How to sum a day like day 1b... 166 players arrived, a figure changed to 167 when Gus Hansen showed up in the nick of time to play, before deciding to return tomorrow instead. When he changed his mind again and took his seat he became part of the bigger share of the combined day one field in Kyiv, which now stands at an official 296. Each of them played seven one hour levels amid indoor humidity and outdoor sunshine that remained tantalisingly out of reach save for those eliminated, and that afflicted 60 today. For those still standing
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PokerStars EPT Kyiv: Day 1B Level 7 updates
Live updates from day 1B, level 7 of EPT Kyiv Sports Poker Championship brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking right here. Blinds 50-300-600. 8.25pm:...more
EPT Kyiv: The wild wild east
A cowboy leans back in his chair, part of a well fed gut protruding over a fine looking belt buckle, and fans himself with a giant Stetson. He nods amiably at a passerby while enjoying the wet end of a cigar and tolerating as best he can the afternoon...more
PokerStars EPT Kyiv: Day 1B Level 6 updates
Live updates from day 1B, level 6 of EPT Kyiv Sports Poker Championship brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking right here. Blinds 50-200-400. 6.05pm:...more
EPT Kyiv: Uniting the nations
EPT Kyiv has really begun to take shape in the past couple of hours. Yes, there was that power cut, but there was also the arrival into the building of Gus Hansen, some notable eliminations -- Dario Minieri, Leo Fernandez and Pierpaolo Fabretti -- plus the announcement of the grand...more
PokerStars EPT Kyiv: Day 1B Level 5 updates
Live updates from day 1B, level 5 of EPT Kyiv Sports Poker Championship brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking right here. Blinds 25-150-300. 6.15pm:...more
EPT Kyiv: Watching the fun table
Some years ago there was a peanut commercial featuring a man in a halted train carriage, all dark and dreary, with a handful of monochrome people seated around him, oblivious to what looked like a bleak future. The man is resigned to his fate until he sees another train,...more
EPT Kyiv: Poker in the dark
You've heard of Poker After Dark, well, EPT Kyiv has just introduced us to Poker In The Dark. A power cut within the past hour at the Palace of Sports plunged the tournament cavern into pitch black. There are no windows in this huge hall and the total blackout, interrupted...more
PokerStars EPT Kyiv: Day 1B Level 4 updates
Live updates from day 1B, level 4 of EPT Kyiv Sports Poker Championship brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking right here. Blinds 150-300. 5.10pm:...more
EPT Kyiv: The Italian job
It was a bad day yesterday for Luca Pagano. Despite the deepest of stacks and all the experience in the world, Pagano departed in something like level five, consigning him to a round of media interviews today and a stroll around Kyiv. But one thing we have learned over the...more
PokerStars EPT Kyiv: Day 1B Level 3 updates
Live updates from day 1B, level 3 of EPT Kyiv Sports Poker Championship brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking right here. Blinds 100-200. 3.40pm:...more
EPT Kyiv: From Dallas, Texas... just
The distance between the Premier Palace hotel and the Palace of Sports is no more than half a mile, at least it looks it when you use a crayon to draw a straight line on the free tourist map. But the task of finding the most efficient route from...more
PokerStars EPT Kyiv: Day 1B Level 2 updates
Live updates from day 1B, level 2 of EPT Kyiv Sports Poker Championship brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking right here. Blinds 75-150. 2.05pm:...more
EPT Kyiv: Superstars arrive in Ukraine
As documented yesterday, Kyiv is the furthest flung destination we have visited on the European Poker Tour to date. Not if, like, you live in Ukraine, but, well, you know what I mean. One of the great things about the EPT, however, is that it remains a magnet for poker's...more
PokerStars EPT Kyiv: Day 1B Level 1 updates
Live updates from day 1B, level 1 of EPT Kyiv Sports Poker Championship brought to you by Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Howard Swains and Simon Young. Click refresh to see the latest updates below, while the latest selected chip counts can be found by clicking right here. Blinds 50-100. 1.18pm:...more
EPT Kyiv: Again with day one
A crowd of expectant players buzzing around the doors with the friends they bring with them in tow; dealers seated, armed and ready to shuffle; chips poised to act as great armies on the baize battle field; thirty degree heat and slight dehydration. The uninitiated might not recognise them...more
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