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Our Live Update starts here at exactly (insert time, 'cos I've forgotten) this afternoon.

This is the first event of Season Three of the EPT, & the cream of European Poker will be here.

Let's start off by nominating three players to make this week's Final Table.

My picks are....

Thewy - he's back in form.

Johnny Lodden - if he plays

Marc Goodwin - another one bang in form.

Lord Wernick - can't be ignored.

What? Thats 4? I think not. It's three. I'm sure.

Enjoy.

enjoy Tikay.....I hear its sold out, how many runners?

I will go for:

Johnny Ludden

Patrick Antonious

Simon Nowab

Phil Ivey Gus Hanson Richard Redmond

Are there 2 day 1's?

Are you sure he is in Barcelona?

No, saw him on Full Tilt about an hour ago, hence why i was asking if there are 2 day 1's

That is what I was thinking.

Someone else could have been playing under his account though.

Or he could be in his hotel room :D

Flushy - sell out of 480 runners, two day ones (today and tomorrow), Day Two Friday, final Sat. All 5pm starts!!!!!!!!

He was playing for over 8 hours

Not the best way to prepare for an EPT event. ;whistle;

Hi, folks.

I'm currently at Gatwick airport taking advantage of some of today's modern technology... oh no, hold on, it's actually my dodgy vodafone card which would have been laughed at half a century ago.

Anyhow, I'm with Mr Raab and Jen, who is lying across two seats in a desperate attempt to get an extra hour of rest (her body clock failed to adjust in time and she only managed 1 hour of beauty sleep last night).

It hasn't been a great start to the venture with first the tube being delayed (the phrase 'tin of sardines' springs to mind), and now the ruddy plane, which is a stunning 90 minutes late (Bah, humbug!).

This therefore means that it's going to be a complete rush job, with two skinny bodies legging it down foreign roads... but don't fret, we still intend to be at Casino Barcelona in time for the start, which, incidentally, is scheduled to be at 5pm.

So, sit tight and enjoy a day of blonde updates - we'll try to make them as fun as we can!

It's okay, there are two day ones in case you miss the first one  ;goodvevil;

My three
yoyo, bubble and nick slade (the three drunkards from last night)

A request from Tikay to let you guys know that Jen and Snoopy are STILL waylaid at Gatwick.  Their early morning flight has still failed to take off is now only due to leave at 3.30pm!!  This unfortunately means that our hero's will miss the start of the EPT today. 

They will get there as soon as humanly possible and be ready to inform and entertain, if not slightly late.  Thanks

 :hello:        chilli          and     ;thankyou;                           for keeping us informed.

The colonel always needs a SitRep. ;)

My Three Are


WOODY DECK

FLUSHY

TIKAY

Three for what?

I take it Ram is playing....So he's got to be at the final table eventually...and after yesterdays heroics mr Thew aswell.

I would also quite like to see MArcel Luske doing allright for himself.

Johnny Lodden is playing day1a (today, that is).

He is no part of the Betsson Boys, including high stakes TH FL-player Tore Lagerborg, Pål Hersleth and runner up in EPT-Baden 2005, Gunnar Østebrød.

Gunnar and Johnny plays day 1a), Tore and Pål day 1b).

GL all brits and nots :-)

Regards,
Smart Ace

Text just in from the snoopster (5.20pm UK time) - "just landed  Barcelona, willl go straight to the Casino".

So, we will be on air around 1900 UK Time I guess.

On behalf of blonde, our apologies for this, it's not Jen & snoops fault, these things happen, & I'm sure our two Updating Heroes will make up for it.

 ;iagree;

In fact, so as to get properly attired (no trainers!) our Duo have gone to their Hotel first, they just texted me to say they had arrived there (6.20pm UK).

Jen also told me she just loves Easyjet. If I were you, I'd not mess with the sleep-deprived Miss Mason tonight, get my drift?

SMS from Betsson-Jannicke (real blond from Norway - could anyone please re-post the picture from Jen's visit in Grebbestad?):

Johnny almost out, after loosing an all in, holding A-10 on a 10 high board, meeting pocket 6, making it to the runner-runner flush.

Down to 750 chips, but doublet up with KK one of the next hands, and with AQ againts AK 5 minutes later. +/- 3000 in chips no. Gunnar Østebrod have about 16.000.

SmartAce

Looks like Marc Goodwin is out, his seat is empty. Tough starting table with Ram & Roland De Wolfe.

Nick Gibson is cruising on 20k ish at the end of level 2.

Thewy has 8k ans Stuart Fox is sat to Phil Ivey's left both had 10k last time I checked.

Patrik Antonius was registered for today but Pokerstars emailed him 2moro as his starting day!

Someone else managed to get themselves banned from the Casino yesterday and so can't play their seat today!

Jen & The Snoopster are imminent now.

Now, here's a text just in from Thewy which contains a phrase you never thought you'd hear from him. I think's he's unwell.

"....On Break now, 8,500, time to re-group. Feel like I've played weak-passive".

Maybe it's from a different Julian.

i want a refund

We're here, accredited, and on a dangerously comfy sofa in the already-full press room.  No need for descriptions of why we're not timely this time, suffice it to say that we were at Gatwick airport at 8:30am. 

Badge and power supply sourced, it's time to get some counts after a couple of missed levels from all those you know and follow here on blonde...

A big thank you to everyone who held the fort with tantalising tidbits of information on the start of Day 1a - we'll hope to do as good a job now we're here!

:hello:

A press conference has just kicked off here in the Barcelona press room - here's the skinny:

The History - 212 people, then 325 last year, from chaotic to a prepared-for tournament this year: 480 the turnout this time round... "Hopefully the rest of the EPT will carry on like this..." packed to bursting with a range of players from around Europe.  Lots of Swedes, apparently.

Now John Duthie is reminiscing on the (really quite recent) start of the thing, and its unprecedented success (apparently stemming from an idea "in the bath"), joining with Pokerstars and becoming this packed series of events.

More following from Snoops...

Interestingly, John Duthie and colleague are giving a press conference in which they are discussing various aspects of the EPT and opening up to questions.

1st question: Do you plan to open up to other countries?

Duthie: an unequivocal yes. I've visited Germany, Poland, Portugal and a country that I don't believe exists... Czechoslovakia.

It's a question of finding good venues that can cater for the large numbers. Many are just slot casinos with low ceilings.

The legalities are an issue too. Can you charge money? etc

How about extending the EPT to three start days to accommodate everyone?

 - Not such a great idea (6 day tourney a bit much for most players to fit in) - would rather find a way to have more players per start day; raising the buy-in would be "a bit unfair"...


(While I'm telling you all this sideline stuff, and listening to the press regulations, Snoopy is doing the real part - getting a list of players and maybe a couple of photos)

Spotted a few players still at the felt:

Rory Mathews
Ulriksen
JP Kelly
Doc (from Walsall)
Martin Wendt
Peter Smythe
Torstein Iversen
Luca Pagano
James Arkenhead
Johnny Lodden
Nick Gibson
Julian Thew
Jeff Buffenbarger
Christer Johnanssen

(please excuse any incorrect spellings)

hello snooooooopy, hello jeeeeeeeen

Ooooh good JP in one of his first sponsored events for Blue Square I think? be interesting to see how he bluffs and steals plays under sponsorship.  ;goodluck;

Tracey  

snoop are you sure u saw rory matthews, because he's in vegas til next week?!!

Hi Jen/ Snoops!

Glad to see you finaly made it, I bet you're cream crackered. Never mind, you can now settle down to a nice long night of keeping me informed and entertained. What more could you ask?

PS: I'll tell Stellios you said Hi.

JP is sponsored now? well no one told me.

Bout time though, he will definately do some damage this year!!

A few chippy counts for you:

JP Kelly -- 4,550
Peter Smythe -- 10,500
Tony Chessa -- 8,400
Ulriksen -- 28,500
Martin Wendt -- 13,200
Julian Thew -- 9,525
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 3,225
Luca Pagano -- 10,425

Tell him to pull his finger out!

hmm, I was looking at the back of him a must have made a rather rash assumption. I'd better double check that 1

out of what? ;ashamed;

Been here 5 minutes and I'm already being mocked, jeered and bullied.

Tony Chessa and JP are mocking my pink shoes.

 ;grr;

Coming from the Ribena!

And here's our humble abode for the week. Like me, it's smart and stylish...  ;hattip;

He says he's worried about me whilst JP asked if I'd looked in the mirror recently.

 :'( :'( :'(

 :hello: :ironside:

And here's our stunning picturesque view... aah, it's like being back in Brum.

And wears pink shoes !!!

 ;nana;

... if only we'd known it was so you could get your pink shoes!?
 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

I want a HU rematch next time I see you... ;goodvevil;

Two words from Nick Gibson -- "Mad table!"

My bad - Rory Matthews is NOT present, although his twin is.

Ram seems to be lingering, so I wouldn't be suprised if he was part of the batch currently on din dins.

We thought the field looked a little small, and it's because half of them are on a dinner break right now, with the other half swapping over in a few minutes.  So here are some stories from Half One:

Mainly Nottingham Nick Gibson has been involved in a bit of controversy - as he says, when I ask him if he has any tales, "Yes, two awesome ones!"

In level two he bluffed all in for his last 4k on the river with a missed flush draw (the pot was a tasty size).  His opponent, who'd actually been on just middle pair until he two-paired the river, called.  Gwibbo showed King high - his opponent mucked his hand! :dontask:
Then, as the table gave each other funny looks, opponent took his hand back and called the floor for a ruling - harsh but fair, Nick took that pot down.
 
A little later, a bizarre dealer move gave all the chips at the end of a big pot (stacks included) to Nick's losing two pair (the Other Guy had a straight).  More floor calling confusion, and Nick's down to 3,600.  But still in.  Amazingly.

Salmon, NOT pink!  ;grr;

Recent counts, taking into account the JP treble up just now:

Martin Wendt     13,700
Julian Thew        9,900
Gwibbo              3,800
JP Kelly              10,600
Karl Mahrenholz   12,800
Richard Redmond  17,000

I passed Julian Thew when on the button, and involved in a hand.  The board stood at 2c Th 4d 6s.  His one Matey had checked to him; he bet 1,400 into the 2,600 pot.  After a good think, Matey moved in for his short stack (can't have been more than 2kish).  Julian called with his Ac Kh.
Matey showed 9h 9d - it was good, Julian's down to under 8k...

 :hello:  Jen and Snoopy


Congrats on making it to barcelona eventually,

I was still undecided about weather to attend this event, glad i didnt as i spoke to someone on monday and they said it had sold out! doh!

Im anticipating great updates as usual,

Pab

Well, so much for getting here early. At least I bumped into Jen and Snoopy in the airport, so it wasn't too lonely waiting an extra 4 hours for the flight.

As we landed I got a text from JP to tell me he had 4,750 chips. By the time I arrived at the casino and found JP, he was all in.

Team Hink's Sebastian had raised from mid position to 600, with the blinds at 100/200. The guy to his left had flat called and JP, in his first event as a Blue Square sponsored player, had moved all in.

I waited nervously while Sebastian thought momentarily then called. The guy who limped the initial raise passed and JP turned over

 Ahrt Qc

Sebastian flipped

 9d 9s

The flop was  2d 8h 4s

My heart started beating faster. Had I just endured a 5 hour delay on the flight in order to get here just in time to see JP's exit? Well, no, as he has Sebastian covered, but only just.

The  Qd on the turn was a relief and the harmless  Ks on the river meant that I had actually arrived just in time to see JP double up!

He goes in his dinner break soon, so we're off for some chinese and a catch up on how things are going.

Yes, Pab - Mr. Duthie recommending advance booking nowadays...

Spotted in the half which is currently eating:  none other than Phil Ivey, whose stack was pointed out by JP when he took a break from being aggressive.  But he's off for Chinese with Jon Raab (another Easyjet victim) in a minute.

OK, are you ready for a really long list?  Sure, what could be more fascinating?  "Nothing!" I hear you cry:

ENTRANTS (as far as we know now) FOR THE BARCELONA EPT - Thanks to Mad Harper....

20:15 – September 13, 2006

Name   Day 1a   Day1b   Country
Abel Meijberg       x   Holland
Abramo Grasso       x   
Adam Berggren       x   Sweden
Adam Stoneham       x    United Kingdom
Adria Rodriguez-Xuarez Guallar       x    Spain
Afd Chef Alan Reffeldt Otte   x       
Age Spets   x       Norway
Ahmad Ali       x   
Aki Huttunen   x       Finland
Aki Pyysing   x       Finland
Ákos Németh   x       
Al Rapoport   x       United Kingdom
Alain Ghozzy       x   
Alan Sass   x       
Alex Kravchenco       x   
Alex Leviev           
Alexander Stevic       x   Sweden
Alexandros Dalaklis       x   
Allan Dyrstad    x       Norway
Anders Henriksson       x   Sweden
Anders Hoyer Berg   x       Norway
Anders Karlsen   x       Norway
Anders Österström       x   Sweden
Andre Akkari       x   
Andrea Wirth       x    Germany
Andreas Fluri       x   
Andreas Hagen       x   Norway
Andreas Hurtig   x       Sweden
Andreas Kostakis       x   
Andreas Larsson   x       Sweden
Andreas Nygren       x   Sweden
Andrew Black       x   Ireland
Andrew Brokos       x    United States
Andrew Robl       x   
Andy Bradshaw       x   
Angel Blanco Puras        x   Spain
Angelos Dalaklis   x       
Angus Dunninton       x   
Ankaoua       x    France
Anne Schoendorff       x    Denmark
Anthony Lellouche   x       France
Anthony Mackay       x    United Kingdom
Anthony Nicholls       x   
Anton Kristinn Thorarinsson   x       
Arild Helland   x       
Artur Kirilenko   x       
Askild Hansen       x   Norway
AVRAHAM Eytan       x    Israel
Azad Piroot   x       
Barney Boatman   x       United Kingdom
Ben Grundy   x       United Kingdom
Bengt Sonnert       x   Sweden
Bernard Stoddard       x   
Bernd Stadlbauer       x   
Bertrand Grospellier   x        France
Birger Rasmussen   x        Norway
Birgitta Johansson   x       Sweden
Bjornar Koss       x   Norway
Bjorn-Erik Glenne       x   Norway
Bo Sehlstedt   x       Sweden
Brian Jensen       x   Denmark
Brian Lesser       x    United States
Brian Long   x        United States
Brice Cournut   x        France
Brice Van Der Volgen   x        United States
Brynjar Valdimarsson       x   
Carl Olson       x    United States
Carlos Lopez       x   Spain
Carlos Tejado   x       
Cato Eriksen       x   Norway
Christer Johansson   x       Sweden
Christopher Andersson       x   Sweden
Chuc Hoang       x   France
Ciaran Burke       x   
Clark Richard Hamagami       x    Canada
Claude Cohen   x       France
Claus Nielsen   x       Denmark
Cristoffer Sonesson       x   Sweden
Daan Rutger Houtman   x        Netherlands
Dag Martin Mikkelsen   x        Norway
Damien Lemercier       x   
Dan Bitsch Pedersen   x       Denmark
Daniel Elkeslassy   x        Morroco
Daniel James Chastain   x        United States
Daniel Larsson   x       Sweden
Daniel Paolucci       x    Canada
Daniel Richard Ryan       x    United States
Dario Alioto       x    Italy
Dario Minieri       x    Italy
David Alimi       x    France
David Barrie   x       
David Bergren    x       Sweden
David Binstock       x   
David Danesghart   x       
David Gregory   x       
David LAYANI       x    France
David Lundberg       x    Sweden
David Mikael Albertsson   x       
David Palmstal       x   Sweden
David Plastik       x   United States
David Pomroy        x   United Kingdom
Dean Sanders       x   
Demjan Sandor       x   
Dennis Friis Skaarup       x   Denmark
Dennis Plejdrup   x       Denmark
Derek Morris   x        United Kingdom
Didier Cicurel   x        Switzerland
Dimitri Constantinou       x   
dr arulmaran sivaguru   x        United Kingdom
Dustin Bauer   x        Canada
Ed Hollis       x   
Edgar Skjervold       x   Norway
Edward Garry       x    United Kingdom
Eirik Bjorklund       x   Norway
Eli Marciano   x       France
Eric Joss   x        Switzerland
Eric Sfez   x       France
Erich Kollmann   x       Austria
Erik Friberg           Sweden
Erik Lindberg   x        Sweden
Erik Staddeland       x   Norway
Erik Thelin   x       
Espen Saltnes   x       Norway
Fabrice Soulier   x       France
Faraz Jaka       x    United States
Farias de Andrade       x   
Frank Silverstein   x        United States
Franklin Díaz   x       
Frederik Hostrup-Pedersen   x        Denmark
Frederik Pedersen       x   Denmark
Frej Rutensköld   x        Sweden
Gareth Wyn Derbyshire   x       
Gary Jones       x   United Kingdom
Gerard Lancry   x       
German Simon Dansker   x       
Giaroni Gianni   x       
Gorgolas Escriña       x   
Greg Eglesia       x    United States
Greg Hobson   x        United States
Greger Aktell       x   Sweden
Greice Yamaguchi   x       
Guillaume Cauret       x    France
Guillermo Garcia Dominguez   x        Spain
Gunnar Ostebrod   x       Norway
Gus Hansen       x   Denmark
Gustaf Smari Bjornsson       x   
Gustav Lundholm       x   Sweden
Gusten Sjöberg       x   Sweden
György Móger    x       
Hans Christian Skjonstad   x       Norway
Hans Eskilsson   x       Sweden
Harald Karlsson   x        Sweden
Henric Olander       x   Sweden
Henrik Fruergaard Rasmusen       x   Denmark
Henrik Waltersson       x   
Hubert Attali   x        France
Humberto Brenes   x        Costa Rica
Iago Lopez Gonzalez   x        Spain
Ian Marmion           
Ian Smith       x    Canada
Ian Woodley   x       
Igor Holdaiy       x   
Ilari Sahamies       x   
Imtias Khata       x   
Ingemar Backman   x       Sweden
Isabelle Mercier       x    Canada
J P Kelly   x       
James Campbell   x        United States
James Reid       x   
Jan Boubli       x    France
Jan Roger Larsen   x       
Jan Sjavik   x       Norway
Jan Sorenson           Denmark
Jani Karke   x       
Jannick Wrang   x        Denmark
Janos Spada       x   
Jari Salonen   x       Finland
Jean-Pierre Thabet       x    Canada
Jeff Buffenbarger   x       
Jeff Lissandro   x       Italy
Jeff Sharpe       x   United Kingdom
Jeppe Lundsgaard       x    Denmark
Jeremy Creachbaum       x    United States
Jérôme Duarte   x       France
Jesper Petersen   x        Denmark
Jim Hamburger       x    United States
Jimmy Walberg       x   
Jin Cailin       x   
Joakim Geiger       x   Sweden
Joe Hachem       x    Australia
Joel Forsberg       x   Sweden
Joel Renberg       x    Sweden
Johan Berg   x       
Johan Berqvist   x       Sweden
Johan Kretz (J. Wmmemhag)   x       
Johan Wemmenhag   x       
Johannes Karl Vogel       x    Germany
Johannes Steindl       x   
John Gale       x   United Kingdom
John Hewston   x       United Kingdom
John Persson           Sweden
John Kabbaj   x      United Kingdom
Johnny Kongsmark Olesen   x        Denmark
Johnny Lodden   x       Norway
Jonas Helness   x       Norway
Jonas Molander   x        Sweden
Jonas Norrman       x   
Jonathan Dull   x        United States
Jonathan Theisen   x       
Jorge Teixeira       x    United States
Jørgen Kjerkol       x    Norway
Jorgen Pettersson           
Jorn Martinsen   x       Norway
Jorryt van Hoof   x        Netherlands
José Almeida       x   
José Vazquez Ortega   x       
Josef Kollarits   x       
Joseph Aval       x   
Joseph Marino       x    United States
Juha Helppi       x   Finland
Jules Rip Kuusik   x       
Julian Gardner       x   United Kingdom
Julian Thew   x       United Kingdom
Kai Danilo Paulsen        x   Norway
Kakoun Haim   x       
Karin Lundgren       x   Sweden
Karkus Andras   x        Hungary
Karl Henrik Ljungström       x   Sweden
karpati imre   x        Hungary
Katja Thater   x        Germany
Kenna James           United States
Kerry Kerrigan       x   United Kingdom
Kevin Moore       x   
Kevin O'Connell       x   United Kingdom
Konstantinos Tsolis       x   
Kristian Obbarius       x   
Kristoffer Myhre    x       Norway
Kuremszki Csaba       x    Hungary
Lars Kjestrup       x   
Lars Simon Lindqvist   x       Sweden
Lasse Laukkarinin       x   
Lasse Ubostad   x        Norway
Laurens Veltman   x       
Lenn Olsen       x   
Lennart Nystrom       x   Sweden
Leopold Chow   x        Canada
Leslie Kerrigan   x        United Kingdom
Luca Pagano   x        Italy
luciano giustini       x    Canada
Mads Andersen       x   Denmark
Magnus Oddernes   x       Norway
Magnus Persson   x       Sweden
Magnus Soderholtz   x       
Manuel Cuberos   x        Spain
manuel jimenez cecilia   x        Spain
Marc Antoine       x   
Marc Friedmann       x   
Marc Goodwin   x       United Kingdom
Marc Naalden   x       Holland
Marcin Horecki   x        Poland
Marco Massuci       x   
Marco Pistilli   x       
Margarita González    x       Spain
Mario Silvestri       x   
Marius Sannes   x       
Mark Bolliger       x   Switzerland
Mark Boudewijn   x       Holland
Mark Pickett       x   
Mark Teltscher       x   United Kingdom
Markus Golser   x       Austria
Martin Aigner   x       
Martin Olsson           
Martin Vallo       x   Denmark
Martin Wendt   x       Denmark
Matias Abrahamsen   x       
Mats Iremark       x    Sweden
Matt Tyler   x       
Matthew Davey       x    Sweden
Mattia Daverio       x    Italy
Mattias Andersson   x       
Mattias Ericson       x   Sweden
Mauro Guanti   x       
Max Kraanen       x   
Max Lindberg   x        Sweden
Maxim Brandwain       x   Belgium
maximilianos trigas   x        Greece
Michael Kindle   x       
Michael Kleiner       x   Germany
Michael McWhirter       x   
Michael Rabenseifner       x    United States
Michel Abecassis   x       France
Michel Alberti   x       
Mickey Wernick       x   United Kingdom
Mikael Larsson   x       Sweden
Mikael Lindbäck       x   Sweden
Mikael Svensson    x       Sweden
Mikael Westerlund       x   Sweden
mike halioua   x        Canada
Miron Shakira   x       
Niall Mc Namara   x        Ireland
Nichlas Saarisilta       x    Sweden
nick england       x    United States
Nick Gibson   x       United Kingdom
Nick Slade       x   
Nicklas Ström   x       Sweden
Nico Behling   x       
Nicolai Vivet   x       Denmark
nicolas martin       x    France
Niklas Jalmestal       x   
Niko Vastamäki       x    Finland
Nils Paulsen       x   Norway
Noah Boeken   x       Holland
Olivier Daeninckx       x   
Olof Sundin       x   Sweden
Orlando Diaz   x        Sweden
Oscar Garcia-Pelayo       x   Spain
Oscar Teran   x       
Pal Hersleth       x   Norway
Pascal Perrault       x   France
Pasi Heinanen   x       Finland
Patrick Azzouzi       x   
Patrick Bruel       x   France
patrick champagnol       x    France
Paul Oska   x       
Paul Parker       x   United Kingdom
Paul Zimbler       x   United Kingdom
Peder Kjellen       x   
Pedro Barbosa           
Per Jogren       x   Sweden
Per Ström   x       Sweden
Per Ummer       x   Sweden
Per-Anders Hogbom   x       Sweden
Peter Bertelsen       x   
Peter Eichardt   x       Sweden
Peter Ersson   x       
Peter Fischer       x    Denmark
Peter Gould   x       United Kingdom
Peter Järgren       x   Sweden
Peter Jetten   x       
Peter Myrvig   x       
Peter Nielsen       x    Denmark
Peter Nordin       x   
Peter Persson       x   Sweden
Peter Roche       x   Ireland
Peter Smyth   x       
Peter Vlemmix       x   
Petri Pietilä   x       Finland
Phil Ivey           United States
Philip Hilm       x   Denmark
Philip Thorell   x       Sweden
Philip Yeh   x       Sweden
Pier Paolo Ruscalla       x   
Priyanand hallan   x        United Kingdom
Rahmn Mats   x       Sweden
Ralf Hermann       x   
Ram Vaswani       x   United Kingdom
Ramón Martínez-Reboredo Salvadores   x       
Ramzi Jelassi       x    Sweden
Raul Mestre       x   Spain
Raul Paez   x       Spain
Richard King       x    United Kingdom
Richard Redmond   x       United Kingdom
Ricki Nielsen           Denmark
Rino Matthis       x   Switzerland
Rob Hollink   x       Holland
Robert Cohen       x   France
Robert Donnino   x        United States
Robert Santilli   x       
roberto manfredini       x    Italy
Robin Keston   x       
Roland de Wolfe   x       United Kingdom
Roland Rozel       x   
Rolf Pedersen   x       
Ronnie Gustafsson   x        Sweden
Ronny Alex       x   
Ross Boatman       x   United Kingdom
Ross Johnson       x   
Roy Brindley   x       Ireland
Ryan Fronda       x   
Sandro Bellusci   x       
Sarah Bilney       x   Australia
Sebastian Riviere Karen   x       
Sebastian Ruthenberg   x       Germany
Serge Didisheim   x       
Seval Haegeland   x       Norway
Shane Reihill   x       
Shayan Salehi       x   
Simon Gilchrist       x   United Kingdom
Simon Johansson   x       Sweden
Simon John Young       x    United Kingdom
Simon Nowab       x   United Kingdom
Simon Zache    x       
Sofie Valdersnes       x    Norway
Sofie Wahlström   x       Sweden
Soren Nielsen       x   Denmark
Stale Egenes   x       Norway
Stefan Mattsson       x   
stefan rotach   x        Switzerland
Stefan Seile   x       Sweden
Steven Pearce   x       
Stuart Fox   x       United Kingdom
Stuart Haywod       x   
Stuart Rimmer       x   
Stuart Taylor   x       
Sverre Sundbo       x   Norway
Sybren Van Boven       x   
Szymon Przewozniak   x        Poland
Teemu Lahtinen   x       Finland
Terrence Chan       x    Canada
Terris Preston   x       
Terry Cook       x   United Kingdom
Theo Jorgensen       x   Denmark
Therese Merkel       x   Sweden
Thierry Cazals       x   France
Thierry Passeron   x       
Thomas Bihl   x       German
Thomas Billum (DEN)   x       Denmark
Thomas Christiensen       x   Denmark
Thomas Fougeron   x       France
Thomas Peterson       x   
Thomas Wahlroos   x       Finland
Tobias Garp   x       
Tobias Wolf   x        Germany
Tobias Wutschka   x       
Tony Cascarino   x       United Kingdom
Tony Chessa   x       United Kingdom
Tony Lindstedt   x       
Tore Lagerborg       x   Norway
Torstein Iversen   x       Norway
Trond Manger       x    Norway
Tyler Netter   x        United States
Ukka-Pekka Kytöharju   x       Finland
Vadim Markushevsky       x   
Vegar Hansen   x       Norway
Vegard Nygaard       x   Norway
Vihreasaari Riku-Matti Juhani           
Vincent Van Rooijen   x       Holland
Vivi Saethren       x   Norway
Vladimir Temelkovski   x        Macedonia
William Fitzpatrick       x    Canada
William Thorsson        x   Sweden
Yair Lapid       x   
Yvon Aouizerate   x       
Zsibrita Zsolt   x       

A cracking Mateyboy cubed moment, courtesy of Mr Ribena berry, Tony Chessa.

MB#1 called with 6d 6c and MB#2, nextdoor, raised with Ad Kd.

MB#1 then announced call out of turn, to which the dealer informed him that it wasn't his go.

MB#3, nextdoor again, then re-raised with Qd Qs.

MB#1 then went to fold, but was told that he wasn't allowed to because of his out-of-turn play.

Incredibly, he then attempted to move all-in, but finally called as he was obliged to.

MB#2 also called.

With MB#1 pushed off the flop, MB#2 took it down with his straight flush on a 2d 3d 4d x 5d board, just pipping MB#3's Queen high flush.

Bizarrely, MB#1 would have won with his 6d if he'd stayed in the hand.

Kind of odd to see someone try to fold raise and re-reaise all at the same time.

Did u keep up with that? I didn't...

That's both days' entries, and NOT a full and final list.  But it's not a bad start.

Hows Mr Pomroy getting on?

Okey, dokey, quiz time.

This guy's on 28,525, but who is he?...

playing tomorrow

quick 5 min break, back shortly

Wish Jon " TEXAS" Hewston and Micky Wernick good luck from me please

Ahh, fish coloured. good choice!

Ill take a wild guess on Jan Olav "The Balrog" Sjåvik from Norway... ;goodvevil;

I was Tony Chessa for the buffet and, although John Duthie bigged up the food during the press conference, I wasn't a huge fan. A little bit too sophisticated for me - oysters, salmon, etc  ;smackedbottom; not really my cup of tea.

I had to threaten some1 with the guns though.  ;snoopy'sguns; Nottingham Nick mocked my SALMON shoes, but he soon back off once I uncovered Tommy and Magnum.

Oy! My ballet days are long gone!

The Balrog, yes. At least he looks like The Balrog.

And Johnny Lodden has made his comeback, from 700 to 15000 at the moment.

Fancy going all the way to Barcelona to play poker ... they could have stayed at home and played the $5 blonde comp in 1 hour ... then they could have won some cash AND an exclusive t-shirt....

18 runners so far and rising !!!

PS. Is woody deck still in ??

Les Kerrighan -- 26,000
T Wahlroos -- 10,400
Peter Gould -- 9,100
Umberto Brenes -- 6,825
Johnny Lodden -- 19,525
Stephen Pearce -- 16,400
Phil Ivey -- 16,750
Stuart Fox -- 7,500
Ian Woodley -- 8,850

spot any famous names in there?

No sign of Texas yet, but I spotted Micky at the buffet. He seemed to be in good spirits.

I think you may be mixing him up with this fellow...

(http://www.fightersgeneration.com/fightgen/characters/balrog575.png)

tell julian to stop messing about and start getting some chips.

Fancy going all the way to Barcelona to play poker ... they could have stayed at home and played the $5 blonde comp at 10pm... then they could have won some cash AND an exclusive t-shirt....

18 runners so far and rising !!!

PS. Is woody deck still in ??

Which one ? Vodka or Bacardi
Tell him to have one for me at the Riviera. :)up

Stuart Fox 

There's one table here that appears to be slightly segregated from the rest, surrounded by a gold rail and attracting a row of onlookers. Not sure why, but it does hold talented players such as Rob Hollink and former WPT winner, Rolan De Wolfe (ronaldinho on blonde).

Our eagle eyed viewers may also notice that Roland has 15,275 and Rob has 11,625.

Although that would be displaying an exceedingly large amount of eagle-eyedness.

Roland De wolfe raises preflop to 600, MB calls in the big blind.

Both check the 6h Ts 8h flop before MB bets out 700 on the 9s Turn. Roland calls.

Roland takes the pot with A-Q off when both players check the 9c River. MB revealed Aspades 4c

:hello: snoopy

You know his uber power punch takes like 90 seconds to power up? I was more of a Vega fan.

More counts from my first round after the whole field joins up again (blinds 100/200 at present):

Milkybar Kid       13,150
Roland de Wolfe  17,900
Rob Hollink          13,000  (these three are now sat on the Golden Rail Table)
Les Kerrigan      36,700   (I tentatively suggest him as Chip Leader)
Praz Bansi          2,700   (Bracelet winner at this year's WSOP - last seen taking on us smaller fry at Equal Chance ;)     )
Stuart Fox         9,800
Phil Ivey            21,000
Barney Boatman  2,000    (Gave the universal Low Chip Wince)
John Kabbaj        5,600
Thomas Wahlroos  12,700
Ian Woodley          not sure but he's still in
Elky                     15,500
Stephen Pearce    20,000
Jonas Molander      17,500  (Team Hink)

Here's a picture of the man at the centre of so much pot-awarding controversy today - a bashful Nick Gibson, who remarks that he wished the dinner break had signaled the end of the day's play, as after all of that his head's rather messy...He's just been moved tables, however, so he's got a clean slate (no one needs to know exactly how he gained and then lost his chips...)

Tony Chessa is threatening to mock my shoes publically on this forum.

I think the new mods should ban him.

:hello:

Phil Ivey and some boobs -- 16,375

And a somewhat uncharacteristically downcast Julian, who was remarking to Jeff Buffenbarger in the restaurant during the break that his 'weak-passive' mode wasn't shifting as much as he'd like.  Some days the energy just isn't there - maybe it's tournament overload after his result seemingly just hours earlier...

Phil Ivey -- 16,375
Barney Boatman -- 4,100
John Kabbaj -- 3,450
Luca Pagano -- 15,250

Coo-ee! Can't help noticing that no-one's made use of the best new smiley yet. Probably they're all shy. Thanks, Snoops, I love it as if it were my own child...  ;danafish;

John Kabbaj limps from the cut-off for 200, MB raises to 900, Luca Pagano calls in the BB and Kabbaj also makes the call.

All check a T-4-J rainbow flop.

Pagano then bets out 1,750 come the raggy turn (a 4, I think), Kabbaj takes an age to fold (only 3.5k left) and MB also folds.

27 runners in the 10pm blonde comp snoppy, if anyone gets busted in the next 10 minutes, lend them your lappy and get them in ;)

"That's a bit filthy isn't it? You can't have that!" commets Jen.
"I don't think he's playing the instrument you think he is," replies snoopy

will do

please feel free guys to partake in the blodne comp on www.blondepokerleague.com (http://www.blondepokerleague.com)

If you want your poker to be fun and entertaining, then these blonde comps are the ones for you. The chatbox alone is worth a gander, especially when Kev makes his standard first round exit.

And here's the Pagano-Boatman-Kabbaj table.

Barney commented that I was going brighter by the day, but went deadly silent when I asked him when he was going blonde.

I'll throw in the word 'charity' and put some pressure on him.

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

playing the banjo could be a euphemism

oh &  :hello: Jen & Snoppy

The dealer on that table is a legend! Only guy in the place who is up for a laugh!

Praz Bansi, who won a gold bracelet in one of the latter WSOP $1,500 events, is currently struggling with just 3,150.

Meanwhile, Foxy, who is fair to middling with 13,300, just raised Mateygirl's big blind before betting her off the 6-7-6 (two hearts) flop.

Look at those Maverick shades.

"Metal under tension
Beggin' you to touch and go
Highway to the Danger Zone"

 ;whistle;

Although he has his head slightly below water with 8,000 in chips, JP is clearly delighted to be playing his first EPT under the guidance of Blue Square...

snoopy's SALMON coloured shirt was too much for Woodley to handle.

10,450

 rotflmfao

Squeezing through to the sort of feature table - I see Roland getting involved in a bit of preflop re-raising action with one of the blinds - before you know it 8,000 is in front of Roland (looks like less than half his stack, however) and Matey-in-the-blinds is all in.
Roland shows:  Ahrt Kc
His opponent:  Ad Ac

This looks very familiar - I seem to remember almost exactly the same situation taking Roland out of the EPT Baden... This time he has his opponent well covered, and it looks like he may have an escape route via a three-club board on the turn - but no cigar.

These photos are 1) A slightly disappointed Roland, with a truly amazing hat on
2) Roland's hand, which was meant to be artistic but is actually disappointingly blurry
3) His opponent, and doubler-upper.

And between those two sit Ben 'Milkybar Kid' Grundy, and Rob Hollink - here's Ben and Rob looking happy:

And while we're covering all emotional bases, Rob looking sad:

And Rob looking angry:

Not sure Tony Chessa has mastered that sort of poker face, however...*









*N.B. Poker face gag no. 318 (c) SnoopyEnterprises

Enough messing around!  More chip counts:

Jeff Buffenbarger      5,200
Tony Chessa           20,200
Johnny Lodden       24,000
Torstein Iversen      10,000

Two tables are currently hosting cash games, which I never seem to learn not to hover round and count people's chips, which they quite rightly find irritating.

I believe this is Cai Lin of Late Night Poker fame, although I'm not 100%. Can any1 confrim. Whoever he is, that's 13,850 in front of him.

More importantly, look at that barnet - must have lost control of the garden shears...

its him

And just as the rather reserved Stephen Pearce was on the verge of, dare I say it, quiet, he goes off on one of his oral rambles, trying to work out if Scandieboy has just gone all-in on overcards.

Pearce had limped for 300 with the Ducks, and it was a chunky 3,850 to call, but he did indeed shove the chip in, saying "I'm going to call and hope I'm racing" - which indeed he was, but only just as Scandieboy held A-3 off.

Board = 6-T-5-5-2 giving Pearce the boat.

Can you please let me know if David Barrie is playing 2 day?

Cheers,

Shaa

************************************BREAK*****************************************

Caught up with Ben Grundy, who's a fairly short stack now and lamenting his seating on the right of Rob Hollink.  Roland shares this position, which is making it awkward for the two of them to attack the four tighter players whom Ben says are to the left of Rob - now with too few chips to really raise and pass to a re-raise, he looks a little frustrated.  Still in, though, unlike many.  I'd estimate a quarter of players are now playing cash or in the bar.

Which leads me on to a little Interactivity Quiz - of the following players, not to be found at the poker tables, who are Lurkers (yet to play), who are shirkers (didn't get in the tournament) and who are simply OUT?

Marc Goodwin
Bad Girl
Steve Vladar
Ross Boatman
Willie Tann
Henning Granstad
Sverre Sundbo

The singer?

Chip Leader - Les Kerrigan - 40,000
Following closely (and maintaining that if he hadn't just lost a pot before the break, he'd be in front) - Thomas Wahlroos - 36,500

Ian Woodley has just doubled up courtesy of a very polite MB who calmly said 'nh', before running off for a good cry in the toilets.

Flop = Ahrt 2d 9h

Woodley bets, MB calls.

Turn = Kh

MB bets, Woodley makes it 6k, MB moves all-in, Woodley calls for his last 3k.

A-A vs 9-9

A blank on the River and Woodley is up to 25k.

Chip leader Les Kerrigan (40-45k) and the shiny head of Peter Smyth.

Roland De Wolfe and those darn boobs again (!)

18,775

Jonny 'Texas' Hewston disappeared a little ways before we made our breathless arrival - now Jon brings us some rather startling news: it appears that in Texas' final hand, he wasn't actually cleaned out of chips, but got up and walked off before seeing that he still had 1,000...that little stack has now been blinded off. 

Many thanks to David Lloyd who identified the 'end of level' music as deriving from 80's electronica band, Yello.

Baam Baam wrrrrr

I'm sure you would have got it from my rendition.

Baam Baam wrrrrr

John Kabbaj is back up to 10,850 after dropping down to around 3k.

Lurkers:
Willie Tann
Sverre Sundbo

Shirkers:
Bad Girl
Steve Vladar  (who both tried the last satellite to get in but no joy - a mix up with William Hills - they're bought in for Baden though...)
Henning Granstad (plus his entire 11-strong team of Eurolinx players whose buy-in got bounced leaving them without seats)

OUT:
Marc Goodwin
Ross Boatman

Quotes:

Ben Grundy - "I'm on about several thousand, but have a pretty bad table with Hollink to my immediate left. He's attacking the tight players around the back and keeps re-raising my raises. To call him means committing most of my chips, so I have to keep folding to him. At the moment, I'm only playing when I get a hand."

Woodley - (talking about his double up) "I knew if he flat-called my bet that a f***ing heart would hit the Turn, but I wasn't f***ing folding, no way."

Tony Chessa - "This is crazy table, poor standard not crazy cards. I'm playing the tightest poker of my life."

Bar Update:

Chubbs Nowab has polished off a few bottles of champers already. He plays tomorrow.
Dave Penly is also boozing.
Lots of other people are also drinking.
Steve and Bad Girl Vladar are raising money for MacMillan Cancer Research and have reported great generosity from the majority of players, particularly from those who are drinking heavily.

Beer counts to follow shortly...

Julian Thew is on 19,850.

Les Kerrigan is still going strong with around 40k.

Shirkers, Lurkers or Out? I can see you getting your own daytime show a la Kilroy's "Share or Shaft".  8)

Lurker
Shirker
Shirker
Lurker
Out
Shirker
Lurker

message from Nottingham Nick to the Mrs, Maid M.

"I'm on 18,625. I love you dearly and can't wait to see you again"

He begged me not to do the ol' cut n paste job that I usually do with my love messages, then again, he did say make sure she thinks it's directed at her rather than Barney. Oops.

 ;booboo;

can you get a lurker shirker - one who shirks lurks?

Foxy was eliminated by Ivey, who is now on 29,125.

However, Phil was merely sweeping up the pieces left by a young Spanish lady who gave Foxy a right rub down.

With the blinds at 200/400, she moved all-in for 6k preflop with Tens, only to run into Foxy's Pocket Rockets.

As a third Ten hit the board, she leapt out of her chair and started 'yeah-ing' right in front of Stuart.

 :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* *g ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;mexicanwave;

Roland De Wolfe is up to around 35k after first suriving an all-in with the bare Ace on an all hearted flop, and then having his flopped straight (5-6s on a 9-8-7 board) paid off by Mateyboy's Pocket Ladies.

On a board of Jd 6d 4d 4c, Nick 'Gwibbo' Gibson check-raises Jan Sjavik's 4.5k raise all-in. Sjavik folds after a lenghty dwell.

Ben 'milkybarkid' Grundy -- 7,475 (still sharing a table with De Wolfe & Hollink)

Some counts, then, as they dwindle to just 152(!)

Peter Smythe   12,000
Ingemar Backman  23,700
JP Kelly              10,000
Karl Mahrenholz    6,650
Les Kerrigan        43,000
Ben Grundy         8,900
Rob Hollink         16,300
Praz Bansi            OUT
Jeff Buffenbarger  OUT

Walsall regaular Arul Sivaguru fondles his mound in a highly phallic fashion.

He just added to his column after going all-in for 9,325. All the limpers and the initial raiser folder.

He just can't sit still can he?  Literally moments earlier, he took on a button raiser from the big blind.  The flop came:  6d 5d 9s.  Nick checked, the button bet 1,300, and Nick raised to 3,500.  A bit of a think later, and the Button moved in on him.  Sitting with what I call 'statue arms' he waited to see if Gwibbo would call, and he took his time, getting the pot and raise separated and thinking about the extra 12,875 precisely to him.  After counting it out of his stack, he passed - BA Kildalen made a brave effort to get the re-raiser to show his hand, "for the cameras!" before they moved on.

Conversation with Smokin' Steve Vladar.

snoopy: Sigh, I think I'm starting to wane.
Vladar: Yes, I've just been outside, looks like thunder.

I bet Johnathan Woss has the same confusing conversations.

Message for Tikay

This gent (part of the tricky lineup surrounding Chessa) passes warm regards to  ;tk; from the Bergen Massive!  :hello:

And with the exiting of Praz, just wanted to share this picture of him looking sneaky with short stack - the guy to his right with the pillow (not the dealer, who incidentally is looking pretty sneaky too) is the one who just took that pot off Nick Gibson with the all-in re-raise - anyone know his name?

Amongst the quickly-filling cash tables, one tourney table languishes in the corner, unspotted by our otherwise eagle-eyed team - on it is Anthony (pictured) with 11,100. 

Stephen Pearce -- 22,500
Julian Thew -- 32,300
Nick Gibson -- 29,850
Phil Ivey -- 27,850
Umberto Brenes -- 7,900
Roland De Wolfe -- 22,800
Ben Grundy -- 6,100
Torstein Iversen -- 8,000
Tony Chessa -- 21,500
Rob Hollink -- 14,350
Johnny Lodden -- 13,950
Peter Smyth -- 10,950
JP Kelly -- 7,325
John Kabbaj -- 12,725
Barney Boatman -- 9,525

Julian bets 4.6k on a Th Kh Kc 2c board. Mateyboy folds.

Level 7: Blinds = 200/400 (50)
Next Level: 300/600 (75)
240 entries
130 left
Average Stack = 18,461
15 minutes left at this level

It looks bigger in the films.

What a disappointment.

It's not the real one, you know how like you're not the real Snoopy, it's like that.  ;scarymoment;

That one's the imposter, I'M the real one.

A few passing comments from Yoyo:

"I'm on about 30k, not much has happened recently, although I did push Les Kerrigan off a pot. He was on around 35k, whilst I was on 26k, and I re-raised his 2.4k bet to 5.5k and he folded, showing Q-Q in the process. He made a tight fold, especially against me. I didn't fancy seeing a flop out of position, especially considering that I'm only going to win a small pot if I do hit."

A Sivaguru is down to 11,000 after calling a 1k bet on a K-4-4-7-7 board. MB had the 7.

utg limps, utg+1 raises to 1.6k, Stephen Pearce calls, utg calls. IR bets 3k on 2-T-J (two spades) flop, both opponents fold with Pearce saying, "I believe you..."

JP News Now -

He's up to a moderate 14,000, but not going nuts at this stage, exhibiting a quiet solidity not usually attributed to him... despite the lack of recklessness, when he started raising every hand (albeit with AA then AA then AK) he only took down the raise in front of him each time, without coaxing anyone to gamble.  He says only two hands near the beginning of the comp are all players have seen, so he must be as much a mystery as the players on either side of him, who he admits are pretty tidy.  Photos coming...

Hello, you tell me how much Fabrice Soulier chips play.Merci.



   

JP Kelly -- 13,300
Marc Naalden -- 5,900
Ben Grundy -- 4,650
Ulriksen -- 26,950
Roland De Wolfe -- 27,500
Tony Chessa -- 23,100
Rob Hollink -- 21,750
Johnny Lodden -- 19,750
Nick Gibson -- 34,500
Peter Gould -- 17,475
Jan Sjavik -- 6,725
Ian Woodley -- 34,150
Cai Lin -- 27,750
Barny Boatman -- 8,850
Phil Ivey -- 20,675
Stephen Pearce -- 17,100
Humberto Brenes -- 18,200

One of my favourite players, a crowd pleaser. I think he must have known I was snapping.

Martin Wendt is OUT

A race with Ian Woodley.

5-5- vs A-Js

Ian hit a fush draw on the flop, but it was the Ace on the River that finished Martin off.

One of the best players in the world......and sitting next to him is Phil Ivey

 :hello: Jen & Snoops

Just caught up - you're doing a sterling job as always!

cheers man  ;starwars;

Double up for JP!

I noticed he had a bigger stack (well double the size) as he got moved next to Ian Woodley - it turns out that the Tilter on his other table did in fact end up doubling him up - he found Kc Ks on the big blind, Tilter raised to 1,800, JP made it 5,600 and gave the guy the 'weak stare-down' - eventually he pushed in with his Ad Td and the chips drifted JP-wards...

Excellent work Jen and Snoopy!

Is Ed Hollis playing today? If so can you ....  :)up

Yes

Good stuff guys, I'm off to bed.  ;sleep;

Will catch up in the morning.

Fabrice Soulier is OUT

-- Phil Ivey isn't wearing socks

-- Barny Boatman is refusing to dye his hair blonde, and even shot my down my idea of a blonde Hendon Mob, suggesting that Ram wouldn't be too keen

-- JP Kelly, Ian Woodley and Peter Gould are all sitting next to on another with Barny across the table

-- Lodden has shot up to 38,750 after struggling to make any headway throughout most of the day

-- the Full Tilt guys don't seem to be donning their gear (you know, full hockey outfit and all). Must be due to the PokerStars regulation regarding logo sizes.

-- I am yet to stumble across an inverted chair sitter, never mind a double stacker.

Players are now on a ten minute break.

Blinds will be 400 and 800 with a running ante of 100.

There are 108 players remaining.

How many do they play down to tonight guys?

In the interest of fairness, I believe they play down to a certain level (10 I hear) rather than a specific number of players.

 ;envious;

Excuse my ignorance, but what did Julian win at the weekend?

Ok thanks

I believe it was around 40k for a third place finish. Not 100% tho...

Not witnessing too many major hands at the moment, but I did just have a front seat as Barny Boatman departed.

All the chips flew in on a flop of Qh 7h 9d

My assumption is that Barny was the agressor as he had a paltry Jd 4h, whilst Mateyboy was playing with a pair of pocket eights.

King Turn and 7 River were of no use, and that's another mob member down.

(http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=14602.0;attach=7956;image)

(http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=14602.0;attach=7967;image)

Another couple of innocuous hands:

Humberto Brenes raises from early position to 2.7k, Lodden makes it 6k, Brenes folds.

Luca Pagano makes it 1.6 to play and receives 4 caller. The Big Blind bets out 5k on a 4-8-3 rainbow flop, the small blind folds after a lenghty dwell, sb shows 8-7 as he scoops the pot.

ah, but that is due to having or preparing for a masseuse. Does that count?

I certainly haven't spotted a double stacker.

The inverted double stacker is a distant dream at the moment...

€41,000

Sandy

Was this in Barcelona?

yes, in an earlier event. A €500 I believe.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=14555.0

Pardon my ignorance snoops, its been a while since i did an update with you.

What is a double stacker?

two chairs, one on top of the other

 ;frustrated;

Pardon my ignorance.

I clearly learn't nothing under your guidence.

Everything seems to have sped up at this late stage (the blinds are 400/800 ante 100, and halfway through the level, which I reckon will be the last) -
Down to 85 players, and Table Roland just broke (Rob Hollink had exited a level previous).

The chunky blinds are looking fairly dangerous to short stacks Julian (8,000) and Stephen Pearce (11,000) while some interesting new tablemates have appeared...

Like Roland de Wolfe and JP, Johnny Lodden and Ian Woodley, Ben Grundy and Thomas Wahlroos...

Here are to up-and-down players who seem to be struggling at the moment with Stephen Pearce (top) on 10,800 and Julian 'Yoyo' Thew (bottom) on 6,700.

Roland De Wolfe has taken the empty seat of the departed Barny Boatman.

Roland is on 34,000 and seems to be in confident mood.

Has he placed it upon his seat?

Talking of Stephen Pearce, here's anther guy, Peter Gould (BB) who likes to chat, this time trying to persuade Mateyboy to fold his hand after Gould moved all-in for 9k on a flop 4d 6d Ks (preflop action had created a pot of 15-20k)

"Your Queens are best"
"You're good enough to fold this"
"You'll still have plenty of chips left if you let it go"

and so on.

Eventually, MB did fold.

BREAKING NEWS

Big TK (Thomas Kremser) and his gang are no longer wearing the matching ties and hankie (which, incidentally, was the always the same colour as the plasma screen) that were so popular last season. However, he assures me that this is merely because he is not with his team, which I guess suggests that he's working with a different group of people this year.

He also claimed that he was an indivdual and so should be different. I agreed and used the 'a headmaster doesn't wear the same uniform as the pupils' analogy.

He looked at me rather blankly.

Can anyoen guess Big TK's tie colour. It's a combination of two shades.

Les Kerrigan, chip leader for a good length of time, has now dropped to average, as some reasonable stacks clash creating one big stack and (usually) one elimination...

Like Rolf Pedersen, a Danish guy - the one who pushed Gwibbo off that pot earlier, and whom no one could identify (even Rolf Slotboom) until Henning Granstad made the discovery.  Anyway, Arko Helland, a Norwegian, appears (from the position of the button when I saw the table as players stood up) to have limped utg with 5d 5h.  Big blind Rolf raised with Ac Kd - I don't know whether this was the final or penultimate raise, all I saw were the AK and 55 on their backs and some tense railers urging the Fives to Hold!

Hold they did, and that was a 60k pot to the Norwegian...pictured here

And now Peter Gould is on 34,500 after his 3.7k bet into a flop of Kh 9c 2h went unanswered.

 :o :o :o :o :o

OK, although Nick Gibson has come back from technically no chips to a healthy 25k or so, the Climber of the Day has to be Johnny Lodden (pictured, drinking the life-force of his opponents).  His start to the tournament was, some might say, disastrous - down to 400 and literally chip and chaired.  Now he has over 50k (although doesn't stack in a counter-friendly manner).  Ian Woodley can have a prize too - for quietly building up 44,500 without anyone taking much notice.  He's in the big blind when Johnny's on the button.  Would make for an interesting Day Two if there were no seat redraw...

With 14 minutes left of Level 9 (which looks like being the last), Bog TK has ordered the press to leave the tournament area.

However, I did manage to get the odd chip count as I departed.

Nick Gibson -- 34,000
Ian Woodley -- 41,200
Ben Grundy -- 20,100
Gosler -- 16,900

Yes quite shocking, even worthy of one of these...  ;gobsmacked;

Play has ended, and it does look like Julian may have departed at the 11th hour (so says Bad Girl).  The rest will come back after a day's break, but we'll be here to follow the action tomorrow, Day 1b....

Just to clarify, the following familiar names bit the dust today:

John Hewston
Barny Boatman
Ross Boatman
Fabrice Soulier
Martin Wendt
Stuart Fox
Praz Bansi

I busted with 30mins left getting it allin on Ac7c4s flop with 4h4d, I was up against As7s and turn and river were spades giving him the nut flush.  55k pot....SICKKKKK

Ouch ul m8

Seconded - very sorry not to have caught up earlier - that's a pretty nerve-twisting exit to be sure...

I'm even more sorry that I didn't spot you. I vaguely recall your face from Vegas, but it's hard to keep track sometimes when there are so many names to remember.

My apologies.

Wave your arms about like a mad mad next time and I'll come running.

Bad luck on your exit.

Chip-counts don't seem to be emerging, so, until 5pm tomorrow (our time - although don't hold me to that as everyone seems to suggest a different kick-off time)...

 ;stickaforkinme;

Cheers spoony, see you and Jen tomorrow!

enjoyed the updates as always, great to have something to read before work.

I wonder if anyone else reads these in a towel fresh from the shower? 8)

UL Son.

:hello:  Great updating guys, just caught up on the nights play.

Looking forward to the next one :)

thanks for the updates guys...always a good read when i come into the office :)

Unfortunately, these were the only chip counts we have received from Day 1A.

Carlos Leira Lopez (Spain) -- 16,800
Dag Martin Mikkelsen (Norway) -- 13700
Daniel Elkeslassy (Morroco) -- 25400
Erik Lindberg (Sweden) -- 20,200
Frank Silverstein (United States) -- 22,700
Greg Hobson (United States) -- 14,900
Hubert Attali (France) -- 26,200
Humberto Brenes   (Costa Rica) -- 27,000
Jerome Duarte (France) -- 14,200
Jonathan Dull (United States) 31,000
Jukka Petri Pietila (Finland) -- 26,200
Katja Thater (Germany) -- 35,800
Leopold Chow (Canada) -- 15,400
Leslie Kerrigan   (United Kingdom) -- 33,500
Luca Pagano (Italy) -- 18,600
Manuel Cuberos (Spain) -- 6,900
Mike Halioua (Canada) -- 19,500
Stefan Rotach (Switzerland) -- 20,200
Thierry Passeron (France) -- 10,700
Vladimir Temelkovski (Macedonia) -- 18300

Classic Updating. Jen & sno0ps, you are the best. By far.

xx

Here are the full counts from Day 1a:

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/4012

Bit of a delay, but better late than never!