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

02-20-2008 22:25 UTC+2

Players Return from Break

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Cards are back in the air.

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

02-20-2008 22:09 UTC+2

Players on a 15-Minute Break

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Two more levels will be played after a 15-minute break.

02-20-2008 22:02 UTC+2

Nicolas Levi Pays Off Ed

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With 1,200 chips in from the pre-flop betting, Ed de Haas bets 1,200 on the turn of a {J-Spades}

board. Nicolas Levi makes the call. The river is the {9-Clubs}

and Ed bets 4,675. Once again Nicolas makes the call, only to be shown the nuts by Ed de Haas -- {K-Spades}

.

Tags: Ed de Haas Nicolas Levi

02-20-2008 22:00 UTC+2

Ilari Busts a Player

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Ilari Sahamies raises to 800 from UTG and Jogvan Glerfoss moves all in for 5,575. Ilari makes the call and it is a classic race.

Ilari: {7-Clubs}

Jogvan:

By the turn Jogvan has a lot more outs as the board reads {9-Spades}

, but a meaningless {3-Clubs}

falls on the river to eliminate Jogvan and move Ilari up to 39,000.

Tags: Ilari Sahamies

02-20-2008 21:38 UTC+2

Alfonso Called Down

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With the board reading {7-Hearts}

and already 8,000 in the middle, Alfonso Amendola bets out 5,000 chips. After a short dwell he is called by Frei Kjaer. Alfonso nods his head, taps the table and shows the {A-Clubs}

, and Frei's {J-Diamonds}

is good for an 18,000-chip pot.

Tags: Alfonso Amendola Frei Kjaer

02-20-2008 21:38 UTC+2

Christian Grundtvig looked to be on his last legs with only 5,000, but in the span of 30 minutes, has quadrupled that stack to nearly 20,000.

Jan Sorensen has been climbing steadily all day after an early-stage double-up and now sits on 46,000.

Gino Alacqua's stack looked healthy at 27,000 last hour, and looks even better now, after doubling up to 52,000.

And finally, online phenom Matt "ch0ppy" Kay appears to have hit the rail. On our last pass he was down to less than 4,000 and his seat has since been re-occupied.

Tags: ch0ppy Christian Grundtvig Gino Alacqua Jan Sorensen Matt Kay

02-20-2008 21:21 UTC+2

The Dynamic Duo

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If you've played in a WSOP event, chances are you've run across Steve Frezer and Charlie Ciresi. Frezer and Ciresi are two of the finest Tournament Directors on the poker circuit today. Whether it's making a fair ruling, handling a complex dispute at the tables, or kicking disruptive railbirds to the curb, these two are second to none.

Both Frezer and Ciresi have shrugged off their suits and ties and donned their hoodies and iPods for the Scandinavian Poker Open, the first of several EPT events they plan on playing before the WSOP starts up this summer. On our last trip past their respective tables, both men were sitting on about 17,000 chips apiece, putting them just north of average. Frezer is seated with local favorite Mads Andersen (who won this event in 2006), while Ciresi contends with Gunnar Rabe and Christian Grundtvig.

Best of luck to Steve and Charlie. (And Steve would like to say "Hi" to his mom, who is using the Internet for the first time today to follow her son's progress.)

Tags: Charlie Ciresi Steve Frezer

02-20-2008 21:17 UTC+2

Norinder Finishes the Job

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After doubling through Rene Mouritsen just a few hands prior, Micke Norinder took Mouritsen's remaining chips when he found pocket tens against Rene's pocket fives in a pre-flop all in confrontation. There were no surprises and Micke now has 35,000 chips; Rene, 0.

Tags: Rene Mouritsen

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25