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Marius Torbergsen is now low stacked after the earlier hits he took, having barely more than 100k. He took advantage of his late positions two hands running by pushing all-in and stealing the blinds and antes. The first move resulted in Farid surrendering his big blind and showing . One or two players raised their eyebrows at the chip leader refusing to risk 100k in this spot.
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Seat 6: Katja Thater Germany, 40, Germany.
Katja famously took up poker after standing in for her partner Jan while he went to the bathroom during a high-stakes game. Immediately hooked and enjoying success in her home city of Hamburg, she turned pro in 2000. She came 2nd in the Poker Nations Cup in Cardiff, bubbled five times in a row at the WSOP Tunica event in 2005 and cashed twice at last year��s WSOP. Her many TV appearances have quickly made her the best-known female poker player in Germany. She joined Team PokerStars last year.
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In a fair-sized pot, Conroy is all in on a flop of J 10 7. Marius Torbergsen calls with A J but Conroy's J 10 makes two pair and sees him double up
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O'Flaherty Gets the Danish Inquisition
This is Andrew O'Flaherty . Early on, Andrew raised the blinds of Fredrik Horstrup and Peter Jepsen only to be greeted by some chat from Fredrik who insisted that he could not lay his hand down and would go all-in if necessary. Two minutes later he folded (as did Peter without a whimper). Andrew told Fredrik "You talk a good game" and followed up with a stony look!
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Seat 4 Andrew O'Flaherty, 45, UK.
Andrew has been playing poker 20 years and competing in big tournaments for the last eight. The married father-of-three hails from Dublin but now lives in Leeds. His biggest win so far was $125,000 in a $1,000 buy-in event at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. Andrew is not only successful on the felt though; for a hobby, he races greyhounds and has had two St. Leger winners.
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Torbergsen is the Norwegian looking one of these
Decently chipped up at the start of play, Marius Torbergsen is flying the flag for regular EPT winners, Norway.
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In between the action we'll bring you some player profiles, kindly sent to us by the European Poker Tour staff.
Peter Willers Jepsen, 24, Denmark.
Peter took up playing poker after serving in Iraq and being sent home injured. Desperate to rekindle ��the rush�� of army life, he discovered online poker and in a relatively short time had worked his way up from low 0.5/1 NL Hold��em to high stakes play, both cash and tournaments. In 2006, Peter won $165.000 at the Caribbean Poker Classic in St. Kitts.