Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,935,000
Entries
587
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
End of Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,300 | 300 |
|
183,300 | |
|
|
181,000 | |
|
172,400 | -27,600 |
|
|
156,000 | |
|
|
151,800 | |
|
144,600 | -20,400 |
|
|
141,300 | |
|
|
141,000 | |
|
|
136,600 | |
|
|
133,700 | |
|
132,700 | 72,700 |
|
|
130,500 | |
|
|
129,800 | |
|
|
127,300 | |
|
|
125,000 | |
|
|
121,000 | |
|
|
119,900 | |
|
|
119,600 | |
|
|
119,200 | |
|
|
119,100 | |
|
|
113,500 | |
|
111,360 | 61,360 |
|
|
110,800 | |
|
109,600 | 44,600 |
Day 1-Been
And with that, we are all out of Day 1s.
Our chip leader with exactly 190,000 - and in fact chip leader overall going into Day 2 - is Laurence "rivermanl" Houghton. He was seated all day at our primary Table Of Death - among the folks who passed through there were Ramzi Jelassi and ElkY (both busted) and Daniel Negreanu (still in with 54,200) - but Houghton was not a big stack by any means until the latter stages of the day.
Some of the folks who, like ElkY and Jelassi, will definitely not be progressing any further in this tournament owing to their complete lack of chips are John Juanda, David Benyamine, Rob Hollink, Marcel Luske and Dario Minieri.
A happier day, though, was had by the likes of Fatima Moreira de Melo, Jan Heitmann, Nacho Barbero, reigning champion Pascal Perrault and latest-of-the-latecomers Tom "durrrr" Dwan - all will be joining the Day 1a survivors tomorrow back in the refined interior of the Kursalon for Day 2.
The bags are still being counted, but it will most likely be somewhere in the region of 160 runners who finished Day 1b with chips still remaining in their possession, meaning that the Day 2 runners will number roughly 280. The full official chip counts will magically appear here at PokerNews in an hour or so, but beyond that, until noon tomorrow, it's goodnight Vienna.
Laurence Houghton Leaps into the Chip Lead
The legs on table 18 were starting to wobble due to the pressure the stacks above it were exerting on it. Adam Jerny, Laurence Houghton and Nysret Ahmeti all had pretty impressive stacks. Then in a whirlwind of a few hands Houghton grabbed most of them and with it lept into the chip lead. Here was the best of the bunch.
Team Pokerstars Sportstar Fatima Moreira De Melo opened the action making it 2,500 to play from early position. The raise didn't scare many people into folding though as she received calls from Ahmeti (Cut-Off), Jerny (Button), Houghton (Small Blind) and the Big Blind.
The dealer prepared to deliver the flop and Houghton checked in the dark. The flop was 
and the action was checked around to Ahmeti who bet 3,000. Everyone folded with the exception of Houghton who called from the Small Blind. The turn was the 
and again Houghton checked, this time after seeing the turn card. Ahmeti bet 4,000 and again Houghton called. The river brought the 
and this time there was no checking for Houghton as he fired 18,400 into Ahmeti. Ahmeti made the call.
Houghton: 
Ahmeti: 
Ahmeti turned trips on the turn but was pipped to the post by the rivered flush of Houghton.
Becker Doubles
A last-minute double up for Boris Becker as he got involved with a stack only slightly less short than his own. Becker was very much ahead when the chips went in preflop, but he was going to have a sweat...
Becker: 
Almost-as-short opponent: 
Board: 
Phew. Becker doubled to 31,000 - just about what he started the day with. His hapless opponent was left with just 7,000.
Marcel Sold
Also now busted, though in circumstances unknown:
Marcel Luske.
Minieri, Then Micro, Then Gone
We're not sure when the chips went in - plus there was some sort of kerfuffle which required the attention of the floor briefly - but we suspect it happened on the flop.
Either way, Italian Team PokerStars Pro Dario Minieri has hit the rail.
Minieri: 
Gentleman soon to be in possession of Minieri's whole stack: 
Board: 
You Win Some, You Luske Some
Over at the Table Of Many Dutchmen, the only one of them alleged to be Flying, Marcel Luske, opened to 2,600. Across the table a non-Dutch player re-popped to 7,000. And back to Luske, who four-bet to 24,600 with just 4,300 behind.
"All in?" asked the player with the decision.
"He said all in already!" piped up another player. But Luske's opponent eventually folded.
The Flying Dutchman is now perched on 39,000.
Schwartz Can't Even Go Home
Short stacked and stuck in a corner Luke Schwartz was just found moving in for 8k or so preflop in an effort to double and start a comeback or bust and start the car. It looked like action was on a larger-stacked deliberator, and Schwartz gave him a nudge: "Go on, call. I have King-queen. I want to gamble. I want a call."
He did get a call, from 
and showed 
.
"Your paint or my paint?" he wondered aloud - but it was his - the which fell on the flop. No reversal and he's up to 16k but there's no guarantee that won't make it in the middle later in the level.
"Now I can't even go home."
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100