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Title: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 12:28:21 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 01:06:31 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 01:43:13 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 01:53:23 PM 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."
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 Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 02:15:55 PM 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...
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 03:41:41 PM 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 Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 03:58:03 PM (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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 03:59:33 PM 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 Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 04:06:55 PM 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) Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 04:20:41 PM 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) Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 04:32:25 PM 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. 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 05:02:52 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 05:11:28 PM 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) (http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9379&g2_serialNumber=1) Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 05:18:13 PM 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) Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 05:29:00 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 05:35:52 PM DINNER BREAK is 45 minutes and is now.
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 05:42:46 PM *******************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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 05:56:18 PM 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...
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 06:42:34 PM 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 Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 06:49:42 PM 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 Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 06:57:50 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 06:59:48 PM (http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9393&g2_serialNumber=1)
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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 07:08:21 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 08:01:50 PM RELATIVELY BIG STACKWATCH
Alex Kravchenko Dennis Naci Hansen Trond Eidsvig Peter Eastgate Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 08:02:50 PM Julian is yo-yoing about all over the place, last I checked he had around 6k.
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 08:06:40 PM 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..."
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 08:11:42 PM 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.
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 08:33:16 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 08:36:21 PM 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.
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 08:41:26 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 08:41:36 PM 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. (?????????)
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 08:47:38 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 08:53:22 PM 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.
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 09:24:12 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 09:27:44 PM 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 Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 09:32:12 PM 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) Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 09:41:03 PM 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) Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 09:54:39 PM After grinding like this all day -
(http://www.dcprocessingequipment.com/image_manager/attributes/image/image_5/27769155_6767616_thumbnail.jpg) - Julian is OUT. He ran his pocket Tens into Mateyboy's pocket Kings. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 10:02:32 PM 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) Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 10:02:59 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 10:06:17 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 10:26:07 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 10:26:54 PM Also OUT is Gus Hansen, currently having his photo taken with women.
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 10:29:07 PM The clock has been stopped and they're playing 5 more hands before the chip race and hometime.
Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: Djinn on February 19, 2008, 10:36:37 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 10:45:03 PM 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. Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 19, 2008, 10:51:32 PM 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; Title: Re: Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen - Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on February 20, 2008, 01:16:55 AM 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 |