Michael Telker is one of the few players we have witnessed at EPT’s who don’t mixing a few alcoholic beverages with their poker; sometimes more than a few. Telker is a talkative friendly American from St Louis who will either make firm friends at the table or become the table irritant amongst the more serious players.
We are at the first break of the day and Telker is already a few Peronis in but at least he’s found someone to join him as Kevin MacPhee, two seats to his right, is also enjoying a few cold ones.
Three players were looking at a flop of . The big blind had checked and Enrico Mosca bet 2,500 from under the gun. Dominik Nitsche made the call and the big blind folded to get it heads up.
The came on the turn. A potentially scary card and Mosca duly checked and then called a bet of 7,500 from Nitsche. The river was again checked by Mosca and Nitsche bet over Mosca’s stack which was 15,100.
Mosca turned his chips over and over on the felt. Stacking and re-stacking them. If he called and won he would have a somewhat playable stack. Lose and his tournament was over. In the end he opted to fold and hang on to what remained of his stack.
We missed the precise action, but just saw Dimitar Danchev call all in on the river on a board of .
Dustin Graves tapped the table in defeat and tabled his from the big blind. Danchev showed his from the cutoff position and raked in the rather big pot.
Danchev had his American opponent just covered by a bit, but it was enough to send Graves home.
Sebastian Langrock opened on the cutoff for 2,100 and Sorel Mizzi in the small blind clicked it back for 5,800. Langrock moved all in for 18,400 with the and got a call by the birthday boy from Canada with the . The board delivered no help for Mizzi and he is now below starting stack. This table will be the webcast feature table after the first break on Day 1B.
Tom Hall raised in middle position to 2,000 and Vitaly Lunkin defended his big blind to see the flop. Lunkin check-called 2,400 and then check-raised all in after the turn. Hall started the hand with 35,000 in chips and bet 6,400 on the turn, he made the call with the superior stack and the . Lunkin tabled the but the river was not enough to keep him alive.
Day 1a chip leader Cristiano Guerra from Italy had checked and was facing a bet of 6,300 from [Removed:266] on a final board of . He pondered for several minutes as his Russian opponent stared into space, seemingly unperturbed whether he was called or not. Guerra eventually made the fold without any drama.
We stayed for the next few hands without seeing Guerra get involved on any more of the action. His stack may have dwindled a little bit but he is still in a good position.
Italian Sveva Libralesso was facing a bet on the river from Spanish PokerStars player Raul Mestre. The bet was 18,000 which was about half of Libralesso’s stack.
The board read . Libralesso mulled it over for some time before appearing to come to a firm conclusion and putting the chips in with a confident, “Call.”
Mestre turned over for the unbeatable quads and Libralesso slammed his cards face down into the muck in disgust.
Libralesso then had a heated discussion with a compatriot behind him that even if we could have translated, it would probably be unwise to print it.
Paul Berende didn't start all that good today, but he's doing better now.
First his stack dropped to about 60,000 by losing a big pot. In that hand Berende opened under the gun to 1,800 and he got three-betted to 4,100. The player in the big blind cold four-bet all in for 18,000. Berende made the call holding and eventually lost to .
Not much later he got a full double up though. A player in middle position opened and Jamie Roberts from the United Kingdom three bet to 4,100. Holding Berende decided to cold four-bet and Roberts made the call.
Berende flopped gold on with one diamond. Berende's c-bet of 11,200 got a call and Roberts called the 39,000 shove on the blank on the turn as well. Roberts had for top-two and wouldn't improve to a full house.
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. The big blind had checked and Enrico Mosca bet 2,500 from under the gun. Dominik Nitsche made the call and the big blind folded to get it heads up.
came on the turn. A potentially scary card and Mosca duly checked and then called a bet of 7,500 from Nitsche. The river 
was again checked by Mosca and Nitsche bet over Mosca’s stack which was 15,100.
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from the big blind. Danchev showed his 
from the cutoff position and raked in the rather big pot.
and got a call by the birthday boy from Canada with the 
board delivered no help for Mizzi and he is now below starting stack. This table will be the webcast feature table after the first break on Day 1B.
. Libralesso mulled it over for some time before appearing to come to a firm conclusion and putting the chips in with a confident, “Call.”
for the unbeatable quads and Libralesso slammed his cards face down into the muck in disgust.
and eventually lost to 
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with one diamond. Berende's c-bet of 11,200 got a call and Roberts called the 39,000 shove on the blank on the turn as well. Roberts had 
