€7,700 + 300 German Open Main Event Day 1b | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

01-30-2008 22:37 UTC+2

Negreanu is a Great Entertainer

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In his usual fashion, PokerStar Pro Daniel Negreanu keeps talking to all his opponents on table 2. After losing almost half of his stack in the beginning, he is now in better shape with 18,000 in front of him. He has also changed his language into some odd mixture of English and German, and all his bets are announced as “Tausend” and “Hundert.” The spectators seems to enjoy it as much as Negreanu himself does. It wouldn’t be surprising to see the Canadian with a pretty big stack at the end of the night.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

01-30-2008 22:30 UTC+2

ElkY Donates Some to Luske

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The second half of the field is now on dinner break and the two PokerStars players, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Marcel Luske, are still sitting next to each other on table 14.

“I was up to 40,000, but had to help my friend Luske a little since he was so short-stacked. I am still on 31,000, but now I have to watch out since Marcel is closing on with 20,000 in his stack,” says the Frenchman with a big smile.

Tags: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Marcel Luske

01-30-2008 21:45 UTC+2

Flush Eliminates De Wolfe

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Roland De Wolfe had only a few days of rest after the Aussie Millions before it was time for a new battle, this time in Germany. After five hours on Day 1b, he got all his money into the pot on a {K-Hearts}

board, holding {A-Spades}

. One opponent called with {9-Hearts}

for a flush draw, which would be enough, since the {A-Hearts}

fell on the river.

Tags: Roland De Wolfe

01-30-2008 21:26 UTC+2

411 Players in Total

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53 out of the 213 players that entered the PokerStars EPT German Open today have been eliminated so far. When added to the 198 players from yesterday’s Day 1, we had a total of 411 players in this year’s tournament. The prize structure will be presented within the next couple of hours.

01-30-2008 20:59 UTC+2

Tandler Wins Three-Way All-In

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Experienced poker pro George Danzer from Germany was in good shape getting all the chips in the pot, holding {A-Diamonds}

against Marcus Tandler’s {4-Clubs}

and Maximilian Bracht’s {5-Spades}

on a

flop. Danzer’s straight didn’t hold up since Tandler hit another three on the turn to make a full house. There was no five on the river to save Bracht and Tandler raked the 24k pot. George Danzer has left the building and Bracht is down to a mere 3k.

Tags: George Danzer Marcus Tandler Maximilian Bracht

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

01-30-2008 20:44 UTC+2

Dinner Break #1

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After four levels of play, half the field went on their one-hour dinner break. The rest of the field continues to play one more hour before it is their turn to get some food.

01-30-2008 20:41 UTC+2

Carra Eliminates Norinder

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Italian Maurizio Carra made a brave call while holding {10-Hearts}

when Mikael Norinder went all in on a {10-Clubs}

flop . Norinder had {A-Diamonds}

and made a gutshot straight draw when the {J-Clubs}

came on turn. When the {10-Clubs}

came on the river, Carra won the 22K pot and eliminated Norinder four hours into Day 1b.

Tags: Maurizio Carra Mikael Norinder

01-30-2008 20:36 UTC+2

Brolin Sets Things Straight

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On a

board, former Swedish soccer star Tomas Brolin makes a 2,500 bet into a 4,200 pot. His opponent Peter Ameskamp eventually calls, but mucks when he sees Brolin’s {6-Spades}

. The Swede is now up to 14,200.

Tags: Peter Ameskamp Tomas Brolin

01-30-2008 20:01 UTC+2

Hoivold Increases His Stack

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After three levels of play, reigning champion Andreas Hoivold of Norway continues to show that he is comfortable in the Hohensyburg Casino in Dortmund. His Mickey Mouse card protector now stands in front of a stack containing 21,550.

Tags: Andreas Hoivold