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Hi folks, here are the start of the Day chip counts:

Bastian Landehagen -- 98,400
Erlend Melsom -- 80,000
Brent Wheeler -- 74,000
Marco Lucidi -- 69,700
Anton Smolyanskiy -- 68,500
Jan Olav Sjåvik -- 67,400
Kenneth Gregersen -- 59,800
Peter Fischer -- 59,400
Thomas Holm -- 53,800
Stefan Maglicic -- 53,200
Jonas Helness -- 53,100
Philip Hilm -- 51,600
Jeppe Mikkelsen -- 51,000
Ghassen Yafaoui -- 49,800
Anders Berg -- 48,600
Johnny Jensen -- 47,700
Iwan Jones -- 47,500
Martin Wendt   47400
Jan Richard Johannessen -- 47,200
Erik Lindberg -- 46,400
Roy Brindley -- 45,900
Atle Walgren -- 44,100
Troels Berg -- 43,200
Guido Meacci -- 42,400
Patrick Kortsen -- 41,400
Bernard Boutboul -- 40,100
Magnus Petersson -- 39,400
Carl Nilsson -- 39,000
TJ Cloutier -- 38,900
Donny Morris -- 38,400
Tune Seidelin -- 38,200
Richard Toth -- 38,000
Flemming De Hoog -- 37,500
Williams Harrison -- 37,200
Jacob Rasmussen -- 37,100
Ben Johnsen -- 36,900
Samir Shakhtoor -- 36,300
Eirik Bjørklund -- 36,100
John Shipley -- 35,400
Simon Mycock -- 34,900
Morten Sivertsen -- 34,325
Thomas Ostervold -- 33,800
Peter Hardgrove Hansen -- 33,400
Ricki Nielsen -- 32,100
Uffe Holm -- 31,600
Theo Jorgensen -- 30,800
Lars Hoe Madsen -- 30,700
Birgitta Johansson -- 30,600
Robert Olsson -- 30,400
Andy Goetsch -- 29,500
John Conroy -- 28,900
Karsten Schou -- 28,800
Anders Wijk -- 27,600
Daniel Raymon Bodin -- 27,600
Eoghan Arthur O Dea -- 27,300
Branislav Pajic -- 26,900
Peter Eichhardt -- 26,700
Marcin Horecki -- 26,500
Ola Petter Bremer -- 26,400
Andreas Elofsson -- 26,000
Alexandre Poulain -- 25,700
Brian Andrew Cook -- 25,600
Kim Berntsen Vevle -- 24,700
Nils Chr Paulsen -- 24,300
Pernille Ravn -- 24,300
Torben Sneibjerg -- 24,200
Peter Roche -- 23,900
Ingemar Jönsson -- 23,800
Ulf Steringer -- 23,800
Age Spets -- 23,300
Chrsitian Grundtvig -- 23,100
Steven Ronald Heard -- 23,000
Claus Nielsen -- 22,500
Luca Pagano -- 22,500
Patrick Bueno -- 21,800
Steven Mitchell -- 21,800
Thierry Van Den Berg -- 21,800
Gitte Andersen -- 21,500
Vitaly Lunkin -- 21,400
Emile Petit -- 21,100
Erik Nicklelson -- 20,800
Arve Leikarnes -- 20,200
James D Campbell -- 20,200
Soren Knudsen -- 20,100
Dave Colclough -- 19,800
Michael Bjørn   19500
Jan Wronowski -- 19,400
Johnny Lodden -- 19,300
Michael Naughton -- 19,300
Gary Haglund -- 19,000
Jens Kläning -- 18,900
Zlatan Musa -- 18,600
Christoffer Sonesson -- 17,800
Colin Ogden -- 17,800
Kim Hemmingsen -- 17,500
Rehne Pedersen -- 17,200
Gert Anderson -- 16,800
Martin El-Kher Cook -- 16,300
Nick Slade -- 16,200
John Baarstrøm -- 16,000
Mark Secher Petersen -- 16,000
Jason Cheng -- 15,800
Tyrone Kerrigan -- 15,800
Daniel Philips -- 15,700
Henning Granstad -- 15,700
Paul Linton -- 15,700
Sumen Saha -- 15,600
Hilmar Tveit -- 15,400
Morten Lund Jensen -- 15,100
Henrik Engsig -- 14,900
Torstein Iversen -- 14,700
Cole Morrow -- 14,600
Boris Shostak -- 14,500
Betrand Grospellier -- 14,400
Mike Borgesi -- 14,400
Erik Roos Afhjelmsater -- 13,800
Thomas Peterson -- 13,600
Tom McEvoy -- 13,500
Allan Nilausen -- 13,300
Paul Hersleth -- 13,100
Tobias Persson -- 13,100
Halldor Mar Sverrisson -- 13,000
Andre Alcaria -- 12,700
Anne Gro Løvmo -- 12,400
Terje Kvistbråten -- 12,300
Janne Helen Overå -- 12,200
Patrick Fredriksson -- 12,100
Bo Knii Jensen -- 12,000
Marko Rajaniemi -- 12,000
Lotte Kalland -- 11,700
Lars Storkehave -- 11,600
Bent Mortensen -- 11,200
Daniel Thunvik -- 10,900
Robert Norberg -- 10,600
Henrik Witt -- 10,500
Stein Erik Ulekleiv -- 10,400
Guenther Hornung -- 10,100
Kerry James Kerrigan -- 10,100
Peter Jepsen -- 10,000
Trond Aanensen -- 8,900
Nicolai Vivet -- 8,800
Mikael Lindbäck -- 8,300
Alexander Stevic -- 8,200
John Persson -- 7,900
Runar Pedersen -- 7,600
David Berggren -- 7,500
Michael Frandsen -- 7,200
Martin Flint -- 6,500
Yuri Ten Bokkel -- 6,000
Maarten Meijer -- 5,900
Olav Haugen -- 4,400
Ken Gamskjaer -- 3,800
Michael Melin -- 3,700
Tobias Nebel -- 3,300

Play is due to commentce at 2pm.

Top 3 picks?...

Good Luck to all the players today

Top 3?  John Conroy, Iwan Jones, TJ

Be back later to catch up on all the news

Its easier for me to pick the winner of the DORTMUND EPT event,

it will be none other than Mr GARY HARRINGTON, from Falmouth Cornwall,

won his place, by winning the Cornwallpoker Champions league, (winning free seat) into Ladbrokes Leotop event, then winning that.

very good player locally, but this will be by far his biggest event.

There was a slight delay, but now Thomas Kremser has been told Jen and I are settled, it looks like they may be ready to start.

1 sjavik
2 brindley-has game to outscandi the scandies.
3 tj cloutier

My picks:

Jan Sjavik
Age Spets
Dave Colclough

My 3 boks:

Martin Wendt
John Conroy
Age Spets

Jonas Helness
Erik Lindberg
Eoghan O'Dea

Peter Eichardt
Birgitta Johansson
John Conroy

And we've had an early exit in Yuri Ten Bokkelt whose A-5 failed to outdraw his opponent's Pocket Sevens.

Top 3.

Ricki Nielsen.

Anders Berg

Martin Wendt.


P.S. snoop...get some more norkage pics preferably not simon Nowab' s :)

Top 3 then:

Jan Sjavik (Don't like to copy Snoops but this guy was different class in Amsterdam)
John Conroy
TJ Cloutier

Dropping like flies here.

Michael Frandsen, John Perrson, David Berggren and Norseman, Torstein Iversen have all bitten the dust early doors.

Unless he's hiding under the table, it also appears as though we have lost Tyrone Kerrigan.

Daniel Philips has around 10k.

He's been gettin plenty of hands though....

First he took the blinds with Ace King, then his Kings were outdrawn all-in by Peter Jepsen's A-K, before finally taking the blinds yet again with Pocket Queens.

Great updates again.Please can u wish Iwan GL please.And also good luck to all the blondes.

Kim Hemmingsen has just doubled up off TJ Cloutier, although the latter is still on 30k.

A classic coinflip situation, Queens v Ace King with a 3d 6c Td Js 4d board.

Meanwhile, on the same table, Welshman Iwan Jones ran his Jacks into Queens and King. Fortunately, he made the first raise and was able to get away once WPT Grand finalist, Claus Nielsen, had, made the third raise.

A harmless board resulted in the exit of Kim Hemmingsen.

will do

Bastian Landehagen
Marco Lucidi
Anton Smolyanskiy

Thats easy for you to say ! :D

nick slade just text me he got 40k

Come on, give me some credit, I didn't pick the top three ...

Brent Wheeler. Because he shares my first name.

T J Cloutier. Because i cant be bothered to look down the list and i know hes in.

and..........

DANIEL PHILLIPS

Still lots happening, even John 'PunkFloyd' Conroy getting in on the act, re-raising his neighbour's 1.5k bet on a 2h Ahrt 2c Jh board to 4.8k to take down the pot.

Daniel Philips Doubles Up:

I hear 'Living on the Edge' play in my head watching him fold his big blind to small blind Simon Mycock, as his 15k at start of day has dwindled to just 6,000... But wait - action on that table, which has a line-up like so:

Pernille Ravn
Simon Mycock
Daniel 'Kinboshi' Philips
Steven Heard
Atle Walgren
Peter Jepsen
Anders Berg
Donny Morris

Under the gun Atle Walgren makes it 2,500 to go (blinds 400/800).  Fold round to Daniel, who decides that now is the time - all in for around 5k.  Then big blind Steven Heard comes over the top, all in for 20k, which is too much for Atle.
"Lucky Sevens..." says Steven, showing 7c 7d
"Unlucky Sevens..." says Steven, as Daniel flips Jc Jh.
Board (you're getting this detail because I actually saw it first hand, not because it's actually relevant):  Qs 3s 2h Qd Td

And a double up for Kinboshi from those slightly overconfident Sevens.

Nick found Queens under the gun and raised to 2.5k.

'The Mad Scandie who knocked me out in Baden', aka Karsten Schou, made the call from late position.

Flop = 9d Tc 3d

Slade pushes all-in for his last 12 or so thousand, onlt for Schou to call with Qd Jd.

No flush or straight and Slade's Ladies hold up.

Another scoop for P.I. Slade  ;hattip;  ;snoopy'sguns;

Harrison Williams, who looks remarkably like his namesake, David Williams, has eliminated Frenchman Bernard Boutboul with Aces.

As the Frenchman walked away from the table, he couldn't help comment, "Bad play, bad play, very very bad play."

Peter Eichhardt, who finalled in Baden at the end of last year, is down to 25,900 after losing a 15-20k pot, Christoffer Sonesson betting him off the 7d 8c Js Kc board with a relatively small 5.4k bet.

Brent Wheeler may have become the first man to surpass the 100k mark after disposing of table neighbour, Peter Hardgrove Hansen.

Incredibly, the two managed to get it all-in with 7-9 and A-2 respectively (including pre-flop action) on a Flop of 3d Ks 5d.

9 of hearts Turn and 7 of hearts River means we have a new chip leader.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/JackBlinds.jpg)

"Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown."

I have been reliably informed by Mr Rolf Slotboom of CardPlayer Magzine, PokerPages and every other publication on the planet, that Dave Colclough doubled up with A-4 vs Q-9.

Hi jen,

updates on John Conroy very welcome, and if they are still around some nice pics of those sexy DTD girls wouldnt go amiss..............we like "high five"

It looks like Peter Eichhardt is OUT.

The current blind levels are 600 and 1,200 with a running ante of 100.

115 players remain in the comp.

The seven and eight-hand tables at the start have condensed as the elimination carnage continues - I would like a tracking device fitted to all players and linked to some central computer with their name and nationality details.  I think that would be particularly helpful at the WSOP.  Anyway, players finding themselves on less than around 12k are starting to make those desperate moves, and the shorter, the more desperate.  I think the gent who moved in with 6h 3h had just a couple of thousand, although I've never seen hope die in an expression as quickly as when he saw 6s 6d in his caller's hand. 

The big stacks are playing a different game, however, and re-raising happens frequently when more than one of them graces a table, like this one:

Andreas Elofsson
Anders Wijk
Erlend Melsom
Alexander Stevic
Morten Jensen
Maarten Meijer
Bastian Landehagen

Just now Jensen has a go raising from the button, and chip monster Landehagen immediately re-raises 5k, getting rid of the button.  I heard the cutoff saying, "I looked down and found an Ace, and thought about it, but..."  It appears young Bastian has his table expecting pressure at every turn.  Good for him.

Atle Walgren, who started the day on 44,100, has improved slighty on that figure, adding 4.8k to his stack.

Erlend Melsom is on an impressive 84,700, partially helped by the last pot he took of Torstein Iversen, Melsom betting 4.6k on an 8d-Ks-3h Flop.

Across the other side of the same table, is the current runner-up leader, Bastian Landehagen with 95,600.

very nice.....how much?

Magnus Petersson (left) and Martin Wendt (not left).

And Johnny Lodden, who started the day with 20k and seemed to have under 9k when he just moved in over the top of a preflop raiser, picking up a few chips.

Jan Richard Johannessen has just doubled up an opponent with Pocket Sevens versus Pocket Kings on a 2c Ad 8c Flop.

Paul Linton was also involved, helping to create a 10k pot, but he passed after the fist flop bet of 3k.

Johannessen then made it 7.5k, before Scandieboy made a brave all-in for an extra 9.3k more with Pocket Cowboys (it took some thought though).

Johannessen mumbled, "I think I've got to call" and did indeed shove in the extra spondoolies.

No seven arrived and Scandieboy doubled up.

My thoughts were that Johannessen made two mistakes here, first believing that he couldn't fold his Sevens for another 9.3k, and also failing to re-raise enough on the Flop, especially if he was going to call the all-in anyhow.

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Thank you ;snoopy;

wooohoooo norkage!

make them good ones snoop!!!u know what i mean......

so many nice scandi women there snoops- dont let us down.

 :hello: Jen and Sloppy.

I'm not going to burden John Shipley by picking him, but surely he's well overdue a big result.  ;goodluck;

A couple of pictures of Pokerstars' Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier to illustrate his double takedown a minute ago - A short stack moved in, and Elky made it 14,000 to go (fig. A).  Then out of the blue, his neighbour to his immediate left (not going to name him as moire likely than not my reference sheet is no longer accurate) moves in too, for  slightly less than the preflop re-raise.  I am sure M. Grospellier wasn't thrilled about this, and turned Ac Qs...but it was a present of an Ahrt Js which greeted him from the secondary mover, and after all-in No.1 showed 9c 9h, the board came out Qc 7h 3s 8c 4h.  Elky took the pot (fig. B).

Go get 'em Daniel....no bok...no bok...no bok....

If anyone wants to distract Elky, tell him Starcraft 2 is allegedly being made.

The overdue Shipley.

I think that's why he wears the headphones.  He knows his own weaknesses, a very valuable trait in a poker player...

Johnny Lodden is OUT after seeing his Pocket Sevens outdrawn by Ace Queen, an Ace hitting the River.

(http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/gallery/1133419/photo_04.jpg)

Bullets...my only weakness. How did you know?

Thomas Holm has a monset, and rather tricky to count stack, after busting Aces with Pocket Kings.

He almost folded though...

Flemming de Hoog raised it pre-flop, Holm re-raised, Hoog re-re-raised and, after a long spell in the think tank, Holm finally decided that he couldn't release them and went all-in.

A King on the Flop and a firm kick in the testicles later and de Hoog was OUT.

Erik Roos Afhjelmsater -- 18,200
Andy Goetsch -- 59,300
Luca Pagano -- 10,400
Iwan Jones -- 55,700
Richard Toth -- 28,900
Patrick Korsten -- 25,900
Johnny Jensen -- 25,400
Tom McEvoy -- 16,300
Jan Sjavik -- 88,000
Roy Brindley -- 96,000
ElkY -- 53,800
Slade -- 47,300
John Shipley -- 42,200
Ola Petter Bremer -- 44,700
Janne Helen Overa -- 23,100

Nick Slade, who finds it hard to stay in his chair (fig. A) just took a big pot from chip leader Brent Wheeler.  Brent raised in the small blind to 3,500, and big blind Slade called with Ahrt Kh.
Flop:  6h 7h 8s  Brent bet out 5k, called by Nick.
Turn:  Jd  Brent checked, Nick put in 13k of his 30k remaining, and faced an all-in check raise from the huge stack.  He thought about it a bit, and decided this pot was now too big to let go, calling and finding Qc Qd against him.
River:  Ks

So Nick Slade finds his stack equal to that of Wheeler, 70+k each...

Rhowena has arrived, so expect a quality Gallery this time round...just as she was walking in the door, Dave was walking out, however, and she shook her head, saying, "What a bok I am..."

Tom McEvoy is also OUT - got it all in threeway against Sevens and Queens with AK, but no hit and the hopes of the Americans must now rest on the broad shoulders of TJ Cloutier.

Pity about El Blondie - I got this good photo of him looking dreamy after his double up.  Remeber him this way...

Nick Slade has doubled up to around the 95k mark with Ace King suited versus chip leader Brent Wheeler's Pocket Queens.

And for once, it wasn't all-in pre-flop, instead, Nick flopping the nut flush draw and moving in on the Turn.

No heart arrived, but a black King hit to give Nick a monster pot.

Moments later, Wheeler tilted off 15k and is probably back down to around 55-75k.

Once again, P.I. Slade gets his man.  ;hattip;

Apologies for the slight delay, players were on a short 15 minute break, but I believe they are returning now.

Daniel 'Kinboshi' Philips is OUT -

Another pass round to small blind Simon Mycock.  Another push in from the stack which was more than four times that of Daniel's...but this time he beat Simon into the pot, making his stand with Ac Kc.  What did the s.b. bully have?  5h 7c.  That hand.
Flop:  9c 3h 6d
Turn:  Td
River:  7h  A handshake for a visibly disappointed Daniel Philips, whose first major tournament experience was nonetheless well played. 

Unlucky, that's a horrible looking flop for him.

Double up for Kim Hemmingsen with Ahrt Ks, though (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, the old no pair top kickers hand).  It works better against Ad Qh, which is what button caller of Kim's cutoff push TJ Cloutier had.  Before the hands went over, TJ said, "Once again, you're in the lead."  Despite his read, the 23k pot moved to his right, however, although TJ's nowhere near the danger zone.

Slight problem here. Rhowena arrived to be told there were no more press badges (even though she had applied online). I lent my press badge to Rhowena so she could go in and take some snaps for our gallery whilst I typed up some posts, security didn't like this and revoked my badge, therefore meaning Jen is the only one who has access now.

Bit mean, but there you go.

Time for the old "swapsies" routine?

That may be tricky because they know we only have one and will notice when we go in seperately. We can't afford to have our remaining press pass taken away from us too.

I do have a couple of piccies that need to go up though...

Here's the PokerStars crew warming up the feature table. I believe there is a live feed into the pressroom tomorrow, so my lack of a press badge won't be a problem.

Huge pot makes a chip leader of Simon Mycock (Londoner, according to BA based in Oslo, so both UK and Scandie in one):

on an Ac 5s 6c flop, he bet out 8k (I think) into two other players.  His neighbour, decently stacked, made the call, while the other guy fled the scene.
Turn: 5d.  Simon checks, Matey bets 15k pretty fast, and before the chips have come to a full stop, Simon says, "All in."  Instacall.
Simon shows:  5h 6s
Matey shows:  3c 5c

And the Js river gives a monster pot to Simon, giving him over 180,000 which he just moved from neighbour's stack to his own with ever so slightly shaky hands... 

A few other counts, gathered before sidetracked by that one:

Jan Sjavik              102,000
Andy Goetsch (?)     75,000
Erlend Melsom          63,000
Roy Brindley           122,000
Nick Slade                72,000
John Shipley              75,000

John Conroy still in? and how many left please.

Are Peter Roche and Eoghan O'Dea still in? If so what are their stacks? Tell Roy not to blow them chips!

Great updates guys- just got a text of nick saying he's lost a big pot...

Roy is indeed still in, with 120k.  He said he'd raised with A-4 and hit a lovely 4-4-6 flop.  Putting his opponent on a decent overpair, he gambled and moved all-in for a lot.  The big payoff was not to be, however, although he looks happy with his stack.

Chip leader Simon Mycock.  Geezer.

John Conroy update - 24,000.  His 'freeze' pose reminds me of Hellmuth.

No sign of Peter Roche, I'm afraid.

Has Jim Kerrigan any chips?

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

Blinds will be going up to 1k/2k ante 200.
78 players remaining.

Yes.  51k - he said just one word, "Kings."  I think he's happy...

Other counts (the first four from his table):
Alexandre Poulain  31,000
Troels Berg          90,000
Magnus Petersson  56,000
Elky                     70,000
Anders Berg          84,000
Peter Jepsen         59,000
Martin Cook          12,000
Jason Cheng         18,000
Ricki Nielsen          92,000
Pernille Ravn         43,000

The accuracy of chip counts may be somewhat more shaky after this level, as they've put some chairs around the tables in one of the rooms, and no-one's to go round the tables.  One-sided viewing means one angle for counting means fewer accurate chip counts.  Sorry.  They're tightening the press noose quite early on this one.

nice to see atleast 2 of my pick three are still in..Is Martin Wendt still in aswell?

Unlucky Daniel, can't do any better than getting your money in ahead.

Cheers,

Des.

The TV table is up and running, and it's currently featuring TJ Cloutier (just all-in uncalled with A-K), and Iwan Jones - will try to get a full rundown of players. 
Ten minute food break; we're running on perilously low batteries at the moment...

get figs!

Or this

http://www.recipesource.com/main-dishes/meat/pork/spam/00/rec0006.html

can you wish iwan all the best from milsey... please......... go on my sooooooooooooonnnnnnn............!!!

Mmmmmmm spam pie... mans 2 favourite foods combined....

with whipped cream!

I've asked one of the press supervisors to intervene so I can get my press badge. Fingers crossed. We weren't intentionally doing any wrong and didn't realise that sharing two press passes between three people was unacceptable, but they had a security panic anyhow.

For the moment though, I'll start uploading the gallery from this event, so to view photos from this year's Copenhagen EPT, please click the link below...

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=image/tid/224 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=image/tid/224)

Hard Luck Kinboshi, still I'm sure you had a great time

Update on Nick pls when u get chance :-)

 :hello:

Well it was fun whilst it lasted.  Shame I had to go out against 75o - but that's poker I guess.

Thanks for all the support, and hopefully I can do it all again soon!

Great effort mate... it's a steep curve out there u done good

Still trying to sort out my press pass, I have my best men (well, woman) on the case.

Meanwhile, please note that both Johnny Lodden and Tom McEvoy are OUT of the comp and will playing no further part.

I have also been informed by Rolf Slotboom that Roy 'The Boy' Brindley is on 150k.

More second hand news, courtesy of Stephen Bartley...

Brigitta Johansson has exited after her Pocket Sevens ran into the re-raise of Theo Jorgensen and his Cowboys.

Remember him? Finalled in Deauville.

Pah!  I outlasted them... ;whistle;

unlucky Dan, well done mate....next year!

Thanks to Mads of PokerStars, I now have my press pass back. What a star!

"You owe me one," she adds.

Looks like I'm going to have her touch the guns.

Iwan's doing pretty well up on the stage, nicking one set of large blinds, and betting another opponent off a Js Ks 7c flop with a 14k bet.

The consolidated chips mean that there have been far fewer all-ins this level, although the rich seem to be getting richer.

Oi! Them guns are mine.

And here are a couple of the rich, in the process of getting richer - Roy Brindley and Mark Petersen (I think).

While both of them have gone for the slimline ipod, this player (whom I recognise from Day One, but can't put name to currently) seems to have missed the point of headphones...

Iwan Jones -- 100k
ElkY -- 185k
Thoe Jorgenssen -- 55k
Jan Sjavic -- 85k
Roy Brindley -- 165k
Jim Kerrigan -- 50k
Nick Slade -- 135k
John Shipley -- 45k

Nick Slade reached 135k after his Aces held up against the Pocket Kings of Mark Pedersen.

Both halves of the Feature Table

stuff the headphones, hows about a better shot of the dealer? snoops get on it please ;)

Iwan Jones is currently on the final table with TJ Cloutier and Claus Jensen.

He seemed quite excited, but I just said, "Be cool Iwan, be cool like me."

He laughed.  :dontask:

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/7060 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/7060)

I missed out seat 1 from the Feature Table, who's Christoffer Sonesson.  Probably.  And also on that table are Claus Nielsen and  Harrison Williams (seats 4 and 5).  Thomas Kremser is doing the announcing on there, but due to the rest of the room's noise (there are sit'n'gos starting up slowly) it's hard to make out what he's saying.

Another one of your Unnamed Chip Leaders (can anyone help?) - perhaps on the way to the top spot...speaking of which, should really go check on the other room now.

Here's the final table which is currently playing host to Iwan Jones, TJ Cloutier and Claus Nielsen, the latter of those three informing me that he has 90k. When asked if was worried about the cameras, he simply replied, "I don't care."

definately a borat moment with that pic

Nick Slade -- 140k

Roy Brindley -- 200k

Jonas Helness -- 35k

Robert Olsson -- 50k

The secondary room has somehow dwindled to just two tables during this 1,500/3000 ante 300 level... only 46 remaining in total.

A few counts:

Simon Mycock        120,000
Alexandre Poulain     68,000
Jim Kerrigan             35,000
Magnus Petersson    122,000
Bertrand Grospellier    80,000
Christian Grundtvig    88,000  (I thought I spotted his distinctive red sunglasses earlier, but lost him for a while).

We have a Simon Mycock in this comp yet no crappy gags from the Blonde forum.

I feel let down, especially from you Ariston.

And Kev, where the 'eck are you?...

If Mycock doesn't get you over here, then nothing will.

Magnus Petersson just doubled up courtesy of his Ac Aspades.  His 60k stack mostly got in on the 8d 6c 5c flop, with Elky looking to be the payer-off with his 7h 7d.  The running Fives on the turn and river gave them both full houses, but Magnus' was just that little bit higher. 

None from me, sorry... ;shame;

In 2 minutes, the players will be going on a 45 minute break. When they reutn, the blinds will be rising to 2,000 and 4,000.

At the moment, there are 45 players still remaining, including the likes of Jones, Slade, Cloutier, ElkY, Jorgensen, Neilsen and quite a few other familiar faces.

The cream seems to be rising to the top in this one.

John Shipley and Janne Helen Overa (great choice, the pink cardigan - couldn't do better myself)...
Shipley's had a pretty good day, and must have a much tighter image than he thought possible - earlier he made a re-raise preflop just because the same guy had been raising quite a lot and he wasn't having his position snatched away yet again - and Matey passed, showing Qd Qs!

Seeing as we now have 45 minutes of break - I am going for a power nap (oh the luxury of staying in the same hotel as the tournament) as we've been burning the candle at both ends this week.  And the middle.  With a blowtorch.   Back when play recommences.

Unfortunatelty for Slade fans, Nik is down to the felt after running Pocket Queens into the Bullets of TJ Cloutier, Nick being the player who made the initial raise.

All this on the TV table too.

Nick Slade bought me and Iwan lunch yesterday as a good luck for our day ones.....having hit that river king to stay in v the chip leader's QQ, I think Nick may be forced to carry on that tradition at each and every tournament from now on......the crosses we have to bear.

Good luck to Iwan and Nick, and Roy the Boy, looking in supreme form, which considering the amount he sunk last night in the casino bar (after the hotel bar had closed) is an awesome performance.

PS Excellent stuff Jen and Snoops, undoubtedly THE best updating team at the EPT yet again.

Who stole Roy Brindley's neck? I demand answers!!!

Great updates guys, the pictures are especially good... (pity the guest's... pity)

Just spoke to Nick about the queens incident, he's gutted but still in with 40 odd.... He may get bussssssssy

Nick has joined me briefly in the pressroom. He says he thought Cloutier might had been at it with those Aces because he'd shown Kings previously and somehow got a shortstack to fold his Ace King.

Nick's still alive though with 48k and seems pretty confident.

"Do you ever tilt, Nick?" I asked.

"Do I f*ck!" he replied.

 :D He doesn't mince his words that lad.

hi matt andy b ash etc , thanks forthe support , cloutier had kk the hand directly before , so i had to push , even he said he wouldnt of beleved him , lol.


ill be back x 
 regards
nick s


back to work l

come on son u can still do it,keep ur head up and kick it,best of luck ,start again long way to go

Play is about recommence.

chip counts for conroy and eyewan if they are still in and make sure nick doesnt try and get his chips back to quick.

Ghassen Yafaoui -- 155k

Christian Grundvig -- 185k

Andy Goetsch -- 35k

I'm afraid it appears as though John Conroy is out.

I didnt see Jim Kerrigan on my last outing either, but I'll double check as he may be on the feature table.

Claus Nielsen -- 75k
Rickie Nielsen -- 155k
Simon Mycock -- 150k
Richard Toth -- 175k
Bastian Landehagen -- 115k
Thomas Holm -- 110k
Nick Slade -- 45k
Ollson -- 45k
Iwan Jones -- 125k
Harrison Williams -- 45k
John Shipley -- 50k

mycock seems to be sitting there very proud, one of the largest of all the players left as well....must be something to do with the dtd girls maybe?



(that good enough for starters snoops?)

That's more like it!  :)up

I've hear he going to put himself forward as the next prime minister. He'll have to win the general erection first.

Ladbrokes online qualifier, Stephen Mitchell, is OUT, busted by Iwan Jones who called his all-in with A-K.

The K-A-x Flop was emphatic as Mitchell's Sevens failed to improve.

Samir Shakhtoor, who I believe maybe a British entrant (anyone know him?) is currently on about average stack, although he was just bluffed (probably) off a pot by Ghassen Yafaoui.

Board was 4h-6d-8d-7h, Ghassen bet 20k into into a 35k, which was enough to make his opponent fold.

Ghassen proudly revealed his Ac Kc.

In my mind his name is Slime On My Cock. That's just vulgar though.

I've found Jim Kerrigan, he's on the far table and still plugging away with 60k, probably his peak chip count for the whole comp.

A couple of seats down is the ever dangerous Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, who has been threatening a big live win to match his online performances for quite a while now...

One second, Mycock just raised!!!...

... although it was because of the DTD girls passing by in their catsuits.

Okay, no more Mycock jokes, I don't want to lower the tone too much.

Back to the poker...

Roy Brindley, John Shipley and Theo Jorgensen (now donning his famous brown hat) are all featured on the er... feature table.

...all-in?

..And this years gotcha!!! goes to kinboshi...

good one snoops

Geo

although the dtd girls weren't impressed with your shortstack snoops :(

Down to 41, 40 get paid...

... STOP!!!


























BUBBLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(http://us.ent1.yimg.com/images.launch.yahoo.com/000/010/941/10941335.jpg)

Jim Kerrigan just folded to a 12k bet from neighbour Erik Lindberg.

Jim is down to 45k.

And that bubble spot goes to Hilmar Tveit (pictured below). He only had around 15k, but Bertand 'ElkY' Grospellier showed no mercy and finished him off in double quick time.

Halldoe Mar Sverrisson -- 20k

Magnus Petersson -- 110k

I know you've posted it but where's the pay out? please...

1   DKK 4078080 = €547,177

2   DKK 2308608 = €309,773

3   DKK 1340928 = €179,928

4   DKK 1022976 = €137,254

5   DKK 843264 = €113,142

6   DKK 663552 = €89,028

7   DKK 525312 = €70,481

8   DKK 373248 = €50,083

9-10   DKK 228096 = €30,606

11-12   DKK 179712 = €24,114

13-14   DKK 138240 = €18,547

15-16   DKK 96768 = €12,983

17-24   DKK 76032 = €10,201

25-32   DKK 55296 = €7,419

33-40  DKK 41472 = €5,564

TOTAL:13,824,000

So the next eight out are in the little-over-money-back-unless-qualified-online state.

Hilmar Tveit had about eight chips for the last eight levels of play.  I am almost saddened that such tenacious determination to make the money wasn't rewarded, even though the top prizes were likely to have eluded him with such a style.

To just quote myself for a minute: "So the next eight out are in the little-over-money-back-unless-qualified-online state."

Add to your mental list of online qualifiers none other than TJ Cloutier.  It was a mystery to me, and to Henning Granstad why he was over here in the first place, and when he appeared on TV wearing a Pokerstars shirt, the natural assumption to make was that he'd been backed.  But no.  When Henning just came out and asked him, it turned out the veteran player won a $10 satellite on Stars.  I kid you not. 

come on iwan and nick bring it on .
wish them luck snoops plz

This scene created the biggest pot of the night, with Thomas Holm moving in for 96k.

Pre-flop action had created a 30k pot, which then rose to 70k once Bastian Landehagen flat called Holm's 20k bet on a Flop of Jd 2h 9d.

Turn = 3d, and Holm, who took an absolute age to fold (only barely an exaggeration), finally moved all in for 96 big ones.

After a brief thinking spell, Bastian stood up and shoved his remaining 100k across the line.

Bastian showed Sixes, which were behind his opponent's Pocket Tens.

The miracle out failed to appear as the River brought a black Queen.

Well Played Daniel!

Did us proud!

Hope to see you in stoke in the near future!

Samir Shakhtoor -- 100k

Look at these rascals, clearly having the time of their lives, Iwan perhaps more so than Nick as he as 165k to Slade's 44k.

Hi there.

Any pictures of the great man??
He is my favourite!!

 ;D ;D

 Td Th

Just now, you could see the beady eyes of a short stack light up from across the room - the reason - he'd found Ad Ac and a caller.  Got to the side of the table I'm allowed to stand on just as the hands were being manoevred into the middle by the dealer, and he'd found a caller with Aspades Ahrt.  Poker is a silly game.

Some chip counts:

Christoffer Sonesson        19k
TJ Cloutier                    230k (I think; it's a lot in any case)
Claus Nielsen                  40k
Christian Grundtvig          131k
Simon Mycock                205k
Magnus Petersson          116k

Oh yes please Jen, I feel a real affinity with him since you made me write that profile of him. He's cool.  8)

Not surprisingly, he's spent a lot of time on the feature table, but I did take this snap earlier on...

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/7025 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/7025)

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Here's Mr. Cloutier - always looks like he's going to the dentist, but is very affable, chatting away with the table and defending the Old School against the youngsters...

 ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;D


ThankYou

 Td Th

Yeahhhhhh. Although the one that Smoopy took makes him look like they've just let him out of the home for the afternoon on an outing.

Good Lord!!

He looks as if he's going to pop his clogs in that one!!

Carpet bowls this way>>>>>>>>>

 Td Th

any updates on nick slade plz

There's a new TV table, featuring (from what I can see over the live feed in the press room) Jan Sjavik (still my top pick), Richard Toth, who's the backwards hat wearer I asked about earlier in that photo, Elky, Andy Goetsch,  Ricki Nielsen and Jim Kerrigan who looks like he's wearing a shiny hat but that's because a lot of tape has been applied to obscure the logo...

Speaking of which, they must not be filming Ricki Nielsen from the back, as he's covered in large Pokerroom logos, shirt, jacket, hat, probably pants.

Halldoe Mar Sverrisson is OUT after he moved his last 20k in under the gun.

Jonas Hellnus made a tricky call from the small blind with Qh Jh, leaving himself just 45k behind.

Board = Qd 5h 8c 2s Aspades

20 letters! Blimey.  ;gobsmacked;

almost as long as Mycock (we getting bored of this by now?)

Mycock, is that like the porn version of MySpace?

How is Anders Wijk doing? (swedish guy in a black hood) Please update him just once :D

Jonas Helness is the new chip leader after outdrawing Iwan Jones in a monster pot.

Jonas Helness raised from the button, small blind called and so did Iwan in the big blind with Pocket Threes.

Flop comes J-7-3 and it all kicks off.

Iwan bets out 45k, Helness makes it 70k, other guy folds, Iwan and Helness get the rest of their chips in.

Helness shows Nines, Turns a nine and puts Iwan back down to 60k.

Will have a look now.

Nick Slade is OUT.

Moved his last 42k in from the button with T-4 but the big blind called with K-J, which subsequently held up.

He won't last long, look.... ::)

Hi Snoopy

Any chance of a chip count on top ten.

Thanks ;kev;

They are down to 32 players (blinds 3k/6k ante 600).  Table break - after Magnus Petersson gets the short stack all in preflop with his Ad Kd dominating the re-raiser's Ahrt Jc.  The board kept him in, though, coming 9d 9c 9h 8h 8d for a split.

Anyway, groans all round at the prospect of moving to a new table at this crucial point in the tournament - something I personally hate - although this time Thomas Kremser did the fair 'cards face-down on table' approach to seat draw, so who goes on the TV table is random, as it should be. 

(http://grza.net/GIS/You%20Make%20Kitty%20Scared.jpg)

Obviously hasn't seen Mycock.

Are my other picks still in?

you saying the poor pussy wouldnt be afraid of my..... in fact I've had enough of these gags now.

Bit tricky because they won't let us near the feature table (very crowded here!), but, from the outer tables...

Thomas Holm -- 285k
TJ Cloutier -- 250k
A chap no one can name -- 205k
Jonas Helness -- 200k
Simon Mycock -- 170k
Theo Jorgensen -- 125k

Andy Goetsch eliminates Ricki Nielsen from the TV table - only caught a glimpse of a 9-straightening board on the Press Room monitor and they were shaking hands.  In the secondary cash level, now, incidentally - €7,419.

Pictures taken from the Viewing Seats - no good, but I think I got Jim Kerrigan's head in one.

Claus Nielsen has doubled up courtest of Marcin Horecki, Eights holding up vs. A-Q on a 6-T-4-t-5 board.

Claus is now on 70k.

Sorry for the silence - you just need to gently nudge us into action occasionally - here's your man, with 84k, having just moved in for his comparatively short 75k and got the full count-down request from small blind Jonas Helness, although they all passed in the end.

Snoops pass on best wishes to Iwan - and btw has Mycock been all in yet? :-(

Can you tell me if "The Ship" is still in please ?

I'd also include the feature table's Richard Toth in that list, as he appears to have around the 250k mark.

Hi Snoopy

Your a star ;applause; :)up

Hows Roy the Boy doing?

Cheers

John Magill

Here's John Shipley, but also a reminder that we have to nudge and apologise our way to the front of what is now a sizeable crowd every time we go back in there.  Good atmosphere; tough to cover.  Part of the crowd is Paul Higgins, who came for the almost non-advertised side events - I think more people might have taken a Copenhagen holiday if they'd A) planned in advance to get their seats for the main event or B) heard about the other events which are, "quite good," as the laconic Paul says, and felt like exploring what is by all accounts a cool city in its own right.  So we've heard. 

30 left

Blinds going up to 4k/8k(800) in 5 minutes

Av stack = 133k

Action on the TV table!  Jan Sjavik is all in preflop against Richard Toth.  A camera angle which you probably wouldn't stage (and would be frankly sadistic if you did) showed us the corners of one each of their hole cards:
Jan had  Aspades ??
Richard had Ac ??

They stood up; the board came 2h 8d 7s....8h...2s

I shall infer from the relieved smile on Jan Sjavik's face, that his kicker had been the one in trouble, and his tournament life on the line...

Iwan Jones, looking about 50% grimmer than in his last photo, but still with chips - looks like about 60k from the photo, but just about to brave the crowd for a proper look.

Table Holm:

Simon Mycock -- 240k
Anders Wijk -- 210k
Erik Lindberg -- 130k
Thomas Holm -- 285k
Jonas Helness -- 145k
Mateyboy -- 20k
Iwan Jones -- 65k

With nationalities...

Simon Mycock (Norway) -- 240k
Anders Wijk (Sweden) -- 210k
Erik Lindberg (Sweden) -- 130k
Thomas Holm (Denmark) -- 285k
Jonas Helness (Norway) -- 145k
Mateyboy (Timbuktu) -- 20k
Iwan Jones (Wales)-- 65k

been lurking a while now,
tx 4the as always great coverage guys,
wp nick, c'mon iwan, john & roy

Big News For Anders Wijk fans....




                                               ...Snoopy saw it all...

Anders Wijk has eliminated Jonas Helness with Qd Qh vs Ac Qc, all-in pre-flop.

Board = Jd 2h 5c 4s Tc

No handshakes here, the high fives, cheers and 'yelps' from the railers resulting in Helness meekly creeping away.

For those who didn't believe in my powers....

I LAUGH AT THEE!

Roy Brindley is also OUT.

Fours vs. Tens.

No help.

Chip Leader Status confirmed - although wild rumours were circulated by BA that that pot was over half a mil, in actuality Anders has about 380k as far as I can see, and BA can't count.

remind me never wish luck on here...

 ;tightend; ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!  ;tightend;

(http://gumgod.com/host/images/wei_29_bookert.JPG)

Are you playing the Luton even tomorrow?

Here are a few rough chippy counts from the feature table:

Jan Sjavik -- 90k
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier -- 195k
Andy Goetsch -- 65k
Magnus Petersson -- 260k

You did give yourself a great chance by naming four Jools. ::)

BTW do you still have the same size family as the last time we spoke ?

will prob skip luton tomorrow homey,

ps, Andy Goetsch is one of the top dogs at crypto

hehe, just...

Other Counts:

Christoffer Sonesson  55,500
TJ Cloutier               235,000
?                            125,000
Claus Nielsen             78,000
Samir Shaktoor         102,000
Mark Petersen          131,000
?                            110,000

?                            61,000
Mark Petersen         131,000
John Shipley             92,000
?                           100,000
Zlafan Musa              74,000
Ghassen Yafaoui       110,000
?                            120,000

Sorry there are still blanks here - someone will fill these for us very shortly, even if that has to be the player.

One of them is Mycock  ;hide;

whats andy goetsch nick on crypto?

Shortstack, Andy Goetsch, has just been removed from the final table by Magnus Petersson.

As a result, we are down to 24 players.

i meant top brass, not an onliner

TJ Cloutier is down to just 60k after losing a monster pot to Anton Smolyanskiy.

A-Q vs A-4

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Cheers,

snoops ;snoopy;

Other news...

Constant shortstacker for the day, Claus Nielsen, has also departed.

Top reporting again people, just caught up, thank you very much. is John Conroy still in?

How many do they play down to tonight ?

No, he exited a few hours ago and is currently enjoying some time examining the eye candy at the Ladbrokes party.

Final table target - subject to change.

Great work with the updates snoop! :) Any news on Jan Olav Sjåvik? :) Id be on him at the FT! ;)

Thank you, such a tough life, these poker tournaments!!!!

Just caught up with a charasmatic Brit called Colin Ogden (pictured below) who, unusually for us, slipped under the Blonde Poker radar somewhat.

Pretty cool story though...

Qualifying for just $8 ("I just wanted something to pass the time whilst I played a Sit and Go"), Colin came through 2 Paradise satellites to reach what is only his 5th live event.

He's played the odd comp at the Grosvenor and Stanley Casinos in his hometown of Southampton, but tends to play recreationally online due to his daily obligations as one of those dudes who installs the air conditioning. (Wish he'd been working today in this cardroom.)

Anyhow, Colin told me that he's had the time of his life and was overjoyed to have sneaked into the money.

"I really wanted the money, so when the bubble approached, I was just trying to hang in. Once it passed, I just went for it, and after my pre-flop raise with tens was re-raised by the guy next to me, I decided to gamble with my last 30 or so thousand and hope he either had a slightly small pair, or at worst, over cards. Unfortunately, he had Kings and I didn't hit, but I don't care because this has been one of the best weeks of my life."

Good story huh?

It's not often someone turns 5 quid into €5,564.

Iwan Jones is OUT - on the feature table he classically raced his A-K against J-J.  The home crowd cheered the Jack on the flop, and we're down to 21 players here...

Nope - and the final three tables are action-tastic, so at any minute expect the field to shrink further...

Do you please have some info on how Sjavik is doing? chipcounts etc? :D

Dent to Simon Mycock's stack - pretty serious one too -

He called Tobias Persson's preflop raise and the flop came 4c Qs Td.  Simon checked, Tobias bet 50k.  Simon raised to 100k.  A very long think, and then Tobias Persson's whole 250k stack was in the middle.  Clearly this was not going according to plan for Simon, who struggled with the fold but managed it in the end.

No, but BA does - 190k.  Middling stack.  I still tip him.

Yeah, thanks for info! Great work there!! And he is still my tip too! :D

Three way all-in now that has resulted in the elimination of Denmark's Peter Fischer.

Once again it was from the feature table, and once again the camera made it exceedingly difficult to witness the holding cards, but I'm pretty sure Anton Smolyanskiy flipped over Ace Queen, and, judging by his dismay, I would assume Cole Morrow, who was the shortest of the three, had a monster hand like Aces or Kings. Fischer, who had also pushed his short stack all-in, was in deep trouble with A-J.

The Flop came 6s 3d 7s

No reaction.

Turn = 5d

River = Tc

Fischer, who begun the day in 8th position, taps the table and exits stage left.

A rumour has been circulated that they're intending to end play when this level finishes.  We are skeptical about this - if they bring back three tables, tomorrow might need more hours than it has in it to finish the thing.  Legal rules state that the place has to shut by 3am, but they can surely get another level in tonight...

T.J. Cloutier out?

TJ Cloutier is OUT.

He made his move with K-3, but was shot down by the Pocket Threes of Sjavik.

A legend of the game has departed.

Not so much crippled as castrated....

How many Brits left?

Thanks a bunch for the updates on Anders Wijk. Swedish media are also covering the tournament but suck. You guys are 100 times better, cant compare!!!

All the props to all of u at blondepoker

More bad news for the British followers, especially the Solihullians like me, as John Shipley, who I believe won the London EPT in Season 3, has just been eliminated from the comp.

There are 17 of the initial 400 players left with the blinds still at 4k/8k (800) - due to go up in 15 minutes.

can you give me any info on Richard Toth?
TIA

Thanks for the kind comments.

To be honest, after doing Bolton last week, and not eating today, I think I'm ready to collapse soon. There's a DTD party to attend too. No complaints though, always good fun!

Eek.  ;tk;

Yes, he has just doubled up with Jacks vs A-8 on a 2-8-9 Flop and is now on 490k.

Just qaulified for tomorrow nights £100 rebuy(laddies) so will be able to join you once again at the ungodly hour of 4am here. ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep;

 3s 2s

Magnus Petersson may well be the latest chip leader with half a million.

On a Flop of 3s Jc Tc, all the chips went in with Simon Mycock's Ac Js up against Petersson's Pocket Queens.

Magnus grimaced as the Turn brought an intimidating Kc, but exhaled deeply when all the draws failed to hit the highly welcoming 2h River.

As a result, Simon is down to the felt, so no one is fearing Mycock at the moment.

A couple of counts, from behind someone's head and in front of someone else's... I don't know how many times I've apologised for not being transparent today.

Elky                 190k
Jan Sjavik          170k
Thomas Holm     340k
Anders Wijk       350k
Tobias Persson     71k
Theo Jorgensen  140k

It's really chaotic right now - the 30cm gap between the rail and the tables means it's cosy for the press, to say the least.

fine work guys, enjoy the DTD party,  :cheers: lets see some photos tomorrow  ;hattip;

Okay, names to faces time now.

This chap donned from head to toe in green is Ingemar Jönsson.

And although Anton Smolyanskiy sounds Russian, he is indeed one of the remaining Americans.

This reserved and sheepish (although certainly not in poker terms) fellow is Mark Scher Petersen.

Brilliant as always guys.... love ya... g'nite

Just a reminder of what the final 16 will receive:

1   DKK 4078080 = €547,177

2   DKK 2308608 = €309,773

3   DKK 1340928 = €179,928

4   DKK 1022976 = €137,254

5   DKK 843264 = €113,142

6   DKK 663552 = €89,028

7   DKK 525312 = €70,481

8   DKK 373248 = €50,083

9-10   DKK 228096 = €30,606

11-12   DKK 179712 = €24,114

13-14   DKK 138240 = €18,547

15-16   DKK 96768 = €12,983

Aprox chip counts for the non-tv table:

Mark Scher Petersen -- 230k
Thomas Holm -- 320k
Richard Toth -- 500k
Anton Smolyanskiy -- 190k
Ingemar Jönsson -- 230k
Simon Mycock -- 25k
Theo Jorgenssen -- 155k
ElkY -- 180k

And the TV table:

Samir Shakhtoor -- 225k
Erik Lindberg -- 265k
Alexandre Poulain -- 120k
Cole Morrow -- 155k
Tobias Persson -- 80k
Anders Wijk -- 420k
Magnus Peterssen -- 580k
Jan Sjavik -- 160k

And as soon as we reconvene, we lose yet another in Tobias Persson, who made a move with King High, but was looked up by big stacker Magnus Peterssen.

Couldn't see the hand I'm afraid, cameraman is rubbish for the live feed and they won't let us watch the tv table out in the cardroom - sure makes reporting on the darn thing tricky.

Simon Mycock is OUT in 16th place, winning €12,983

Super short stack Simon was all-in blind, against Thomas Holm's Kd Tc...

He turned over the Ahrt, saying "Yes!" and it was suited with the 6h.

Flop: 9d Ks Jh
Turn:  2d
River:  Td

"Good game, everyone," said gentlemanly Simon as he made his way to the rail.  He's pictured here right before he found out what his last hand was to be...

Yes, this rubbish picture gives an accurate view of all we can see of it.  Thank goodness Big TK's voice carries...

14 left
5k/10k(1k)
285,711 av

A couple more - Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier in full Pokerstars regalia, and Thomas Holm, a double T-shirt stacker.

Betrand 'ElkY' Grospellier has doubled up through Ingemar Jönsson, who is down to the felt as a consequence.

On the K-9-8 Flop, Ingemar bet out, ElkY moved all-in, leaving Ingemar to call was an almost obligatory call.

J-Q vs a set of Eight.

The 9 on the Turn gave Elky the Full House, but Ingemar wasn't dead, still alive he made a somehwhat hopeful gutshot straight flush draw.

Funnily enough, it failed to develop allowing ElkY to shoot up to 350k.

Nice pic of Mycock :)

Mycock's out? How did that happen?

is mycock the guy who screwed all 1808'ers on fullonpoker?

yip.

snoops can u get that $2k he owes me from jan 2006 rake plz, take $300 for yourself dude

For those looking for more info on the players involved, please check out the recent interviewed I conducted with recent double upper (is that a word??), Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier.

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/5766 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/5766)

I am not aware of this scandal, are you able to elaborate. I'm intrigued...

port, knows it better than me, but i was playing on fullon poker skin of tribeca promised 25% rakeback of which i got

a) 10%
b) 24%
c) f**k all


answers on the proverbial card

about right.

plus he sat in ept  seat i should of won in a league.

Anders Wijk gets busy on the TV Table News Now:

Twice he's moved all-in over the top of a limper/preflop raiser and got them off their hand.  The most recent time Magnus Petersson raised to around 90k and then passed to the all-in move.  Thomas Kremser said, and I think by 'he' he meant Anders, "He shows Nine Ten of hearts..."  That got a round of applause from his vocal support crew.

To make things easier for you, let me introduce the players currently on the feature table:

In seat and picture order...

Samir Shakhtoor (Sweden)
Erik Lindberg (Sweden)
Alexandre Poulain (France)
Cole Morrow (Canada)
Anders Wijk (Swden)
Magnus Petersson (Sweden)
Jan Sjavik (Norway)

Short stack Jan Sjavik also managed to get Petersson to lay something down, although it can't have been much...

Then Alexandre Poulain gets it all in with a call holding Ad Js against what I think must have been 9c 9h for Anders Wijk (our live feed might as well be to News 24):

Flop:  Ks 6c Kh
Turn:  Qc
River:  Jc

And a relieved Alexandre sits back down.

you got that $2k  $1700 yet beagle?

Now it's Samir Shaktoor's turn to put the pressure on Anders Wijk preflop, moving in and causing a troubled dwell, complete with pause with finger in the 'launch cards into the muck' position.

Snoopy's in the tournament area while I get to try to decipher what's going on on the Feature Table.  15 minutes left until the end of play today...

13 players remaining - Ingemar Johnsson is no more - a very short stack before his demise, however.

Some updated chippy counts from the outside table, including a couple of piccies.

Mark Scher Petersen -- 305k
Thomas Holm -- 330k
Richard Toth -- 460k
Erik Linberg (pictured) -- 310k
Theo Jorgenssen (pictured) -- 210k
ElkY -- 450k

(http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=19265.0;attach=10860;image)

It's as if he is saying, "What? Floppy chose me as one of his picks?"

And with the level coming to an end, it looks like John Duthie might be giving up on the final table target and calling it a night... we shall confirm shortly, but it's appears as though the bags are coming out.

Yes, the weird end of level music has played, and the remaining 12 players will be allowed what Thomas Kremser called their "deserved break" after they bag and tag the chips. 

They'll be returning at 2pm tomorrow (that's 1pm UK time) and, if we're still able to be woken by our alarms, so will we.

Thanks guys for the great updates, very much appreciated

Mad Harper informs us that the chip counts are on their way - they'll be with you as soon as they're with us.

The following 12 players will be returning for tomorrow's final:

Mark Secher Petersen
Thomas Holm
Richard Toth
Erik Linberg
Theo Jorgenssen
Betrand Grosepllier
Samir Shakhtoor
Alexandre Poulain
Cole Morrow
Anders Wijk
Magnus Peterssen
Jan Sjavik

Outside table:

(1) Samir Shakhtoor -- 368K
(2) Cole Morrow -- 91K
(3) Anders Wijk -- 562K
(4) Alexandre Poulain -- 166K
(5) Magnus Petersson -- 428K
(6) Jan Sjavik -- 128K

Featured table:

(1) Mark Secher Petersen -- 195K
(2) Thomas Holm -- 299K
(3) Richard Toth -- 611K
(4) Erik Lindberg -- 344K
(5) Theo Jorgenson -- 339K
(6) Bertrand Grospellier -- 455K

Chip counts courtesy of Rolf Slotboom.

Click the link below for thumbnail images of the final day...

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/7097 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/7097)