PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw Championship Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw
PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw Championship Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
23,500 PLN
Total Entries
203
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 203
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Carter Phillips came into play with a commanding chip advantage, and he would increase that lead over the course of the first three levels. A few late slips saw him ousted from that lofty position for the first time in a long time, but he'll still return tomorrow with a well-above-average stack.
Day 1b leader Antony Lellouche struggled to get in a forward gear at all today. His stack was whittled further and further toward the felt all day, but he managed to make a decent recovery to bag up a little over 60,000 at night's end.
It appears that Canadian Clayton Mozdzen has earned himself the top spot heading in the middle day tomorrow. The online qualifier picked and chose profitable spots today, and he saw his stack increase more than threefold over the course of the seven hours. After the final bell sounded, Mozdzen needed two plastic bags in which to stuff his 332,300 chips.
That should be good enough to put him well in the lead, though we'll have to wait for the official chip counts from the tournament staff. The 56 who survived Day 2 will be right back here tomorrow to pick up the action on Day 3. Of course, we'll be here following all the action, and we hope you will join us too.
Until tomorrow, goodnight from Poland.
and Hedlund had checked to Phillips. The pot sat at approximately 38,000 and Phillips opted for a bet of 21,000."You must have hit that queen." mumbled Hedlund, as he sat hunched over, not sure what to do. Eventually, he tossed in the call.
Hedlund almost lost it when Phillips revealed
. Hedlund started complaining that he held a better flush draw and a pair, flashing 
. Hedlund tossed his hand way up into the air and mucked it, running his hand through his hair and pulling hard on it.
The flop came out
, and Tsanev again looked gutshot. He held his nose with two pinched fingers, his head down and rocking back and forth. He finally looked up and pushed the remaining ~45,000 of his chips into the middle. Steicke shrugged and instantly open-mucked .His opponent tabled his hand, but only the top
was visible. The dealer spread the two cards and revealed the 
underneath. "Oh, you had aces," said Steicke, sounding not-at-all surprised.
Showdown
Stępiński:
Minieri:
The flop was a clean slate for the diminutive pro as it rolled out
. The turn was a bit less clean; the 
peeled off the deck, and Italian profanity could be heard from the rail behind the table. The river was a blank 
, knocking Minieri down to 9,400 little chips.*****
On the next hand, Dario would open-shove from late position, and the player on the button made an isolating re-raise. Minieri tabled
, racing once again. His opponent's 
would hold on a board showing 
, and Minieri is out courtesy of two consecutive losing coinflips.Minieri stopped by Shaun Deeb's table to pay off his last-longer bet, and the two men agreed that they'd see each other in the High Roller event later this week.
and Lunkin tabled . Bosen held an underpair to the board with pocket threes. The river was the and Bosen was shipped to the rail. Lunkin now has 130,000 chips.
Vaserfirer didn't back down and put in a five-bet to 68,500. We told you, the action got better.
And then, just when everyone thought it was going to end, Phillips six-bet shoved all in, having Vaserfirer covered and he called!
But, the fireworks were cut short when both player tabled
. The board didn't provide any flush drama as it ran out 
and the two players chopped up the pot.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200
