PokerStars EPT Copenhagen Main Event Day 1a | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT - Copenhagen

02-19-2008 21:10 UTC+1

Daniel Negreanu's Favorite YouTube Videos

Always a great conversationalist at the tables, Daniel Negreanu has definitely maintained that reputation today. He and tournament director Thomas Kremser were just discussing their favorite Internet videos. Negreanu is apparently quite a fan of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Funny or Die website (featuring the infamous sketch "The Landlord" where a foul-mouthed two-year-old girl plays Ferrell's landlord) and recommended that this reporter hit up YouTube and search for a video of hundreds of Filipino prisoners performing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" dance (whaaat?) as well as one featuring a bird who dances along to Backstreet Boys songs.

Hey, anything to keep Day 1 interesting, I suppose!

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02-19-2008 21:15 UTC+1

New Chip Leader

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Since the last post, Ola Brandborn has gone a chip-gathering mission and now has 77,000, which by our reckoning is the chip lead.

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02-19-2008 21:22 UTC+1

Danny Silk-- Rivered!

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Danny Silk and Ola Brandborn just clashed again. On an eight-high board with two hearts, Silk bet out 4,000 and Brandborn moved all in, having Silk significantly covered. Silk made the call and turned up pocket tens to Brandborn's {A-Clubs}

(for a total bluff). The turn was a blank, but an ace hit the river, sending poor Danny back to Australia while Brandborn seized the chip lead with over 77,000 in his stack.

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02-19-2008 21:24 UTC+1

Players on a Break

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The players are now on a 15-minute break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

02-19-2008 21:38 UTC+1

Play Has Restarted

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Play has restarted and there will be just two more levels tonight.

02-19-2008 21:54 UTC+1

Chip Movement

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Ola Brandborn is still chip leader with 85,000. Other growing stacks include:

Peter Eastgate, 53,000
Frederik Brink Jensen, 44,000
Trond Eidsvig, 46,000
Tommy Pavlicek, 36,000

Needing to pick up the pace:

Julian Thew, 6,000
Thierry van den Berg, 5,800
Thor Hansen, 10,300

Average stack is 18,548.

02-19-2008 22:17 UTC+1

Noah Boeken Doubles Through Daniel Negreanu

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Noah Boeken checked in the dark before the {5-Hearts}

flop came down. Daniel Negreanu moved a tower of blue 1,000 chips into the middle, setting Boeken all in for his remaining 2,875. After tanking for a few minutes, he made the call.

"I have nines," said Negreanu, flipping up {9-Clubs}