PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event Day 1a | 2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin

PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event

Day 1a Completed

10-31-2007 01:48 UTC+1

Day 1a Survivors and Chip Counts

The following is a complete list of the 48 Day 1a survivors and their chip counts:

Mike McDonald 67250
Dave Colclough 59350
Phidias Georgiou 55475
Kristian Kjøndal 53150
Jacques Zaicik 48225
Andrew Black 45675
Simon Christensson 45000
Christoffer Egemo Hansen 43050
Kevin Vreeswijk 42725
Marcel Baran 40150
Henric Stråth 39000
Csaba Malnai 37250
Johnny Lodden 37225
Casper Hansen 37150
Johannes Steindl 36500
Adrian Koy 35850
Andrew Grimason 35400
Sebastian Ruthenberg 35175
Oran Holt 33450
Kenneth Hicks Jr. 30950
Aleksandr Arutjonov 30150
Noah Boeken 27825
Daniel Ryan 27550
Carl Hostrup 26850
Brandon Schaefer 26725
Stig Top-Rasmussen 26300
Martin Wendt 25125
Ian Woodley 24550
Christopher Hamman 18875
Hans Eskilsson 18550
Mark Asgcal 18500
Paul Testud 17750
Reijo Manninen 17525
Len Collin 17275
Michael Hogbom 16100
Gustaf Jonasson 15200
Johan Storakers 15050
Thierry Van den Berg 14250
Daan Ruiter 14125
Terje Augdal 13925
John Conroy 11525
Reuben Peters 11050
Mathieu Gallienne 10750
Martin Rask 10175
Davide Calabro 8125
Patric Fredriksson 5850
Jan Sjavik 5450
Seth Blackman 5000

10-31-2007 00:15 UTC+1

Day 1a is a Wrap

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Play has concluded for the day and a little over half the field will return on Thursday for Day 2 play. Our coverage of Day 1 action here at the Royal Dublin Society will resume tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. local time. We anticipate a slightly larger field tomorrow and expect to see a number of top pros turn out, including Internet superstar Annette ‘Annette_15’ Obrestad, fresh off of her WSOP Europe Main Event victory, last year’s EPT Dublin victor Roland de Wolfe, and PokerStars pro Katja Thater, who won a WSOP bracelet this past summer.

We'll have the official end of Day 1a chip counts posted shortly.

Tune in tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. local time for our continued coverage of Day 1, live from the PokerStars EPT in Dublin, Ireland.

10-30-2007 23:52 UTC+1

Change of Plans

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Rather than play out the remaining 7:38 minutes on the clock, tournament director Thomas Kremser has opted to have each table play four more hands to wrap up the evening.

The decision was well-received by most players, as it eliminates the potential for stalling.

10-30-2007 23:43 UTC+1

Chris Singh is Eliminated!

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A player raised to 1,200 and was called by another player. Chris Singh came over the top for 15,000 with {A-Diamonds}

, but was called by the {K-Hearts}

of the original raiser. No help for Chris and he is eliminated.

Tags: Chris Singh

10-30-2007 23:34 UTC+1

Len Takes One Down!

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One of the last few Irishmen left in the field, Len Collin, just took down a nice pot. There was 4,000 in the pot preflop and the dealer put up {10-Hearts}

. His opponent bet 3,000 after Len checked. Len made the call and then pushed on the {8-Clubs}

turn.

His opponent took a long, long time to fold but Len was not going to give away any tells; he is an actor and screenwriter in his day job. Eventually, after looking at the clock repeatedly and recounting his meagre stack, the opponent mucked and Len proudly showed {A-Clubs}

for the semibluff.

Tags: Len Collin

10-30-2007 23:31 UTC+1

54 Players Remaining

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With just 30 minutes left to play on Day 1a, 52 players are still alive and the average chip stack is 25,700.

Henric Strath is currently at the top of the leaderboard, with a little over 71,000 in chips.

Tags: Henric Strath

10-30-2007 23:15 UTC+1

Chop! Chop!

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Just after the restart, Andy Black called a raise to 1,200 by a mid-position player and the small blind also came along for the ride.

The flop dropped {K-Diamonds}