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Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 :hello:

Incredibly, it looks like being a slighty late start, but I've just spotted ol' Mickey Sexton finishing off his bacon and egg and trundling into the room holding the final - that has to be a good sign, surely?

Anyhow, it's all kinda surreal here. All the press are based in the neighbouring room, carefully watching one of the two T.V screens on offer. Vince Van Patten is having his brekkie across the other side of the room. There are even dolly birds with curlers in their hair - they must be those young ladies who have the oh so crucial job of carrying the money to the table.

What I'm most mythed about though is my failure to spot the prime beef that presents the show, does the interviews, etc. I'm sure she's around here somewhere, but no sign of her as of yet...

 :hello: Snoopy, go give them dolly birds the Snoopy smile, should cause a few faints   ;slavedriver;

Snoops is early today. Jen was early yesterdsay. What gives? And are you allowed to look at other women?

I can look at who I want and when I want.

I pull the strings here.

And I have Dana's permission to say so...

Please post pictures before she wakes up then


don't worry, I'll make sure they are removed the moment she logs onto blonde


I seem to remember Shana Hiatt was replaced by a leggy blonde...that can be the first piccy please.

Just to give you an idea of what it's like here...



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leggey blonde pics are a must snoopy

we got a romance going on here then  >:?

And they're off...

(playing I mean, they haven't left or anything)

I'm sure that lisp will go down well with the dolly-birds Oopsny  ::)

And at this early stage, we've lost one...

All-in preflop.

Yeh raises, Schuhl reraises, and Yeh moves all-in. Schuhl makesw the call, as chips are low, but looks on in dismay to find his  Ahrt Qh dominated by Ad Kd

First four cards gave a glimmer of hope for a split pot, whilst also removing the Qc as a winning river.

Tc 2c 8c 4c

However, it wasn't to be, as the dealer pulled out an irellevant 9s

Schuhl exits the cardroom to a raptuous applause.

Who's in the final snoppy?

Your remaining finalists:

Thomas Wahlroos

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Patrick Schuhl is OUT and becomes our 6th place finisher winning €93,750



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Philip Yeh

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Jani Sointula

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Wahlroos raises preflop, Yeh calls.

Flop = 6h Jd 9s

Both check

Turn = Jc

Wahlroos bets out, Yeh calls.

River = Qc

Wahlroos moves all-in and Yeh folds.

Big pot goes to the Wahlroos.

Christian Grundtvig



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Henrik Wilt

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Jani Sointula raises to 32,000 - takes the pot.

Thomas Wahlroos raises to 36k, Philip Yeh calls.  Jani re-raises to 140k(?) and takes it.

Thomas raises to 40k, Christian Grundtvig calls.  Flop 2 3 x  check, Thomas bets 60k, wins that one.

And that's your lot for this 20 minutes - as ever, it's fairly slow as every bet is announced in French and English, and there's lots of pausing (not by the players, though, I'm pleased to report, for once).  I have a 20 degree view of one of the TV sets feeding the crowd with exciting final table action, and if I turn my neck almost all the way round I can see every hand live.  This is actually a big bonus, as when something exciting happens I'm supposed to tip off the press who'll get off the comfy sofas and move to the middle of the room.

I'm backing Phillip "Clap Your Hands Say" Yeh.

another down...

Philip Yeh is out in 5th place, winning €131,250

Thomas Wahlroos raised, and Philip moved the lot in over the top - I think somewhere in the region of 440k.  Thomas called with Ac Ks, and found 9h 9d for Philip.
Flop: 8c 4s 6s
Turn: Ahrt
River: 8d

Philip Yeh is absolutely gutted, and, as can be seen from the photo below, he's wearing his heart on his sleeve.

Quote from Van Patten: "Wahlroos has been beating him up ever since this final started, and now, it's all over for Philip Yeh."



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Unbelievable

Err.....Oops?

Nice bit of bokking lol

And although Vince announces a break, play is continuing. The beauty of being pre-recorded, huh?

Meanwhile, a devestated Mr Yeh encounters the press...

131k should soften the blow though.



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I guess he's coming to track me down then....

It's gone pretty quiet at the felt now. Guess we've moving towards the big big bucks now.

Oh Yeh - you in trouble :D

Snoop, if you get close to Mr Sexton tell him the ROOKIE says thanks for the chips in last years $5K pot limit holdem at the WSOP. He was the victim of  4s 7h

I raised in level 1, got 5 callers, flop of  5d 6c 7h, Mr Sexton had  5h 8h and he was nice enough to donate 3,500 of his 5,000 starting chips to me. The 4/7 held and the legend grew 8) Who says American poker players like Mike are not nice guys.

The players have just come out for a short break.

Hi Jen, snoops, hope you both slept well.

Is there any suggestion of "accelerating" the Blinds, as they did in this Final last year?

Chippy count:

Thomas Wahlroos -- 1,367,000
Jani Sointula -- 892,000
Henrik Witt -- 681,000
Christian Grundtvig -- 541,000

And on that note, the players are being summoned back into the room.

 ;pokergods; ;pokergods; ;pokergods; ;pokergods; ;pokergods; ;pokergods;

Mr. NoFlops squire - i will gladly forward (and i cant believe i am about to say this) 5 bananas to you if you please  ;pokergods; please  ;pokergods; please  ;pokergods; dont mention me at any point during the WSOP main event!!

Jani and Christian see a flop - 4h 3d Th   Jani checks and Christian wins it with a 25k bet.

Thomas raises to 60k, Henrik Witt calls.  7s 7h 2s the flop.  Henrik takes that one with a bet out of 150,000.

It does looks a little ungainly when they bet with these 'plaques' - large rectangular things which are the special ACF high denomination chips, if you can call them that.  A bit of idiosyncrasy is nice to see on the WPT though - you can always tell which one the French one is by a single peek at the finalists' stacks.

I think you all read too much into this... ::)

My spidey senses inform me that this is the new WPT host, although I'm not 100%.

Can anyone confirm my suspicions?



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Better to be safe than sorry!! :D

cant make out the picture, its a bit dark - you need to post at least another dozen from various angles before we can confirm one way or another..........

I referred in the Day 1 Update to Joe Beevers appearing, to my eye, to be "not as focused as usual", & I elaborated on this on both the TV shows, suggesting Joe was in fact missing his two beautiful girls - well 3, actually!

I was chatting to Joe today, & he told me that, on the contrary, he was very focused indeed, as much, if not more, than ever.

I am happy to put the record straight, though it was no big deal to Joe.

In fact, the only reason I mention it is because Joe gave me one of those really odd suggestions as to why he maybe did not look as focused as usual.

"I did not have any hair gel on".

Well there you go. Maybe I could get Sponsorship from Brylcreem.

She's currently in the process of repeating her line over and over and over and over again until she gets it right.

Time for cue cards perhaps?

Jen, snoops, the pics are coming out VERY dark - is there anything we can do to make them lighter?

1 x Christian (button raise picking up blinds)
1x Henrik (ditto)
Thomas raises to 60k, Jani calls, Christian raises big  - 260k and gets them off it.

And while we're sat here staring at a TV with the sound so low it's a kind of gently French murmur, the Presentress of the WPT show repeats her intro type phrases over and over right behind us. "Read 'em and weep, or read 'em and win - welcome to this week's WPT event..." "One more time..." 

You're showing your age again Tikay

Yes that is her. She is called Sabina Gadecki and is the former Miss Polonia.  I was considering asking her out on a date, but I will probably leave it until  I can crack the $3 MTT on pokerstars first.

Where's Polonia??

Sounds like a disease.

Poland ( it may not be though. So don't approach her speaking Polish. You may be evicted )

Big Dwell and Potential Elimination News Now -

The last five or six minutes have been spent watching Jani think hard about calling Thomas' bet (all-in) on the river, with the board having arrived Qs 9s 3s 3d 2c.
Whatever he was considering must have been tricky - it doesn't look like he's left himself all that much back (although it's very hard to tell via the TV).  Round of applause for Wahlroos as he scoops in that large pot.

Kc Aspades 6d Kd  - I hear the words "action flop" from somewhere behind me, but there really isn't much - although I would be fairly certain that Jani will make his move soon.

I was joking about the cue cards, but they have indeed been brought out so the wpt totty (sry, forgotten her name alread) can finish her lines.

Listening to someone say the same thing over and over again can become pretty annoying after a while... even is she is a hottie.

rhubarb , rhubarb , rhubarb

Or unless it's "Yes Yes YES"  :D

i tried

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Someone buy you a box of crayola for christmas Dewi?

I will remind you that there is one Special Red Plaque which is either worth 100k or 200k - something big anyway, since the TV cameras like to do close-ups of it every now ant then.  This is another of the funny traditions here - the chips are all old-style cash game chips...pre-Euro they would be worth their face value!  So they've found a use for these old-school chips - and there's no point slipping a 20k-er into your pocket since they're no longer in use.

Kc 8h 6h Qc  Thomas bets on the turn 175k - Henrik moves in! And that's enough to win him a nice big pot.

Christian Grundtvig takes a big pot off Thomas Wahlroos.

Unfortunately no-one seems to have caught the hand... but it was a big en.

3 players see a flop

9c 2s Ac

Witt bets 75k

Wahlroos calls

Grundtvig makes it 275k

Both fold

Thanks Dewi

I've gone crazy with the zoom feature on my camera and come up with a quick teaser for you...

Which well know poker superstar does this hand belong to?

This poker shark isn't playing, but is watching from the neighbouring room.

Guess away...

Big big brownie points to whoever comes up with the right name.



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I thought Brylcreem was cool. Johnny Haynes used to use it.

Tom Thumb?

We're talking about one of the best players in the World here. I'm not sure Tom Thumb falls into that category.

Can you give us a clue, has this hand any hobbies, which nationality etc?

hobby = poker
nationality = English

Double up for Jani Sointula!

In a hand which sent the Danes into a frenzy, Jani moved in and received a call from Henrik Witt. 
Jani: Ac 9c
Henrik: Qs Kc

And the Henrik fans were calling for a Queen or King as they oh-so-slowly dealt out the board.  It came 9-high, giving the agressive Finnish player a stack once more.  Not sure how greatly Henrik's stack was damaged, but he didn't look too happy.

The hand of GOD

lol, nope

... but I think this guy must have some divine connection with all the top class plays he makes.

In my opinion, he's the best player in this room.

are you taking pictures of yourself again  :D :D :D :D

ram?

cough

Jani raises to 80k, Thomas calls.
Flop: 8d Ahrt 6c  Thomas bets out 150,000 - Jani moves in, after a brief eyebrow-furrowing dwell, and Thomas faces a similar situation to earlier, again deciding to give up the pot.

Thomas has seen his chip lead disappearing so far - there aren't so many of those plaques remaining behnd his chips, although I think he's held on to the biggie.

Ariston?

djinn?

And from little stack to big stack, Jani has built a little plaque tower on either side of his traditionally-shaped chips. 

Jani raises to 100k, called by Christian.
Flop: 6s Tc 4h  Check from Jani, Christian takes that one fast with a bet.  Six-figures in chips are passing round every hand, and the 10k/20 blinds with 2k ante are enough to fight over.

Are you saying I have man hands?  Or that this individual has effeminate hands?  I'm going for the latter...

marcel

Jani takes another one preflop with a little-raise-squashing re-raise to 250,000... he seems quite partial to that - waiting for a standard raise and preferably a call and then just picking it up without a flop.

******************************10 min break*******************************

Will try to ascertain the chip count during it.

Djinn? Naaaaaaaaaah. She's got long fingers. Looky...



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is it Julian T?

oooooooooooooh, so close

just that you have the wrong ruddy colour!!!  :D :D :D

Does the same person have a singular love for pink t-shirts? And also for trying to singalong to any song he hears?

It's a world renowned poker phenomenen.

Not some Yoyo nobody from Nottingham.

He has the voice of an angel...

We hear from a reliable insider that the action is a bit slow for poor old jetlagged Mike Sexton, who's dozing off and getting a poke in the ribs from Vince van Patten.  To be honest, I've seen much worse - they're still playing, although flops are a bit thin on the table.

Jani Sointula -- 1,362,000
Christian Grundtvig -- 1,252,000
Henrik Witt -- 466,000
Thomas Wahlroos -- 405,00

Ahh, yes, Marcel the Englishman. Does he play in Sheffield?

The eggman...



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An Angel in the midst of being drowned

What a stunning comeback by Jani. What IS the secret of his game?

Yes, Marcel and Barry Neville are always duetting across a murky Sheffield cardroom.

Ariston?
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djinn?
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Are you saying I have man hands?  Or that this individual has effeminate hands?  I'm going for the latter...
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Does the same person have a singular love for pink t-shirts? And also for trying to singalong to any song he hears?
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Yes, yes he does, it's Snoopy himself.  Never underestimate his powers of overestimation ;)

The hand belongs to Matt

But would they call for their entire stack with one pair, no kicker, against a giant of the poker world??

Sorry for the lack of hand reporting going on - the breaks tend to become a bit elastic as the 'audience' has to be pressed back in in a tight ring around the final table, the players hooked up etc etc.  I think the lady who organises the audience is a bit surprised at the lack of interest in packing in there around the players themselves.  I think Europeans, and the French especially, are less interested in getting their heads in the background on TV, and more interested in sitting on comfy leather sofas where they can smoke.

He's a hellraiser

djinn?
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Are you saying I have man hands?  Or that this individual has effeminate hands?  I'm going for the latter...
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Does the same person have a singular love for pink t-shirts? And also for trying to singalong to any song he hears?
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Yes, yes he does, it's Snoopy himself.  Never underestimate his powers of overestimation ;)
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What's my prize Jen?

Ahh, now I see. Can I be the Limper from Hell then?

Scandies and the squeeze play, they should get married!

Are you saying I have man hands?  Or that this individual has effeminate hands?  I'm going for the latter...
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Does the same person have a singular love for pink t-shirts? And also for trying to singalong to any song he hears?
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Yes, yes he does, it's Snoopy himself.  Never underestimate his powers of overestimation ;)
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What's my prize, Jen?
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What a difference a comma makes....

NO. You can't win Jen. You can beat her at Heads-Up though, she's a bit of a wuss.

Henrik is all-in!
 
Christian: Ad Kc
Henrik:  Ac Qs

Flop: Kd 8c 8h
Turn: 6d
River: 5c

And Henrik Witt is the 4th place finisher, taking €168,750

No it doesnt, not hairy enough to be mine!!!

I believe the correct answer is "thing", star of many addams family tv programs!!



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Emu?

Does the same person have a singular love for pink t-shirts? And also for trying to singalong to any song he hears?
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Yes, yes he does, it's Snoopy himself.  Never underestimate his powers of overestimation ;)
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What's my prize, Jen?
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What a difference a comma makes....

NO. You can't win Jen. You can beat her at Heads-Up though, she's a bit of a wuss.
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You're evil Tikay!!! You're sabotaging my posts for your own Machiavellian ends...  ;tk;

ok i have read all the clues now tk and i still think it is Marcel and if not it must be God.

Sooty naked?

Sorry to detour off the picture of the hand for a moment, but there's one of the poker variety going on right now..

Flop seen: 7d Ks 7s after Jani flat called a 200k raise from Christian.  Check from Christian - Jani bets 150k.  And takes another one.

A few screenshots for you...



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Clash of the Finns - Wahlroos against Jani (with Thomas W. all in) "must win this pot to stay alive in this Championship" helpfully reminds Mike.

Thomas shows:  Aspades 3d
Jani shows:   Kc Js

Flop: 9d 8d Ahrt
Turn: Qc
River: 3s

And the early chip leader gets some breathing space after experiencing life as a short stack.

Is there something Fishy about those hands? They look a bit light on bling, though.

Blinds are now 25,000/50,000 (5,000)

Blinds are now 25,000/50,000, and something's just been raced off (the 1ks?).  But play is continuing.

Thomas Wahlroos moves in (again) for 450k with Aspades 3h
Christian calls!  And Thomas has found a monster 3-handed behind him - Qc Qd

Flop:  2s 8c 7c
Turn:  7d
River:  6c

So Thomas Wahlroos finishes 3rd, winning €243,750

So now it's Dane (Christian Grundtvig) vs. Finn (Jani Sointula) heads up for the biggest prizes... over a million Euro still in the pool between first and second place. 

I'm not saying a word about who I'm backing. ::)

Jani gets my vote! Could be dead wrong of course in which case I vote the other bloke! Capiche?

After a short breather, it looks like Heads-Up action is about to commence.

There is a slight confusion over payouts as the wpt online prizes don't equate to the ones being advertised here...

from wpt site...
   
1st = $997,500 (€774k)
   
2nd = $498,750 (€395k)

3rd = 341,250 (€270k)

Grundtvig bets out 175k on a 2-A-A rainbow flop.

Jani folds.

Are those figures not the same, allowing for the $/€ Rate?

We have a raise, followed by an all-in from Jani!

and a call from Grundtvig!

On their backs.

If Jani wins he takes the chip lead.

Jani = Ahrt 4h

Grundtvig = Qd Td

Board = 7s 9c 5h 3c 4s

First on the board here is €712k

I've been told that the ones we have here are the correct ones though.

Thanks for the updates so far. I had a feeling it would get down to Sointula and Grundtvig out of the finalists.

And although Jani just doubled up to chip leader, Christian is hardly giving up.  He just re-raised Jani's button raise to 300k, making him pass, and just now he called Jani's button raise to 150,000.

They saw a flop (yes! a flop!) Th Ts Kh.
Christian checked, Jani threw in the one red 200k plaque, and Christian moved in.  Again, the aggressive Mr. Sointula was forced to pass.  The Danes in the room are still very excited.

Jen,

Any chance of a chip-count and blinds/antes update?

Thanks.

HI,

Great blog guys.

For your info. Grundvig goes under the name "the Stamp" in Denmark....he used to sell stamps :-) This could by the way be the second WPT win for the danish pokerteam this year! "Carlos" won the 5 diammonds at bellagio!

Anther flop, this time the Td 3s Qd
Christian bet 75k, Jani raised-225k, pass...

And I think I heard Mike Sexton correctly when he said the blinds just became 40k/80k!  Pricey, or what.  Again something tells me they're not getting the same degree of Play they've had through the previous three days.

Christian Grundtvig stick in a fancy red plaque preflop.

Jani calls.

Flop = 4s Tc Jd

Jani moves all-in.

Christian folds.

This is pretty much standard for the WPT. The casino controls the structure until the televised final table and then they are forced to play it by WPT's structure for the television, to reduce editing costs and to keep the crowd more alive throughout.

More's the pity...

As for the counts, El Yortle et al, really can't guess from the TV - I reckon Jani is still the leader but there isn't a lot between them.  If I can get into the StudioRoom in the next break I'll try to get some counts, as there's something about the flat image on TV which makes it very hard to estimate the stacks.

5 minute break...

Just about enough time for the players to take a number two

Ah fair enough. Wasn't sure how much live editing was done for on-screen chip displays. Thanks anyway.

Looks like 1 hour since beginning of last level. 60 minutes per level is not bad, if they keep to it.

Was there a deal?

It may have been difficult for them to arrange one unless they were left alone. WPT rules have prevented it since the Paul Phillips vs Mel Judah event in the US.

Meanwhile, feast your eyes on a mid-interview and post-exit Henrik Witt.

Caption comp anyone, and make it witty please. (ahem)



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Board = Kh 2h Jd 4h

Jani bets 100k, Christian calls.

River = Js

Both check with the latter taking it down with K-9 off.

For some unknown reason some of the pictures you post are so dark i can hardly see them..Anyone Help?

Put 2 bob in the meter

Dwarf screams in horror at the sight of a giant man.

Heads up play...



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The stacks look pleasingly enormous now - towers in front of Christian Grundtvig especially.  He's re-raised Jani's button raises massively (all-in on two occasions) a few times now, and picks up a quarter mil in chips each time that move works.  I think eventually it'll get all in preflop, however. 

Meanwhile the crowd has thickened, but we're still in our corner on some sofas.  As long as someone's here at all times it should be safe.

Jani raises to 200k on the button.  Christian's very vocal Danish support group out here goes, "Any Ace go all in!"  And he does just that.  Another pass from Jani.

These boots were made for stomping.

And Jani's changed tack, betting preflop again, but this time the whole stack.  Christian can't bet him off it now, and folds.

Big action!

Hold onto your seats, folks!

drum roll...

All in from Jani, Christian calls (he's got him covered...)  The last two shake hands, and...

Jani has Ahrt 5d
Christian has 6h 6d

Flop:  8d Jh 8h
Turn:  Kd
River:  (and the Danes are literally bouncing off the walls) Tc

They go predictably bonkers as the Danish Grundtvig takes it!

When the cameras are off...

Mike Sexton: "Testing, testing," as he taps his microphone, "I can't even hear myself."

Amateurs!

100 times better Dewi tx

Oh yes, now we get that tension-draining recording of the prizes being allotted and hands being shaken and interviewers interviewing etc. etc.  Let's hope they do it in one take... we'll see if we can get a couple of snaps when they eventually emerge.

Typically (I remember being surprised about this last year) the room is already clearing, and any minute now the audience chairs will be whisked off and the lounge will look untouched for decades, as usual.  Some cheering, a shrug, and everyone goes off to play cash.  :)

They're still locked away in there, finishing the Show - Snoops' camera is at the ready, though, to get them whenever the doors open.

<aside>  Hello BigDog25.  <little bro of me>

Mike Sexton is literally booming down the microphone as he thanks blah, blah, and blah.

And off he goes again... same spiel.

It appears a lot more spontaneous on the box.

Jani...

A man of few words

He bigs up Jani first, saying, "how are you feeling?"

He gets a one-worder, "Disappointed."

And now "Here's to our champion, from Denmark, Christian Grundtvig!" 

He also gets entry to the$25,000 Bellagio WPT like the sugary icing on the million dollar cake.

 Evenin' jen, thanks to you and snoopy for such hard work, its been highly entertaining :-)

 Make sure you get some time to chill out, and don't forget to bring me back a souvenir...

Thanks for all the updates. Looking forward to the next one. :)

good stuff you guys.  ;tightend; ;tightend;

O'' la la

Snoopy has braved the Room to try to sneak some pics, as it looks like we're not going to be granted high level clearance.  I think it was a bit of a 'shove hand with camera in it round the door and hope' moment, but before he was ejected he got one, to round off our update for the day.  We're off for steak.

Excellent work guys, lovely job. Enjoyed your updates a great deal  ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

Please excuse the blurriness, I was being pushed around by the French staff as I was in the middle of snapping.

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It's been a fun week, but a tiring one. Boy, am I pleased to jam in that fork. The tummy's rumbling and I'm dying for a steak, so I'll probably stick the fork in that instead.

byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Over and out

snoopy

And that's it from the WPT Paris - it's been five days of fun, in a fabulous setting where our crowd navigation skills were honed and our attention held by the high standard of play and large numbers of players we've seen before.

I hope to have a similar excuse to visit Paris next year...

Bye all.

n1 people.  Thanks for your hard work over the last few days.  We all appreciate it.   :)up

Sark says it all.

Thanks Jen, snoops, & Dana.

Nice work on the updates, everyone! Wish I could have been here earlier, while the action was live!

great work guys


enjoyed the updates immensely over the last few days