EPT Dortmund: Day 2 - At A Glance

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Play will commence for the remaining 118 at 3pm (2pm UK time).  Full chip counts will be posted before that hour...

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Here are the full overnight chip counts:

   EPT DORTMUND   2nd Day      
            
   
1   Johnny Lodden  -- 101,400   
2   Mattias Andersson -- 97,400
3   Danny Ryan -- 93,600   
4   Mudassar Khan -- 89,900   
5   Gunnar Rabe -- 89,400   
6   Brian Hansen -- 88,600   
7   Andreas Hoivold   -- 86,000
8   Henning Granstad -- 84,700   
9   Fredrik Haugen   -- 83,400   
10   Frederich Hostrugs -- 79,900   
11   Hans Eskilsson   -- 77,600   
12   Tuncer Ellezer   -- 76,600   
13   Pablo Luis Rua   -- 76,300   
14   Roland de Wolfe   -- 76,200   
15   Rehne Pedersen   -- 71,900   
16   Mika Paasonen -- 71,700   
17   Thang Duc Nguyen -- 70,800
18   Andreas Hagen -- 70,600   
19   Paul Gourlay -- 69,600   
20   Zacharn Fritz -- 69,000   
21   Sebastian Ruthenberg -- 68,300   
22   Miroslav Sima -- 67,900
23   Markus Schlepphorst -- 65,500
24   Mark Bartlog -- 64,400   
25   Fabrice Soulier   -- 62,500   
26   Sverre Sundbo -- 62,300   
27   Ben Grundy -- 62,300   
28   Thierry Van den Berg -- 58,300   
29   Jacob Rasmussen   -- 57,000   
30   Florian Longmann -- 54,500   
31   Haward Speer -- 54,400   
32   Jeff Kimber  -- 52,900   
33   Markus Golser -- 51,800   
34   Dilba Demirbag   -- 51,600   
35   Jim Kerrigan -- 51,000   
36   Dirk Specht -- 50,900   
37   Micky Wernick -- 50,800   
38   Joe Beevers -- 49,900   
39   Ronnie Gustafsson -- 49,500   
40   Tommy Klurup -- 49,000   
41   Jens Vortmann -- 48,800   
42   Qushqar Morad   -- 48,500   
43   Karl Mahrenholz   -- 48,300
44   Vincent Sokalski -- 45,800   
45   Philip Yeh -- 45,400   
46   Romco Stek -- 45,100   
47   Paul Kristoffersson -- 44,400   
48   Marco Liesy -- 44,100
49   Cristiano Blanco -- 43,900
50   Alan T. Andersen -- 43,800   
51   Hael Allabani -- 41,700   
52   Tobias Holmeide   -- 41,200   
53   Daniel Schweitzer -- 40,300
54   Steve Vladar -- 39,900   
55   Tavernier -- 39,200   
56   Erik Lindberg -- 39,000
57   Trond Erik Eidserg -- 38,000
58   Jesper R. Witved -- 37,900   
59   Mike Tse -- 37,000   
60   Asghar Amirfatahi -- 36,900   
61   Oliver Bosch -- 36,600   
62   Sven Hoffelner   -- 36,500   
63   Dennis Hansen -- 36,500   
64   Cyriel Dohmen -- 36,400   
65   Geir Inge Haugland -- 36,200
66   Ros David -- 34,600   
67   Frank Werder -- 33,700
68   Tommy Dender -- 33,500   
69   Martin Hansen   -- 32,900   
70   Jose Luis Navarro -- 32,700   
71   Edward Moncada   -- 32,400   
72   Michael Mucklisch -- 30,900   
73   Matthieu Logel   -- 30,400   
74   Dennis Christensen -- 29,800
75   Henrik Holm -- 29,300   
76   Emmanuel Rosetta -- 29,000   
77   Sorel Mizzi -- 28,800   
78   Ben Wolbers -- 27,500   
79   Danny Mankowitz -- 27,300   
80   Gary Wharmby -- 27,300   
81   Nicolas Levi -- 27,000   
82   Anthony Mackay   -- 26,800   
83   Michael Gustaffson -- 25,600   
84   Christer Johansson -- 25,200   
85   Carlos Ferron   -- 24,100   
86   Nguyen Van Bum -- 23,800   
87   Claus Schumacher -- 23,500   
88   Thomas Fougeron   -- 22,800   
89   Joe Braun -- 21,600   
90   Hiroshi Shimamura -- 20,500
91   Davide Fazzone   -- 20,200   
92   Samuel Lehtonen   -- 20,200   
93   Masaaki Kagawa   -- 20,000   
94   David Barnes -- 19,700   
95   Metin Katkay -- 19,400   
96   Thomas Wahlroos   -- 19,300   
97   Christoph Stiehler -- 19,200   
98   Jens Lubbe -- 18,800   
99   Uwe Ziegler -- 18,100   
100   Paul Foltyn -- 18,000   
101   Michael Greco -- 18,000   
102   Klaus Jensen -- 17,900   
103   Abdullah Hamidy -- 17,500   
104   Brad Cowling -- 17,200   
105   Anthony Holden   -- 17,000   
106   Andreas Zwickel   -- 17,000   
107   Stephen Walmsley --16,500   
108   Xuyen Pham -- 15,600   
109   Andreas Hurtig -- 15,200   
110   Rino Mathis -- 14,800   
111   Kalle Gasstorp   -- 14,300   
112   Marc Friedmann   --  14,200   
113   Kristian Kjondal -- 13,500
114   John Hansmeyer   -- 12,600   
115   David Kammerer --   12,300   
116   Robert Johanson   -- 11,800   
117   Wim Emo   -- 9,000   
118   Norbert Holting   -- 6,900   

[NoflopsHomer]

Full Prize Structure to follow when we get it, but I managed to sneak in and find the top 8 places just now. I do know they're planning to pay 40 places.

1st -- €683,720
2nd -- €386,950
3rd -- €224,750
4th -- €171,460
5th  -- €141,340
6th -- €111,220
7th -- €88,840
8th -- €62,560

So biggest (non-Monte Carlo) EPT Prizes ever. Who is your money on?

Jen's Picks:

Roland De Wolfe
Andreas Hagen
Marcus Golser

Floppy's Boks:

Thang Duc Nguyen
Ben Grundy
Pablo Rua

Our Bonus Updater Pick:

Henning Granstad

[NoflopsHomer]

Another 20 minutes or so, we think, til play starts.

[NoflopsHomer]

Samuel Lehtonen was our first casualty, knocked out by Thierry Van Den Berg.

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How has Smokin' Steve played enough hands to get 39,000 in chips?

He must have had aces about 14 tumes!!!

It's funny you should say that, because Aces just knocked him down to 10k... first hand of the tournament (which has now been running 15 minutes) Tony Mackay raised under the gun to 6,000 (blinds 800/1,600 ante 200) and button Steve put him all in.  Call.
Steve: 
Tony: 
First card out:  and no help so reversal of fortune puts Mackay on over 50k.

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Also OUT in the first frantic minutes: 
Wim Emo
Kalle Gasstorp

While short stacks Michael Greco and Pab look to be pushing repeatedly...

Popular Frenchman Thomas Fougeron (who seemed to get all his luck when short stacked) has just doubled up.

[NoflopsHomer]

Andreas Zwicker has gone out to Ros David with against on a board.

Thomas Wahlroos has doubled through Christer Johansen with against on a board.

Bad Girl is OUT, she pushed with Q-T and was called by Dennis Hansen's Jacks and received no help on a 4-5-A-7-5 board.

[NoflopsHomer]

Kalle Gasstorpe's exit hand was a bit of a sickner. He held against Matthias Andersson's but a Jack came on the flop and another on the turn to send him home.

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The lights just went out.  No kidding, mid hand, and the ballroom was down to what looked like battery operated lighting.  So - brief pause from the madness and I can relate another quick story -

This one about Dilba Demurbag (for Viet, if he's managed to sign up):  She'd finished day one in good position, and just won a big pot off M. Khan.  It looked like she'd check-raised all in on the turn, with the board: .  Khan had bet 15,000, and wasn't liking the raise, eventually passing as the room was plunged into murkiness.

[NoflopsHomer]

Ok, here's the complete revised structure from the one I saw earlier

1st -- €672,000
2nd -- €380,000
3rd -- €220,000
4th -- €169,000
5th -- €139,000
6th -- €109,000
7th -- €85,700
8th -- €60,300
9th and 10th -- €37,100
11th and 12th -- €27,800
13th and 14th -- €20,900
15th and 16th -- €16,250
17th to 24th -- €12,750
25th to 32nd -- €9,250
33rd to 40th -- €6,950
41st to 48th -- €5,800

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Joe Beevers is OUT -

He raised in late position to 4,500.  Small blind Andreas Hagen repopped him another 8,500.  Now, there are probably lots of times when Andreas is doing this with less than premium cards.  This, however, was not one of them.  Joe's re-raise all-in was pretty quick, and Andreas' call even quicker...
Joe showed: 
Andreas showed: 
The flop brought hope for Mr. Beevers: 
But the turn and river - - were no help and he's rather suddenly on the rail. 

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Rino Mathis is also OUT - down to just 5,600 ten minutes ago and then no longer at his seat.

Dave Barnes lays his raised hand (3,800) down preflop to a button re-raise from Howard Speer, leaving him on a round 20k.

Nicolas Levi must have doubled up somewhere (perhaps through Rino?) as he's now on 54k.

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Another shock OUT (and one of my picks - this so rarely happens...)  Roland de Wolfe is gone!

With 70k and lead on the table, he looked unassailable, but Ben Wolbers (a local or something - he had a crowd round him) assailed him and knocked him down to under 10k in the process - here's the hand:

Roland raised on the button with , to 4,000.  Big blind Ben re-raised 10,000.  Roland gives it a bit of "Come on then, I'm all in" according to Jim Kerrigan, whose recall is excellent (he is on that table after all).
Wolbers asked for the full countdown, and made a pretty brave call for his whole stack with .
The flop brought 6-K-J so a couple of extra outs (literally) appeared, but disappeared with the Jack on the turn, and the blank river.

The rest of it went in with A-9 against the hand which did the damage when he held it, A-Q.

Ben Wolbers is now chip leader with over 120k.

[NoflopsHomer]

Pab has 22.5k, taken the blinds a few times. Still looking for a place to push

Sverre Sundbo was just dwelling on a board after being check/raised twice on the flop and turn before his ultra-agressive scandie opponent moved in on the river. Sverre dealt for a good long while, to the point where the break came and he said, "Now I can take as much time as I want!" He eventually mucked what was later revealed to be King Jack.