Danzer does it again, leads at end of Day 2
Day 2 of the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event promised two things: 1) the bubble, that's always a thrill ride, and a pair of) that the tournament would start to take an actual shape, with challengers emerging from the pack with serious designs at the title.
As it actually happened, both those strands became tightly entangled as David Yan won a tremendous pot to burst the bubble, knocking out Gareth Chantler within the process, and in addition to provide him the type of stack to start toying with the sector. On a separate table, George Danzer, the Day 1B chip-leader, was also plodding on very nicely indeed.
When they bagged at around 7pm, with 22 players remaining from the 347 who entered, Yan and Danzer were vying for the lead, with only Andre Haneberg separating them on the top.
It really did come all the way down to the last three hands to come to a decision the leader, but Yan lost back-to-back small pots late directly to bag 801,000. Danzer, meanwhile, grinned as he counted out 854,000 ensuring his photograph remains on the top of the blogs for an additional night. Haneberg, meanwhile, has 838,000.
Yan's elimination of Chantler would be the big talking point of the day. Chantler, the lone North American within the field, had a large stack when hand-for-hand started because the money bubble arrived but made a hero-call with ace high for his tournament life.
He had run into Yan's flopped three-of-a-kind and Yan extracted the maximum, putting the remainder 55 players into the cash. (Full details at 3:50pm below.) They fell quickly and steadily after that, with Tom Holke, the defending champion, picking up just a min-cash, then Jan von Halle busting to Yan.
Danzer, however, was superlative as ever. He took the bus to work, packing in alongside hundreds of Hamburgers heading to a neighborhood flea market. But there have been no flies on Danzer. He just did what he does best and goes into the penultimate day of competition on the summit.
Don't forget, he won the High Roller here this week too, so is on for an extraordinary double.
Play starts tomorrow at 2pm and we'll play right down to a last table and, most likely, our last six.
Head to the chip-count page for the entire stacks on the moment, and the payouts to this point are at the payouts page.
Gute nacht!
6:55pm: Last threeLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
They have stopped the clock and can play the last three hands before bagging and tagging.
It's close on the top of the counts. David Yan has lost a couple of hundred and is considered one of three men with about 800,000.
6:40pm: Olsen doublesLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
A big double up here for Gisle Olsen, who was looking at elimination when he shoved into Dinesh Alt's aces, but had Alt drawing to a chop by the turn.
Alt opened to 25,000 from under the gun and Olsen moved all-in for 155,000, with everyone else folding. Alt called and showed A♦A♣, prompting Olsen to say, "Oh, did I do that?"
He did.
The flop came 8♥9♣T♦ and Olsen now found cause of optimism. "Jack will do," he said. The turn was indeed the J♥.
Alt swallowed hard and the 4♦ river didn't help him.
"I won't say I'm sorry, cos I'm not," Olsen said. He's now as much as a high point of 320,000-ish. Alt has only 115,000 after the beat.
Dinesh Alt, beaten with aces
6:20pm: Last 24Level 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
Anastasios Mastroudis was the primary person to imagine the chip lead on this tournament at a time when the "chip lead" was significant. He raced beyond 50,000 on Day 1A, after just a couple of hours. However, he has now been eliminated in 25th, losing to Jonn Forst and taking us all the way down to our final three tables.
Although there's only HALF-HOUR at the tournament clock (and with it because of be paused with QUARTER-HOUR left to play the last x hands), they're doing a redraw and can shuffle the players around a bit.
6:10pm: Tilted roomLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
A lot of the tournament chips have all amassed in a single particular corner of the room, as though someone had lifted up all the floor at one corner and watched gravity do what it does. Andre Haneberg (640,000) sits beside Kai Schuster (450,000) who sits beside David Yan (950,000) after which Marcel Schaeunburg (450,000).
Chip leader David Yan
They're not the one ones with chips, however, because Erik Scheidt, on Table 1, still has enough to be pulling strings. In a contemporary hand, he opened to 22,000 from the button and Frank Debus, within the small blind, made it 48,000 to play. Scheidt checked his hand again, then counted out a raise to 112,000 which was an excessive amount of for Debus.
Scheidt had about 580,000 before that hand began and now has greater than 600,000. He's cruising too.
6pm: Ole OlsenLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
Gisle Olsen had only 92,000 in his stack, but he also had A♥A♣ in his hand, so scored a double up through Bartolomiej Grabowski when the pair got all their chips within the middle. Grabowski had 7♣7♦ but whiffed the 5♣9♥7♥Q♥A♦ flop and was left with only about 20,000.
5:40pm: Shoving everywhere in the worldLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
On Table 5, Goran Milovanovic open shoved his short stack from under the gun and it got folds the entire way round. Then on Table 1, Bartolomiej Grabowski open shoved his short stack and it got folds the entire way round.
But then, on Table 2, the shoving took on a more significant flavour when it involved players with anything but short stacks.
Andre Haneberg, with about 450,000 in his stack, opened the button to 22,000. Kai Schuster, to his left and with about 400,000 in his stack, three-bet to 60,000. But then David Yan, who has greater than 1.1 million, four-bet to 120,000 from the large blind.
Haneberg, along with his mouth concealed by his hoodie zip, asked for the all-in triangle, committing it all. That gave Schuster a difficult decision to make. He thought for an extended time, glancing at Yan beside him, but then folded. Yan instantly mucked, which meant Haneberg picked up greater than 160,000 without seeing a flop.
5:40pm: Yan over JanLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
Jan von Halle has become the newest player to fall by the hands of David Yan. "MissOracle" is unstoppable today and he's the primary player through a million.
Von Halle, the Day 1A overnight leader, open-shoved to 130,000 from under the gun with A♣J♦. Yan, at the button, called with 7♣7♥ and the board gave nothing to the over-cards.
Jan von Halle
5:40pm: Peters perishesLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
Tobias Peters is out. He awoke with ace-queen within the small blind and shoved, but Jan Bloch was lurking within the big blind with a larger stack and 9♥9♦. The board ran 2♣6♦J♥4♣K♥ and Peters departs. Bloch, meanwhile, has 360,000.
5:35pm: Chips and payoutsLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
The payouts page and the chip-count page were both updated on the last break. Have a look over there for the latest.
5:30pm: Three and four-betsLevel 19 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
Ismet Oral opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Andreas Majchrzak three-bet to 53,000 from the cutoff. That only perceived to encourage Walid Abdi-Ali into action, and he four-bet to 130,000 from the button. Everyone folded.
A short time later, Frank Debus tried to get something started with a raise to 22,000 from UTG+1. But that man Majchrzak, one to his left, three-bet again, this time to 54,000 and this time he got that through.
5:10pm: BreakLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
The last 33 players are occurring their last break of the day. We'll return and play two more levels in 15 minutes' time.
5:05pm: Topic bust to ScheidtLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
Marco Topic was right down to his last 120,000. And now he doesn't also have that. Erik Scheidt just hit a three-outer to bust Topic.
Topic opened to 18,000 and Scheidt shoved from the small blind, his 250,000 covering Topic's stack. Topic pondered for a moment, but then made an excellent call with A♠J♠. He was up against Scheidt's A♦T♦.
But joy turned to misery for Topic when the flop brought the T♥ alongside the 8♠ and 7♥. The turn 6♣ and river 7♦ didn't help, and Topic was toast.
4:50pm: Palevic pays price for contemporary hero callLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
In what is also becoming a pattern here in Hamburg, Rifat Palevic has become the newest player to make a hero demand his tournament life and get it wrong.
There was a horny hefty pile of chips already within the middle and a board to the river: 2♣8♣2♦9♦6♦. Palevic checked and Kai Schuster shoved for 120,000, which nearly covered Palevic.
The Swedish player stood up as though to go away after which he flicked a chip into the middle, indicating the decision. Schuster showed 8♦8♠ for a flopped full house and Palevic said, "Wow."
Palevic then mucked, however the dealer fished the cards out to turn the table, as is needed when it's an all-in/elimination situation. Palevic had 7♠7♣ and was never ahead.
4:40pm: Hansen outmuscles SiddiqueLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
Johnny Hansen just took a small pot from Usman Siddique, that's probably essential to stop the British player running over that table. Siddique placed on a dominant display when he won UKIPT London many years ago, and is at it again here.
But not this time.
Siddique opened to 18,000 from the hijack and Hansen called from the cutoff. The both checked the 5♠Q♠Q♦ flop after which Siddique bet 18,000 on the 9♠ turn. Hansen quickly popped it as much as 50,000 and Siddique let it go.
4:35pm: Toying with themLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
David Yan certainly has more high-stakes tournament experience than just about all of his opponents this afternoon. Although, of course, George Danzer and Jan von Halle are pretty conversant in the highest levels of the sport (and Usman Siddique has a UKIPT title), Yan might be alone in having played quite so often on the High Rollers and Super High Roller events. He also has a stack of 760,000, that's bigger than any other, and is just about toying together with his table on the moment.
Just recently, he opted to name from the hijack pre-flop, bringing Tamas Gonczi in from the small blind and Thorsten Walk from the big.
After Gonczi checked the flop of 2♠Q♠T♣, Walk stabbed 15,000 at it. Yan quickly raised to 40,000 and Gonczi folded.
It didn't talk Walk long to stroll away either, but he turned over the T♥ as he did so. Yan probably doesn't need the additional information, but will certainly take it.
4:20pm: And another levelLevel 18 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
On they go into Level 18. There are 39 players left.
4:15pm: Trips over tripsLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
Jan von Halle just made what turned out to be a "wrong" call, however the actual fact that he was even considering a fold tells you that he knows what he's doing. In a blind-on-blind encounter with Nikolas Menke, Von Halle was a board of T♣9♥4♦4♥ and had seen Menke check-raise all-in, over a chance of 24,000. The all-in was for 92,000.
Von Halle seriously appeared to be enthusiastic about a fold, but, after looking down at his 6♦4♣--i.e., trips--called. Menke turned over A♣4♣ for trips too and the 7♥ at the river was a blank.
Menke's comeback continues. Von Halle remains well stacked.
4:15pm: Staying aliveLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
Peter Jakob just doubled up through David Yan. It was just for 22,000 but he's staying alive.
He had red aces, mind you, and got it in pre-flop. Yan called with king-jack off and flopped a king but missed on turn and river.
"Chip and a chair," Arne Olsen said. "AND A FEW aces of course."
4:05pm: Holke sent homeLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
Tom Holke was playing with regards to every hand again today, much as he was yesterday and the day before. I AM NOT joking. He doubled up Nikolas Menke previous to the bubble when Holke had 2♦5♦ and Menke A♠K♥ (apparently Holke had shoved the small blind and Menke called the button). Menke won that one.
But in case you live by the sword, you're going to sometimes die by it. And now, Menke has won another one against Holke, and it is the end of the defending champion. Holke shoved for 35,000 from the cutoff and Menke re-shoved his button. The blinds folded and Holke's A♣8♣ couldn't beat Menke's 8♥8♦.
Tom Holke: Out
Holke heads out and Menke, who started the day with about 11,000, has ten times that.
4pm: Oh, and by the wayLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
The chip-count page was updated on the last break, in advance of the bubble. It does not, at present, reflect Yan's huge win that has put him beyond 600,000.
3:50pm: Chantler bursts bubble! Yan wins huge potLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
What a roller-coaster day in Hamburg for Gareth Chantler. The Canadian went from short stack to chip leader and has now burst the bubble, losing an incredible pot to David Yan.
There was an enormous crowd around his table by the point they were on the turn. The board read 3♥5♦3♣T♠ and Chantler checked. Yan bet 64,000 and Chantler called.
The Q♥ came at the river and Chantler checked again. Yan now said that he was all-in, along with his 230,000 covering Chantler's 155,000. Chantler thought an excellent long while, but then called. Yan flipped over A♥3♠ for flopped trip threes.
Chantler desired to muck, but was forced to turn his A♦8♦, a hero call with ace high gone awry.
Gareth Chantler and David Yan burst the bubble
Thomas Stacha, our photographer, happened to be videoing the hand and, from the tape, shall we piece together that Chantler opened from late position, then called Yan's button three-bet. He then check-called the 30,000 bet at the flop. Then the remaining is as reported above.
Yan now leads with about 600,000.
David Yan
3:35pm: Hand for handLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
The tournament clock is paused as we go hand-for-hand with 56 players left. Jens Nielsen went out in 57th.
3:30pm: Onward to the bubbleLevel 17 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
We're into Level 17 now and the bubble will burst imminently, one suspects. Here is a reminder of what they're playing for.
3:15pm: Break timeLevel 16 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
The remaining 57 players are occurring a 15-minute break.
3:10pm: Aces losesLevel 16 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
Miroslav Forman is out. He played Day 1A and Day 1B, but came up in need of the money in 59th. It was Andreas Majchrzak who accounted for him.
It could be that Damir Vasiljevic will soon follow him after he just got his aces cracked by Pablo Nerro in a pot that had the prospective to take us to the bubble.
Vasiljevic opened to 11,000 from under the gun and Jonn Forst, at the button, three-bet to 27,000. Nerro, within the small blind, quickly announced that he was all in for 70,700.
Vasiljevic pondered for a moment, but then said, "Here we go! All-in!"
Forst discovered from the dealer that it might cost him another 82,300 (along with the 27,000 he had invested). The remainder of the table started talking about Forst's decision, about how he could knock two players out.
"Please, stop it," Vasiljevic said. "I WOULD LIKE the €1,700." (THAT IS THE min-cash.)
Despite these requests, Vasiljevic actually seemed for the entire world that he was praying for a call, but Forst didn't oblige. He folded.
Vasiljevic quickly flipped over his A♦A♣. Yes, he had wanted a decision. Nerro had J♣J♠ and was in trouble. However the flop came 2♠5♦J♦ to place Nerro ahead and silence Vasiljevic.
He found some encouragement from the 2♦ turn, but didn't get there at the K♥ river.
Update: He's now out.
2:55pm: "Oh my god"Level 16 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
We are four off the money, that is a sexy disappointing place to head out. And doesn't Alaettin Keles are aware of it. He was just eliminated by Ismet Oral and Keles was furious.
When I arrived, they were on the turn and there wasn't a huge amount of cash within the middle. The four exposed cards were 8♣8♥4♦7♦ and Oral checked. Keles bet 24,000 and Oral moved all-in, for approximately 145,000.
Keles now had a choice for his tournament as Oral had him out-chipped. After a short time within the tank, he did indeed call but then couldn't believe it when Oral turned over 6♦5♦.
"Oh my god," Keles said. He said it again for good measure. Still without exposing his own hand, he said, "Oh my god," once more.
Then he eventually tabled K♥K♠, which was already drawing dead. The T♥ completed the formalities at the river.
2:45pm: Danzer continues to crushLevel 16 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
You know those updates about Gareth Chantler being within the lead? Scratch that. Chantler continues to be doing fine, but George Danzer is on a tear. He has about 560,000 chips these days and is now miles ahead. Danzer told Robin Scherr that he "had more playable hands today than he has previously five EPT Main Events".
2:40pm: Full house, double upLevel 16 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
Here's another double up with a monster. This time Kai Schuster stayed alive way to a rivered full house in a hand against Tom Holke. He needed it too because Holke, who started with over-cards, had turned a flush.
It was all pretty straightforward. Andre Haneberg opened to 10,400 from early position and Schuster shoved for 53,300 from one seat to his left. It got round to Holke within the cutoff and he made the decision. Haneberg folded.
Schuster: 8♣8♠Holke: K♦Q♦
The flop came 3♦9♠7♦, which offered plenty for everybody. However the 8♦ offered much more. Schuster stood up, expecting his fate to be sealed, however the 3♣ at the river kept him alive. He performed a celebratory pirouette and sat back down.
2:30pm: "How did you double up?" "Oh, I had a royal flush"Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
When you're all-in and called, you would be proud of any roughly win. Ace-high would do. But for Monir Marie, he did it widespread: turning a royal flush.
Marie open-shoved his stack of 27,700 from the button and collected a choice from Kai Munster within the big blind. Munster had Q♣T♦, but Marie had A♠J♠.
Royal Flush
Munster actually flopped two pair at the T♠Q♠K♦ flop, but Marie already had a straight. And then, boom, the K♠ appeared at the turn to make it unbeatable.
2:20pm: Into Level 16Level 16 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
These levels are racing by today. We're now into Level 16, the fourth of the day. They're going to take a 15-minute break on the end of this.
2:20pm: New chip-leaderLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
It's all popping out now about Gareth Chantler. And rightly so. The person from Canada is the brand new tournament chip leader.
Remember earlier, when Chantler said that he was glad nobody was around to look his first double up? Well, it emerges that he had queen-jack against pocket queens and that Dara O'Kearney, also on the table, had folded a jack. Turn and river were the 2 case jacks.
That kept Chantler alive in the beginning of the day. Then within the hand described at 1:25pm below, Chantler made a flush while Klaus Hornschuch had a collection of aces. That was another big double up. And now, Chantler has just won another enormous pot to bust Konstantin Karikov and put his own stack as much as 360,000.
This one I did see. Karikov opened to 8,200 and, one seat to his left, Chantler three-bet to 20,400. Karikov called they usually saw the flop of A♣9♦4♣. Karikov bet 35,000 and Chantler shoved, covering Karikov.
The Russian player called and showed A♦K♠. But Chantler had A♠9♣ for the flopped two pair and the turn and river bricked.
2pm: Danzer up topLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
Tournament staff conducted a whole chip count over the past break and there is no surprise to peer George Danzer assume the highest spot after a superlative opening couple of levels.
We'll update the chip-count page with full counts at each break from now on.
George Danzer
1:55pm: Double shoveLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
There were two simultaneous pre-flop shoves on neighbouring tables, but with notably different results. While Nikolas Menke got his under-the-gun raise, to 51,700, all over Jan von Halled, Marcel Schauenburg and Tom Holke (only Schauenburg seemed interested), Andreas Bremer picked up a decision from Marco Topic and was knocked out.
Bremer had A♠8♠ and Topic had Q♠Q♣. There has been nothing at the flop, turn or river to excite Bremer and he departs in 73rd.
1:45pm: Lifestyles of the wealthy and famousLevel 15 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
George Danzer hasn't let life as one of the famous players in Germany visit his head. He proudly revealed today that he took the bus to work on the Schenefeld Casino--a bus that was full to bursting with locals attending a flea market a couple of kilometre or so clear of the office. Lots of them had their purchases--including a large number of rolled up carpets--tucked under their arms. You simply do not get this in Monaco. Only one more the reason is, the Eureka Poker Tour is healthier than the EPT.
1:30pm: Break timeLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
That's the tip of Level 14 and they are taking a 15-minute break. That is the pattern for today, incidentally: two levels, then a 15-minute break. We'll do this four times.
We'll get full chip counts with you very soon.
1:25pm: Chantler's climb continuesLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
There's a tricky balance to be struck in tournament poker between acceptable patience and suicidal tightness. You frequently need to endure long, long barren periods where there are simply no spots to take a look at to extend a tiny stack. However, we have seen it 1,000,000 times where a player is so involved in not getting eliminated that they just finally end up blinding away to dust.
If you need to find out about this, consult Gareth Chantler. He played his first bullet on Day 1B and (no less than from the spectator's viewpoint) it looked like a reasonably miserable grind, eventually ending in perhaps the penultimate level of the day. Then yesterday he was also short for hours, sitting to the best of Rinalo Aquino's big stack. Chantler bagged 37,800 on the end of the day, which was 16 big blinds.
Gareth Chantler
But there's the explanation sometimes to stay with it. Chantler has now doubled up no less than twice and is now as much as greater than 160,000, most recently doubling through Klaus Hornschuch. Chantler had K♥9♥ and the whole board showed A♥T♦6♥4♥5♠. I arrived only to peer the dealer counting Chantler's stack as 76,000, then grabbing the equivalent from Hornschuch.
Chantler is definitely now the large stack at his table, which also features David Yan (60,000), Georges Yazbeck (85,000) and David Lappin (17,500). Lappin could certainly do with the type of fillip that Chantler has enjoyed this afternoon.
1:10pm: Kancaitis four-bets into two, winsLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
You may recall that we identified a number of the Day 1A players a stunning tendency to limp pre-flop, resulting in multi-way pots that were often checked down. By the point Day 1C rolled around, that specific tendency had ended. Everyone was squeezing instead, punishing players who were calling early-position raises.
Today, and because the money draws steadily into view, the aggression is ramping up again. In a up to date hand, Edgara Kancaitis opened to 6,400 from the cutoff and Marco Topic called within the cutoff. Quang Nguyen squeezed from the button, making it 15,100, but then Kancaitis four-bet into two opponents, making it 39,000. That got it done as both Topic and Nguyen folded.
1pm: Forst back at itLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Jonn Forst and Johnny Hansen are sitting at the same table today--or a minimum of they were, until it recently broke.
Anyway, in advance of they were scattered to the wind, they played a sexy huge pot against each other that ended with Hansen folding top pair on a scary board and Forst refusing to let him know if he'd made the proper decision.
There was a minimum of 60,000 within the middle and the board dealt all of the way. It read Q♦8♦K♦3♠3♣. Hansen checked and Forst bet 37,000.
"I have a king," Hansen said after a fair three minutes within the tank. "AM I ABLE TO say that you just? even have a king?"
Forst gave nothing away.
"Forget it," Hansen said, and tossed his cards away.
"Show one card!" Thorsten Walk said, but Forst defiantly shook his head as he slipped the cards to the dealer.
12:55pm: Three QueensLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Andreas Bremer opened to 7,200 from UTG+1 and Quang Nguyen called within the big blind. They then saw a highly feminine flop. It came Q♣Q♥Q♦.
Nguyen checked but Bremer bet 11,300 and that got Nguyen counting his own stack. He had precisely 64,500 behind and opted to call.
They both checked the 6♥ turn and then, after the 3♣ cam at the river, Nguyen shoved.
That started Bremer counting his stack, and he soon realised that his 35,000 was the effective stack. He did not want to commit it here--presumably he didn't have a queen--and he folded.
12:45pm: Sixteen downLevel 14 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
We're into Level 14 now, with 16 players having already hit the rail.
12:40pm: ImbalanceLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
It's a case of the haves and the have nots on Table 11, where the likes of Jan von Halle (210,000) and Robin Aghdam-Kazemieh (173,000) sit with Miroslav Forman (45,000) and Yun Choi (32,000).
Both of the latter two open-shoved pre-flop in a contemporary orbit, and both got it through. Meanwhile, Andrey Demidov gave a little bit to Von Halle after opening to 6,000 from the button after which folding when Von Halle made it 18,200 from the large blind.
12:30pm: Play the Last Post for...Level 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
The list of early eliminations includes: Marc Hunter, Daniel Peche, Jorg Blohm, Tillmann Raschke, Amir Mozaffarin, Davor Bendin, Terge Sirnes, Hermann, Behrens, Tilmann Ebeling, Jan Peters, Robert Rohr and Bjorn Duda.
12:20pm: Chantler doubles; Lappin still tryingLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
It's been a tricky first 30 minutes, with 10 players knocked out already.
12:20pm: Chantler doubles; Lappin still tryingLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
Gareth Chantler, who's Canadian but has spent numerous time in Europe over the last few years, including a spell living in Dublin, is the lone North American representative left within the Eureka Hamburg field. He was a brief stack at the start of the day but has now found a double-up to maintain him fighting.
It happened shortly before his table broke and he said he was happy nobody was around to look it. (He gave the impression to suggest it hadn't come because the results of A-1 perfect play.) But a double is a double and Chantler can breathe slightly more easily as a result.
Chantler's first table also featured Dara O'Kearney, a chum from his Dublin days. Or even now those two was separated, Chantler has found himself at the same table as another former Dublin-ite, David Lappin. Lappin now lives in Malta, but stays on the subject of the Irish poker scene, and is trying to get his own tournament kick-started this afternoon.
Just recently, Georges Yazbeck opened the cutoff and Lappin shoved from the button, a complete of 25,300. Yazbeck asked a couple of cheeky questions about whether Lappin wanted a decision; Lappin gave a couple of cheeky answers suggesting that he might or he may not. I THINK Yazbeck was none the wiser, and folded.
12:10pm: Early tournament-life decision for LappinLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
Marc Hunter was the primary man knocked out today. He had fewer than 10 big blinds, so it was always likely. But he still got an opportunity to be photographed last night on the players party with Tom Holke and George Danzer, so it wasn't all bad news.
Tom Holke, Marc Hunter and George Danzer
12:06pm: Early tournament-life decision for LappinLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
David Lappin returned today with 13 big blinds and can likely know that he's going to must discover a spot to get them in soon-ish. Georges Yazbeck quickly gave him his first opportunity: when action folded to Yazbeck within the small blind, he moved all-in, covering Lappin, who was within the big blind. Lappin agonised for a moment, but eventually opted to attend for a greater moment.
12:05pm: Rinaldo takes a small pot from DanzerLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
Within the primary orbit of play, Rinaldo Aquino has continued similarly to his start yesterday--ie, busy--winning a small pot from George Danzer.
The two of them got about 13,000 within the pot pre-flop, buying them a glance on the 4♥K♠5♠. Rinaldo, who was under the gun pre-flop, checked and Danzer, hijack, bet 8,000. Rinaldo called and so they then both checked the A♣ turn.
The 8♣ came at the river and Rinaldo bet 13,000. Danzer mucked and said, "Ace five, two pair, well played."
12pm: Away they goLevel 13 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
And they're off!
11:50am: Seat draw error
Profound apologies from everyone at Casino Schenefeld and the Eureka Poker Tour, however the redraw information we received overnight was incorrect. We've got the accurate seat draw and it's over at the seat-draw page.
11:45am: The morning after the night before
Good morning everybody and welcome back to Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, for Day 2 of the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event.
After the third of 3 flights of Day 1 ended at around 10:15pm yesterday, players, friends and hangers-on went over to Lustis restaurant for the players' party. Those of them who made some extent of returning before the witching hour usually are a number of the 108 who still have chips, seeking a primary prize of €69,120.
Today we can play another eight 45-minute levels, headaches permitting, in which point we can probably be within the money. The highest 55 are paid, and a min-cash is worth €1,740.
The top-ten stacks at this stage, because the three starting-stay fields merge, are as follows:
| Tom Holke | Germany | 333000 |
| George Danzer | Germany | 275700 |
| Rifat Palevic | Sweden | 210400 |
| Jan Christoph Von Halle | Germany | 198800 |
| Johnny Hansen | Denmark | 197100 |
| Gisle Arne Olsen | Denmark | 194300 |
| Edgaras Kancaitis | Lithuania | 183200 |
| Erik Scheidt | Germany | 171700 |
| Jonn Forst | Austria | 171500 |
| Goran Milovanovic | Serbia | 168200 |
As you'll see, there's clear air between Tom Holke or even George Danzer, in second, but there are many dangerous players still involved.
Head over to the seat-draw page to look how they line up.
Play begins at noon.
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