Main Event Day 1a | 2007 EPT Warsaw

03-14-2007 22:05 UTC+2

Dinner Time

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Players are now on a dinner break. Play resumes at 8.15pm local time.

Tags: EPT Warsaw

03-14-2007 21:54 UTC+2

Horecki Grinding Away

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Polish star Marcin Horecki is still in contention with 15,000. His good early start has seen him stay in contention as the tournament has progressed.

Tags: Marcin Horecki

03-14-2007 21:48 UTC+2

de Wolfe Walks

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Roland de Wolfe has been eliminated. It's been a tough tournament for Roland.

There are less than 100 players remaining.

Tags: Roland de Wolfe

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

03-14-2007 21:31 UTC+2

I believe Andrew Black is out; his seat is now vacant and he is nowhere to be seen. The friendly Irishman, who woke up at 4am this morning and decided on the spur of the moment to come to Warsaw, had been struggling in the more recent rounds.

Unlucky Andy.

On the other tables Jen Mason appears to be struggling. She's let a number of blinds go to strong raises.

Dave Colclough is in a Tony Chessa/Anonymous American sandwich. A huge stack on each side of Colclough puts him in a difficult situation. The action on this particular table is fierce. I just witnessed a local player outdrawn by a German, much to his table thumping frustration.

Tags: Andrew Black Jen Mason Tony Chessa

03-14-2007 21:23 UTC+2

The Field Thins as Colclough Springs to Life

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We're down to 102 players now. Dave Colclough has clearly found a few hands and is looking more comfortable on 14,000.

Meanwhile, Roland de Wolfe, who has somehow managed to drag himself up from the felt, has been moved to the left of Simon Young. Young is still in the mix with a below average chip stack.

The average stack is 12,500 at this stage.

Tags: Dave Colclough EPT Warsaw chip counts Roland de Wolfe Simon Young

03-14-2007 20:44 UTC+2

Cash Action Heating Up

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A couple of side games have started up. Cash is on the agenda! There is a very interesting game involving Iwan Jones just to the right of the main event.

Iwan is playing tomorrow, Day 1B. He looks to be in a relaxed mood. Which could be bad news for the other Day 1B players.

Tags: cash games Iwan Jones

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

03-14-2007 20:29 UTC+2

England's World Cup Nemesis is Here

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Readers of a certain age will recall that England's football (a.k.a. "soccer" in the U.S.) team failed to make the 1974 World Cup due to the heroics of a Polish goalkeeper, Jan Tomaszewski. Well, Tomaszewski is here and still in the tournament. Don't tell the English players.

Tags: England World Cup Football Jan Tomaszewski Poland soccer

03-14-2007 20:26 UTC+2

Young and Paasonen on The Felt

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Simon Young and Mika Paasonen are both struggling. Mika, from Finland, is down to his last couple thousand chips. Simon is juggling a handful of chips, sadly for him they are mostly 25 and 100 in value.

Dave Colclough is grinding away with around 8000. Jennifer Mason is also around the 8000 mark. Roland de Wolfe has spent a lot of time out of his seat. His chip stack is very thin, probably five or six big blinds.

Meanwhile, the Tony Chessa train keeps pushing on. Tony is sitting pretty in his purple shirt with 35,000 in front of him.

Tags: Dave Colclough Mika Paasonen Tony Chessa