Emil Gunnarsson opened to 450 from middle position but little did we know that this would be his last action in the hand. The next player to act folded but Nick Bogaert called. Mick Graydon also called from the cutoff but Christian Lenz spoiled the party and bumped up the price to play to 2,100 from the button. This folded everyone except Graydon who decided to make the call.
The first three community cards came out and when Graydon checked Lenz checked behind. The turn was the and the action went check / check, but there was some betting on the arrival of the . Graydon bet 1,100 and Lenz quickly called.
EPT Season 8 started fantastically for Grzegorz Cichocki as he secured a 2nd place spot behind Ronny Kaiser at EPT Tallinn. The Polish pro, with a tongue twister of a name, has started EPT Copenhagen with the same swagger that propelled him to that $259,030 Estonian prize.
Martin Riseng raised to 300 in early position, Cichocki three-bet to 750, Eva Bouckova called one seat to his left as did the original raiser Riseng. The flop that the three of them shared was and Cichocki bet 900 when checked to. Bouckova made the call from position, Riseng folded and the pair shared a turn of . This time Cichocki checked and Bouckova bet 1,800. Just moments after her chips clattered into the pot Cichocki check-raised to 4,000. Bouckova took at least three-minutes to think, before making the call, and the dealer gave us our final card of . The action went very swiftly with a quick check-call for 3,500. Bouckova turned over for ace high and Cichocki turned over for the turned set.
The action folded to Jesper Hougaard in the hijack seat and he made it 250 to play. His only customer was Jacob Rasmussen in the big blind. When Rasmussen called Hougaard rechecked his hole cards.
After burning a card the dealer set out the flop. Rasmussen looked rather disinterested with matters and checked. Hougaard fired a bet of 325 and Rasmussen quickly called. The turn was the and Rasmussen checked for a second time but when Hougaard increased his bet to 750 Rasmussen got out of the way.
Rasmus Nielsen is your typically uber aggressive Scandi player, and he's used this style to make make two final tables here in the past. He's down on chips today but was helped when he flopped the nut straight against Stig Farholt in a battle of blinds.
Henrik Juncker has Will Molson and Juha Helppi to his left. They defended their blinds against his button raise. His c-bet on a flop got rid of Helppi, and his second barrel on the turn ousted Molson.
Omar Odel tried to bluff a certain Viktor Blom. The Swede raised from early position and Odel defended his big blind. The board ran out and Blom checked behind every street tuntil Odel bet 400 on the river. Blom called and his opponent mucked.
David Sonelin is looking quite dapper at Table 24. The Swede looks quite the quintessential English gent with his cap and blazer, and we just caught him taking down a pot as we crept over the Level 2 starting line.
When we arrived at the table there was 2,100 in the pot and three people waiting for a flop. They were Henrik Jeppson, Borge Dypvik and finally David Sonelin. Sonelin had position in the hand, and judging by the size of the pot we assume he squeezed out a three-bet that was called in two spots. The dealer gave us a flop of and the trio all checked. On the turn we saw the and Jeppson led for 1,1000, Dypvik folded and Sonelin made the call. Finally, we saw the and Jeppson checked to Sonelin who bet 4,400 and it was enough to win the pot.
Mickey "mement_mori" Petersen, the Team PokerStars Online Pro started off the preflop betting round by raising to 250 from early position. Nobody wanted to tangle with the baby-faced assassin until the action reached Jens Lauritzen on the button. Marius Pospiech called in the big blind and it was three-handed to the flop.
Flop: - Pospiech checked, Petersen continued with a 350 bet and when Lauritzen snap-called Pospiech folded.
Turn: - Petersen tapped the table and checked and Lauritzen checked behind.
River: - Petersen checked again and Lauritzen followed suit.
One of the problems of being seated with great players is they are capable of making moves on you, as John Eames knows all too well.
After seeing Igor Pihela open limp from UTG+1 Eames, to his immediate left, raised the action to 300. One player folded but Martin Jacobson had other ideas and he put in a raise of his own and made it 1,000 to play. This folded out the rest of the table, including our open-limper and then Mr Eames, though after a little Hollywooding by the latter.
Viktor Blom opened to 300 from UTG+1 and the Team PokerStars Pro received one caller in the shape of Omar Adel in the big blind. The dealer put out the flop, a flop that Adel check-called a bet of 400 from Blom.
The turn brought the into play and when Adel checked Blom nodded at the dealer to signify his intention to check. This prompted the dealer to put the out on the river and when Adel bet 1,050 Blom instantly folded.
We have many more players today, as was to be expected. The Room is full and that has, already, made for a much better and more intense atmosphere in the room.
We have many former EPT Copenhagen champions in the room, and the current one. Michael Tureniec (EPT8), Anton Wigg (EPT7), and Jens Kyllonen (EPT6) will all be looking for their second title here.
With a glut-full of notable players there were bound to be some interesting table draws.
Will Molson, who doesn't play many EPTs, has to contend with Juha Helppi, who has played many EPTs. Orjan Skommo is also sat at their table and he has recent form, being the Norwegian poker champion of 2011.
The for mentioned Kyollonen is out of position to Kevin Iacofano (EPT8 London final table) and Jesper Hougaard (Two-time Sunday Million winner). Good luck with that.
The also for mentioned Wigg sat down late to a table that included Antoni Matias (former EPT Vilamoura champion), Ash Mason (WCOOP High Roller champion 2011), Mario Puccini, and Martin Vallo.
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and when Graydon checked Lenz checked behind. The turn was the 
and the action went check / check, but there was some betting on the arrival of the 
. Graydon bet 1,100 and Lenz quickly called.
and Cichocki bet 900 when checked to. Bouckova made the call from position, Riseng folded and the pair shared a turn of 
. This time Cichocki checked and Bouckova bet 1,800. Just moments after her chips clattered into the pot Cichocki check-raised to 4,000. Bouckova took at least three-minutes to think, before making the call, and the dealer gave us our final card of 
for ace high and Cichocki turned over 
for the turned set.
flop got rid of Helppi, and his second barrel on the 
turn ousted Molson.
and Blom checked behind every street tuntil Odel bet 400 on the river. Blom called and his opponent mucked.
flop, a flop that Adel check-called a bet of 400 from Blom.
into play and when Adel checked Blom nodded at the dealer to signify his intention to check. This prompted the dealer to put the 
