Yesterday we got 270 runners and as of last night there was already the same number registered for today, with plenty more expected. The soft cap of 500 has already been thoroughly smashed, and we could see numbers reach close to 600 before the registration period is out.
Among the famous faces expected to join us today are Dario Minieri, Boris Becker, ElkY, Luca Pagano and Sandra Naujoks. Players are beginning to mill around in the lobby, but this is an EPT so we're not really expecting it to start on time. Roughly within the hour, though, we should have ourselves a fine old poker tournament on our hands. Please stand by.
flop with a single, intimidatingly robotic movement of his hand. He then sat perfectly still and expressionless until his opponent had called, and they saw a a turn.
and once again Heitmann's face didn't move, but one hand mechanically tossed in a 2,600 bet. Again, his opponent made the call.
and both players checked. Heitmann, his face suddenly relaxing, turned over 
for a straight; his slightly disgusted opponent flipped a very premium but behind-from-the-start 
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board and was raised to 3,550 by her lone opponent. She made the call, delivering the 
on the turn. She fired 4,500, but her opponent wasn't going anywhere and made the call. The river brought the 
and Sandra checked. Her opponent bet 13,000, over half of Sandra's remaining chips.
board, Hollink pondered his options for a little while before betting out 6,300. His opponent pondered for rather less time before making the call.
and after another period of brief internal debate, Hollink went all in for his last 18,000 or so. His opponent folded, shook his head, and looked like he could probably do with a stroll in the open air. Hollink is up to 40,000 or so.
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