2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event Day 1a | 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

03-21-2010 23:39 UTC+2

Get Back in There

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The players are back in their chairs and our shoddy internet won't keep us from telling you what's happening in there! The tentative plan is to play three more levels with one more 15-minute break in the mix.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

03-21-2010 23:16 UTC+2

Break Time

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15 more minutes of lurking around the hot dog stand in the lobby.

03-21-2010 23:15 UTC+2

Aye Caramatti

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Nicolo Caramatti bet 2,500 on a {9-Spades}

flop and his opponent called, leaving himself just a shade over 7,000 behind. Come the {K-Hearts}

turn Caramatti bet 7,000, and his opponent quietly folded.

With that, Caramatti is up to around 100,000.

03-21-2010 23:14 UTC+2

Tournament Tidbits

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There are 195 players remaining.

Daniel Negreanu has not fared well in battling the after-dinner coma. Negreanu is nearly asleep in between hands, often closing his eyes and rubbing his temples. That buffet is not to be trifled with.

Dominik Nitsche's seat is now occupied by an entirely different human being. There's no sign of Nitsche, and we think it's safe to say the LAPT Mar del Plata champion will not be winning his first EPT at this stop.

There are a big group of players huddled around the 90,000-chip mark, including EPT Kyiv champion Maxim Lykov, Yury Kerzhapkin and Team PokerStars Pro Johannes Strassmann. We've yet to spot anyone over 100,000 though.

And, finally, disregard that last sentence. As we were mid-sentence, we found Bernhard Perner stacking up a big pot to move to 143,000. He's the clear leader in the room.

03-21-2010 23:13 UTC+2

O'Brien O'Busted

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We arrived tableside just in time to see Dan O'Brien all in on the flop against Maxim Lykov.

O'Brien: {A-Spades}

Lykov:

Board:

O'Brien's head briefly sank to the table before he stood up and took his leave.

Lykov is up to just about 90,000.

Tags: Dan O'Brien Maxim Lykov

03-21-2010 23:06 UTC+2

Sarwer Creeping Up

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Ljubomir Josipovic opened for 1,150 on the button and Jeff Sarwer called from the small blind. Both players checked the {J-Diamonds}

flop but come the {J-Clubs}

turn Sarwer quickly checked his hole cards before betting out 2,200. Josipovic duly folded, and Sarwer crept back up to 38,000.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

03-21-2010 22:40 UTC+2

Photo Gallery

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Thanks once again to our fine crew of ShoutBox regulars, we've become aware that our Photo Gallery is not loading on this page. So here's a link to get you going:

Photo Gallery

We hope to have the Gallery back on this page soon, but for now you can use that link to access our shots from Day 1a.

03-21-2010 22:34 UTC+2

ShoutBox Riddle

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Since there's some life in the ShoutBox over there, how about a little poker riddle, courtesy of Daniel Negreanu?

Negreanu just folded {3-Hearts}

in an uneventful hand, sparking another few minutes of interesting table chatter. "That reminds me of a riddle," he began, pausing for a minute to make sure he had it right. "Okay, you're playing Omaha, and you're dealt 3-3-3-9. What are the only three boards that will give you the nuts?

Before we tell you our answers, can anyone out there in ShoutBoxland come up with them?

03-21-2010 22:27 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts

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For your delectation:

Julien Brecard - 75,000
Henri Kasper - 10,000
Fedor Los - 33,000
Dara O'Kearney - 44,000
Fatima de Melo - 17,000
Malte Strothmann - 34,000
Paul Berende - 65,000
Vadim Markushevski - 36,000
Atanas Gueorguiev - 40,000
Johannes Strassmann - 80,000
Jesper Hougaard - 43,000
Casey Kastle - 40,000
Christophe de Meulder - 16,000
Matthias de Meulder - 49,000