Andras "probirs" Nemeth Bags Big Heading Into Day 2 of the EPT Online 11: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Return of Arena Championship], 1M Gtd - Trophy Event #5 on PokerStars
Day 1 is in the books for the EPT Online 11: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Return of Arena Championship], 1M Gtd - Trophy Event #5 on PokerStars.
Leading the pack heading into Day 2 is “india4life” (4,848,413), followed closely behind by Andras "probirs" Nemeth (4,220,459) and Casimir "Ceis25" Seire (4,211,984).
There were 1205 entries into this two-day event, generating a prize pool of $1,205,000. There were 175 players paid a minimum of $2,263 and first place will take home $189,501.
Some of the best online poker players in the world came to play. Some of those who played and fell short of the money were Ben "Spraggy" Spragg, Sam ''SamSquid'' Grafton, Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis, Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski and Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz.
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang burst the money bubble when his set of deuces sent "SinkedShrimp" out holding top pair. Vogelsang will return to Day 2 with 1,487,307 in chips.
A few of the players to make the money, but not advance to Day 2 include
Hristivoje "All In PAV" Pavlovic (83rd - $3,156), Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy (85th - $3,156), Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood (144th - $2,263) and Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani (129th - $2,673).
Some others to advance to Day 2 tomorrow include Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot (3,615,120), Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura (3,487,479), Thorsten "juicetus" Legit (2,476,590) and Bernardo "Machadada RS" Rocha (2,416,604).
Players will return Monday, Dec 13 at 1:05 ET and will play down to a winner
PokerNews will be there until a winner is crowned tomorrow for the EPT Online on PokerStars.
and "offQbert" checked. Legit bet 42,000 and "offQbert" raised all in for 348,533 total. Legit called holding the bigger stack.
to give Legit a full house and the 
peeled on the river to seal it for Legit.
and Volkmann continued for 38,900. Pavlovic called.
, Volkmann check-called a bet of 166,240 Pavlovic.
and Volkmann check-folded to a shove of 477,395 from Pavlovic.
and both players checked to turn 
. "SinkedShrimp" checked and Vogelsang bet 83,200. "SinkedShrimp" shoved for 313,316 total and Vogelsang called.
sealed the pot as the rest of the field was in the money.
and Greenwood check-called a bet of 61,500 from Vogelsang.
Greenwood check-called again, this time 168,000 from Vogelsang.
flop Seire check-called a bet of 71,880 from "phcrf".
, Seire checked a third time and "phcrf" shoved with the bigger stack. Seire called and revealed 
for a set of nines. "phcrf" mucked his 
for king-high and Seire doubled up.
. "ShipitFTW911" continued for 34,200 and Turmezy called. 
and "ShipitFTW911" check-called a bet of 103,968 from Turmezy.
, "ShipitFTW911" checked and Turmezy shoved with the bigger stack. "ShipitFTW911" called and Turmezy revealed 
