EPT Dortmund Day 1A UpdateSeventy Players Make it Through to Day Two as Others Gear Up for Day 1B |
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Day 1A at the €8,000 buy-in PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open attracted a very respectable 198 players to Casino Hohensyburg, Dortmund, but by the end of play, 70 remained.
At the start of play, Team PokerStars pros Dario Minieri and Katja Thater found themselves at the same table, along with
EPT Baden winner Julian Thew. Another tough assignment faced Rob Hollink, who found himself at a table with Juha Lauttamus, Juha Helppi, Gino Alacqua, and Alex Kravchenko.
Minieri, who has been crushing the Sunday online tournaments of late, took an early blow bluffing a missed gutshot straight on the river and getting called with J-J.
Thew wouldn’t make day 2, busting out and revealing philosophically that he “should have passed,” while Kravchenko was eliminated late on in the day by Thomas Ermas.
The top 10 chip leaders at the end of day 1A were:
Day 1B starts at 15:00 local time today, and a plethora of big names and online qualifiers will rub shoulders in their attempts to go deep into what is shaping up to be a great tournament.
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