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 :hello: sponosy

what elegant footwear are you attired in today ?

As the ranks of players decrease, those of the press swell, and now the hallways look to be the scene for many a TV interview with the collected top selection of players gathered here to play their second day of the EPT...

We're just taking turns checking on whether any action is happening yet - saw Nick Gibson in the queue for the Casino ticket (which one needs, apparently, in order to gain admittance to the downstairs area of the Gran Casino) and he's "not quite awake yet."

Full Chip Counts - Going into Day 2...

Pedersen Dan Bitsca   118400
Sahamie   Ilari      109500
Abrahams   Javed   99700
Nord   Johan      84400
Tyler   Matt      82600
Marmion   Ian      79100
Keston   Robin      76000
Karkus   Andras      71900
Ulriksen Kristian   70300
Helland   A.      69700
Stevic   Alexander   63900
Thorel   Philip      57600
Dalhuisen   Peter   57300
Akkari   Andre      56600
Keiner   Michael      53600
Johnson   Ross      51700
Meyberg   Abel      51500
Sehljtedt   Bo   50300
Davas   Abu      49800
Gregory   David      49800
Fitzpatrick   Bill   48400
Osberstrom   Andres   47800
Helppi   Juha      47600
Lodden   Johnny      47100
Woodley   Ian      46700
Glenne   Bjorn erik   45700
De Wolfe   Roland   44700
Hageland   Seval   44700
Black   Andrew      42900
Stoneham   Adam   42600
Van der Vollen   Brice   42600
Roche   Peter      42400
Thorson   William      41800
Can   Fuat      41000
Lahtinen   Teemu   40600
Daneshgar   David   39900
Otte   Alan      39900
Gibson   Nick      39500
Westerlund   Mikael   39500
Pierrard      38500
Kravchenko   Alex   38200
Cailin   Jin      37800
Kjeller   Peder      36400
Schodorff   Anne   36000
Thater   Katja      35800
Eytan   Aukaham      35500
Lisandro   Jeff   34600
Forsberg   Joel   34500
Alioto   Dario      34400
Kerrigan   Leslie   33500
Fronda   Ryan      33200
Hansen   Gus      33200
Testud   Paul      33200
Gardner   Julian      33000
Perrault   Pascal   32500
Kelly   JP      31800
Parker   Paul      31800
Hoang   Chuc      31600
Rabl   Andrew      31300
Gould   P      31200
Boeken   Noah      31100
Faraz   Jaka      31100
Dull   Jon      31000
Stoddart   Bernard   30400
Pickett   Marc      30200
Cook   Terry      30000
Merkel   Tess      29200
Eskilsson   Hans   28800
Blanco   Angel      28600
Laxani         28600
Pedersen Frederik   28300
Daemimukx      27900
Brenes   Humbeto      27000
Boudewijn   Markus   26900
Chessa   Tony      26600
Attali   Hubert      26200
Pietila   Petri      26200
Mestre   Raul      26100
Cazals   Thierry      25700
Petit   Emile      25700
Lindback   Mikael   25500
Elkeslassy   Daniel   25400
Eriksen   Cato      25100
Jetten   C. Peter   25000
Aktell   Greger      24900
Salchi   Shajan      24900
Ivey   Phil      24800
Cohen   Robert      24700
Boudet   Patrice      24300
Bergquist   Johan   24000
Pyysing   Aki      23700
Lundberg   David   23600
Kindle   Michael      23100
Khiffsh   Imtias      22900
Wahlroos   Thomas   22900
Silverstein   Frank   22700
Doraminson   Anton   22100
Grundy   Ben      22100
Marciano   Elie   21500
Alberti   Michel      21000
Kraanen   Max      20400
Huttunen   Aki   20300
Lindberg   Erik   20200
Rotach   Stephan      20200
Zimbler   Paul      20200
Geigert   Joakim      19800
Halioua   Mike      19500
Golser   Markus      19400
Akos   Nemeth      18800
Bertelsen   Peter   18800
Cavret   Guillaume   18700
Pagano   Luca      18600
Van Rooyen   Vincent   18600
Tsalis   Konstantinos   18500
Temelkovski Vladimir   18300
Bjornsson   Gustav   18200
Davenport   James   18000
Plastik   David      18000
Lopez   Iago      16800
Olsson   Martin      16700
Mattsen   Stefan      16300
Vlemmiv   Peter      16000
Chow   Leopold      15400
Strom   Per      15000
Hobson   Greg      14900
Sjoberg   Gusten      14800
Duarte         14200
Mikkelsen Dag Martin   13700
Sathern   Vivi      13200
Thabet   Jean-Pierre   13200
Nygaard   Vegard      13100
Tann   Willie      12800
Kjerkol   Jorgen      11800
Luukkarinen   Lasse   11600
Hurtig   Andreas      11100
Palmstahl   David   10900
Sass   Alan      10900
Romanello   Antoni   10800
Passeron   Thierry   10700
Billum   Thomas      10500
Nicholis   Anthony   10300
Manger   Trond      10200
Mulin   Thierry      10200
Stadlbauer   Bernd   10100
Gonzalez   Marga   10000
Cohen   Ouri      9600
Mattsson   Nichlas   9100
Smith   Ian      9100
Daverto   Mattia      9000
Guanti   Mauro      8900   
Hagen   Andreas      8700
Pearce   Stephen      8700
Lima   Joao Marcello   8300
Dyrstad   Allan      8000
Lindstedt   Tony   7700
Peterson   Thomas   7100
Cuberos   Manuel      6900
Joahnsson Birgitta   6700
Szeremeta   Nic   6500
Kuusik   Jules       5100
Bensimon   Franck   5000

yikes another 19 pages of updates for me to go though tommorow...man my life is tough :)

Thanks in advance Jen and Snoops.

Nice to see Roland is doing allright btw.

Jen and I have both made 3 picks: 1 free pick, 1 shorstack & one Scanidie.

I went for Matt Tyler, Stephen Pearce & Johnny Lodden

Some potentially interesting clashes:

Peter Roche & Andy Black
Andreas Hagen & Pascal Perrault
Ben Grundy & Noah Boaken
Matt Tyler, Nick Gibson, Roland De Wolfe


And what has to be defined as the table of doooooooooooooom:

Julian Gardner, Paul Parker, Markus Golser, William Thorson & Humberto Brenes

Mornink!

How short is short?

didnt tony nicols or kev moore make it through snoops ?

If you go for a shortstacked scandie do you get another pick?

Willie Tann is an early casualty.

Tens v Sixes

6 on the River

He looks rather bemused.

Luca Pagano has just been eliminated.

I passed him in the hallway and asked the vital question. He gave a gentle nod and didn't look like retelling the story just yet.

crickey that's fast for someone who has 18k in chips. what are the blinds at snoop?-

They have now set up a feature table - cameras an' all.

Guess who's the main attraction...

yep, Mr Ivey

That's a good point - I went for Peter Roche, Andreas Hagen and Thomas Wahlroos...

 :hello: ;woohoo;

Blinds are currently at 600 and 1,200 with a running ante of 100

A tasty 691k in spondoolies for the winner.

 :hello:

 :hello:  Snoops and Jen

I'm watching the beginning of your updates at work .... not getting a lot done in this last hour!

Good reading tho :D

My picks are

Faut Can (Scandie)
Marcus Golser (shortstack)
Ian Woodley

Black, Helppi, Leopold Chow

I've never heard of Leopold but I like his name.

Good luck to all the blondes, esp Matt

Congratulations and thanks to all having a sneaky peek at the updates wherever you may be...

The action here is bonkers - every time you look up there's someone making an exit - at least two tables have gone already and the walk to the press room on the other side of the casino takes up, I'm sure, at least another couple busts.  Hopefully it will slow down a bit in this level (blinds 600/1,200, ante 100) and we can actually get some detail...

Oh the wonders of the Re-draw - the two chip leaders have been sat on the same table - Dan Pedersen and Ilari Sahamie.  The rest of them aren't exactly tiny stacks, so in total their table's chip count is nearly 400,000!  This means that other tables are totally staffed with small stacks, and they are getting busy busting half out, doubling the other half up...

 :hello: Jen and Sloppy

 ;topman; updaters

Did Bad Girl and Steve not play in this or did I miss their demises ?

Gl all!

How about this for a suprise stack? 86,000 in total!

And all prised (well, gifted) from the same guy.

A rather loosey goosey player joined JP's table, only to go straight into ultra-agressive mode.

The new arrival raised preflop and JP called with A-J.

JP then bet 5k on a J-A-T flop, Mateyboy called.

The Turn cme a 5 and JP bet again, this time 8k. To his joy, Mateyboy moved all-in and JP called instantly.

Mateyboy had a rather flimsy Q-J. Fortunately, the King failed to arrive, giving JP a much needed double-up.

And then, with JP holding Q-Q, his new found friend shoved in the remainder of his chips in with Pocket Sevens. Funnily enough, JP called and, as a result, is now up there with the chip leaders.

Awesome stuff, but what out for Lodden who is sitting quietly across the table. Could be explosive...

 :hello:

Check this table out - somehow it's not the feature table (yes, the little stage and TV cameras are out and whirring) yet probably should be... nicely chipped up and full of recognisables.  Peter Roche has a very problematic back (and hasn't been playing live for a good while) and the wooden chairs don't look the most comfortable on earth.  I hope it's not too distracting (he's one of my picks).

Stevic   Alexander   63900   
Osberstrom   Andres   47800   
Lisandro   Jeff   34600   
Roche   Peter   42400   
Perrault   Pascal   32500   
Westerlund   Mikael   39500
Davenport   James   18000
Can   Fuat   41000
Woodley   Ian   46700

No chance for demises as they were too late to get in!  I've seen more wistful poker players watching the first few days here than at any other EPT - I think the other tourneys running tomorrow and Sunday will be packed to the rafters too.

Some blondeites still in with a shout of that magical near 700k first prize.

Matt 'B4Matt' Tyler
Anthony 'Mad Monk' Chessa

Petit has lost a 35k pot with A-K vs A-9

The A-9 made a full house

A few more blonde mug players...

See, blondes DO have more fun.

looks like rolands been licking windows

i had na feeling this was going to be a brits year .

is micky still in ,come on mat wish him luck from me plz.

Mickey went yesterday - but plenty British playerrs doing very well - photos coming...

top 3

ben grundy
matt tyler
jp kelly



aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I'm afraid that's a bok, he's just done most of his stack with Pocket Kings and is down to 29,500.

Matt raised 4.6k preflop (from seat 2), only to find a caller in the Big Blind.

As the dealer slammed down the A-J-4 flop, Matt confidentally bet 7.5k.

To his surprise, Mateyboy then made it 15k.

In what was either a rush of blood or a 'I sense weakness' play, Matt moved all-in, only to be called instantly by his opponent who had A-J.

No King arrived and Matt's chip stack has been demolished.

Johnny Lodden appears to be in confident mood, he's just raised the blinds 3 times in a row, each time for 4.8k, and each time he won the pot uncontested.

As a result, he is now on 82,000

Typical style of double up for Stephen Pearce - he raised on the button and the Scandinavian player on his left (therefore on the small blind) moved in, for a lot - more, in fact than Stephen had.  A think and then a slap of the whole stack as he announced loudly, "OK!  I call!" showing Ad Jc, but only after his opponent had revealed his 9d 9h.  "I hoped you had something like that," says Pearce, and then stands up, as a little crowd forms.
Flop:  Jh 8h 5d  "I wanted it on the river, not the flop!" says Pearce.
Turn and river:  8d Aspades and as he collects his double up he turns to big TK and says, "From 7 to 77!"  receiving a quip from a bystander, "What, your age?"

Here he is, pictured saying "I get inside their minds" (can't you just hear it) while the player sat on his left waves goodbye to a lot of his stack.

you still wearing those pink panter shoes .

ok you can take them off now you won the bet .

Just witnessed a monster outdraw in which Holland's Peter Vlemmix (picutured below) chewed up his opponent's Aces and spat them out at is face.

I joined the action on the flop, which read 8d Jd 2h

Vlemmix had moved all-in pre-flop, leaving two Mateyboys (one of whom can be seen standing up on the left hand side of the picture) to battle it out.

The decision was down to a Spaniard, who claims he folded A-J, which, if true, was an excellent release as the other chap in the hand had Pocket Aces.

There must have been a re-raise and a call to go along with Vlemmix's all-in, because the pot was pretty chunky come the flop, especially considering that Vlemmix had the rather vulnerable hand of 6-5 off.

But it wasn't vulnerable by the River as the next two cards came 4 and 3.

Ouch!

I am afraid that Matt Tyler has busted, now, following the chip loss brought on by the Kings - he moved in with Tc Jc, but this time found Aces behind him.  It can be so quick, this game...  Well played all day yesterday, and then a couple of huge pots and out. 

 ;grr;

Here's why the feature table is what it is - a late-arriving Phil Ivey (probably having to shake off journalists as he made his way to the table).  There are some stands there from which to watch the action, and I might see if I can get some better shots.

JP and Johnny Lodden's table has broken, but they have been moved to the same table. Lodden has position on JP. Could be explosive.

The varieties of Poker Face:

Intimidating  (Ian Woodley)
Enigmatic     (Nick Gibson)
Happy as can be  (Paul Parker)

Which one works for you?

Late Night Poker fave Jin Cailin has just been eliminated by his nextdoor neighbour (pictured below)

On a flop of 7d 7c 3h, it went bet, raise, all-in, call.

Cailin, who made the initial flop bet had Pocket Sixes, but they were no match for his opponent's Cowboys which held up.

yeeeeehaaaaa

 ;snoopy'sguns; ;danafish;

Good luck to the Mavfish he won't be worried about Lodden, also good luck to Mr Parker and Roland. I will be down to see what's going on in an hour or 2, not sure i can cope with a 3rd night on the sauce in a row!

Tony 'Ribena Berry' Chessa is struggling today.

He just uum-ed and aah-ed about moving it in from the big blind to a 4k pre-flop raise, but he thought better of it.

He needs to make a move soon as he's only got 17,700 with blinds at 800/1600

Table Move for Climber of the Morning (at least) JP:

He's pictured packing up his 93,000 and moving - so now instead of being opposite Johnny Lodden (with whom he says he was vying for the Table Tilter's chips) he's right next to him.  I have a weird feeling that one of them will end up with a very large stack indeed, at some point, courtesy of the other... I hope not though as they're both suitable Feature Tablists/Finalists, although if pushed I hope JP gets them because Snoopy picked Lodden in his Top Three.

It's always good to see a stonecold bluff shown, especially when it's to give someone a rub down.

And this is what happened when Marcus Golser bet 2k on a flop of Qd Ad 5h

Mateyboy next door made it 5.6k and Golser folded, only to greeted by a rather lack-lustre Th 9h

Here's a pic of Bernie 'Sandino' Stoddart, who is also playing for Blue Square. He's on Gus Hansen's table and is not scared to take him on. He's up to 65,000 now having returned with just over 30,000.

Go JP!

Jen can you wish him and Paul Parker gl for me please!

Also someone tell Matt not to worry, its those moves that got him there in the first place.

Let's have some bar news is Cuddles Nowab on the champagne again yet? I think AlrightJack is bar correspondent.

Who is the chip leader atm?

Peter Roche is a gonna as a result of a nasty set over set confrontation.

Just the one Irish hope left... Mr Andrew Black - not a bad one to have.

my top 3

ben grundy
jp kelly
matt tyler   julian gardner

Phil Ivey -- 13,000

Johnny Lodden makes a good value bet with Pocket Eights on a Q-6-Q-2-7 board. He bet 7k on the Turn and 9k on the River. Both bets were called. He looks like a real threat now.

During the 10 minute break, chat with JP - in the last half hour he's managed to climb to 120k (or something) and then double up Chessa, dropping to 95,000 again:

He raised to 4,500 with Kc Jc on the cutoff, and found Tony re-raising from the small blind to 11,000 (leaving himself just 6,500 back).  Instead of alarm bells ringing, JP told himself it was just as likely to be A9 or something, and flat called, calling again when Chessa pushed on the 9 x x flop.  It had one club on it, after all... Anyway, he was shown Ahrt Aspades, and saved the Purple One from extinction.

Then he got some back, after raising with AJ and receiving a swiftish caller whom he put on a middle pair.  Flop: 3 4 5 and he decided to call the 4,000 which was bet, was rewarded by a Jack on the turn and after checking that, he bet the 3 river to the tune of 5k and was called by Matey's Tens.

Just heard that Gus Hansen doubled up with Ahrt Td, all-in against Brigitta Johansen (I think)'s Jc Js.  He hit both the Ace and the Ten, and now has chips to push around again.

I'm afraid you've lost another - Ben Grundy has been knocked out by JP - all in preflop with Ac Qd against JP's Aspades Ks.  The flop brought K Q 7, but I think it was a flush which ended up sending him to the rail.

Colonel Booder Bokker

my top 3


jp kelly
matt tyler  julian gardner
ben grundy  pascal perrault

Snoopy says if you're still doing this when there are four left, you don't win, you're disqualified.  :)

JP is getting cold sweats....

From a brief scour, it appears as though the undeniably talented Julian Gardner is your chip leader with just under 150k.

 ;thankyou;

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr

In fact, just pipping Gardner for the chip lead is Norwegian sensation Johnny Lodden who just eliminate another opponent.

After a standard preflop raise, Lodden re-raised to 21k, only to be met by an all-in raise behind him

Although the dealer got the amount wrong no less than 3 times, we eventually learnt that it would cost Lodden 35k, a call whic he did indeed make after mulling it over for a few moments.

A-K v 4-4 with an A--6-8-3-Q board

Lodden marches on.

Englishman, Robin Keston, has just taken a knock after his Pocket Kings were outdrawn by Mateyboy's Big Slick.

On what street did that dreaded Ace arrive?

(http://www.shepaug.org/river.gif)

Robin Keston is sitting next to Frenchman Paul Testud, on the same table as JP, Johnny Lodden and Tony Chessa.  I'm standing nearby chatting to Mickey Wernick and Robin comes over and says

"They shouldn't allow him to play, he stinks"

to which Mickey instantly replies

"Garlic?"

"No, B.O" says Robin, "Plain old fashioned dirt"

wish mr lodden happy birthday and merry xmas after that flair move.
Can u wish JP and nick gibson good luck please

is that Matt Monkeyboy on the left  :D

-------------------------- Dinner Break ---------------------------

Back in 1 hour

****************************************1hr Dinner Break******************************************

Bear with us while we nip out for a pizza - here are some chip counts to tide you over:

Juha Helppi      21,800
Abel Meijberg   108,000
Andreas Hagen  32,000
Paul Testud       72,000
JP Kelly            110,000
Johnny Lodden   155,000
Tony Chessa       33,000
Julian Gardner     140,000
Paul Parker         41,000
Gus Hansen        75,000
Stephen Pearce  115,000
Nick Szeremeta   32,000
Ryan Fronda       45,000
Ian Woodley      100,000

evening mr dewi ,                       sober are we boyo ?

not had a drink since, I think the excitement got to me :D

Morning! Just got in, and I'm pleased there have been some banjos in my absence, but next time can you put those smilies the other way round? It's not nice to shoot banjo players...

great updates guys,

to jp, woodley, chessa & gywbo...go girls!!

LMAO

My spider senses inform me that the play has restarted, but I wouldn't put my house on it. Those sense once told me that I would court Angelina Jolie, but that scenario failed to emerge.

Yes, play has indeed restarted - but first, a little side story from the rather unfortunate Greice Yamaguchi - erstwhile Gutshot dealer and world traveller:

She won a satellite for this event online, but agreed to sell it to Praz, and take her chances in a live satellite over here - the transfer was taking some time but it looked like it would go through eventually.  So far so good.  But when she found herself with a big stack with 28 players remaining in the live sat (20 seats available), Thomas Kremser made an announcement at that time that those who already had a seat would have to take €5,000 in cash and leave the tournament!  So Greice had to get up, and her stack was removed from the table (which can't have been good for the other players).  She made a fuss along the lines of "I've already promised my seat I qualified for to someone else, so I don't actually have a seat" but it was not to be.  €10k in cash, but she doesn't get to play the comp she came out here for, and is withdrawing from the side events in protest.

Never heard of anything like this - an eleventh hour withdrawal of players already qualified from a satellite - haven't heard TK's side of it but it sounds unorthodox... Has anyone else?

There's still time... Please don't talk about spiders though.  ;scarymoment;

Amusingly, Stephen Pearce has sat down next to Phil Ivey on the feature table. Not sure what Phil will think of Pearce's trash talk and rub-downs.

He's on 110k, incidentally, after beginning the day with just 7,000.

Now seated in a row...

Robin Keston
Mick Scherememeemememeter (I think I may have mispelt that)
JP Kelly
Johnny Lodden
Anthony Chessa

The blinds are now at 1000 and 2000 with a running ante of 200

86 players left

Spainyboy raises 4k and Paul Parker moves all-in.

cue some Parker chat...

"I reccommend you fold"
"What have you got?"

etc etc

Spainboy even said he had Queens at one point, but Paul responded, "Nah, I don't think you have Queens"

When Spainyboy finally folded, Paul revealed Pocket Queens.

A few more chip counts I left off that pre-dinner list because they were on another piece of paper (lame, I know):

Max Kraanen     19,300
Roland De Wolfe  115,000
Hubert Attali        26,000
Gusten Sjoberg    100,000
Joel Farsberg        95,000
Mark Boudewijn     53,000
Andy Black            24,000
Gustav Bjornsson   22,000
Kristian Ulriksen     76,000
Marga Gonzalez     65,000
Les Kerrigan          73,000
Elie Marciano         27,000
Ilari Sahamie         50,000
Dan Pedersen       94,000

Check out the Towers of Gardner (he is).  Definitely one who could make the final.

Looks like rain:

Peder Kjeller wearing less shockingly pink hoody/hat combo.  Snoopy was disappointed.

hehehe

Bernard Stoddart -- 34,200
Nick Gibson -- 24,000
Ian Woodley -- 82,000
Paul Parker -- 40,000
JP Kelly -- 40,000
Gus Hansen -- 95,000
Tony Chessa -- 21,900
Ryan Fronda -- 38,700
Johnny Lodden -- 158,000
Nicke Szeremeta -- 26,400
Roland de Wolfe -- 110,00
Les Kerrigan -- 76,000
Paul Zimbler -- 45,400
Marcus Golser -- 26,500

JP lost a huge amount of chips making a move wtih A-7.

He ran into Kings and couldn't find an Ace on a Q-5-8--8-5 board.

19 Guests viewing this board  ;gobsmacked; don't just be a guest , be apart of the blonde family  :)

Go Nick!!  :-* :-* *g *g ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;mexicanwave;

LOL

Anna x

Good shout.

Remember guests, to post request or view the photos we upload, you HAVE to be a member of the forum. It's free with no catch whatsoever. All you have to do is select register on the forum menu and enter an alias, password and email address.

Like Djinn, it really is that simple.  ;hide;

At least you didn't say, "that easy..."

Anyway, back on the Feature Table, which has a full set of stands round it now so it's hard to see what's going on - there was a pretty big hand.  A raise to 11,500, followed by not one, but two over-the-top all-ins.  One was what sounded like 'Ford' and the other was Ivey.  After a suitable dwell the original raiser threw his hand away, and it was an Ad Ks (Ford(?)) and Qh Qc (Ivey) match-up.
Flop:  Ac 9s 5c
Turn:  Qd  (at which I distinctly noticed a raised eyebrow from Phil, who ended the hand smiling)
River: Jh

So down one player - who will they bring to fill the gap?  Oh yes, it's random...

After JP's A7 v Kings hand, the Amercian who took it off him was celebrating with his mates and said, rather snidely

"A-7?...I should play in Europe more often"

Anyway, in the next hand JP raised from mid position and Paul Testud on the bb called.  There were two jacks on the flop, which Paul bet. JP folded and was down to 25k.

A few hands later JP moved in with 99 in the small blind. Lodden, in the bb called with A-5. Nines held and JP is back to 50k.

Bernard Stoddart is out. Down to 18,000, he pushed with pocket eights and was called by pocket jacks. Just to rub it in, two further jacks hit the board.

It looks as though Jeffrey Allesandro is our chip leader with 205k, although he appears to be practising for this year's Crufts.

I very nearly leapt through.

what a champion!


great updates as usual

The feature table has Thomas himself commentating, and the stage area has somehow not taken over too much of the card room - the fast and furious cash games are raging all around it, while spectators are now wedged in every available space.  Back in a sec with illustration:

Not sure I'd want to stick up this chap, remember Diesel in Pitch Black??

Anyhow, shove it up him was exactly what Paul Zimbler did as he re-raised Mateyboy's preflop raise for another 40k.

He passed, although couldn't resist giving the Marbella kid a rather menacing stare.

It's been a real grindathon for the Ribena Berry himself, Anthony Chessa.

He just bumbed his shortstack up to 20,800 though with a bet on a 2 clubbed flop. Chessa showed his 8c 5c and scooped a smallish, but vital pot.

Paul Parker raises from the button to 10k, MB in the BB makes it another 15, Parker folds, claiming he had A-8.

Do we believe him?

Anyhow, he's back down to 21.100 and struggling.

Aukaham Eytan.  He had a €10,000 side bet with one of his friends that he would make the top 80. This is he as the news that the 81st finishing player had been eliminated filtered through.

Paul Parker was enthusiastic as ever when celebrating with him

"Happy Days, you've got the cake, now go win the tournament and get the icing"

Marcus Golser is OUT.

Most of his chips went to this young chap (who looks like he should have been in EMF).

Golser bet 20k on a board of Kh Tc 8d 4c, only for EMFboy and his tilted cap to move all-in.

As it was only a few more extra, Golser called and showed his K-J, only to be met by an 8-4 (two pair) which held up come the River, leaving Golser to exclaim, "You're unbelievable!"

Down to just 11,000, highroller Golser departed shortly after.

Well, he gets some back with a very nice call on the river, for a pot already holding c.20k:
Board: 6h 7c Ad 2d 4d

He's facing an 8,000 bet from Matey, and counts it out from his diminished stack... and calls with Th Tc.  And wins.   ;topman; 

Huge elimination News Now -

Gus Hansen presses the Red Button, somehow getting it all in preflop with Qd Th against Kc Ks... this pot isn't peanuts, either, it's over 200k!

Board comes: Aspades 9d Kd Td 6s, and the three-deep crowd part to let Gus make his exit (a little annoyed with himself, it looked like).

Headphones ?

Er.... this guy asked me with a straight face if he was chip leader?

Well, when you've got 465,000 with just 70 something player left, you may just have the lead.

His recent elimination was that of his neighbour who had 8-8 vs Allesandro's A-T on a Ten high flop.

Nick is still grinding away, although the end is near as he only has 14,800 left.

Meanwhile, Aukaham Eytan has just been eliminated from the comp.

Tony Chessa's up and down run just ended in a down - with a battle of the blinds (he was s.b. with AJ) - how was he to know that the big blind had AK - and I just got this slightly blurry picture of him, Lodden and JP...

But that's OK, because Millions Of Blackcurrants Make It!

Is the average not about 65k?!?!

He must be average for last 10?

Someone tell Paul Parker to get it won!

Here are a couple of photos from behind and in front of the cameras on the Feature Table.  You might just be able to pick out Stephen Pearce in his green V-neck, and doesn't the guy watching from the rail look like he's making that Rock-On sign with his hand, only can't be bothered to lift his arm up?

Paul says Hello and Thank You and expresses the same confidence he always does...

He's got them just where he wants them....

Some quotes for you:

JP (referring to his A-7) -- "Fishy move. He'd just folded to Szeremeta the hand before, and he seemed weak again. He raised 10k and I just announced all-in, confident that he'd fold. But then he asked if I had Aces. Because he took so long, I though he had Tens or Jacks and was considering folding, but then he turned over Kings. I'm back up to 50k now though after doubling up with pocket nines."

Nottingham Nick -- "Just doubled up after getting an endless run of 2-4, 3-7 and so on. For the first time ever I've been getting blinded away. But then I found A-K and A-T callled. Ten on the flop, but then I hit my King and am now on 34k. At least I don't have to worry about stick my entire stack in on my Big Blind now.

Fatmarra (Paul Moss): 12 beers please barman

JP Kelly is braced to hit our TV screens.

He's about to enter the feature table.

I somehow managed to convince him that he needed to head over quickly so he could get his make-up done before the break ended.

 ;noflopshomer;

Hi jen and snoopy,

Wish JP good luck for me plz, get it won

Well, with 49 players left, it appears as though they've blocked us off.

So, with my going back and forth to the press-room, I always return to the hustle and bustle of the onlooking crowd, meaning that the randoms have a better view than I do.

That aside, I did manage to obtain 4 chip counts:

Nick Gibson -- 25,000
Andreas Hagen -- 110,000
Stephen Pearce -- 155,000
Phil Ivey -- 115,000

And I noticed that the blinds were 2000/4000 (400) with an average stack of 97,939

And Nick Gibson sidles up as I'm watching the feature table - saying, "I hate the bubble," and near enough, he's hit it:

Most of the damage was done when he called a small blind's auto-all-in with his Ks 8s, and found 9c 4d against him (the pot was a total of 30k).  A nine popped out on the river, and then soon thereafter he made a stand with Q 10 and found 77 against him; despite a K J x flop, he failed to improve and is now just hanging out, like us.

"These updates are all well and good, snoopy, but what about the nationalities??" I hear you cry.

Well fear not, I have those vital stats for you now:

The top 5 are as follows:

Sweden -- 103 (22%)
Great Britain -- 70 (14%)
Norway -- 45 (9%)
France -- 42 (9%)
United States -- 37 (8%)

It's their homeland but only 19 (4%) turned up for Spain

On a sidenote, we have single representatives from Ukraine, Iran, Grecia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Israel, Poland, Portugal, Macedonia, Venezuela, Argentina and, best of all,... Kazakstan (although it's not Borat, sadly)

yaaaaaaaaksimash

The feature table has been fattened again:

It's now:

John x
Paul Testud
David Plastik
Nick Szeremeta
JP Kelly
Johnny Lodden
Phil Ivey
Ross x      (sorry for lack of 2 surnames)

Just watched it for a while, seeing as we can't get to the other tables - JP and Johnny are playing a little more than most (or were, before the addition of Ivey).  A couple of examples:

The first flop on the new TV table was seen by those two - small blind limp from JP, check from Johnny.  8d 3h 3d.  JP checks, Johnny bets 6k, call.
Turn:  6d  Check-check
River: Kd  Check-check.   JP turns over the surprise (winning) hand of AK and says, "I forgot to raise."

Then the next hand, JP raises on the button, Johnny calls.  Flop:  Jd Kc 8s  Check-check.
Turn:  Johnny bets out 16,000.  JP calls.
River:  Qh  Johnny quickly announces "all-in" and it looks like a real self countdown is going on, but he passes, sending his tricky neighbour a wry grin.

47 players remaining.... money for 45th... going to go see what I can see from behind the backs of the spectators' heads...

great updates jen and snoop! top stuff!

Amazing as my ISP keeps freezing up (almost costing me a vital rounders win tonight...actually second would have been fine) this thread brings me welcome relief as it's connecting a lot faster to this one then to bet365....you are keeping me from throwing my lappie out the window :)

Sure - if we mere mortals were allowed to approach the sanctity of the filmed area....

He looks pretty relaxed, however, and I grin at him like an idiot when I think he's looking.

We're not entirely sure, but it's a good guess that we should






STOP!






















Bubble Time!

And on that note, we've reached the final 45, with everyone going home with some spondoolies.

The xenaphobes out there will be pleased to hear that it was two Frenchman who took the last 2 places. Whilst Paul Testud fell in 47th, it was left to a fellow simply named Hubert (his surname escapes me) to take the unwanted bubble spot.

hi folks can anyone tell me how Julien Gardner is doin

Gl to the blondes left in!

Paul Parker has just doubled up.

He moved in for 22k with Q-7, only for Noah Boeken to make a good call with K-4.

However, Paul outdrew the young Dutchman to shoot up to around 50k.

"Happy Days!"

Julian Gardner is now on 320k after outdrawing Q-Q with A-9 in a 120k pot.

Happy Days indeed!

Les Kerrigan -- 23,000
Paul Parker -- 48,000
Julian Gardner -- 320,000
Roland De Wolfe -- 135,000

Yes, PC World are very unhappy with us.

Thanks Snoops im safe at home now not looking much better but home at least or last !!

Great updates as usual thanks

Round of applause for Paul Parker, who despite the Media Ban has been sprinting over to where I've stood at the rail to send me interesting bits of information:

Like, Les Kerrigan just doubled up to 44,000+ with Kc Qs against Kd Td...

Chip leader is Jeff Lisandro with around 420,000

Noah Boeken was just all-in (uncalled) for his whole 80k stack

Paul himself is now on 70,000

 ;mexicanwave;  for Mr. Parker!

With just 42 players now remaining, it looks like we may not be bringing four tables back tomorrow, although it's still in the realm of the Very Unlikely that they'll get down to the final table.  Going back to check on our Featureds.

goooo paul!!!

Tell him the pink champagne is waiting.

JP Kelly is now on 117k after eliminating Nick Szerameta

Nick raised preflop with K-T, JP moved all-in with A-T and Nick called.

No help for either player.

Stephen Pearce, even though his audience is restricted to behind the barriers, still gave an almighty shout when moving all-in: "It's my moment!"
Then rather surprisingly, we heard Ian Woodley shouting right behind him, "We know about his moment, what about my moment - I'm all in!"  I couldn't see the first inch of the flop or anyone's hands, but the net result is that we are down one Stephen Pearce.

Snoopy and I are down to one pick each - Johnny Lodden and Andreas Hagen respectively.

So the rumours are true...... ;gobsmacked;

After a bit of prompting from Jon Raab - found the Payout for this event, which is surely an appropriate detail now as they're all in the money...

1st      691,000
2nd     371,000
3rd      184,300
4th      161,300
5th      138,200
6th      115,200
7th        92,200
8th        69,100
9th        46,100
10-12th  25,400
13-15th  20,750
16-18th  16,250
19-27th  11,500
28-36th   9,200
37-45th   6,900

All prizes in Euro.

With the blinds at 3000/6000, Noah Boaken moves all-in for 83k and, somehow, manages to find a call from K-T (?!)

Forget hammer time, this is brown pants time!

But Boaken breathes a sigh of relief as his Ace high stands up, taking his count up to the 170k mark.

Here's some pics of JP on the TV table.

Players still left in:

JP Kelly
Paul Parker
Andread Hagen
Les Kerrigan
Johhny Lodden
Noah Boaken
Phil Ivey
Roland De Wolfe
Marc Boujewin (sp?)
Allesandro
Paul Parker
Kristian Ulriksen
Julian Gardner
Ian Woodley

Incidentally, Parker is on 65k

wish the boys gl from me ,

come on jp ,paul parker .

also mr woodley didnt realise he was still in .

wish him luck from me ,dont forget to call him a big southern softy

Roland de Wolfe is down to 30k after losing a big pot with A-J vs A-9.

opponent spiked a 9

Blinds are currently at 3000/6000 (600) and there are 34 players left, one of whom is Julian Gardner who has dropped down to 210,000

Jeffrey Lisandro (not Allesandro as reported earlier) eliminates 2 more players in a Q-Q vs A-Q vs A-K pot - couldn't be too much better for him, especially when the board bring  5 blanks.

 :redcard:

Nigh on impossible to see anything now through the crowd, just trying to get any info I can.

Lodden -- 165k
Kerrigan -- 35k
Gardner -- 195k
Paul Parker -- 50k

Recent Mateyboy exiter was moaning about his opponent calling his 100k all-in (Q-Q) with A-K and, obviously, hitting one of those overcards.

Noah Boaken has eliminated another player with A-K vs 6-5, King on flop sealed the deal.

flushy hows it hangin ,got over robs do yet .

iv thrown a few people into bushes ,got the hang ov it now.

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Andreas Hagen is eliminated, moving in preflop with Aspades Jd (he had only 40k) and finding a caller in Ulle who had something and a King (my Norwegian gave out at this point; I was trying to eavesdrop on my neighbour reporters).  Anyway, Hagen came out on the wrong side of this last hand, and we're down to just four tables.

The table he just left is the one with JP, Les Kerrigan, Ulle, Marga Gonzalez and Ilari Sahamie on it - pretty interesting.  Ilari just had a nasty bit of luck calling an all-in preflop with his Qh Qc and finding 2c 2d against him.  A pesky Deuce was out on the flop (I knew this mainly from the hissing intake of breath of the rest of the table) and Ilari got up and threw his cards across the table in disgust...

top reports sloopy and jen as usual

 ;thankyou;

A little more on this courtesy of JP:  he said Roland had raised with AJ, and faced a big all-in re-raise from the guy with A9.  It was a big call for him to make, but he made it, correctly, and was rewarded for this with a nice outdraw.

no problem pinkey

whos vinnie, ...........................................

Unnecessary insult editted out.

some kind ov .................you ............. ............

we eat black puding up here not jellied fish.

Vinni - please don't reply to un-blonde insult posts (especially using phrases preferrably not used on Blonde - we'll get rid.

come on boys bring home the bacon

we used to that muck aboat 50 years ago, but u like us will grow out of it

I wish we had food here... the bar queues need maps for navigation and interpreters.  Ah well.

It's been a 10 minute break just now, so time to rejoin the thronging masses behind the Fence.

Just time for a quick pic of Paul Parker, before he was moved from Les Kerrigan's left to what looks like Phil Ivey and Johnny Lodden's table.  I wonder how they'll handle him...

Not to bad m8, hows you? I can't get over how easily you threw that bloke! lol.

Come on JP and Paul!

good laugh what flushy ,top night

It was m8, i hope we can all do it again on opening night!

no danger

ASH you there...................................................................... :tikay:

some chippy counts:

Phil Ivey -- 130,000
Les Kerrigan -- 35,000
Julian Gardner -- 190,000
Paul Parker -- 50,000
JP Kelly -- 150,000
Kristian Ulriksen -- 70,000
Robin Keston -- 210,000

29 left, blinds now 4000/8000

According to norsemenpoker.com, Kristian "Ulle" Ulriksen had 7c7d, and they held up to eliminate Hagen.

And here's blonde's star of the week, JP Kelly, still only 14 years of age. Incredible.

another well covered comp by the blonde team but wtf has snoopy got on his feet Jen

Get it won son!!

Ribena man, your 1 to talk!

Snoops tell jp im still shoutin for him from the hotel room and to get the bags packed for Aruba

Thankfully, they've created another rail in front of the onlookers to which the press are able to use unhampered by everyone else. This is great news as it means we can actually see the action now.

Big up to John Duthie for this. I suggested this idea a while back and he seems to have taken note (although I doubt it was because of me).

Will do, is that where you two are going on your honeymoon?

thx flushy but snoopy picked them shoes lol

don't worry, this fashion will reach Scotland in a couple of years  ;shitfanhit;  ;scarymoment;

That is true, although i am pretty sure you are not paid enough to wear that shirt!

Leave him alone, Ribena are a cracking sponsor.  ;danafish;

lol

i think its reached the gay clubs up here .a bloke who comes in my pub wears em.

ASH are you there bud .................................... :tikay:

Suprised you didnt chuck him out!

he spends 40 quid a night

wish i hadnt mentioned those pink trainers that snoopy said to me looked orange in the shops  :hello: :hello: :hello: :hello: 8)

I that the sort of service you run Barry?  ;goodvevil;

G Sjoberg has just doubled up John, a PokerStars qualifier from California.

K-Q vs the spculative hand of J-4s, which hit a second Jack on the flop.

Paul Parker is OUT -

He moved all in once on the feature table (they've got it going again, perhaps because soon there won't be enough players left to feature) without a caller, but when it folded to his small blind, he moved his short stack all-in (as you do) with 8h 8d.  The big blind, Noah Boeken, woke up with Aspades Ahrt, however, and the board brought only this:  Js Qh 3d 5h Ts.  Sorry Flushy.

Ian Woodley is still battling away, currenlty with 95k

flushy up north were all men ,proper men.

Huge hand (also taking place between the blinds) this time between Per (Strom? we think he's Swedish) and Johnny Lodden.  Again, Per raised in the small blind, just a normal raise, however, as he wasn't at all short stacked.  Pretty quickly Johnny just went, "all-in" - a sizeable overbet as his stack, when counted, was 174,800.

A tortured pause, and a surprise call from the small blind - who showed Ahrt Jd - it looked like one of those annoyed calls, when unwilling to be pushed off by a notorious mover...

The result - a board of 2s Jh Ts 7d 8h and a cheer from the Lodden supporters, and, narrowly, an elimination for Per.  His place on the TV table has been taken by Mark Boudewijn...

UL Paul :(

What did Johnny have in that hand?

 9c 2d

thats my guess . am i close?

The sharp-eyed among you may notice that Paul Parker is still here in this picture, while there's an empty seat next to Johnny - that's right, the last two reports were in the wrong order.  So sue me.

Oops - Qh Qs.  Not filth at all.  A rather nice inducement of call from AJ, to be honest.

Here's One I Shot Earlier:

Also currently Featured is Javed Abrahams, railed by Praz, James Akenhead, Karl etc.  This kind of back-of-the-head shot was the best I could get at the time, but I'm going to do that sneaky thing where you photograph the monitors when the cameras are on the player... He was apparently up to over 240,000 a short while ago, but currently sits with 170k.

anyone know how many left in, come on woodley

is julian gardenr still in ? Doing a great job keep it up. Coffee is just around the corner.

Just caught up with Paul who departed in 26th position...

"I won't be going home thinking I could have done this or I should have played that differently. I did what I could and, on that last hand, I have no regrets. Even if someone had raised before me I still would have pushed. After Boaken called a while back with K-4, I wasn't too concerned about him calling, but I certainly never expected Aces. 11k's better than a kick in the teeth, but in the EPTs you need to win more than that to survive. 5k a time will kill you too quickly unless you get lucky. If I'm entering a comp like this, I'm looking at a 6 figure reward and will be disappointed with less..."

Paul talked for another 2 hours after this, but my hands are hurting...

Tell Paul "Happy Days"

11k off a freeroll, cant knock that!

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Has JP won yet?

Just as I'm bigging up the ept boys for giving us a press rail away from the onlookers, they go and remove it after a paltry 30 mins or so by moving two tables over across the room in a much more awkward-to-view location.

Bah, humbug.  ;smackedbottom;

Anyhow, I've managed barge my way through the crowd to get a few chip-counts from the table pictured below...

Joachim Geigerts -- 365,000
Ian Woodley -- 95,000
Johnny Lodden -- 340,000
Noah Boaken -- 240,000
G Sjoberg -- 70,000
Julian Gardner -- 210,000

And here's the persistent Ian Woodley, eyeing up the chips of his neighbour.

Add Kristian Ulriksen (140,000) and JP Kelly (105,000) to that list of chip counts, both of whom can be seen below, mixing it on the feature table.

Jeff Lisandro must have around the 700k mark. Still a huge chip-leader.

JP Kelly is OUT

A-8 vs K-K

all-in preflop

no help

Just spoke to a downbeat JP Kelly, clearly disappointed with his untimely exit. Although he won €11,500, it's nowhere near what he was hoping for, especially when he had enough chips to force his way into the big money. He was never billy big stack, but he had a decent chance.

He also informed me that the crucial hand came just before his exit. His pre-flop button raise with J-J was re-raised all-in by the Big Blind, JP called and saw that he was in a coinflip situation, up against K-Q.

Board = A-4-6-T-J

Ouch

I'm finding it increasingly difficult to observe Phil Ivey's table, it's tucked away in the corner and there are several big cash game tables in the way, not to mention all the onlookers.

I could see Roland's stack though as he was facing my direction. A brisk count came to the sum of 210,000, a very playable stack considering he was down to just to 30,000 a level or two back due to an A-J vs A-9 outdraw.

Go rolandinho!  ;mexicanwave;

Roland is a better player now than when he won the WPT. Good luck mate.

Found another Englishman... Dave Gregory, although he's just doubled through off Roland by going all-in preflop with 8-9.

Roland caught him with his fingers in the cookie jar, but his K-9 wasn't good enough as that dreaded 8 hit the board.

Just saw Roland stand up and shake someone's hand  - but the dealer hadn't dealt the flop yet - I assume, from the hand clap from his opponent and the lack of any exit, Roland lost, but covered him... The yoyo swings back down...

Got as far as the Outer Rail to get this dodgy dark pic of Julian Gardner, who in real life is much more cheery.  Has probably the average chips - 220k

Kudos back to Duthie, he's moved the two cash tables that were blocking the way to Ivey's table.

As a result, I've been able to snap this photo and obtain the following chippy counts:

Dave Gregory -- 220,000
Marga Gonsales -- 60,000
Lisandro -- 630,000
Roland de Wolfe -- 125,000
Phil Ivey -- 125,000
Marc Boudewijn -- 45,000

I shall pass on the message...

Dubai thinks you were a lucky fish when you won the wpt  ;nana;

Got a shot of Phil Ivey between literally a corridor of people's heads.  AND it's almost in focus.  Next to him is the lady player Marga Gonzalez.  Snoopy thought I was taking a picture of the lady behind him.  I had to remind him I'm not Kev.

Wish Robin Kestonfish and Roland GL from me please Snoops

im sure kev would be proud jen it has great composition. :D

Marga Gonsales is OUT after her A-J failed to outdraw Ivey's 6-6

6 on the River was overkill


Now 18 left with blinds at 5,000/10,000 (1,000)

Roland de Wolfe is OUT

eliminated by chip leader, Jeff Lisandro, who had top pair to Roland's draw.

Chips went in on the Flop and Roland missed his draw.

are they  playing down to the final table tonight

I would have bet lots against it at the start of the day, but there are just over two tables' worth left and it's just possible...

Apparently, the idea is to get down to the Final Eight, but closing time is officially 5am... the blinds were just 5k/10k so it's not crawling along...

Julian Gardner just took a bad beat.

Sitting in the Big Blind with A-8, he called an all-in from shortstacker G Sjoberg, who had raised from the cut-off with A-2.

The 7-6-5-2-7 board was a nasty one.

Julian's expression?

The words bulldog and wasp spring to mind.

Ian Woodley -- 90,1000
Noah Boaken -- 200,000
Johnny Lodden -- 180,000
Julain Gardner -- 110,000
G Sjoberg -- 180,000

hows robin keston getting on?

The players are currently on a short break.

In the meantime, I was having a jimmy riddle in the kazi when I heard a familiar voice coming from one of the cubicles.

"Take it from me, this is the place to be," he said.

And as he flushed his poopoo down the loo, out he came... the one and only, Phi Ivey.

What exactly his comment meant, I'm not sure. Poker, the casino, women? Your guess is as good as mine.

I hope the great man washed his hands Snoops.

Was he talking about his lucky toilet?

A jimmy riddle in the khazi? Have you been watching Lock Stock again?

Ooh, not sure, I didn't stay.

I won't be asking to borrow his phone though...

 LOL wise man

its actually a great way to not give your chips away.

"if you re raise me you will have pi$$d on your chips"

Play has recommenced, Jen is back at tableside.

 rotflmfao

Robin is still on the feature table, currently sharing a table with Phil Ivey.

Ivey -- 135,000
Keston -- 190,000

The population of the TV table at present, in seat order -

Johnny Lodden
David Danuschar (I don't know him, but this is what it sounds like his name is when announced)
Phil Ivey
Gusten Sjoberg (SWE)
Dave Gregory
Robin Keston
David Layani  (FR)
Noah Boeken 

Ian Woodley is OUT

Woodley moved all-in utg for 115,000, Ulriksen also moved in from the small blind for 193,000 and Lisandro folded from the Big Blind after a lenghty dwell.

Woodley: A-6
Ulriksen: A-K

Board = T-Q-J-7-5

Phil (sb) and Gusten (bb) see a flop of Ks 9h Qs.  Phil checks, Gusten tries a 15k bet, Phil calls.
Turn:  Td  Check-check
River:  8s  Phil checks again, and Gusten pops in 25,000.  A fairly sizeable Ivey think, with a little staring, then finally a call.  Gusten instamucks, so by default it's Ivey's.  Q6 is shown anyway.

David Layani has been crippled by Phil Ivey in am A-A vs 6-6 confrontation. A 6 on the flop and all the chips flew in.

Ivey is now up to around 800k and is surely the tournament favourite.

Is that Ace Six on the flop or a six?

snoopy go and shake his hand and get some of what is quite obviously

lucky wee!

Johnny Lodden is OUT.

Several monster stacks are emerging now, the most recent of those creations of beastality being that of Bjorn Erik Glenne (Norwegian Champion for 2005), who is now on a massive 890,000 after eliminating Johnny Lodden.

All the chips moved in on a raggy board with two clubs.

Lodden held the flush draw with Ac 8c, whilst Glenne had Pocket Cowboys.

Two non-clubbed cards on the Turn and River, and that was all she wrote for the popular Norwegian high-roller.

a six

Isn't Mr Lodden very attractive, too

PLEASE tell Mr Keston KK is NOT  passing hand :)

wish him the best of luck for me please Jen and Snoops, doing a sterling job, thank you :):):)

Kristian Ulriksen -- 95,000
Bjorn Erik Glenne -- 890,000
Johnny Lodden -- OUT
Dave Gregory -- 955,000
Phil Ivey -- 785,000
Teemu -- 210,000
Joachim Geigerts -- 330,000

It looks like they've admitted that the final Eight will not be reached today - the final hand has been called, and it was won, on the feature table, by David Danesghart.  I will find out how to spell his name... it was Dave Gregory who raised 36k on top preflop:  one caller:  David Danesghart. 
Flop:  3h 6d 5s  Check-check
Turn:  6s  Check-check
River:  Ahrt  Gregory checks, and in the dying seconds of the day's play David Danesghart. bets 65k, and gets called.  He shows Aspades Qc - "It's good," announces Gregory.

The spectators were already fleeing the stands at this point, and the daily nightmare of trying to catch a taxi begins...

 :cheers:

run before the bar closes

Must dash back to my kennel, need my beauty sleep.

They're also throwing us out as the casino closes at 5am.

Back at 4pm tomorrow (Barthelona time) for the final day.

toodle pip

 ;stickaforkinme;

OK, we're going to chance the bar still being open, but it's much more likely that the whole place is closing now, so see you tomorrow at 4pm (that's 3pm UK).. ;stickaforkinme;

Excellent work Jen & Snoops ... looking forward to tomorrows conclusion

 ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

Nice work  :)up

Good work kids.

fine work Jen & Snoops, many thanks.

Jedn, sno0ps - thank you. I can't believe how entertaining these Updates are.

Rest well, both of you.

Top norkage on page 15 .... nice one Jen.

Ivey must really like her, he must have had 100 massages during this comp.

think i may have had a 100 massages of her as well Kev (if i was still in)

Great udates keep it comming