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Players are still pouring in, desperate to shed €5,000 in an effort to take a stab at EPT glory, but one table is looking particularly fearsome at the moment. Check out this lineup:
- EPT Vilamoura champion Toby Lewis
- WSOP bracelet holder and winner of the PokerNews Cup Alpine Marc Naalden
- former Spanish international striker and Friend of PokerStars Poli Rincon
- 2009 WSOPE PLO finalist, and recent Amsterdam Master Classics runner up, Ville Haavisto
Team Pokerstars Pro Johnny Lodden is sat over at table 21 and has Dominik Nitsche to his left - Nitsche cashed in this same event last year.
Pokerstars Team Online André Coimbra is getting busy over at table 22. We caught up the flop showing 
and a player in seat 2 had bet and Coimbra had called. The turn was the 
and the player in seat 2 bet 1,750 and Coimbra called. The river was the 
and both players checked. Coimbra took the pot with 
which just pipped his opponents 
to the post.
Team PokerStars Ireland Pro, Jude Ainsworth has just lost a large pot, leaving himself with 12,175 from his 30,000 starting stack.
We caught the hand just as Ainsworth had called bet of around 4,000 on a board reading 
, leaving the dealer to burn a card and deal the 
on the river.
The big blind bet 1,675 into a pot of around 15,000, which prompted the Galaway player to ask how much his opponent had behind. Remaining silent, the big blind moved his hands so Ainswroth could count the 12,000 chips he had remaining.
Another thirty seconds passed and Ainsworth finally made the call, but quickly mucked as his opponent showed 
for trip nines.
Ainsworth now has 12,125 chips
Over at table 13 there was an open from middle position and Team Pokerstars Pro Dario Minieri called from the small blind. The flop was 
and Mineri checked over to the raiser who bet 525 and Minieri called. The turn was the 
and this time the Italian led making it 1,500 to play and his opponent made the raise to 3,500. Minieri changed his stance for one second to shoot a glance over at his opponent before calling. The river was the 
and Minieri bet 2,500 and his opponent called.
Minieri: 
Opponent: 
Split Pot!
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Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
A few more extremely interesting tables have begun to emerge.
At one end of the room, the diminutive Porsche-driving Italian Dario Minieri is sharing a table with his sleepy-looking fellow Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, winner of the EPT Vienna €2,000 side event John Eames and 2009 PCA final table bubbler Jan Collado.
Elsewhere Spanish Team PokerStars Pro Juan Maceiras is sharing with EPT Copenhagen finalist Roberto Romanello, winner of the EPT Monte Carlo €2,000 side event Fabrice Soulier, Dutch bobble hat enthusiast Erik van den Berg and WSOP PLO finalist Dmitry Stelmak.
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As is usually the case, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu is being surounded by the cameras and reporters, all hoping to be the first to note a hand he played.
So far they are being disappointed as Negreanu is not playing as many pots as he usually does, instead he is sat shivering in the poker room and asking for a blanket.
"I'm freezing," declared Negreanu, before informing anyone willing to listen, myself included in that, that the air conditioning was blowing down the back of his neck.
"I'll try and commandeer a scarf," said one helpful PokerStars employee
"No. I want a blanket so I can wrap myself up," came the reply of the four-time WSOP bracelet winner
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