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

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

02-20-2008 23:24 UTC+2

Table Talker: Ed de Haas

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Ed de Haas is one of the European poker circuit's most colorful characters. Standing nearly seven feet tall, de Haas is a good-natured chatterbox at the table, cracking jokes and even breaking into song on occasion (he just serenaded his tablemates with the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer").

I'm envying de Haas at the moment, as he's just become the recipient of a delivery bag of a large quantity of sushi and is already midway through his second spicy tuna roll.

Hailing from Amsterdam, de Haas finished 71st at the 2007 WSOP Main Event, collecting over $130K.

Tags: Ed de Haas

02-20-2008 23:17 UTC+2

Ramzi Runs into Trouble at New Table

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Ramzi Jelassi just changed tables and got involved in one of the first hands he was dealt. The UTG player limped in for 400, another EP player raised to 1,300, Jelassi called and the UTG player called. The flop was {K-Diamonds}

. The action was checked to Jelassi, who fired out 2,500. The UTG player raised to 6,500, the EP player folded, and Jelassi went into the tank.

"You do know this in my first pot at the table?" he quipped with a smile as he flashed {A-Hearts}

and folded.

Tags: Ramzi Jelassi

02-20-2008 23:09 UTC+2

Rob Hollink Eliminated

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One of the tournament's shorter stacks over the last few hours, Rob Hollink, has been eliminated.

02-20-2008 23:08 UTC+2

Pascal Perrault Eliminated

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Ponytailed Frenchman Pascal Perrault has hit the rail after having the misfortune of running his K-K into A-A. Sacre bleu!

Tags: Pascal Perrault

02-20-2008 22:59 UTC+2

Markus Golser Keeps Climbing

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Every time we have visited Markus Golser's table recently, his stack seems to have grown. He now has 51,000 and is up challenging for the chip lead.

Tags: Markus Golser

02-20-2008 22:58 UTC+2

Stephen Devlin Gets Lucky

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Stephen Devlin raised on the cutoff to 1,200, with only 5,800 behind. The big blind moved all in and Stephen called.

Steven: 8-8
Opponent: J-J

The board came down 10-6-6-7-9 and Stephen "allinstevie" Devlin doubled up by making a runner-runner straight.

Tags: Stephen Devlin

02-20-2008 22:50 UTC+2

Stuart Rutter Doubles Up

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Stuart Rutter slowplayed his aces pre-flop and found an opponent willing to go to war with K-3 on a king-high flop. The resultant bust-out by the Englishman with "Nutter" emblazoned on the back of his jacket means he now has 31,000 chips.

Tags: Stuart Rutter

02-20-2008 22:48 UTC+2

Mads Andersen Eliminated

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2006 EPT Copenhagen champion Mads Andersen was just eliminated and has joined a few friends on the rail.

Tags: Mads Andersen

02-20-2008 22:33 UTC+2

Anders Berg Doubles Up

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Anders Berg got all his money in with A-J on an A-J-x-6 board with one card to come. His opponent had 6-6, but a miracle jack on the river sent a 38,000-chip pot his way.