With late registration open until the start of Day 2 there is still plenty of time left for players to enter the EPT Vienna Main Event. We do however want to keep you posted on the numbers, as we're currently up to 530 players on Day 1b.
Including yesterday's 341 players the total of this event is now up to 871. Winning the tournament on Saturday will involve getting a hold of at least 26,130,000 chips, but that number is very likely to keep growing!
Natalie Hof claimed the first title of her career late last night when she triumphed in the €330 Women's Event at EPT Vienna. PokerStars.tv caught up with Hof to talk about her success, as well as he ongoing charity work in Germany. Watch the video by clicking here.
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On a flop Portuguese player Antonio Palma had checked to Jonathan Duhamel who bet 1,200. Timothy Adams made the call, but now that action was back on Palma he showed he had more aggressive plans. Palma raised it up to 4,000 and Duhamel called after some thinking. This lured in Adams who called as well.
The on the turn made Palma toss in two 5,000 chips. Duhamel wasn't about to call that 10,000 bet, he moved in for slightly less than 2.5 times that amount. Adams folded and Palma immediately called.
The excitement was soon over though as both showed the nuts with no redraw. Duhamel had [AhJs} while Palma had . The river made Adams shake his head a little bit, that queen probably would have helped him but wouldn't prevent Palma and Duhamel from chopping up the pot.
It had been a frustrating couple of levels for PokerStars Sponsored player from Germany Andre Krieger; he just couldn’t seem to get anything going. We arrived at the table to see a final board of and his opponent was all in. It would cost Krieger all his chips to make the call, but call he did. His opponent had and Krieger turned over his before making his exit.
We just saw Jan Sorensen pulling in a pot of 14,000 or so. Unfortunately we missed the action, but we do know Sorensen held on a board. His opponent, German Oliver Weis, had .
Do you know who tops the Austria all-time money list? It's not Niki Jedlicka, who is currently 10th on the list with $652,890 in live lifetime earnings (though that'll go up when he and Eugene Katchalov finished their heads-up battle in the Eureka High Roller tomorrow); nor is it Thomas Muhlocker, who sits fourth with $1,121,159.
The man who actually tops the list is Josef "Pepe" Klinger, who has $1,759,013 in lifetime earnings.
The vast majority of that, $1,331,274 to be exact, came courtesy of his runner-up finish to Nicolas Chouity in the EPT6 Grand Final. However, he's also notched some other impressive scores including second in the €3,000 Vienna Spring Poker Festival for $129,219; a win in the 2003 Vienna Spring Festival €2,000 NLHE for $86,105; first in the 1999 Vienna Spring Festival for $80,013; and a victory in the 2004 Austrian Classics €1,000 No Limit Hold'em for $27,996.
Klinger is looking to add even more to his résumé, though he faces an uphill battle as he is sitting with just 11,700.
Before Day 3 of the World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder kicks off, Ryan "G0lfa" D'Angelo hops on the PokerNews Podcast to talk about the tournament, his girlfriend's recent success, and juicing. The crew then breaks down all of the latest news, including the largest poker tournament held in Asia.
flop Portuguese player Antonio Palma had checked to Jonathan Duhamel who bet 1,200. Timothy Adams made the call, but now that action was back on Palma he showed he had more aggressive plans. Palma raised it up to 4,000 and Duhamel called after some thinking. This lured in Adams who called as well.
on the turn made Palma toss in two 5,000 chips. Duhamel wasn't about to call that 10,000 bet, he moved in for slightly less than 2.5 times that amount. Adams folded and Palma immediately called.
. The river 
made Adams shake his head a little bit, that queen probably would have helped him but wouldn't prevent Palma and Duhamel from chopping up the pot.
and his opponent was all in. It would cost Krieger all his chips to make the call, but call he did. His opponent had 
on a 
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