Pokerstars.com EPT London: Day 1A - Interactive

[JungleCat03]

On the subject of pretty ladies, here we have Beth Shak adding a touch of glamour to her table. Beth has employed one of the most feared poker moves during the early levels to boost her stack up to the lofty regions of 20,000. That move is known as "The Shak Attack!"

Due to this, and the fact she is easy on the eye, she deserves to be snapped and thus she has been.

Sadly the Vic is crammed close to capacity at the moment, meaning taking a good shot involves wading through a vibrating scrum of Italian reporters, waitresses and poker players rushing for a cigarette. That's before you have to contend with the railbirds...

Getting a good vantage point can prove a challenge so please excuse any blurriness. It's Snoopy's fault.



And a profile shot (weak euphemism for "she turned her head at the wrong moment" shot)

[NoflopsHomer]

any news on allinstevie please?

Sorry Pab, both myself and floppy have scoured the room, but he appears to be tucked away somewhere in the depths of the Vic. We've just received a player list however so that may help us track him down if he hasn't moved yet.

Hold tight!

Just found him, he's got about 15,500 with Gus Hansen a couple of seats to his right and Vicky Coren a couple of seats to his left.

[JungleCat03]

The Hendon Mob Fortunes

Diverse I think you might say.

First off, there's Barny, having a whale of a time, with plenty of chips - close to 20,000.

He was heard warning his table partner to "be careful" as I took this picture, not so much in a "godfather you'll sleep with the fishes" way, more in a "haha, we're having a laugh at the table huh? Or are we?" undertone-of-menace type way.
 


He is doing a lot better than his brother or other mobster Joe Beevers, both of whom have perished at this early point.

Also gone is James Akenhead, so close to winning a bracelet in the summer, he'll have to put any thoughts of following that up with an EPT success on ice for now.

[NoflopsHomer]

Meanwhile, here's some eye candy for you to look at.

Jim Reid, what a fine specimen!



Ok, so that's a joke. No offence Jim and Sam but it's David Benyamine's glamorous other half, Erika Schoenberg who steals the show in this picture.

Because I know how greedy you are, here's another shot of the photogenic young lady...

Speaking of Beyamine, and in no way an attempt to just add the Erica Schoenberg photos to another page, the high stakes Frenchman has just eliminated another player after flat-calling an initial raise with kings, only for the small blind to squeeze with .

[NoflopsHomer]

loving the patrick picture..also the look he is directing at sam,lol

[JungleCat03]

The Colclough Report

El Blondie himself is not faring great at the moment with a mere 6,000 or so...

He looks happy nonetheless and is bedecked from head to toe in the apparel of his new sponsors Full Tilt. Here we have him, looking primed for action if short on chips...




What's that you say?

You want more salacious rumours and interesting titbits on Frenchmen?

Mais bien sur!

Here we have Pascal Perrault, who has recently started wrestling part time. His finishing manouevre is called "Le Baguette" and involves him smearing his opponent with butter and melted brie before bodyslamming him onto an enormous piece of bread, which he folds over him before getting the pin.

So far he has a professional record of 4 and 0.
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He has 13,000...

*Italicized sections may not be true...

[NoflopsHomer]

James Akenhead is out after raising from the cutoff with Q-Q, calling the donk lead from the blind on a A-7-6 board. The turn was a Q and James again flat-calling before his opponent shoved the 8 river. James called but had walked into the miracle gutshot that his opponent had hit with T-9.

Meanwhile Tony Cascarino is continuing his good run of form, he raised to 600, Mark Teltscher reraised to 1,700 and then the small blind made it 3,600 with about 4,000 behind. Cascarino moved in and Teltscher huffed and puffed and threw his hand away, Cascarino revealing against his opponents and winning after a blank bricky board.

Teltscher in his typically fast staccatto voice, "I folded kings, what else can he [Cascarino] have? Aces or kings, he folds queens."

[JungleCat03]

Priyan Demel - 13,800.

Priyan always seems to draw plaudits for his table presence from fellow players, but as yet a big result has just eluded him. Perhaps this time he can run good!

[Pab]

thanks for the update on stevie,

even money that he will 3 barrel gus before the dinner break imo

[duncthehat]

Brilliant reporting as ever.   Your efforts and pics are appreciated!!

GL to the blondes

[psychocopy]

Brilliant reporting as ever.   Your efforts and pics are appreciated!!

GL to the blondes

anything yet on Mark Deacon or has he gone ?

[Woodsey]

Meanwhile, here's some eye candy for you to look at.

Jim Reid, what a fine specimen!



Ok, so that's a joke. No offence Jim and Sam but it's David Benyamine's glamorous other half, Erika Schoenberg who steals the show in this picture.

Because I know how greedy you are, here's another shot of the photogenic young lady...

Speaking of Beyamine, and in no way an attempt to just add the Erica Schoenberg photos to another page, the high stakes Frenchman has just eliminated another player after flat-calling an initial raise with kings, only for the small blind to squeeze with .

LOL just texted Sam a topless photo of Erica, wonder if she will see him look him look at it?

[JungleCat03]

Here's a report on a player that will satisfy both the norkage hungry amongst you and those who are more focused on the serious business of who will ultimately prevail in this EPT.

I give you Vicky Coren, a lady who seems to never age, looking lovely as always, with a rather meaty looking stack of 32,000.

As I took the picture, an interesting hand played out between Vicky and one of her tablemates.

100/200, Vicky raised it up to 600 from early position and was called by a player in the cut-off.

The flop fell and Vicky led for 1,200, only for the button to call...

Vicky looked puzzled at this, saying "You can't have a three? I guess you're on a flush draw then!"

The turn fell the and Vicky quickly tapped the table to check, checked behind.

"No club on the river please" Vicky implored the dealer who spectacularly failed to oblige, delivering the in spite of Vicky's heartfelt request. "I didn't ask for much did I?" said Vicky before checking and watching the cut-off curiously.



He checked also and Vicky announced "two pair" showing pocket eights, only for the late position player to reveal a superior pair of knaves in the hole.

"Well played" commented Vicky, hitting the table to confirm this.

Still on 30k+ though, she will be a danger to collect her 2nd EPT title if she continues accumulating chips as adroitly as she has thusfar.



"Well played sir!"

[NoflopsHomer]

Brilliant reporting as ever.   Your efforts and pics are appreciated!!

GL to the blondes

anything yet on Mark Deacon or has he gone ?

His table was one of the first to be broken, so without a photo it's going to be insanely difficult to find him.

[Karabiner]

Any Chili news yet apart from the fact that one of her starting table-mates (JoeB) has exited ?