Jonas Klausen's good start has been clipped back a little by Sudarikov Alexey. The two were heads up to a flop and Klausen led for 800. Alexey clicked it up to 1,600 and the Dane made a quick call. The two of them checked down the turn and river before Klausen opened . Alexy tabled and took the pot.
Meanwhile, on one table along, aggression was paying for Giulio Mascolo. He was facing a raise up to 4,400 from Maxim Panyak. He answered the raise by putting in another bet up to 10,000. The Russian stared down his German opponent before he conceded and slid his cards towards the muck.
From the hijack seat Jan Verstraete opened the betitng with a raise to 250. The cutoff is yet to take his seat so his hand is declared dead but Dag Vidorbrigsvor decided he wanted to play and he made the call from the button. Former EPT Prague Champion Roberto Romanello folded in the small blind but Jan Molby called from the big blind.
The dealer burned a card the fanned out the all heart flop. Molby checked, Verstraete continued with a bet of 400 and only Vidorbrigsvor came along for the ride so it was heads up to the turn. Verstraete fired a second barrel of 800 chips and Vidorbrigsvor announced "call" and instantly called.
The river was the and not Verstraete took his foot off the gas. Almost as soon as the queen had landed on the felt he had reached out and tapped the table. Vidrobrigsvor decided to try his luck and took a stab at the pot, firing a bet of 1,525 into his his opponent but the Belgian was having none of it and he quickly called.
Johnny Jensen raised to 225 in the hijack seat and Paul Berende sits down just in time to call from the big blind. The pair saw a flop of and there was an amicable check by both parties. On the turn we saw the and Berende took the betting lead for 300 and Jensen made the call. The final card was the and Berende maintained his pressure with a second bet - this time for 800 - but Jensen pumped it up to 2,050. Berende with a tough decision in his first hand, and the net result was a fold, allowing Jensen to pick up the pot.
When Jan Molby graced the Liverpool midfield, it was unusual for him to be outclassed. During his pomp he was one of the special players who didn't need to do much in order to achieve a great deal - maybe the poker table is the perfect setting for him?
We joined the action on the flop with no less than five players involved. It was a flop and all five players checked it through. The turn was the and the action checked through to Molby who bet 900 from early position. Neuville made the call from late position, as did Romanello in the big blind.
The river card was the and Romanello checked to Molby who bet 2,000 and this time it was enough to force both opponents to fold their hands.
Table 25 almost looks as if it's on uneven ground, such are the heavy weight players at one end of it. The first four seats contain Roberto Romanello, Jan Molby, Soren Kongsgaard, and Pieree Neuville. Ouch.
Romanello is off to best best start and in his usually chirpy mood and entering lots of pots. He has reason to be chirpy at this stop as he made the final table here two seasons ago. He came sixth for $104,355.
Gergo Santha has just helped himself to a substantial pot after a clash with Thomas Svensen ended on the flop.
Joining the action on a flop reading Santha tested the waters from the big blind seat with a bet of what looked like 1,050 only to see the player to his immediate left, Svensen, raise to 3,025. Santha was not with his hand though and he took back his initial bet before replacing it with 9,000. Svensen suddenly didn't like his hand so much and his cards found their way into the muck.
Not your usual whizz, bang, wallop start to an EPT and in fact there is a fairly pedestrian stream of players taking their pews. One guy who had taken his seat, on time, is poker journeyman Steve O'Dwyer. He was primed and ready to go and is yet to lose a pot. In the first ten minutes he has won three uncontested pre flop pots, placed the small blind limper in his place with a raise and then won this post flop confrontation.
O'Dwyer raised to 300 in middle position and the big blind called. The flop was and the big blind led with a 300 bet and O'Dwyer made the call. That was the end of the action as the and were checked through and O'Dwyer picked up the pot holding .
Then Rupert Elder took his seat on the same table and entered the action almost immediately. Philip Jacobsen made it 300 to play from first position and Elder cold called from the cutoff. The dealer gave us the on the flop and Elder called the 300 Jacobson c-bet. The on the turn was checked by both parties before we saw the final card . Jacobsen checked to Elder, who bet 650 and it was enough to win the pot.
After two players folded the action was on Danny Nees and he looked down at his holecards, like what he saw and promptly made it 250 to play from the hijack seat. The cutoff passed but Endravuz Duzgun called from the button. The small blind, and Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern in the big blind left the active duo to fight it out amongst themselves.
Flop: - Nees wasted little time in putting a continuation bet into the mix, a bet of 350. It was a bet that Duzgun was prepared to call and he tossed a single purple 500 chip across the betting line.
Turn: - The ten of clubs on the turn, or possible the call on the flop, slowed down Duzgun as he now checked. Duzgun was in no mood for checking it back though and he bet 550, which happened to be enough because Nees folded and Duzgun helped himself to an early pot.
The name Jan Molby will not mean much to our non European readers, but he was one of Demark's finest exports to British football. The majestic midfielder starred for Liverpool in the 1980's and 1990's. By the end of his career he was just famous for his adoption of the local Scouse (Liverpool) accent as he was for spreading passes from central midfield.
Molby last appeared at EPT Copenhagen in Season 2 and things have changed somewhat since then. Let's hope he doesn't think he's gotten off to a great start when he sees 30,000 chips in front of him, as players started with 10,000 back in Season 2.
flop and Klausen led for 800. Alexey clicked it up to 1,600 and the Dane made a quick call. The two of them checked down the 
turn and river before Klausen opened 
. Alexy tabled 
and took the pot.
flop. Molby checked, Verstraete continued with a bet of 400 and only Vidorbrigsvor came along for the ride so it was heads up to the 
turn. Verstraete fired a second barrel of 800 chips and Vidorbrigsvor announced "call" and instantly called.
and there was an amicable check by both parties. On the turn we saw the 
and Berende took the betting lead for 300 and Jensen made the call. The final card was the 
and Berende maintained his pressure with a second bet - this time for 800 - but Jensen pumped it up to 2,050. Berende with a tough decision in his first hand, and the net result was a fold, allowing Jensen to pick up the pot.
and the action checked through to Molby who bet 900 from early position. Neuville made the call from late position, as did Romanello in the big blind.
Santha tested the waters from the big blind seat with a bet of what looked like 1,050 only to see the player to his immediate left, Svensen, raise to 3,025. Santha was not with his hand though and he took back his initial bet before replacing it with 9,000. Svensen suddenly didn't like his hand so much and his cards found their way into the muck.
and 
were checked through and O'Dwyer picked up the pot holding 
on the flop and Elder called the 300 Jacobson c-bet. The 
on the turn was checked by both parties before we saw the final card 
- The ten of clubs on the turn, or possible the call on the flop, slowed down Duzgun as he now checked. Duzgun was in no mood for checking it back though and he bet 550, which happened to be enough because Nees folded and Duzgun helped himself to an early pot.