Main Event Day 1a | 2011 EPT Copenhagen

02-21-2011 17:19 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	70,000 33,000	33,000

Per Linde	68,000 46,500	46,500
Fernando Brito	50,000
Victorino Torres	50,000 15,000	15,000

Anton Wigg	50,000 8,000	8,000

Surinder Sunar	40,000 14,000	14,000
Kevin Stani	36,000 -9,000	-9,000

Pierre Neuville	35,500 4,500	4,500

Antonio Matias	35,000

Annette Obrestad	30,000 -5,000	-5,000
Martin Wendt	27,500 -2,800	-2,800
Scott Montgomery	27,500 1,500	1,500
Ilari Tahkokallio	20,000 -11,000	-11,000

Bække Down a Little

[user46392]

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

There was a raise to 875 before Allan Bække made it 2,500. It folded back around to the original raiser who made the call, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {a-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {q-Hearts}

Both players checked, and proceeded to the rather more action-packed turn.

Turn: {2-Spades}

The original raiser checked again, and then called Bække's 2,500 bet.

River: {8-Clubs}

Original Raiser checked for a third time and Bække now looked resigned to his fate and checked behind. Original Raiser turned over {a-Spades} {k-Hearts} for a rather passively played top pair, top kicker, and Bække mucked. Still, at 41,500, Bække's stack is still well above the average.

Tags: Allan Baekke Allan Bække

02-21-2011 17:10 UTC+2

Kent Lundmark's Territory

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Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Spencer Hudson can't get a bluff through today, it seems. But that doesn't stop the aggressive online qualifier from trying - repeatedly. Half a level after losing 10,000 to Adeniya, Hudson played this hand out of position against Kent Lundmark:

He made his move on the turn of a {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {7-Spades} board, check-raising to 6,400 (Lundmark bet just over 2,000). He was called after a short think, and followed up this bet with a further 10,500 on the {7-Hearts} river. This was a fairly reassuring river for Lundmark with his {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} and he did not look surprised to get a quick muck from Hudson.

Tags: Spencer Hudson Kent Lundmark

02-21-2011 17:04 UTC+2

Chips Heading to the Second Break

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Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Bække	41,500 -15,500	-15,500
Martins Adeniya	39,200 11,200	11,200
Theo Jorgensen	30,100 3,100	3,100

Arnaud Mattern	25,700 7,700	7,700

Per Linde	21,500 -19,500	-19,500
Anders Berg	19,100 -8,900	-8,900

James Akenhead	12,000 -30,000	-30,000

02-21-2011 17:02 UTC+2

You've Ville Got Me

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Jami Juutila bet out 825 on a {Q-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} flop and Knut Nystedt made the call in the small blind before Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck check-raised to 2,600.

Juutila made the call while Nystedt folded before the {8-Diamonds} turn. Wahlbeck now bet 4,000 and Juutila called again to see a {5-Hearts} river. At this point, Wahlbeck briefly tanked before moving all-in for 15,225. Juutila tanked for several minutes before folding albeit not without a lot of reluctance.

Tags: Ville Wahlbeck

02-21-2011 16:53 UTC+2

Missing Persson

[user76023]

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Allan Bække raised to 725 preflop and Simon Persson flat-called on the button before Tomas Lingurz reraised to 2,800 from the big blind. Bække folded but Persson made the call to see a {9-Hearts} {J-Spades} {Q-Clubs} flop. Lingurz continued the aggression betting out 5,000 and Persson called.

On the {4-Spades} turn Lingurz moved all-in for around 12,000 and Persson let out a rueful smile, calling and turning over {K-Spades} {K-Clubs} to Lingurz's {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} . A {7-Spades} on the river and Persson saw his stack drop to around 50,000

Tags: Allan Baekke Simon Persson

02-21-2011 16:46 UTC+2

Christmas Comes Early for Claus

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

A gentleman who identified himself to us as Claus Rasmussen (we believe the same Claus Rasmussen who finalled the 2008 LAPT San Jose, although we're still waiting on the official player list here) had a stroke of good luck when his pocket kings came good against a hapless player's pocket aces. The board came down {k-Spades} {j-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {3-Spades} and Rasmussen is up to over 60,000.

Tags: Claus Rasmussen

02-21-2011 16:43 UTC+2

Matias Busts a Short Stack

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Antonio Matias has increased his stack to 40,000 after elminating a player. The busted gentleman, who'd taken the seat earlier vacated by Rodrigues (more of a revolving door, that 32 seat 1) made his all-in intentions clear preflop by raising Matias' initial 650 to 4,700, leaving less than that behind. Matias called, then set him in on the {Q-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {10-Hearts} flop. He'd hit nicely with {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} and the shorter stack could only stand up and watch as his {5-Hearts} {5-Clubs} became his final hand with the {2-Hearts} {8-Clubs} turn and river.

Tags: Antonio Matias

02-21-2011 16:41 UTC+2

To the Victorino Go the Spoils

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Victorino Torres has made an excellent recovery - he's now back above his starting stack, on a very respectable 35,000. Most recently we saw him pick up a small pot on a {q-Spades} {a-Hearts} {7-Clubs} flop. His opponent had bet out 1,000, but a raise to 3,000 from Torres was enough to secure the Northern Mariana Islander the pot.

Tags: Victorino Torres

02-21-2011 16:36 UTC+2

Mid-Morning Mattern

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

A strange hand just dented Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern's stack yet further (he's down to around 16,000). The player in Seat 10 (we're just waiting on the final Day 1a player list) raised under the gun, and Loannis Fatouros three-bet to 1,200. Mattern, in position on them both, flat called, as did the big blind and the initial raiser.

The flop: {7-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} Check. Check. Check. Check.

The turn: {J-Clubs} The big blind checked again and UTG bet out 2,125. It passed to Mattern, who chose that moment to apply pressure in the form of a raise to 6,100. The action returned to UTG who paused for quite a while. Eventually he took the plunge, moving all in for 14,225, and was rewarded with an immediate fold from the French pro.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern