Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen Day 3 - At A Glance

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Morning all, welcome back for what is quite obviously if you were paying attention yesterday now Day 3 of the Scandinavian Open/ Pokerstars EPT Copenhagen. We have, of course, just 39 players left owing to the dramatic triple bubbling attempts last night, and will be playing down to an eight-handed final table today come what may, so Jen and I are praying for a massive explosion of the field resulting in an early hometime looking forward to a leisurely day of world class poker. Join us at Casino Copenhagen at 2pm Scandie/ 1pm UK time.

Chip counts for our Remaining Contenders, courtesy of the lovely Mad Harper:

Rasmus Hede Nielsen   Denmark   295,500
Joris Jaspers   Holland   294,800
Johan Lund   Sweden   290,500
Patrik Andersson   Sweden   268,500
Jospeh Serock   USA   265,000
Jan Sørensen   Denmark   173,500
Ed de Haas   Holland   167,500
Timothy Vance   USA   154,000
Peter Eastgate   Denmark   154,000
Trond Erik Eidsvig   Norway   149,500
Simon Dørslund   Denmark   148,500
Thomas Christiansen   Denmark   145,500
Nicolas Dervaux   France   143,500
Miikka Samuli Mustonen   Finland   131,000
Daniel Ryan   USA   129,000
Michael Marek   Czech Republic   111,000
Henrik Rune   Denmark   105,500
Martin Bjerring Hansen   Denmark   105,000
Allan Bække   Denmark   95,500
Luca Pagano   Italy   93,500
Jarle Aasen   Norway   93,500
Tommy Pavlicek   Canada   87,500
Andreas Glannbro   Sweden   85,500
Torbjörn Jonson   Sweden   85,500
Ulrik Pedersen   Denmark   77,000
Peter Kalsen Petersen   Denmark   70,500
Gino Alacqua   Italy   70,000
Alexander Kravchenko   Russia   68,000
Rolf Slotboom   Holland   64,000
Christoffer Thorsen   Norway   64,000
Magnus Hansen   Denmark   60,500
Søren Jensen   Denmark   58,500
Runar Runarsson   Iceland   56,000
Christian Grundtvig   Denmark   54,500
Sigbjørn Mortueit   Norway   47,800
Erik Veld   Holland   46,000
Michael Eriksson   Sweden   32,000
Kristian Pedersen   Denmark   28,000
Severin Hovde   Norway   27,200

By the way, please note among those Mr Luca Pagano, his presence on the list meaning that he is the first person ever to cash eight times in an EPT. I'm obviously voting for Trond to win it though; take your picks now!Morning all, welcome back for what is quite obviously if you were paying attention yesterday now Day 3 of the Scandinavian Open/ Pokerstars EPT Copenhagen. We have, of course, just 39 players left owing to the dramatic triple bubbling attempts last night, and will be playing down to an eight-handed final table today come what may, so Jen and I are praying for a massive explosion of the field resulting in an early hometime looking forward to a leisurely day of world class poker. Join us at Casino Copenhagen at 2pm Scandie/ 1pm UK time.

Chip counts for our Remaining Contenders, courtesy of the lovely Mad Harper:

Rasmus Hede Nielsen   Denmark   295,500
Joris Jaspers   Holland   294,800
Johan Lund   Sweden   290,500
Patrik Andersson   Sweden   268,500
Jospeh Serock   USA   265,000
Jan Sørensen   Denmark   173,500
Ed de Haas   Holland   167,500
Timothy Vance   USA   154,000
Peter Eastgate   Denmark   154,000
Trond Erik Eidsvig   Norway   149,500
Simon Dørslund   Denmark   148,500
Thomas Christiansen   Denmark   145,500
Nicolas Dervaux   France   143,500
Miikka Samuli Mustonen   Finland   131,000
Daniel Ryan   USA   129,000
Michael Marek   Czech Republic   111,000
Henrik Rune   Denmark   105,500
Martin Bjerring Hansen   Denmark   105,000
Allan Bække   Denmark   95,500
Luca Pagano   Italy   93,500
Jarle Aasen   Norway   93,500
Tommy Pavlicek   Canada   87,500
Andreas Glannbro   Sweden   85,500
Torbjörn Jonson   Sweden   85,500
Ulrik Pedersen   Denmark   77,000
Peter Kalsen Petersen   Denmark   70,500
Gino Alacqua   Italy   70,000
Alexander Kravchenko   Russia   68,000
Rolf Slotboom   Holland   64,000
Christoffer Thorsen   Norway   64,000
Magnus Hansen   Denmark   60,500
Søren Jensen   Denmark   58,500
Runar Runarsson   Iceland   56,000
Christian Grundtvig   Denmark   54,500
Sigbjørn Mortueit   Norway   47,800
Erik Veld   Holland   46,000
Michael Eriksson   Sweden   32,000
Kristian Pedersen   Denmark   28,000
Severin Hovde   Norway   27,200

By the way, please note among those Mr Luca Pagano, his presence on the list meaning that he is the first person ever to cash eight times in an EPT. I'm obviously voting for Trond to win it though; take your picks now!

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We're here at the casino but there is absolutely no sign of them starting on time. Currently on the big screen in the press room - Thomas Kremser giving some sort of pep talk to the dealers. Watch this space!

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I thought just now that all the remaining players were surrounded by some kind of Kremser-generated protective forcefield of invisibility, but in fact they have moved today from the ballroom to the casino. Never fear, there shall be updates! Any minute now.

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Oh yes, and the final table will be 9 players, not 8, like I said. Sorry.

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Actually, the cards have suddenly hit the air - we're off on Day Two - playing to the all-important final now that that pesky business of making the money is out of the way.  And here's what they could win (I feel like a gameshow host):


1  DKK6,220,488  €834,590

2  DKK3,521,429  €472,463

3  DKK2,045,381  €274,425

4  DKK1,560,394  €209,355

5  DKK1,286,270  €172,576

6  DKK1,012,147  €135,798

7  DKK801,283  €107,507

8  DKK569,333  €76,386

9-10  DKK347,926  €46,680

11-12  DKK274,123  €36,779

13-14  DKK210,864  €28,291

15-16  DKK147,605  €19,804

17-24  DKK115,975  €15,560

25-32  DKK84,346  €11,316

33-40  DKK63,259  €8,487

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And players have wasted exactly no time in getting themselves involved, and in many cases, OUT.

First out was Mr Severin Hovde - I'm afraid I didn't see the hand, I just heard a bunch of clapping and saw him putting his coat on. Sorry.

Next, an incredibly lucky outdraw for yesterday's Crazy Man, Mr Soren Jensen - all in in with against Ulrik Pedersen's , with all the sighing and huffing you might expect would accompany that, the board comes a Jensen-friendly . Crazy Man is surprisingly subdued, merely staring wildly, with his wild crazy eyes.

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Also OUT is the must-say-not-very-polite-to-innocent-updaters Alex Kravchenko, with against the of the dude being abducted below, French qualifier Nicolas Dervaux.
Board -

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God help us, Tournament Mouths Rolf Slotboom and Tim Vance are on the same table.

[Djinn]

Much to the chagrin of Dana, previous EPT winner Trond Eidsvig has just gone OUT:

A pile of brown 5k chips was in front of Joris Jaspers (top picture) which represented the raise he'd made to around 110k over the top of Trond's bet of 45k.  Action on Trond, who was thinking hard about whether this flop was the one he was going to bet his tournament life on...  eventually he made the call!
Trond showed: 
Joris showed:

Standing up and requesting a Ten, in spite of being obviously pleased that he hadn't run into something monstrous (although it was still not a done deal as you can see by the title), he got instead a and a ...

Some excited Dutch railers (I imagine) jumped up and down and one of them said, "No f-ing way!!!" but yes, way - a really really big stack for Jaspers and one sad Norwegian.

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THE SORRY DEMISE OF TABLE 2

Actually it's not really that bad, I just thought I'd give it a dramatic title for fun.

Ulrik Pedersen shoves several times in fairly quick succession; eventually he is called by Rasmus Nielsen.

Pedersen - 
Nielsen - Pedersen makes a little noise like "owwwww" as he turns over

Board -

And with that we are down to 32; table 2 is now broken, and we are four tables, yes we are.

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A big hand between Peter Eastgate and Henrik Rune, which I only manage to catch the dwelling bit of - the flop is and Eastgate has bet 16k; Rune (once again may I say, Danish names are AWESOME) has raised to 37k, and Eastgate is dwelling. Actually he dwells so long that Rune has lost interest in the hand by the time Eastgate folds, and he's paying attention to something else entirely as the chips are pushed towards him.

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Rolf Slotboom is OUT - in a hand involving the two chattiest players still in the tournament, one (Tim Vance) busted the other (Rolf) leaving this EPT 50% quieter...

Vance had raised on the button to 14,500 and after a minute or so found Mr. Slotboom pushing all in over the top.  He stood up, sat down, said, "I don't have a very strong hand, sir..." and then called the extra 45k or so.

Tim Vance: 
Rolf Slotboom:

Vance was looking happy, but Rolf said, "Not over yet!  I am very live!  Very live!"

It wasn't looking too great for the Dutch player after the flop came , and the rest was - housing up the American.  They are pictured below during the tense will-he-call/won't-he-call moment, and then both looking nearly hysterically happy as Rolf shook hands and made his cheerful exit.

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MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS ALL-IN THEN CRIPPLED THEN ALL-IN AGAIN CRAZINESS!

Miika Mustonen of Finland (just said that because it sounds like Tom of Finland and I think that's funny) and Runar Runarsson find themselves on their backs, Runarsson holding and Mustonen holding, um, .

Board - and Runarsson doubles up, leaving Mustonen with around 10k.


Meanwhile, on the next table, Erik Veld and a gentleman whose number we can't see but looks a bit like a guy we knew at college called Vadim so until we can verify his actual name we're calling him Vadim, are on their backs.
Veld -
Vadim - 
Board - - Vadim keeps saying, "I have the King, the King is mine," just in case the dealer thinks they're splitting or the A-K was Veld's or something, and he doubles up, leaving Veld (below in the grey hoodie) with around 20k. Ouch.



So, very next hand, in a not massively unexpected way, both Mustonen and Veld move their microstacks in. At the same time. I have to write very fast, and the camera guys look like they might explode. Anyway.


Erik Veld has and gets himself dominatey-called (in fact he re-raises all in but no-one else is up for it) by Henrik RUne's . Board - meaning that Erik Veld is OUT.


Meanwhile Miika Mustonen, however, finds and is called by Thomas Christiansen's - the board is meaning that he's doubled up, woo, to like 20k, or like 30k with the antes and things. Go, microstack!

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UPDATE:

Vadim's name is actually Christoffer Thorsen.

[Djinn]

On the TV table, the action does seem, mainly, to be Kristian Pedersen moving in, repeatedly.  He did manage to double up through Johan Lund with though (Lund's flopping a tension-producing flush draw but failing to improve).
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Nearly all-in call on Table Andersson...

Patrik Andersson raised preflop to 15k.  Then Peter Petersen re-raised to 45k.  Back to Andersson.... and contrary to what all the spectators seemed to think would happen, he moved in, for 135k.  A dwell ensued, but we forgive Petersen because he was torturing himself with an actual decision - eventually thinking better of it and passing face up...

Pictured:  Patrik stacking chips, but mainly Runar Runarsson's head.