EPT in Baden Live Update Day 1

[Ironside]

not what i heard russ

you naughty naughty boy

but buy me a beer and i'll forgive you

[Djinn]

Ah. Any word with b - z - z in it sounds a little like another similar word.  Apologies.  It's a bit dark in here (excuse, excuse).  Well, to make it all better, here's some accurate news:

Simon Trumper - OUT
Iwan Jones - OUT
Robert Cooper - OUT

Ben Grundy - OUT (Having sat on a short stack for ages nicking the blinds (600 - 1,200 with a 100 ante right now) he made another double-up shot move with A10 from the button.  The cutoff raiser had JJ, so that didn't work.

The success story from Ben's table is undoubtedly chip leader Daniel Larsson, who has over 105,000 and has been getting hands and eliminating the little stacks ferociously.

[Ironside]

Simon Trumper - OUT
Iwan Jones - OUT
Robert Cooper - OUT

 

do there wives and partners know about this sudden rush of laying down with queens on the poker curcuit?

[Robert HM]

Bad luck Ben  

[Djinn]

Hello Ironside!

Yes it's all quiet and well-behaved on blonde, similarly in Baden.  There's something about sumptuous surroundings which seem to quieten the players a tad.  Not that their play is that quiet - poor old Sverre Sundbo is now following his compatriots having been knocked out very early.  He built up his chips to 16k within the first two blind levels, only to find his set of Aces cracked by a flush which drew out on him (he passed on the spade-y river).   Then, in his own words, "I worked my way up with intense grace" only to find pocked Jacks and a "crazy psycho" against him on a  flop.  Sure enough, they got it all in and Psycho turned over  kd , only to spike the King and send nice Sverre to the rail. 

[Djinn]

btw, that was not what I meant there Ironside, and you know it...

Some counts:
Julian Thew   38,000
Roland de Wolfe 45,000
Noah Boeken     18,300
Rob Hollink         24,000
Daniel Larsson   105,000
Alexander Stevic 25,000
Patric Antonius   70,000
Kjersti Grini        83,000
Frode               37,000
Marcus Freiberg 71,000
Paul Testud      25,000
Buzzer from Germany (who is now correctly identified) 20,000

[Djinn]

Roland de Wolfe has been busy pretty much nonstop.  Most recent Roland news: He bluffed Paul Testud off his pocket  kh ks on the river with  which, need I say it, was not ahead.  He's had ups and downs but hasn't gone out yet and looks to be on an 'up.'

[Robert HM]

Could Roland be on his way to add EPT champ to his CV to join the WPT title? I heard him addressed as champion of the Wycombe Poker Tournament at the poker million party, glad he had a sense of humour

[Djinn]

Tikay, fresh from Roland's side, puts him on about 50,000, although he's not 'update friendly' i.e. doesn't stack his chips in nice countable piles.  Likes to spread out a bit.

Also, just saw a short stack double up with  ad qc vs Kjersti Grini's  qh .  The position of the players (Kjersti on cutoff, other guy on button) leads me to wonder whether her 80kish stack might have been the product of getting away with a good bit of uncalled aggression.  One for the ladies.

[M POWER]

Good luck to Julian

Fab reporting too Jenn

Have a great time


Regards

M


 

[Djinn]

Robert Cooper went out in a three-way coup taking his AJ against the 10 10 re-raiser and the AK extra caller.  "Fed up of people re-raising preflop" and a run of AQ type non-hitters.  That's just how it goes sometimes...  They really seem to be in 'double up or go out' mode now, with the short stacks taking chances to be able to come back tomorrow with a few  more chips.  49 players left.

[Trace]

Welcome back ironside. I have already posted my prediction on this event in another thread. You haven't missed much while you have been away m8- very quiet and we have all been behaving, especially me honest 

Pull the other one!

[Gamblor21]

Wish juian goodluck for me please...

Tell him just to YO and not to YOYO!

Ian

[Powerdane]

Hi,

you are really doing a great job :-) Can you give an update on some of the danes involved? Saw that daniel Smiths was in one of your earlier ones ...

[Djinn]

I think Daniel is out, Powerdane... I don't know if Mr. Grundtvig is Danish, but he's probably second in chips with 120,000.  There are a lot of Swedish, Norwegian and Danish players, or were at the start of the day.  The field has positively imploded...