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Well, here in plenty of time today - barely a sound from next door yet, but still fully expecting the final twelve to leap into action in ten minutes or so.

Reminder of the last thing we said yesterday (I need this more than you do to kickstart the brain):

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

(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

And the top twelve cash prizes:

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

Hi Jen,

GREAT Update so far, must have been a bit difficult with so many online qualifuer & Scandie peeps, much respect to you & snoops. And thanks for looking out for Daniel (Kinboshi) who I think you'll agree is a credit to blonde, & to APAT.

Tonight it's "two's up" time, with parallel Live Updates on blonde from Copenhagen & Luton. Beats Blind Date surely?

Well done Jen and snoops


Must admit to not knowing many of these, Elky and Sjavik apart. So I'll go for those two!

I'll go for a top three of Magnus Petersson, Anders Wijk and Jan Sjavik (whom I picked Day One).

Going to go see what's going on in the TV room...

Morning, Sir...

Actually, it's been pretty good fun.  One small piece of help was totally invaluable, however - I've said it before and I'll say it again - getting a printed sheet of players organised by TABLE AND SEAT is the one thing which turns an update on a big field tourney from a Matey-filled vague thing to something more useful.  Anyone who wants live updaters to do a good job at their events (Grosvenor et al.)  - this will do the trick.

First hand - pretty much biggest pot of the tournament...

Magnus Petersson raised preflop (as you might do with Kc Kd) and found Anders Wijk making the all-in re-raise again...this time it was with Tc Ts and the Kings stayed nicely ahead, giving Magnus a stack of 840k+ right at the start of the day.  That must be a nice feeling.

Hi and good luck to the final 12, my money is on Thomas Holm (not that i know much about him),  but he plays on Ladbrokes, and thank you for the great coverage i've enjoyed it immensley

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn, why the hell go all in with TT, coinflip at best. How much does Anders have left?

526-428= 98k? I guess... :)

With the blinds at 6k/12k ante 1k, Jan Sjavik's 120k or so wasn't looking too good - but he's just doubled up taking a gamble to get back in it...
Anders Wijk moved in with Ahrt Js (although we didn't know that at the time), and Jan Sjavik kind of shrugged and called all in, with 6s 6d.
Flop:  5d 9c 8d
Turn:  7h  ("six to split," says the helpful T.K.)
River:  Ks

So Anders Wijk in a bit of trouble chipwise now.

Double elimination!  And when I was down the hall!  It was all chugging along fine, and when I went back in they were hand for hand!
SO we've lost both Mark Secher Petersen and Erik Lindberg in one hand - Q-9 suited moved in (Petersen), over the top all-in from A-K (Lindberg) and wouldn't you know it, ElkY wakes up with Aspades Ahrt.

No help from the board, and we have a new chip leader (probably) in Bertrand Grospellier, while  Mark Secher Petersen and Erik Lindberg finish in 12th and 11th spots respectively, winning €24,114 each.

Here's a picture of eliminatee Lindberg...

Great updates so far! :) Keep it up!

Thanks for the pic because my eyes kept playing tricks on me every time i looked i kept seeing Eric Lindgren WPT winner and author or that book about Final tables the name looked too similar..

 :hello: Jen & Snoops

how was the DTD party?

Come on Anders Wijk double up please double up Jenn please tell me he doubled up...soon!!! ;boltpp;

Hi all  :hello:

Jus a quick reminder that a full gallery of photographs for this event can be found by clicking the link below, including some norkage of the DTD girls from a couple of days ago!

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

Try updating the Norwegian Championships with only 1 Brit (Jen) and no player list!

Jan Sjavik gets some chips -

Fold round (that doesn't take too long now they're five-handed) to his small blind, which he makes up.  Big blind Thomas Holm raises to what looks like 40-50k.  Jan performs the s.b. limp-reraise, prompting a frustrated countdown request from Holm and eventual release of his hand (Sjavik had around 170k more).  He even got a little round of applause. 

I'm afraid we didn't make it due to exhaustion. We've had very little sleep this whole week due to updating both updating duties in Bolton and Copenhagen, so a party was just one step too far.

I don't think I would have survived!

I am sure it was fun, but there was a clear choice last night - go to party or do updates for the final.  Too tired.

Great uppdates...!!
Come on Sjavik...!! Another top 10..! impressing..!!

Hope you come to the Norwegian Championship this year to Snop and Jen.. ;)

can u give some info about Richard Toth? TIA

Chip Count -

Table Petersson

Samir Shakhtoor    305k
Cole Morrow         180k
Anders Wijk          115k
Alexandre Poulain  135k
Magnus Petersson  460k

Table Sjavik

Jan Sjavik             130k
Thomas Holm        140k
Richard Toth         720k
Theo Jorgenson    330k
Bertrand Grospellier  1 mil, or very close...  (should really be table Elky)

Well, he won the Poker EM in 2006 (over €100k) as well as getting pipped to a bracelet in a WSOP event ($1,500 NL) and finalling at the Austrian Masters.  He's currently second in chips in this EPT Copenhagen Scandinavian Championships, and all through yesterday I thought he was wearing a bandanna when in fact it was a backwards baseball cap.  This made me instantly assume he was American, but he's apparently Hungarian.

That's all I know.

what a pair of dedicated professionals you both are, hope you get some time for some r&r after  ;hattip;

Down to the final Nine -

We've lost one, and it's Jan Sjavik (so close to another final)- he pushed in again (determined to double or bust, it looked like) with K-5 suited, but it was bust, in the end, when Thomas Holm's 7-7 not only stood up but hit.

That makes Jan Sjavik the 10th place finisher, for €30,606 

Picture of Jan Sjavik.  Eventually I'll get some photos up of players while they're playing, so it feels all present-tense...

To Bad Sjavik... GG.. You are a great player..!!!

Anders Wijk doubled up (about 15 mins ago, sorry) but still a short stack with 220k or so.  Rolf says he had Q-Q against Q-K.  I believe him.

I don't think he can hear you.

There now follows an intermission while they set up the TV table (of course, the broadcast-y final will be eight-handed as per usual, but nine-handed finals are the only way to go).  Expect breaks periodically now as various technical things are sorted, and cross your fingers for us that the live feed from the table to the press room actually shows us the cards when they're on their backs...

Bit of an enigma this chap.

What I do know is that he is a young gun from Hungary who's currently sitting on a very menacing 695k stack.

To his right is the quiet and reserved, Magnus Peterson, running similarly well with 645k.

Unfortunately for us (no live feed), they have decided to place the final 9 on an outside table.

I do know a little about Theo Jorgensen, however, as he finalled in the French Open EPT in Deauville last year.

A loud and charismatic character, Theo is always good fun at the table. His distinctive bobble hat sets him apart from everyone else, but what I find incredible is the fact that although he looks like he's in his early 20s, he is in fact well into his thirties. Clearly uses Oil of Ulay... like me!

Over the last few years, Theo has enjoyed a flurry of decent cashes, including a six figure sum win in the European 7-Card Stud Championship, his final table finish in Deauville and, most recently, a victory at Football and Poker Legends shindig for a cool 50k.

And that unfortunate bubble boy was Canadian youngster Cole Morrow, who finished in 9th position.

Moving in with the respectable holding of A-T, Morrow ran into the Big Slick of Thomas Holm.

Although both spiked an Ace on the Flop, the A-K stood up come the River.

TV Time!

Word on the grapevine is that they will be redrawing for the final table, but the grapevine has been know to tell the odd porky or two.

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ta ;snoopy;

Just out of interst and to dig the dirt on our nine finalists, if anyone knows anything further about them, then please let us know.

Alexandre Poulain has won EFOP Omaha 1000€ at the ACF in Paris

Courtesy of Rolf Slotboom...   

Thomas Holm (Denmark) -- 409,000
Samir Shakhtood (Sweden) -- 367,000
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier (France) -- 1,086,000
Magnus Petersson (Sweden) -- 622,000
Richard Toth (Hungary) -- 814,000
Alexandre Poulain (France) -- 128,000
Anders Wijk (Sweden) -- 255,000
Theo Jorgensen (Denmark) -- 305,000

So you'd rate him as a high quality player?

We're also thinking that there may be a considerable pause before the final table starts - even though the stands are thronged (or, should I say, stand - not so much room for spectators at this one).  I'm getting a burger.

I don't know what a High qulity player mean for you but he is a good outsider ;)

Well, everyone's a high quality player to me.  ;D

He is my friend so he is a HUGE PLAYER :D

If u can catch some nice pic :) :) :)

Anyway very nice coverage ;)

He is suppose to put on his Soccer France Team Shirt. I hope he did :D

1st =  DKK 4,078,080 (€547,177)
2nd = DKK 2,308,608 (€309,773)
3rd = DKK 1,340,928 (€179,928)
4th = DKK 1,022,976 (€137,254)
5th = DKK 843,264 (€113,142)
6th = DKK 663,552 (€89,028)
7th = DKK 525,312 (€70,481)
8th = DKK 373,248 (€50,083)
10th = Jan Sjavik
11th = Erik Lindberg
12th = Mark Secher Petersen
13th = Anton Smolyanskiy
14th = Ingemar Jönsson
15th = Tobias Persson
16th = Simon Mycock
17th = Ghassen Yafaoui
18th = John Shipley
19th = Christoffer Sonneson
20th = TJ Cloutier
21st = Peter Fischer
22nd = Jeppe Mikkelsen
23rd = Iwan Jones
24th = Claus Nielsen
25th = Andy Groetsch
26th = Jonas Helness
27th = Jacob Rasmussen
28th = Jim Kerrigan
29th = Roy Brindley
30th = Marcin Horecki
31st = Partic Federiksson
32nd = Ricky Nielsen
33rd = Allan Nilausen
34th = Harrison Williams
35th = Colin Ogden
36th = Nick Slade
37th = Arve Leikarnes
38th = Bastian Landehagen
39th = Christian Grundtvig
40th = Branislav Pajic

Seat 1: Thomas Holm (Denmark) -- 409,000

Seat 2: Samir Shakhtood (Sweden) -- 367,000

Seat 3: Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier (France) -- 1,086,000

Seat 4: Magnus Petersson (Sweden) -- 622,000

Seat 5: Richard Toth (Hungary) -- 814,000

Seat 6: Alexandre Poulain (France) -- 128,000

Seat 7: Anders Wijk (Sweden) -- 255,000

Seat 8: Theo Jorgensen (Denmark) -- 305,000

I think he may be wearing a tracksuit top of a soccer team.

Any idea what his team is?

On a sidenote, I recall asking him his name on the very first day. He showed me his passport and pointed to his name, as if I wouldn't believe him if he told me.  :D

The final table is scheduled to start at 5pm.

Straight from the horse's (Big T.K's) mouth.

ps. I am by no means calling Thomas Kremser a horse, although he is very big.

White shirt (or blue) with a rooster on it


i read that ;). His english is so well that he might not be able to spel it :D

Any new pic of him ??

It's been very difficult to get near the tables today due to the crowd and the added press restriction implemented by security, but I'll see what I can do.

May I ask your name so I can pass on your good luck wishes if I see him?

Tell him guillaume or just say my nickname Bonhom, but i don't know if u would say it correctly :D

Anyways TY

I knew my French A-Level would come in handy one day.  ;D

Signs of life around the feature table - they're all signing bits of paper (I thought they had to do that right at the start - maybe not) and settling down.  Expect a restart within ten minutes.

Well it didn't when we were in Paris. To me it sounded like you were just speaking English, but very LOUDLY and FORCEFULLY.

Blinds will continue at 6k/12k ante 1k.

Thomas Kremser welcomes the audience to the final table and introduces the players, "Seat one, he is coming from Denmark, please give a round of applause for Thomas Holm..." etc. etc.

You lot already know the seat order and chip counts, so I'll just compare the enthusiasm for the players - Anders Wijk has loud supporters, as does Alexandre Poulain - looks like some French people might have materialised in the audience.   Obviously the home players Thomas Holm and Theo Jorgensen are popular too.

Shuffle up and deal!

Just for you, Monsieur Bonhom.

tahnx a lot

Thomas Holm and Richard Toth see a flop (I think it was Ten-high).
Thomas bets 42k, Richard re-raises to 110k.  I bet we're in for a dwell... yes, but a call, only to pass when Richard moves in on the Ts (I think) turn.

Then:

Thomas Holm wins the next two pots.  He does look like his smile muscles don't get much of a workout - very serious at the table.

Big T.K seems to be saying the word 'pass' a lot at the moment.

See - serious.

Theo raises to 32k pre-flop, Magnus re-raises and Theo calls.

Magnus then takes the pot with a bet on the 2c Kh Qh Flop.

Another small pot, this time scooped up by Holm. After his pre-flop raise was smooth called by Toth, Holm forced to him to fold by betting the 4-K-9 rainbow Flop.

"So you didn't hit the Flop this time?" comments Holm sarcastically.

Theo raises to 31k, Richard makes it a massive 200k, Theo folds.

No messing.

Alexandre Poulain, 31, from Paris, rode the poker rollercoaster on Day 2 of EPT3 Copenhagen - turning a tiny pile of chips into a final table stack. When Alexandre is not running his discount electronics store in Paris, he – like everyone in his family - is a keen online player with PokerStars. He is also a regular at the Aviation Club on the Champs Elysées which is where he won his first major tournament, picking up the Pot Limit Omaha title – and €25k - at the European Finals of Poker Masters last month. A huge football fan, he is wearing the French shirt for his final table appearance.

Not too much action, no one is too keen to get busy early doors. I'm sure they'll get bored soon though and srping into life.

At the moment it's a bit like...

(http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/images/pliers.jpg)

but soon it will be more like...

(http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t048/T048749A.jpg)

Anders has re-raised Toth all-in!!!...

Anders Wijk is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning DKK 373,248 (€50,083)

Moving in over the top of Richard Toth's pre-flop raise, the Swede was dismayed to hear Toth announce an instant call, and even more chagrined to witness his A-J be demolished by the Hungarian's Pocket Kings, the Turn bringing a third cowboy on a 7-5-6-K-x board.

A few words on the first final (well, last 8 anyhow) table exit of the day.

Anders turned professional three years ago and mainly plays cash games online. He only recently started tournament play but came 7th at the Nordic master of Poker in Sweden last April for €24,000. This is his third EPT this season – he fell just short of the money in Dublin, and went out in the first two hours in Baden. “I don’t think I have the skills for tournament play. I’ve been very lucky here.”

Guests please sign up to Blonde to help support our updates, compared to some of the bigger sites, we do work with just the bear [sic] essentials. Plus you'd be able to see all the lovely pics, like the one below.

(http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=19269.0;attach=10811;image)

Quick question.

Do players who stack their chips up in gigantic columns trying to compensate for something??  ;whistle;

We have another all-in!!!................

Richard Toth raises, and Theo Jorgensen moves in for 85k - Richard probably has to call - yes, he calls
Theo shows: A-K
Richard shows:  Q-T

Flop:  Ks 3d 4h
Turn:  Qd
River:  9c

Theo Jorgensen has doubled up to just under 200k.

Richard Toth makes another preflop raise, this time finding a re-raise from Thomas Holm to 79k (from 33k).  Call.
Flop:  8s 9h 7d  Richard checks, Thomas, after his regular 2 minute think, moves in - instacall.
Thomas shows:  Ad Qc
Richard shows:  7c 7s

Turn: 6h
River:  Kc

So we've lost Thomas Holm in 7th position, winning DKK 525312 = €70,481

Thomas has been playing poker for three years but his final table appearance here in his home city is his biggest poker success to date. This is also his first EPT - although he did qualify for last summer’s WSOP. Since becoming a dad four months ago, Thomas has been based at home - but used to work as an IT salesman.

Samir Shakhtoor raises to 36k.  Elky re-raises.  Samir passes.  Snoopy just pointed out that we haven't really reported on Shakhtoor at all - never there when he's been in any big pots, never noticing his quietly accruing his quarter million chips... he must have been doing something; going to see him play the final at any rate.

Yeah, and you've posted the same photo of him like 5 times now. He must just be invisible when he's at the table or something.

chipcount?

ElkY raises to 37k pre-flop, Richard Toth calls.

Flop = Tc 7h 9c

ElkY checks, Richard bets 59k and ElkY calls.

Turn = Js

Elky checks and so does Richard.

River = 5h

ElkY bets 120k.

Richard isn't sure how many it is, to which ElkY responds by saying, "I play online, I don't know how to handle chips."

Richard calls.

ElkY shows a 9, whilst Richard wins the pot with J-T.

Theo Jorgensen gets it all in on a 3h 5d Td flop, called by Samir Shakhtoor.  He doesn't mind - he has Aspades Ahrt
Samir shows:  T-7 for top pair
The turn and river are K-Q, no change there, so Theo gets his second double.

We'll give it a go, but can't get anywhere near the final...

I know that Alexandre Poulain just exited in 6th place, winning DKK 663552 = €89,028

Very short stacked, he made his last stand with K-7, called by two others.  It was Bertrand's A-Q which took that pot down, eliminating the other French finalist...

Samir Shakhtoor is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning DKK 843,264 (€113,142)

And as soon as we lose Poulain, another man falls, and this time it's Samir Shakhtood.

Poulain may be gone, but his countryman is stil running well, especially since he just eliminated the Swede with Queens versus A-3.

The crowd cheered as the first card revealed was an Ace, but as the dealer fanned them out, it was ElkY who had the last laugh as a third Queen reared its head.

Samir had a backdoor flush draw with his 3, but it never arrived as the board brought...

2s Qh Aspades 6c Tc

Down to 4.

Samir has had some impressive poker wins including $209,000 in a Foxwoods WPT event in November 2005 since taking the game two years ago. He also cashed at EPT3 London, coming 29th for £5,940. His day job is running the online dating site he founded two months ago. He said: “It’s actually in Denmark and I commute here from Malmo. No, I don’t actually have a girlfriend but I don’t date online – I’m still more of the bar type!”

Go on, surely that deserves a new photo.

The players are currently on a short break, hopefully chip counts to come soon...

*******************Five minute break******************

At the end of this we expect the updated chip standings to be announced by TK...if they're not, Snoopy's gone in to estimate instead.

Chip Counts - surreptitiously overheard...and then supplied.

Richard Toth is now the chip leader with 1,683,000
Bertrand Grospellier  1,285,000
Magnus Petersson   588,000
Theo Jorgensen     436,000

After informing Alexandre of the support and following he'd received on Blonde Poker, he'd like to thank any French onlookers for their good vibes.

And he certainly recognised the name Bonhom (I wrote it on a piece of paper in the end).  ;D

Look, he's a celebrity!

Magnus Petersson bets 40k on a K-K-J Flop, Thoe makes it 120k, Magnus moves all-in and Theo, not looking happy at all, makes the fold.

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cheers,

;snoopy;

a big ty for your coverage
GG bidou aka alexandre and now GO Elky

I also caught ElkY during the break. A cool and calm character, he remains supremely confident that this is HIS day.

ElkY was a famous professional gamer until a friend suggested he try his luck at poker six years ago. He quickly proved his skills by qualifying for the WSOP two years running. He joined Team PokerStars last summer. Never without his trademark sunglasses, poker has proved a profitable career switch for the young Frenchman. He cashed at EPT3 Baden in October, coming 16th for €12,578 and is a prolific online player. He said: "With gaming, I could practice 12 hours a day, but if I lost the game, the value would be zero. However, in poker every hour has some benefit”.

For an interview with ElkY, please click the link below...

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

No worries,

Is ElkY a popular figure in France?

Big action now, including a 1 million pot!!!....

Was wery wery popular for the gaming community. ;)

ElkY has moved all-in!

Details to come as soon as Richard Toth makes his decision...

known by video games players and poker players but not really popular, it'll begin with this EPT.

Elky raises to 35k, Theo calls in the small blind.

Flop:  Aspades 7d 4d check-check
Turn:  Qh  check-check
River:  8s  check, ElkY wins with a 45k bet

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Richard raises to 116k preflop, Bertrand re-raises to 285k total. 
4-3-J flop  ch-ch
Turn Qs  Richard checks, ElkY bets 250k, Richard quickly says, "call."
River:  6s  Richard checks, Elky moves in.  BIG pot now.  Richard, understandably, takes his time.  Bertrand takes two sips of water.  Call.

Bertrand shows 5-7  for the rivered gutshot(!)
Richard mucks. 
"Game of skill," says Rolf.

What is it with that hand?

As a result of what is clearly the biggest hand of the Copenhagen EPT, Richard Toth is down to 500-600k.

Some info on the Hungarian player...

Richard burst onto the scene in the last year, including a superb second in the World Series of Poker $1,500 No Limit event in the summer. That result got him $330,000, but he made another big cash by winning the Austrian Classics €3,000 European Masters Event in October, pocketing another €100,000. This is his third EPT - but the first time he has made it beyond Day 1.

When you say 'no really popular', do you mean 'not particularly famous' or 'not particularly liked'?

 ;grr;

Thank you for the coverage,

Alexandre and Bertrand have a lot of fans in France, they are both members of our community (www.clubpoker.net)

Go ElkY !

Laurent

Now everyone's a comparative short stack to chip monster ElkY - going to be some all-ins, like that of Theo Jorgensen (240k or so), eventually called by Richard after another long think.
Theo shows Ad Aspades.  Richard is probably regretting that call.
Richard: Qh 9h

Flop:  Ts 4h 7d
Turn:  Jh  what a draw Richard Toth has picked up (Theo says, "pair the board!")
River:  Th  (The poker gods are amusingly cruel sometimes).

So a brief swearword later, and Theo Jorgensen exits in 4th place, winning DKK 1022976 = €137,254

i mean 'not particularly famous' .
like MaTz said he's very famous by hardcore gamers and begin to be a famous poker player.
but he's an online player so people don't know his head or right name.

blinds and ante?

And here is his head for those who don't know him...

According to Rolf Slotboom, "They should be 10k/20k (2k) now."

Very approximate chip counts:

Bertrand Grospellier -- 2,500,000
Richard Toth -- 1,000,000
Magnus Petersson -- 500,000

according to Mad of PokerStars, recent departure Theo "is quite the charmer, very charismatic too. His hat is strange, when he has it on he only looks about twenty, but when it's off, he could pass for late 30s. I think it must be his slightly greying hair."

Richard calls a 39k pre-flop raise from ElkY.

Both check the Js 3c Tc Flop, before Richard bets ElkY off the 8s Turn to take the pot.

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Go snoopy ;cheerleader;

Magnus Petersson will be looking to make a move soon as he is down to just 370k.

Little blinds-nicked or flops-taken-down pots:
Magnus Petersson       II
ElkY                          I


Richard raises to 45k, Magnus calls.
Flop: Td Ad 8s  Magnus checks, Richard checks.
Turn:  9h  Check, Richard bets 75k...
It's his.

Magnus raises preflop to 45k, Richard pops in a big stack of pink 10k chips... It's his.

Looks like Richard's got the upper hand of him twice in rapid succession - is the quiet Swede going to get some back?

And that's what he does, taking the blinds on the very next hand.

Three way pot is checked down to the Turn on a Ks 2d Th 3s board, before Richard Toth (in position, mind you) takes it down with a 40k bet.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ElkY !!

The players are now on a 1 hour dinner break.

Jen and I are off with Rolf Slotboom and his young colleague, Vinnie.

Thai food. mmm  ;karabiner;

See you in 60 mins, folks!

Don't forget  ;danafish; !

(http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repository/Content/yahoo-supercontent.gif)  GOOOOOOOOOOOO ELKYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Sorry to break the tension here folks, but there's a **************One Hour Dinner Break**************

See you when something's happening.

And I'll take this dinner break to remind everyone that tonight sees the start of the Luton Grand Challenge from 7pm.


Read the live updates here http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=19308.0 (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=19308.0)

Thanx a lot snoopy, as i couldn't stay any longer in front of my computer (but stayed tune by phone :) ) i thank you only now! Nice speak of a new star !!!
Go ELKY now :)

Hey, folks! We're back, but the players aren't.

When they do return, this is what they'll be playing for...

And they're off!

First hand... ElkY raises to 55k pre-flop and Richard Toth calls.

Both players check the Kc-7c-9c Flop before Richard takes it with an 85k bet on the 6d Turn.

Chip count after the dinner break...

Bertrand Grospellier  2,120,000
Richard Toth          1,200,000
Magnus Petersson    442,000

John Duthie has taken over on the Final Table mic... and what a pot to announce.  Magnus comes over the top of Richard, all-in preflop.  It's a hefty 230kish for Toth to call, but call he eventually does.

Magnus: 7d 2c  (!)
Richard:  Ahrt 9d  (or Ace something else small, 6, 7, some raggish kicker).

Flop:  2d 5h Qs Kc Jc

And Magnus Petersson doubles up to over 800k, having well and truly dropped the hammer!

ElkY wins a small three way pot. After his 80k pre-flop raise was called by both players, ElkY's 120k bet on a 5c 5s 9h Flop was enough to scare away his opponents.

John Duthie has started swearing, commenting that the last Flop had a F***king Jack on it.  :dontask:

Good reading again folks, you certainly do a sterling job, most impressive.

Magnus Peterson has gone all-in!!!....

7 2 again?

ElkY nicks some blinds.  Or, as John Duthie puts it, "takes down the pot."
A couple more hands see a 45k raise with a call, but no further action post flop apart from check-bet-pass.  Now that the chips have evened up, it looks like the game could seriously slow down.

Here's one that got a little further:
Qd 7h 5h  Magnus checks, Richard bets 70k, there's a call this time...
Turn:  3d  Magnus checks, Richard bets 120k.  Magnus raises all-in.  Richard dwells.  Unlike a lot of players who seem to only really give it the Hollywood when they're trying to cover up an obvious monster, or stall before passing, Richard's made the post-think call twice already on the TV Final.  But not this time - the pot goes to Magnus Petersson.

Financial advisor Magnus has been playing poker for three years, mainly online, although he is planning to play in more live tournaments from now on. His biggest win to date was $35,000 online but he also cashed at last year’s WSOP, coming 438th for $30,000. This is his first EPT – he qualified online with PokerStars in a $475 cash satellite.

maybe suited this time...

it´s time to report chipcounts and blinds

Richard Toth is OUT and becomes the 3rd place finisher winning DKK 2,308,608 (€309,773)

ElkY raised pre-flop, Richard announced "all-in" and ElkY swiftly called.

ElkY = Ad Qh

Richard = Ac 5s

Board = 7d 3d 6h 8d Js

I think Richard lost the plot slightly and never quite recovered from the 2-7 bear, even muttering about it to his railer as he exited.

Bit of a debate here in the pressroom.

If you were Magnus with the 7-2, would you rather reveal your hand or muck?  :D

While the final two are on a break, a totally irrelevant anecdote of Snoopy idiosyncrasy -

Rolf took us out for dinner at the truly lovely Blue Elephant Thai restaurant.  We got to the stage where we were ordering drinks, and while the rest of us ordered tea and coke, Snoopy got out the cocktail menu.  When the waitress arrived, he pointed at a picture of a coconut with a cocktail umbrella in it and ordered the "Fresh Young Coconut."

"You know the cocktail you just ordered," I said.
"Yeah."
"It's a coconut with a straw in it."
"No, it's a cocktail in a coconut."
"No, it's a coconut."
He stopped the waitress.
"Excuse me, but the drink I just ordered, does it have alcohol in it?"
"No," she replied.  "It's a coconut."
"Can I change it to a Mai Tai?"
"Yes."
When it arrived, complete with garnish of pineapple and a fresh flower on a stick, the waitress tried to put it in front of me.

Then, when we ordered food, he asked for the dessert menu.  It was pink.  He had a big ice cream sundae.  It should have been pink.

Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier -- 2,675,000
Magnus Petersson -- 1,325,000

They see a limp-check flop: 6d Ad 6h ElkY checks, Magnus bets 30k, call.
Turn:  Js  ElkY checks, Magnus bets 60k and wins it.

Chips now 1.5 mil to Magnus, 2.5 mil to Bertrand.

Don't forget to check out the Blonde Poker Gallery which displays all the photographs from this event.

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

The two players check a cheap 6d Aspades Th Flop.

Turn = Qs and ElkY bets out 100k, a figure which is swiftly called by Magnus.

River = Qh

ElkY bets out 200k, Magnus makes it 400k and ElkY makes an instant fold, his fingers firmly shut in the cookie jar.

ElkY raises to 70k, call.

Flop:  3h Ts 9c check-check
Turn:  Ks check-check
River:  Ad  check a final time to ElkY who bets 70k, call.  Magnus gets to see the (winning) Ace in Bertrand's hand...

A few more hands progress their slow way to the flop (not a lot of raise-re-raise type stuff going on), but a 70k bet from one or the other of them is usually enough to end it and move on.

Chips more even than when they started, however.

Flop = 3d 9h Ac

check, check

Turn = 9c

Magnus bets 70k, ElkY makes it 200k and Magnus calls.

River = 8s

Magnus checks, ElkY bets 300k and, after some momentary deliberation, Magnus calls.

ElkY wins the pot with T-9, Magnus mucks.

ElkY makes it 70k to go...call.
Flop:  Ac 3h 6h  Magnus checks, ElkY bets 100k.  Slow deep reach, and Magnus puts in 150k on top.  It's called.
Turn:  Js  Magnus moves two big pink stacks with slightly shaky hands - 400k.  Bertrand gets out of the way.

It appears as though ElkY is down to 800k, meaning Magnus has a massive chip lead with 3 million 200k.

Big Hand:

It gets to the flop, as per usual - 7d Ts 2s.  The press room thinks Magnus Petersson might like it.  The betting remains slow, with ElkY betting the 2d turn and getting called by Magnus.
River:  3h  Now it took off - Magnus bet 80k, ElkY raised to 220k, Magnus moved all-in, and got a call.  And this all in the time it took for Bertrand Grospellier to raise an eyebrow... he showed Aspades 2c, but Magnus had 3d 3s and had rivered his way to a double up.   The tables have turned completely, and ElkY's not looking like a happy bunny.

ElkY raises to 85k, Magnus adds 150k more, ElkY folds.

Not looking good for the Frenchman.

aie...

Allez Bertrand !

All-in & called!!!....

bad bad river

LA CHAAAAATTTTTEEEEE ElkYYYYYY

victory

MAGNUS PETERSSON FINISHES 1ST AND BECOMES THE 2007 COPENHAGEN EPT CHAMPION WINNING DKK 4,078,080 (€547,177)

ElkY raised 85k pre-flop and Magnus called.

Flop = Qs 7h 6h

ElkY bet 150k, Magnus re-raised all-in and ElkY called.

ElkY = Ahrt Jh

Magnus = Qc 6c

Turn = Js

River = Tc

rigged


GG Elky and Magnus

Snoopy's just writing up the details of that final hand - how quickly the whole thing turned in the favour of the Swedish player.  His first EPT, qualified online (oh how Pokerstars must have loved that heads up) and said, smiling, "It's a good start."  He's being awarded a trophy which looks like a giant square magnifying glass, which is odd.

A great big thanks to Jen & Snoopy for outstanding work throughout  the last 3 days.

Much appreciated team.

Geo

Rolf said when ElkY looked the clear favourite that it would be a headline in itself if a non-Scandinavian player were to win another EPT (especially this one).  Little flags have come out and the press binge is in full swing.  Magnus Petersson looks a little overwhelmed by it all, and when the crew lady who tells the audience to clap emerged giving instructions, he just meekly asked, "What do you want me to do?"  Bless.

Great stuff, thank you very much.

Is it time for Snoopy to go and have a REAL drink now????

+1 good job ,  MERCI

Final pictures of trophy, winners etc. on their way up - give Snoopy a minute...

Yep - I think this is the earliest we've ever finished a final day of anything anywhere.  I scarcely know what to do with this time. 

Thanks all for watching our updates - we'll be in Dortmund as well as the whole GUKPT tour so if anyone wants specific updates, feel free to add to our workload. ;)

Your champion... Magnus Petersson.

And the winning hand...

And by weird coincidence, Snoopy's managed to snap Stuart Rutter (with scarf) in the background.  Here we have first and last place!

And finally...

Good stuff guys, that 3-3 vs A-2 is sick.

I feel like we're doing a marathon charity television show where two presenters would do a two hour session before swapping to a new two presenters.

Looking forward to Dortmund with great anticipation.

Please put this name in your diary to look out for.

Gary Harrington (DEV1L666-Ladbrokes) Thank you

regards the taximan

Some quotes from the winner, Magnus Petersson.

"Going into the heads up, I think ElkY thought he was going to win. I asked him if he was interested in a deal, but he said no. I didn't really care though."

"Until the final stages, my tournament life was never really on the line, so I feel I played a good game."

"With the 2-7 off, I'd decided I was going to be more aggressive and use my tight image to my advantage. I wanted to put Richard to a decision, I think there are a lot of hands he could have folded."

"When it came to the last hand, I think the 2-7 was still in ElkY's mind, which is perhaps why he decided to make the call."

The stage is being dismantled like ants might take apart a gingerbread house, and while the secondary event's still running, I think it's time to bid the press room of Casino Copenhagen (comfortable though it is) good night.

;stickaforkinme;

What a week, first Bolton and then Copenhagen - 2 cracking comps.

But we're shattered, so all that's left to say is thank you to everyone at PokerStars and Copenhagen Casino and an even bigger thumbs up to all the readers who followed the updates.  :)up

 ;stickaforkinme;

Many Thanks Jen & Snoops  :)up

yes cheers u 2  sterling work , it was hard graft in that casino as there were 2 rooms and more spectators than players all trying to get a look at eyeeeeewan jones or was it tj cloluckytier......nah it was eyewan,,         must admit it was the scariest poker i have ever seen ,  i did in fact get tolod by brindley that i had completeley changed my game since dublin, it wasnt  that, it was the first time i have had to completeley lock up cos of the standard of play. i was a little lost and had to try and adapt to a 99% skandi 65% danish field.. it took me 1 hour into the second day afore i had the confidence to play .

and in the end i got damaged by mr cloutier having kk aa back to back. 

 alas i had the easy job compared to jen and snoops, grafters and very sore feet ,  well done again

   

Great job Snops and Jen. Straight to Luton for you two now, you'll be there in time for the final table if you head off now....

top stuff jen and snoops...

:)up fantastic updates well done u2 .

magpe is the best, i've tried to play poker in the same room but he seems to absorb all the luck and occasinally win. I guess we will see more of him in the future.

Well done again Jen and Snoopy...outstanding work!