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No rest for the wicked, with only a couple of days since Andreas Hoivold took down the Dortmund comp against the largest EPT field in history, we are now in Warsaw, Poland for this, the penultimate EPT event of this season. This event will be unusual since it's not allowed to be televised by the local authorities, so no live feeds I'm afraid. Luckily for us, Snoops and I are staying in the same hotel as where the tournament is being held so hopefully not so many crazy taxi journeys. (The stories in the Dortmund EPT trip report should be a cracker!)

Play starts here at 2pm, that's 1pm GMT from tomorrow.

See you there y'all.

Lookig forward to the all-male sloppy-floopy combo taking the blonde Live Update Seats - how blessed are we for stength in depth? And one Miss Mason is gonna be playing the Event - I somehow think she's gonn be well-supported by the blondes.

Good Luck sloppy & floppy, & good luck to Queen Jen.

not allowed to be televised? you mean not allow to be broadcast in the local area? as if it not being recorded for tv then i  would think it would of made the ept calendar

Ahhh yes...We were going to be surprising our viewers with that during tomorrow at some point. Jen, Snoopy and I thought it would be funny if half-way through the event, we suddenly found her playing, having only given the slightest hints that she would be here, up to the point of disguising her and changing her name.

Oh well,
(http://www.ceafinney.com/boobob/photos/sfo-2001nov/dsc-200111111125-005-ceaf.jpg)

We'll have to come up with a new sneaky plan in the future... :)

Bugger! You should have told me it was meant to be under the radar. Ah well, too late now.

lol they set the joke up months ago and you go and ruin it that easily!

Delete the thread and start again. Only a few people have seen it...

Sigh, a load of gags on the scrapheap.  ::)
Nevermind, she could have gone out first hand and then we'd all have looked like gooseberries.

Anyhow, I've joined up with Jenski and Flopski here in Warsaw and am very much looking forward to an entertaining event.

1 man looking to shine is Dusk Till Dawn's Dave Colclough, who I spotted lurking at the back of my plane flight. He's yet to run well in an EPT and is a little mythed - let's see if Poland will be the 1...

Yes, right before bed on pre1a, just a word to say thanks to Homer for all his good work in Dortmund, how hardcore is two updates in a row...

Anyway, in the luxurious Hyatt in Warsaw which will undoubtedly be a pleasant venue for this EPT.  See you probably in around 12 hours...

Get to bed you!!! :D

Well, I'm alll nice and settled now in my lovely warm bed, but whilst I contemplate hitting the sack for the night, there are some sickos out there who simply can't keep off the virtual felt.

"Are you playing poker, Floppy"

"No! Well... maybe."

Good luck Karl, Praz and Jim!!

PS: and Jen, Priyan, Tony!!!

Watch out for those Polish taxi drivers. I hear they're crazy. ;nana;

Well after all of those positive things Tikay said about me the other day ( but Genoa ??  huh ??  Florence, yes, Florence, San Gimignano, ok ) thought I might just drop in for five minutes and also throw a messy Vienna update here into the beginning of your Warsaw coverage.... Here we are down to 46, Markus Golser  busted very early day 1 with  Ac Kh against  Kc Ks after 'never winning a pot,' also defending champ Sigi Stockinger was out afer four levels, Joseph 'Beppi' Klinger the only man to win this event twice, made a move for roughly 9 K out of his BB early on day 2 with  Ahrt 7d after an early raise and two callers.... Andreas Krause called with  9c 9d and that was that......  One David Ulliot limped utg for 400, button made it 1200, call, flop  8h 8c 7h, utg checks it, the button massively overbets all in, insta-call from the Fish who tables Tc8c,  the man from somewhere in the east (like so many) shows AsQh and is getting ready to walk, when it comes perfect turn  Ahrt, river  3h.... after this '96% is not enough' hand we were all regaled with stories of monkies and the zoo, and after yours truly sent in his last 3 K with the monster  Qs 4d and backdoor flushed Devilfish's  Aspades Js the volume went up another wee bit.  'The only skill in these things is getting a big stack and running over your opponents'.... well true enough....

So Mr. Ulliot succumbed shortly thereafter, I hung on for another hour before going out with the  Aspades Kd end of a coinflip....

Tony G. is still in there last I saw, notoriously aggressive and creative local Peter Karall has a good stack....

First time I ever played no limit hold em cash at the Concord was with those two.... Peter chopping me up while Tony would chime in "Gee Mark if you hadn't raised that last flop I would have busted him."   Years ago, when you could still find a table of Seven Card Stud here........

I think I would have payed to see this.  :D

Greetings Mark and thanks for dropping in with an update.  :)up

According to the EPT website, this is the structure they have planned for us. All 60 minute levels.

1 25/50          
2 50/100          
3 75/150          
4 100/200          
5 150/300          
6 150/300(25)      
7 200/400(50)      
8 300/600(75)   
9 400/800(100)   

all the best to jen..... mwah

forgiveness to snoopy for breaking sky poker last saturday...

go to the thread for last night's sky poker for a glimpse of the phenomenon that is...the una-pensioner.

Oi, you watch it, he's my friend. I'll set the cat on you...

Well, the Flopster and I shall be heading down in a jiffy ready for that 2pm (1pm your time!) kick-off (although I predict another late start, as always seems to be the case for these EPT first-timers).

In the meantime, I defy anybody who can beat my high score of 256 on the tangerine game...

http://www.classic.fhm.com/site/bigeye/gameslink.asp?http://www.thegamehomepage.com/play/tangerine-panic/ (http://www.classic.fhm.com/site/bigeye/gameslink.asp?http://www.thegamehomepage.com/play/tangerine-panic/)

As I said previously, anyone who can surpass that figure will receive a tangerine from my good self.  :)up

Mr Mark Bartlog, how are YOU Sir?

Did not know you perused blonde, good job I never told the truth about you, eh?.....

I was there when Sigi won this event, & you Finalled & looked like the winner at one time, I seem to recall.

Does Pepe Klinger get out & about still - awesome opponent!

I so miss not doing these Euro Fessies regularly, but life has sidetracked me a bit these last 18 mionths, what with one thing & another. I'll "retire" again soon & be out & about again. Mark & I used to burn up the $200, $500 & $1,000 SNG's on Stars, (with a $100 Last Longer every time) but then life got in the way. I'll be back, one of these days. On blonde next time though.......http://online.blondepoker.com/

Do keep in touch please Mark, &, fingers crossed, I may see you in Monte Carlo.

OK, back to this Update!

As I write (jotting this down in Word – how clever am I?!), there is no wireless Internet access, but the vodafone card IS on standby for any emergency. I have faith though, as in the corner of the room a Pole is frantically beavering away at the router trying to get it to work – so fingers crossed.

Unfortunately for us, we’re located two floors up from the actual playing area, so our calves are going to be pushed to the max, but as with most people in the industry, we are athletes, so it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. I pump iron, don’t you know!

In fact, I just had a quick meander on down to the casino, encountering some decent norkage along the way, which ultimately climaxed in a rather confusing conversation with a bouncer – who I swaer was about four foot!

“Excuse me, do you know where the cardroom is, please?” I asked.
“You must pay if you want the buffet,” he replied.
“Oh no, I just want to know where the cardroom is.”
“Press have to pay for food.”
“I’m not hungry, I’m just looking for the cardroom”
“Huh”
“The poker, where they play.”
And after a brief pause he said… “Sorry sir, you must pay if you want buffet.

At this point I conceded and trundled back up to the cardroom.

However, not to worry, as I have been reliably informed that they will be starting late – which whilst unsurprising, is good news for us monkeys trying to get online.

[EDIT – the wifi is still buggered, so I’ve stuck in the vodafone card. Play is yet to commence and it looks like we could be delayed for quite a while.]

Can't wait to read this... have fun guys.

Woohoo, we're up and running!  ;yippee; ;sark;

Chip counts on their way.

Hold those breaths.

Ok we have power!!  ;sexybanana;

Charge the flux capacitor! Seatbelts, everyone!

Piotr Paruszewski
Martin Wendt
Finn-Erik Egeland
Stuart Wilson
Soren Bakfort
Damian Porebski
Jesper Mertz
Troels Berg
Andrzej Skawinski
Annica Ivert
Karl Mahrenholz
Jim Kerrigan
Martin Ostby
Stephen Tamas
Pier Pablo Ruscalla
Samuel Lehtonen
Jani Vilmunen
Kevin Love
Jan Rune Braathen
Daniel Larsson
Ryan McPherson
Krzysztof Czerwinski
Jaako Penttinen
Kai Danilo Paulsen
Johnny Lodden
Tore Lagerborg
Gunnar Osterbrod
Bastian Landehagen

Frode Walle
Petter Sundby
Thomas Mathiesen
Kristian Kjrndalen
Michael Panasiuk
Richard Gryko
Thomas Fougeron
James Hart
Tim Gillig
Ramzi Jelassi
Raymi Sanchez Thorn
David Berggren
Jan Sjavik
Janne Lamsa
Jonas Busch Klausen
Jan Sorensen
Giovanetti Jean Louis
Antoine Marc
Catherine O'Brien
Andreas Hoivold
Mark Petersen
Ken Lennaard
Sergey Rabachenko
Theo Jorgensen

Jan Thomaszewski
Frank Sorensen
Christian Togsverd
Rado Boltryk
Marco Witt
Jean-Pierre Duriez
Sondre Sagstuen
Edwin Myszk
Mika Paasonen
Bjorn-Erik Suh
Jesper Petersen
Nikolas Liakos
Gavin Burke
Tommaso Femminella
Tony Chessa
Dave Colclough
Henning Granstad
Mark Teltscher
Mikael Westerlund
Dariusz Paszkiewicz
Mads Andersen
Marcin Horecki
Patric Matensson
Sameer Khurana
Andrzej Wisniewski
Ryszard Ronatowicz
Jonathan Fhal
Zbigniew Karasinski

Patric Bueno
Patrice Boudec
Lancry Gerard
Miroslaw Klys
Henri Boutboul
Haim Kakoun
Joshua Tyler
Denis Plejdrup
Ulrik Pedersen
Terry Harrison
Paul McCann
Morten Huseby Haakenstad
Thomas Osmun
Manuel Bevand
Andrew Robl
Simon Young
Pierre-Alexandre Dupire
James Kilarjian
Jennifer Mason
Ryan Hall
Spencer Lawrence
John Conroy
Pawel Debinski
William Erickson
Russell Carson
Nichlas Mattsson Saarisilta
Axel Herbst
David Jordan Bakst

Simon Rossi
Marcin Doliwa
Janne Juutilainen
Craig Wexler
Leszek Krawczynski
Thierry Passeron
Sean Galusha
Thijs Tabak
Kalevi Haikola
Shane Fumerton
Christoffer Stahle
Ryan Hoffmann
Emanuele Musso
Soren Kongsgaard Nielsen
Albano Mathieu
Priyan de Mel
James Campbell
Terry Cox
Peter Gercih
Pyysing Aki
Kasper Bisgaard Neilsen
Dennis Madsen
Sverre Sundbo
Tom Schasfoort
Mika Ekki Olavi Alanen
Pramesh Bansi
Robert Stevenovski
Jeffrey Buffenbarger
Singh Lomba Davinder
Andrzej
Pawel Majewski

Looks like we have around 280-90 players in total.

Among those playing today, the biggest names, and therefore ones to watch out for are:

Tommaso Femminella (17 letters)
Morten Huseby Haakenstad (22 letters)
Nichlas Mattsson Saarisilta (25 letters!!!)

And it's good to see a broad range of nationalities:

Sergey Rabachenko (Russia)
Sameer Khuruna (India)
Ryan Hall (Canada)

I even met someone from New Zealand last night, now that's a way to travel for a poker game!

Having said that, there are still a fair few of natives here. Mind you, try wrapping your gums around this name... Krzysztof Czerwinski  :o

Right, they've definitely started - about 20 minutes ago now, I believe - so I'm going to head into the battlefield and see what gems I can unearth.

My spider senses inform me that Mr Floppy has a few photos for you to have a butchers at.

The tournament area seems to seperated into two areas, the first is a clumpy sort of section with a banterful table featuring Andy Black, here seen in a friendly sparring match with Lee Jones, as well as Simon 'Suffolk Punch' Young and a shaven-headed Ramzi Jelassi who has already declared he is tilting because he hasn't raised one of the first five hands.

More of the clumpy section. Note the naughty nurses in the top left of the first picture. I may have to fake a heart attack at some point.

Smiley Sverre. (With Dortmund winner Andreas Hoivold sporting his Laddies top on the right)

Smiley Dave.

Jeff Buffenburger - doing the 3rd syllable of his charade.

Legume, do you recognise this shirt? ;)


Yes, this is Jen's table, it's nicely tucked away in the corner away from most of the frenzied media attention

Nope, it's not a mirage, Roland is indeed playing today. Simply shrugged his shoulders and muttered something like "Just fancied playing Day 1" when I enquired as to why he'd made the switch.

Not much swtiching with his chip stack though, it's still on around 10k.

Just glancing at Jens stack, she seems to have added 50%, which is good news for those who have a piece of the action.  ;)

Meanwhile, some of you Grosvenor whores might recongnise this face from the circtui as Mr Tim Gillig, a German pro, I believe, who often trundles on over our way. Must think there's a bit of value over here...

A Scandinavian this time, a quite a well respected one too in Daniel Larsson. If memory serves me right, this fuzzy haired chap ran very well in a WPT in Aruba. Here, however, he's merely got his head above water with 10,800.

We are now approaching the end of Level 1 (about 5 minutes, I'd say), at which point I will nip in a get my mitts on a few chippy counts. Unfortunately, I possess no table list of any kind, so the best I can do is grab counts from all those players I know or recognise.

Anyone fancy picking their top 3?

I'm gonna go for:

Jen Mason
Ken Lennaard
Bastian Landehagen

i'll go with
praz
jen
&
gryko

Just saw Jen scoop a pot without showing, on a Ts 2h Ahrt 5h board.

Henning Granstad bets 350 on a 4h Ac 7h board, in limped multiway pot. The Scandie big blind calls.

Turn:

2c

Both players check.

River:

2d

Scandie Big Blind bets out 525, Henning calls. Scandie shows the (missed) drawtastic 8h 5h. Henning rakes with Ad 9d.

Karl, Ramzi, Praz

Some chippy counts for you to feast your eyes on:

Johnny Lodden -- 10,950
Sverre Sundbo -- 12,350
Karl Mahrenholz -- 10,375
Andreas Hoivold -- 10,825
Ramzi Jelassi -- 7,175
Pat Bueno -- 9,625
Andy Black -- 12,525
Roland de Wolfe -- 10,750
Patric Martensson -- 11,625
Daniel Larsson -- 11,025
Richard Gryko -- 1,750
Thomas Fougeron -- 13,200
Theo Jorgensson -- 10,350
Henning Granstad -- 12,500
Jen Mason -- 14,300
Jan Sjavik -- 8,275
Martin Wendt -- 11,850
Jim Kerrigan -- 10,275
Tim Gillig -- 9,250
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 8,40
Mads Andersen -- 10,800
Christoffe Stahle -- 7,325
Praz Bansi -- 11,500
Simon Young -- 10,800
Dave Colclough -- 16,550
David Beggren -- 9,050

Has Jim upset you?  ;)

Dave and jen doing very well, good luck both!!

we want more of the nurses.....

whoops, meant Jim  ;whistle;

Iwan Jones
Dave Colclough
Praz Banzi

And if you're wondering how Jen jumped up to 14k from her original 10, then this hand, courtesy of Benjamin at team770.com, might provide the answer:

Jen limped under the gun, the button makes it 175 and the big blind calls.

Jen re-raises to 600, the button folds and the big blind calls.

Flop = 4d 3s 2d

The big blind bets out 1,700 and Jen smooth calls.

Turn = Qd

The big blind bets out again, this time 2,100, provoking Jen to move all-in for 8k, the big blind folds.

Benjamin did catch a glimpse of Jen's hand, but I don't think we can say on here until we ask Jen at the break.

In the meantime though, anyone fancy taking a stab at what she had?

 Ad Td or  Ad Jd

I think she would have called with staright and flush draw. Great move if she didnt but suppose she could have picked up weakness with the big bet on flop, as he could have had 8,8 or 7,7 and not wanted to see another diamond!  :dontask:

 Ad Kd or  Ad Aspades!!

Hey Snoop, Benjamin here.

Might I add that the BB bettor folded  3s 3c face up, and said something among the lines of "Ace King of diamonds, right ?"

Go Jen, you're my pick with Fabrice Soulier and Patrick Mortensen (Monopoly's Swedish champion is back !)

No i have changed now and think she had  Kd Kc coz of limp under the gun, but obvious choice would be the hands gasman picked but i think KK!

Not too many 'BIG' stacks, but here are a few players who seem to be running well:

(1) Mateyboy -- 35.3k
(2) Lagerborg -- 30k
(3) Gunnar Ostebrad -- 24.2k

Everyone seems to be ill today. Sverre isn't tiptop, Simon is a little tired and Jen has gone very pale indeed. Plenty of water was the advice from this Beagle.

Jenski obviously had  4c 7s.

Standard.


;goodluck; to all the blondes.

Simon Young just took out the short stack next to him after he re-raised and subsequently called the all-in on an Aspades Qd 6c Kh board.

Shorty:

Ahrt Th

Simon:

Jc Td

No river J for a split.

Andy Black said, "If you didn't have J-T there then I'd have eaten this metal thing." (Referring to his card protector)

Guess the hands #2

Also from Jen's table involving two mateboys.

Flop:

5d 6d 5h

Mateyboy 1 bets out, Mateyboy 2 raises. MB1 calls.

Turn:

Ts

MB1 checks, MB2 bets, MB1 c/raises. MB2 goes into the tank for ages before moving in. MB1 calls.

Oh, by the way

Jen&Snoop, great work as usual

I think it's the latter, I really think she was behind here. Plus other players give her far too much credit for good hands!

Hopefully she'll tell us during the break.

 ;grr;

 Aspades 5s vs  Th Td

I agree..no point in moving in with the nutflush there..surely she wouldn't have done that?

 6c 6s v  Th  Tc

I can tell you, one of the 4 cards there is right. ;)

My sandwich is here hurrah, cost me 40 Zlote. Or as Snoopy says, "That's a Zlote of money." ::)

We're now into the short 15 minute break, but just prior to the buzzer, a tough table of Jim Kerrigan, Mads Andersen, Bastian Lagenborg, Tim Gillig and Jeff Buffenbarger was broken up, the latter of the rabble joining Mrs Mason as she sips away on her coffee (in true Mrs Merton style I might add).

If Jen knows the guy has a set, she might not want to see the board to pair on the river.

Later on she might trap call, but its early doors, and may just want to secure *quite* a big pot

you're right Noflops I always expect Jen to turn over the nuts!!! shes a woman, she must have the nuts!!!!

You also have one card correct. Mwhahaahah. Keep trying...

I immediately thought Ad Kd here to be honest. I think she knew he had a set and wanted to see a cheap Turn rather than potentially being re-raised on the Flop. Also, there is an argument to say that if you're at an easy table, then be happy to take the already sizable pot with an all-in on the Turn rather than risking a bad beat on the River. I can't see her smoothcalling this Flop with Aces.

Marvellous!!! Thats my luck.......

I joined Table Black with young Swede, Ramzi Jelassi, deep into a hand. The board reads 6d-Ah-9d-Qc and the 3 of Spades River is just being dealt. A newly shaven (head, that is) Ramzi peeps out from his hoody to ask, "How much are you playing with?" And with that, Ramzi bets 4k, to which his somewhat nervous opponent responds by folding briskly. As a result, Ramzi, who I believe triumphed in a side event in Barcelona for around 50k last year, is now on 14,400.

(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/4/48/200px-Mastermind.jpg)

Go Jen.

Also, keep an eye out for Priyan De Mel - big mate of Praz and form at tearing up big Gutshot comps.

Quick question. Does Benjo here opposite me in the pressroom look like Antonio Esfandiari?...

(http://z.about.com/d/poker/1/7/Y/1/AntonioEsfandiari.JPG)

Is he an Asian lad, perhaps with a cap?

I have been reliably informed that this Norwegian player is Sonde Sagstuen. I've spotted him before, perhaps in Monte Carlo last year if my memory serves me right, but not too regularly of late. Anyhow, he has what BA Kildalen described as a 'dirty stack' which makes it a bugger to count, but you may fancy a crack remembering that blues are 1k, reds 500, blacks 100 and greens 25.

Maybe a cap, definitely Asian (Sri Lankan background, I think). Tall.

Blinds are 75/150. 126 players left.

Sverre Sundbo -- 12.6k
Simon Young -- 14k
Roland De Wolfe -- 17k (Complete with phone charger!)

Seem to be witnessing a few dealer faux-pases (is that the plural?), one of which came at Roland's table when he re-raised (600-2,000) his next door neighbour on a 5-5-2 Flop only for the dealer to deal out the Jack of clubs Turn before Mateyboy had been given a chance to call. Anyhow, after much 'Woh Woh Woh"-ing from Roland (I promise he wasn't riding a horse), the player just said, "It's okay, I fold" to which Roland replied with "I had a 5".

Ok, hand reveal time.

MB1 revealed 5c 5s which was slightly ahead of MB2's Ac 6c...

Could he pass for the son of Victor Ramdin?  ::)

hahaha thats Priyan  rotflmfao

(bit slimmer and darker than Victor though)

Well, in that case, here is now - on around 8k at the moment.

Did he cycle here?

Snoopy,please say hello to Jen from me, wish her all the luck.

And please try to eat some polish food.  I recommend filet steak.  Have some nice pancakes as well.
Don't drink wine but nice polish beer or vodka-ZUBROWKA must be frozen and drunk straight.
Have fun.

In fact, speaking of Priyan De Mel, he was just involved in a very interesting hand indeed, and one that has left him foaming at the mouth and cursing his unnecessary oversneakiness.

An American (or Canadian, of course) chap at the far end raised it up pre-flop, Priyan flat-called and so did Jan Sjavik - next door to Jen.

The American then bet out 950 on the 4-5-Q flop only for Priyan to call and Jan to make it 3k approx.

The American then pushed all-in and Priyan, after a lenghty dwell, opted for a fold.

After Jan had called, The American showed K-Q, Jan revealed his 4-5 off and the Norwegian took down a big pot, subsequently elevating his stack to the 17k mark.

With a Queen high Flop, Priyan De Mel was left to wonder what would have happened if he'd simply re-raised with his Aces pre-flop - a double through perhaps?

Well, we've already been to that Sushi restaurant you recommended, which was very nice - had boats and everything!  ;sark;

OMFG, he said he was going to buy the Borussia Dortmund cap from the gift shop in Dortmund, but that is just ridiculous..............

And that American lad I speak of is now out after losing a coinflip with Eights vs A-Q, all-in pre-flop, Ace on the Flop.

Ha ha - just beat me to it. It looks like his luggage got lost flying to Dortmund and the only shop open to buy clothes was the Borussia Dortmund club shop.

I don't know his online moniker, but I know he plays big stakes, and successfully to. Christoffe Stahle, as he is more commonly know to his parents, also holds the record for the biggest head-phones to date. Martin Wendt isn't best pleased that his record has been surpassed, so we fully expect to see Martin donning satellite dishes in Monte Carlo.

LOL

Did Jen reveal her hand during the break snoops/noflops?

And we all know this guy, or we should do by now, as drum roll please... (http://forum.hollywoodpoker.com/images/smilies/drummer.gif) Mr Johnny Lodden.

He's currently on 15,75, but don't be surprised to see him with the chip lead come the end of the day. However, if that is the case, Johnny is proving that he's not necessarily such a prodgiy come the latter stages, which is bizarre considering his talent. Perhaps it's just misfortune, but he's had monster stacks in plenty of comps, including London, Barcelona and so on, but petered out just before the final table. Maybe it's just a case of changing gears. Either way, he remains one of Europe's hottest prospects.

No, didn't cross her path, but I'll attempt to prise it out of her on my next jaunt down to the cardroom.

This guy whose name I do not know, (and neither does anyone around me) has just taken down a big pot, re-raised preflop I guess.

Ad 5s 8d 6s board, Roland De Wolfe had passed Jacks by this point.

All the chips go flying in.

He was holding Aspades Ahrt and his poor opponent had Ac Kc

Norwegian player, Sondre Sagstuen, had just eliminated the chap in Seat 1 - I think it could have been avoided too.

The board read 4-J-3-A-8 with an all heart Flop with Sondre showing A-3 off and Mateyboy A-5 (with the Ace of Hearts).

Apologies for lack of names, folks. Unlike other EPTs, we don't have a table list, so, unless we ask, which I often do, we have no idea who many of the Europeans are.

Funny story, yesterday Sverre Sundbo waving for a cab, when the Polish police decided to arrest him - for begging. Sverre, being Sverre then gets out 10,000 ZL to prove that, no he isn't begging, he's just waiting for a cab. The police then believe he isn't begging and instead arrest him - for dealing. Sverre ended up spending an hour in the cells.

These two guys get it all-in with A-K and split up a pot.

;kc;

Sverre Sundbo is OUT in adminttedly, I'm sure, 'shot-myself-in-the-foot' circumstances.

With 16k in chips, the ever-smiling Sverre clashed heads with recent Dortmund champion and former comic book collector, Andreas Hoivold.

With the board reading Qc Kc 6h Qh, Sverre called a biggish bet (around 4k, I suspect) before moving his remaining stack in on the 6c River.

On witnessing a call from his opponent and the rather crushing announcement of "Flush", a dejected Sverre confessed to "A bluff" and revealed his Pocket Eights - down, but not out against Hoivold's Ahrt Kh.

But with a black 6 hitting the River, no mircale arrived and a bamboozled Sverre was left searching for the exit.

;e;

Please pass on good luck to jen please, thanks

That hand interrupting the very early stages of my chip counting process, which was looking like this:

Christoffe Stahle -- 4,925
Mark Teltscher -- 3,425

Speaking of Christoffe Stahle, he was part of another dealer error (there really have been too many, but I suppose we can forgive them as a dubuting EPT venue).

Board = J-A-A-J-K

Stahle has A-Q and Mateyboy holds A-2.

Of course, the chips move over to the online whiz kid, when in fact it's a chop chop.

Is Karl on the same table as Hoivold, Sundbo, Wendt, Matey etc??? Hows he coping??

Any chance of a decent pic of the nurses

Seconded!

Ramzi raises to 400 from EP (blinds 75/150 at this point)

Andy Black calls, as does Praz from the button.

Flop:

Ac Qs 3c

Check check check.

Turn:

7s

Ramzi now bets 1k, Andy passes. Praz calls.

River:

2c

Now Ramzi bets 3k, Praz dwells, asks how much more Ramzi has back, (roughly 7.5k I think).

Praz says, "All-in."

Ramzi instantly says, "Call."

Praz:

8c 7c

Ramzi:

Kc 9c

Ramzi got around 25k now, Praz has just 1900 left. The latter was left shaking his head, but it's difficult to see how he gets away without losing a lot of chips.


Blinds have now just gone up to 100/200

Jen just took down a 2k pot with a 1.5k bet from the cut-off on a 9h Qs Jh

The only two recognisable faces on Karl's table are Andreas Hoivold, Martin Wendt and Mark Teltscher. He seems to be coping pretty well though, staying steady with 15k.

Quick report from our French correspondent, Benjo. 27 players, about 10 playing today, one of whom is Dortmund finalist Thomas Fougeron. Unfortunately, he's already lost 3 of those initial 10.

Speaking of Karl's table, it would appear that we've cursed it somehow, as I just caught the end of a rather painful 'I've just been kicked in the testicles' Aces vs Kings vs Queens encounter.

And if you're wondering where the testicle kicking comes into, that'll be the vomit inducing King on the River of a 9-J-9-6-K, and instead of losing two men, we lost just one, with Martin Wendt sarcastically commenting, "congratulations", shaking his head as he glances down at his now depleted 11,800 stack.

unlucky Praz :(

How's Jim doing?

And here is the expression of a man whose just been kicking in the knackers.

Jim Kerrigan -- 9,800
Simon Young -- 15,750
Praz Bansi -- 1,025
Andy Black -- 3,450
Ramzi Jelassi -- 24,200

At one point, our Jen managed to crawl up to 17-18k, but she has dropped down to the 12,550 after running into the nuts.

The player involved was this chap, also pictured with neighbours Jeff Buffenbarger and Priyan De Mel.

The board read Kh Ts 7c 4c, a confident as always Jen Mason checked, Mateyboy bet out 1.1k and Jen called.

Jen then checked again on the 5h River, only for Mateyboy to bet out again, this time 3.7k.

Cue a session in the think tank and a pained expression on Jen's face. Mateyboy took a sip of his water before making what I considered to be 'I'll try and make subtle signs of discomfort' twitchy facial gestures.

After a while, Jen announced call, but dropped her shoulders in disappointment and nodded her head as Mateyboy claimed the nuts, immediately showing his 6-8 of Hearts.

Richard Gryko has mounted his way back up to 10,200, after being down to just 1,700.

"Nothing exciting, I'm afraid, just won a few pots before winning your standard double-up. Wish Jen good luck from me."

Sounded modest.

Whilst Roland de Wolfe is struggling with 3,450, he's still doing better than Mark Teltscher, who has just exited stage left.

Floppy here, my comp is down, it's dortmund day 1a all over again. I suggest they 'it it with an 'ammer.

Double exit news now...

First Praz moved in for 1,125 only for Ramzi to call from the big blind.

Praz:

Ks 4d

Ramzi:

Ahrt Kh

Board:

Aspades Jh 4h Js 5h


The short stack Andy Black is also gone against a sneaky Jim Kerrigan, who flat called his button raise with Aces, check/raised the 3s 2h Jc from 600 to 2100 and moved in on the 7s turn. Andy was too short to pass his pocket Tens.

Are you feeling under the weather Kev ?

Yes, But I could be cured ;)

It's break time now, but I did manage to catch up with Jen. Unfortunately, she's taken another hit and is down to 8k. She found Queens and raised, then bet out on a King high Flop, but ran into a Flopped set. She checked the Turn and folded to a bet on the River, so she did well to get away. As she said herself, that King on the Flop probably saved her another bet at the very least.

You're not missing much to be honest, I haven't been been to impressed with the Polish norkage.

Polish norkage -- 4 out of 10
Israelli long-haired banjo playing Jewish norkage (very hard to come by in the modern market!) -- 11 out of 10

They're just coming to the end of a 15 minute break, but when they return, the blinds will be 150 and 300.

There are currently 108 players left.

Snoops,
It's Howard here, former PokerStars blogger, watching your grand reports while sitting in a computer lab in New York. Anyway, thought you might like to know that the Mateyboy who had the straight and took a chunk out of Jen is, I think, a guy called Dennis Plejdrup Kobbero. He's a serial Stars qualifier from Denmark. I remember talking to him in Dublin, Copenhagen, Barcelona and Vegas, at least. Great guy and with a stunning girlfriend - if you're looking for norkage shots (as I'm sure you are.)
Keep up the good work. Well, keep up the work.
Cheers
Howard

Cheque's in the mail, baby.  ;danafish;

Karl Marenholtz has about 16k at the moment. Seems fairly comfortable with his table.

(Trying out a new picture programme, should improve the quality, but as for all pictures on the message board, you'll get a better view if you right click the picture and select 'View Image'.)

Sadly for Jen, it's not quite going her way. She just lost a tad more continue betting (1k from the button) on a Qd 3s 7d Flop. Unfortunately, her one caller in the big blind, who, incidentally had checked in the dark, decided to re-raise all-in, resulting in a swift fold from Merton.

She's still plugging away and more than capable of getting back into it.

Thanks Howard, that name was right on the edge of my lips.

How come you don't work for PokerStars anymore. Have you moved on to more lucrative pastures?

Thomas Fougeron -- 9,500
Gunnar Ostebrod -- 18,450
Pat Bueno -- 4,550
Dave Colclough -- 5,975
Tony Chessa -- 30,200
David Beggren -- 7,725
Tim Gillig -- 18,500
Jen Mason -- 7,025
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 13,825
Priyan de Mel -- 10,725

I gave up the PokerStars thing because I realised I couldn't possibly compete with what you guys were churning out at Blonde. I knew I was beat.

(Truth: Living in NY for a year. Back soon.)

This line-up will get the online voyeurs salivating:

Christoffe Stahle -- 6,800
Henning Granstad -- 25,200
Johnny Lodden -- 21,450
Tore Lagerborg -- 7,625
Mads Andersen -- 14,200

Message for Jen...

UTG limps, Karl Marenholtz makes it 1100 from the cut-off (blinds 150/300). The big blind flat-calls, UTG moves in for about 3.4k more. Karl dwells for a minute and then passes, and the big blind calls. Karl tells me he had Ace King and says, "Show me Aces." Well the UTG doesn't and shows Kings instead, so just as good a fold, especially since the Big Blind shows Ace King as well.

A no-helping Board doubles the UTG stack up:

Jd 9s 4s 9d 6d

99 players with blinds at 150/300. They shall be rising in 15 minutes.

Jeff Buffenbarger is down to 13,100 after folding Pocket Jacks on an 4c 8h 3s Ahrt board, previosuly flat-calling a 1.5k to 4.1k check-raise on the Flop.

We've lost Roland de Wolfe, and I don't mean as in he's wandered into the crowd like a boy at Alton Towers, nope, he's actually OUT of the comp, singing his swan song with Jacks, but ultimately succoming to Jim Kerrigan's A-Js and his flopped flush draw.

Guess what time it is...

;ra;

Yup the running aunties are kicking in

Blinds 150/300/25

And with his chip stack at 20k, Jim then adds several more, picking off a bluff from his young female neighbour.

Board was 6s Ahrt 7s 5h, Mateygirl bet 3k, Jim called.

She then bottled (or thought she had no hope of pulling it off) the bluff on the Ks River, and quietly (although I caught a glimpse) folded her Qc 8c to Jim's A-Q.

Good to see Floppy spelling out his gags for our more simple viewers Kev.  ;hide;

Ramzi, focused whilst everything around him is a blur..

Do not attempt to adjust your set. This is...The ScandieZone. Nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah etc.....

Jim Kerrigan. "Is Not A Rock." According to Iwan Jones in Dortmund.

The players are now on the 45 minute dinner break.

A King maybe, Ace King No chance

And here are your four chip leaders:

Mateyboy -- 44,100
Andreas Hoivold -- 36,850
Stefan Thomas -- 35,800
Johnny Lodden -- 31,200

I can see a certain likeness still:

(http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21373.0;attach=12178;image)

;ur;

Young (and I mean barely legal) Norwegian Bastian Landehagen appears to have bitten the dust.

Try counting this stack!!! - belonging to Sondre Sagstuen.

Actually, don't bother because the Tournament Director has just ordered him to smarten up his 'dirty stack' (as BA Kildalen called it).

In fact, BA said this was more than dirty, I think 'horse porn' was the phrase he used in the end.  :o

Oh, and I forgot to add the question, where do you draw the line? How dirty does your dirty stack have to be to have the TD insist you tidy it up. Will Marcel Luske be refused all the small denomination chips he likes to collect throughout the comp? Should he be?

Does a TD have the right to make you tidy up your stack, I thought that as long as you arent hiding big denom chips behind others you could do what you want.

wht next, they tell you how to look at your cards ??

Just spoke to Jen, she has about 6k similar to the stacks around her and there are big stacks on the other side of the table. She's just looking for somewhere to push, but loves her table very much, and is in high spirits as always.

Apprantly, it's in the rules rather than a judgement call from the tournament director (this really was an impossible to count stack), but the rules don't say how messy the stack has to be.

(http://www.yappari.co.uk/wp-content/images/blonde/big-up-jenski.jpg)

My spider senses are tingling, so I'll head back down to see if the players are making their way back to the tables yet.

lmfao

RESPECT

Well, they're back, and we're several minutes into the 150/300 (25) level. Not too many big hands and progress seems to be releatively slow at the moment, but we're down to 90.

Mads Andersen has just won a big pot though. I'll let Floppy fill you in shortly...

Oh, okay then, I just wanted to take a picture of the boobs.  /:-|

And I spotted another dirty stack, this time belonging to young Swede Patric Martensson (who finalled in Deauville last year for those stat nerds out there).

Is this a 'dirty stack'? Should they ask him to tidy it up too?

As for Jen, she's still plugging away, looking for that 'opportunity'. She's on 6k though, so she still has time, no need to get too antsy in her pantsy just yet.

Snoopy took that photo just as Lodden had doubled the former Copenhagen winner up. Mads made it 900 from the button, Lodden made it 3k from the small blind, Mads pushed and Lodden called the extra 10k.

Mads:

Jh Jd

Johnny:

Ac Ks

Board:

7c 8s 9h 8h 6s

This Scandie table of doom now includes, Ken Lennard, Mads Andersen, Johnny Lodden, Henning Granstad and newly arrived Andreas Hoivold.

I think it'll be really dull. ::)

job well done, keep up the good work son  :cheers:

Patrice Boudet, who ran well in last year's Paris WPT, has doubled up a short-stack, calling his under-the-gun all-in with Nines vs. Tens. K-3-5-4-A was of no use, but it was only around 4k lost.

Pat Bueno has doubled up, and it was at the hands of Tony Chessa who, as a result, has a face like a smacked ass, although he looks like that most of the time.  ;hide;

Bueno = 8c 7c

Chessa = Qd Qh

Board = 5d 6d Kd Js 4s

Bueno up to 15k.

Anyone ever used to thieve those cardboard cut out adverts from the cinema (when you were very very young AND naive, of course)? There's a Moneymaker banner in the deserted lobby area which I am soooooooo tempted to nick. I'm resisting.

Jen Mason is on 7,125. No double-up, but she's surviving, so I can only assume those long fingers have taken a stroll into the cookie jar once or twice.

No matter what I do, I just can't seem to get a complimentary photo of Dave. But, however 'special' he looks, he's currently plodding along with 9,825.

"Doing my old trundle along all day before crashing out near the end" routine. That's the spirit, Dave!

Here's the rectified 'dirty stack' of Sondre Sagstuen, who we can now see has 21,700, but that was just before he entered the following pot with his Polish opponent.

Poleyboy makes it 1k pre-flop and Sondre calls.

Flop = Ahrt Th Qs

Poleyboy bets what looked around 2k and Sondre calls.

Turn = a blank

Poleyboy moves all-in for 5k, Sondre calls with Q-J, which is no match for A-Q.

Any chance of a photo of the guy with a face like "a smacked ass" please ?

I'm thinking mules here.......... ::)

Emanuele Musso is OUT, he had a Jack high straight, but ran into a Queen high straight.

Here is DC with Thomas Osmun, who Dave says, "...Will win the tournament."


Jen has been moved, as has Karl and they're both on this table.


Here is the Scandie Table of Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. Simon Young just had his table broken and saw he was being moved to it. I believe his words were, "Oh....great."

This is Thomas Fourgeron, Dortmund finallist and all-round nice guy, who may or may not look like Vigo from Ghostbusters 2. It depends on if you ask Mad or Snoopy.

(http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/ghostbusters2/vigo.gif)

My poor head.  :P

Ken Lennaard -- 14,875
Tim Gillig -- 19,550
Mark Pedersen -- 33,200
Jen Mason -- 7,020
Karl Mahrenholz -- 12,950
Theo Jorgensen -- out
Thomas Fougeron -- 8,900
Jean Pierre Duriez -- 15,425
Sondre Sagstuen -- 12,375
Gunnar Osterbad -- 16,175
Jim Kerrigan -- 19,300
Patrice Boudec -- 11,225
Patric Martennsen -- 25,600
Martin Wendt -- 9,975
Richard Gryko -- 6,000
Dennis Plejdrup Kobbero (although Howard gave me this name, so he could be fibbing) -- 20,450
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 8,950
Jan Sjavik -- 5,325
Priyan de Mel -- 8,625
Stefan Thomas -- 38,300
Dave Colclough -- 8,125
Pat Bueno -- 9,725
Tony Chessa -- 18,275

Jim Kerrigan has eliminated one of the natives, calling a re-raise (another 2,175 on top of Jim's original 4k bet) with Pocket Eights on a Td 6s 3d Flop. Luckily, his opponent was making a rather unusual move with A-K, which failed to hit on the 9c and 6h Turn and River.

There is also a Table of Certain Death.

Chip counts to follow.

Nice one!! go on the rock!

Go on Jen!

Bit worrying. Looks like Snoopy can't count to three. Er ... let's run through that again: Andreas, Martin, Mark. Yup, that's three.

Table of Dooooooooooooooooo

ooooooooooooooooooooooo

oooooooooooooooo

ooooooo

oom:

Johnny Lodden -- 25,225
Henning Grandstad -- 22,825
Annika Ivert -- 17,150
Simon Young -- 12,250
Ramz i Jelassi -- 16,600
Mads Andersen 00 19,600
Andreas Hoivold -- 54,325

Updates may end soon, folks. The fluid from my tears are seeping into the keyboard and threatening to interfere with the electronics.

Don't worry, Jen is still there, but only just, still grinding like she's never ground before with 5,075.

The tide can soon turn though.

blondeite Simon 'SuffolkPunch' Young has added a few vital chips to his stack forcing Johnny Lodden and his 3k bet on a board of 3d 4h 4d 2d to fold to an over-the-top all-in.

I think it will probably have too, something to do with the moon

Another error from the dealers, this time on the table in front of Lodden's. Big pot brewed between two Mateyboys, K-7 vs K-4 on a 7-6-5-3 board, all-in by the Turn. Dealer decided that a River wasn't necessary.  ;djinn;

Bad news I'm afraid, Jen is OUT after making her move from the button with K-8. She probably would have been quite pleased to see she was in a coinflip against the big blind's Pocket Sixes, but it was all academic once the board failed to pair her up.

Henning Granstad has told Simon Yong he's the first non-Scandie on the table in 3 hours, the table having previously started with 4-non scandies. I think I recall Thewy having a similar experience in Dublin.

Thomas Mathiesen (pictured sitting in the middle here) just had a toughie.

Button pushed all-in for about 4,150. Thomas calls in the small blind with A-Q. Then the big blind pushed all-in for 14k more and Thomas passed.

The button showed J-T and gobsmackingly the big blind held K-Q.

Board came.

2h 3d Ahrt 7c Jc


Good/Bad pass by the SB? Should he have raised to protect?

And with that, we're down to 72 players with the blinds on the verge of rising to 200 and 400 with a running ante of 50.

Footie update especially for Sloppy:

Villa 0, Arsenal 1   ;letsparty;

Just spoke to Simon during the interval...

"I've played 5 or 6 EPTs and I've never really come across any big names, but now I'm playing with the likes of Lodden, Mads Andersen, Ramzi Jelassi, Andreas Hoivold and Henning Grandstad - and that's just my current table, I had Andy Black before. Anyhow, I'm doing all right, have 19k after that pot with Johnny, so I'm around average. Had a King high flush by the way, didn't want to give him a free card.

I don't see any real need to protect, it's not often K-Q decides to push all-in in that situation.

Just caught sight of Tony Chessa on the stairs talking in Italian. It was bit like that sketch in the Fast Show. Scorchio! Remember?

Anyhow, I couldn't quite make out the hands as my Italian is a little rusty, but I definitely picked up the line, "Mama Mia, I be outio."

Missing presumed lost:

David Berggron
Thomas Fougeron
Richard Gryko

The wonderfully named Dennis Plejdrup Kobbero has doubled up without too much bother, getting it in with Ah Ts vs the Qc 9s of Thomas Mathisen. 4d 6s Ac 5s 8 was pretty emphatic.

Mathisen (pictured below) still remains one of the chip leaders with 52,525

Still, great job Jen and...

Alright, Floppy, you're doing a great job, too.










NOT !

This is former Polish international Goalkeeper Jan Tomaszewski.

The higly entertaining Michael Westerlund, who you may remember finishing third in the WPT event that John Gale won.

A-K into A-6 on an A-6-2-T-x board. "I tried to trap an young American kid and ended up trapping myself."

The same two people have just clashed again, and for a second time it's Dennis who comes out on top, calling an all-in re-raise from Thomas' A-K with A-Q and asking for a Queen to arrive, which duly obliged on the Flop.

"Why do I not get luck like that?" jokes Priyan De Mel. "I've gone out of my last 5 comps with hands like that Jacks vs. Aces, but can't seem to outdraw. Surely if I keep sticking it in from behind I'll win one, it's 1 in 4 or something isn't it, and I've had 5 of them already."

Not sure that's sound strategy though.

Some chip counts I thought you might be interested in:

Priyan De Mel -- 15,950
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 5,150
Karl Mahrenholz -- 22,050
Dave Colclough -- 8,675
Stefan Thomas -- 48,275
Ken Lennaard -- 16,275
Jim Kerrigan -- 28,900
Henning Granstad -- 53,275
Johnny Lodden -- 6,975

Jan Sjavik is either the most confident player in the world, or he's OUT and on the rail. I think it's the latter.

Jeff Buffenburger and El Blondie are both OUT.

Jeff made his swansong with 6-6 and hit trips but ran into a flush.


Didn't catch Dave's exit but he did the slit throat thing which means either he was out or he has a new job as a contract killer and has to go perform his first 'hit'.

Could be both

Short break and then we will be on our last level, 400/800 with the running ante.

Confident as ever, the ET-like arms of Karl Mahrenholz dish out a 1.8k pre-flop raise, only to find a caller in the big blind.

Flop = 9s 3s 6c

Bizarrely, the big blind, who perhaps trys to give off the notion of naivity, bets out a suspicious 1k. Karl swiftly makes it 2k, to which the big blind calls as if to say, "Oh, go on then, it's only 1k".

Turn = Jc

The Big Blind checks and Karl, along with that permanently confused expression that he enforces with the aid of his thick set of eyebrows, bets out 2.5k. Karl receives yet another call and we see a fifth card.

River = 4s

Out of nowhere, the big blind waves his hand nonchalently and mumbles "all-in".

Somewhat taken back, Karl lifts up a headphone and inquires, "Excuse me?", to which his opponent repeats the overused phrase. "Oh okay," replies Karl before folding rather swiftly.

Still confused and with 18k behind him Karl recollects his thoughts and leaves the table after the buzzer sounds for the end of the penultimate level. And he had a right to be bamboozled, as his opponent was making the all-in with 50k! Crikey.

You'd guess the flush, but would he really just shove it all-in with the nuts??

I think Martin Wendt er... went too, caught him on the rail chatting with friends in that "I've just to been taken down" way. I'll need to confirm that one though.

Okay, as mentioned, we're now into the last level of the night (Level 9). The blinds are 400 and 800 with a running ante of 100. At the break, there were 63 players remaining.

Caught Jen at the break, she was in philosophical mood. Mumbling something about Plato and trees falling.

I am glad he took the gist of "poker is a silly game" and made it something deep-sounding.  I have finally acquired internet in the bar of the hotel (good place for me really) and so I thought I'd sum up the tournament as a kind of one-person update.

Sat on a fun table, actually, although with Jan Sjavik (one of my top European players, if anyone ever asks me) on my right.  Off to a flying start, all-in uncalled first level, quite a few other things went right, and then I basically hung myself (or dropped to a harder-to-play stack - less, sadly than was reported at the time) with that weird call.

In a nutshell, I'd got to the flop with an aggressive guy with Ace-bit of spades.  Flop T-7-4, with two spades.  Bet out; call.  Check the Kofhearts turn, he autobets pot.  I figure he's pure at it, and I have a draw, and I'm ahead; call.  River offsuit 5 and now he bets pot again.  Chunky - suspiciously chunky in my opinion.  I think "that's an everything or nothing bet.  How can it suddenly be everything?  It's nothing."  So I call with Ace high and lose all those playable chips to his 6-8 (no flush draw) rivered 2x gutshot.  Out on a boring button-all-in-coinflip and that's that. 

I will be watching the superlative efforts of Snoopy and Homer while considering if there are any sights to see...  Good luck everyone still in (just going to read all the updates to make sure I don't wish post-elimination luck to anyone, but at a guess Ramzi, Henning (currently well chipped up, looked happy in the break), Richard Gryko, Karl).

Nasty exit for Ken Lennaard now who is probably feeling like he's just been through as session of...

;pt;

Anyhow, imagery of pain aside (I couldn't find a picture of someone being kicked in the nuts - well, not this hard anyhow), Ken made his move with A-Q from the big blind after the initial raiser had made it 1.7k and Sondre Sagstuen had smooth called in the small.

Ken managed to get rid of (if that is indeed what he wanted) the original aggressor, but not Norwegian Sonde somehow managed to find a call for most of his chips with 9d 7d. Talk about a gamblor, it was several k more after all!

A bemused Ken turned over his Ad Qc, only to see it outdone on the Turn in squeamish circumstances with the board reading 6s Kh Ts 8c 4h.

Ouch.

Nice updates again. Too bad about your exit Jen.

Snoopy, could you update me on Gunnar Østebrød's stack? :)

Incidentally, Henning is chip leader I believe with around 70k.

And breaking news, Johnny Lodden is OUT, he pushed with A-7, found two callers in Mads Andersen and Ramzi Jelassi, Ramzi then bet the A-x-x board getting Mads to fold either Queens or Jacks we think. Ramzi held A-K and the case ace came on the river, but no 7 to save Lodden.

great updates guys but did we ever get to the bottom of the hand jen held against the set of 3s with the diamonds on the board?

Jim Kerrigan just made an eye-brow raising pass (well, in my humble opinion anyhow).

Neighbour, Denis Plejdrup, raised it up to 2.5k pre-flop and Jim smooth called.

"Are you an aggressive player or a tight player?" asked Denis, which tickled my ribs slightly.

Flop = 6s 3c 7s and Denis bets out 4.1k, leaving himself around 5k behind.

At this point, Jim dwells it up for a bit before passing Eights face up.

Personally, I thought this was a strange pass considering the pre-flop call. If he's going to call pre-flop, then what sort of Flop is he looking for (with the exception of the unlikely 8-x-x of course)?

Perhaps he found his read of Denis better come the Flop and just thought he was behind, who knows, but I was surprised when he revealed Eights.

No idea what Denis held, but I think he found his answer to the initial question.

Yes, but I'm afraid I have been sworn to secrecy. I can reveal, however, that it was one of three hands:

Ad Ac
Ad Kd
Ad Qc

50 players remaining, only about 20 minutes left.

i think the 3rd of those 3

Only Jen shall reveal, if she so chooses, but I can see all three as possibilities.

Honestly, you give me no credit - limp re-raise early with AQoff... :)

If you're wondering, like I was why Jim Kerrigan and Priyan De Mel are wearing Borussia Dortmund tops, Karl said it was a group thing in Dortmund, but he didn't want any part of it.

i remember the £2 game at 6 am in walsall during your first live update

yes AQo is a possiblity if you know you can out play the oppo which you did

definetley rule out  Ad Qs, I am 75% sure it was  Ad Aspades

How long left before end of day??

As we move into the final five minutes of the day  ;yippee;, I nipped in for a few final chip counts:

Karl Mahrenholz -- 15,900
Mark Secher Petersen -- 22,800
Tom Osman -- 63,100
Ramzi Jelassi -- 56,700
Simon Young -- 11,400
Jim Kerrigan -- 43,000
Priyan De Mel -- 12,500
Patric Martensson -- 46,200
Sondre Sagstuen -- 25,900
Andreas Hoivold -- 43,200
Henning Granstad -- 65,300
Denis Plejdrup -- 17,200
Patrice Boudec -- 13,000
Thomas Mathisen -- 59,100
Tim Gillig -- 13,900

How did Jim get to 45k!? :o

Knocked out Priyan?

Probably in bits. He had 28k, then 32k, then 35 - not sure how he made that last jump though.

Play has now finished for the day - I think Floppy is on his way back with a few final stories. After that, we'll see what the odds are on an end of day chip count.

Don't forget, peeps, a gallery of photos from today's pool can be found by clicking the link below:

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=image/tid/236 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=image/tid/236)

Ok 46 players are left standing, including Simon 'Suffolk Punch' Young with 13k who had two of the toughest tables I've ever seen but still survived.

Here are some of the chip leaders:

Ramzi Jelassi, tucked away in a corner so far, he can only imagine eating food -- 50k

Henning Granstad, another of the Borussia Dortmund wearing crew -- 80k

Thomas Osmun, who El Blondie has bokked tipped to win -- 42k

Karl Mahrenholz has discovered a whole new sitting style for round the table. I call this 'The Two Chair Sprawler'.

Finally it's good to see the Buddy Christ doing well.

(http://www.eeumc.net/images/buddy_christ.jpg)

My apologies, only just caught this. Gunnar exited right near the end at the hands of R Sanchez, A-7 vs. A-A in the blinds.

Ok that's everything then. We'll restart once again for Day 1B at 2pm (1pm GMT). Chip counts will be coming later we reckon and we'll put them on this thread when we get them.

 ;stickaforkinme;

;hattip; fantastic updates as usual guys many thanks.

Great job, guys... now come and meet me in the bar where the demons of self-donkey-remorse are prodding me with their fiery pitchforks but wine is removing them.

Good luck all who are left. 

Hello from Simon 'SuffolkPunch' Young, who's made it to day 2 with 13k, having been sat on what I think was referred to as the Table of Doooooom for many tough hours.

He's drinking beer now and I am everyone's secretary.

Thanks, Jen. In the safety of my hotel room now. Day's hair-raising report on my blog (forgive link, please Mods!)

http://suffokpunchpoker.blogspot.com