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Morning all,

Danafish and I are preparing to bring you the live updates from the Scandinavian Open (if it's still called that) all day - no - all week, for your reading delectation.

Today's play will see the sold-out event commencing at 2pm (that's 1pm UK time) with the first day's players taking on a host of, well, each other, in the comfortable surroundings of the SAS Radisson, safe from the elements which at the moment are mainly cold here in Copenhagen, Denmark.

We really meant to go along to the Pokerstars welcome party/Scandinavian poker Awards last night, but promptly fell asleep and have no idea what happened there.  But we do know that the city looks cool, this tournament is unbelievably popular and we even have a preliminary player list which we will be sharing with you in about a half hour's time.

Dana:  We could be looking at an all-Andersen final table
Me:  Where are the breakfast hotdogs?

Ok, we've successfully navigated our way through the inexplicably slow press registration queue and on to the very nice press room, and we now find ourselves in position to post the most up-to-date list we can find for Day 1a. Here it is:

Michael Aadal Olsen
Jan Aagren
Jarle Aasen
Nikolaj Adamsen
Rasmus Åkerblom
Kenno Albrechtsen
Alex Amarre
Mads Andersen
Ole Andersen
Michael Andersen
Mathias Andersen
Thomas Askeland Østerholt
Jesper Askholt
David Atrubin
Ziv Bachar
Ryan Badii
Allan Bække
Gesi Bason
Anders Bekhøj Hansen
Karim Bennani Smires
Claus Bentzen
Kim Bentzen
Dennis Bjerregaard Jørensen
Martin Bjerring Hansen
Lars Blom
Barny Boatman
Noah Boeken
Sidsel Helle Boesen
Lars Bønding
Alf Braam
David Brandberg Svensson
Ola Brandborn
Nicolas Briant
Frederik Brink Jensen
Nhi Bui
Fuat Can
Rich Caplan
Anthony Chatelain
Fawaz Chawki
Bill Chen
Thomas Christensen
Tobias Christensen
Thomas Christiansen
Henrik Christoffersen
Adam Clark
Terry Cook
Daniele Cuomo
Bruce Dacko
Jonas Danielsson
David Davidsen
Michael DeGilio
Camilla Denning
Ib Djervils
Børge Dypvik
Peter Eastgate
Lars Egil Nielsen
Peter Eichhardt
Trond Erik Eidsvig
Wim Emo
Morten Erlandsen
Hans Erlandsson
Andrew Ferguson
Luca Ferrario
Peter Fischer
Thomas Fjellheim
Karl-Johan Fösker
Marcus Friman
Ole Gammelfjord
Torben Garbers
Bulent Gormez
Paul Grabowski
Michael Greco
Magnus Grønnevik
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Jerzy Hajdamowicz
Per Hansen
Christoffer Egemo Hansen
Lars Hansen
Dennis Naci Hansen
Gus Hansen
Tommy Hansen
Jens Hansen
Stefan Hansen
Thor Hansen
Christian Harder
Peter Hauerslev
Rasmus Hede Nielsen
Tom-Even Heimstad
Pasi Heinanan
Juha Helppi
Christian Hemmingsen
Anders Henriksson
Karl Hevrøy
Philip Hilm
Flemming Hilt
Andreas Hoivold
Anders-Petter Holm
Tobias Holmeide
Christian Honoré
David Hopkins
Marcin Horecki
Carl Hostrup-Pedersen
Jesper Hougaard
Jan Iversen
Steven Jacobs
Nikolaus Jedlicka
Brian Jensen
Morten Lund Jensen
Lasse Jeppesen
Morten Johansen
Simon Johansson
Torbjörn Jonson
Kaj Jørgensen
Mel Judah
Peter Kalsen Petersen
Casey Kastle
Eero Kekäläinen
Mudasser Khan
Davidi Kitai
Stephan Kjerstad
Kris Kjøndal
Jonas Klausen
Christian Klein
Morten Klein
Marcel Kloof
Marek Kolk
Mohamed kowssarie
Alexander Kravchenko
Steffan Ruben Kristoffersen
Matthias Kurschner
Michael Kweik
Eric Larcheveque
Tom Larsen
Daniel Larsson
Jason Laso
Nikolas Liakos
Michele Limongi
Marcus Lind
Johnny Lodden
Torben Løkkegaard
Jeppe Lundsgaard
Sander Lyloff
Kenneth Lyons
Lars Juul Madsen
Mikkel Madsen
Andrea Manganelli
Reijo Manninen
Jose Martin
Dag Martin Mikkelsen
Anders Martinsen
Riccardo Mazzitelli
Jesper Mertz
Dario Minieri
Sorel Mizzi
Peyman Mohammadzadeh
Jonas Molander
Joseph Morneau
Sigbjørn Mortueit
Klaus Münster
Daniel Negreanu
Kresten Nielsen
Martin Nielsen
Claus Nielsen
Jeppe Nielsen
Dario Nittolo
Lennart Nyström
Annette Obrestad
Henrik Olsen
Egill Ormarsson
Christina Orth
Alan Otte
Piotr Paruszewski
Tommy Pavlicek
Ulrik Pedersen
Andreas Per Ragnar Davidsson
Jose Pereira
Thomas Petersen
Jesper Petersen
Pehr Petersson
Magnus Pettersson
Georgios Pittas
Jaime Ponte
John Poynton
Helge Rahbek Pedersen
Mats Rahmn
Mikael Rasmussen
Mattias Ressner
Runar Runarsson
Pier Ruscalla
Sebastian Ruthenberg
Daniel Ryan
Renee Schmidt
Jospeh Serock
Danny Silk
Ulrica Skönnemark
Leroy Soesman
Bengt Sonnert
Frederik Sørensen
Jeppe Sørensen
Anton Stendahl
Lars Stokhave
Michael Stryhn
Peter Swartling
Matin Talebi
Julian Thew
Peter Thomsen
Christian Toksværd
Stig Top-Rasmussen
Stale Torsvik
Niels Peter Toubro
Claus Tversted
Martin Vallo
Thierry van der Berg
Thijs van Tilburg
Ville Wahlbeck
Roar Wang
Martin Wendt
Viktor Wessman
Anders Wijk
Thomas Wissner
Jannick Wrang
Jacques Zaicik
Yaron Zeev Malki

We will be attempting to find some breakfast for the next 20 minutes or so. Play is due to start at 2pm. Take your picks now! I'm going for Christensen, Christensen and Christiansen.

come on my Ander/Christian/Svenss/Jens-son!

Ah another EPT for Thewy..go on :)

Can you wish Lars good luck from me please? All of them.

I'll go with the Andersens and the Hansens.  Easiest lot to spell.   rotflmfao  Hope you found some breakfast!

Play not really showing signs of starting yet... a lot of milling around in the lobby/casino/hallway areas.  Spotted Hendon Mobster Barny Boatman in the throng, as well as multiple Scandinavian-award-winning Annette Obrestad.  The full list of Winners:

Best Live Player - Gus Hansen, Denmark
- award presented by EPT media co-ordinator Mad Harper.

Best Online Player - Jonas "Nebuchad" Danielsson, Sweden
- award presented by EPT Season 3 Copenhagen winner Magnus Petersson

Best Female - Annette Obrestad, Norway
- award presented by William Thorson

Rookie of the Year - Trond Erik Eidsvig, Norway
- award presented by Thor Hansen

Best Performance - Annette Obrestad, Norway
- award presented by PokerStars Nordic blogger Lina Olofsson

Lifetime Achievement Award - Thor Hansen
- award created and presented by Daniel Negreanu

And there's more at www.scandinavianpokerawards.com if your curiosity has been piqued as to which Norwegians, Swedes and Danes will be terrorising the field today.

Spotted - Jen and Dana angrily waiting for their brekky in the bar lol

Spotted:  Jeff Kimber on the way to a press frenzy around him... the Ladbrokes lounge with its promise of 'fruit, girls and table football' beckons.  Amusing anecdote of the day - which also incidentally gives us another 'British Player' to follow:  Andreas Hoivold was born in the UK.  As Jaffa says, "He said he was born in Sunderland which wound me up because I'm from Newcastle."

Update Challenge:

News has spread that a new Betfair Sponsoree will be announced tomorrow... Can anyone hazard a guess as to which poker star will be joining Annette et al. in the Betfair blue (I think it's blue)?

Andreas Hoivold is a Mackem? :o

Interesting table lineups plucked from the superhelpful Pokerstars list thing we now get a la the Raab system:

TABLE 23
 
Peyman Mohammadzadeh
Juha Helppi
Ulrica Skönnemark
Paul Grabowski
Anders Henriksson
Sander Lyloff   (Ladbrokes have this big sign up offering a competition to WIN 5% of SANDER LYLOFF which I thought was a cool prize.  Wonder if he knows)
Kresten Nielsen
Daniel Larsson
Johnny Lodden
Christina Orth

TABLE 31

Mel Judah
Lars Blom
Christian Klein
Stig Top-Rasmussen
Rasmus Åkerblom
Leroy Soesman
Barny Boatman
Gus Hansen
Tom-Even Heimstad
Jeppe Nielsen

TABLE Famous Young Norwegians

Stefan Hansen
Thierry van der Berg
Mikkel Madsen
Jens Hansen
Annette Obrestad
Wim Emo
Dag Martin Mikkelsen
Runar Runarsson
Andreas Hoivold
Peter Swartling

Jen  http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=31343.0

some good guesses in there

Ah.  OK - dino beat me to it.  But we'll go stand at the back of the Press Conference tomorrow, and then we'll be the first to know.

Unless you stand at the front of the press conference, in which case you'll hear 0.05 seconds sooner.

Assuming a conference crowd depth of 17 metres.

And we already have an unfortunate early OUTage in the shape of Sorel Mizzi. Aces v Kenneth Lyons' Queens were no good - not sure when the chips went in as I just caught the tail end of it, but there was a raggy flop and turn, and a Queen on the river. Photos to follow as soon as Floppy reminds me of the gallery login details, which my laptop has mysteriously eaten...

And here is the probably right now quite depressed Mr Mizzi:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9296&g2_serialNumber=1)


And also the doing-quite-well-at-hiding-his-double-up-joy Mr Lyons:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9298&g2_serialNumber=1)

Best/ worst haircuts/ hoodies plz.

+ I'm starving so food reports would be good....

Have fun guys!

Also spotted on my travels through the card room next door, the following:


William Hill's own Julian Thew, surrounded by cameras and journos and the like:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9302&g2_serialNumber=1)


Daniel Negreanu, apparently already feeling the strain. Sadly still photography cannot convey the disturbing bouncy motion he was making as he had his  shoulders pummelled:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9305&g2_serialNumber=1)


Well-known Brit Michael Greco:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9317&g2_serialNumber=1)


Well-known Brit Adam Clark:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9294&g2_serialNumber=1)


Well-known Brit Andreas Hoivold:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9306&g2_serialNumber=1)

;tightend;

If you had a mobile phone right at the front, and you're standing at the back of the hall with another mobile phone, would you hear it first via the sound waves in the hall, or via the speaker of the mobile phone?

Without even really making an effort I can tell you that worst hoodie of the day belongs, as always, to Mr Noah Boeken, as below:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9289&g2_serialNumber=1)


Have to say that our sandwiches were incredibly expensive (90 krone = I think about £9 at the rates we're getting, or £10 if you change money at the casino, and we only got one slice of bread for that) and also took about an hour, one whole painful hour to show up, but I can honestly say it was one of the finest sandwiches I have ever eaten. Photos to follow soon as I cave and buy another one.

for a tenner it better be the best sandwich you ever tasted.

gl to goldenbollox thew and all the other brits out there.

Further Photographic Evidence That We Are Genuinely Attending This Tournament:


Famous scarf-wearer Dario Minieri:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9286&g2_serialNumber=1)


Famous intimidating shades wearer Alex Kravchenko:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9308&g2_serialNumber=1)


Famous for, you know, stuff, Bill Chen:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9310&g2_serialNumber=1)


Famous director of blockbuster movies "Reservoir Dogs", "Pulp Fiction", and "Kill Bill", Mr Trond Eidsvig:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9312&g2_serialNumber=1)

That 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)'s got very big for his boots since his run of luckboxing - he now not only has a camera crew following him but also pays someone to stand behind him to unfurl notebooks at the drop of a hat to provide a clear, bright background for his profile photos.

 rotflmfao

Text from Dana saying they're having internet problems at the casino. I'm not totally surprised, the connection in Copenhagen is notoriously temperamental and was pretty bad last year.

Hopefully the situation will be resolved soon...

Hi,

can you post any pics of the high stakes scandis? Lodden, Thorsson, Kjondal, Riise etc?

Thanks

He'd be a floating head at my local curry house.

Everyone's favourite cat-eye-contact-lens-wearing-Goth-lady and EPT regular Ms Ulrica Skonnemark:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9293&g2_serialNumber=1)


Everyone's favourite Lodden, Johnny:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9319&g2_serialNumber=1)


Everyone's favourite Lyloff, Sander. Apparently 5% of him is available in some kind of Ladbrokes competition:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9323&g2_serialNumber=1)


Everyone's favourite Norwegian baby girl prodigy lady, the surprisingly demure Annette Obrestad:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9316&g2_serialNumber=2)

Hey friends, our connection's back! Here's some stuff I wrote while it was down:

ElkY has doubled up his relative short stack. He moved in apparently for the third hand in a row, this time with pocket Sixes, and was called by Stars qualifier Nikolaj Adamsen with Aspades Tc. A probably quite painful for Adamsen Ahrt 3s 4s 2h 6h board later, and it was Adamsen who was short.

In fact a couple hands later he open-shoves the 3s 6s 8c flop. Be-dreadlocked Dutchman Marcel Kloof really, really considers it, dwelling up with all the sighing, head-on-table, banging chips around trimmings, but ultimately passes (pocket Kings, I'm told). To Adamsen's horror, Mateyboy calls without a moment's hesitation. Matey holds a set of Eights to Adamsen's set of Sixes, and he's walking off before the 3d turn and Th river confirm it.

Some breaktime chipcounts:

Adam Clark - 9k
Juha Helppi - 9k
Sander Lyloff - 6k
Johnny Lodden - 9.5k
Noah Boeken - 6k
Mads Andersen - 8.8k
Michael Greco - 13k
Mel Judah - 8.5k

Yes yes, we're on the case. Lodden photo already posted, rest of them on their way if they're playing today. I'm back on with a veeery slow connection but Jen's is even slower, by the way, in case you're envisioning her slumped on a sofa in the lobby having a nap or something. She's not.

And to illustrate the rise of ElkY and the fall of Adamsen:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9326&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9339&g2_serialNumber=1)


Also Marcel Kloof, apparently trying to chloroform himself into folding his overpair:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9335&g2_serialNumber=1)

And final assassin Mateyboy (anyone??). He's Number 1!:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9340&g2_serialNumber=1)

What with no connection for most of the last level, I have saved up lots of interesting, if slightly outdated stories, which I am about to share with y'all.  But first, to show good faith in the connection coming back - the full counts from about 4 tables counted with my own blurry eyes during the break:

1201 etc  Table 32

Dennis Bjerregaard Jørensen -- 4,525
Karl-Johan Fösker -- 13,000
Tom Larsen -- 15,400
Michele Limongi -- 14,600
Thijs van Tilburg -- 7,550
Ole Andersen -- 10,650
Renee Schmidt -- 5,875
Alex Amarre -- 8,350
Karim Bennani Smires -- 4,750
Jarle Aasen -- 13,300

1901 etc. Table 39

Rasmus Hede Nielsen -- 14,200
Bruce Dacko -- 6,150
Mathias Andersen -- 17,475
Michael Aadal Olsen -- 12,600
Bengt Sonnert -- 7,200
Fuat Can -- 12,500
Thomas Askeland Østerholt -- 10,475
Stale Torsvik -- 6,700
Marcus Lind -- 4,625

2001 etc. Table 40

Stephan Kjerstad -- 13,000
Børge Dypvik -- 11,800
 -
 -
Viktor Wessman -- 14,150
Jaime Ponte -- 11,300
Danny Silk -- 11,625
Daniel Ryan -- 8,700
Steven Jacobs -- 9,000


2201 etc. Table 42

Carl Hostrup-Pedersen -- 2,000
Thor Hansen -- 11,600
David Hopkins -- 10,150
Casey Kastle -- 10,950
Lennart Nyström -- 11,000
Jose Pereira -- 6,300
Morten Klein -- 12,550
Piotr Paruszewski -- 14,700
Martin Wendt -- 9,100
Trond Erik Eidsvig -- 10,550

Please make special note of the Jaime Ponte chip count, as he said a certain blonde reader was prepared to bribe me with steak if I would keep updating on him.  There he is!  Medium-rare, please.

And for Junglecat -

I have yet to see anything that beats the headwear combo of Marcel Kloof and his neighbour Ricky Gervais Jesper Mertz:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9333&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9342&g2_serialNumber=1)

Juha Helppi, Finnish poker star and leading man in many of Mr. Eidsvig’s movies (dressed currently as Mr. Blue) is sitting opposite Johnny Lodden (last year’s Online Player of the Year).  They don’t appear too shy of getting involved in the early levels – surprise surprise – and just now Lodden bet out 450 from the small blind (where he’d called Helppi’s preflop raise) on a 6h Td 2d flop.  Stone-faced dwell; call.
Turn: Ts  Now 1,350 the bet from Lodden, a sizeable chunk of the 10k stack really for the 50/100 level, and Helppi declines to call that time. 

For all our foreign readers, this is how true Englishmen like to relax:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9331&g2_serialNumber=1)

No I aint about to bribe you Jen but nice to see Jaime aka Festival1 back playing in a big event...........please pass on my good luck wishes and hopefully I dont bok him.........I did pick the orange fruity 1 on day 2 of the GUKPT last week so maybe boks are out lol.

Per Hansen (pictured) won a pretty nice pot early doors with the old river check-raise.  The board was standing 3d 4h 8d 9c 7h when I moseyed over to the table.  The pot looked to be around 2k and it was checked to Thomas Christiansen, who bet three blue 1k chips.  Pretty quickly he was facing an all-in check-raise for another 3k (just under) from his opponent.  He made a pain face for a good minute or two, before eventually thinking better of it and passing, leaving himself around 5k.  Fingers in the river-flavoured cookie-jar, perhaps - or genuine dilemma..?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9344&g2_serialNumber=1)

No I aint about to bribe you Jen but nice to see Jaime aka Festival1 back playing in a big event...........please pass on my good luck wishes and hopefully I dont bok him.........I did pick the orange fruity 1 on day 2 of the GUKPT last week so maybe boks are out lol.
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Right well, not you then... but someone somewhere - I think his surname rhymes with 'steak' actually...

BRITWATCH:

I believe top photo'd sir is Terry Cook...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9348&g2_serialNumber=1)


While here's Festival1 enjoying this here festival:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9346&g2_serialNumber=1)

You think no one can see you there, hiding at the back, but the camera misses nothing.

Is Michael Greco not a sponsored DTD player anymore?

no DTD dropped there sponsers when the club opened

STAREWATCH

Mel Judah - Are You Looking At Him?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9350&g2_serialNumber=1)

Barny Boatman - Actually Looking At Him

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9352&g2_serialNumber=1)

Jonas Molander - Not enough coffee

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9354&g2_serialNumber=1)

Jason Laso - Too much coffee (plus bonus sub-pic Hair of the Day Dennis Naci Hansen in seat One)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9356&g2_serialNumber=1)

Right well, not you then... but someone somewhere - I think his surname rhymes with 'steak' actually...

BRITWATCH:

I believe top photo'd sir is Terry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=425) Cook (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=425)...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9348&g2_serialNumber=1)


While here's Festival1 enjoying this here festival:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9346&g2_serialNumber=1)
[/quote]Rhymes with steak and just as big and beefy darlink!!! Gl to the Festival1 but jeez what happened to the hair mate?? Too many years of tearing it out supporting the hoops me thinks or I you modelling yourself on another top player wink wink nudge nudge

Gus Hansen has arrived, some time between the start of the tournament and me wandering by his table just a little while ago...

Anyway, he's seated next to Barny Boatman, right next to the rail, and there's a crowd now constantly lurking by their table, like so:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9368&g2_serialNumber=1)

I caught the end of a hand between the two of them. The board read 5h 8d 9s Ks and they both checked it (I understand there had been some betting on the flop, during which the crowd got a little bigger). The river comes 8h and Barny bets 300. "That wasn't very much," says Hansen. "It's about what this hand's worth," says Barny. Gus raises to 1275 and Barny calls, but mucks when Gus shows the 8s. The crowd remains, probably hoping they'll do something funny. They don't. They're laughing about it anyway.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9362&g2_serialNumber=1)

This was going to go into NORKAGEWATCH, but actually it's probably better off in STAREWATCH.

Ms Christina Orth:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9372&g2_serialNumber=1)

Rhymes with steak and just as big and beefy darlink!!! Gl to the Festival1 but jeez what happened to the hair mate?? Too many years of tearing it out supporting the hoops me thinks or I you modelling yourself on another top player wink wink nudge nudge
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Oops I forgot to mention that a certain Mr Blake was 1 of my 3 picks on beginning of day 2......sorry for the bok Tim.

NORKAGEWATCH

Ms Sidsel Helle Boesen:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9358&g2_serialNumber=1)


The dealer at Table 36:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9364&g2_serialNumber=1)

Thewster beware - Mr Morten Klein of Norway has in his possession an ACTUAL GOLDEN BALL, and he may be collecting them:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9366&g2_serialNumber=1)

Another contender for Haircut Of The Day, Kenno Albrechtsen:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9360&g2_serialNumber=1)


And by the by, Noah Boeken has removed his award-winning hoodie to reveal its award-winning lining and a t-shirt which I am right now nominating for Worst T-Shirt Of The Day. "Affliction", indeed:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9373&g2_serialNumber=1)

Have a look at this guys awards speech, pure gold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDBXbbUd0cw

lmao...WOW whatta mistaka to maka!

Here is Kris Kjondal, subtly flipping off his next door neighbour player while the other side guy looks on in amusement (only kidding, he seems like a gent).  Down to just 2,650 as we move into level four, but quite capable of multiplying those by the dinner break.  He's a class player, even though it looks like I've photoshopped his hat on as an afterthought.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9375&g2_serialNumber=1)

OOoooops ... he aint ever gonna live that one down !!

Eric Larcheveque is OUT.

Annette Obrestad is also OUT to Runar Runarsson. She called a reraise. Flop was K-4-2 with two clubs; he bet, she called. Turn - 4d; he bet, she called. River was 6s; he moved in covering her, and mucked when he showed A-K. BA Kildalen saw her hand but won't tell. She didn't have a King.

Johnny Lodden is similarly OUT, as evidenced by him walking towards the exit.

Fawaz Chawki (pictured top) just re-raised Peter Eichhardt preflop from 600 to 1,500.  After answering the traditional, "How much have you got left?" question, Eichhardt called.
Flop: Ks 7h 5h  Check to Chawki who pushed all in for around 6k, saying, "I'm ready to go."  I don't know about you, but when I hear that kind of thing I assume they are anything but ready to head to the exit...
"Have you tied your shoes?" asks Eichhardt inexplicably, before passing and getting the free show of the monstrous Kh Th in Chawki's hand.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9377&g2_serialNumber=1)

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What was she calling an all in with (if she didn't have a king!!!!), obviously she never had a 4, Ace high ?

LEADERWATCH

I needed look no further than this table right near the entrance to the tournament area - where sits a totally relaxed looking Joseph Serock, young US player and chip leader to the tune of just under 55,000.  Swap his chair for a La-Z-Boy and his clothes for a Hugh Hefner style bathrobe, and this might be the most comfortable looking player in the tournament, with a very nice stack going into the dinner break (in 15 minutes).

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9381&g2_serialNumber=1)

Sounds like a pocket pair under KK and she thought he was three-barreling AQ or the flush draw?

One for the followers of Danish/Las Vegan Bloggers (it's a niche I am proud to cover) - Claus Nielsen, often to be found on the radio, all live-like, in the pressroom at these events, but currently playing.  Caught him just in time to see him beat a hasty retreat after making it 650 to go preflop only to find under the gun limper Allan Otte re-raising to 3,150 pre. 

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9391&g2_serialNumber=1)

Dag Martin Mikkelsen is OUT, in that terrible inescapey sort of way.

To his right, my Name Of The Day Wim Emo checks the  Aspades Ks Kd flop. He bets 1200, and Mr EMo raises to 2500. He calls.

The turn is the Jd. Again, Mr Emo checks. Now Mikkelsen bets 4500, and Mr Emo instantly raises to 10,000. Mikkelsen moves in for a few k more, and Mr Emo calls.

Mikkelsen - Kc Jc

Emo - Ad Kh

River -  totally inconsequential but it's 4c.

Mikkelsen consoles himself by striking a pose:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9383&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Emo doesn't look like I thought he would:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9385&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ok, we're one minute away from the 45-minute dinner break during which we will be getting us some chip counts, so please enjoy in the meantime further EXTRAORDINARY DRESSWATCH:

Helge Rahbek Pedersen:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9387&g2_serialNumber=1)


Matthias Kurschner:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9389&g2_serialNumber=1)

*******************DINNER BREAK*******************

They're not doing that count-it-all-for-you thing today, so we're going to band together with blogging's elite (OK, just Mike, Change100 and maybe Benjo) and count the full whack during these 45 minutes.  Lucky you.

I leave you with the Painful River of the Day:

Ole Andersen gets his shortish stack in with Kc Kh against 2s 2d.  Voila the 4h ... 9s ... 5d ... 3h ...            Aspades.  And Exit, stage left.

I had a chat with Jonas earlier, he is a little unhappy at how that came out, he was nervous and trying to answer in english....what he meant was he took the name from the matrix then a journalist randomly told him it was also the name of some fella from way back who had similar views to Hitler.

More interestingly, he has taken on a challenge that he will win $5m in the 5 months til the World Series, and despite the Ladbroke Cruise and this EPT getting in the way (you can't take many days off when you need to win $33k a day!) he is confident of doing it.

An absolute class act this one an a name to watch in the future

Yea, felt bad for him.

I'm afraid it looks like no chip counts for us this dinnertime, as we're not allowed in the room currently. Mr Kremser told Jen we would be allowed, but he's wandered off somewhere. Hopefully we will find him, but until then, feel free to post imaginary chip counts if you so wish...

Hey guys.  Table 26, seat 4, got about 10,100.  Was down to 1200 chips in level 1 after getting my AA cracked but have grinded it back.  Come say hi.

Hello!  I took your photo and put it in Starewatch.  Sorry.  Will say hi when you're not busy grinding it back.

Some approximate chipcounts of people I recognise:

Sidsel Boesen - 20k
Adam Clark - 9k
Trond Eidsvig - 10k
Michael Greco - 2.2k or so; he was trying to move in from the big blind with AQ when I took his count, but it was really obvious he was going to do that and he got a walk instead
Gus Hansen - 20k
Barny Boatman - 16k
Julian Thew - 4.5k, but this represents some excellent grindy recovery, it's way up from the 2.5k or so it looked like he was down to before
Andreas Hoivold - 4.3k
Thierry Van Der Berg - 8k
Jonas Molander - 9.5k

And a few more:

Danny Ryan - 13,900
Daniel Negreanu - 25,000
Bill Chen - 18,500
Alexander Kravchenko - 26,000
Jason Laso - 9,500
Thor Hansen - 10,350
Claus Nielsen - 15,000
Jesper Hougaard - 32,000
Reijo Manninen - 13,850
Camilla Denning - 30,000
Martin Nielsen - 10,350

Um, it looks as though Jaime Ponte met his demise before the dinner break - an empty seat usually spells disaster, but I thought I'd leave it until the players resat to bear the bad news.  I hope that counted as a steak-worthy update, though.

BREAKING NEWS WHICH I KNOW BECAUSE MIKE LACEY TOLD ME:

Julian doubled up with AA v TT - he's back up to 11k or so.

OTHER BREAKING NEWS:

Michael Greco failed to build on his microstack, and is OUT.

All that grinding will wear you down:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9395&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Andreas Hoivold's stack enters the danger zone after a bad turn against Jens Hansen.  He check-called on the turn when the board read 9c Qc Js Ts, with about 4k in the pot already, and then checked the 7c river, too.  1,500 slowly bet and instacalled by Hoivold - who showed Kc Td which had started off in bad shape, become so good and ended up so bad against Jensen's Ad Kd.

Gutted for him Jen - nice guy/good player due a break! Never mind - steak on me but no cigar! x

Here is Mr Jason Laso again; say hi we did. He's come out a bit blurry, but smiling:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9401&g2_serialNumber=1)

Barny Boatman has taken a juicy ol' pot off of young Tobias Holmeide.

Didn't catch the pre/flop action, but Barny bets 2.5k on the turn of the Qs 5s 2h 8s board and Holmeide calls. They both check the spadetastic 6s river, and Barny's Ts 7s flush remains good - Holmeide was drawing dead on the turn with Ac Qh.

Rock on the Boat, man, or don't knock the Boatman, or something similarly tenuous as far as puns go. Sorry. I have a cold.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9402&g2_serialNumber=1)

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The gent not in the photo below is one Nicolas Briant, a French qualifier who apparently forgot to show up today. He might make it if he shows up soon. Maybe.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9408&g2_serialNumber=1)

Here are two whole generations of Norwegian poker - lifetime achievement award-winner Thor Hansen (not the one in the Sean Paul hat) and Trond Eidsvig (not the one who looks like he's in a dentist's waiting room), serial final tablist and definitely not someone you'd be delighted to find on your EPT starting table, tricky and running hot - a good combination.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9397&g2_serialNumber=1)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51W4tH54e7I

Thanks Floppy, I am imagining Barny's face laboriously Photoshopped on to all of those people's heads, framed by Afros. Great stuff.

This young gent, Dennis Sorensen, this really really young-looking gent who I swear is too young to play cards, is nonetheless happily bullying his table. Thijs Van Tilburg made 1k from early position, and Ole Andersen called (Ole!), but they both laid it down when Sorensen made it 4k from the small blind.

I'm going to say Ole! again for no reason.

Ole!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9414&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ole!

(http://www.msu.edu/~quacke10/matador.jpg)

This casino is so fancy, they don't have ladies' night. Instead they have this:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9411&g2_serialNumber=1)

RELATIVELY BIG STACKWATCH

Alex Kravchenko
Dennis Naci Hansen
Trond Eidsvig

Peter Eastgate:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9417&g2_serialNumber=1)


Also this gent, whose cup of tea is obscuring his number so I can't quite say for certain what his name is; I shall call him Tea Man:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9420&g2_serialNumber=1)

Julian is yo-yoing about all over the place, last I checked he had around 6k.

Dutchman Leroy Soesman moves in to a raise, making Peter Petersen (Danish names are awesome) lay down pocket Nines face up. Gus Hansen is making some noises, and Petersen says to him, "Would you call with my hand?" Says Gus: "I call with anything..."

Fairly eye-watering exit for Danny Silk just now, as Ola Brandborn, more comfortably stacked than his opponent, made a pressure-y move after they saw a flop of 8h 2h 5c and Silk bet out 4,000 (leaving himself what looked like about 10k).  Brandborn signified ‘all-in’ and left his opponent a Bet for his Tournament Life (or B.L.T. as I am going to try to get it known).  He called, eventually, showing Tc Td.  Brandborn flipped the Ac 6c for a called bluff and watched as the turn brought the 4d but the river… the Aspades.  That’s twice that exact card has popped out on the river to bust someone in fairly unfortunate circumstances. 

"Also this gent, whose cup of tea is obscuring his number so I can't quite say for certain what his name is; I shall call him Tea Man"

I beleive it is Ola Brandborn from Sweden and according to a Swedish Poker Forum he is the chipleader right now.

btw - Tea Man = Ola Brandborn. 

That's Ola Brandborn.

Sigh, can't even get 2nd place in Name that Player... :(

Oh. Everybody knew that except me.

Well, I found out that Tea Man was Ola (Ola!) Brandborn via my own sources (Mike Lacey again), and I can tell you that he is indeed chip leader. Looks like he has over 80k since he took out that young gent. Not that way.

Daniel Negreanu must have moved table like a dozen times. Every time I go in there he's somewhere else. Currently he's seated next to super-shortstack (3 or 4k) Noah Boeken:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9421&g2_serialNumber=1)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ruftiuksXfg


betfairs new pro on utube

UK hope Andreas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467) Hoivold (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467) is back up to 12k or so. Other UK hope Barny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=41) Boatman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=41) wandered into the press room during the break and told us that when the cultures of Scandinavia and Sunderland clash, motocross is usually to blame. (?????????)

More chip counts, as pot after pot seems to be taken by some of the big stacks (as featured on Dana's Relatively Big Stackwatch) either with preflop re-aggression or on the flop. 

Viktor Wessman - 51,500
Alexander Kravchenko - 22,600
Bill Chen - 19,000
Barny Boatman - 15,000
Trond Eidsvig - 45,000
Dennis Naci Hansen - 35,000
Mathias Andersen - 54,600

Overheard:  A sentence involving the phrase 'super delegates' from Negreanu who's been moved to Noah Boeken's left and enjoying chatting with the loquacious table...

Surprisingly quiet:  Gus Hansen.  Also Dario Minieri, Nikolas Jedlicka, Christian Harder, and Juha Helppi, but that's because they all appear to be OUT.

Ahahahahaha

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Another Relatively Big Stack is the dude in the white hoodie and interesting combover-type do below (perhaps somebody will know his name, seeing as how like EVERYONE pipped me to the post last time  ;grr;).

He just won a pot that looked to be about 25 or 30k, betting 5k on the river of the 3h 2d Ahrt Kc 2c board and staring fixedly at the felt until Jarle Aasen folded.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9428&g2_serialNumber=1)

Especially for inspironB120, Mr Jason Laso, un-blurry and smiling. He's on around 8k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9432&g2_serialNumber=1)

By the way, the clock says there's a 600 minute break after the next level, so we're assuming that means play will end for the night at that point. Although 600 minutes would mean a 9.30am start for us tomorrow. Hmm. Something's not right about that. Anyway, we think they will stop after level 8.

This gentleman, the very picture of meticulousness-osity (a real word), is one Tommy Hansen, a floor manager for the WSOP. To me, the suit-and-chipstacking combo scream OCD. Everyone says he's really nice.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9426&g2_serialNumber=1)

NORKWATCH again

Note the stiletto/legwarmer combo

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9425&g2_serialNumber=1)

Julian has moved tables: "Thank God for that," says he, on around 7k. "I got a bit unlucky, but I played a few pots really badly."

He was briefly on Table Boeken/Negreanu, but had disappeared a few minutes later when I wandered by. I'd written up that he'd busted out before Mike told me that he'd been moved a second time.

Bill Chen has doubled up courtesy of Alex Kravchenko.

With a fair few chips in the pot before the flop, Kravchenko announces all in immediately the Qh Tc 6h come out. Bill Chen seems to mis-hear and Kravchenko has to repeat himself, rather diminishing the effect of Chen's insta-call.

Kravchenko -  Ahrt 4h
Chen -  Jd Jh

Turn - 5s
River - 2s

This guy is actually out - Thierry van der Berg, a popular shortstack who found precisely the wrong time to re-raise all in from the small blind with Ahrt 8c when Trond Eidsvig raised (again) on the cutoff, as this time he actually held Ad Ks.  One eight-free board later and he hit the rail - actually didn't even make it that far before blurrily pictured lady had him presumably telling the camera how it felt to have just busted....

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9433&g2_serialNumber=1)

This Guy (in the yellow comic-strip type Tshirt which appears to bear the legend FLASH! which seemed appropriate as our taking your picture at one of these tournaments seems to result in a few stunned seconds of blindness) just went for it short stack vs. short stack with Td Jd preflop, called by 7s 7c.
Flop: Ac 4c Qh
Turn:  Yes, Ks
River: Irrelevant and Comic Book Guy gets a new lease of life while his shouty fans on the rail rejoice; meanwhile the young Norwegian on the losing side of this coin toss mourns quietly, along with the railing Norwegian bloggers, who insist I write this up in a solemn manner.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9435&g2_serialNumber=1)

The player in the bottom picture is Ola Brandborn, just in case no one's said.

It just came to me. I'm surprised no one recognised him.

After grinding like this all day -

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 - Julian is OUT. He ran his pocket Tens into Mateyboy's pocket Kings.

Here he is in slightly better days, when, like a munchkin who'd just heard the Witch was dead, he was short but happy:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9449&g2_serialNumber=1)

Matthias Kurschner as previously featured on Interesting Hoodiewatch has been tangling with rhs neighbour Peter Eichhardt quite a bit.  I get the impression their table is actually pretty interesting to watch, stocked with players who play creative and adaptive poker, but the problem is that quite a few, Kurschner included, seem to be playing in slight slow motion - like their corner of the tournament room was experiencing some kind of space/time oddity where everyone's dwelling time has expanded for some reason.

Anyway, over around 10 minutes these two consecutive hands progressed as follows:

Peter Eichhardt raises preflop utg to 1,300 and Matthias Kurschner re-raises to 4,300.  After the "what's behind?" query, it appears that he's got a little less than his opponent... it lies there in little stacklets while they both look very serious.  Eichhardt calls.  Flop:  4c 7s Tc.  Check to Kurschner whose 6k bet eventually wins him that one.

The very next hand it's Kurschner utg and min-raising (to 800).  Pass as everyone gets out of the way...back to P.E. who calls and checks the Td 8s 6d flop.  Check.
Turn: 7c  Now Peter Eichhardt bets out 2,500, called, slowly.    (NB Imagine reading this in the voice of the Shipping Forecast)
River: Qd  Eichhardt gets his 3k river bet paid and shows the 9s 7h.  Someone adds to the surreality of the moment by saying, "Nice bluff."

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9437&g2_serialNumber=1)

Crazy three-way all in ACTION!

The flop says Kh 5d Js and it's Flemming Hilt (my new Name Of The Day), Thomas Christiansen (please note - one of my three picks) and Negreanu.

Negreanu - Qs Ks for top pair
Hilt - Jd Kd for two pair
Christiansen - 5h 5c for a set

Turn and river, respectively - 9h and 2h

Meaning that no-one improves, my pick is up to around 40k, Flemming Hilt takes the side pot but that's only around 4k, and Negreanu is down to about 8k and looking irked. He has since busted; Noah (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677) Boeken (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677) took him out in some sort of way that I don't know.


Flemming Hilt:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9441&g2_serialNumber=1)


Negreanu:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9442&g2_serialNumber=1)


Thomas Christiansen:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9446&g2_serialNumber=1)

Jason Laso fans: double-up!

From the horse's mouth - he raised to 1.1k with A-Q, and another gent moved all in for another 9.5k or so. Jason called. The other guy had A-J and didn't improve. Jason's up to 19k now.

Amazing crazy three-way all-in ACTION! again, but different than last time.

A raising war pre-flop sees Rasmus Akeblom (my new Name Of The Day), Leroy Soesman and Marcel Kloof flip 'em over.

Kloof - Qd Qc
Akeblom - Ks Kd
Soesman - wait for it -  Ad Aspades

Obviously. There's lots of shouting concerning the sickness of it all, and Soesman is praying all the while that his Aces stand up, and ultimately the best hand does in fact take it, the 3s 6h Ts 7d 2c doing absolutely nothing for anyone. Marcel Kloof is OUT and Akeblom's down to around 10k.

Also OUT is Gus Hansen, currently having his photo taken with women.

The clock has been stopped and they're playing 5 more hands before the chip race and hometime.

Jarle Aasen - end of day bluffer

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9450&g2_serialNumber=1)

Just now he put Michele Limongi to the test on the river with the board reading 6c 2c 3s Jh 5d.  The pot stood around 10k and he bet 12k leaving himself what is usually referred to as a bowl of rice.  Limongi wasn't deep stacked enough to call this lightly, and he went in to the tank in a serious manner.  Eventually he passed Tc Td... and was shown the totally missed Qd Kd and a big sigh of relief from Aasen who just had to stretch a bit and talk to some laydeez.

Sorry fans, that was the high point in a pretty grind-y day which ended up, literally minutes before the end of play, with a bust-out.  Dana is bad luck in trainers and hairdye.

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I resent that Jason Laso's exit is being blamed on me by certain disreputable elements of the updating community. Unlucky, Jason. Jen will be dealt with later.

Meanwhile, I witnessed only one exit in the last five hands - Jeppe Lundsgaard somehow got it in preflop with Qh Td against I think Allan Baekke's Ks Kh. The board was a moderate-to-unhelpful 5c 4c 3c 8s Qs, and that probably brings the number of players coming back for Day 2 to 83.

Is there any chance of a last dose of NORKWATCH before bed  ;)

There just remains as the chips are coloured up and prepared for bagging to suggest Noah Boeken for Climber of the Day having been down to just one or two chips and called all-in for fun, now on nearly 30,000...

And to congratulate Mr. Barny Boatman on being our sole remaining Day 1a UK representative, on around 22k.

And to elaborate that Gus Hansen went out with a race - his 9-9 failing to hold against a spiking A-Q.

And to say that chip counts are very unlikely to arrive before tomorrow afternoon, but if they do, and we're awake, up they'll go.

And to say ;stickaforkinme;

Yes, and sorry, no more norkage for today because Jen took the camera for the last half hour or so and she's useless that way. I apologise on her behalf.

 ;stickaforkinme;

Oh yeah, we'll be back at 2pm (that's the ungodly early 1pm UK time) to update the second flight which will be taking wing tomorrow including Stuart Rutter, Nicolas Levi, Arnaud Mattern and a whole host of other people I can't remember the names of.  For now - we're a-bar-wards where Mike Lacey is buying because we've run out of money here already.

Great Updates Ladies:

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Day 1a survivors, with chip counts and a variety of other bits of information:

Peter Eastgate   Peter   Eastgate   Denmark      79,700
Ola Brandborn   Ola   Brandborn   Sweden      79,300
Mathias Andersen   Mathias   Andersen   Denmark      71,600
Tommy Pavlicek   Tommy   Pavlicek   Canada   PokerStars qualifier   67,000
Dennis Naci Hansen   Dennis Naci   Hansen   Denmark      63,300
Allan Bække   Allan   Bække   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   50,900
Peter Kalsen Petersen   Peter   Kalsen Petersen   Denmark      50,900
Marcin Horecki   Marcin   Horecki   Poland   PokerStars qualifier   50,100
Tom Larsen   Tom   Larsen   Denmark      50,000
Mattias Ressner   Mattias   Ressner   Denmark      50,000
Leroy Soesman   Leroy   Soesman   Holland      46,000
Frederik Brink Jensen   Frederik   Brink Jensen   Denmark      45,700
Børge Dypvik   Børge   Dypvik   Norway   PokerStars qualifier (FPP)   44,200
Rasmus Hede Nielsen   Rasmus   Hede Nielsen   Denmark      43,100
Alexander Kravchenko   Alexander   Kravchenko   Russia      40,500
Bill Chen   Bill   Chen   USA   Team PokerStars Pro   40,300
Jonas Danielsson   Jonas   Danielsson   Sweden      39,700
Christoffer Thorsen   Christoffer   Thorsen   Norway      39,400
Jarle Aasen   Jarle   Aasen   Norway      38,000
Matin Talebi   Matin   Talebi   Denmark      35,400
Trond Erik Eidsvig   Trond Erik   Eidsvig   Norway      35,400
Jesper Askholt   Jesper   Askholt   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   35,300
Jospeh Serock   Jospeh   Serock   USA   PokerStars qualifier   35,200
Anders Henriksson   Anders   Henriksson   Sweden      34,300
Lars Juul Madsen   Lars   Madsen   Denmark      34,200
Ulrik Pedersen   Ulrik   Pedersen   Denmark      33,600
Jesper Hougaard   Jesper   Hougaard   Denmark      33,400
Kresten Nielsen   Kresten   Nielsen   Denmark      32,900
Thomas Christiansen   Thomas   Christiansen   Denmark      32,100
Bengt Sonnert   Bengt   Sonnert   Sweden      31,900
Wim Emo   Wim   Emo   Holland      30,900
Martin Bjerring Hansen   Martin   Bjerring Hansen   Denmark      30,800
Barny Boatman   Barny   Boatman   UK      30,000
Mathias Kuerschner   Mathias   Kuerschner   Germany      29,200
Tobias Holmeide   Tobias   Holmeide   Denmark      28,400
Brian Jensen   Brian   Jensen   Denmark      28,200
Morten Erlandsen   Morten   Erlandsen   Denmark      28,000
Andreas Per Ragnar Davidsson   Andreas   Per Ragnar Davidsson   Sweden      27,300
Anders Bekhøj Hansen   Anders   Bekhøj Hansen   Denmark      27,300
Joseph Morneau   Joseph   Morneau   USA      26,200
Sidsel Helle Boesen   Sidsel Helle   Boesen   Denmark      25,900
Nikolas Liakos   Nikolas   Liakos   Sweden      25,800
Runar Runarsson   Runar   Runarsson   Iceland   PokerStars qualifier   25,400
Severin Hovde   Severin   Hovde   Norway      24,600
Jens Hansen   Jens   Hansen   Denmark      24,500
Andreas Hoivold   Andreas   Hoivold   Norway      23,600
Morten Klein   Morten   Klein   Norway      22,200
Claus Bentzen   Claus   Bentzen   Denmark      22,100
Daniel Ryan   Daniel   Ryan   USA      21,400
Michele Limongi   Michele   Limongi   Italy      21,000
Roar Wang   Roar   Wang   Norway      20,400
Thor Hansen   Thor   Hansen   Norway      20,200
Kenneth Lyons   Kenneth   Lyons   USA   PokerStars qualifier   19,300
Torbjörn Jonson   Torbjörn   Jonson   Sweden      19,300
Thomas Petersen   Thomas   Petersen   Sweden      17,600
Anders Martinsen   Anders   Martinsen   Denmark      17,400
Marcus Friman   Marcus   Friman   Sweden      17,200
Piotr Paruszewski   Piotr   Paruszewski   UK   PokerStars qualifier   17,100
Jesper Petersen   Jesper   Petersen   Denmark      16,000
Peter Hauerslev   Peter   Hauerslev   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   15,900
Morten Johansen   Morten   Johansen   Denmark      15,400
Jonas Klausen   Jonas   Klausen   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   13,800
Anthony Chatelain   Anthony   Chatelain   Sweden      13,600
Lasse Jeppesen   Lasse   Jeppesen   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   13,300
Christina Orth   Christina   Orth   Sweden      13,000
Paul Grabowski   Paul   Grabowski   USA   PokerStars qualifier   12,600
Nhi Bui   Nhi   Bui   Sweden      12,600
Ryan Badii   Ryan   Badii   USA   PokerStars qualifier   12,600
Peter Eichhardt   Peter   Eichhardt   Sweden      12,000
Kaj Jørgensen   Kaj   Jørgensen   Denmark      11,400
Claus Tversted   Claus   Tversted   Denmark      10,300
Sigbjørn Mortueit   Sigbjørn   Mortueit   Norway      9,900
Ulrica Skönnemark   Ulrica   Skönnemark   Sweden      9,400
Noah Boeken   Noah   Boeken   Holland   Team PokerStars Pro   9,400
Gesi Bason   Gesi   Bason   Holland      9,200
Georgios Pittas   Georgios   Pittas   Greece      8,800
Jerzy Hajdamowicz   Jerzy   Hajdamowicz   Poland      8,300
Luca Ferrario   Luca   Ferrario   Italy      7,600
Tommy Dender   Tommy   Dender   Denmark      7,400
Pehr Petersson   Pehr   Petersson   Sweden      7,100
Sven Polarski   Sven   Polarski   Holland   PokerStars qualifier   7,000
Jannick Wrang   Jannick   Wrang   Denmark   PokerStars qualifier   4,300


And our provisional Day 1b player list, in a slightly weird format, sorry:

               
21         22      
1      Torben Hübertz Knudsen   1      Josh Gould.
2      Kenneth Gregersen   2      Daniluk Andrey
3      Darin Cook   3      Russell Carson
4      Mikkel Middelbo   4      Henning Granstad.
5      Thomas Markussen   5      Will Haughey
6      Steve Jelinek   6      Timmi Jofur
7      Richard Larsen.   7      Richard Løth
8      Stephen Devlin   8      Claus Valloe
9      Livion Foianesi   9      Thomas Holm
10      Henrik Lotto Sørensen   10      Marcel Baran
               
23         24      
1      Michael Tureniec   1      Jan Rune Olsen
2      Rasmus Edenfall   2      Toke Nielsen
3      Henning Jakobsen   3      Nichlas Saarisilta
4      Seppo Parkkinen   4      Kristian Hasløv
5      Charles Furey   5      Kyriakides Miltiadis
6      Giacomo Rosa   6      Sigurd Eskeland
7      Vincent Clark Byrd   7      Karsten Johansen
8      Mihai Mika   8      Henrik Rune
9      Frank Gersby Jacobsen.   9      Per Lennart Stefan Matts
10      Erik Veld   10      Timothy Vance
               
25         26      
1      Alaa Al-Chani   1      Bjørn Agertved
2      Janno Cazemier   2      Jens Laurbjerg Nielsen
3      Olli Kurvinen   3      Jonathan Cirilli
4      Marc Goodwin   4      William Thorson
5      Mikael Johansson   5      Nicolas Levi
6      Michael Eriksson   6      Micke Norinder
7      Alexander Ellinsen   7      Paul Testud
8      Lars Hoe Madsen.   8      Miikka Samuli Mustonen
9      Deniz Bozgeyik   9      Rifat Palevic.
10      Uffe Holm   10      Tony G Gouga
               
27         28      
1      Arild Moldøy   1      Matthias Neu
2      Nick Mazur   2      Jyri Merivirta.
3      Ed de Haas   3      Andy Black.
4      Richard Toth   4      Christer Laudius
5      Ilari Sahamies   5      Scott Harwood
6      Lars Hansen   6      Alexander Petersen
7      Kim Olsen   7      Luca Pagano
8      Rigo Nyfjeld   8      Rene kovacs
9      Ljubomir Stosic   9      Stig Farholt.
10      Jogvan K. Glerfoss   10      Stephane Gerin
               
29         30      
1      Jan Olav Sjåvik   1      Marcus Palm
2      Casper Dahl Hansen   2      Ibrahim Sacrista
3      Nicolaj Linneballe   3      Roland De Wolfe
4      Johan Storåkers   4      Nedin Musa
5      Søren Jensen   5      Arnaud Mattern
6      Antti Pystynen   6      Vegard Mandal
7      Henrik Gwinner   7      Tom McEvoy
8      Kenneth Hessellund   8      Per Loeff
9      Mika Puro   9      Peter Hedlund
10      Morten Holm   10      Anders Rasmussen
               
31         32      
1      Martin Skovgaard Anersen   1      Luoto Sakari
2      Kjetil Tellefsen   2      Erik Friberg
3      Carlo Misuraca   3      Johannes Strassmann
4      Frei Dilling Kjær   4      Pernille Ravn
5      Michael Marek   5      Sonny Sareen
6      Dan Bitsch Pedersen   6      Martin El-Kher
7      Erik Bodén   7      Raymond Landaas
8      Alfonso Amendola   8      Paul Christoffersson
9      Jens Lübbe   9      0
10      Jon Lundberg   10      Richard Dalberg
               
33         34      
1      Andreas Sarling   1      Nicholas Dervaux
2      Rune Granath   2      Kenneth Raun Hemmingsen
3      Remy Biechel   3      Nedzib Suman.
4      Rasmus Gandrup   4      Gunnar Rabe
5      Brian Bischoff   5      Jeff Kimber
6      Jonas Lennartsson   6      Christian Grundtvig
7      Mads Andersen   7      Patrik Andersson
8      Tung Huynh   8      Peter Bregnhøj
9      Simon Ravnsbaek   9      Said El Mekki
10      Andreas Elofsson.   10      Erlend Melsom
               
35         36      
1      Steen Møller   1      Jonas Mathiasen
2      Anders Gustav Eriksson   2      Sasha Rosewood
3      Frederik Hostrup-Pedersen.   3      Michael Eriksen
4      Halldor Sverrisson   4      Sven Leu
5      Lasse Rimmer   5      Anders Berg
6      Erik Olsen.   6      Rob Hollink
7      Sean Lund   7      Ramzi Jelassi
8      Roger Johannessen   8      Jacob Juhl.
9      Markus Golser   9      Bent Mortensen
10      Brian Linnet   10      Jakob Vedel Lauridsen
               
37         38      
1      Roger Archtander   1      John Donnelly
2      Johnny Jensen   2      David Figueroa
3      Dario Nittolo   3      Rolf Slotsboom
4      Fahid Ali   4      Simon Dørslund
5      Anthony Spinella   5      Ismail Yilmaz
6      Tomas Brolin   6      Kristian Tolvhed
7      Anders Andersen   7      Roy Brindley
8      Gino Alacqua   8      Pascal Perrault
9      Sándor Hollaar   9      Bulent Karsli
10      Dustin Mele   10      Magnus Cornmark
               
39         40      
1      Patrick Bueno   1      Hristo Genov
2      Magnus Hansen   2      Bernd Monsma
3      Thomas Dahlgren   3      Peter Davidsen.
4      Michael Schulze   4      Sebastian Zink
5      Theo Jørgensen   5      Jan Walther Lund
6      Sami Kelopuro   6      Mike McDonald
7      Tomasz Krzesiñski   7      Trond Sundby
8      Rehne Pedersen.   8      Ståle Mortensson
9      Nicola Voss   9      Ole Busborg
10      Jan Sørensen   10      Trevor Lawson
               
41         42      
1      Katja Thater   1      Tom De Groot
2      Peter Hendriks   2      Jonas Helness
3      Søren Kongsgaard   3      Johan Lund
4      Cristiano Blanco   4      Steve Frezer
5      Almira Skripchenko   5      Thomas Billum
6      Johannes Korsar   6      Peter Willers Jepsen
7      Joris Jaspers   7      Norman Levitt
8      Haward Speer   8      Rene Mouritsen
9      Stuart Rutter.   9      Ryan Segelke
10      1111   10      Matt Kay
               
43               
1      Aron Wallden         
2      Charlie Ciresi         
3      Jogi Karamishi         
4      Liam Flood         
5      Kristian Pedersen         
6      Stephan Ma         
7      Sargon Ruya         
8      Kuremszki Csaba         
9      Sigurð Carlsson         
10      Robert Stain         

Very enjoyable updates guys. Had me literally "lol"-ing on more than one occasion.

Wish Stuart Rutter the best from me tomorrow. He is due to run good at some point and fingers crossed it's this time! Hopefully he'll be holding his scarf aloft in celebration at the end of proceedings in similar vein to these boys yesterday...

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It will also be interesting to see if Timex can follow up his great performance in Dortmund with a good showing here.

Can't wait!

alphabetically (ish):

 Bjørn Agertved
 Gino Alacqua   
 Alaa Al-Chani
 Fahid Ali 
 Alfonso Amendola
 Anders Andersen
 Mads Andersen
 Patrik Andersson
 Daniluk Andrey
 Martin Skovgaard Anersen
 Roger Archtander     
 Marcel Baran
 Anders Berg
 Remy Biechel
 Thomas Billum
 Brian Bischoff       
 Andy Black
 Cristiano Blanco
 Erik Bodén   
 Deniz Bozgeyik 
 Peter Bregnhøj
 Roy Brindley
 Tomas Brolin
 Patrick Bueno
 Ole Busborg
 Vincent Clark Byrd
 Sigurð Carlsson           
 Russell Carson   
 Janno Cazemier   
 Paul Christoffersson
 Charlie Ciresi           
 Jonathan Cirilli
 Darin Cook
 Magnus Cornmark
 Kuremszki Csaba         
 Thomas Dahlgren     
 Richard Dalberg
 Peter Davidsen
 Nicholas Dervaux
 Stephen Devlin
 John Donnelly
 Simon Dørslund
 Rasmus Edenfall
 Martin El-Kher
 Alexander Ellinsen
 Andreas Elofsson
 Michael Eriksen
 Anders Gustav Eriksson     
 Michael Eriksson   
 Sigurd Eskeland
 Stig Farholt
 David Figueroa
 Liam Flood
 Livion Foianesi
 Steve Frezer
 Erik Friberg
 Charles Furey
 Rasmus Gandrup
 Hristo Genov   
 Stephane Gerin
 Jogvan K. Glerfoss
 Markus Golser
 Marc Goodwin   
 Tony G Gouga       
 Josh Gould
 Rune Granath   
 Henning Granstad
 Kenneth Gregersen
 Tom De Groot
 Christian Grundtvig
 Henrik Gwinner   
 Ed de Haas 
 Casper Dahl Hansen   
 Lars Hansen
 Magnus Hansen     
 Scott Harwood 
 Kristian Hasløv   
 Will Haughey
 Peter Hedlund
 Jonas Helness
 Kenneth Raun Hemmingsen
 Peter Hendriks   
 Kenneth Hessellund
 Sándor Hollaar   
 Rob Hollink
 Morten Holm   
 Thomas Holm
 Uffe Holm
 Tung Huynh   
 Frank Gersby Jacobsen
 Henning Jakobsen
 Joris Jaspers
 Ramzi Jelassi 
 Steve Jelinek
 Johnny Jensen     
 Søren Jensen 
 Peter Willers Jepsen   
 Timmi Jofur
 Roger Johannessen   
 Karsten Johansen
 Mikael Johansson
 Theo Jørgensen
 Jacob Juhl
 Jogi Karamishi         
 Bulent Karsli
 Matt Kay
 Sami Kelopuro   
 Jeff Kimber
 Frei Dilling Kjær
 Søren Kongsgaard   
 Johannes Korsar   
 Rene kovacs
 Torben Hübertz Knudsen
 Tomasz Krzesiñski   
 Olli Kurvinen 
 Raymond Landaas
 Richard Larsen 
 Christer Laudius
 Jakob Vedel Lauridsen
 Trevor Lawson
 Jonas Lennartsson
 Sven Leu
 Nicolas Levi
 Norman Levitt   
 Nicolaj Linneballe
 Brian Linnet   
 Per Loeff 
 Richard Løth
 Jens Lübbe
 Johan Lund
 Sean Lund
 Jan Walther Lund   
 Jon Lundberg
 Stephan Ma             
 Lars Hoe Madsen
 Vegard Mandal
 Michael Marek   
 Thomas Markussen
 Jonas Mathiasen
 Arnaud Mattern
 Per Lennart Stefan Matts       
 Nick Mazur
 Mike McDonald
 Tom McEvoy
 Said El Mekki
 Dustin Mele   
 Erlend Melsom   
 Jyri Merivirta
 Mikkel Middelbo
 Mihai Mika   
 Kyriakides Miltiadis
 Carlo Misuraca   
 Arild Moldøy
 Steen Møller   
 Bernd Monsma
 Bent Mortensen
 Ståle Mortensson
 Rene Mouritsen     
 Nedin Musa
 Miikka Samuli Mustonen
 Matthias Neu
 Jens Laurbjerg Nielsen
 Toke Nielsen
 Dario Nittolo   
 Micke Norinder
 Rigo Nyfjeld 
 Erik Olsen
 Jan Rune Olsen
 Kim Olsen 
 Luca Pagano
 Rifat Palevic
 Marcus Palm
 Seppo Parkkinen
 Dan Bitsch Pedersen
 Frederik Hostrup-Pedersen
 Kristian Pedersen         
 Rehne Pedersen
 Pascal Perrault 
 Alexander Petersen
 Mika Puro   
 Antti Pystynen
 Gunnar Rabe
 Anders Rasmussen
 Pernille Ravn
 Simon Ravnsbaek
 Lasse Rimmer   
 Giacomo Rosa
 Sasha Rosewood 
 Henrik Rune
 Stuart Rutter
 Sargon Ruya
 Nichlas Saarisilta
 Ibrahim Sacrista
 Ilari Sahamies
 Luoto Sakari
 Sonny Sareen
 Andreas Sarling
 Michael Schulze
 Ryan Segelke     
 Jan Olav Sjåvik   
 Almira Skripchenko   
 Rolf Slotsboom   
 Henrik Lotto Sørensen
 Jan Sørensen
 Haward Speer     
 Anthony Spinella
 Robert Stain   
 Johan Storåkers   
 Ljubomir Stosic
 Johannes Strassmann
 Nedzib Suman
 Trond Sundby
 Halldor Sverrisson   
 Kjetil Tellefsen   
 Paul Testud
 Katja Thater
 William Thorson
 Kristian Tolvhed
 Richard Toth
 Michael Tureniec   
 Claus Valloe 
 Timothy Vance
 Erik Veld     
 Nicola Voss
 Aron Wallden                             
 Roland De Wolfe
 Ismail Yilmaz
 Sebastian Zink
 1111


 

I love the fact that Runar Runarsson is not actually made up

He is immediately my pick for the tournament - regular updates pls

great updates guys,
cu for a sandwich later!