2007 EPT Warsaw
Main Event
Day: 1b
Level 4 begins
Simon Kelly and Roy Brindley are two players from Ireland going strong and clear of 20k.
An America/Canada update will follow very soon.
North American Update
Here we go:
Richard Lis (Canada) - Looking less than good on 3.5k
Michael Pesek (USA) - Handily placed on 14k
Roberto Matic (USA) - Similarly sweet on 13k
Alec Torelli (USA) - Sucking air on 2k or less.
William Stevenson (USA) - Comfortable on 14k
Patrick White (USA) - Not good on 3k
John Donelly (USA) - Hanging in there with 9k
Clayton Mozdzen (Canada) - As I arrived, lost a big pot holding Qx with QxxQx board. Opponent showed AQ. Down to the felt with 1k max.
Alexander Ofer (USA) - Ticking over with 9k
Daniel Ryan (USA) - Averagely placed with 11k
Dimitrios Nistas (Canada) - The best of all with 16k
Dustin Dirksen (USA) - Holding on with difficulty at 5k
Will Haydon (USA) - Relaxed with 14k
It would appear that Tyler Netter (USA) is not seated so must be out.
Noah Down But Not Out
Joe Beevers is missing. However, we have lost several players in the last few minutes and tables are chopping and changing.
135 players remain.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
No Luck for Luca
Play has entered level 5. The final level before the dinner break
Finnish Players
Players are about to stop for dinner. When they resume we'll bring you all the up to date chip counts for the remaining Finnish players.
There are 120 players still fighting it out for a seat in Day 2.
EPT Warsaw Winner will be a Millionaire!... in Zlotys
That might sound a large chunk of change. However, it won't make you a dollar millionaire. The conversion to dollars turns that cash into roughly $450,000.
Not a bad payday all the same!
Dinner time!
The action in the lead-up to dinner was quiet with no real dramas. Today has seen stacks moving in a genteel fashion one way or the other. Walking around the tables it is difficult to find a stack higher than 30k. Some players who seem to have breached this are Roy Brindley (32k approx.), and the Swede Ola Engberg (35k).
The two Finns who have been all day on the same table, Jani Sointula and Juha Helppi, are on 24k and 14k respectively.
Ben Grundy is steady on 20k while Nick Slade has improved to 22k. Ash Hussein is hanging in with 9k, Robin Keston looks low with about 4k and the German Pokerstars player Katja Thater on 10k.
Pascal Perrault is bumbling along on 7k while fellow countryman Bertrand Grospellier (ElkY) is still steady on 10k.
All in all, not much in the way of fireworks. That will probably change as the blinds and antes become a tempting target for the bigger stacks later.