Main Event Day 2 | 2010 EPT Copenhagen

02-19-2010 03:40 UTC+2

Day 3 Table Draw

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Table 32
Seat 1: Christian Miralles (74400)
Seat 2: Tim Pedersen (47400)
Seat 3: Fabian Gentile (413300)
Seat 4: David Adelskov (117300)
Seat 5: Jesper Petersen (140900)
Seat 6: Csaba Toth (561900)
Seat 7: Annette Obrestad (107400)

Table 33
Seat 1: Ricky Fohrenbach (337600)
Seat 2: Stig Rossen (411200)
Seat 3: Jens Klaning (35200)
Seat 4: Richard Grace (206900)
Seat 5: Stefan Raffey (134400)
Seat 6: Kimmo Kurko (211800)
Seat 7: Patrick Sacrispeyre (139600)
Seat 8: Juha Helppi (126200)

Table 34
Seat 1: Andrew Teng (274900)
Seat 2: Jacob Reffeldt Rasmussen (220100)
Seat 3: Richard Loth (174900)
Seat 4: Kristijonas Andrulis (136300)
Seat 5: Nedzib Suman (90700)
Seat 6: Rasmus Vogt (195500)
Seat 7: Kristoffer Thorsson (380400)
Seat 8: Casper Toft (148300)

Table 35
Seat 1: Asger Boye (33900)
Seat 2: Martin Mortensen (90000)
Seat 3: Janne Nevalainen (272900)
Seat 4: Anders Berg (106100)
Seat 5: Berjar Rustom (290700)
Seat 6: Roberto Romanello (349200)
Seat 7: Simon Nybo (207600)
Seat 8: Pieter Jong (125200)

Table 36
Seat 1: Vitor Pinho (159200)
Seat 2: Mark Bech (55800)
Seat 3: Julien Haution (194800)
Seat 4: Ronnie Gasseholm (122700)
Seat 5: Paul Szyszko (122500)
Seat 6: Peter Eastgate (302000)
Seat 7: Peter Turmezey (132500)
Seat 8: Peter Hedlund (69600)

Table 37
Seat 1: Morten Erlandsen (94500)
Seat 2: Stefan Barbre Nielsen (112900)
Seat 3: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (243800)
Seat 4: Lee Gaines (75800)
Seat 5: Thomas Pettersson (104400)
Seat 6: Yury Kerzhapkin (108700)
Seat 7: Jan Djerberg (264000)
Seat 8: Patrik Kaltrud (275300)

Table 38
Seat 1: Thomas Quaade (66200)
Seat 2: Luca Cainelli (35900)
Seat 3: Tommy Dender (24700)
Seat 4: Damien Fouquet (181000)
Seat 5: Gijsbert Pieter Johannes Van G (160000)
Seat 6: Magnus Borg Hansen (205100)
Seat 7: Thomas Froslev (306400)
Seat 8: Yorane Kerignard (200700)

Table 39
Seat 1: Jonas Hedebrandt (104500)
Seat 2: Chris Dombrowski (188600)
Seat 3: Erik Tamm (86100)
Seat 4: Alfio Battisti (160000)
Seat 5: Steven Vollers (138000)
Seat 6: Anton Wigg (94200)
Seat 7: Halldor Sverrisson (122600)

Table 40
Seat 1: Andrey Vlasenko (161400)
Seat 2: Jens Sundberg (55000)
Seat 3: Henrik Junker (307200)
Seat 4: Kristian Kofoed (205900)
Seat 5: Morten Guldhammer (205100)
Seat 6: Mauri Kristjan Dorbek (61600)
Seat 7: Craig Hopkins (82300)

Table 41
Seat 1: Christian Jorgensen (41800)
Seat 2: Francesco De Vivo (46300)
Seat 3: Mads Wissing (217400)
Seat 4: Nicolo Calia (247600)
Seat 5: James Bowey (176900)
Seat 6: Morten Klein (40300)
Seat 7: Yngve Hella Steen (76400)

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

02-19-2010 00:03 UTC+2

Good Game, Day 2

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Day 2 began some nine hours ago with 243 runners still in contention for the push toward the money. After six lightning-fast levels of poker, less than 80 of them remain.

Andrew Pantling was the top dog heading into play this afternoon, but it wasn't long before the field tracked him down. Thanks to an afternoon of fantastically active poker, a herd of players began to accumulate chips, and Pantling was soon swallowed up and spit back out onto the rail. With him out of the way, several other notables began to work their way toward the front. Peter Eastgate, Juha Helppi, Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson, and Roberto Romanello all had their hands on the chip lead at one time or another, but they too found it impossible to stay on top for long.

We'll have to wait for the full counts from the staff, but it appears the Hungarian pro Csaba Toth has earned himself the overnight chip lead. There were still a few hands left to play when the media was relegated to the ropes, but Toth had amassed close to 600,000 by that time, and that should put him comfortably ahead of any late-breaking challengers to his throne.

The big board shows that 79 players have unofficially survived Day 2. That means that the money bubble is looming over the first few levels of tomorrow's Day 3. Sometime early on, we'll pop that bubble and head off toward the final 24 and the eventual push to the final table.

That's all we have for tonight. We'll have the full chip counts and tomorrow's table draw as soon as it's available. And don't forget to check out PokerNews TV if you're still craving some Copenhagen content. Otherwise, we'll see you back here at 2:00pm CET tomorrow!

02-18-2010 23:37 UTC+2

Final Four

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The clock has been paused with about 13 minutes left, and the each table will play four more hands before writing lots of information on thin, clear plastic bags.

02-18-2010 23:23 UTC+2

Gentile Makes ElkY a Believer

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We join up with Table ElkY as the dealer runs out a prop-bettors flop of {Q-Hearts}

. Fabian Gentile and ElkY were heads up for this clash, and they both checked in turn.

Speaking of turns, fourth street came the {J-Spades}

, and Gentile led out with a rainbow bet of 6,600 -- one chip of each color. ElkY shrugged and flicked the calling chips from his stack and into the pot.

The river brought the {7-Clubs}

, and Gentile fired again. Well, sort of. He bet the minimum -- 3,000. ElkY looked a bit confused as he debated his options. He eventually settled on a raise to 18,800, throwing the ball right back to his opponent. Gentile wasn't going anywhere though; he stacked out a reraise and made it a total of 59,300 to skate. ElkY double-checked his hole cards, shot his sunglassed gaze across the felt, and open-mucked {K-Spades}

.

Gentile nodded and held his cards for a moment as the dealer pushed him the pot. He then proudly flipped up his {A-Spades}

, drawing a few shocked reactions from his table mates.

The Elk has taken one step back to about 100,000.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier ElkY Fabian Gentile

02-18-2010 23:21 UTC+2

Van Til Heading for the Door Now

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All in preflop for his last 12 big blinds, there was a glimmer of flushy hope for Johan van Til but ultimately the best hand won and he headed for the exit just as we approach the home stretch of Day 2.

Van Til: {K-Clubs}

Stefan Nielsen: {A-Hearts}

Board:

Tags: Johan van Til

02-18-2010 23:19 UTC+2

For Whom the Bel Tolls

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Bahram Beleiverdi was having a very good day indeed until just now, when he somehow managed to double up Thomas Froslev. We're afraid that all we know are how the cards and the stacks looked at the end of the hand, but whatever happened, it was probably ugly.

Beleiverdi: {K-Clubs}

Frosley:

Board:

Frosley doubled to well over 300,000; Beleiverdi meanwhile is left with 120,000.

02-18-2010 23:07 UTC+2

Van Til Heading for Van Tilt?

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Fiery-haired Dutchie Johan van Til is in some trouble - he's down to just 35,000.

A very hefty proportion of his stack had already found its way into the middle by the river of the {8-Diamonds}

board when he checked to opponent Gijsbert Pieter in the cutoff. Pieter bet 30,000 and van Til, with just 65,000 left to his name, thought about it long and hard before making the call - and then immediately mucking with a rather sad laugh and a nod when Pieter turned over {A-Diamonds}

for the flopped nut flush.

Tags: Johan van Til

02-18-2010 23:07 UTC+2

Pagano Slowly Rolled Out

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In early position, Luca Pagano moved his short stack all in across the line. Two seats down, David Adelskov asked for a count, and the dealer cut down the 35,200 chips that Pagano had left. After another minute or two of deep consideration, Adelskov moved all in for about 70,000 himself. The rest of the table quickly folded.

Pagano confidently flipped up {K-Spades}

, only to see Adelskov table the surprise {A-Diamonds}

. There was a bit of muttering in Italian as the dealer made the pot right and prepared to run the board:

{A-Clubs}

That's not so good for Pagano, his opponent knocking him off with triple aces. As he gathered his designer sunglasses and mobile phone accessories, Pagano let out a frustrated, "Niiiiiice move," before wishing his table luck and heading for the ropes.

Tags: David Adelskov Luca Pagano

02-18-2010 23:02 UTC+2

Big Stack Watch

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It's hard to tell once they start stacking in pyramids, but it looks as though young HUngarian Csaba Toth has snatched the chip lead this level. He looks to be on roughly 560,000, while Kristoffer Thorsson is in possession of approximately 500,000.

Tags: Csaba Toth Kristoffer Thorsson