BADEN EPT - Day 1B - Interactive

[Djinn]

And while it's all going so well connection-wise, let's have Portrait Moment:

1) Ash Hussain, looking slightly intimidating,
2) Richard Ashby, looking fascinated by his neighbour,
3) Vicky Coren, looking very like an EPT winner.

[NoflopsHomer]

1) Phil Laak

2) Phil Laak

3) Phil Laak

[Djinn]

AAAAAAAction!

Here we have two players embroiled in a hand - there was a bet, raise and call on the flop of (following a preflop raise'n'call which got it heads up).  The guy in black was betting first, and bet out 3,000 on the turn.
Raise all-in from behatted guy on the right of the picture.  It was only 3,000 more to call.  Black suit looked wistfully at the pot and asked the dealer, "How much is in there?"  but got a quick, "He can't ask that!" from his opponent.  True - the dealer can't count the pot for you....
In the end he couldn't let his go.
resulted in a double up, and here you see a picture of the chip stacking moment...

[NoflopsHomer]

Peter Hedlund doubles up. He held  on a    board and was all-in against the guy to his left who happened to be holding 

Turn:

 

River:

 

[NoflopsHomer]

Vicky Coren and Andy Black are both going well on their table.

Vicky held 3-3 on a 3-9-K-4-8 and bet all the way picking a sizeable pot whilst Andy Black had 5-5 on a Q-9-5 board against Q-9 doubling up in the process.

[NoflopsHomer]

Thewy -- 15k, he just had Aces and recounted the tale to me. "Raised to 350 UTG, four callers(!), flop came out 9 high, I bet 1k, two callers, turn puts a straight out there, we all check, river comes another 9 and Andreas bets out 2.5k, and you know me, I'm always curious, so I called and he quickly mucked."

[NoflopsHomer]

Johnny Lodden is OUT, he pushed with a flush drawy  but matey couldn't release  on a Q-high board.

[Djinn]

More Knockout News Now - Here I have actually captured an all-in moment on my camera....

The board is .  Behatted player bets out 4,000, and then calls when player on the right moves in....
Mouth-covering tense Matey's hand: 
Other guy's hand:  .
The river was no help, and we've lost another one.

[Djinn]

Here you go Ali - a smiley Dpommo, who has currently 7,325 chips.

Blinds up - 75/150 now, and 154 players remaining.

[Djinn]

Julian, despite his recent good fortune, was lamenting an earlier hand in the break... he'd called with (as you do) making a total of five players seeing a flop, which came well for him:  7 3 10.
There was one check, and Julian, hoping, perhaps to find an overpair, bet 600.  One caller.
Turn:  10.  Might as well have just mucked his hand right there, he said...

[Djinn]

Pictured here are a cravated George Danzer, and on his left Paul Testud, and on his left Brit Dean Sanders...

A funny chat with Ash Hussain revealed that the pot I saw him take down earlier had actually been a sneaky pair of Kings for Ash, who flat called George's preflop raise and flop bet, before getting rid of him on the turn.  When questioned about his young opponent, Ash said, "He thinks he's right clever, so I've got to do his head in.  Make weird raises - he's a chess player, won't be able to handle it...."

[ariston]

If you are getting limited or no connection it is usually a fault of the router/card you are using Jenn. Try rebooting or if you using a wireless router in the card room try rebooting that (problem I get at home a bit).
Send my best wishes to Jules and the hooded pomm (laakalike?).
 

[NoflopsHomer]

hooded pomm (laakalike?).
 

Jon Raab would be proud...

[Djinn]

While I go for some chip counts (it's about time, I know), I leave you with my very first overview of the main Tournament Atrium, and then a closeup of the player who caught my attention the most... See if you can spot him in the main pic...

[Djinn]

Right - Chippy Counts, In Honour Of Snoopy...

Ash Hussain       14,000
Paul Testud       5,950
Vicky Coren       17,200
Andy Black        20,000
Frode Fagerli      12,525
Andreas Hagen   4,600
Julian Thew       15,000
Martin Wendt     8,200
Henrik Olander    4,100
Dean Sanders     13,000
Mads Andersen    4,200
David Pomroy      9,100
Casey Kastle        14,000
Peter Eichhardt    11,150
Ross Boatman      6,200
Neil Channing       6,900
Chaz Chatta         9,100
Marcel Luske        8,000
Mats Iremark        11,200
Edgar Skjervold     17,700
George Danzer      18,900

And a couple more coming, but they have pictures so get their own post...