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Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2011 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2011 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€3,500
Prize Pool
€1,636,390
Total Entries
482
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 482
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Thanks to Mad Harper of PokerStars.
Level 8
: 400/800, 75 ante
We don't wish to cast aspersions on yesterday's small but perfectly formed field, but today's Day 1b has been astounding in terms of the quality of the field and pace of play.
Our 302 starters whittled themselves down to just 168 in eight short levels, and everywhere one looked there were familiar faces getting busy with their stacks. One table featured ElkY, Luca Pagano, Kevin MacPhee, Kevin Stani, Liv Boeree and James Sudworth midway through the day. At one point when half the field had gone on their dinner break, the remaining half alone featured 11 former EPT winners.
Michael Tureniec, fresh off his victory at EPT Copenhagen a few weeks ago, amassed a huge stack in the latter stages if the day, finishing up on 186,800. To his immediate left friendly Belgian Philip Meulyzer also had a great day. He won a three-way preflop showdown with aces to propel him briefly into the chip lead, and he finished the day with 188,100.
The overall chip leader by a massive margin, though, is former APPT Macau High Roller champion Vladimir Geshkenbein. Among other things, he busted Team PokerStars Pro Jan Heitmann, and goes into Day 2 with a terrifying 253,700.
Other folks of note still in include many of the denizens of the Table of Death - Liv Boeree, Luca Pagano, Kevin Stani and Kevin MacPhee are all still in, although ElkY fell just at the end of the day. We'll be back at 2pm tomorrow for more exciting thrills, spills and poker chills!
Level 8
: 400/800, 75 ante
Kevin MacPhee eliminated Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier just before the end of the day when his 
held against the Frenchman's 
on a 
.
Max Lykov attempted a big bluff on Vladimir Geshkenbein, the Team Pro had initial 3-bet to 5,200 over an opening raise before Geshkenbein 4-bet to 13,400. The original raiser folded and Lykov clicked it back to 27,400 but then snap-folded when his fellow Russian moved all-in.
EPT Vienna winner Michael Eiler was eliminated right at the death after a day of tough grinding.
Level 8
: 400/800, 75 ante
We understand that Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier shoved on the river of a 
board and Andrea Piva called all in and turned over 
. ElkY mucked and dropped down to just 5,000. He was folding like a trooper for the rest of our spell on the floor, but he's going to have to get the last of his chips in soon.
Level 8
: 400/800, 75 ante
Georgy Abashidze was already all in when we got there; betting continued between Philip Meulyzer and Byron John Kaverman until all their chips went in too, and they were soon at a three-way all-in showdown.
Abashidze: 
Kaverman: 
Meulyzer: 
Board: 
Abashidze and Kaverman both hit the rail, and Meulyzer had time to stack up his chips - the two exits left his table six-handed and dealing was paused while the floor man went to find some fresh victims, sorry, players to put on this now ridiculously stacked table. Meulyzer's stack was at exactly 191,400 after that hand, putting him ahead of Michael Tureniec who has dropped a little to around 185,000 and is incidentally seated right next to Meulyzer, Meulyzer with position.
Level 8
: 400/800, 75 ante
It's still hard going for all our competitors on the Table of Death™ because no-one has a really large stack meaning it's all quite tight there for most of the players.
Case in point, Kevin MacPhee opened to 1,800 from late position and called Carlo Misuraca's 3-bet of 4,100 from the small blind.
Both players checked the 
flop but Misuraca fired out 5,650 on the 
term resulting in a quick muck from the former EPT Berlin champion who is left with about 40,000.
Level 8
: 400/800, 75 ante
Filip Nechansky is the latest to hit the rail after he unsuccessfully raced against Manilo Iemina's 
but the door card was another ten and there was a distinct lack of straightening cards to save him.
Around 190 players remain.
Level 8
: 400/800, 75 ante
It looked as though Dmitry Vitkind had raised and the gent two seats to his left had reraised; either way Vitkind put him in and the reraiser called.
Vitkind: 
Shortie: where neither of those cards were a diamond
The short stack had a bit of a sweat when the first four cards came down 
, but sighed with relief when the river came down a harmless 
to chop the pot. Railers and players alike were treated to a rare smile from Vitkind, who remains on a steady 50,000.
