PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw Championship Main Event Day 2 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

10-22-2009 17:54 UTC+3

Lisa Taphanel Gets Deebed

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Shaun Deeb checked his big blind after Lisa Taphanel limped under the gun. The flop came down {A-Diamonds}

. Deeb checked and Taphanel checked behind.

The turn was the {7-Clubs}

and Deeb fired 1,600. Taphanel called before the river came the {8-Hearts}

. Deeb bet 5,100 and Taphanel raised to 15,000. Deeb shoved and Taphanel called. She held {A-?}

, but Deeb hit the river in a hard way with his {A-Spades}

to make a full house.

He had Taphanel slightly covered and moved up to 125,000 chips. Lisa Taphanel was the last woman standing and with her elimination, it's all up to the men now.

Tags: Lisa Taphanel Shaun Deeb

10-22-2009 17:58 UTC+3

Break

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There's 83 players remaining and they're all on a 15-minute break.

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

10-22-2009 18:17 UTC+3

Back At It

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Here we go with another level.

10-22-2009 18:28 UTC+3

Thierry Van Den Berg raised to 4,300 from under the gun plus one and then Ruslan Prydryk moved all in from the next seat for 17,400 total. Action folded back around to Van Den Berg and he asked the dealer to pull in the 4,300 chips from each player so he could see how much the raise was for.

"I only have three outs I think." said Van Den Berg as he mulled over the decision. "I put him on ace-king."

Eventually, Van Den Berg decided to make the call and tabled {K-Clubs}

. Prydryk held {A-Hearts}

.

The board ran out {J-Hearts}

, giving Prydryk the double up to about 36,000. Van Den Berg slipped to 38,000.

"I never win flips. That's three in a row." he complained.

Tags: Ruslan Prydryk Thierry Van Den Berg

10-22-2009 18:39 UTC+3

Brivot Takes One Off Zeeuw

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Olaf De Zeeuw raised to 3,600 before Alexandre Brivot called in middle position. The flop came down {K-Spades}

and Zeeuw fired a continuation bet of 6,400. Brivot called.

The turn was the {7-Spades}

and Zeeuw slowed down with a check. Brivot fired 12,600. Zeeuw mucked his hand, dropping the pot and moving down to 72,000.

Tags: Alexandre Brivot Olaf De Zeeuw

10-22-2009 18:47 UTC+3

Sarwer Soaring

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Under the gun, Antony Lellouche opened with a raise to 5,000. Around in the cutoff seat, Jeff Sarwer three-bet it up to 12,500, and small blind Jari Mähönen made one more raise to 25,800. Lellouche got the message and ducked out, sending the decision back to Sarwer.

"Oh boy!" he said with wide eyes. After double-checking the bet amount, he made the call to go heads up to the flop.

It came {10-Clubs}

. Mähönen put out a small continuation bet of 20,000, and Sarwer was having none of it. He stuck in a raise to 55,000, and Mähönen kicked his cards back to the dealer.

Canadian Jeff Sarwer is really having his way today at Table 8. He's up over 250,000 and breathing down the neck of chip leader Carter Phillips.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

10-22-2009 18:57 UTC+3

Don't Forget About the PokerStars Baltic Festival

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The PokerStars Baltic Festival takes place at the luxurious Swissôtel in Tallinn, Estonia next week from October 28-31. The schedule includes the €1,100 Main Event and a €10,000 High Roller Event.

Confirmed for the High Roller Event are Team PokerStars PRO and reigning WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate along with PokerNews' own Tony G. Theo Jorgensen is also signed up to play and there is interest from many other big names.

National Hockey League legend and Team PokerStars SportStar Mats Sundin will be playing the Main Event along with Team PokerStars PROs Johnny Lodden, William Thorson, and Eastgate.

Over 100 PokerStars players have already won seats online for the tournament which is set to be the largest ever held in the Baltic States.

Go HERE or HERE for more details.

10-22-2009 18:57 UTC+3

Falling Fast

[user66118]

We see several more notables are now missing from their chairs. Those AWOL and presumed busted include two of the Team PokerStars Pros, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and Marcin Horecki.

Scotty Nguyen appears to be another casualty of this level as he was seen pacing around the hotel lobby just a few minutes ago, baby.

Voitto Rintala is also nowhere to be found, and he's not a man who can easily go missing; he, too, has been eliminated.

The big board shows 76 players remaining, and we'll play on until the end of Level 12, or until we have 56 players left.

10-22-2009 19:11 UTC+3

Catching Up with Carter

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Gloria is back today and she caught up with chip leader Carter Phillips on one of the breaks. Check out what he has to say and don't forget to check out all the videos from EPT Warsaw by clicking the 'Video Gallery' tab on the right.

Tags: Carter Phillips Gloria Balding