PokerStars EPT Baden Main Event Day 1 | 2007 PokerStars EPT - Baden

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

10-07-2007 22:57 UTC+2

Play Restarts with Limper's Tax

At Mark Vos' table, a hand broke out with six limpers to the pot, including the vocal Aussie, and all six of them folded to the big blind's 2,500 raise.

Elsewhere, the following players who once held seats in the tournament have been spotted in a nearby cash game:

Ivo Donev
Juha Helppi
Jeff Lisandro
Jani Sointula

Tags: Mark Vos

10-07-2007 23:12 UTC+2

Antonius Among the Leaders

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Maybe arriving on time was not a bad thing for Patrik Antonius. When he won this event a couple of years ago, he hadn't even taken his seat at this stage. This time around he has amassed one of the largest stacks, and is among the 196 players who remain. He currently has 31,000 in chips.

Dario Minieri is not known for sitting on a stack and true to form he has dropped from 30,000 down to 6,000 and does not look too happy.

The biggest stack I have counted thus far belongs to Thomas Wahlroos, who has about 35,000 in chips.

Tags: Dario Minieri Patrik Antonius Thomas Wahlroos

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

10-07-2007 23:38 UTC+2

Last Level of the Day

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The pace has increased as we enter the sixth and final level of the day. Thomas Wahlroos just increased his stack to 40,000 after he busted a short-stack with his A-Q. The shortie had K-K and called Thomas' pre-flop raise of 800, leaving himself only 1,200 behind. Another caller in late position folded on a low flop, giving Thomas value to call with ace-high, duly catching an ace on the river to win the pot.

Tags: Thomas Wahlroos

10-07-2007 23:40 UTC+2

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Eliminated

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PokerStars pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has been eliminated from the competition.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

10-07-2007 23:58 UTC+2

... and the 'Grinder of the Day' Award Goes To:

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Surinder Sunar!

During the very first level, WPT winner Surinder Sunar was knocked down to 2,500 in chips. He is still hanging on and currently has 3,500 chips, having reached a peak of 4,500 earlier.

Tags: Surinder Sunar

10-08-2007 00:01 UTC+2

Sander Lyloff Takes One Down

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Sander Lyloff, winner of the Barcelona leg of this year's EPT tour, just took down a 6,000 pot on the turn with the board showing: {7-Diamonds}

. A 3,600 bet, first to speak, was all it took.

Tags: Sander Lyloff

10-08-2007 00:03 UTC+2

Respect for Hansen

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Not Gus, he is not here. Norwegian poker legend Thor Hansen raises from early position and gets a call from the button.

The flop comes {A-Clubs}

and the button folds swiftly to Thor's 1,200 bet.

Tags: Thor Hansen

10-08-2007 00:08 UTC+2

Things Are Heating Up

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As the end of the day approaches, so have the tournament lives of many hopefuls. Casually walking through the tournament area, I witnessed the following hands:

{A-Hearts}