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Welcome back to the second starting day of the EPT event in Barcelona, sponsored by Pokerstars. Expect a full sell-out field today including Johnny Chan and Daniel Negreanu.

Play starts at 5pm (4pm UK time).

Let us know if there is anyone you wish us to follow.

Chip Counts of Day 1A thanks to Mad and Pokerstars:

Gregory   Dyer   76,500
Mark   Teltscher   67,300
Mark   Vos   64,300
Sander   Lylloff   62,600
Sverre   Sundbo   60,500
Massimiliano   Rosa   60,100
Cort   Kibler Melby   59,500
Björn Erik   Glenne   56,700
Andrey   Zaichenko   56,000
Jose   Roldan Vicente   53,000
Rayan   Nathan   52,700
Kitai   Davidi Jacob   51,900
Nikolaus   Jedlicka   50,900
Ilari   Sahamies   46,900
Ola   Brandborn   45,100
Fabrizio   Tripicchio   44,700
Joan   Sastre Durin   42,900
Mika   Paasonen   41,800
Richard   Ashby   40,500
Michael   Wong   40,100
Eric   Scalisi   39,400
Tutev   Yovor Anastasov   38,800
Sebastien   Compte   37,400
Pepe   Laborde   36,200
Thierry   Cazals   34,900
Juan   Maceiras Lapido   34,200
 Jean Pierre   Petroli   34,000
 Jesus Manuel   Garde Belio   32,100
Sampo   Lopponen   31,100
 Francisco   Lopez Martos   30,700
Marcus   Friman   30,000
Daan   Ruiter   29,400
Lukas   Benkovic   28,900
Youssef   Fawaz   28,800
Nickolaos   Panopoulos   28,500
Bol   Ceeskcj   28,000
Mark   Dickstein   27,800
Carles   Llado Fabregas   27,800
Alesko   Isaia   27,600
Mario   Georgiev   26,800
Pete   Giordano   26,500
Samir   Rahal   25,800
Julian   Thew   25,400
Thomas   Fuller   25,000
Emmanuel   Loubradou   23,000
Gunnar   Oestebroed   23,000
Brandon   Schaefer   22,000
Juan   Pastor Baez   21,100
Eric   Hardt   20,900
Noah   Boeken   20,800
Santiago   Holguin Lopez   20,600
Bertrand "ElkY"   Grospellier   20,100
Erik   Tamm   19,200
Ramzi   Jelassi   18,700
Borge   Dypvik   18,400
Joep   Durkstra   17,900
Daniele   Mazzia   17,900
Katja   Thater   17,900
Walter   Srour   17,800
Michael   Greco   16,600
Christopher   Ulsrud   16,600
Tomas   Brolin   16,500
Jason   Coyle   15,800
Jgors   Kalinicenko   15,700
Marc   Naalden   15,400
Christophe   Palmeri   15,400
Janne   Juutilainen   15,300
Soren   Kongsgaard   15,300
 Phillips   Starrs   15,100
Gianluca   Gentili   14,900
 Carlos Isaac   Garcia Frontelo   14,800
Andreas   Hagen   14,500
Paul   Testud   14,200
Atle   Walgren   14,100
Peter   Tofting   13,900
Pascal   Barrau   13,500
Piero   Monzio Compagnoni   13,000
Frederik   Vestberg   13,000
Phil   Gordon   12,700
Paul   Wasicka   12,500
Anders   Henriksson   12,300
Stephane Daniel   Subrenat   11,600
Peter   Bertelsen   11,300
Sonny   Ridgewell   11,200
Alexander   Roumeliotis   11,100
Ole Gabriel   Holgersen   11,000
Dan   Carter   10,600
David   Williams   10,100
Michael   Keiner   9,900
Annette   Obrestad   9,700
Isaac   Baron   9,500
Henrik   Waern   9,200
Jerome   Ferron   7,700
Jerome   Zerbib   7,000
Alexander   Hanell   6,800
Orjan   Holt   6,400
Lee   McCreery   6,000
Nicola   Filesi   5,500
Rob   Hollink   4,800

Thanks a lot for great updates.

Hiding in the air conditioned comfort of the press bar (for this is really what it is - complete with stage at the front of the room on to which I half expect to see John Duthy and the Pokerstars Dancers in cabaret) we see a few players trickling in to mill around a half hour before play starts.

Marc Goodwin was descending the stairs just now, in company with DTD's Dave Colclough and played-yesterday Michael Greco.  I am amazed at the numbers of players who've already spent 12 hours in here coming back when there is a lot of beach and multiple pleasant bars literally seconds away... Ryan Fronda is one of these self-admittedly "suffering from sickness," but he's actually got a purpose to being here today...

Also playing (probably - they're here):  Luca Pagano
Isabelle Mercier
Daniel Negreanu
Doobs
Martin Wendt
Dario Minieri
Iwan Jones

Off for a fuller scout in a minute - any other requests?

Good Luck everyone playing today.

Updates on Javed Abrahams, Praz Bansi and Karl Mahrenholz please... Ks Qh

Anybody here?

Give me a...
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 ;popcorn;

Doobs is David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=910) Barraclough (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=910), I believe. A big tourney player on Betfair.

Ten minutes until supposed start, and players are drifting around, the more famous, like Liz Lieu, being interviewed by one of several media outfits with cameras of the moving sort, and the less famous just clumping around the gaming tables or outside the tournament area, where the neat 10k stacks of chips wait by each seat.

Spotted:

Jan Sjavik
Ben Grundy
Praz Bansi
Humberto Brenes
Jonas Molander
Karl Mahrenholz
John Shipley

Meanwhile the cash games, helpfully located at the opposite corner of the casino to the tournament (I seem to remember last year's organisation of the room being somewhat chaotic) look like they haven't wound down since 2am yesterday...a list of around 30 names seems to build for every game by about 7pm and then they get shouted out when their seats become available at a pitch and volume that would make Black Sabbath cringe.
"EEE CEEE HOLD'EM!"  The shouter lurks right outside the entrance to the press room and every time I get caught in the verbal fire I feel like telling them that yes, I am C.V. - where is my seat, here is my money - just don't shout at me any more...

Good luck to all Blondes & Brits playing today..........PS: has the new camera been tried out on any norkage yet  ;)

And after much cajoling finally we are off...

So who's sitting where?  That's always the first question of an update...

Let's start with Ian Woodley.  The mouthy Brit is going to get a good deal of photographic and possibly film coverage, because he's drawn the seat next to Greg 'World Champion of Poker Quite Recently' Raymer.

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Both are pictured looking decidedly underwhelmed with each other.

David 'doobs' Barraclough draws two to the left of Ryan 'the lion' Fronda, who looks like he's doing that hand telescope thing.  I am waiting for him to intimidate his table: "I squish your head," etc. etc.

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Just before the start (thankfully they've now Shuffled up and Dealt) - Karl Mahrenholz with a glass of vintage cola:

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John Shipley patiently waiting for his table to fill around him, like the go-faster-striped beige eye of the storm:

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I was trying to snap the small figures of Paul Gourlay and Thomas Wahlroos in the background of this photo, but actually thought it might be interesting to present you with the view from the rail which is made of slot machines, like Swampland 2.  It looks like the premise of this is some kind of inter-amphibian-reptile war, where each side looks hungry and ready to devour the other.  If you look closely, the frog is doing that kung fu beckon thing which precedes a fight... no idea what you get when you put money in this thing.

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Finally, Dusk Til Dawn's Kevin O'Connell and Dave Colclough, spotted having a pregame chat.  Realising the camera was on them, this was the result.  Catch them mooning out of the back of a bus later this year in Dortmund...

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Hamster-sized Daniel Negreanu

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Vole-sized Adam Junglen, recently Stars Million winner, TLB winner and maker of a sick call against Patrick Antonius at the Monte Carlo EPT earlier in the year with Ace high on a Q-4-2 that had been 3-bet preflop. He was correct.

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Orient Express-sized Johnny Chan. Sans Orange.

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Errr..Martin Wendt-sized Martin Wendt. Sans Earphones.

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Geordi La Forge Slotboom and I think, Jeff Garza?

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Paul Gourlay. He's a Rocket Man. Yes a Rocket Man.

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Marcel Luske. Errr, nothing really funny about this one. Bah.

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Jon Kalmar had regretted saying, "If I make the WSOP Main Event final, then I'll superglue my hand to my head."

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Incidentally, sitting down in his seat, between Ian Woodley and Adam Junglen, is one Patrick Antonius.

Expect fireworks...

wot a seat woodley has if  gets some hands and plays them good expect him to have big stack

Any chance of an update on how Dag Martin Mikklesen is getting on? Norwegian internet player who was long time chip leader of the wsop main event this year..... thanks

It's not like action isn't happening, but it always seems to be five tables over and two across from where I am watching one of our English players calmly folding...

But there have been eliminations, like the Ahrt Kc into Ad Ac right near the start, or the first level super-optimistic Jc Js all-in preflop against Ahrt Ad (Spiking a Jack and giving the other guy a bad beat story)...

And there's always Marc Goodwin (pictured, along with tablemates Patrick Bueno and Liz Lieu).  He just bet 250 on a threeway flop of 4c 6d 8d, called by Patrick Bueno who had checked before him, and one guy in position on them both.  The turn brought a 4d, checked to In Position Matey, who bet 500, getting rid of Marc but getting a call from the Frenchman.  The river Ks was checked, and Patrick Bueno's Ad 9d was shown the winning hand.

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Daniel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=515) Negreanu (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=515) raises to 250 in early postion, Jan Sjavik calls from the hijack, the cut-off and the small blind also call.

Flop:

5h 9d 3h

Daniel bets 800, Jan calls, the other two players pass.

Turn:

4d

Daniel now bets 2,200. Jan moves all-in and Daniel insta-passes. Welcome to the EPT.

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In a multi-way limped pot, it's checked to Greg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=561) Raymer (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=561) who bets 1k on the board of 5d 3d Jh. One player calls.

Turn:

Td

The caller now bets 1.5k which Raymer quickly calls.

River:

5c

Now the caller checks, Raymer thinks for a second before declaring, "I'm not sure I should bet this." He flips Qd Jd, and his opponent shows Kd 9d. Raymer now has just 3k or so. Which is twice as much as Dario (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=517) Minieri (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=517), languishing on just 1.5k

Pretty sure Dag Mikklesen was knocked out yesterday

Jen on the case now, he's sharing a table with Kevin O'Connell and Ben Grundy.

Meanwhile Johnny Chan is amongst the chip leaders. Here's how it happens.

One player limps, Chan makes it 325. A short-stack moves all-in for 850. Now the limper re-raises to 2.3k. Chan calls.

Flop:

Ac 2d 8c

The limper bets 3.6k, Chan calls.

Turn:

Js

The limper now bets 6.6k and Chan moves in for 12k more. Limper insta-passes. and Chan's A-K holds against the all-in player's A-6. The limper claimed he had 7-7, and a 7 came on the river too...

Nope he had a press pass, a camera and was working! The mind boggles.

Liz suddenly becomes less attractive when you see her chomping on a pastie.

yes but not much less  ;gobsmacked;

Counts from one half of the room (it's Staggered Dinner Break time here in the Gran Casino Barcelona):

Isabelle Mercier  8,900
Santi Torres  7,075
Ross Boatman  5,175
Dave Barraclough  13,650
Ryan Fronda  8,400
Dave Colclough  7,825
Marc Goodwin  9,775
Patrick Bueno  9,550
Thomas Wahlroos  29,200
Liz Lieu  4,875
Praz Bansi  11,700
Dario Minieri  1,400
Paul Gourlay  7,000
Marcel Luske  12,350
Humberto Brenes  13,700
Jonas Molander  1,500
Karl Mahrenholz  10,500

Another table break, scattering Santi and Isabelle Mercier (pictured) along with the rest...

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Rolf Slotboom - "I've folded 46 hands in a row, some with my left hand, some with my right."

Dario Minieri doubles up his meagre stack with 9h 8h against 8d 8c on a Kd Qs Ks 9d 6d board. The young looking Italian has about 3k now.

Big TK comes into his element when one player shoves his stack of 8,225 on a 8s 4s Ad 2h 3s board. The player next to him apparently throws in 6k and flips over his 6c 5c for the straight, the other player shows Ks Js for the flush though. The confusion is over whether the player with the straight has called the all-in. Big TK declares that no call was made, but the 6k was put in the pot and by showing the cards, it's then considered a fold.

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Finally, here's Javed Abrahams, sitting on 10k.

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Anyone know who Isabel Mercier is sponsored by?

Jonas Molander, having cut his teeth on the Bellagio Cup III with instant success this summer, returns to the EPT circuit...but is now approaching the felt after an entertaining hand, the first part of which I didn't see - did someone raise preflop?  If so, was it Molander or his in-position opponent?  Anyway, they saw a flop of Ad Th Ts, and Jonas bet out 550...it was raised fairly rapidly to just 1,200.. re-raise!  The shorterstacked Matey whacked it all in, showing the Tc 9c against Jonas' 6h 7h...  Hardly even blinking, he paid off the flopped trips as no miracle occurred, allowing just a hint of a wry smile as his calmly tabled Seven-high drew doubletakes from onlookers...

Cheekily grinning Ross Boatman - representing half of the Hendon Mob's appearance at this EPT event - Ram had a rather brief appearance yesterday, and of Joe Beevers and Barny Boatman there is no sign currently. 

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PokerStars

e4Hats.com?

http://www.e4hats.com/_e/gdept/02/Camouflage_Hunting_Hats.htm?=outdoor (http://www.e4hats.com/_e/gdept/02/Camouflage_Hunting_Hats.htm?=outdoor)

She's sponsored by PokerStars.

We hear that El Blondie is OUT - pictured here at the start of the day, he wasn't in the danger zone chipwise when I last saw him so something must have happened just after the dinner break.  Michael Greco is in one of those across-the-room cash games and was solicitous concerning Dave's stack last time I walked by... going to have to break him the bad news.

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John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=217) Shipley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=217) -- 3.3k
Johnny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=605) Chan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=605) -- 36.7k
Rolf (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=726) Slotboom (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=726) -- 8.5k
Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=920) Garza (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=920) -- 6.7k
Greg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=561) Raymer (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=561) -- 3.7k
Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176) Woodley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176) -- 7.4k
Dags Martin Mikkelsen -- 35k
Adam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=896) Junglen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=896) -- 10k
Patrik Antonius -- 13k
Ben (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=45) Grundy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=45) -- 13k
Jan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=591) Sjavik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=591) -- 14k
Daniel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=515) Negreanu (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=515) -- 12.7k

If he's still around after his triumphant day yesterday, please could you tell (http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Q6Hh33OCHVLPrM:http://www.gbcmesquite.com/images/IconFingerSnap.gif) that I'd like a coke from the bar if he gets a mo.

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Pokerstars? Are you sure Snoopy?

We are down one Kevin O'Connell - Tc Ts vs. Jh Jd all in preflop with the most usual outcome... DTD count now two, and both got through yesterday.

They're out at the bar - he's just popped down to the local equivalent of Asda in his Ferrari to pick up a six pack for you.

Positive. It says on her shirt and hat.

From the stars website http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/isabelle-mercier/

Hmmmm Double whoosh or world class levelling?

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There was a picture of her a page or two back. She has PokerStars plastered all across her shirt, so unless she's borrowed it off Raymer (which is unlikely), she's 100% Stars.

 ;carlocitrone;

Great updates guys ty, count for the Rocket man please and could you tell him Matt says 'get your cheap nasty crappy white girly sunglasses on you tart' tyvm

Andreas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467) Hoivold (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467) (Dortmund EPT champion) Still in after dinner...

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Peter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=700) Eichhardt (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=700) -- 6,500

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Mads (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=641) Andersen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=641) (EPT Copenhagen Champion) -- 9,200

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Ok, Jen and I have just grabbed a quick bite. Jen will no doubt be raving about her giant slab of steak. Served on a hot brick. And that's it. Nothing else added.

But anyway, some Woodley news.

Pre-break, Ian had to let go of Aces, after raising them up and receiving 3 callers. He bet out 1.5k on an all club flop with no Ac, found Patrik Antonius re-raising to 4.3k and then Adam Junglen moving all-in behind him. Woodley and Antonius quickly passed.

Woodley then managed to doubled through with Td Tc against Qs Qd, all the money going in on the turn of a Jh Th 8h 7s 5d board.

Ben Grundy is down to just 4k after his set of Queens on a Q-T-7 board was cracked by a straight draw which got there on the river.

John Shipley's ship has sailed and his chips shipped meaning things aren't ship-shape for Shipley.

Nicholas 'Croque Monsieur' Levi suffered a coolerific moment against Fabrice Soullier. Nicholas was holding 7-7 on a 9-9-7 flop, Fabrice was holding 9-7. Ouch.

Levi shortly doubled up afterwards with erm... 9-5, 6 people limped on his big blind and he raised it an extra 1,700 more leaving 3k back. Only the small blind called. The flop came a not entirely unhelpful 9-5-2 and the small blind bet 2k and was forced to called for the extra 1k with a lowly J-T against Levi's top two pair.

Greg Raymer has doubled his short stack with Aspades 4s against Tc Td in a blind on blind confrontation. The board coming Ahrt 8d 7s 5d Qs.

Dave Barraclough is OUT. He ran Kings into a set of Eights and then Kings into Thor Hansen's Aces.

Andreas Hoivold is glum after having his Aces cracked by Kings.

He has more chips than Greg Raymer though, who is OUT after having Jacks lose to King Jack which four-flushed. Then he had Jacks next hand and lost to Queen Jack.

Players are on a short break and then it's time for 150/300. And you know what happens in the level after that...

Gourlay has 10,500, and actually said he regretted not having those amazing sunglasses, as, "I'm wearing white."  So you are, Paul, so you are.

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Also passed by his table as he was taking a pot off none other than Flying Dutchman Marcel Luske - he'd raised to 600 on the button, called by Marcel.  They both checked the flop of 4h Kh Jc, with Paul taking the pot with a 700 bet on the Jd turn.
"Every time I listen to 'Rocketman' I win a pot!" he marvels as he stacks the chips.  "Let's try it again!"  I can just picture his sleek black ipod nano with just one track on it...

thank you Blonde Poker for the pics. of our guys!  And the great coverage of Gobboboy yesterday, too!!!!   We're watching Adam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=896) Junglen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=896), Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=920) Garza (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=920), and here's someone we'd like coverage of if you can, please:

(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t197/peglyn_photos/Ansky.jpg)


he's in the middle, name: Dani Stern

thanks again!!!

Kinboshi you look very similar to Rafa Benitez. ;)

Jen, updates on the world's favourite window salesman, Marc Goodwin please.

Thanks, great updates as always.

I am not sure who this guy standing up is but he wins today's Getting It Quietly award (a scale-model bronze foghorn):

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=558&g2_serialNumber=1)

A pot of aover 6k had built up around a board of Ad 8s Tc Jc, and pictured gent was in the process of talking his now very short stacked opponent into calling all in.  He'd pushed, and was saying, "You have to call..."  "I think I might," agreed short stacked oppo.  "Call.  Call!" he urged, with that kind of persistance last seen in the Hypnotist from Little Britain.  Eventually he got the call from some reluctant Qd Qs... his Qc Kc for the turned nut straight with Good Measure Flush Draw stayed the winner, at which point he leaped up, hi-fiving some wall-attached lurkers and generally looking delighted.  "Yeah!"

Gobbomom, Hartwith, your requests are giving us the direction we need.  Might have been about to post some interesting hands from the Omaha cash game, but we're back on track now... while we're off on the Casino floor, here's a picture of Original Scandie Thor Hansen, whom I completely missed from all previous chip counts because he's on this strange lone table which is, as you can see, hidden from the prying eyes of the rest of the room by 5-deep spectators and some unlikely palm trees.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=560&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=562&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ryan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=390) Fronda (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=390), Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) Cascarino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) and Dario (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=517) Minieri (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=517) are all out. The latter seems to be sitting down it what looks like a special big cash game with John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=209) Duthie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=209), and some locals I'm guessing.

Here are your three requests Gobbomom.

Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=920) Garza (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=920), having just re-raise a late position raise from 1.2k to 4k to take it down and put his chip count up to 15k. I'm not sure what he makes of Rolf (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=726) Slotboom (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=726), putting on what looks to be a raincoat, next to him. :D

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=564&g2_serialNumber=1)

Adam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=896) Junglen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=896), on 20k. Paying so much attention to his surroundings that he spotted me counting his chips and told me in a heartbeat.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=566&g2_serialNumber=1)

Dani Stern, doing the best of the three. He's got around 37k, and probably in the top five at the moment.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=568&g2_serialNumber=1)

thanks so much! Cross-posting this on 2+2.

Ben Grundy, pictured earlier, wearily, is now OUT - Facing a raise to 1,250 he pushed all in for what was around 5,200 but looked like more due to the impressive nurturing of the green (25) chip towers.  Pretty much instacalled, the Milkybarkid surmised "I must have the worst hand," before being shown Ad Kh and finding his Tc Ts to be ahead.  "Not yet," he foretold, as the board came 2c 2h 2d with a Ks on the turn and an irrelevant 9d on the river.  By the time the Nine was settled on the table Ben had already left the card room.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=554&g2_serialNumber=1)

Marc Goodwin has continued his growth in stack at a speed similar to that at which plants turn to face the sun.  He's on 12,450 and is spending roughly half the time standing up for no reason and the other half talking to either Liz Lieu or Mark Teltscher.*  Absolutely no interesting hands to report this circuit, sorry.


*Sample time, 15 minutes

can you ask marc for a quote on 3 french windows please ;) and his chip stack please :)

No problem, just give us credit. ;)

Other counts:

Martin Wendt  27,000
Liz Lieu  16,550
Humberto Brenes  12,200
Stig Top Rasmussen  19,200
Thomas Wahlroos  44,500
Praz Bansi  6,300
Rolf Slotboom  9,200
Patrik Antonius  34,000

Marcel Luske is OUT - short stacked (compared to his table) he limp-called preflop with Ac Jc, hit a J-rag-rag flop and check-raised himself all in.  He was up against Queens.

Stack in the post directly above yours; is that with or without double glazing?

Big pot developed between Dags Martin Mikkelsen and Patrik Antonius.

UTG raised, Patrik called in EP and Dags called on the button.

The flop came 9s 5c 2s

UTG checked, Patrik bet 4k, Dags made it 10k. UTG folded. And then Patrik made it 25k, in effect setting the young Norwegian all-in. After a couple of minutes with the shown pained look on his face. Dags decided not to risk his stack and an expressionless Patrik, (is there any other sort?) raked in the pot.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=570&g2_serialNumber=1)


A slow day for both Praz Bansi and Karl Mahrenholz. The former just took down a pot with a 2.5k bet on the river of a Aspades 7d 7c 7h Jc board. Going better is Javed Abrahams, quietly moving up to 22k.

OK we just received this list of Day 1B starters, so late in the day though it is, for the sake of completeness, here were all 279 who sat down this afternoon:

Abecassis    Michel Claude Guy
Abrahams    Javed
Agarwal    Aditya
Alblas    Cornelis Hendrik
Alexander    Robert
Amolyanskiy    Anton
Andersen    Mads
Anderson    David James
Angle    Frank Joakim
Antonius    Patrik
Arvidsson    Klas Gustav
Axelsson    Jens Pontus
Balado Cabo    Adolfo
Bansi    Pramesh
Barraclough    David Martin
Behling    Nico
Bejedal    Denis Fredrik
Bel Kyayate    El Mostafa
Bentham    Thomas James
Bergstroem    Isak Anton
Binelli    Robert Richard
Blanco Carrasco    Oscar
Blanner    Soeren Bo
Blumlein    Frank
Boatman    Ross
Bordogna    Carlo Federico
Boren    Dan Martin
Botana Camba    Angel
Boubli    Jan Joseph
Bouya    Nordine
Bracht    Maximilian
Brenes Jenkins    Jose Humberto
Bruel Benguigui    Patrick
Brummelhuis    Michiel Willem
Brzozowski    Seweryn
Bueno    Patrick
Bui    Thu Hai
Bush    Christopher Gordon
Bussot Fuentes    Frederic
Cajelais    Erik
Cascarino    Anthony Guy
Chan    Jon Chi
Chan    Terrence
Chicheportiche    Jean Yves
Choquet    Pascal
Cianfanelli    Umberto
Clark    Peter
Soares    Francisco Guilherme
Cohen    Ouri Aron
Cohen    Stephane
Colclough    David Kevin
Colman    Julius
Cornmark    Magnus Kristian
Da Silva    Eric Benjamin
Da Silva    Richard Jean
Da Silva Pinto Do Vale    Luis Manuel
Dalhuijsen    Peter Christiaan
Dauteuil    Phillipe
Dborin    Danny
De Jodar Muñoz    Pedro
Delgado Hidalgo    Cristobal
Della Penna    Paolo
Derwiche    Imad
Devlin    Stephen
Dodet    Daniel
Dominguez Gomez    Javier
Douglas    Rene Champie
Edgren    Patrick
Egan    Joshua
Eichhardt    Peter
Eidsvig    Trond Erik
El Aiouni    Abdelmajid
Escudero Mellado    Victor
Eskilsson    Hans Vimmo
Fares    Hassan
Federici    Augustin
Feriolo    David Lionel Romain
Fernandez    Leonardo Miguel
Filfili    Habib
Fjelleheim    Thomas Andre
Flanagan    John
Fogliata    Marcelo Alejandro
Freeman    Benjamin
Fronda    Ryan Matthew
Fuentes Garcia    Hector
Garza    Jeffrey Robert
Gatz    Uwe
Gelencser    Peter
Georghegan    Sylvester Christopher
Giaroni    Gianni
Glass    Jack Leslie
Gleize    Jean Pierre
Glushkov    Ivan
Goetsch    Andrew Alan
Gomez Rebenaque    Jose Manuel
Gomila Romero    Bartolome
Goodwin    Marc Michael
Gourlay    Paul James
Gray    Jeffrey Michael
Green    Brian David
Grundy    Benjamin Thomas
Gruzglin    Vadim
Guerfi    Mesbah
Guttmann    Richard
Haugland    Geir Inge
Hansen    Casper
Hansen    Thor Harald
Heikkinen    Mika Antero
Heinecker    Niklas
Heinze    Olvedo Vinvent
Helland    Arild
Helppi    Juha Ilmari
Hermans    Johan
Herring    Clinton Charles
Higgins    James Desmond
Hoivold    Andreas
Hong    Wen
Hopf    Stephan
Hornekaer    Jesper Haahr
Hostrup Pedersen    Carl Christian
Isik    Mikael Abdulmeish
Ivanov    Ognyan Todorov
Jaspers    Joris Bernard
Jedlicka    Stefan
Jensen    Henrik
Johansson    Kenny Hakan
Johansson    Mikael Hans Otto
Jones    Ryan
Jorgensen    Theo
Jung    Alexander Willy Ewld
Junglen    Adam Marc
Kalmar    Jonathan
Kamal    Sefrioui
Karke    Jani Kalervo
Karlsson    Erik Gunnar
Kenney    Bryn Joseph
Khan    Fahim
Khodr    Abdul Aziz
Kjerkol    Jorgen
Klein    Morten
Kolzch    Andre
Koskinen    Ilkka Reino Kristian
Kowssarie    Mohamad Ali
Kuremszki    Csaba
Lacoste    David
Lamsa    Janne Lauri
Lancry    Gerard
Lauttamus    Juha Jaakko
Lee    Redmond Spencer
Leikos    Vesa Oskari
Lellouche    Antony Elie
Levi    Nicolas Alexandre
Lieu    Elizabeth Diep
Liu    Shixia
Longo    Francesco
Losev    Nikolay
Luske    Marcel
Maceiras Barros    Juan Antonio
Maceiras Lapido    Maria
Magan Tier    Luis Miguel
Mahiout    Francis
Mahrenholz    Karl
Manganelli    Andrea
Mangas Nuñez    Daniel
Correira    Jorge
Mattern    Arnaud Michael
Mattsson    Stefan
Mc Cormack    Francis Harold
Mckeever    George Edward
Mehrmand    Davood
Mercier    Isabelle
Michaeli    Uri
Minieri    Dario
Molander    Jonas
Montassier    Guy Pascal
Morel    Thierry
Morgan    Gerard Patrick
Morris    William John
Morrison    Kirk Bryan
Mouritsen    Rene
Mourujarvi    Tommi
Nanos    Konstantinos
Necco    Jean Dominique Junior
Negreanu    Daniel
Ness    Kjetil
Neumann    Julien Gerard Antoine
Niemi Tjader    Sten Johan
Niesert    Chirstoph
Nilsen    Ole Petter
Olsson    Joakim
O Connell    Kevin
Osterstrom    Anders Carl
Pagano    Luca
Pasqualini    Jean Paul
Paulsen    Jakob Bo
Peretti    Pascal
Perez    Jean Louis
Perrot    Jean Claude
Persson    Sven Patrik
Petersen    Jesper
Petersen    Sonni
Peterson    Sten Thomas
Petit    Emile François
Pietila    Jukka
Pignataro    Luigi
Plejdrup    Dennis Kobbero
Posa    Daniele
Puro    Mika Petteri
Rahal    Kalil
Rahmn    Mats Anders
Ramos Covarrubias    Ignacio
Raymer    Gregory Paul
Rinaldi    Claudio Stefano
Rintala    Voitto Aulis
Rio Martn    Francisco Nicolas Del
Ritburg    Johannes Marinus
Rosenkrantz Maryl    Abraham
Rybachenko    Sergey
Rypinski    Slawomir
Sacca    Alberto
Sadrudin Manji    Ayaz
Salabaschew    Alexander Jacques Svetosl
Salikaeb    Yury
Salmi    Ville Aleski
Salvatore    Giovanni
Sanchez Thorn    Raymi Torbjorn
Sanford    Geoffrey William
Scharf    Eduard
Schumacher    Daniel
Sehlstedt    Bo Erik Filip
Selbst    Vanessa
Shipley    John Stephen
Sjaavik    Jan Olav
Skuja    Anders Sebastian
Slotboom    Rolf
Smidt    Daniel Sascha
Smith    Justin Charles
Sonelin    David Erik
Sorensen    Nenrik
Soulier    Fabrice Bruno
Spadavecchia    Giovanni
Stammen    Keven Michael
Stern    Daniel
Stevic    Alexander Billy
Ternestal    Rikard Kristofer
Terrazas Ambite    Santiago
Tollund    Thomas
Tomi    Jean Baptista
Top Rasmussen    Stig
Torres Cebrian    Santiago
Touil    Fabrice Felix
Ulriksen    Kristian
Uyanik    Petros
Vaeisaenen    Tomi Petteri
Van Den Berg    Thierry Christian
Van Den Bijgaart    Josephus Johannes
Van Der Burg    Eric
Van Leer    Erik Robert
Varsi    Hans Ari
Vasta    Carmelo
Vayo    Gordon Francis
Vazquez Ortega    Jose
Veldhuis    Alexander
Vicente    Nicolas
Vicinanza    Giovanni
Votkin    Aki Onni Aleksi
Wahlroos    Thomas Arne
Wang    Lin
Wendt    Martin
White    Patrick Joseph
Wolf    Simon Mark
Wolpert    Leo Samuel
Woodley    Ian George
Wrang    Jannick
Yague Renart    Oscar Raul
Yeh    Philip Chen Yun
Ygborn    Nestor Christopher Carl S
Zambakides    Nicolas
Zink    Sebastian

double glazing would be ideal, ask him if he has any special deals available.

Michael 'Beppe DiMarco' Greco isn't the only ex-Eastender here. I've just spotted Grant and Phil Mitchell

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=572&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://www.419fun.com/kabilla/philgrant2.jpg)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=574&g2_serialNumber=1)

He's just been moved to the Martin Wendt, Patrik Antonius, DM Mikkel table. I don't think now is the time to ask... :D

cant be him....Phil (im assuming patrik is phil) wouldnt sip coffee, he'd be pouring it over some1s head.

ATTENTION UPDATE READERS!

The Updaters are experiencing some technical problems. We are in contact with our nerve centre and updates should resume shortly. Please stand by.

 ;popcorn;

In the meantime please enjoy this puli dog.

(http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/breedinformation/herding/images/puli.jpg)

lol. I loved watching that breed at the Westminster Dog Show, looks like it'd be better than a mop!

I want one. Soon as my cat dies. They look like noodles when they move.

 ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; this will keep you entertained ime sure

brb just gona get the music

Like so.

(http://www.framedcds.com/images/sleeves/GED24908.jpg)

I would just like to say that it was the whole pressroom experiencing said difficulties, and I've now got Homer connecting a special cable to some power like Doc on the Clocktower in Back to the Future.  We now resume transmission.

Short stack News Now:

Short stack Focus on - Ross Boatman... The Hendon Mobster was just all in under the gun for his whole 2,175 or so, but it passed all the way round, giving him an extra 450 to travel to the Antoniusetc. table with.  Unsurprisingly he was all-in again almost immediately, this time over the top of Marc Goodwin's under the gun raise to 1,000.  Big blind Martin Wendt called the all-in, and after a brief deliberation during which Ross reminded Marc, "Course you can raise..." Mr. Cool opted to call, leaving himself 6,725 behind.
They checked it all the way down until the board stood:  Ts Jd 3d Jc 7d, at which point Ross said, "Give me your chips," flipping Ks Js.  Marc mucked the 8d 8s and who knows what Martin Wendt had.  Life once more in the Boatman stack.

The table with the most randoms gathering close to watch now has Patrik Antonius, Martin Wendt Marc Goodwin and Ross Boatman more or less in a line.  Antonius must have around 50k (but his chips, as so often, are in single coloured towers which look great but are hard to count), while Martin Wendt has just under 30k, and the two English players are not so comfortable.  There's a lot of preflop raising going on, as you might expect - just now Patrik Antonius raised to 900, was re-raised by Martin Wendt to 2,550, took a flop but check-folded to the 4k bet as the cards came Ac 2d 9s. 

Ian Woodley  20k
Daniel Negreanu  14k

Mmmmmnnnnn....Wirey.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=578&g2_serialNumber=1)

Oh no! The aliens that got Phil Starrs yesterday appear to have got Praz Bansi too! And it's when he's sitting on the same table. ::) What are the chances? Perhaps the table should carry an 'Alien Abduction' warning sticker in it?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=580&g2_serialNumber=1)

Greg Raymer finishes off his interviews with a final one with the Invisible Man.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=584&g2_serialNumber=1)

Karl Mahrenholz is OUT. Q-J shove for last 2.2k ran into A-K.

Javed Abrahams is on 40k.

"Any stories?" I venture.

"Not really, these just keep trying to bluff me."

Prizepool has been done, we're still waiting for the full prize list but I can tell you first prize is going to be:

€1,170,000

or

£793,024.31

or

$1,597,148.80

or

4,847.112 Palladium Ounces. And, I think we can all agree, that's a lot of Palladium Ounces!!

Ian Woodley -- 42k (having won a big coinflip with Queens vs Ace King)
Praz Bansi -- 25k (Improved since Karl began to rail him)

Jeff Garza seems to be in every pot on his table. First he calls a 2.1k bet on the turn of a Kd 3d 5c 3s 2s board before the river goes check, check. His Ahrt 5h is good for the 8k or so pot.

Next he takes down another with a 2.5k bet on Ad 7s 3d. Rolf Slotboom says, "Jack high at best." Jeff smiles.

Marc Goodwin and Ross Boatman have a little tussle,

Flop:

9c 3h 5c

Marc checks, Ross bets 1.5k, Marc calls.

Turn:

8d

Check, check.

River:

Marc bets out 4k, and Ross decides to let it go.


Roughly half the field left and we almost about to start the final level of the night. (300/600/75)

Drum roll please... Chip Leader Watch:

It looks like Dani Stern has topped the 80k mark (or is about to at any minute), his stack towering over the others on his table...

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=590&g2_serialNumber=1)

Elsewhere Karl Mahrenholz declines a railbird picture as he watches Praz on the accidental feature table and gets one anyway, along with a very relaxed looking Thor Hansen across it.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=586&g2_serialNumber=1)
(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=588&g2_serialNumber=1)

I took one look at this player's headgear and decided it had to be Humberto Brenes... but no - there is a secondary red visor in the room - the plastic shark afficionado is actually sat one table back.  There hasn't been a lot of shouting from the volatile and often delightfully incomprehensible Costa Rican, but then again there hasn't been a whole lot of TV filming either... he's hovered around average chips all day, with around 18k at last count.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=600&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=594&g2_serialNumber=1)

144 players remaining
Moving in to the final level of the day...

The back of Rolf Slotboom, typical tic-tac topped tower just visible (and only totalling about 20k)... it looks like he's prepared for the weather to turn, or someone to set the fire sprinklers off... considering he was wavering about playing as recently as last night (which he spent updating in the press room) he's had a fairly good day.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=592&g2_serialNumber=1)

Also pictured, Ian Woodley, approaching 37,000.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=596&g2_serialNumber=1)

Add more chips to Dani Stern's stack.

I don't know the preflop or flop action, but he just called 7k on the turn of a Kd Js 6s 4s board before both players checked the Qh river. His J-5o (no spade) was good enough to take the pot, which looks like 20k from this picture.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=606&g2_serialNumber=1)

Adam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=896) Junglen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=896) at the same time busted a short stack with Kd Ks vs Ahrt 6d, board coming 5c Qc 2c 4d Td.

Lazarus comeback no.1

Dag Martin Mikkelsen aka "DMMikkel" all the way back up to 40k after dropping that huge pot to Antonius.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=602&g2_serialNumber=1)

Lazarus comeback no.2

Jan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=591) Sjavik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=591) (in seat 1), down to around 4k, now on 41k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=604&g2_serialNumber=1)

Thomas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=877) Wahlroos (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=877) doubles up with Ahrt Kd against 3d 3s, the board an emphatic Kh 6h 5h Th Ad for complete overkill. Perhaps he'll push his own stack over this time instead of someone elses?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=608&g2_serialNumber=1)

Full Payout:

Position    Euros
1    1,170,700
2    673,000
3    388,800
4    301,000
5    250,800
6    196,500
7    154,700
8    104,500
9    64,800
10    64,800
11    46,000
12    46,000
13    33,450
14    33,450
15    25,100
16    25,100
17    20,900
18    20,900
19    20,900
20    20,900
21    20,900
22    20,900
23    20,900
24    20,900
25    16,700
26    16,700
27    16,700
28    16,700
29    16,700
30    16,700
31    16,700
32    16,700
33    14,650
34    14,650
35    14,650
36    14,650
37    14,650
38    14,650
39    14,650
40    14,650
41    12,550
42    12,550
43    12,550
44    12,550
45    12,550
46    12,550
47    12,550
48    12,550
49    10,500
50    10,500
51    10,500
52    10,500
53    10,500
54    10,500
55    10,500
56    10,500

With 15 minutes left of play the authoritative voice of big T.K. himself ordered everyone apart from players to vacate the tournament area.  This was doubly necessary as the spectators had gradually wormed round all the tables, and showed even more reluctance to be prised away than the press...

Here's what I saw before that happened:

Rolf Slotboom is eliminated with 9h 9d vs. Aspades Tc - all in pre - (not sure how they got to the part where they were all in with a crowd shouting round them).  All I know is a Ten came on the river and there were many handshakes as Rolf left the table...

Paul Gourlay raised on the button to 1,700 and found the big blind shoving over the top for another 11k or so.  Paul had 13,500 behind and this was therefore a pretty crucial decision.  He got the full countdown treatment and eventually passed...he was shown the 4s as his opponent took the pot down...

Other counts, given that it's not quite end-of-play and anything can happen in good old No Limit Hold'em...

Jan Sjavik  37k
Praz Bansi  16k
Marc Goodwin  15k
Martin Wendt  35k

It looks like we'll be ending today with a few more than last night - the screens say 114 players remain so let's guess...107.  Full chip counts from the combined Day Ones (which together make our redrawn Day Two) will be posted tomorrow before the start of play, which is 5pm (4pm UK time).

That's all we can get for tonight, so it's time to ;stickaforkinme;

superb coverage Blonde, as usual!  Sleep well, big day tomorrow.

Full chip counts to arrive later tonight, (much later) so they'll be put up first thing tomorrow.

A general note about Day 2 is that from now on, all tables are going to be 8-handed, instead of 9.

Time for Jen and I to saunter along the empty streets of Barca and collapse into our respective beds. See you all tomorrow at 5pm. :)

great updates as usual..............thank you