EPT kicks off in Poland
Thursday, 15 March 2007
The first European Poker tour event in Poland has begun with a
strong showing from Norwegian and Swedish players. At the end of
the day the field fell from 139 to 70 players, with the following
taking the top spots:
80,800 - Henning Granstad (Norway)
79,000 - Patric Martensson (Sweden)
61,300 - Raymi Sanchez Thorn (Sweden)
60,600 - Thomas Mathiesen (Norway)
58,800 - Leszek Krawczynski (Poland)
56,600 - Thomas Osmun (USA)
Casino Poland, at the Hyat Regency in Warsaw is hosting the
event, and unfortunately space is limited to only 15 tables. Last
weeks EPT Dortmund winner, Andreas Hoivold started well, battling
it out with US player Osum, with nearly 10% of the chips between
them.
Jim Kerrigan from the UK was also doing well, along with fellow
Brits Spencer Lawrence, Paul McCann and Kevin Love. PokerStars
qualifier Simon Young (“SuffolkPunch”) had nightmare table
positioning, up against Ireland’s Andrew Black, a WSOP bracelet
holder and, Ramzi Jelassi from Sweeden and EPT Copenhagen winner
Mads Andersen. He managed to survive with 13,000 chips.
Roland de Wolfe had been tipped to win by some, but despite some
big wins early on, he will not make it to the second day. Other
surprise depatures include Dave Colclough and Praz Bansi.