European Poker Tour Dortmund Day 1A Recap

A strong contingent of 306 players showed up for day 1A of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open, with a strong local showing among the field. The 2007 record turnout of 493 looks set to be smashed as today’s day 1B players get set to tangle on the felt.

Notable in the field were Soren Kongsgaard, second place EPT Scandinavian Open finisher Peter Hedlund, William Thorsson, Jorn Walthaus who came sixth in Deauville, Rolf Slotboom, Andreas Hoivold, EPT Polish Open champion Joao Barbosa, Andreas Krause, EPT Deauville champion and local Mortiz Kranich, and Remy Biechel.

Alexander Kravchenko was seated with Barny Boatman and Sebastian Ruthenberg while Michael Tureniec and Benjamin Kang made for an interesting pairing, as did Marcin Horecki and Andrew Chen.

Elsewhere, Welshman Roberto Romanello (who features in the May issue of Card Player Poker + Sport) was mixing it up with Johannes Strassman.
 
William Thorsson (pictured right) was sitting pretty at the end of the night with 68,000 as 115 players made the cut for day 2.

The top 10 in chips at the end of play were:

1. William Thorsson (Sweden) -- 84,500
2. Robert Zipf (Germany) -- 72,300
3. Jan Collado-Fernandez (Germany) -- 71,100
4. Martin Bjerring Hansen (Denmark) -- 70,500
5. Jens Weigel (Germany) -- 69,300
6. Holger Kanisch (Germany) -- 69,000
7. Petter Petersson (Sweden) -- 65,800
8. Sebastian Zink (Germany) -- 64,100
9. Dino Dinler (Finland) -- 63,100
10. Michael Kwiek (Germany) -- 62,700

For a full update of the day's proceedings including significant hands and bustouts visit CardPlayer.com and be sure to join us today to catch up on all the action from Casino Hohensyburg, Dortmund on Day 1B of the German Open.

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