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PokerNews arrived just as Sergey Rybachenko had bet 5,000 on the turn of a board reading 
. Brian England, a PokerStars qualifier from the United States, moved all in and got a quick shrug and a call from the Russian who turned over 
. England could only show an off suit 
for his trouble and when the river 
fell he was sent packing.
We recently saw Jake Cody take his seat in the tournament area and after a few moments we witnessed a hand where he lost a fair chunk of his stack.
It all began when Cody opened to 450 from the hijack. Action trickled around to Luis Manuel Da Silva Pinto Do Vale in the big blind who called the raise. The flop brought 
and Vale checked. Cody continued out for 600 and Vale called.
The 
struck the turn and Vale checked for a second time. Cody fired 1,300 into the middle but found Vale quickly cut out a check-raise to 3,300. Cody called.
The river was the 
and Vale fired out one final bet of 3,500. Cody called but mucked his hand after Vale showed 
for jacks and fives with an ace. This hit caused Cody's stack to drop to 22,000 while Vale's sits at 42,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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22,000 | -8,000 |
The buy-in was upped again in 2006, this time jumping to €5,000, and again the number of entries increased as 480 players took to the felt, creating a prize pool of €2,304,000. For the third year in a row the final table included big names including Jeff Lisandro and Phil Ivey, who finished sixth and second respectively. It’s not often Ivey loses heads up, but he did to Norway’s Bjorn-Erik Glenne, who was a former chess champion turned poker pro.
The $875,404 Glenne earned for that score was by far the biggest of his career up to that point; in fact, prior to that he had just two cashes for $10,486. After winning, Glenne attempted to live the life of a poker pro and looked like he might be able to do it after finishing 65th in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event for $130,288 and 35th in the €7,700 EPT Barcelona Open a month later for $20,027. Unfortunately for him, his pro aspirations dwindled and died after that.
Glenne’s only other cash came in February 2009 when he took second in the European Masters of Poker €1,000 No Limit Hold’em in Tallinn for $56,383. Since then, Glenne has not been in the media spotlight.
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Johnny Lodden has turned up just in time to play his big blind. Fabio Breituss opened for 325, Marc Rumi Thomas called, and Hartmann called as did Katsuhiro Muto in the small blind. The action is on Lodden, surely getting value for a call here? His phone rings and he stands up to take it, folding his cards. The flop is dealt 
. Muto checks and Breituss continued for 675 and found one caller in Hartmann. The turn was the 
. Breituss check called a bet of 750 and checked again on the river . A 3,200 bet from Hartmann won the pot.
As EPT President Edgar Stuchley welcomes the players for this second flight of day one, some smile, some look worried while others try to savour the moment, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.
The flop read 
when we found Ivan Demidov fire out a bet of 800 against Brian England. England called and the turn brought the . Demidov slowed down with a check and England bet 1,700. Demidov took a bit of time before deciding to flat call and check once more after the 
rivered. England checked behind.
Demidov showed 
for top pair but was ultimately outkicked by England's for top-top. The pot was pushed to England who now has about 34,000 to Demidov's 28,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,000 | |
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28,000 | -2,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante:
We caught the action preflop, albeit after some action had already occurred. When we arrived, Shannon Shorr had 2,650 out in front of him from the big blind and was contemplating a raise to 5,475 from Martin Bolecek in the cutoff.
Shorr eventually made the call and then checked the 
flop. Bolecek fired out 5,475, and Shorr thought for a bout 40 seconds before making the call. Both players checked the turn, which was followed by a bet of 4,600 from Shorr on the 
river. Bolecek thought for a little over a minute before tossing in a single blue T5,000 chip to signify a call, but mucked just as soon as Shorr rolled over the for a rivered set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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45,000 | 15,000 |
