The Day 1A chip leader at the Deaville European Poker Tour looks like it's this man: Frederik Hostrup, from Denmark.





At least Frederik is entertaining his table as he runs all over it. As the stack of chirping chip grows, so does the conversation and the Dane is smiling pleasantly as he bludgeons his way through the field. He's playing today for Pokerteam Denmark, but asks me to tell you that he's a regular on the PokerStars tables as Mr Swatch. He's busy with about 75,000 chips right now, but keep a look out for him. He might have some extra money to throw around by Saturday night.


Another familiar Scandinavian player is Henrik Olander, from Sweden. Henrik gave a poker masterclass at the final table of the EPT event in Dublin last year, eventually bowing out in second place after he ran into Mats Gavatin (also from Sweden, of course). Henrik has about 44,000.


Some more notable eliminations: the past hour has seen the demise of Noah Boeken, Simon Young and Patrick Antonius.