EPT Copengahen: Day 1B - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

One table up, I started watching a hand that slowly turned into a marathon of think tanking.

The board read , and I joined it as the chap pictured below (can anyone name him?) was making a 2k bet.

Cue first think tank session.

Soren Andersen, across the other end of the table, then decides to make it 4k.

Cue second think tank session.

Turn =

Cue third think tank session.

Mateyboy checks.

Cue fourth think tank session.

Andersen moves all-in for around 5k.

Cue fifth think tank session.

Mateyboy eventually makes a somewhat reluctant, but ultimately justified call with , to be greeted by Andersen's .

on the River and we're a scandie down.

Sure was a lot of thinking though, Andersen even dwelt before leaving his seat.

[snoopy1239]

Sverre Sundbo is OUT.
"I got short on an unfortunate more before going out making a move," weeped the Norseman.

The blinds are at 100/200 with an average stack of 12,345.
162 players remaining.

Joel Harwood -- 14,500
Ilari Sahamies -- 2,350
Bastion Landehagen -- 19,150
Jesper Petersen -- 13,900
Vivi Seathren -- 16,950

John Kabbaj is still quietly plugging away with 11,425 (not too much progress there, but still in).
Meanwhile, just across the table, is WSOP 2006 finalist, Erik Friberg, struggling with just 6,400 in chips.

[Djinn]

As for the other Request Followees - they're going well:

Kim Vevle             14,000
Simon Persson       13,000
Ghassan El'Hoss       3,600
John Conroy          30,000

Saw Mr. Conroy play a hand, calling the cutoff's preflop raise on the button and seeing a heads-up flop of .  Cutoff (Andreas Bardum) bet out 1,000.  Quick call.
Turn:    Andreas bets out 3k.  Very quick call.  Oh how uncomfortable to be out of position...
River:  .  Check-check and John shows a winning .

[Djinn]

**************40 minute dinner break**************

Just ran into Kinboshi in the hallway who looks pretty perky, discussing short stack Day Two tactics with Mr. Slade... we'll get round to that tomorrow...

[Djinn]

The Prize Pool info has been shared by the benificent Mad Harper:

Total pool:  13,824,000, which she said was, "£2.50."  Not quite...still a hefty chunk of change in Euro - 1.8 mil.

1   DKK 4078080 = €547,177

2   DKK 2308608 = €309,773

3   DKK 1340928 = €179,928

4   DKK 1022976 = €137,254

5   DKK 843264 = €113,142

6   DKK 663552 = €89,028

7   DKK 525312 = €70,481

8   DKK 373248 = €50,083

9-10   DKK 228096 = €30,606

11-12   DKK 179712 = €24,114

13-14   DKK 138240 = €18,547

15-16   DKK 96768 = €12,983

17-24   DKK 76032 = €10,201

25-32   DKK 55296 = €7,419

33-40  DKK 41472 = €5,564

TOTAL:13,824,000

Converting those took a while.  Snoopy's getting stories to fill the gap.

[snoopy1239]

Marcel Luske found himself in dyer need of a miracle as he moved all-in with on a Flop.

What he didn't want to see recent addition to the table, William Thorsson, turn over, was a rather intimidating , which duly held up, even though the Turn brought a scary .

As a result of that hand, Thorsson has shot up to 26k.

Luske is therefore OUT.

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Meanwhile, the man (or boy) truly transforming into the Scandinator is a young fellow called, Bastion Landehagen.

Before eliminating Alan Tornager with versus on an Flop (Turn , River ), the little rascal then went on to remove another opponent from the table, his A-K being no match for Mateyboy's A-T on a King high board.

Consequently, Landehagen is now quite possibly the new chip leader with just over 50 big ones.

[Djinn]

Roy Brindley News Now:

Short stacked, he raised to 1,200 preflop (blinds now 150/300), and his immediate neighbour made it 2,400.  Suspicious?  Considering he was even shorter than Roy (5kish), perhaps...
Anyway, flop:    Roy checks, Matey bets 2k.  Call.
Turn:    Now The Boy just pushes in his last 3k, and gets a call from the .  Roy shows
River:    Squeak.  A pat on the back from the eliminator to the exiter, but that can't have reduced the bite of that one.

[snoopy1239]

Allard Van Der Overa has doubled up and forced Anders Lembing down to the felt in the process with just 4,050.

All-in with Aces, the K-Q of Lembing was no match even with both a King and Queen on board.

Board = 6-K-6-Q-6


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Similary, Vivi Seathren has also suffered the loss of a big pot, her Pocket Kings losing out to her neighbour's Tens on a Ten high Flop, all the most going in after the first three cards hit the felt.

As a result, she is now down to 7k after failing to win what was, ultimately, a pretty chunky pot indeed.

[Djinn]

Following from that, some counts from here and there:

Kim Vevle        ?missing, presumed OUT
Simon Persson   15,200
Ghassan El-Hoss   OUT
Karin Lundgren   15,650
Jason Cheng      21,000
Mikael Lundell     16,700
John Conroy       24,950
Vivi Saethren      8,000
Daniel Bertelsen   6,100
John Shipley       14,000  (now on Conroy's table)
Andreas Hagen    5,100
Roy Brindley        11,000
Jeff Kimber -- 4,725
TJ Cloutier -- 15,975
John Kabbaj -- 10,300
Jim Kerrigan -- 7,625
Iwan Jones -- 44,200
Ghassa Yafaoui -- 26,350
Gunnar Ostebrod -- 21,750
Mads Andersen -- 12,100
Paul Linton -- 10,625
Martin Wendt -- 5,700
Tom McEvoy -- 13,825
Age Spets -- 14,500
Rob Hollink -- out

[snoopy1239]

Ghassa Yafaoui has encountered an action-packed couple of hands, first disposing of Janno Andersen, who was probably tilting from the hand before. Ace high Flop, Andersen called all-in wtih Pocket Jacks, saying "I've had a great time, but it's time to move", only to watch in dismay as his opponent reveals A-K.

Soon after, however, Ghassa handed some over to his neighbour when his A-Q was outdrawn by Q-9 all-in pre-flop, a 9 coming out second card.

[Djinn]

John Shipley knocks out William Thorson (aside - apparently after his name, which actually has two S's in it, was misspelt in the US, he's kind of just gone with the new spelling now):

A triple raise preflop, getting the majority of Thorson's stack in the middle, and quite a bit of John Shipley's, and the rest going in on the Jack-high flop.
William Thorson's A-A had been spiked by J-J, and the Shipley set sent one of the favourites to the rail...

Thanks for the heads up, Suffolkpunch...

[Djinn]

Any idea how many still in?

129 players remaining.

Still half an hour left at the 150/300 ante 25 level.

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Morten Lund Jensen -- 60,875
Bastion Landehagen -- 51,400
Henrik Witt -- 36,500
Gary Haglund -- 32,500
Kim Bernsten Vevle -- 29,675
Gert Anderson -- 28,825

[Djinn]

Roy Brindley takes on another shorter stack, now that he's over 18k himself -

He raises to 800 preflop, called only by the big blind.
Flop:  .  Check-check
Turn:    Big blind checks, Roy bets 1k, gets check raised to 2,500 and does an instant deep reach to cover the other guy with a chunk of blue chips.  Dwell for a good five minutes before he passes, showing and gives it to The Boy.

[Djinn]

Before the 15 minute break started, got a couple more counts... really should keep an eye on the clock.  I'm surprised every time when they get up and all swarm for the door while I'm busy putting names to stacks...

Vivi Saethren       11,500
Daniel Bertelsen     4,800
John Shipley        29,000

[snoopy1239]

Female chip counts:

Janne Helen Overa -- 10,500
Vivi Saethren -- out
Karin Lundgren -- 7,500
Gitte Anderssen -- 14,025
name unkown -- 4,325
Ogus Metin Zekeniya -- 12,400
Brigitta Johansson -- 31,200


Sharing a table:

TJ Cloutier (pictured below) -- 28,500
John Kabbaj -- 8,675
Jim Kerrigan -- 12,200
Kevin O'Connell -- 12,400
Iwan Jones -- 38,025


A few players are starting to climb and challenge the chip leaders, 3 of whom are:

Atle Walgren -- 49,100
Ben Johnson -- 42,200
Erlend Melsom -- 49,050