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Hey everybody. Play starts again at 2pm (1pm GMT), we're anticipating another 150 players or so. If there's anyone you want following, please put there names here.

Righteo, here, in advance, are the current runners for tomorrow's Day 1B.

Hey everybody. Play starts again at 2pm (1pm GMT), we're anticipating another 150 players or so.

Richard Lis
Clayton Mozdzen
Dimitrios Nistas
Stefan Barbré Nielsen
Dennis Barting
Thomas Billum
Jes Bondo
Casper Dahl-Hansen
Johannes Fonnesberg
Ole Gammeljord
Thomas Holm
Jacob Juhl
Søren Kongsgaard Nielsen
Ricki Nielsen
Thomas Nielsen
Frederik Hostrup Pedersen
Helge Rahbek Pedersen
Rehne Pedersen
Carsten Skouboe
Henrik Sorensen
Martin Vallo
Michael Van Putten
Peter Willers Jepsen
Juha Helppi
Juuso Kauppinen
Skytta Samuli
Jani Sointula
Simon Stenbaeck
Ville Wahlbeck
Thomas Wahlroos
Alexandre Poulain
Francois Archimbaud
Hoang Chuc
Sebastien Compte
Bertrand Grospellier
Vicente Julien
Marc Lesur
Farid Meraghni
Hanouna Mikael
Julien Neumann
Pascal Perrault
Fabrice Soulier
Paul Testud
Andrea Traldi
Benjamin Kang
Thang Duc Nguyen
Markus Ross
Katja Thater
Cornelis Alblas
Noah Boeken
Roy Brindley
Tony Cascarino
Peter Roche
Andrea Balla
Luca Pagano
Antonio Pezzi
Davide Vanzo
Engin Balcik
Wim Emo
Marcel Luske
James Honeybone
Anders Berg
Torstein Berget
Henning Bolstad
Lars Eidissen
Orjan Gronmo
Arild Helland
Orjan Holt
Arve Johansen
Espen Uhlen Jørstand
Marius Skoglund Torbergsen
Åge Spets
Christopher Ulsrud
Tomasz Al Chalabi
Paweł Chmiel
Radosław Kołodziej
Jacek Ładny
Piotr Łopusiewicz
Łukasz Mazurek
Stanisław Miądzel
Grzegorz Mikielewicz
Sławomir Rypiński
Przemyslaw Samsel
Łukasz Wasek
Jakub Wiśniewski
Jan Wronowski
Claus Christiansen
Tomas Alenius
Peter Eichhardt
Ola Engberg
Alexander Hanell
Ulf Jonsson
Elias Kokkinos
Paul Kristoffersson
Kim Hon Lai
Loc Ly
Marco Massucci
Jonas Molander
Christian Öman
Magnus Petersson
Azad Pirooti
Pawel Plucner
Sebastian Riviere
Sargon Ruya
Sebastian Skuja
Christoffer Sonesson
Thomas Tyszkiewicz
Anders Wijk
Sharam Zeraatkar
Erbahar Kaan
Marvin Babul
Joseph Beevers
Barny Boatman
Ross Boatman
Terry Cook
Andrew Feldman
David Gregory
Ben Grundy
Thomas Grundy
Arshad Hussein
Iwan Jones
Robin Keston
Anthony Mackay
Kevin O'Connell
Andrew O'Flaherty
Christopher Robson
Ben Searle
Nick Slade
Matthew Tyler
David Welch
Dustin Dirksen
John Donnelly
Will Haydon
Roberto Matic
Tyler Netter
Alexander Ofer
Michael Pesek
Daniel Ryan
William Stevenson
Alec Torelli
Patrick White
Joseph Aval
John Houston

I'm going for an all Scanide final three:

Juha Helppi
Jonas Molander
Age Spets

What are you picks chaps? C'mon, lets hear 'em...

Be sure to check out the pciture gallery from yesterday by clicking the following link:

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

I'd like to know about these players

Boatman bros
Arshad
Cascarino
Pugano
Beevers
Iwan
Grundy
Pascal
O'Connel.

Look forward to tomoz.

top 3
Luca Pagano
Marcel Luske
Peter Eichhardt

3 to make it through the day are

kevin o connel
iwan jones
robin keston

All the best to Iwan Jones from his Mrs and baby girl.

(http://ultimative-80ere.dk/v2/gfx/images/artists/bros.jpg)

Bros were an 80's pop band silly.

regular updates for my 3 tips please...



Tomasz Al Chalabi

Piotr Łopusiewicz

Grzegorz Mikielewicz

Greeting peeps and peepettes.

Floppy's made the trek down into the basement, but I fear they have been slightly delayed once again.

For now, check out the final chip counts from yesterday (Day 1A) by clicking the following link:

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/8099 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/8099)

Good luck to the Welsh Wizard Iwan Jones andthe Plastic Paddy Roy the Boy. Great work yesterday boys, just caught up....same again please

Whilst we await kick-off, take a look at the shower in our hotel room (the rooms here are tiptop by the way).

Floppy informs me that these monsters are called 'walk-in' showers. I don't really understand that, I mean, how do people get into their showers at home? Abasil in?! Anyhow, it's officially one of the best showers I've been in: powerful nozzle, the water never seeps into the rest of the room, plenty of space - in fact, being one of those rare breeds who likes to sit in showers (does anyone else do this?... please?), I slumped myself in the corner and it was great, very relaxing.

The bathrooms overall here are amazing, they're huge! Bigger than my bedroom at home and possibly even as big as tikay's wardrobe!... almost.

Thanks, Jeff, but please explain Roy's latest moniker.  ;carlocitrone;

Are there any entertaining Jen Goes Drinking anecdotes from last night?

Horrific image of Snoppy slumped in the corner of the shower  ;gobsmacked; those power showers are liable to do considerable damage to a beagle

Er... when I trunlded into the bar, Jen was on her laptop, being very nerdy indeed.

May I remind you that I have the body of a Greek God.

Gotta love Boo, picks the three eaiest to spell.....

Not even seen yesterday;'s Update yet, but I;'m sure it as superb, as usual.

Good luck today to the Updaters, they'll need it with some of those names, & the dreaded carrot-cruncher Boo on their case.

Here's Kevin O'Connell, the only Dusk Til Dawn player today we think.

Juha Helppi and Barney Boatman, tablemates.

Azad Pirooti (of Team Buddha), Katja Thater (Praying for Aces), Ash Hussain.

Not too many Irishmen here this week, but I did spot this chap among the rabble... Simon Kelly.

Simon is a buddy of Andy Black and was retelling how Andy couldn't make up his mind about Poland, perhaps due to the lack of TV coverage. But, in true Andy Black style (I understand he's a bit of a livewire), he rang Simon up at the very last minute saying, "Book me a flight, I'm on my way over", so he's very much a spur of the moment type of character.

As for Simon, he's a pretty quiet lad, but a top bloke nonetheless. He's seated next to Pascal Perrault, who he just played a small pot with, the latter taking it down with an A-T on an A-8-Q-K-6 board.

Which Grundy do you want to know about? Ben, or 'Flash' Thomas, the maths student?

Dusk Till Dawn's Kevin O'Connell is looking slightly disgruntled, and rightly so because his stack has just taken a slight knock.

With three or four players seeing a flop, 'whiskey' (I think we can all guess why he's called that) made a bet of 300 on a Kc Ad Td Flop only for Anders Berg to make a swift call.

The Turn came the 7 of Spades and Kevin bet out again, this time 600, which, once again, was briskly called by the reserved Norwegian.

River = 3d

Kevin made another 600 bet only for Anders to raise it up to 1,500. Clearly not a believer, or perhaps unable to fold a set or whatever Kevin held, Mr Whiskey made the call, but soon mucked his cards with a tut when he spotted Berg's 8d 6d.

Looking at yesterday's chip counts, looks like my bowl of rice has gone under the radar...

Never been knocked out between days before!

Yes, an error on the official list I believe. Not even the board in the cardroom which displays the previous day's chip counts has included you.

You're not exactly hard to miss, you're over 7 foot aren't you??

A pacing Nic Slade caught me during the opening stages, but I don't think it was a good time for me to call him 'Nicholas' (he wasn't happy about that one) as he'd just lost a chunk of chips.

"I got Scandied. Hit two pair with my J-T and bet out 1,800 on the Turn, but he called and hit a 7 on the River to make his open ended straight. I thought he was bluffing it so called his 2.5k."

Elky, looking like a wasp has flown in his ear, and Ben Grundy.

Henning Bolstad (Huge Crypto-raker and my pick today) and Jani Sointula.

Hang on....we may have to have a Vigo-off against Thomas Fourgeron here. ::)

Roy being a plastic paddy with his gorblimey cockney acccent, think it's self explanatory. A german waitress asked if we were english in a restaurant in dortmund last week (like it's not obvious, eight steak and chips and eight pints of lager) and when Roy said he was Irish she aplogised for not recognising the accent! Anyway, wherever he's from, tell him nothing less than 55k by the end of the day.

Dangerous Peter Eicchardt.


Entertaining Marcel Luske


Welsh Iwan Jones

Wish my stack was....

Hope Nick makes it through the day...need a quick easy double up tomorrow  ;D

Here are two cheery chappies in Juha Helppi and Barney Boatman, the former being my pick in the media sweepstake. Good choice do you think?

Also across the table is Jani Sointula, who we've described as Viggo number two, albeit an Albino version.

Jani Sointula -- 10,600
Juha Helppi -- 10,225
Barney Boatman -- 7,875

I only logged in to see the shower and have to admit I am disappointed ...

No decent human being should have a smaller shower than that!

2-3 news now! Not often I report this hand winning a big pot, but it did, this time at the hands of Copenhagen runner upper, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier.

Now I may need tikay's help on this one, if he's lurking somewhere, but the elderly Asian chap on the left (who I can't for the hell of me name even though I know him) made a pre-flop raise from the cut-off, only for ElkY and Ben Grundy to call from the blinds.

K-3-3 Flop and ElkY calls a 400 bet from the initial raiser, Ben Grundy folding in the process.

6 on the Turn and ElkY re-raises his opponents second 400 bet to 1,100, which is subsequently called.

River = 5 (no flushes here) and ElkY bets out 2,350. Asianboy calls, before mucking his cards, slightly bamboozled at witnessing ElkY reveal his slightly paltry (well, pre-flop anyhow) 3c 2c.

Move close to the laptop, it gets bigger.

maybe you could put something into the shower - so we have a size reference???

Can't you see the guns in the bottom right corner::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::flees

BTW snoopy what has happened to the norkage.............apart from a pair of nurses in the background and a couple of masseur pics we were severely restricted yesterday so please can you put this error right today.

That is one Chuc Yoang, well, Chuc Yoang, serial winner in Paris, but also Dublin, & Deauville, where we shared a Final Table as pleasant as I can recall. Very tidy Omaha player too, & one of the nicest guys you could ever wish to meet, a perfect Gent. He's French I think, though I suspect - just a hunch - that he may have Far Eastern origins......

I have a picture of the Nurses.

Let the bidding commence.

Would a picture of Nurses suffice?

Are we talking nurses in shower here?

Age Spets raises and gets one caller, they both check down the Q-6-J-8-K board.

Age says, "You've got me, I've just got a six."

Scandie caller says, "No, you've got me, I've just got a deuce."

Age's Aspades 6s wins the pot.

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Matt (b4matt) Tyler  on the same table, which was the scandie table of dooooooom yesterday.

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From the body language, it looks like Thang Duc Nguyen and Nick Slade are both impressed by the size of this guy's shoulders.

This silent but violent chap is Anders Wijk, who you may recall from Copenhagen several weeks back. Anyhow, he's just eliminated Jonny Hewston in dramatic circumstances, catching 'Texas' with his fingers firmly trapped in the cookie jar. On an all heart flop, John had hit top pair with his A-Q, but come the River, the board had dealt out four hearts. Still, this didn't stop John Hewston taking a stab, well, more than a stab really, with him betting out, Anders Wijk minimum raising and 'Texas' moving all-in. Of course, Anders had the Ace of Hearts and oc course he called, leaving Jon to wonder aimlessly around the rail with a slightly perplexed expression on his face.

Came across Nick Slade (he's just got back up to 10k) and Matt Tyler (on around 11k) on my last jaunt down to the cardroom. Matt in particular seem to be in high spirits, so perhaps he should have been my pick rather than Helppi.

I'll make him my second.

Snoops please can u wish the welsh wizard good luck please...
fantastic updates as usual

Pretty dangerous table this one, and quite a foreboding sight for today's furthest traveller, online qualfier James Honeybone, who has journeyed all the way from New Zealand. After Greg 'crosscourtbh' Howard, he's only the second New Zealander I've ever met!

Marcel Luske -- 11,650
James Honeybone -- 10,625
Luca Pagano -- 9,100
Rolf Woods -- 10,775

Strong showing from the Hendon Mob today, just Ram missing.

And here's the thespian of the group, former Londons Burning star, Ross Boatman, who has just won a pot with a set of twos, his 1,875 River bet on a K-5-2-6-J board being called off by his Polish (I think) opponent.

Will do, Mr Rack.  :)up

And this is what they've all got there eyes on... well, and the spondoolies, of course.

Quite a sight huh, I can imagine someone lifting this at the World Cup Finals.

lol thanks m8

Where is old Zealand?

Not sure if Martin Wendt and Christoffe Stahle are going to approve of this, but there is some daredevil trying to steal their crown of silliest largest headphones.

Dusk Till Dawn's Kevin O'Connell still looks like a bulldog chewing a wasp after his earlier confrontation with Anders Berg. 'Whisky' is still struggling, now with just 5,250. Very early days though.

Elky raises from the cut-off to 300, Ben Grundy re-raises from the button to 1200 with Ahrt Kc. The ex-gamer calls.

Flop:

Kd 6d 4c

Elky check/calls Ben's 1800 chip bet.

Turn:

Qd

Elky checks, Ben checks. Now at this point Ben looks at his cards and realises he doesn't have the Ahrt at all but the Ad!

River:

2d

Elky bets 2k, Ben moves in for 6k. Elky calls and mucks. Ben on around 18k, the Frenchman was down to 6k as I left the table to watch a couple of others, but when I came back a minute later Elky was back over 10k again. He's faster than a Quake Pr0 that one. ::)

Spotted Dave Colclough down on the battlefield (these poker soldiers just can't keep away).

"I thought I'd take a quick look at some of the cash game action," commented El Blondie.

"Don't you want to see the sights?" I inquired.

"Have you been out there," he moaned. "It's like a concrete jungle."

Hmm, I don't think Dave is Warsaw's biggest fan. I still think he's mixing it up with Walsall though.

Passed on your message, Jack. I asked him if your good luck message would spur him onto victory, be that extra touch that pushes him over the edge into a pit of triumph. He didn't really comment.  :-X

Iwan Jones -- 13,475
Jonas Molander -- 9,750
John Conroy -- 10,100
Thomas Wahlroos -- 8,800

In the Netherlands - believe it or not.

NZ was claimed by the Dutch via a captain called Abel Tasman.
(before the somewhat later to arrive Captain Cook).

I believe "Zeeland" is still a province in the Netherlands...

Wish James well - what is his handle on stars??

 ;hattip;

Actually, this table have ordered some food, they all went for the club sandwich, but Thomas was the only one who didn't want egg in his sarnie, bizarrely, he's not an eggman after all.  ;marks;

A transfixed Peter Roche can't keep his eyes off the deck, and not surprisingly as it's serving him relatively well - not a big stack, but with his head above water at least with 11,175. His last small victory being with Pocket Fives on a Qc 8s 2c Qd Jh board, three players calling his 400 Turn bet before taking it down when everyone amicably checked on the end.

Arshad (Ash, to, well, everyone) Hussain is present, and yoyo-ing already.

"Was down to 4k but got it back up to 8. Lost most of it with two pair, 7-5 on a Q-7-5 Flop. He had A-Q and hit and Ace on the Turn. I think got away pretty cheap though in the end."

Not a million miles away from the Cricket World Cup trophy.

(http://www.cricket-worldcup.net/images/trophy.jpg)

Why, where do they keep that one?

first off dont poet the pictures of the nurses just email them to me with there phone numbers

2nd anyone turn up at J10 to play the ept this week?

The players are just approaching the end of the first break. When they reseat, we'll be on Level 3 with blinds at 75 and 150.

I'll nip down for a quick chip count of some of the recognisable faces when that Level commences.

hey could i have an update on how tom grundy is going please :)

At the minute it wiil be out in the Caribbean.

Distance from Caribbean to Warsaw <<<< one million miles.

So, like I said, not a million miles away.

Now, back to work Beagle.

snoops tell him he doesnt need luck he well overdue.......

:hello:

He has 15k at the moment, piccy to follow a bit.


Morten 'Pokergirl' Erlandsen (He of the super huge shoulders) is a bit short. Ben Grundy limped for 150, Morten made it 750 which was flat-called by the Jacob Wisniewski in the big blind, Grundy folds.

Flop:

Tc 4h 5h

Jacob check/raises Morten's 1200 bet to 2500. Morten calls

Turn:

Th

Jacob leads out for 2500 and Morten passes. I think Jacob flashed something along the lines of Kc 8c, but the cards weren't lifted up high enough for me to see properly.

Nick Slade -- 11,450
Betrand Grospellier -- 13,575
Ben Grundy -- 17,500
Chuc Hoang -- 4,425
Katja Thater -- 10,975
Azad Pirooti -- 4,175
Robin Keston -- 6,825
Thang Duc Nguyen -- 7,250
Søren Kongsgaard Nielsen -- 13,100
Ash Hussain -- 11,025
Kevin O'Connell -- 7,400
Kim Hon -- 9,250
Juha Helppi -- 13,750
Henning Bolstad -- 11,200
Jani Jointula -- 5,825
Anders Berg -- 23,300
Roy Brindley -- 17,600
Christoffer Ulsa -- 10,600
Morten Erlandsen -- 6,925

This is Norwegian whiz Christoffer Ulsa, who I am reliably informed by BA Kildalen (although he did just confuse Ash Hussain for Simon Nowab), that he was January's biggest online winner, taking down a rather mout-watering 1.3 million in virtual spondoolies.

I reached 1.2, so he just pipped me at the post.

And here is now. A man of many expressions, but mainly this one.

Rivered.

How is Tony Mackay doing? :)

Martin Vallo -- 13,200
Anthony Mackay -- 7,950
Roberto Matic -- 13,125
Alec Torelli -- 7,200
Age Spets -- 19,625
Matt Tyler -- 9,925
Tony Cascarino -- 7,850
Peter Willers Jespen -- 8,975
William Stevenson -- 13,875
Dave Gregory -- 17,500
Peter Gould -- 8,950

He's just doubled up with Ad 4s vs. Scandieboy's Qs 6s.

All-in on Flop with the board reading Aspades 4s 6h 7h Tc

This is Martin Vallo. I often spot him hanging around with Marcel Luske, so I'm assuming he's part of the Dutch crew. He's a familiar presence at these EPT's, but I don't think he's ever cracked that final table. He's doing okay at the moment though, remaining steady with 13,200.

Since you've been so well behaved...

Clayton Mozdzen and Helge Rahbek Pedersen just clashed swords, the 4-5-6-7-8 board resulting in a split pot.

Sorry, you won't recognise the names, but I desperately wanted to utilise the chop emoticon.

;kc;

I question their medical qualificaitons.


.....tho not in front of them

Flatcalling with full house news now. (Blinds still 75/150)

Seat 6, (who I think is Cornelis Alblas) limps, Christopher Ulsrud makes up the blind and Roy Brindley checks.

Flop:

Ad Ahrt 6h

Checked round.

Turn:

Kd

Checked to the limper who bets 425, Christopher calls and Roy folds.

River:

3d

Now Christopher bets 1200 and Cornelis calls.

Christopher:

Qd Jd

Cornelis:

Aspades 3s

A bit cautious?

Elsewhere, Matt Tyler claims, "I'm being outplayed by eight players, luckily Tony Cascarino is here."

Snoops I'm not getting married again until July so tell the one on the right she's still got a chance if she gets a move on!! Cheers


oh good job BTW, sitting down in the shower? weird pup  >:?

regular updates for my 3 tips please...



Tomasz Al Chalabi

Piotr Łopusiewicz

Grzegorz Mikielewicz

Andrew O'Flaherty -- 9,900
Patrick White -- 6,725
Ross Boatman -- 12,825
Juuso Kauppinen -- 3,075
Christian Öman -- 11,350
Jerome Nayan -- 5,850
David Welch -- 10,350
Simon Stenbaeck   -- 3,850
Clayton Mozdzen   -- 6,800
Helge Rahbek Pedersen -- 18,050
Loc Ly -- 8,275
Paul Testud -- 15,000
Peter Eichhardt -- 6,250
Simon Kelly -- 18,175
Pascal Perrault -- 8,350

I'm ready for my sponge bath now.

Looks like someone watched the Jennifer Tilly video before he started playing today.

Meanwhile, I have to say I'm impressed with the uniform of the Swiss ladies' poker team.

great updates guys! keep following thomas grundy please! hes got half a university rooting for him!!

You may not recognise the face, but you'll certainly be familiar with the name, because PokerGirl is one of the online world's most famous monikers. Back in the day when online poker was exploding, this was one of the first true 'online celebs', chiefly making his waves on Ladbrokes where he and fellow Dane, Erick Sagstrom (sp), emerged from. At the moment, he's on 8,900 after taking, rather fortunately I might add, a pot off Nick Slade. The board read Td-2c-8d-9s, Nick called the 1.5k bet of Mortensen Erlandsen (his real name, of course), but was unlucky to see his Ad-9d pipped at the post by Kc-Jc come the Jack River. "I knew he had nothing," added Nick in that familiarly post-hand reflective Nick like fashion, "I should have re-raised."

Thomas Grundy doesn't seem to be in his original seat. I'll have to have a search for him.

Official warning.

Any more bad behaviour from those overly-excited by the nurses, and we'll be forced to take disciplinary action.

Right, I'm off to feign an injury.

The blinds have risen to 100 and 200 with a 10,422 average stack, which just shows you how slow today is going.

Cautious set play now.

Helge Rahbek Pedersen raises and finds two callers in Peter Eicchardt and Espen Uhlen Jorstand.

Flop:

6s 5c 4d

Jorstand check calls Pedersen's 600 bet, Eicchardt gets out of the way.

Turn:

Qd

This time Jorstand check calls a 1,700 chip bet.

River:

8s

Both check.

Pedersen:

8d 6d

Jorstand:

4c 4h

A brutal series of events for this chap, who I believe is England's Terry Cook. No bad beats, but a couple of cold decks to take back home with him.

First off, he ran a set into a bigger set, re-raising homegrown player, Łukasz Mazurek all-in on a 2s Jc 7d 9d board. Lukasz thought about it for a moment, but then realised he couldn't ever lay the hand down in a squillion years.

And with his Jacks holding up against Cook's Pocket Dueces, the latter was down to just 3k.

Moments later, he found Pocket Knaves, but, as was his day according to Mr Sod and his ruddy law, Vicente Julien was sitting pretty with Kings just two seats down, an empahtic King on the Turn sealing the Brit's premature fate.

Iwan reckons Jack and his good luck message have bokked him.

"I haven't received a single hand all day, bluffed once, but that's it."

Surely an Ali Mallu type player like Iwan doesn't need hands?  ;carlocitrone;

Marcel Luske -- 11,600
Fabrice Soullier -- 14,275
Noah Boeken -- 1,625
Anders Wijk -- 17,900
Peter Roche -- 10,525
Iwan Jones -- 8,100
Jonas Molander -- 9,250
John Conroy -- 13,125
Thomas Wahlroos -- 4,300
Rehne Pedersen   -- 7,825
Christoffer Sonesson -- 11,600

btw how come my nurses dont dress like that

He doesnt need pockets either -well not near the bar anyway!

Ash Hussain (pictured) raises preflop and leads out on a Th 9c 7c board and he is check/called by his only opponent Cornelis Alblas.

The turn is an 8d and Cornelis checks, as does Ash.

The river is the dangerous looking Tc and Cornelis leads out for 1,775, Ash thinks for a while and raises to 5,000. Cornelis calls quickly and Ash flips over 7h 7s. Cornelis mucks his cards in disgust though I saw he had Aspades Jc. Good raise.

On the same table Roy Brindley (Also pictured) raises from the button to 500 and Azad Pirooti pushes his 3.4k stack all-in. Roy calls.

Azad, "You got a good hand Roy?" As he flips over Jd Js.

Roy, "I hoped I was in a race." Showing 8h 8d.

Board:

Qd Jd Ts 2d 4h.

Kevin O'Connell is on (http://www.colmedsupply.com/images/propaqcs2l.jpg)

He made it 600 from the button with 9h 9d and found a similar sized stack push all in for around 6k.

Eventually he called and found himself up against Kd Qh.

Board:

Jd 6c 4d 7d Qs

Seeing the river, his opponent let out a whoop of delight and told the table how he doesn't ever hit any outs.

This left the DTD player with just 625 chips.

Here's the hand, showing the 99 vs KQ vs an arm. The arm could only play the board, so is also OUT.

And Kevin O'Connell is now out, he pushed with 5c 4c but found a caller on the button who had only looked at one card. The Ac

Having got rid of the big blind by betting the Ahrt Kc 4s flop, he then showed his second card which was the Ad!

No runner runner came. (Would have online)


And here's the assassin.

I believe these plucky young warriors are your current chip leaders:

Anders Berg -- 30,325
Tomasz Al Chalabi (no picture) -- 29,575
Dave Gregory -- 28,750
Roy Brindley -- 27,200
Mateyboy -- 25,075
Helge Rahbek Pedersen -- 24,275
Ben Grundy -- 22,500

give kevin a sllap and tell him to get some chips quick as he is in my 3 to make day 2

Luca Pagano is either OUT or he's gone off to find those nurses.

I would have though an arm would be worth more than a pair of Kings.

No, you're thinking of an arm AND a leg.

Are they male?

Morten 'PokerGirl' Erlandsen is OUT. Jacks vs. Queens. Q-T-Q Flop.

Overkill.

(http://worat.dyndns.org/pics/small/images/Machine%20gun%20on%20stand.jpg)

I know TightEnd is familiar with this guy and some of you, perhaps round the Southen region (I think?), might know him, but this Dave Welch. Not to be confused with the Late Night Poker pro of the same name, the rather more youthful Dave Welch is based in Southend and known by the nickname ‘Charisma’ online which then developed into the ‘Charisma Crew’ as he and a group of friends hit the festival scene on an irregular basis around the UK. Donning the branded clothes of the Crew, Dave is a tight player with a keen understanding of the game. If he is in a pot, opponents are wary! Dave is extremely friendly company at the table. Has a series of final table finishes in smaller festival events but as yet no results in main events. Dave is a major player in the Essex poker scene, running home games, poker tournaments in clubs and developing his presence.

He's currently on 8,975 and smiling away.

Baden winner Thang Duc Nguyen is OUT. Set of Queens on a K-Q-J flop, only Elky is holding A-T.

(http://www.sputniktoys.com/kapow.jpg)

Lies, he's blatantly Randall from Clerks.

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Someone get Jen one of those Jenius t-shirts!

Players are just coming back from a 15 minute break. Blinds are now 150/300. Average stack is 11,472 which means we've lost very few players. Certainly, it does seem a lot rockier tonight.

Ash Hussain -- 15k
Katja Thater -- 9k
Ben Grundy -- 23k

Roy Brindley has gone all antsy in his pantsy, not because he's won a big pot, but apprantly due to the fact that "I've just won my biggest ever bet on a horse".

Good to see everyone's fully focused on the poker.

We're working. 'Operation T-Shirt Get' falls on you Dana. Don't let us down soldier.

A disgruntled Nick Slade confidentally retells a tale of Ben Grundyiness in which the 30 going on 18 looking high stakes pro was forced to show a paltry K-4, even though Nick Slade and ElkY were in with Queens and Jacks respectively.

Not a bad board for Ben, who along with ElkY had smooth called Nick's pre-flop raise.

A-6-9-K-A, we finally reached a River after two rags, which Ben correctly value betted.

When the blinds go up, the music is that deep voiced 'Ooohhhh....yeah' from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, by Yello I think. A bit different from Baden where they play 'The Entertainer.'

(http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/images/smilies/ts.gif) Quick march!

Around 120 players left with the blinds at 150 and 300. Pretty slow progress at the moment. The average stack is still less that 12k!

Where is Thomas Grundy from ?  Is he related to Ben ?

Not too many Wolverhampton players here today, especially with us lacking the company of Surinder Sunar, but I've managed to hunt one down in Chris 'The Rock' Robson.

Now, you don't have to be a genius (or Jenius) to work out how he garnered that name, and this was justified when Dave Colclough, who identified Chris as one of the key Midland players when he was coming into the game 20 years ago (about when Dave was 35 then?), said, "Queens minimum" as Chris re-raised Thomas Holm all-in from the big blind.

Thomas, who was on the button, had made it 2,025 to go, only for Chris to push for 7,475. Thomas folded, but after witnessing him in Copenhagen, he most likely didn't have too much.

Thomas Grundy is from London.  He is a third year University Maths student.  Not related to Ben Grundy.  In the money at EPT Copenhagen last year, an online qualifier for his entry there.

You may recall I mentioned a certain New Zealand qualifier who had made the long journey. Well here he is, James Honeybone's his name and poker's his game. Currently on 9,350 after being re-raised off a hand pre-flop.

And right across the other side of the room is this young chap, Christian Öman, merely snapped because of his silly hat.

Iwan Jones is OUT.

He smooth-called a pre-flop raise with Kings before getting it in on a T-9-5 Flop. Unfortunately, the initial raiser had Pocket Nines.

On the same table, similar steady Eddi, John 'PunkFloyd' Conroy of Bad Beat, is running okay with 10,725.

Guess the Hands now.

Raised pot between Age Spets and Tony Cascarino

7h Qh 7c flop

Age bets 1k and Tony Casacarino calls.

Turn:

9s

Age bets 3.5k, after a dwell Tony calls.

River:

4d

Age puts Tony in for his last 6k or so. Tony eventually calls. Tony ends up being knocked out, but what were the hands?

Btw here is the victorious smiling man.

Also on this table is Matt Tyler and Thomas Grundy, Matt has dribbled down to 4.5k or so, mostly through antes, though he also bluffed off 3.5k with A-K to a set.

Iwan Jones' assassin was the scandie Jonas Molander, a consistent performer in these events.

Thanks Mike.  Ben's middle name is Thomas !!

As reported by stand-in ringside watchman Karl Mahrenholz, Jonas Molander is OUT.

"He lost to Aces, mucked on the River, and pretty quickly too, so I reckon he missed a draw of some kind (there were to of one suit on the Flop) and attempted a bluff at the end."

Come on guys, lets have some guesses for the Age Spets/Tony Cascarino hand.

Hoang Chuc was also spotted on the rail.

Hey Snoopy - how's Ben doing ?  Please say good luck from his family.  Thanks a lot.

I don't think a live update would be complete without the charismatic inverted chair sitter himself, P.I. Dick Slade.

Here is taking the final pot before the dinner break, which, incidentally, is 45 minutes long.

Good Luck to David Welch from Essex xxx

Did he change his name by deed poll ?

pocket 8 on åge and pocket 6 for cascarino.

Welcome lisa. I'll pass on your message when they return from the break and let him know you're watching.

lol

chip stacks for john conroy and azad pirooti please snoop :)

The players are currently on a 45 minute dinner break.

I'll have a check when they return, m8.

hi you lot
              its the usuall same excelant updates guys ,

               where else can you go and find out whats going on .
              
              its like watching this on tv ,

             btw is my nose brown yet .

          

1 more compliment should do it.

Play shall recommence in about 5 or 10 minutes.

Are you on the edge of your seats?

snoops you are one of the best players iv seen lol

Don't forget, you can check out all of our photos from the last two days by clicking the link below:

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There's complimenting and then there's downright fibbing, vinni. I think you crossed the line with that one, no1's ever going to believe that.

Bloody spoilsport. :D

Payout Structure:

1st €325,633
2nd €182,063
3rd €109,238
4th €78,027
5th €64,502
6th €50,978
7th €40,574
8th €29,130
9th to 10th €18,726
11th to 12th €14,565
13th to 14th €12,484
15th to 16th €9,363
17th to 24th €6,242

Funnily enough, Age was trying to get Cascarino off the hand, (he'd read him for T-T). Turned out to be a very good value bet. :D

Blinds are now 150/300 with a 25 ante.

Yep the running antes are kicking in...

;ra;

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if you're still reading..

Ash Hussain is OUT. Ran Tens into Kings.

Recent addition to the PokerStars clan, Noah Boaken, has also bitten the dust.

Anders Wijk -- 14,350
Juuso Kauppinen -- 4,650
Paul Testud -- 13,500
Patrick White -- 3,125
Helge Rahbek Pedersen -- 30,875
Jerome Noyon -- 10,725
Christoffe Sonneson -- 17,350
Peter Roche -- 18,800
Peter Eickkhart -- 14,700
Tomasz Al Chalabi -- 25,800
Marcel Luske -- 5,525
John Conroy -- 14,000
Thomas Wahlroos -- 16,800
Fabrice Soulier -- 9,400
Ricki Nielsen -- 5,225
Pascal Perrault -- 16,550
Simon Kelly -- 16,475
Dave Welch -- 15,550
Martin Vallo -- 6,800
Ross Boatman -- 10,325
Andrew O'Flaherty -- 20,325
Christian Öman -- 13,350

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The good luck message I just passed on to Dave Welch has obviously worked, as the very next hand he flopped quad threes!!!

has kevin recovered from his crippling yet?

also how is robin keston getting on?

Hello Floppy, great job - how was the sushi bar ?

Hi Snoops,
             Maybe you could say hello to big Jimmy for me, if you get a chance. Played with him at the final table of the Ongame Classic in Barcelona in December. You should get him to teach you how to play Bouncers Poker.

Snoop-a-loop is Azad's lack of appearance within the list of chip stacks down to the fact he is out or not? If not wish him all the best from me please. Dziekuje. Czy moge skorzystac z telefonu?

Nick Slade lost a 30k pot with 5-5 against K-K on a K-T-5-A board. He's recovered a bit, calling two Elky bluffs with J-9 on a K-2-3-9-x board.

Speaking of Elky, he has doubled through Thomas Nielsen.

Nick raised, Elky and Thomas called.

Flop:

Ks 7s 4c

Nick checked, Elky bet 3.4k (almost half his stack) and Thomas moved in. Nick passed his A-K and Elky called.

Elky:

Aspades Qs

Thomas:

7d 7h

Turn:

Js

River:

2s.

Elky a lot healthier than before.

No sign of Peter Gould.

Also, Matt Tyler is a gonna, missed 19 outs according to Nick Slade, so I assume he had a big draw which failed to develop.

No sign of Peter Gould.
Also, Matt Tyler is a gonna, missed 19 outs according to Nick Slade, so I assume he had a big draw which failed to develop.

Jacek Ladny -- 3,925
William Stevenson -- 20,500
Matt Tyler -- out
Thomas Grundy -- 10,900
Age Spets -- 35,700
Chris Robson -- 10,250
Peter Gould -- missing
Peter Willers Jepsen -- 19,400
Dave Gregory -- 39,175
Thomas Nielsen -- 10,475
Thomas Holm -- 12,775
Sławomir Rypiński -- 21,750
Nick Slade -- 23,200
Ben Grundy -- 12,250
Rolf Woods -- 18,200
Bertrand Grospellier -- 17,225

The jovial Nick Slade is ensuring that his table is the liveliest, whether they want to be or not. Constant chatter, though predominantly friendly, is putting the other players at ease and perhaps making them play a little looser than they normally would. I don't think Ben Grundy requires too much persuasion though. Still, if there's a table to watch, then it's this one.

Blinds have just gone up to 200 and 400 with a running ante of 50.

There are 99 players remaining.

Matt called a Scandie raiser with Qd Jd, flop Td 8d 3c. Matt moves in and gets called by A-8.

This guy is a relieved man, he just had all his chips in the middle with 5c 5s on a Jh 8c 5d 3h against 7h 5h. The river was a 3d.

Dave Gregory has around 40kish and is relatively close to the chip leaders.

Christian Oman (the guy with the funny hat) is OUT.

Also, no sign of Asad Parooti

Some more chip counts for you, some less renowned names, but I've pictured the top 3 to aid you:

Richard Lis -- 8,525
Ole Gammeljord -- 16,875
Orjan Holt -- 17,800
Henning Bolstad -- 7,850
Jani Sointula -- 19,675
Juha Helppi -- 16,775
Katja Thater -- 12,250
Robin Keston -- 7,950
Christopher Ulsrud -- 21,200
Roy Brindley -- 17,425
Søren Kongsgaard Nielsen -- 17,425
Dimitrios Nistas -- 17,000
Anders Berg -- 28,000

There was a bit of a kafuffle on Table Helppi. Apprantly, and this is for the third time, a marked card has been spotted - a small finger nail indent being the culprit.

Robin Keston finds himself all-in with a loud European - they couldn't be more contrasting. Whilst Robin remains seated in his seat, his overturned Ace King in front of him, his opponent rises from his seat excitedly anticipating a coinflip situation with his Pocket Knaves. But that excitement leads to devestation when the Flop deals out both a King or a Jack. But wait, any Jack does it, and even a Queen once the Turn brings the Ten. With Robin still meekly praying to the Gods that no miracle occurs, his opponent leans over and shouts something at the cards as if they were able to respond. Whether he was demanding the Queen or the Jack was academic, as the River couldn't have brought any more of a blank with the black deauce ending any hopes the trailer had. An angry bang of the hands, shoulders slumped, the wounded soldier finally accepts his fate.

And Robin? Well, he barely raised an eyebrow.

Table 4 is the place to be at the moment, the general consensus from the players on there is that they are all steaming, including the dealer.

Rolf Woods, raises in early position, Elky calls from the blinds, Ben Grundy moves all-in from the big blind. Rolf dwells and passes.

Ben practically begs Elky to call. "Please call." "I want you to call." "I want a coinflip." And so on...

Eventually Elky calls and shows Jh Jc

"Uh-oh." says Ben, flipping Tc Ts. (Rolf passed Nines incidentally).

Flop:

Kd Jd 9d

Mr Grundy in deep doo-doo.

Turn:

8h

Mr Grundy with 8 outs.

River:

7c

Ben sits back down with 14k now.

Elky, "I guess I'm steaming now."

A small crowd of fans/press gatherered around one table, which is normally a sign that something is going down, so off I run, and, not unurprisingly, we had an all-in, a young man named Sebastian Riviere with his testicles on the line.

The Flop read 9h 7h 9d, and Sebastian was awaiting the decision of his Danish opponent, who was probably settling nerves by saying, "I think I might have to call", especially when the Swede held 9s 8c.

Well, he did call, and he was behind, but by no means dead with Jd Td, and although a crushing 8c hit the Turn, Riviere er... Rivered his opponent with a fourth nine.

This is what I call a 'fun' hand!

Just as that hand came to an end, England's Dave Welch joined the table.

Nice one Benjamin...

How is Tony Mackay doing, still in?

Now how about this for a shirt?

And, if my records serve me right, the man in the stocks is Łukasz Wasek, a native from Poland I believe.

Pascal Perrault arrives at a table and immediately spills a drink all over it.

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"Welcome to the party pal!"

This bearded young chap is Marius Turbergsen of Norway with 36,450.

Apparantly, the first three letters of his surname mean 'luck' in Norwegian.

John Conroy is still alive and kicking, last seen raising it up to 1,150 before folding to a 1.5k Turn bet from Jerome Noyon on a board of 4s-4c-Kh-Th.

Currently on 11,150.

Slade is also struggling with just 10k after running a set of Fives into a set of Kings and Tens into Ben Grundy's Kings.

Benjamin Kang takes out Thomas Mathisen, the latter pushed with A-K against the lead on the turn of an J-T-4-A board and was called instantly by Kang's K-Q

No Queen on the river for a split. Kang up to 30k.

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There's a narrow gap that guides the press and players towards the back set of five tables, but now that gap is filled with spectators, as it probably will be near the latter stages, thereby making it harder to pass through. The reason for this sudden congestion is the moving of tables of the Flying Dutchman, Marcel Luske, who seems to be the major attraction of most of these European comps. Also, on his table is Hendonmobber 'Rocky' Ross Boatman who, along with his short-sleeve shirt, shades and whatever that thing is he seems to be chewing, is as calm and collective as ever and seemingly unmoved by Marcel's presence. The other players at the table, however, are less unmoved, slightly more uptight than they were previously. All this is very strange, because even though he carries with him many low denomination chips to give off the impression of a big stack, this is nigh on impossible with just 3k, therefore making him much less formidable of opponent.

Henning Bolstad is OUT. Kings versus Ace Queen. Ouch.

Bit of a hoohaa on Table Helppi again. For the fourth time now, they've found a marked card.

Nick Slade is now OUT.

Opponent raised with A-K, Mateyboy called with A-T, Nick moved all-in with J-J and received two calls.

A-K-Q Flop pretty much finished him off.

Just not Nick's day.

update on David Welch when you get a minute please snoopy

Frederik Hostrup is quite the character. I remember him from the Paris WPT last year. He was whooping and hollering in the media room in support of his Danish friend Grundvig, who went on to win the whole damn kaboodle.

Anyhow, Frederik is here today, and mixing it up (both in terms of the gab and poker) at the table.

His latest confrontation was with a fellow Scandinavian, who I don't know the name of.

With an Ac 3d Ts Ks board, Frederik checked, Scandieboy bet 2k, Frederik maded it 4.4k and Scandieboy re-raised another 11.7k, leaving 2k behind.

After about 30 seconds of thought, Frederik did that 'how much have you got left' whilst simultanously folding gag (hohoho), and conceded the pot.

As Scandieboy revealed a King, Frederik retrieved his mucked cards to show one too.

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keep us informed about that story - who marks card and goes on even after the dealers recognize the markings over and over again?

This guy on the right should've probably bet this Jd 9d 2h flop with his Qd Td (I saw his cards, bit naughty) but he was looking to c/raise all-in, it was checked down all the way though in the end, and he missed and lost the pot.

Blinds are still 300/600 (75), but they're about to go up in just a tick. There are 72 of the initial 148 remaining and the average stack is 20,555.

Juha is the one that keeps noticing. At the moment, all they're doing is changing the decks, but I can detect frustration in the Fin. A fifth time and I'm sure the table will grind to a halt.

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"Do it, do it now."

Richard Lis is OUT. Didn't see his hand, but I spotted that he was up against Jacks and the board was Ace high.

Couldn't see Roy Brindley on my last outing, so he's on the missing presumed lost list. Needs to be confirmed though.

Taken out by Chris Ulrud I believe.

Orjan Holt of Norway is emerging as a major contendor with just over 40k.

I tried to ask Norwegian Poker Magazine's Kettle if he knew anything about this guys, but he pretty much responded with "I know naaaaaaaaathin".

Nope, hold on, Kettle is firing info at me.

"All I know that he isn't sponsored and he qualifed online."

More info, from another Norwegian source...

Apparantly, 23-year old Orjan (preflop_xx online) studied 'Fireman techics' before coming into poker... I kid you not. When I asked if he is a fireman then, my source replied, no, he's a poker player.  :dontask: All very bizarre.

Anyhow, here's a picture of him from earlier.

Apologies, we've been disconnected for the last ten minutes, so I'm going to use my vodafone card to post the next couple of posts, the first one of which is...

Former Paris WPT finalist, Thomas (I am the Eggman) Wahlroos, is struggling with just 15k and just folded (face-up - I think this was strategy for when he makes his move) A-Qs to Søren Kongsgaard Nielsen's re-raise.

"That was a sick sick sick fold. No other Scandie would fold that," commented Thomas.

Also, Dave Welch is still plugging away. Was down to 5k at one point after having his set outdrawn to a runner runner straight. The third spade on the Turn caused the problems, but also stopped Dave's opponent from re-raising the River.

But, although virtually down to the felt, Dave didn't concede and has doubled through twice, one of which was a 7-7 vs. A-J encounter, 7 on the Flop a very welcome sight indeed.

Now with his shades down, the usually smiley Dave is looking very serious indeed, and he has every right to as he's managed to build his 5k up to a very playable 21,250, not that far away from average.

Yee Ha go Dave....thanks for that snoopy i was getting v worried that he was out!!!!

How is Ben Grundy getting on ?  Any news ?

Looks like there are 6 tables left; here are three, along with some chip counts:

Davide Vanzo -- 11,000
John Conroy -- 14,800
Katja Thater -- 7,100
Thomas Whalroos -- 21,500
Søren Kongsgaard Nielsen -- 23,800
Christopher Ulsrud -- 41,200
Frederik Hostrup -- 16,600
Ole Gammeljord -- 11,300
Anders Berg -- 34,500
Andrew O'Flaherty -- 25,900
Sebastian Riviere -- 17,600
Pascal Perrault -- 5,200
Juha Helppi -- 14,400
Juuso Kauppinen -- 7,200
Orjan Holt -- 40,200
Jani Sointula -- 17,300

No sign of Anders Wijk or James Honeybone. In fact, I know the latter to be OUT.

Meanwhile, there's an interesting cash game brewing between Andy Black, Partic Martensson, John Duthie, Theo Jorgenssen and... Mr Johnny 'Bad_ip' Lodden.

Was just on my way to undertake the second batch of chipcounts and photos when I was forced into an about turn on the staircase by the passing of two familiar figures. One of them was Thomas Grundy (sry), and the second was Roy Brindley, who confirmed the earlier murmur of his exit by saying, "I knocked myself out, moved in with Ace high but ran into a set, so slightly behind."

Good job fellas, best wishes to PI Slade and Azad Pirooti, keep an eye on them for us pls

Chris Robson -- 8,200
Paul Testud -- 10,500
Fabrice Soulier -- 8,100
Age Spets -- 55,200
Peter Willers Jepsen -- 63,800
Benjamin Kang -- 36,400
Rolf Woods -- 17,400
Ben Grundy -- 21,800
Bertrand Grospellier -- 29,400
Tomasz Al Chalabi -- 10,100
Ben Searle -- 21,200
Peter Eichhardt -- 13,600
Simon Kelly -- 9,300
Łukasz Mazurek -- 35,500
Ross Boatman -- 2,500
Martin Vallo -- 15,400

Just to explain a few of those big dips in chips...

Firstly, and probably most painfully, Ireland's Simon Kelly lost a 50k pot with Aces against Queens - two Queens hitting the Flop from what I heard.

Secondly, Ross Boatman, in his own words, said, "my bluff got called by Queen high". From what I understand, Ross had an open ended straight draw.

I don't fancy watching the rail all night.

Oh yes, and I also Marcel Luske chatting away with the cameras on the rail, so he's a gonna.

Just 5 minutes left, folk.

The press have been pushed out to the rail for these very latter stages, so it's been very difficult for us to see the hands, especially with the big crowds watching the Lodden cash game.

Play has finished for the day.

Not included in the chip counts above was Dave Gregory, but I believe he made it, they were breaking up a table as I was doing the counts.

Hmmm, no internet make Homer mad grrrrr. We've also been denied acess beyond the rail so we couldn't watch anything either. Not a great outcome.

I did spot Thomas Grundy go out with A-Q against K-T, Queen on the flop, King on the river. Ouch.


Anyway sorry for complete lack of stuff going on in the last hour, we've been truly hamstrung I'm afraid...

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do you know if David Welch is still in and how many chips does he have?

Well done the both of you for your tireless updating. Now go save Jen from the 24 hour bar! She told me she had bourbon for breakfast.

Hi Dana - I am only still in the bar because I can't get an internet connection in my room.  Plus I can verify that the wireless is dead currently, so I'm on my card too.  Much worse for the updaters, though - commiserations...and congratulations again on an update I am now rocketing through.

I had bourbon for breakfast, odd pizza for lunch (won by playing rock paper scissors) and wholesome fruit and chocolate for dinner (won by playing Chinese poker).  A fully balanced diet, and pleasingly cheap.

Wow, I had beer and strippers for dinner but otherwise only regular meals. You're winning so far. Keep up the fine work!

Unless anything disasterous happened at the death, he should still be in, but I'll have to wait for the official end of day chip counts to confirm (they barred us from ringside right near the end - it got very bust down there). As soon as I recieve them, I'll put them up, but there's no guarantee when that's going to be I'm afraid.

Therefore, it stick a fork in me time for tonight. We'll see you tomorrow at 2pm (1pm your time!) for Day 2.

Snoops Jen floppy - if you get a chance go to the old market square in Warsaw. There is one which has about 6 restuarants scattered around it. The older parts of Warsaw are much nicer than the concrete sprawl of Warsaw. I normally stay at the Marriott which is one of the highest buildings in Warsaw and you literally can see for 30-50km. There is a casino inside the Marriott too but last time I went it only had 3 card poker.

Will check out who is still left in now ... look forward to the updates later along with the NZ England clash in the cricket.