Photos, Round 1, Part 3
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2011 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest
Buy-in
€3,500
Prize Pool
€1,636,390
Entries
482
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Photos, Round 1, Part 2
Photos, Round 1, Part 1
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
MacPhee Quick Out of the Blocks
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The 2010 EPT Berlin Main Event winner has made a great start to the day and currently finds himself sat with 37,000, despite his table being the toughest in the room.
James Sudworth opened with a raise to 250 from early position and when the action folded around to MacPhee, who was in the midst of a strange massage that involved him having his hair pulled, he raised it up further to 825. Nobody except Sudworth was prepared to pay that price, meaning it was heads up to the flop.
Flop: 
- Both players tapped the table and checked
Turn: 
- Sudworth first checked then quickly called MacPhee's 1,100 bet.
River: 
- Again both players checked.
MacPhee turned over 
, which was enough to win the pot as Sudworth tossed his cards into the muck.
More People Playing Today
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Some Very Tough Tables
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A quick scout around the extremely full tournament floor reveals some extremely tough starting tables for some of the players.
Over on table 20 we have Team PokerStars pro Matthias De Meulder and Aussie Millions Main Event runner-up James Keys whilst table 21 is the home to Britain's John Eames, Sofia 'welllbet' Lövgren and current leader in the EPT Player of the Year race, Fernando Brito.
However, these tables all pale into insignificance when you compare it to table 13, quite an ironic number when you read who is seated there. EPT Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee is being kept company by none other than EPT Tallin champion Kevin Stani, James Sudworth, Luca Pagano and Europe's leading lady, EPT San Remo winner Liv Boeree. Ouch
Tightly Packed
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
At the moment, all the tables in the conference room where the tournament is being held are full. In fact, tournament staff are dashing to bring an extra two to three tables, it looks like we will have almost 300 players today, a huge increase from yesterday.
Assorted Players at the Tables on Time
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A Moving Tribute to Gianni Giaroni
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Before the tournament dealers were ordered to shuffle up and deal, tournament director Thomas Kremser first made the sad announcement of the death of the popular Italian poker player, Gianni Giaroni.
Giaroni was known as "The Professor" and one of the most popular players on the Italian and European tournament circuits. During his career he won more than $1,100,000 but also won a place in many of his fellow players' hearts.
Italian Team PokerStars Pro, Luca Pagano said a few words in Italian in remembrance of Giaroni before a short video clip was played on the large screens around the room showing Giaroni in action at the felt sporting his trademark smile.
As the screen displayed "Ciao Giaroni" the room burst into a round of applause in honour of one of the nicest men to have played the game of poker.
Gianni Giaroni who passed away on March 11 after a short and sudden illness.