PokerStars EPT Dublin Main Event Day 2 | 2007 PokerStars EPT - Dublin

11-01-2007 16:45 UTC+2

Irish Ups and Downs...

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Andrew Grimson has won a 15,000 chip pot early on to move him up to 45,000 chips.

Sean Donaldson and John "PunkFloyd" Conroy have both been eliminated.

Tags: Andrew Grimason

11-01-2007 16:43 UTC+2

As seems to be the case with most Day 2's on the EPT, the action has been fast and furious coming out of the gate.

One of the first eliminations of the day was PocketFives.com contributor and American online pro Alex Fitzgerald, who began the day with a below-average stack (10,800). Deciding to make a move with A-Q, Fitzgerald found himself in a coin-flip situation, getting all the money in pre-flop against Michiel Brummelhuis, who looked Fitzgerald up with pocket sevens.

Brummelhuis was able to spike a seven for a set, sending Fitzgerald to the rail as one of the first casualties of Day 2. Fitzgerald won a Dublin package online at PokerStars to gain entry to the event.

Tags: Alex Fitzgerald Michiel Brummelhuis

11-01-2007 16:25 UTC+2

Brandon Shaefer Wins Big Pot!

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Kiad contemplates calling Brandon's all in.

With a flop of {K-Hearts}

spread on the table and 6,000 in the middle from pre-flop action, Brandon Schaefer faced a check-raise from Ziad Kaady. The bet was for 3,500 more than the 2,000 bet by Brandon. A short dwell and Brandon made the call.

The turn was the {6-Spades}

and Ziad bet 7,000 which Brandon called after another short dwell.

The river was the {9-Diamonds}

and this time Ziad checked. Brandon moved all in slightly covering Ziad. This time it was Ziad turn to dwell up but eventually he folded and a 30,000+ pot was shipped the 2005 Deauville EPT Champion.

Tags: Brandon Schaefer Ziad Kaady

11-01-2007 16:21 UTC+2

Intriguing Match-ups

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Martin Wendt, Richard Ashby and Annette_15

After a quick stroll through the tournament area, we've found a number of match-ups that could provide for some exciting poker.

On table 7, Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad is matched up with PokerStars pro Noah Boeken, Danish pro Martin Wendt and online high stakes Omaha specialist Richard 'CHUFTY' Ashby; all of them have formidable chip stacks, with the exception of Ashby who is the shortest at the table with 12,000.

Table 11 could aptly be dubbed the 'talker's table,' as Andy Black, Ian Woodley and Stig Top Rasmussen occupy practically every other chair at the table.

Table 12 could perhaps be one of the toughest spots of the day as professional poker players Luca Pagano, Paddy O'Connor, Brandon Schaefer and Johnny Lodden are all seated together.

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11-01-2007 16:08 UTC+2

Seat Assignments

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As you know, survivors from each Day 1 session have merged and redrawn for new seats. Here's how the new seating assignments look:

Table 1

1 Jean-Claude Perrot 9475
2 Raul Mestre 24425
3 Simon Christensson 45000
4 Csaba Malnai 37250
5 Andreas Hagan 31150
6 Davide Calabro 8125
7 Jonas Molander 16850
8 Albert Smith 25200

Table 2

1 Terry Cook 14625
2 Chuc Hoang 24625
3 Barry McGrath 54625
4 Anthony Roux 19975
5 Chris Bush 22225
6 Anders Pettersson 20725
7 Paul Leckey 11225
8 Josh Gould 32025

Table 3

1 Antonio Lemos 13800
2 Christopher Hamman 18875
3 Raymi Thörn 46875
4 Patric Fredriksson 5850
5 Lino Cunha 13550
6 Tronde Eidsvig 70475
7 Phidias Georgiou 55475
8 Paul Testud 17750

Table 4

1 Liam Flood 75750
2 Daan Ruiter 14125
3 Johannes Steindl 36500
4 Antoon Kleynen 10950
5 Jacques Zaicik 48225
6 Casper Hansen 37150
7 Ludovic Lacay 85225
8 John Conroy 11525

Table 5

1 Daniel Ryan 27550
2 Paul Cryan 22700
3 Jan Veit 22575
4 Roman Yitzhaki 21525
5 Mika Paasonen 18450
6 Martin Green 9500
7 Mark Roland 56625
8 Johan Storakers 15050

Table 6

1 Michael Martin 57950
2 Juha Helppi 18100
3 Alexander Fitzgerald 10800
4 Thor Hansen 42900
5 Michiel Brummelhuis 15700
6 Mark Bointon 5150
7 Jonothon Butters 24375
8 Guillaume de la Gorce 43600

Table 7

1 Noah Boeken 27825
2 Michael Durrer 27225
3 Michael Hogbom 16100
4 Lars-Ola Svensson 20375
5 Mark Segal 18500
6 Martin Wendt 25125
7 Richard Ashby 12000
8 Annette Obrestad 34925

Table 8

1 Terje Augdal 13925
2 Adrian Koy 35850
3 Ben Grundy 13750
4 Chris Smith 16625
5 Thierry van den Berg 14250
6 Henric Stråth 39000
7 Aleksandr Arutjonov 30150
8 Nicolas Levi 13350

Table 9

1 Ramzi Jellasi 12075
2 Justin Francis 35750
3 Reijo Manninen 17525
4 Tony Cascarino 30600
5 Philip Hardy 62600
6 Ian Cox 48250
7 Surinder Sunar 27250
8 Christoffer Hansen 43050

Table 10

1 Arnaud Mattern 16900
2 Carl Hostrup 26850
3 Seth Blackman 5000
4 Paddy McCloskey 25550
5 Marcel Baran 40150
6 Len Collin 17275
7 Andreas Hoivold 25800
8 Jan Sjavik 5450

Table 11

1 Alan Trueick 19275
2 Stig Top Rasmussen 26300
3 Gustaf Jonasson 15200
4 Andrew Black 45675
5 Reuben Peters 11050
6 Ian Woodley 24550
7 Lars Sjölin 11625

Table 12

1 Ziad Kaady 24100
2 Brandon Schaefer 26725
3 Johnny Lodden 37225
4 Luca Pagano 27975
5 Alan Smurfit 10125
6 Patrick Oconnor 12200
7 Robert Glavin 13650

Table 13

1 Christian Taepper 9925
2 Gijsbertus Spijkers 18450
3 Vinh Nguyen 26950
4 Kenneth Hicks Jr 30950
5 Simon Munoz 54200
6 Runar Runarsson 46400
7 Florian Langmann 18725

Table 14

1 Hans Eskilsson 18550
2 Paul Gourlay 17700
3 Arshad Hussain 46425
4 Mathieu Gallienne 10750
5 Paul Ohehir 16375
6 Andrew Grimason 35400
7 Kevin Vreeswijk 42725

Table 15

1 Kristian Kjøndal 53150
2 Bart Wetstein 31550
3 Carlo Gabriele 21675
4 Jose Collado 44650
5 George McKeever 18325
6 Katja Thater 15650
7 Sebastian Ruthenberg 35175

Table 16

1 Sean Donaldson 9825
2 Martin Rask 10175
3 Oran Holt 33450
4 Tommi Lindfors 35000
5 Sami Kalopuro 22325
6 Dave Colclough 59350
7 Mike McDonald 67250

Tags: Dublin EPT

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

11-01-2007 16:05 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Tournament director Thomas Kremser has just given the command to 'Shuffle up and deal!'

11-01-2007 14:10 UTC+2

PokerStars.com EPT - Dublin, Day 2

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Staff at the RDS Ready the Room for Day 2

Good afternoon from Dublin, Ireland! We're only a couple of hours away from the start of Day 2 of the PokerStars.com EPT - Dublin main event here inside the Royal Dublin Society.

A total of 122 players survived their Day 1 sessions, including Team PokerStars pros Noah Boeken, Luca Pagano and Katja Thater. Internet superstar Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad made a strong push at the end of Day 1b and comes into Day 2 with some chips to work with, looking to record her first cash in an EPT event.

Our coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. local time. Tournament director Thomas Kremser intends to play down to the money tonight and we'll be there to bring you photos, chip counts and live updates direct from the tournament floor. We hope to see you then!