolo's aces. However fortune was to favour Andreas as he flopped a straight draw when it came down {9-Hearts}

then the

completed the straight. It was not over yet, as Giuseppe had the {A-Hearts}

in his hand and a heart on the river would swing the pot his way. Unfortunately for Giuseppe it was the {2-Clubs}

which fell on the river to ship a much-needed 75,000 pot Andreas Hagen's way.

03-13-2008 22:22 UTC+1

Corral Doubles Through Black

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A short-stacked Raul Paez Corral moved all in from the button for his last 12,600 and was called immediately Andy Black in the big blind:

Corral: {A-Hearts}

Black:

The board ran out {J-Diamonds}

giving Corral aces up and over 26,000 worth of new chips.

“F**kin’ aces . . . unbelievable,” Black said after the hand. “Why couldn’t you have A-K there?”

03-13-2008 22:19 UTC+1

"King-Six Any Good?"

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A maniacally aggressive Andy Bloch made it 9,000 to go from early position and Mehdi Ouakhir, sitting to Andy’s immediate left, was the lone caller. The flop came {4-Diamonds}

and Andy immediately fired a 20,000 bet, which amounted to most of Mehdi’s stack. Ouakhir laid it down and Andy rolled over K-6 offsuit, asking, “Is king-six any good? No fear . . . Who cares about the bubble? Keep the bubble going!”

Andy’s aggressive bubble play has hoisted him back up towards the 100,000 mark in chips.

Tags: Andy Black

03-13-2008 22:06 UTC+1

Antonio Battista Doubles Up

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Antonio Battista doubles up when his A-2 comes through against K-J on a 7-9-J-A-10 board.

03-13-2008 22:04 UTC+1

Anton Smolyanskiy Eliminated

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Kenneth Hicks Jr makes it 8,000 from mid-position. Seppo Parkkinen flat calls and then Anton Smolyanskiy moves all in for 41,200 from the big blind. Hicks quickly passes but Seppo has a full five-minute dwell before making the call with {K-Spades}

, which dominates Anton's {A-Hearts}

. The board is {7-Hearts}

and we are one player nearer the money.