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

02-19-2008 18:21 UTC+2

Nicolas [Removed:552] Elinimated - 201 players left

Online high roller Nicolaus [Removed:552] has been eliminated. 201 of the 230 starters remain with 15 minutes of level 3 to go.

Tags: Nicolaus Jedlicka

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

02-19-2008 17:18 UTC+2

Virtual Insanity

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We apologize for the break in action, but the Internet inside the media room has temporarily gone defunct. We hope to be back up and running shortly.

02-19-2008 16:34 UTC+2

Last night, Daniel Negreanu hosted the 2nd annual Scandinavian Poker Awards at the Vega nightclub in Copenhagen. Honoring players from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, the night's big winner was Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad, who took home two awards -- one for Best Female Player and another for Best Performance. The jury consisted of editors and journalists from several Scandinavian Poker magazines.

And the winners are...

Best Live Player - Gus Hansen, Denmark
Best Online Player - Jonas "Nebuchad" Danielsson, Sweden
Best Female - Annette Obrestad, Norway
Rookie of the Year - Trond Erik Eidsvig, Norway
Best Performance - Annette Obrestad, Norway
Lifetime Achievement Award - Thor Hansen, Norway

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

02-19-2008 16:20 UTC+2

The Great Dane Arrives

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Gus Hansen has just taken his seat at Table 31, immediately to Hendon Mobster Barny Boatman's left.

Tags: Barny Boatman Gus Hansen

02-19-2008 16:15 UTC+2

Early Action

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Poland's online qualifier Marcin Horecki raised to 500 pre-flop from the small blind after Italy's Daniele Cuomo limped in early position.

Marcin bet out 1,100 on the {J-Diamonds}

flop which was quickly called by Daniele. The {2-Hearts}

turn and

river were checked by both players and Daniele's {8-Clubs}

was good against Marcin's {A-Spades}

.

Tags: Daniele Cuomo Marcin Horecki

02-19-2008 16:15 UTC+2

Alex Kravchenko Takes Out Mats Rahmn

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Alex Kravchenko took the early chip lead when he took out fellow T6 Poker Pro Mats Rahmn. Kravchenko is now up to 24,000 and looks stoic as ever, behind shiny, reflective aviator-style sunglasses.

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02-19-2008 16:10 UTC+2

Sorel Mizzi Eliminated

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Sorel Mizzi was all in with A-A vs. his opponent's Q-Q. A very unlucky queen on the river made his opponent's set and sent Sorel to the rail, only 45 minutes into the tournament's first level.

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02-19-2008 15:41 UTC+2

Tables of Death

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No table is safe here, but these guys and gals got especially brutal draws:

Table 23: Juha Helppi, Anders Henriksson, Sander Lyloff, Johnny Lodden

Table 31: Mel Judah, Stig Top Rasmussen, Barny Boatman, Jeppe Nielsen. The empty 8 seat will shortly be filled by a yet-to-arrive Gus Hansen.

Table 35: Thierry van der Berg, Annette Obrestad, Dag Martin Mikkelsen, Andreas Hoivold

Tags: Barny Boatman Gus Hansen