€7,700 + 300 German Open Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

01-31-2008 18:09 UTC+2

EPT Rookie Second in Chips

19-year-old Andreas Sarling is playing his first international tournament, but there are no signs of nervousness so far. After a good start on Day 2, he has increased his stack from 56,500 to 92,000. This puts him second in chips at the moment in the PokerStars EPT German Open.

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01-31-2008 18:04 UTC+2

Rapid Eliminations

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As usual, there is a lot of action at the start of Day 2. In the first two levels 45 players have been eliminated. We are about to enter level 11, where the blinds are 600/1,200 with a 100 ante.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

01-31-2008 17:36 UTC+2

Annette Takes a Hit

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Nicolas Levi and Annette Obrestad are both seated on table 4 and just now Levi took a chunk out of the young Norwegian's stack. As usual, Obrestad raised pre-flop and Levi called from the big blind. Both players checked the {J-Hearts}

flop, but Obrestad bet out 10k on the {7-Diamonds}

turn and Levi called. Obrestad checked the {Q-Clubs}

river, Levi went all-in and Obrestad mucked. Annette is now at 30k and Levi moved up to 68k.

Tags: Annette Obrestad Nicolas Levi

01-31-2008 17:28 UTC+2

Henriksson on a Roll

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T6 Poker's Anders Henriksson has had a good start on the day. Starting out on 18,300, he has now almost doubled his stack and is up to 34,500. Fellow team member Hugo Felix from Portugal is doing even better, increasing his stack from 18,400 to 61,000 by eliminating two players at his table.

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01-31-2008 17:10 UTC+2

Hansen Eliminates Mollaie

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Korosh Mollaie lost a few pots early on Day 2 and was eliminated by Thor Hansen when his {6-Clubs}

was called by the Norwegian's {K-Diamonds}

. On the turn, Mollaie found an open-ended straight draw with {J-Clubs}

was on the board, but the {5-Hearts}

on river was no help and Mollaie is now out. Hansen is up to 48K after a really good start.

Tags: Korosh Mollaie Thor Hansen

01-31-2008 17:05 UTC+2

Negreanu Has Arrived

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40 minutes late, Daniel Negreanu has now entered the poker room. As always, he is looking forward to a long day of poker.

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01-31-2008 16:54 UTC+2

Early Eliminations

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As usual, some of the short-stacked players have already been eliminated during the first level on Day 2. T6 Poker pro Mats Rahmn and PokerStars pro Noah Boeken have both left the tournament.

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01-31-2008 16:27 UTC+2

Cards Are in the Air

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At 3:15, tournament Director Thomas Kremser announced the start of Day 2. Marcel Luske and Ramzi Jelassi sat down as the first hand was dealt, but PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu has yet to arrive at Casino Hohensyburg.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Marcel Luske Ramzi Jelassi

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100