News: EPT Warsaw - Day 2

The most exciting moments of Day 2 European Poker Tour in Warsaw.

Day 2 had to end with 24 survivors and the total prize pool of 4,300,000 PLN will be
split between these survivors. The 113 runners started with an average stack of 19,666. We had hoped that one of the 17 Polish runners will get in the money but unfortunately Polish players have failed. Krzysztof Boniek Tabaszewski was very close to reach the cash, but he finished 26th before the bubble. Grzegorz Warsaw Mikielewicz occupied a high position with 70,000 in his stack, but a few hands later, he was the short stack.

The day started with mad action, as in 15 minutes the stack had cut down to 100 players. On the first level of blinds, 30 runners were dropped out of the event. The big pots were rolling around all 15 tables and more players were finishing the tournament. When the most of short stack players were left, Anthony Lellouch was the chip leader and also the one who busted out most of his opponents.

Roland de Wolfe raised his stack consistently and Anthony didn't last to the end. After some time all his stack was looted by the players on the short stacks. They doubled up, but hence Anthony Lellouche finished the tournament. The coupe the grace belonged to Andrea Benelli, who caught the last bite, which gave him 18,000 more chips.

However, the Russian player Sergey Shcherbatskiy created a sensation: when he won a very big pot in the middle of the day, he started eliminating his rivals and he gave a big advantage over his opponents. Only the Italian player Dario Minieri equalled him; he played really very aggressive and he was very self-confident. He also had bad moments, but in the end, he raised his stack. Dario completed the day with the second stack in the struggle. Only Shcherbatsky and Minieri had over 200,000 chips in their stacks.

european poker tour - warsaw polish open
Day 2 Runners: 113 left: 24
chipleader: sergey shcherbatskiy 265 900
average stack: 90 416

The tournament finished for Norwegian player Johnny Lodden.
First, he played all-in from the button and he got called from Italian player Gino Alacqua on the small blind. Lodden showed a , however, Gino had a . Everything became complicated on the first street, which brought . On the turn an Italian player got an , which gave him two pairs. Johnny had just the last street to eliminate Gino. Unluckily, the river brought a and Lodden was left with 2BB in his stack.

In the next hand Johnny pushed all-in from the cut-off and he got
called by chipleader Anthony Lellouche (big blind position). The
Norwegian showed against Frenchman's . The flop showed a
board, so Lellouche was a leader with that hand. However, Johnny found 4
outs with the gutshot straight draw. The turn brought blank turn came, bringing a , then Lellouche got help from the dealer - a Queen! - and the river showed a . This way, Johnny Lodden stayed in the game with only 4,500 chips in his stack.

He didn't belived in the necessity of another hand so he went all-in. This time he was called by Jerzy Hajer Hajdamowicz, who showed against Lodden's . On the flop of , Lodden was very glad, because he found a pair. More, he also neutralized Hajer's
cards, because even if Hajer will catch another pair, Lodden has a
straight. But Hajdamowicz had 3 outs to bust out Johnny and the turn
showed a . Then, the river brought a... . After this hand, Grzegorz Hajdamowicz had 12,000 behind his stack.

Stolik Rolanda de Wolfe (blue shirt)

Just two lost hands are enough to become the short the stack and
eventually get busted out. After losing to a coin-flip and a battle
against 3 outs, Bertrand ElkY Grospellier went to the bar for a drink.

It all started after some all-in action preflop: Kevin
Macphee open raised with , Elky 3-bet with , then Macphee went-all in and he was called by the Frenchman. On the flop of Kevin found a set; however on turn and on the river gave him full house, while Elky only had a pair, losing 9,000 chips.

The critical hand came when Elky pushed preflop
with ace and queen; he was called by an opponent with an ace and
jack, but unluckily, his rival caught a pair of jacks on the flop.
ElkY was really mad after the hand. He didn't want to talk with the reporters and he simply vanished.

Bertrand ElkY Grospellier

The tournament finished also for Johannes Strassman. After his all-in preflop with his he played a coin flip against Martensson's . On the first street, the Swedish player saw an , which gave him a dominating hand. After that nothing changed and after the board showed ,
Johannes stayed with a few black chips in his stack. He played all-in in the next hand and he busted out in the multiway pot.

After the big coin flip, Sebastian Ruthenberg busted out.
Ruthenberg played a preflop raise of 4,600, and he got 3-bet from Patric
Martensson for 18,000. In reply, he went all-in with and Patric called with . On the flop of Martenson found a pair. Last two streets were blanks, and when the players saw the turn of and the river of Sebastian stayed with 1,100 in his stack, which he gave to Isabelle No Merci Mercier in the next hand.

Isabelle No Merci Mercier
Team PokerStars Pro

Katja Thater pushed all-in for 16,600 in stack from the button. She was
called by Uffe Holm, who was sitting on the bling position. Katja had
the , however Holm showed the . On the flop of , Uffe made a pair and Katja had just 3 outs and she needed a miracle but the turn of and the river of didn't change the situation. Another member of Team PokerStars Pro finished the tournament.

Katja Thater
Team PokerStars Pro

Anthony Lellouche busted out in a very short time in unusual circumstances.

1. First after his open raise for 4,000 with pocket deuces,
Hungarian Csaba Laslo Toth decided to push all his stack. Lellouche's hand was lower
than Hungarian's pocket eights and what is more, on the flop Toth found two more eights, so he made a four-of-a-kind. After this hand Toth doubled
up to 37,000 and Lellouche dropped to 72,000.

2. A few hands later, Anthony doubled another short stack. This time, Nico Behling dominated his French opponent as Nico's dominated Anthony's .
On the flop we had three hearts, but the fourth heart didn't show on
the board, and after two blanks, Lellouche stayed with 50,000 chips.

3. In the next hand, the showdown took place preflop. Anthony had a pocket eights gainst Arnaund's pocket deuces. The flop brought and on the turn we saw a . But the last street brought a... . Hence Mattern had full house and he cut down Lellouche's stack to 26,000.

4. Anthony's last hand he started quite humorous: after an open raise from
Andrea Benelli for 4,800, French went all-in for 18,600. Benelli went into the tank, so Anthony said: You should call. I can't win anything here. Finally Benelli called wiht , so Lellouche showed . Thanks to the flop cards, French took the lead for a while. First streets of gave him a pair and a gutshot straight draw. The turn brought a , which was blank, but with the river of , he finished the tournament.

Dario Minieri
Team PokerStars Pro

In a very extraordinary hand two great players clashed: Dario Minieri and Joao Barbosa. They both started with a limp from early positions. The last of the Polish runners, Krzysztof Boniek Tabaszewski, was on the big blind was sitting and he checked. We saw the flop of .
After Boniek's check, Barbosa attacked for 5,500 and he got an instant
call from Dario. Tabaszewski thought for a while, he wanted
to play all-in, but finally he folded, having . On the turn we saw a and Joao attacked for 13,000. Dario called and the dealer showed a
on the last street. Barbosa attacked for 27,000, half of entire his stack and Dario
started to think. Finally he asked Joao's: Will you show your cards if I folded? Joao answered: If you show me your cards, I will think about showing mine. Dario laughed heartily and said It's a very hard decision. But sink or swim! He pushed 27 red chips and he said I call. It was a great call, as Joao bluffed with , however Minieri had . After this hand Minieri had approximately 150,000 chips in his stack.

The last hand belonged to Danish player Hans Eskilson, who had only 22,000 chips; heplayed from
cut-off position, the button Player called, however Patric Mastensson
on the big blind pushed all-in. The button folded with
A-Q, but Martensson showed , and the short stack player had . The board showed so nothing changed. Hence, the second day of the tournament has finished. Just 24 runners
were left in stack. They will play in cash, with the guaranteed minimal
prize of 26,040 PLN.

Official chip count at the end of day 2 of EPT Warsaw
Rank	Name	Country	PokerStars Status	Stack
1	Sergey Shcherbatskiy	Russia	PokerStars qualifier	265 900
2	Dario Minieri	Italy	Team PokerStars Pro	211 400
3	Roland de Wolfe	UK		169 900
4	Arnaud Mattern	France		139 200
5	Uffe Holm	Denmark		127 900
6	Juan Manuel Pastor	Spain	PokerStars sponsored player	117 100
7	Nico Behling	Germany		112 700
8	Kevin MacPhee	USA	PokerStars player	97 200
9	Ludovic Lacay	France		89 100
10	Joao Barbosa	Portugal		85 900
11	Andrea Benelli	Italy		78 000
12	Atanas Stoyanov Gueorguiev	Bulgaria	PokerStars qualifier	74 800
13	Mika Puro	Finland	PokerStars sponsored player	71 600
14	Brian Jensen	Denmark		69 500
15	Moises Parrilla	Spain		60 500
16	Isabelle Mercier	Canada	Team PokerStars Pro	55 600
17	Christoffer Egemo	Denmark		55 200
18	Eduard Kapitonov	Russia	PokerStars player	53 900
19	Patric Martensson	Sweden		52 900
20	Stefan Rotach	Switzerland	PokerStars qualifier	52 500
21	Marty Smyth	Ireland		38 600
22	Josh Gould	UK		36 800
23	Michael Muheim	Switzerland	PokerStars qualifier	36 700
24	Julien Lang Van	France	PokerStars sponsored player	23 100