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Here we go again, and like Bill Chen on the dancefloor, we shall be an unstoppable force when it comes to getting you updates on the players today. Last night was a bit of an odd-one as I ended up in the club Allure alongside some of the Pokerstars people as well as Kara Scott, any preconceptions that I had that this was going to be a Vegas-style club with stupid dress-codes and hugely expensive drinks were proved to completely wrong correct. To top it off, the DJ's idea of mixing records was to play both tracks incredibly loudly and hope you didn't realise when one track was suddenly turned off. Sadly however, having seen the state of some of the patrons who were on the dancefloor, my request for Kanye West's "Gold Digger" was unfortunately turned down.

Play will begin at 12pm (5pm UK time)

Here are the chip counts from yesterday, note the name in 2nd place currently, Steve Paul Ambrose, actually won this event a couple of years ago.

Ryan Collett   176,450
Steve Paul-Ambrose   170,925
Diego Pérez   169,100
Stephan Kjerstad   144,575
Eric Lynch   141,675
Joshua Ewing   137,875
Johan Til   137,225
José Cuenca   129,950
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier   123,825
Allisen Connor   121,000
Johan Bergqvist   120,075
Dmitriy Kirin   118,325
Josh Arieh   109,800
Tore Lagerborg   103,950
Adam Bragar   101,025
Andrew Teng   99,600
Stuart Taylor   99,375
Raúl Lleida   98,550
Dave Scatchard   95,975
Allan Puzontyan   95,400
Michael Martin   95,025
Robert Weiss   92,500
Charles McCrink   89,275
Richard Geyer   89,125
David Wells   88,150
Stanislav Zavoyskiy   86,250
Christian Harder   86,025
Alex Michaels   85,000
Roger Tichenor   85,000
Ryan D'Angelo   84,775
Olvedo Heinze   82,450
Irina Liepina   82,125
Rhett Buttler   81,800
Jonas Egeberg   80,725
Randy Dorfman   79,875
Simon Munz   79,200
Bill Ezzo   79,100
Harold Fitzpatrick   78,775
Peter Jetten   76,775
Mauro Stivoli   76,400
Justin Rollo   75,450
Rohr Philippe   74,775
Kevin Schaffel   74,650
Daniel Burke   73,675
David Pham   73,325
Joseph Elpayaa   72,800
Kristoffer Edberg   71,350
Eric Liu   70,075
Craig Hopkins   69,925
Zev Roher   69,875
Joseph Dimartino   68,700
Kristian Kjondal   68,675
Anthony Cousineau   68,525
Nicolas Levi   68,175
Michael Cooper   66,225
Tony Calvin Burton   64,850
David Lacoste   64,775
Garrett Adelstein   64,225
Frank Nielsen   63,425
Mark Venegoni   62,800
Pierre Neuville   62,550
Daniel Smith   62,100
Noah Schwartz   62,000
Chris Crawford   60,700
Sander Braaksma   59,925
Brian Hawkins   59,400
Jason Levine   59,175
Jon Neyir   58,650
Chris Moneymaker   58,600
Eric Van der Burg   58,400
Valdemar Kwaysser   58,225
Don Mullis   58,200
Thierry Van Den Berg   58,150
Sean Gardiner   57,300
Andre Akkari   57,275
Alexander Eriksson   57,250
Glen Chorny   56,375
Richard Furay   56,350
Christian Toboc   55,650
Paul Holub   55,250
Robert Ford   55,000
Humberto Brenes   54,875
Greg Smith   53,725
Jonathan Screeney   53,625
David Benefield   53,550
Christophe Benzimra   53,200
Stephen Murphy   53,200
Minaya Manelic   52,600
Wilhelmina Detz   52,200
Benjamin Reed   52,075
John Zioulas   51,350
Eugenio Carmoneto   51,300
Victor Escudero   49,600
Jeffrey Papola   49,225
Johnny Lodden   48,900
David Héon-Althot   48,275
Fredrik Andersson   48,225
Jonathan Drane   48,200
John Roveto   48,175
Aleksander Bolotin   47,950
Christopher Andler   47,175
Daniel Shiff   46,675
Nick Niergarth   46,225
Jeremy Harkin   46,075
Brent Bibby   46,000
Ville Mattila   44,475
James Wisemiller   44,300
Mikael Hogbom   43,850
Keith Tilston   43,450
Hans-Ari Varsi   43,425
Rosamelia Ferreia   43,050
James Ferguson   43,000
Robert Wisiak   43,000
Christopher Walsh   42,975
Emil Henriksson   42,875
Michael Ries   42,550
Ted Lawson   42,000
Samuel Lehtonen   41,975
Freddy Sumanth   41,650
Travis Klein   41,550
John Dibella   40,650
Chad Batista   39,250
Ian Prevost   39,200
Rodney Pennington   37,750
Robert Delaney   37,475
Regent Lacroix   37,350
Jonathan Rozema   37,350
Lionel Nazarian   36,500
Justin Smith   35,875
Gregory Byard   35,175
Eric Benhamron   34,925
Jonathon Mercer   34,700
Derek Vandamme   34,625
Thomas Santoli   34,400
Abraham Rosenkrantz   34,325
Robert Preston   34,175
Joris Jaspers   33,825
Guy Sitbon   33,475
Dale Pinchot   32,600
Mark Levy   32,250
Eric Ladny   32,000
Jakob Brekken   31,800
Jesse Rockowitz   31,800
Patrick Kelly   31,700
Dov Shiff   31,625
Elton Tsang   31,625
Michael Katz   31,400
David Schultz   31,175
Christian Pereira   29,600
George Lusby   29,500
Bill Campbell   29,200
Thomas Dekker   29,000
Joseph Hammerman   28,675
Brett Levitzke   28,575
Thaddeus Wolff   27,650
Federico Stivoli   27,600
Stuart Paterson   27,500
Reid Walker   27,200
Peter Chan   27,100
James McCrink   27,100
Saul Ivan   26,625
Jospeh Aronesty   26,500
Louis Cohen   25,900
Thithi Tran,   25,850
Eugene Katchalou   25,550
William Pilossoph   25,425
Tomas Brolin   25,000
Julien Wellhoff   24,550
Chris Leveroni   24,200
David Baker   24,025
Grayson Phystor   23,725
Michael Melin   23,500
Stefan Katz   23,275
Eric Tomberlin   23,225
Evan Tindell   23,175
Bourbonnais Maurice   22,950
Bryan Shaffer   22,850
Hans Eskilsson   22,575
Davide Sciabbarrasi   22,075
Ben Grise   21,925
Arthur Van der Meeren   21,450
Gary Newman   21,400
Björn Lindblom   21,275
Michael Gaubert   21,075
Jim Cleveborg   21,000
Peter Gould   20,850
Arnaud Mattern   20,375
Robert Bradley   20,350
John Phan   20,050
Gerald Banach   19,800
Anton Talle   18,100
Carter Gill   17,900
Tyler Dickinson   17,700
Ray Sukkar   17,350
Thor Hansen   17,300
Victor Ramdin   17,300
Mikhael Saakian   17,200
Julian Thew   16,950
Dang Trai   16,425
Thomas Mørland   16,400
Chris Grigorian   16,275
James Lampropoulos   15,975
Hunter Frey   15,950
Danny Stiegler   15,875
Jacques Zaicik   15,700
Otto Richard   15,475
Joseph Michael   15,450
Raymond Thomas Jr.   15,425
Steven Tabb   14,550
Lars-Egil Nielsen   14,500
Chris Lee   14,000
Guillame De La Gorce   13,950
Trevor Williams   13,775
Eric Tracy   13,175
Sean Bruder   12,850
Peter Busch   12,700
David Colclough   12,650
Robert Emond   12,025
Andrew Lichtenberger   11,950
Justin Phillips   11,625
Kathy Liebert   11,175
Nicholas Schulman   11,000
Tom West   10,650
Andrew Schultz   10,300
Ed Bender   10,250
Andrew Boccia   9,725
Jeremy Menard   8,875
Mats Båtnes   8,800
Søren Nielsen   8,475
Craig Loucks   7,300
David Morgan   6,250
James Crockett   4,400

Glad to see John Screeney had made it through to Day 2 with 53k, keep up the good work son.

you guys should probably cover clayton "clayton_27" newman

i heard he is sexy o_0

*wink

us swedes sure have something to learn from you english when it comes to live updating. Keep up the good work guys!


Now...  ;slavedriver;

 :)

Is he the 2+2 regular?

Lets hope Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) can get a double up and get busy.
Cheers for the updates.

Just realised this is 1b,  ;noflopshomer;

Thought Kjøndal was out...but he is listed with 68k,  but according to a another site, he's out.  Can you confirm he is still inn?

Having spoken to Mad, we think he's out too and that this was a mistake. I don't remember him being that chipped up, so assume he's out for now...

Howdy ho, peeps! The good news is that we have started, and Floppy is currently thick in the battlefield player spotting and checking out the early action. I, meanwhile, have been entangled in a pit of confusion with the quite splendid Humberto Brenes as we and try and break the language barrier down. My English isn't great at the best of times, and, having spent less time in the US than people think, his grasp of the English language isn't as good as the rest of his family and many of the players that tour the circuit.

However, he really is a top chap and has a lot to say when you pull him away from the razzmatazz of top flight tournament poker. He still maintains that bubbly personality that we see at the table, but instead of flashing the sharks in my face like a mentalist, he knows when to be serious. During our 30 minutes or so of Parkinson-esque chat, we discussed a variety of topics ranging from life on the road to players he genuinely admires in the game to what he thinks about the current state of modern day poker. We even spoke about those infamous sharks and whether or not they are part of a long-term strategy of his game. It really was a very enjoyable interview, but unfortunately for you, you're just going to have to wait till I write it up and publish it on the blonde poker Main Site before you can read it.

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Updates on Håkon Bentsen and Magnus Tollefsen would be great.


/tollef

We've managed to lose a player in the very first hand over on table 47, Amsterdam Masters Classic winner Trone Eidsvig was sitting there giggling like a schoolgirl as another player told me about the disappearance of the player from seat 3. They'd seen a Q-T-5-2-x board where Mateyboy 1 had bet 2,000 on the river with Queens and Mateyboy 2 had decided to push for his stack with Kings, needless to say he was quickly called, and quickly out.

The big names and the Brits are out in force today...

Daniel Negreanu, in full chirpy hamster mode.

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David Williams, in laconic coffee-drinking mode.

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Nick Gibson, in 'Don't mess with me, sunshine' mode.

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James Akenhead, in 'I'm in the Bahamas and it's raining' mode.

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I've found them on the player list, will check on them shortly.

Jeff Kimber, just as I took this photo, I got a text message from someone asking how to play Ace Jack OOP.

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TJ Cloutier. Someone give him a gentle nudge please.

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Noah Boeken, (showing his support for the Cuban Regime) and Hevad 'The Wrath of' Khan. Both have lost a few chips early on to Martin Wendt.

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Bill Edler, Gunnar Osterbrod with Jannicke from Betsson sneaking into the photo too.

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Karl Mahrenholz, looks like he lost his lips in the cash game last night.

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Greg Raymer, incredibly popular here with the players more so than the spectators.

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"Karl Mahrenholz, looks like he lost his lips in the cash game last night."

Is Karl in the Bahamas or is this a twin centre poker tournament, maybe he's frightened of getting sunburnt.

A few other players spotted in these early moments include Antony Lellouche (EPT London finalist), Annette (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902) Obrestad (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902) (WSOPE Champ), Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1091) Naalden (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1091) (EPT Copenhagen finalist) and Isabelle (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=582) Mercier (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=582) (er... sex beast and one of snoopy's many female admirers).

Oh, and we are also graced with the presence of the Robin Hood of Poker Barry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=478) Greenstein (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=478), who has said that any winnings from this week's tournament will be donated to the Beagle Foundation. Hooraah!

Whilst I was watching Barry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=478) Greenstein (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=478) being his usual fatigued, unshaven self, a hand developed with his larger framed neighbour making the correct call for a few thousand on a 7d Qh Qd 6h 2h board. It was an odd moment because no one wanted to show their hand, and when it was made clear that the bettor had to show first, he mucked his hand in defeat. The victor also threw his hand into the muck as the chips were being passed over to him meaning no cards were seen. Surely that can't be right? Anyhow, as the other players queried this, the defeated player confessed to 8d 5d, which sounds about right.

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Take a look at this picture from the London EPT. Gosh, it's uncanny, these kids and their phones!

Bit of a card this Kimber chap, when I mentioned that I'd just hand an interview, he said, "Did you get the job?"

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isa is due. anyone give me odds on a final table in this (1000+ runners so sensible odds please for a little interest bet)

As the hairs stood up on the back on my neck, I realised that something was amiss. Pivoting on the spot, I spotted the cause, and there he was, in all his shiny-headed glory...

drum roll please

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Ade Bayo, more formally know as Adebayo (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=12) Odetoyinbo (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=12), the all-singing, all-trash-talking, all-blind-defending face of the Gutshot Club. If you haven't played with him before, then you've missed out on a real treat as I don't think there is anyone as enigmatic in the game as Ade. Think Humberto (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=837) Brenes (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=837) on speed, and you might be half way there.

"Aaaaaah, snoopy," he booms, "these guys haven't realised that my blind isn't up for grabs yet."

If only they knew what lay ahead. It's like lambs to the slaughter.

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Hmm, what do you think are fair odds. 50-1?

please ask Jannicke from Betsson to sneak into some more photos.

and good luck to Ade Bayo, the man's a legend

The first photo I took today was a nerve-tingling experience. As soon as I walked into the room, it wasn't the gleaming face of Negreanu or the fleshy surface of half naked girls walking around that caught my eye, but this giant cigar being inhaled by what you might call a Farha-alike. With lightening reactions, I whipped out the camera with the intention of taking a pointless snap of the impressive Cuban cigar, but just as I pressed the flash, the Farha-alike sensed something was up and quickly turned around to face the camera. As the flash startled him like a deer in headlights, he gave me the most suspicious of "why the hell are you taking a photo of me" looks followed by a more menacing "I'm going to get you" glare. Gulp, I hope he isn't mafia! Either way, I decided to pretend that I took the photo by accident by glancing down at my camera bemused, tapping it on the side and quickly heading off tail between my legs.

Anyhow, here he is, I don't know his name, but take a look at that cigar. Isn't it big? Who says size doesn't matter?

Oh, and if Floppy repeats his 'close but no cigar' gag in the form of a post, be sure to commend his effort with a laughing smilie so his feelings don't get hurt.

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Jeff Kimber: "I check/raised with a set of deuces on an 8-4-2 flop but I checked the 3 turn because the flush came, he checked behind me though and when the 5 came on the river, I thought the only hand I'm losing to is A-8. He'd called my check/raise on the flop with A-Jo..."


I believe these are your guys.

Magnus Tollefsen

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Håkon Bentsen

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Tollefsen is sharing a table with Joe 'JoeHachem' Hachem

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With this many tables, you end up walking down the aisles hoping to see the jerking of chairs as people exit or the clinking of chips as the dealer scoops together a big pot, and it was the former that enticed me to one of the tables. The board read 9d 6s 3c 6d 5h, and the American chap exiting stage left was leaving a defeated Ac 5c on the table. His victorious opponent, however, had the mighty Bullets and was happily scooping up a nice pot.

This hand seems to be indicative of many of the early exits today, the departed having chased a flush draw before making that big, bold bluff on the River. From what I've witnessed so far, they seem to be going baps up, so perhaps it might be better to swallow it up and live to fight another day.

By the way, I'll eat my right arm if anyone can name the player who was eliminated in this hand.

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That seems right. If you are near the table, chipcounts would be appreciated.
Thanks for the great updates!

I will take £20 at 50s if you are offering snoops. see you at walsall next month no doubt.

I'd love to see updates on my man, Matthew Hilger.  He's a poker author and an all-around great guy. 

Tempting, but not sure I fancy dumping a grand if I'm wrong.

He's sitting in seat 6 on Table 63, which is the same table as Karl Mahrezholz so I assume this is him. He was just raising a 700 bet from his neighbour in seat 5 on a K-9-4 rainbow board from 700 to 2200 to take it down.

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ok gentlemans bet- u win a pint for u, I win its my nightly bar tab at next event we bump into each other at

can u pls give me an update lam trinh
than you
great update by the way.

Just experienced a surreal conversation with the confident, but amicable Thomas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=877) Wahlroos (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=877). It all started when he noticed that I shaved this morning, and I commended him for observing these little details that many don't spot. We then moved on to moustaches, Thomas saying that his father had a moustache for many years before recently shaving it off. Just to prove a theory that I have held for many a year, I asked if he'd grown it back yet, and as expected, the answer was 'yes'. It's weird that, whenever I hear of someone shaving off a mousache, they always grow it back soon after as if they miss that furry friend that once lay beneath their nostrils. Damn, I knew there was a question that I should have asked Humberto.

Sitting opposite the Stack Shover is the Sheriff of Nottingham, Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) Gibson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305), having exchanged the damp conditions of Windsor for the sunny shores of the Bahamas. His 2008 form hasn't started too swimmingly though, having bubbled in the satellite with Aces versus Queens. He took home 600 bucks for his efforts, but still made a loss on the satellite and, of course, had to stump up the $8k to play. Ouch.

Karl Mahrenholz just won a decent pot off fellow Brit Gary Blaby.

He check called 1k, 1.4k and then 2.5k on a 9s 5c 4d 4c 8c board with A-9 against Blaby's J-9.

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Elsewhere, William Thorsen called two bets with 9c 9s on a 7d Jc 4s 3s 5s board, before he and his opponent checked the river. His elderly opponent showing an inferior Ahrt 7h before mucking.

Crikey, that still might be a grand!

Scouring the room for any gems I can finds, I found a diamond in the rough with Table Hachem, the line up enough to make Doyle Brunson develop butterflies.

Bill Edler -- 15,550
Jeff Banghart -- 20,850
Joe Hachem -- 23,250
Gunnar Ostebrod -- 17,175
Mats Iremark -- 23,000

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sigh your a tough bookie to get a bet on with. Ok hows about a bottle of johhnie walker blue (should be a  couple of hundred dollars there) for a £10 bet (nowhere 50-1 but oh well).

Hit Squadder Karl (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) Mahrenholz (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=227) is currently on 22k. He hasn't seen too much action thus far, but has managed to Flop not one, but two flushes. The first one was in the blinds, and only garnered 200 in chips, but the second hit on a raised hand, meaning that the booty was slighty more lucrative.

What seems to be at the top of Karl's mind, however, is not how he's going to progress to Day 2, but the fact that David Banyamine, or a lookalike at the very least, is sitting next to him. In fact, he seems to be immensely excited to be seated next to such an esteemed lookalike.

Sigh, taking a second glance, is it just me, or has that random woman in the background intentionally nipped into my photo for her 15 seconds of fame?

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christ the nuns let herself go a bit

Is that a Pokerstars "freebie" cigar? looks the same as the ones they were giving away at the APPT in Manila

If you guys can I am wondering what Chris Odle's chip count is,  you've found him once before for me in monte carlo his friends back in the states would greatly appreciate an update if you can find one.

Cheers

Steve Jelinek has also been located, and so I took the opportunity to prise Irena Liepina's hand that forced Dave Colclough to fold A-T on an A-T-8 rainbow Flop yesterday. Initially, she'd told Dave that she had Pocket Eights, which made El Blondie feel more at ease about his monster fold, but I learned today that she actually had the inferior holding of T-8.

It was an intriguing hand in truth. Irena limped in late position, Dave raised it up from the button and Irena called. A-T-8 rainbow Flop. Irena checked, Dave bet 700, she made it 2.2k (I believe) and Dave re-raised to 6.5k. Irena pushed and Dave thought and though like Rodin's The Thinker before making a big fold.

Would you have folded or called? I haven't made my mind up yet, but it's a tough one, especially given that this is Irena's biggest tournament to date.

When I asked Steve if he could have folded A-T in that spot, he amusingly repleid, "Well, I couldn't fold top pair for half my stack a moment ago, so possibly not."

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Tell you what, how's about if she gets to Day 2, I'll give you a tenner, if she doesn't, you give me a tenner.

Thanks for a great update! Is it possible to get an update at swedish player Kent Lundmark? He is playing today, pokerstarsqualifier...

The forever changing locks of current EPT Monte Carlo Champ Gavin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=552) Griffin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=552) have been located, this time displaying a relatively low key barnet. But as I observed his hair with a keen eye for any sudden changes in tone, I noticed a big hand unfolding on his table. With chips aplenty in the middle, the board read 8d 7h 7c and Seat 1's Matthew Giannetti had confidently slid in circa 15k, thus putting Griffin's immediate neighbour to a decision for virtually all his chips. After a few umms and aahs, he eventually folded.

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Jeff Kimber is OUT, an unhappy circumstance of running A-Q into quad 8's on a Q-8-3-x-8 board against a player who'd twice previously made big river bets but folded to raises. He then held Aspades Jx on a J-T-7-x board (3 spades) against 9-8 for a 30k pot which didn't go his way. He's thinking about possibly entering the $2k Pokerstars Battleship comp on Tuesday, (Dan Carter is also planning to enter this).

Dont want to hijack the thread but this is a similar spot I found myself in Dublin during the EPT with AQ on an AQ6 board where I did make the call and was 66

I think as played dave had to fold- if he had less chips then possibly not

We're just on a break, but we'll let you know shortly.

Incidentally, we're not able to give you an accurate count of players who started or players left because of the supremely high numbers. There were about 485 players who qualified through Pokerstars but that doesn't take in to account the number of players who bought in at the Casino.

Is there a list of todays

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Runners and Riders? Please.

We've just received a partial one.

Joseph Acosta   47   4
Daniel Adams   62   4
Mark Ader   11   2
Peter Afsari   25   8
Frederik Agersnap   12   5
Jonathan Aguiar   9   7
Oskar Ahlgren   28   1
Elia Ahmadian   43   1
Ryan Aiken   49   8
James Akenhead   13   2
Ziad Alameddine   5   4
Marc Alioto   46   7
Robert Altman   31   2
Wisal Ameen   13   3
Greg Anda   3   7
Andrew Anderson   11   4
Mitesh Anjaria   44   5
Kevin Arba   14   4
Alexander Argoe   6   8
Andri Arnþórsson   5   3
Cesar Artero   10   7
Ziv Bachar   1   3
Gregory Baird   31   4
Ryan Bambrick   3   2
Jeff Banghart   50   8
Alberto Bari   64   4
Corey Barker   59   2
Isaac Baron   9   3
Maximilian Bassil   55   7
Holger Bauer   42   7
Nico Behling   45   2
Duncan Bell   33   8
Michael Benedetto   24   7
Tim Bennett   5   5
Thomas Bentham   34   5
Håkon Bentsen   38   7
Alexandre Berberov   60   2
Barry Beyers   65   10
John Bird   30   6
Paul Biss   60   3
Gary Blaby   63   7
Jared Black   40   7
Patrick Blye   58   5
Aleksey Bobrov   65   2
Wojciech Bobrycki   43   6
Noah Boeken   60   6
Erik Bohlin   18   8
Johannes Böhme   13   7
Zach Bond   45   7
Christopher Bonita   32   3
Douglas Booth   29   2
Eugene Borukhov   56   5
Vincent Bos   40   3
Rami Boukai   32   5
Badih Bounahra   45   4
Craig Boyd   39   7
William Bradley   57   4
Rory Brennan   24   5
Uwe Brettschneider   42   8
Bill Brindise   27   3
Gregory Brooks   41   8
John Brown   22   4
Trevor Brown   64   3
Jason Brummell   20   5
Kevin Bryniczka   56   7
John Buchanan   21   1
Shawn Buchanan   29   6
Marcel Buissink   15   8
Scott Buller   21   6
Chris Bush   3   4
Adrian Bussman   19   4
Francis Cagney   33   3
Brent Calnitsky   57   6
James Campbell   55   8
Sigurð Carlsson   55   3
Russell Carson   36   7
Thomas Chaffins III   35   8
Samuel Chartier   1   5
Peter Chedid   25   2
Mike Chiappetta   64   5
Stephen Chidwick   6   2
Jesse Chinni   53   2
Clinton Christianson   51   1
Gerard Ciuro   7   2
Thomas Cloutier   53   3
Ray Coburn   8   6
James Cofer   35   1
John Conkright   24   3
Tyler Cornell   27   2
Spencer Cossette   2   6
Bradley Craig   59   1
Cody Culp   58   7
Jack Damsky   50   7
Shamil Danilov   10   4
Peter Darvill   59   7
Ryan Daut   32   4
Chad Davis   22   1
Michael Degilio   25   3
Gionni Demers   28   5
Navil Desai   52   4
Patrick Devlin   4   3
Stephen Devlin   47   1
Jonathan Diamond   19   6
Daniel Didech   8   8
Remo Discanno   21   3
Georges Djen   26   3
Thomas Dolezal   64   10
Taylor Douglas   42   4
Jimmy Dowda   4   2
David Dresden   16   4
Connor Drinan   29   1
Stephen Dudley   36   2
Jon Dull   18   4
Peter Dumdeang   63   4
William Durkee   24   8
Joep Durkstra   56   3
John Dutchak   25   5
Andreas Ebert   63   10
Bastian Ehlers   13   6
Trond Eidsvig   47   6
Jared Eischeid   35   3
Terry Eischens   27   6
Jens Eriksson   50   2
Will Failla   56   4
Phillip Fankhauser   11   5
Douglas Findlay   18   7
Ben Fineman   35   2
Bryan Fisher   10   6
Paul Fisher   52   5
Richard Fohrenbach   4   1
Ian Fong   43   8
Simon Ford   21   8
Thomas Fourgeron   62   10
Chris Fraser   49   5
Jonathan Friedberg   2   7
Mark Friedman   9   6
Suen Fuder   61   10
Shane Fumerton   7   7
Carlo Gabriele   45   3
Lee Gaines   61   3
Chris Gallagher   52   6
Peter Garber   12   7
Michael Garcia   51   4
Matthew Gartner   34   8
Adrian Gavile   39   1
Jim Geary   8   3
Patrick Gelinas   24   2
Lance Gettler   63   3
Matthew Giannetti   48   1
Thomas Gilles   19   3
Jason Glass   26   8
Michael Glasser   26   4
Jason Glatzer   46   1
Jean-Pierre Gleize   65   7
Andrew Glogowski   3   5
Mike Gorodinsky   7   3
Adam Green   51   6
David Greenberg   42   5
Barry Greenstein   38   4
Paul Greim   26   5
Rod Grierson   55   1
Gavin Griffin   18   6
Daniel Grolemund   21   2
Steve Gross   7   8
Joe Hachem   50   3
Gary Haglund   56   2
Clark Hamagami   8   7
Marko Hämäläinen   38   3
David Hamilton   47   3
Timo Hansio   17   7
Hassan Harajli   10   8
Kai-Are Hauge   33   5
Ulrich Hauzirek   57   5
Brent Haverty   57   7
Mark Hayes   40   6
Daniel Heimiller   35   6
Joshua Herman   54   4
Kai Herold   52   2
Matthew Hilger   45   6
Blair Hinkle   2   8
Warren Hitt   28   7
Christian Hohendorf   56   6
Rob Hollink   57   3
Tobias Holmeide   59   6
Orjan Holt   60   10
Stuart Hosen   4   4
Laurence Houghton   37   4
Johannes Hubalek   48   6
Spencer Hudson   10   3
Thomas Ilg   51   7
Flavio Imamura   60   8
Mats Iremark   50   1
Luis Jaikel   20   1
Steve Jelinek   4   5
Fredrik Jerndahl   46   3
James Jewett   8   4
Fuk-Sang Johnson   58   6
Scott Johnson   52   8
Marc Jong   16   8
Cliff Josephy   4   8
Mikael Jurefors   54   5
Bartosz Kaczmarek   14   1
Antti Kärkkäinen   1   2
Magnus Karlsson   54   7
Casey Kastle   21   5
Mark Kelly   45   1
Sam Kelopuko   59   10
Bryn Kenney   50   4
Hafiz Khan   17   3
Hevad Khan   60   7
James Kibbe   53   1
Jeff Kimber   43   5
Bonnie Kinnebrew   46   8
Bruce Kinseth   64   7
Davidi Kitai   15   3
Marcel Kleczka   22   6
Joshua Klehr   42   3
Antoon Kleynen   56   1
Christopher Klodnicki   32   7
Thomas Kok   25   6
Niki Kollar   29   5
Bill Kontaratos   23   5
William Kopp Jr   41   1
Thomas Koral   20   6
Eric Koskas   23   4
Michael Krantz   20   4
Paul Kristoffersson   9   8
Mark Kroon   34   3
Jonathan Lach   25   4
Kevin Laird   53   4
Bastian Landehagen   26   1
Florian Langmann   14   2
Gerald Lauderman   44   7
Olive Laurent   42   1
Mr Lawrence   41   7
Duy Le   53   6
Robert Lederer   16   7
Erik Leer   42   6
Antony Lellouche   39   6
Jonathan Lewis   65   6
Christofer Lindholm   19   7
Jesse Linker   29   3
Robert Lipkin   6   6
Levente Liptai   61   7
Shannon Little   37   1
Aaron Loew   38   6
Jose Lopez   47   5
Finn Løvås   39   4
Andy Lowe   20   2
David Ludwig   12   8
Kent Lundmark   47   7
Marcus Lundström   46   6
Stephen Ma   5   1
Hani Machnouk   24   4
Ryan Mackinnon   59   8
Kevin MacPhee   23   7
Ryan Madsen   18   3
Benjamin Maerefat   25   1
Jared Mahoney   34   2
Karl Mahrenholz   63   1
Matthew Marafioti   22   5
Chris Martin   51   2
Francisco Martin   62   3
Mehdi Martin   6   4
Francesco Martini   48   2
Scott Matern   37   7
Johan Mattsson   22   2
Kevin Mccolgan   36   1
Timothy Mcdermott   26   6
Tom McEvoy   30   7
Josh Mclane   59   5
Andrew Mcnamee   39   3
David Mcnew   23   8
Hugo Meijer   55   6
Erlend Melsom   49   6
Nathaniel Melvin   19   5
Isabelle Mercier   17   1
Michael Meredith   2   5
Govert Metaal   6   7
Ryan Milisits   57   2
Jonathan Milon   17   6
Jeteral Mitchell   64   6
Chad Mizner   23   3
Peyman Mohammadzadeh   32   8
Kyle Molik   59   3
Matthew Molinari   13   1
Mans Montgomery   1   8
Jean-Claude Moussa   47   8
Clayton Mozdzen   31   1
Dwight Myfelt   53   10
Jonny Myklevold   19   1
Marc Naalden   15   2
Javad Navran   41   5
Jeffrey Neadom   9   1
Daniel Negreanu   2   4
Carlos Neira   13   8
Jeffrey Neuman   4   6
Clayton Newman   63   6
Richard Nguyen   11   6
Vanchau Nguyen   38   1
Xuantien Nguyen   12   1
Christoffer Nilsen   34   4
David Nørlem   34   7
Michael Nye   44   8
Walter Oaquim   11   8
Samuel Oberlin   53   8
Annette Obrestad   16   5
Patrick O'Brien   42   2
Adebayo Odetoyinbo   8   2
Chris Odle   18   2
Stephen O'Dwyer   15   7
Souren Ohanian   1   7
Timo Ojala   62   2
Jared Okun   33   2
Marius Olsvik   15   1
Philippe Ouellette   48   4
Jimmy Pan   14   6
Bryan Paris   36   8
Frank Parisi   5   7
Luis Parreira   10   5
Anant Patel   43   2
Stephen Pearce   58   4
Chris Pearsall   31   3
Eli Perlman   33   7
Pascal Perrault   58   10
Reuben Peters   31   7
Jacob Petersen   22   7
Dennis Petronack   41   3
Jeffrey Petronack   20   8
Michael Petronack   46   5
Patrick Pezzin   7   4
Joe Pharo   25   7
Mark Phillips   15   6
Teresa Phillpot   17   8
David Piano   54   8
Michael Pino   29   7
Mikko Pirinen   64   2
Marius Pospiech   51   3
David Potts   55   5
Brett Puffer   61   4
Per Ravn   9   4
Gregory Raymer   45   5
David Redlin   30   1
Tyler Reiman   22   3
Albert Riccobono   57   1
Thomas Richter   36   5
Jason Riesenberg   41   2
Kevin Risener   13   4
Markus Ritt   17   5
David Robinson   34   1
Michael Roe   17   2
Antonius Roecoert   15   4
Mark Roland   33   1
Matt Rosen   6   1
Joe Rosenberg   31   5
Sasha Rosewood   28   3
Markus Ross   3   6
Vanessa Rousso   24   6
Runar Runarsson   55   4
Frank Rusnak   29   8
Louis Russo   44   6
Justin Sadauskas   57   10
Marco Savoni   11   7
Michael Scala   17   4
Bradley Schaaf   13   5
Christian Schackinger   9   2
Alan Schein   56   10
Peter Schneider   18   5
Justin Schwartz   52   3
Michael Schweiger   1   6
Christian Segard   39   8
Tim Seidensticker   12   2
Scott Seiver   1   1
Vanessa Selbst   35   5
Richard Serrano   9   5
Anirudh Seth   27   4
Darshan Shah   20   3
Sam Shamburg   12   6
Edward Shouse   59   4
Warren Silversmith   56   8
Philipp Simon   33   4
Todd Sisley   44   1
John Sitton   60   4
Erik Sjödin   48   3
Mark Skorvanek   49   1
Daniel Smidt   23   6
Asa Smith   14   3
Bobbi Smith   1   4
Matthew Smith   54   2
Mark Smyrski   8   1
Cole South   3   3
Mike Sowers   21   7
Hugo Spangenberg   40   5
Benjamin Sprengers   10   2
Christoffer Ståhle   28   6
Keven Stammen   24   1
Joseph Starcevic   60   5
Robert Starkey   53   5
Adam Steinback   3   1
Kent Stenseth   30   2
Rob Sterken   49   4
Matt Sterling   37   5
Daniel Stermer   39   2
Daniel Stern   61   8
Zack Stewart   6   3
Steve Stolzmann   14   5
Dominik Stopka   49   3
Patrick Sullivan   36   6
Halldor Sverrisson   27   7
Matthew Szymaszek   7   1
Christian Taepper   43   4
Steven Tague   40   2
Jonathan Tamayo   58   8
Stephen Tanner   49   7
Thomas Teigen   63   8
Paulawat Thansathit   52   7
John Theofilopoulos   10   1
William Thorson   43   3
Taneli Tiikkaja   62   5
Michael Tikoian   2   2
Emil Timberg   62   7
Sean Timney   31   8
Magnus Tollefsen   50   5
Guy Tomaselli   48   8
Alec Torelli   18   1
Brian Tracy   44   2
Gianluca Trebbi   65   4
Roger Trentman   5   6
Dustin Tully   2   3
Polizzi Ugo   35   4
Richard Uhrich   40   1
Pietro Valente   54   1
Robin Van der Hoff   61   6
Pieter Van Gils   47   2
Dennis Van Rijn   63   5
Lam Van Trinh   65   5
Steven Van Zadelhoff   30   4
Joshua Van Duyn   52   1
Michael Vanier   54   3
Mark Vargas   31   6
Gordon Vayo   28   4
Joseph Versical   58   1
Chad Wages   35   7
Thomas Wahlroos   12   4
Jacob Walsh   50   6
Sean Walter   26   7
Derek Wark   44   3
Sammie Watson   55   10
Todd Webb   16   1
Jonathan Wein   40   8
Steven Weinstock   61   5
Rolf Weißhaupt   62   1
Martin Wendt   60   1
Curtis Wenger   20   7
Frank Werder   30   5
Brent Wheeler   37   6
Barry Wiedemann   22   8
Jasper Wijbenga   65   1
Jan Wijlaars   15   5
David Williams   11   3
Matthias Willsch   38   2
Matthew Wilson   7   6
Hans Winzeler   65   8
Randy Wood   49   2
Matthew Woodward   61   1
Dustin Woolf   51   5
Daniel Woolson   28   2
Justin Wright   65   3
Eldon Wu   26   2
Michael Wywrot   37   8
Bruce Yamron   5   8
Jason Yano   64   8
Martin Yates   16   6
Benjamin Yogel   33   6
Jerry Young   29   4
Ka Yung   2   1
Scott Zakheim   40   4
Olaf Zeeuw   38   8
Yueqi Zhu   54   6
Anthony Zinno   54   10
Matt Zoorob   62   6
Angelo Zotti   41   6
Kevin Zubek   39   5
Cero Zuccarello   8   5
Jonathan Zuchowski   58   2

ok take that free tenner bet then snoops. get me a chip count if u get chance as well obviously

Some players refuse to walk the distance to the restaurant...

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Bumping with tidbit of new information.  He started sitting next to Greg Raymer.  He is probably wearing a baseball hat that reads "bluffing" on the front and "not bluffing" on the reverse.

Thank you for the list of runners, much appreciated

Nvm Kent Lundmark is out, thank you anyway!

Is this him sitting next to Tronde Eidsvig? If so he has 16k. Tronde has 13.7k

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Magnus Tollefsen -- 13.5k

Håkon Bentsen -- 22k

Ok, it's not then!

Antony Lellouche is OUT. To make matters worse, all his French friends played yesterday and have gone out on a boat cruise leaving him stuck here...

Is this your chap. He doesn't appear to be on the player list, but I believe I vaguely remember what he looked like from Monte Carlo. If it is, then I'm afraid he's struggling with 8,625.

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Hey Snoops and Homer --

In your travels, if you could get me some updates on the following players, it would be appreciated....

Chris Bush - Canada - Table 3 Seat 4

Ryan Daut - USA - Table 32 Seat 4 (last year's PCA winner)

Trond Eidsvig - Norway - Table 47 Seat 6 (winner of Master Classics in Amsterdam)...since Michael played him heads up in that event, I have a soft spot in my heart for him

Thanks, as usual...

TR23

Does that mean that you would have called in Dave's spot?

Did he say how he exited? Hopefully not in too gut-wrenching circumstances.

I shall certainly have a peek. Meanwhile, I just bumped into a certain Mr Martin in the Deli, seemingly in good spirits and looking forward to playing tomorrow.

The Eggman Thomas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=877) Wahlroos (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=877) is OUT. He check-raised all-in on a 8h-7h-2h-9-Q board with Ad-Td and was called by J-To.

(http://www.toolady.com/www/breeders/birdsofafeather/DancingEgg.gif)

How's Miss Obrestad doing :)?  Plz tell her I got 3rd in that tourney last night.

I shall certainly have a peek. Meanwhile, I just bumped into a certain Mr Martin in the Deli, seemingly in good spirits and looking forward to playing tomorrow.
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Snoops -- Since he ended yesterday with 95K in chips, I would think he'd be in great spirits.  I'm sure there was a lot of partying done last night as well.

TR23

can you let me know how Laurence houghton and James akenhead are getting on?
Thanks

Cliff Josephy -- 17,100
Steve Jelinek -- 4,000
Pascal Perrault -- 23,700
Karl Mahrenholz -- 22,100
Rob Hollink -- 23,000
Reuben Peters -- 15,200
Thomas Wahlroos -- 17,175
Nick Gibson -- 13,875
James Akenhead -- 20,250
Bruce Yamron -- 7,050
Florian Langmann -- 46,900
Casey Castle -- 6,050
Matthew Giannetti -- 34,375
Chris Odle -- 8,625

Not this time, but he has 22k at the moment.

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Annette Obrestad is OUT. She got in a raising war with another player, he made it 600, she made it 1,600, he made it 6,000, she instantly pushed for 18,000 more and he called with Ace King, she had J-T suited and missed.

I recognised Bruce (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=989) Yamron (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=989) from a strong run in the 2007 Irish Poker Open. He seemed calm and relaxed throught, but as I watched his table eagerly just moments ago, he was in a state of perplexity as his more youthful opponent pushed all-in for circa 15k in a 6k pot and a board of 6s Th Js 6h 6c. Bruce thought more than a contest of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on the final million pound question, before shrugging his shoulders, saying "The worst I reckon you've got is A-J" and making the call. As he flipped over Ks Jc, Bruce was mighty (or almighty - ahem) relieved to be met by Jh Ts rather than a potentially bone-crunching Six.

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Bok!

NOOOOO!!!!  Tell her to get her ass to the lobby now to play online.

Karl Mahrenholz is now sitting next to Steve Jelinek, "It's just like Walsall or Luton, isn't it?" I said.

Not with a decent stack behind no! I'd hope I'd learnt my lesson!!!!  When I made the call I was hoping to see him flip AQ - knew i was beat deep down.... only had 4k back tho and the pot was huge....

So to answer your question- I still dont know!!! ????

With 25 guests online, it's time for this pic...

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Thanks very much for the update.  Maybe he'll wear the bluffing hat tomorrow.  ;)

WTF is bok? I'm American ffs.

According to the player list, this is Ryan Daut. Can anyone confirm? He's on 18,325.

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Bok or bokking or bokkage is when you ask how a certain player is doing and almost instantly they are then knocked out. In my early years I was well-known as one of the best bokkers on blonde. People would fear me asking how they were doing... ;)

Another request from earlier was for Laurence Houghton. Again, I'm basing my search on the player list, which is by no means 100% reliable, and this is whom I have come up with. Is this Laurence? If so, the he's on 25,525.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7184&g2_serialNumber=1)

And that definition is from Collin's Dictionary, so it's all very official.

Go on Laurence my son!

How's the sickdog James Akenhead doing?

The other two requests from our American friend was for Chris Bush and Trond Eidsvig, both of whom are pictured below and holding 15,175 and 13,950 respectively.

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Yeah thats definately Daut, last years winner.

Hi Snoopy and Homer
This is Juan from Spain. We have met in several tourneys, but i believe you remember me from the final of GUKPT in Victoria, the only foreigner.
May you inform me about two spaniards:

Carlos "Djalminha"López, started 13,8. He's the one on the right in red.
(http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/uploaded_images/lopezes2-784031.jpg)

Nacho "Krusty" Guerra. Don't know where he started as he directly buyed in.
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Regards and Thank you.
Juan.

Just by coincidence, I just spotted Lam Trinh wondering around the cardroom area. It looked like he was on his way out, so there's a decent chance that he's just been eliminated.

Crazy Mateyboy Cubed hand now.

It all kicked off on a 7s 4c 3s flop, Matey 1 in seat 1, led out for 2,500. Mateyboy 2 in seat 3 made it 7,500 and then Mateyboy 3 (seat 6 in the blue) re-popped it to I think 20k. Matey 1 instantly moved in and Matey 2 passed. Matey 3 dwelt for ages despite getting nearly 3-1 to call. The clock was asked for and Matey 3 then even declared, "I have Kings," to try and gauge a response which made me wonder if he should get a penalty for saying such things. Eventually he called with his Kings and was shown a set of 3's in return which held for what looked to be a nearly 60k pot.

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Hi Juan, I'll have a check for you now.

Chris Bush is OUT. He was eliminated by Ryan Bambrick pictured below.

8s 8d versus Qc Qs

Ahrt 7h Kc 9c Th board

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Karl Mahrenholz is still there, but struggling with 16,175. As I watched the table momentarily, Karl raised it up to 950 pre-flop before folding to the American chap pictured below who made it 3,000 to play.

Neighbour Steve Jelinek, meanwhile, is similarly suffering with 8,950.

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If Daniel Negreanu ever needed a new nickname, then I don't think he'd go far wrong with the 'Pied Piper of Poker Fans', as wherever he goes, the groupies follow. I guess he's a great, updbeat character as well as a big name in the game, so it's understandable when his table is the one being watched by the most people. Daniel is currently not giving the fans to much to shout about with 18,775 in chips.

Take a look at these scenes, only mirrored by those of TV's own Tony' tikay' Kendall on his last outing.

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My apologies, I misclicked, it should be Jc rather than Tc, hence both have a full house and Bruce was worried about the Six.

Good spot! Lucky I misclicked here rather than in a big pot online.

James Akenhead is up to a nose-bleed inducing 48,600. He hasn't hit too many flops, but the one he did make provided him with a double up. Calling a pre-flop re-raise with Queens, he subsequently hit a Qd 7c 2c Flop and successfully survived a showdown against Ac Kc when a third Duck arrived on the River.

It hasn't all been plain sailing for James, as he nearly got his fingers chopped off earlier when he called a pre-flop re-raise with Q-J, called a bet on a J high Flop, checked the Ace on the Turn and bet the raggy River. Mateyboy folded Big Slick face-up and let the Londoner off the hook, so fingers remain in tact, although I expect James thought he was value betting at the end.

Just as this exchange of dialogue drew to a close, TJ Cloutier shouted out "Hey, come over here, big boy." Whether it was a knee jerk reaction or because we thought he was talking to one of us, I'm not sure, but both of us turned round immediately. Unfortunately, I think, TJ was actually directing his affections over to Rob Hollink, who I can only assume is considered to be very well endowed... or so TJ seems to think.

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Close to confirming there were 580 entries today and 1,136 in total.

Greg Raymer is OUT, his sixes losing a raise against Ace Queen. Gunnar Osterbrod and David Williams are also OUT.

Juan, I found Carlos Lopez but no sign of your other guy. Mad even asked Carlos in Spanish if he knew where 'Krusty' was but he didn't. Carlos has around 18k.

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Bill Edler who won both a WPT and WSOP bracelet in 2007 bets 4,100 on a Tc 6c 8c 7s board getting Joe 'JoeHachem' Hachem (I'm sorry I really like referring to him by his Stars name) to fold, just as there table was broken.

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No worries guys, Annette is now in the lobby playing her usual 10 tables.

Whew!  Thanks, now I can stop worrying.

I cant believe J10 soooooted lost and it was diamonds. Everyone know diamonds is the best suit

I frantically accrued these chip counts as the countdown for the break sounded...

Vanessa Selbst -- 38,975
Trond Eidsvig -- 14,975
Reuben Peters -- 15,700
Ryan Daut -- 15,175
Nick Gibson -- 15,975
Florian Langmann -- 9,800
TJ Cloutier -- 52,600
Rob Hollink -- 24,150
Daniel Neagreanu -- 31,800
Cliff Josephy -- 13,875
Ryan Bambrick -- 34,800
Allen Kessler -- 10,125
Bill Edler -- 31,825
Isabelle Mercier -- 29,700
Tom McEvoy -- 15,850
Justin Bonomo -- 13,000
Adebayo Odetoyinbo -- 10,575
Stephen Pearce -- 40,800
Hevad Khan -- 17,550
William Thorsson -- 46,975
Mark Friedman -- 2,725
Barry Greenstein -- 19,075
Joe Hachem -- 30,550
Noah Boeken -- 15,425
Martin Wendt -- 14,850

Pictures of some of those names mentioned in the chip counts...

Runar Runarsson

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7206&g2_serialNumber=1)

Florian Langmann

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7204&g2_serialNumber=1)

Rob Hollink

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Justin Bonomo

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Tom McEvoy

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Karl Mahrenholz's seat is empty, which either means he has shrunk so small that we can't see him, perhaps like that bit at the end of Beetlejuice when Michael Keaton's head has shrinking dust sprinkled over it, or, and quite possibly the more likely of the two explanations, he is out.

Mark Friedman, who you may remember from his third place finish in the GUKPT Grand Final at the Grosvenor Victoria in London, has been bashed down to the felt and is now on a paltry, frown creating 2,725. I didn't catch the betting action, but when I joined the action, they were counting out the chips on a board of 8d Qd Ad 6c 5c with Friedman's 8s 6d paying off Yankieboy's 7d 2d.

One of the guys on Karl's table is Clayton Newman, who is a big poster over on 2+2. He made a very funny comment last night after seeing his table draw.


First his Red Hand Gang gets dissed, and now he's out. Bad day at the office for Karl, it would seem.

Thanks flops,
Is it that cold there in the Bahamas?
Juan

Steve Jelinek is also presumed out whilst Nick Gibson is on the heady heights of 40k.

How can he say that when David Benyamine was on the table??

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The Magnificent Seven...

Damn, hold on, I've got eight. Was there a Magnificent Eight by any chance?

Gavin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=552) Griffin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=552) -- 110,000

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7212&g2_serialNumber=1)

Julio Marines -- 108,000

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7216&g2_serialNumber=1)

Marco Savoni -- 102,300

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7214&g2_serialNumber=1)

Samuel Oberlin -- 97,000

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Brian Lindsay -- 96,000

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7208&g2_serialNumber=1)

Clay Maguire -- 80,000

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7190&g2_serialNumber=2)

Asa Smith -- 79,325

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7220&g2_serialNumber=1)

Nate Melvin -- 73,400

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Just as I contemplate going to the toilet, the players race out for their 15 minute break. I have consequently decided to hold it in for another 15 minutes.

Tronde Eidsvig is OUT, he pushed with Eights, a guy who hadn't seen his push raised, but was forced to re-raise Tronde's bet with A-4. The big blind also shoved with Tens, but Mr A-4 spiked his Ace on the turn.

Oh, and todays' Laak-alike.

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Here are a few chips counts that I thought you might be interested in. If there is anyone esle you want an update, please let us know. Players move around quite frequently and it's very easy to miss people, so please give us a reminder if we have forgotten anyone.

Laurence Houghton -- 33,375
Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) Gibson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) -- 39,500
Stephen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=407) Pearce (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=407) -- 39,025
Isabelle (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=582) Mercier (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=582) -- 23,225
Daniel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=515) Negreanu (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=515) -- 31,575
James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) Akenhead (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) -- 8,675
TJ (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=767) Cloutier (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=767) -- 66,200
Adebayo (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=12) Odetoyinbo (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=12) -- 28,000

No sign of Chris Odle or Ryan Daut.

It took longer than expected, but the Ade Bayo spiel has finally been prised out, and what a flurry of verbal diarrhea it was.

All-in from early position, the action halted at Yankieboy down the other end of the table who carefully contemplated his decision.

"Just in case," says Ade raising from his seat.

"I think you have Queen or King high," he adds.

"You've been thinking for a while now, that's a good sign."

"Your hand can't be that good."

"I have too short of a stack, I have to make a move."

"This is my lucky hand."

At this point, Yankieboy somehow managed to sneak in a word, a simple "go on then" as he made the call.

"Have you got an Ace?" asked Ade, holding his cards aloft without actually showing them.

As Yankieboy shrugs, Ade reveals Kh Kc, comfortably ahead of his opponent's Ahrt Th. "That's good, nice hand," he confesses dejectedly. As the board comes out, Ade finally zips up and you can almost sense him chanting "No Ace, no Ace, no Ace" in his head. And Ade would have got his wish, the board coming a harmless 9c 2h 7d 6d 4d. But if you thought that was the end of the 'talk', then think again my pretties.

"I'm back."

"One more of those and I'll be dangerous."

"Just when you thought it would be peace and quiet."

"I was worried that someone was going to say 'Noooo, don't call, he's a rock.'"

"I'm only crazy in the big blind, the rest of the time I've got the goods. I know people always say that, but it's the truth."

And on that note, I decided I had enough for my report and duly scampered off into the distance as Ade's mouth continued to motor away.

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TJ Cloutier is OUT. He was goading his opponent to move in on the river of a Td 3d 5d Qh 5c board saying, "Come on, just put your chips in the middle." which said opponent, Asa Smith, did. TJ instantly called and Asa showed 7d 6d for the flopped flush.

"Flush?" said the veteran, looking back at his cards, "Flush is good." He mucked and then left the table...

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This guy wins 'Most Drinks on the table' award...

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There are a bunch of us at Matthew Hilger's forum watching you religiously (at least when we're not in hands).  He usually lets us know when he's out, but cell coverage is bad there, so we can't even be sure of that.

Added to the list of Brits playing today is, Andy Lowe aka 'Goldenboys' as directed to us by Stuart Taylor, he's got 40k.

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There's still over 300 people in the comp as we reach the final 45 minutes of the comp.

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Gavin Grifffin has managed to bleed almost all his chips away, first losing with A-K against 6-6 on a A-Q-6 board. That left him with around 50k, but he's now just down to 15k having folded on the river to a push on a Qc 8d 6s Ks 4h.

Will have a gander now.

Although he exploded out of the blocks and became the first player to break that 100k mark, Gavin Griffin has exploded again, but this time in the wrong sense as he has now self-exploded his way down to 49k after making a mistimed move against Neville Desai pictured below.

With 20-25k in the pot and a board of Tc 4d Jc 3c 9s, Neville bet 5k from the small blind only for Gavin to riffle his chips, tilt his head slightly and shove in a re-raise of 17,000 more, virtually all of Neville's remaining chips.

Before Gavin had barely pushed his raise over the line, Neville jumped out of his chair like a leaping salmon being ejected from the passenger seat of an aeroplane and announced "call" in double quick time.

Gavin turned over Ac Kh, and Neville showed a straight, Kd Qd to take down a pot and a 80 plus k stack.

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We haven't quite discovered how he accrued his Mount Everest, but Brian Lindsay is your current chip leader with a quite monstrous 205,000.

Aye carumba!  :o

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Chip leader Brian Lindsay may be a dot to everyone else in the chasing field, but leading that pack relatively comfortably is Julio Marines who has just elevated his stack to 170k after eliminating Yankieboy. On a 6h 9s 2d 8c board, Yankieboy pushed all-in and Julio called, his Aspades 9h in great shape against an inferior Ks 8h. A Th on the River was of no use and Julio was able to cement his second place spot.

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There aren't too many dirty stacks, but here's one, and isn't it filthy? The filth meister seated behind it is Eric Koskas, who apparently plays most of the EPTs and WPTS, but was last seen by blonde poker at the 2006 Grand Prix de Paris.

"He's a great player," comments a fellow Frenchman watching from the rail. "great, but crazy."

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7246&g2_serialNumber=1)

Crikey, this has to be a contender for a caption contest.

Anyone fancy a crack?

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The Gavin Griffin implosion is complete, he shoved with Q-5o, was called, and predictably ended up on the rail.

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Matthew Hilger has around 17k, he's sharing a table with his fellow author Tom McEvoy, who is doing a lot better with around 50k.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7248&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Daniel Negreanu just knocked out a shorter stack with Eights against Fives.

Needing one of two remaining 5's, the flop came out: 9-7-6 and suddenly the short stack doesn't want a 5. Then the turn was a second 9 and now he needs a 5 again, (wish he'd make his mind up) but the river bricks out with the 2s.

This young chap is the barely pronounceable Aurangzeb Shiekh, a big online player who goes the moniker of Ozzy87. He also finalled here two years ago, before being the first player eliminated when his Pocket Rockets were outdrawn by Steve Paul-Ambrose's Pocket Sevens.

I'm not particularly knowledgeable on some of these online megastars, so if anyone out there knows any more about this chap or what his online record is, then please let us know.

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Play has now finished for the day.

Daniel- "Humberto- enough with the sharks already!"

Oh and I believe (if memory serves me correctly) Ozzy87 was arrested when police found him with about 100k in his car trunk, dont know exactly what happened....

Well, it's pretty much a wrap here, but as they were bagging up, I managed to race in and grab a couple of English counts. One of those was Nick Gibson, currently riding high with 91k, which is no less than we expect from the man known as Gwibbo. The other, I'm afraid, providing rather less satisfactory news, was James Akenhead, the Hit Squadder almost giggling to me that he'd just bagged up 575 after making a shortstack push on the very last hand with K-3 and being looked up by a fellow shortstacker with A-Q. No help, and he's down to the felt, but still planning to make an appearance tomorrow. Who knows, people have come back from less.

As for Isabelle Mericer, I couldn't quite see if she made it through the day. She'd been hovering around her starting stack for almost the entire time, seemingly staying out of the big pots, playing small ball poker and perhaps looking to grind her way into tomorrow's proceedings relatively unnoticed. She was actually very quiet today, when often she can be more chatty, so maybe she is focused on her game more than ever. Either way, ariston, it looks like I owe you a tenner. I'll be sure to keep you updated on her progress tomorrow even if that is the case, although I shall pay my debt reluctantly.  8)

Ozzy: a super awesome high stakes player. Youngest player to final table a wpt ( 2006 PCA, 19 yrs. old- took 6th)   

Ozzy was pulled over on an eastern Arizona street, driving his new BMW sportscar recklessly, at speeds up to 80mph on deserted streets. It turned out he was a bit stoned, too, testing positive for THC. Worse, police searching his vehicle found a duffle bag with over $51,500 in cash, a joint, a grinder (a handheld gizmo for crushing marijuana buds), and his brother's Pakistani driver's permit. It also turned out that he'd been using that permit to sneak into Vegas casinos (minimum age 21) to play high-stakes cash games; it was on his return from Vegas to Texas that he was pulled over.

Crikey, my teenage years really were boring.  :D

Thanks for that Gobbomom. This tournament, although officially a part of the EPT Tour, is brimming with American players that we don't necessarily have all the relevant information on. We've been trying our best to get up to scratch on some of them and post photos of various American players who are doing well, but we also appreciate it when posters offer any additional details they have on these guys. Many thanks to The Reader too, we'll be sure to keep an eye on Michael Martin's progress tomorrow, he seems like a top lad.

you guys do a fantastic job! Your audience is growing  by leaps and bounds during these tourneys, due to word of mouth.  Thanks alot for all your hard work!

Thanks for all that "specific" information Gobbomom.....if I was Ozzy I'd be thrilled that you posted all of that.

TR23

Thanks for that. I think the most beneficial advantage is that viewers can literally ask for anyone in the tournament and we'll do our very best to find them,  take a photograph and grab a chip count, whatever their nationality and whether they're a big name pro or a first time amateur. It's very dependent on whether we have a player list, to be honest, but it should become easier now for Pokerstars to compile one for the remaining days as they don't have to worry about last minute buy-ins messing it all up. Also, I often forget some of the players I've been ask to follow, and when they move tables, I seem to lose them and need a reminder to keep a track of them. Again, if we forget to follow a player, feel free to poker us as a form of reminder. I think Michael Martin and Gobboboy are both etched in our minds now though, so will always get a mention.  ;D

Thanks for that. I think the most beneficial advantage is that viewers can literally ask for anyone in the tournament and we'll do our very best to find them,  take a photograph and grab a chip counts, whatever their nationality and whether they're a big name pro or a first time amateur. It's very dependent on whether we have a player list, to be honest, but it should become easier now for Pokerstars to compile one for the remaining days as they don't have to worry about last minute buy-ins messing it all up. Also, I often forget some of the players I've been ask to follow, and when they move tables, I seem to lose them and need a reminder to keep a track of them. Again, if we forget to follow a player, feel free to poker us as a form of reminder.
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Snoopy --
 
You all do such an amazing job.  It's so hard following the EPT events but you all make it so easy and go out of your way following people for us.  When Michael was playing in the Master Classics of Amsterdam, I don't know what I would have done without the updates from Dana and Maria.  I just wish you could come and cover some of the American events as well.  Thanks again.

TR23

Okay, that's all, folks, for today (as a certain bacon producing animal would say), so we shall have to love you and leave you until tomorrow.

We'll try and start a thread before bed time, so keep an eye out for that and be sure to post any requests early doors so we can identify them before they change tables.

Chip counts will go up as soon as we receive them, but for now, Floppy and I have a media comp to play with a $300 up for grabs (woohoo). We'll let you know how we do, I'm feeling veeeeeeeeery aggggggggggressive.

 ;stickaforkinme;

 Many thanks to The Reader too, we'll be sure to keep an eye on Michael Martin's progress tomorrow, he seems like a top lad.
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Thanks so much Snoopy.....I've never referred to him as a top lad before but I think it sounds very nice.  I'll see you back here tomorrow.

TR23

It's all over the internet already, just google ozzy87 and arrested and it's all there, gobbomom is hardly revealing secrets.

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For the TOP QUALITY UPDATES:

two significant things here:

1) I am clayton

2) i had pocket threes, HAR HAR

also i have 7700 going into tomorrow, wtf/sigh

Could be worse, one of our British hopefuls has 575.  ;carlocitrone;

Was quite a soft start table I thought, save one American kid who clearly fancied himself a bit and was getting most of his bluffs picked off by some of the lively Euros with no results

Still, he made it through and I didn't...

Off now to get some diet pepsi - they dont seem to have coke over here

Good Luck tomorrow

Karl

Snoop Ozzy is a sick poker player. He has been playing the nosebleed cash games online with Ivey etc since he was underage.

just finished reading this one. Top work snoops and Floppy :)

Just read through, great updates guys.

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It's all over the internet already, just google ozzy87 and arrested and it's all there, gobbomom is hardly revealing secrets.
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exactly. I was just clayifying the ozzy "situation" posted above me, from info. straight off the internet.

Also: thanks for the referrence to my kid Snoopy- he just took down event 3:  $550 Limit 7C Stud/7C Stud Hi-Lo/Razz at the Aussie Millions!

It's all over the internet already, just google ozzy87 and arrested and it's all there, gobbomom is hardly revealing secrets.
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exactly. I was just clayifying the ozzy "situation" posted above me, from info. straight off the internet.

Also: thanks for the referrence to my kid Snoopy- he just took down event 3:  $550 Limit 7C Stud/7C Stud Hi-Lo/Razz at the Aussie Millions!
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well done to your kid!

Evening all.

Some great updates.

Is there a latest on Craig Hopkins?

appreciated