EPT Copenhagen: Day 1a

By Rusch

A slightly less than anticipated crowd of 83 players exchanged DKK37,275 (€5,000) for 30,000 tournament chips and the chance to follow in the footsteps of poker's greatest players by becoming an EPT Champion.

American poker pro Steve O’Dwyer came out on top at the end of Day 1A at EPT Copenhagen yesterday, bagging up a giant stack of 190,975 chips to get an early lead on the rest of the field.

The pro and recent EPT London runner-up, completely dominated play in the early stages of Day 1A and had most of his stack by the third level.

O'Dwyer is looking to continue his heater that started in 2011 and resulted in 10 final tables and live cashes for over $1.4 million.

Finn Lauri Varonen and Welshman Roberto Romanello are almost in striking distance with 165,150 and 115,475 in chips respectively, but the rest of the field has a lot of work to do to catch up.

As with most events, Day 1b is set to be the larger starting day with several big name pros expected to be in attendance.

Action starts up again at noon from Casino Copenhagen.

Catch the live updates on the PokerNews.

Here are the top ten chip counts from Day 1A:

1. Steve O’Dwyer – 190,975

2. Lauri Varonen – 161,150

3. Roberto Romanello – 115,475

4. Ilkin Amirov – 105,000

5. Niels van Alphen – 96,325

6. Danny Neess – 95,875

7. Albert Iversen – 94,175

8. Dmitri Tchernykh – 90,525

9. Melanie Weisner – 78,900

10. Anthony Hnatow – 70,500

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