Main Event Day 1b | 2011 EPT Copenhagen

02-22-2011 17:12 UTC+2

Buonanno Deflated

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Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Antonio Buonanno has found himself almost back to his starting stack after losing a medium-sized pot to Daniel Dodet. With over 7,000 in the pot by the river, the big decision facing Buonanno was whether or not to call Dodet's 5,600 which was fired when he checked. This bet represented just over half Dodet's remaining chips, and he thought for a while, looking at the {4-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {9-Clubs} board.

Eventually he called and Dodet showed {K-Clubs} {10-Clubs} for the rivered flush. Buonanno made a noise like an inflatable raft deflating and dropped to 32,500.

Tags: Antonio Buonanno Daniel Dodet

02-22-2011 17:18 UTC+2

Nielsen is Out Son

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Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Double EPT Copenhagen finalist Rasmus Nielsen will not be a triple finalist, at least not this time. The Dane found himself in an ugly spot, all-in on a {K-} {5-} {8-} {J-} {A-} board with {5-} {5-} but ran into his opponent's {J-} {J-} .

Tags: Rasmus Nielsen

02-22-2011 17:19 UTC+2

Judet on the Move

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Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Toni Judet's table has been broken and he's found himself on the table featuring fellow Team Pro Sebastian Ruthenberg and Josh Prager; all round it looks like it's no picnic. The last action we saw on it involved Ruthenberg four-betting (4,050) preflop and shaking off Jens Hansen.

Tags: Toni Judet Sebastian Ruthenberg Jens Hansen

02-22-2011 17:21 UTC+2

This Is How You Win Tournaments

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Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

We only caught the very tail end of the hand, the board reading {j-Hearts} {6-Spades} {q-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {a-Clubs} . Viktor "Isildur1" Blom had checked, and Xuan Liu checked behind, then looked very surprised when Blom turned over {k-} {10-} for a Broadway straight. Liu mucked, and Blom is up to over 50,000.

Tags: Viktor Blom Xuan Liu

02-22-2011 17:21 UTC+2

Half-Time

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Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Four levels down, four to go. Players are on a 15 minute break.

02-22-2011 17:34 UTC+2

The Past 10 Minutes in Pictures

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We are particularly enjoying seeing Viktor Blom with a juice box.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

02-22-2011 17:56 UTC+2

Chip Counts from One End of the Room

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Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Weekes	53,000 -11,000	-11,000

Sebastian Ruthenberg	51,000 13,000	13,000

Jake Cody	50,000 -2,250	-2,250

John Duthie	48,000 3,000	3,000

Michael Tureniec	46,000 6,000	6,000

Alexander Roumeliotis	42,000
Juha Helppi	40,000 13,900	13,900
Dmitry Vitkind	39,000

Fatima Moreira de Melo	37,000 8,000	8,000

Toni Judet	37,000 5,000	5,000

Konstantin Puchkov	36,000 2,000	2,000
Tomer Berda	34,500 2,000	2,000
Marc Gork	26,000 -5,000	-5,000
Paul Berende	26,000 7,000	7,000
Dominik Nitsche	24,000 -7,500	-7,500
Luca Cainelli	24,000 2,000	2,000
Nicolo Calia	18,000 10,500	10,500
Helen Prager	10,500 500	500

Dmitry Stelmak	10,000 -21,000	-21,000
William Thorson	9,000 -11,000	-11,000
Josh Prager	7,000 -3,000	-3,000

02-22-2011 17:56 UTC+2

Chip Counts from the Other End of the Room

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Player	Chips	Progress
JP Kelly	60,000 20,000	20,000

David Vamplew	56,000 20,000	20,000

Johan van Til	40,000 7,000	7,000

Peter Hedlund	38,000 1,900	1,900
Jens Thorson	35,000 4,000	4,000
John Eames	29,300 1,800	1,800
Toby Lewis	27,000 -4,000	-4,000

Vadim Markushevski	23,550 1,050	1,050

Sami Kelopuro	21,000 7,000	7,000
Martin Jacobson	16,500 -10,700	-10,700

Soren Kongsgaard	13,700 -24,300	-24,300
Manuel Bevand	10,000 -15,500	-15,500

02-22-2011 18:02 UTC+2

Spink & You'll Miss It

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

A full board comprising {j-Clubs} {k-Hearts} {j-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {4-Clubs} was laying on the felt when we got to the table; a gentleman we didn't recognise had announced all in and Jon Spinks had snap-called. Both players pulled a face when the cards were turned over.