2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague

€5,250 Championship Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT - Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
€774,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Entries
570
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
8,000

Making his Mark

American Mark Friedman
American Mark Friedman
Mark Friedman is one of your early chip leaders with 25,000. As he pulled me aside momentarily, he basked in the glory of a triple barrel bluff against the highly competent Johannes Strassmann. "I raised it up with 7-4 off," he confessed, "and obviously missed the flop. On the river, he thought for five minutes, but eventually lay it down. Apart from that, I won a couple of smaller pots where I hit my hand."

Having played Friedman myself in the UK, I know that he can be tougher to handle than a hot potato with an aggressive, yet unpredictable style. If he continues to accumulate chips at this pace, then he could be a genuine dark horse for going deep in this year's EPT Prague.

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