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Welcome back for Day 1b at the Copenhagen Casino! I have a head cold and am currently situated under a duvet at the Comfort Hotel, drinking one of those funny water-soluble orange-flavoured vitamin cocktails and waiting for Jen to bring me coffee from the lobby, but come 2pm we will be all bright and chirpy down at the Radisson, ready to update levels 1 through 8 in a weird Groundhog Day kind of way.

Familiar faces expected today include the Rutter, Andy Black, Roy Brindley, Liam Flood, Marc Goodwin, Tony G, Jeff The Jaffacake Kimber, Steve Jelinek; in fact, all of the people in this here list which Taximan alphabetized for us, thanks very much.

 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

My three picks are Kristian Pedersen, Frederik Hostrup-Pedersen, and Dan Bitsch Pedersen. See you all at 2 o'clock...

Good luck to Jeff, Stuart, Nicolas, Arnaud, Ramzi and Henning.

yay!..I love work-time updates..gives me something to do :)

 ;slavedriver;

Good luck to the frenchies Arnaud Mattern and Paul Testud...

Work?..They don't pay me enough to work..or maybe they don't pay me much because I don't do any work?...hmm...bit of a vicious circle there, me thinks.

Any updates on Stephen Devlin (aka allinstevie) would be appreciated :)

The melodious voice of big T.K. rings out... "Tournament players, the doors are now open."  This is not some kind of metaphor - they're slowly moving from the ever-popular corridor into the tournament area where soon some cards are going to be in the air.  Any minute.

And the cards have indeed made it into the air and probably back down to the felt already by now. We're off to find some entertaining stories...

How about another selection of some interesting looking tables? 

Katja Thater
Peter Hendriks
Søren Kongsgaard
Cristiano Blanco
Almira Skripchenko
Johannes Korsar
Joris Jaspers
Haward Speer
Stuart Rutter


Bjørn Agertved
Jens Laurbjerg Nielsen
Jonathan Cirilli
William Thorson
Nicolas Levi
Micke Norinder
Paul Testud
Miikka Samuli Mustonen
Rifat Palevic
Tony G Gouga


Plus all the excitement of a combined Andy Black, Roland de Wolfe, Marc Goodwin, Jeff Kimber and Liam Flood, making today nearly 65% more UK-tastic.

Any idea who this mystery betfair signing is? He is probably in the room right now with you.

Apologies, apologies all, we've been having more interweb problems which I have for the moment resolved by locating a cable, and Jennifer has yet to resolve at all. Bear with us...

eeeeekkkkk

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I could waste virtual ink ranting about how much internet connection error messages make me want to hit the journalist who happens to be sitting next to me (who happens to be Mike Lacey) but I won't.  I've simply stretched a cable from a box and am now sitting between two rows of tables fuming like petrol.

*****************whine over*****************

Back to the tournament, and I snapped these guys - all Dana's picks:

Kristian Pedersen (next to Liam Flood who looks surprised about it)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9452&g2_serialNumber=1)

Frederik Hostrup-Pedersen (too cool to sit down)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9456&g2_serialNumber=1)

Dan Pedersen - Fashionably late i.e. not here yet

SO I have substituted Rehne Pedersen for her - a formidable Pedersen indeed.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9454&g2_serialNumber=1)

I think this is your man - left the redeye on this photo as it makes him look more intimidating and less sleepy.  He is also a very very longshot to win Hoody of the Day.  In fact, he doesn't have a chance.  Dana has your winner coming right up.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9458&g2_serialNumber=1)

Best of luck to Stuart 'The Nutter' Rutter ;karabiner;  and Stephen Devlin

All updates on them, and the scarf greatly appreciated.

Yes indeedy, hoodie of the day is very special and will be with you shortly, it's just a-loading right now.

In the meantime, BRITWATCH and we're down a man already.

Somehow finding himself down to 1200, Marc Goodwin shoved to a raise from the below gentleman, one Uffe Holm of Denmark. Mr Holm apparently lost some sort of wager, and as a result will be known for the rest of this EPT as Elephant Man. Hard luck, Mr Holm. But also hard luck Mr Goodwin - racing his pocket Sixes against Elephant Man's K-J, a King on the flop meant that raising with K-J offsuit and subsequently calling the shove paid off for Elephant Man. Tusk, tusk.

Sorry, ivory'll bad headache now.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9460&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Mr Stuart Rutter is looking determined and a bit like Rocky in his hoodie, but said hoodie pales next to that of his neighbour Haward Speer. Yikes. Ladies  and gentlemen, I give you Hoodie Of The Day.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9488&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Ty m8, but im not playing Copenhagen:-)

I have no idea how my name suddenly showed up on the official player list...

Also I give to you:

Cowboy Of The Day, Mr Alfonso Amendola.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9473&g2_serialNumber=1)

How very curious. You are not alone though, Roland De Wolfe is also apparently not playing in spite of all the available paperwork claiming to the contrary. We will hopefully have the final, truthful player list soon.

Value to entice people to enter? ;)

In the press release i got it said all will be revealed at 6pm. Mizzi played day 1a you know, so he'd be free and all that.

NORKWATCH

Masseuse In Unnecessarily Tight Leggings Of The Day:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9493&g2_serialNumber=1)


Sorry, this one's actually of Tony G but enjoy actually quite frightening dollybirds in background. I have left their redeye as I think it rather suits them.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9466&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mizzi also busted in about 15 minutes on Day 1a. Would they really want to publicize that today?

Maybe they would...

GREAT GREAT BRITWATCH INCLUDING SEVERAL IRISHMEN AS BRITS ARE RATHER THIN ON THE GROUND TODAY


Mr Roy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=388) Brindley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=388):

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9485&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469):

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9471&g2_serialNumber=1)


FLOODWATCH:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9494&g2_serialNumber=1)

Will there be a Timexwatch? ;hide;

Good Luck to Liam,

One of my last nights before leaving the UK was spent having dinner with him and Des Wilson, and he really is a "true gentleman"

BREAKTIME CHIP COUNTS

Just a few, mind.

Steve Jelinek - 7,300
Josh Gould - 10,000 on the nose
Elephant Man - just 2,875 somehow, in spite of knocking out Marc Goodwin
Jan Sjavik - 10,400
Arnaud Mattern - 5,125
Jeff Kimber - 17,200
Roy Brindley - 3,050
Tony G - apparently OUT

This gent, awesomely named Charles Furey like out of a 70's punk band (Dana thought Porn Star/Action Hero) is your early chip leader with almost 30,000.  That's pretty good going.  Honestly this photo represents the largest proportion of his face I could snap as he seems to spend most of his time looking downwards intensely.  Pretty cool Escher-y hoody too - but you can't win more than one blonde title per day, it just wouldn't be fair.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9500&g2_serialNumber=1)

Is he not promoting Tony G poker? Or is T6 the same thing?

Dunno. If you squint it says TG.

T6 is the classical pop band Tony started with them fat guys that won the X factor...G4.

By the way the Frightening Dollybirds Of The Day came into the press room to try to steal our tea (but failed! Because the tea ran out and we only get one round :( ).

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Some tables selected for counting almost at random, which is all the 15 min break allowed for:

Table Kimber

Nicholas Dervaux - 18,400
Kenneth Raun Hemmingsen - 975
Nedzib Suman - 5,300
Gunnar Rabe - 12,000
Jeff Kimber - 17,000
Christian Grundtvig - 8,100
Patrik Andersson - 15,200
Peter Bregnhøj - 10,200
Said El Mekki - 5,225
Erlend Melsom - 9,225

Table Extra UK player - Mr. Trevor Lawson!

Hristo Genov - 12,000
Bernd Monsma - 10,250
Peter Davidsen - 11,550
Sebastian Zink - MOVED/OUT
Jan Walther Lund - OUT
Roger Archtander - 7,450
Mike McDonald - 11,000
Trond Sundby - 9,500
Ståle Mortensson - 15,500
Ole Busborg - 13,800
Trevor Lawson - 10,100

Table I might have got these counts out by one place, sorry... Seats 8-10 definitely right though

Katja Thater - OUT/MOVED
Peter Hendriks - 10,700
Søren Kongsgaard - 4,500
Cristiano Blanco - ??
Almira Skripchenko - 12,000
Johannes Korsar - 8,300
Joris Jaspers - 11,150
Haward Speer - 13,700
Stuart Rutter - 11,000

That's going straight into my repertoire.

Spotted in the hallway during the break, an unnamed contender for Hoodie Of The Day:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9507&g2_serialNumber=1)


Also, my current Hat Of The Day (and possible Red Sock Left In Wash Coloured Shirt Of The Day), Mr Martin El-Kher:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9496&g2_serialNumber=1)


Haircut Of The Day Mr Alexander, um, Petersen:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9469&g2_serialNumber=1)

Jan Sjavik Of The Day, Mr Jan Sjavik:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9477&g2_serialNumber=1)

Do you have any information (chip count or action) about Arnaud Mattern's and Tony G's tables ???

It's meant to go in your car.

OK how about a hand? 

None other than Tom McEvoy is involved here - for those that don't recognise him he's the distinguished-looking white haired gentleman on the leftish of this picture, sporting Team Pokerstars gear today.

He re-raised preflop on the button to 1,000 after Nedin Musa had initially shown interest... but when it got back to Musa he upped it to 3,000.  A pretty swift call from McEvoy later and they were looking at a flop of 3h 5c 4s.  Musa bet out 5k and McEvoy passed sharpish.  Then Peter Hedlund - the blurry guy in blue - resumed talking (he'd briefly paused during the hand and to drink some beer) saying, "I should have pushed!  Flopped a set!"  before continuing to drink beer and talk a lot. 

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9508&g2_serialNumber=1)

Arnaud Mattern is also on that table in seat 5 (you can just make out an ear and a bit of brown T-shirt) so I've added a pic of him for no particular reason.  Musa is the guy on the left, here though.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9510&g2_serialNumber=1)

OK, don't push it.


<pitches another.

I have to say, it's a bit slooooow and a bit not much fuuuuuunnn out there. By which I don't mean everyone's in a terrible mood and there's a bad atmosphere. Everybody seems fairly content. It's just, nobody seems to be talking, or otherwise interacting, or having a good time. Take this hand from Table Rutter, for example.

There's a flop - 5d 5s 7c

Joris Jaspers doesn't do anything for a little while. Nobody speaks. Then he bets 1000.

There's a pause. Not a pregnant pause, more a pause of polite contemplation. Then Cristiano (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=512) Blanco (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=512) raises to 2200.

Everyone looks at the felt. Then, after a decent interval, Johannes Korsar calls. Eventually Joris Jaspers passes.

The dealer waits until he's absolutely certain that everyone has acted, and then deals the 8s turn. Both remaining players ponder this for a moment, and then check.

Now the dealer carefully places the 2h river in its proper place next to the turn card. Blanco thinks about it. He checks. Korsar is now not sure what to do. He considers his next move, in silence. Everyone waits patiently. Finally, he decides his move. He bets 2500.

Now the action is on Blanco again. He doesn't know what to do. He looks down at the felt. He licks his lips, and apparently counts to somewhere in the region of 40 or 50 before he acts. He silently passes.

GAHHHHH!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9518&g2_serialNumber=1)


By the way, the Rutter has a dirty stack, like so:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9514&g2_serialNumber=1)

But he assures me that he has 11.5k, and is happy, like so:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9516&g2_serialNumber=1)

French Counts:

Arnaud Mattern - 4,525
Renaud of Dammartin (aka Raynald I)- no show
Paul Testud - 8,600
Nicolas Levi - 27,000 He seems to have taken all of France's luck today and spun it into some nice chip towers (I especially like his hoard of green 25 chips).

Here pictured are the four middle seats on what looks to be a pretty tough table: William Thorson, Nicolas, Mikke Norinder and Paul Testud.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9526&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9528&g2_serialNumber=1)

Thank you...

But you can say that Nicolas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) Levi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) has taken all the French luck for that tourney... If I'm not wrong no french player survived yesterday...

Of course, there is the exception that proves every rule, and that exception is Table Levi/Norinder/Testud.

Nicolas Levi raises in early position, and Micke Norinder calls. Levi eyes him up. "I have the distinct feeling that you like me," he says. "I do like you, man," says Micke, but neither of them seem to want to get more involved than that at this stage. Paul Testud also calls, and so does Bjorn Agertved.

Flop - 9c 7c 4c

Nicolas bets 1200. Micke, probably because he likes him, calls. Paul Testud gets out of the way. Now Agertved dwells, boringly. Oh no, think I, it's going to be like every other hand I've watched, where everyone dwells for ages and nothing at all happens at the end of it. Then Agertved goes all in for 6325 total. Oh ok, think I, everyone's going to fold now. Now Nicolas Levi goes all in too, for loads!

Now Nicolas' new friend Micke lets out this kind of weird guttural groany scream like probably the sound that Vikings used to make when they were just about to rape or pillage. "WUUEEOOOOOEEUUUUUURRRRRR! That was my move!" says he. He thinks about it quite seriously for a moment, but gets out of the way.

Levi - 5c 6c obviously, what with that early position raise and everything
Agertved - Kc Jd

Turn - 2d
River - 5s

Agertved is OUT. So there you go. Who'd've thunk it.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9520&g2_serialNumber=1)

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It's just like Dana described today.  It's not that nothing is happening, because things are happening, but they're happening slowly and calmly with the minimum of fuss.  I must admit that from a playing perspective this collection of players here today is a wonder of quietly confident aggression, a tough and gentlemanly-behaved field which is producing some interesting hands and big stacks.  But from a blogging perspective, the total lack of loud Americans/drunk people/Tony G (busted) kind of leaves our early blind levels a bit thin for reporting.  I mean, we don't really want people to stand up and shout and call each other donkeys and provide a running megalomaniacal commentary a la Hellmuth, but maybe just for levels 1 through 3, during patches of slowness.  And not to imply that all North Americans have that kind of streak - playing today are Mike McDonald, Dustin Mele (apparently both in some kind of Team Pokerstars Sponsored Guest type thing) and Sasha Rosewood (pictured) all from the other side of the sea, and all just as delightfully low-key as their Scandie brethren.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9530&g2_serialNumber=1)

I am aware that this would have been a better photo with some judicious cropping, but the expression of shock-horror on the face of the guy on the right was too amusing to waste.

Haircut Of The Day (Team Event) - Messrs Per Loeff and Peter Hedlund:

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Young Swede Ramzi Jelassi was down to around 5 or 6k last I checked.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9480&g2_serialNumber=1)

Roy Brindley, pictured here somewhat depressed after sinking to just 4k at the break, might be in a better mood now having doubled up with Qc Jc on a Q-J-xxx board against Pascal Perrault's A-Q.  As it was he said it was a good thing I was taking his picture as he might be out any minute etc. etc. before describing the last fifteen minutes of play before the break as 'torture.' 

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9532&g2_serialNumber=1)

Oh, sorry - Marc just told us that his brief resurgence in chips is over and he's now OUT - Ski-outfitted Rolf Slotboom his assassin, mainly.

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Jeff 'JaffaCake' Kimber - penny for your thoughts?
Jeff?
Hello?

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Most people count sheep - Jeff is counting tenners and fifties! Or perhaps he is trying to remember if he unplugged the iron??

GL mate

Surely he has a butler now to do his ironing Tim ?

IN that case maybe he forgot to unplug the butler. I know he would have remembered to deflate the "other" though for sure! hehe

After which Blind Level have they a break for dinner ???

Actually they're on dinner break right now!  But we couldn't tell you because we were in the Special Surprise Betfair Press Conference in which we discovered the secret identity of their new sponsored player....

... OK it's Sorel Mizzi who is joining Annette on the road.  They are good friends and now each have a travel buddy, plus we learned that they've both bought houses from all their poker money.  They are really very sensible and articulate, which you might not guess from their LAG online personae.  Anyway, we found that there was both food AND beer in the conference room which made the whole thing much more interesting.  Now they get to play heads up and generally practise taunting one another, it looks like. 

Oh, and zangbezan means 'call me' like on the phone, and he picked it as one alias because it sounds cool and is also relevant, sort of.

that has just made my day, ty

Did they promise him a year's supply of jellybeans or something?

By the way, a few bits and pieces we established before the Betfair conference...

Andy Black was up to 13k, but ran his pocket Kings into a neighbour's Mighty 6-7 Offsuit and is long gone. Here he is expressing his feelings about me and my camera flash:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9536&g2_serialNumber=1)


Steve Jelinek is no longer in his seat, and seeing as his orange t-shirt is nowhere to be seen, we're assuming he's gone.


Big stacks include this gentleman, I think one Roger Johannessen:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9553&g2_serialNumber=1)

Here is the, er, happy couple from the press conference. Or something.

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Seeing as the players are still on break, and will be for another 5 minutes or so, here's this amusing picture I took earlier of Suki, the itinerant and excellent masseuse giving what looks like some kind of nelson to Mads Andersen, who presumably was paying for the privilege. 

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9558&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Just bumped into Stuart Rutter, who tells me that he's been having a pretty good time of it and is up to 23k.

The below gent, who reminds me a bit of Bill Bailey but is in fact called Luoto Sakari and is an online qualifier, doubled up courtesy of the gent below him whose name I don't know.

Sakari -  Aspades Qc
Mateyboy - Kc Jd

All in on the flop of a Qh Qd Kh 5d 9d board.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9543&g2_serialNumber=1)

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PRETTY LADY WATCH

Ms Pernille Ravn of Denmark, on around 15k:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9540&g2_serialNumber=1)

The final and definitive Day 1b player list has arrived! Enjoy.

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

I'm not sure, but I think it's not Roger Johannessen but Markus (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=644) Golser (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=644) ;carlocitrone;

Roytheboy is out you say? Say it aint so

Also we have received the all-important PAYOUT.

Position   Danish Kroner (DKK)   Euros (approx)
1               6,220,488                        834,590
2              3,521,429                        472,463
3               2,045,381                        274,425
4             1,560,394                        209,355
5             1,286,270                          172,576
6             1,012,147                          135,798
7             801,283                               107,507
8              569,333                               76,386
9            347,926                                46,680
10             347,926                                   46,680
11   274,123                                     36,779
12   274,123                                   36,779
13   210,864                                    28,291
14   210,864                                   28,291
15   147,605                                 19,804
16   147,605                                  19,804
17-24   115,975                                 15,560
25-32   84,346                             11,316
33-40   63,259                                 8,487

Total prize pool   21,086,400   

Oh maybe, thanks. Couldn't see his ticket so had to go on where he was sitting.

Can't do that, I'm afraid, seeing as it's all true. Commiserations.

Meanwhile, some of the players are rebelling against the £10 sandwiches.

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Haven't seen Elephant Man in a while, so I'm assuming he packed his trunk and left.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9462&g2_serialNumber=1)

I was just snapping Dario Nittolo's proudly embossed nick-name and comedy-hand hoody (each card one off the half-Wilson, I note) when he promptly shoved his microstack all in preflop... resignedly showing down Ks 3s which failed to improve against his caller's Ad Jd.

But what I was taking his picture for was to compare with Stuart Rutter's The Nutter hoody which he appears to have made himself with poster paint.  Bless.  Also good for reinforcing that very image.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9560&g2_serialNumber=1)

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And the lovely Freda, Peter Jepsen's girlfriend.

Some Assorted Numbers (of chips that people have):

Steve Jelinek - Not out but on 3,925
Mr. Furey - 27,000
William Thorson - OUT
Nicolas Levi - 18,000
Stuart Rutter - 18,000
Jeff Kimber - 4,100
Jan Sjavik - 17,500
Ramzi Jelassi - 12,000
Sasha Rosewood - 19,000
Rob Hollink - 9,450
Markus Golser - 18,500
Frederik Hostrup-Pedersen - 26,500

Mr Rutter would like it to be known that his phone is dead, so if he's not answering your calls, that is the reason. Or possibly he doesn't like you.

Anyway, he's back down to 15k or so - he lost a 14k pot with Aces, one of them a club, calling a guy all in on a two-club flop. The dude was holding Jc Tc and hit on the river.

His stack is still around averagey and perfectly manageable, but he says: "It feels like Groundhog Day, I just can't win a single all in."

The Rutter, incidentally, has moved table.

On New Table Rutter, Arild Moldoy has just doubled up with Tc Ts against Rigo Nyfjeld's  Aspades Kc. Board - a very firm Th Ad 5s 5h 9h.

Scandie Shows Emotion At Yucky Outdraw Shocker!

Young Toke Nielsen makes it 950 to go, and directly to his left, Olli Kurvinen makes it 2400. Nielsen calls.

Flop - Jh Jc 3h

Nielsen bets 3k, and Kurvinen dwells boringly for a while. I must say, I always assumed that a boring lengthy dwell usually resulted in a fold, but I am beginning to realise that for the young Scandies the boring lengthy dwell usually means they're going to go all in. Go all in he does. Now Nielsen checks his cards, looks a little irked, and dwells boringly for a little while. He duly calls.

Nielsen - 4d 4c
Kurvinen - Ac Kd

Turn - Qc
River - Qs

Suddenly not boring any more, Nielsen is outraged. He shouts something which sounds like "Knife, knife, knife, squirly thing!" and hits himself in the face with a magazine. He stalks off. Kurvinen shows no emotion.

Also Featured:

Ilari Sahamies - 27,000

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9564&g2_serialNumber=1)

Luca Pagano - 21,000 Has the guts to wear an actually bright pink shirt, not any of that red-sock-in-wash stuff...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9566&g2_serialNumber=1)

Christian Grundtvig - 4,000  You might wonder why, then, he looks so happy - well it's because he just doubled up TO 4,000 with Ad Ahrt.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9568&g2_serialNumber=1)

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HURRY HURRY HURRY .... 10 minutes to go.

What a polite chap.  Obviously had a great upbringing  ;)


Go, Stu        ;slavedriver;

Problems for Prague-Winner Arnaud Mattern… The cutoff whose name tag has him as Roland de Wolfe but who definitely isn’t and is in fact Omar Adel re-raised preflop to 3,100 after early position Peter Hedlund had opened.  Arnaud thought for a while before making it 6,200 – the kind of bet which pretty much would commit both of them if it was taken up… Hedlund got out of the way and Adel made a token dwell before moving all in with a weird slidey-round motion with his stack as if to say, “Are they going all in?  Aren’t they going all in?”  which must have been a bit annoying to Arnaud, who showed Ac Kh and had to wait for a pseudosqueeze and therefore slight slowroll from Adel with his Ahrt Ad.  Down to around 6k now.

As one TD said to another... The well-disguised 'fisherman' is none other than Steve Frezer, of in-charge-of-WSOP fame.  Good to see him sitting at a table for a change.

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Matthias Neu takes a hit to his not-so-comfy stack now courtesy of Luca Pagano.  He'd raised to 850 preflop and picked up one other caller as well as big blind Pagano.
Flop:  2d 6s 8d  Check to the raiser, who bets 2050.  Only the snappily dressed Italian calls...
Turn:  Ahrt  Now a considered check-check for a free
River: 9c  Luca Pagano throws out four blue 1k chips and whatever the opposite of a dwell and slowroll is happened almost too fast to be seen with the naked eye... Instacall and instaflip of 5c 7c for the second nuts for Pagano and a quiet muck from Neu.

Steve Jelinek is OUT - not sure what happened but he was under 4k at last count so I think they all went in and didn't come back out.

Nobody seems to be interacting with us on our interactive thread today. That makes Jen sad, and when she's sad, she beats me. That makes me sad. Somebody please break this vicious sad cycle of sadness.

:(

Photo doesn't do her justice.  Had the pleasure of sharing a table with her last year in Copenhagen.  Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=309) Slade (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=309) had her on Day 1 (in the being at the same poker table sort of way), and she was drawn on my table on Day 2.

Good player as well.

when you say she beats you, do you mean spank  ;whistle;

What she means is, when nobody interacts, it makes her sad, and when she's sad she throws around hideous untrue allegations to get attention. 

But if there's anyone you want an update on, photo of, er... that's about all we do... then feel free to let us know.

AWESOME OUTFIT ALERT!

First I noticed this gentleman, Aron Wallden, because of his curious hoodie be-logoed in Soprano-esque fashion and featuring the names of those well-known Sopranos, um, Ingrid, Marthe, Jeanette.

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I then noticed the bright, tight, tight red trousers that at first I thought were part of the chair:

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Then the open-to-navel peasant shirt:

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Extraordinary.

And he's not bad looking...RESULT!

SOme hands that look like they might go somewhere but actually never quite happen:

Arnaud Mattern makes it 875 utg but lays it down when Anders Rasmussen moves all in.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9579&g2_serialNumber=1)


Jan Sjavik bets 1500 on a Qd Ks 5s flop, but lays it down when Kristian Tolvhed goes in over the top of him.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9577&g2_serialNumber=1)

Um... a journalist who shall remain nameless said, "I thought it was Katja Thater when I was standing behind him."  It's the hair.

Mike Lacey?

Yes yes, as I was most righteously corrected earlier, that dude getting the massage was indeed Markus Golser. He has around 30k, and I have captured his hoodie for posterity right here:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9583&g2_serialNumber=1)


Ramzi Jelassi has 34k. "Not bad," he is thinking as he contemplates his stack. I imagine.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9586&g2_serialNumber=1)

Shall remain nameless! But no. Keep guessing if you like.

The guy who looks really surprised to be raking in the pot next to Thinker Johan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=604) Storakers (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=604) here knocked out Henrik Gwinner who pushed with a not-really-foldable-to stack after he'd raised on the button.  He held Jh Qh and Gwinner 7d 7h. 
The flop came Th Ks 6c but the tension of the race was firmly squashed with the Ad turn.  Drawing dead, a feeling which ranks somewhere above tooth pain and below locking your car keys in the car.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9593&g2_serialNumber=1)

The board reads Ad 2h 8d Ahrt 7c and awesomely monikered Rasmus Gandrup bets 3k. Roland Olsson asks for a count, but with a "yeahhhh, ok," he just flat calls.

Olsson - Ac Kh
Gandrup - Aspades Kd

They split, with giggling. The two of them are sitting either side of Steve Frezer. Must confess I didn't recognise him and didn't see him play a hand, but I took another photo of him anyway just because he looks like such a nice, smiley man, and I like his hat.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9589&g2_serialNumber=1)

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no, pb... Some Frenchies news ???

and what about the very known players like Markus (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=644) Golser (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=644), Tony G, Tom McEvoy, and the others ???

Don't worry, Jen and Dana, your reports are very interresting...

Any news on Mike McDonald Please, I thought he was awesome in the last EPT would love to see him go well again in this.

Is there anyone dressed even remotely sensibly at this event?  What's going on?  I'm scared.

Also is Liam Flood still in ? if so ay chance of a chip count please.

Did anybody else get the email from Mad Harper entitled "the moment you've all been waiting for" which actually contained a pie chart of the nationalities in the Copenhagen EPT. He really is mad

Hey, I thought that, although I didn't tell anyone. Were you reading my mind?

Did Steve get lost on his way to the beach?

No, 'fraid not. By his own admission he apparently didn't play so well, largely because he didn't sleep last night. Bad luck, Mr Flood, on all fronts.

So mad that he even wears a dress!

It's brilliant isn't it?  Scary, but brilliant.

More photos of Pernille Ravn please.

Yeah the moment I was actually waiting for was the opening of the Pokerstars hospitality suite (read: dark room with food and booze in).  It has finally come, too!  Joy.

Markus Golser has 42k.

Tony G and Tom McEvoy are both OUT, Tony G super-early (I think we reported it as soon as we knew; nobody seems to have seen his actual exit hand though, sorry).

Will check on the French guys...

Whaou...

With their eliminations, there are 2 great players out...

Over on table Slotboom super short stacked Trond Sundby looked ready to push when it folded to him on the button.  "Please take it easy on me," pleaded small blind Rolf, "I need the money!"  I have never seen anyone so protective of their small blind... anyway when Sundby's last 2,500 hit the middle it wasn't Rolf but big blind Roland Olsson who made the call showing 6h 6c to Sundby's Ts Js.  A 6d on the flop sealed the deal and we're down another player.

LA FRANCEWATCH

Nicolas Levi - approx. 20k
Paul Testud - approx. 25k
Arnaud Mattern - exactly 6.1k and a bit unhappy about it, bless

Are Testud and Levi always at the same table ????

any collusion ? lol...

Arnaud didn't self destruct after his AK problem, but has been grinding with around 6k... but he did come to tell me during a particularly weird hand other people were involved in on his table, "I am going INSANE!"  Whether this is to do with the play or some of the players or the dealer, I am not sure, but one worries.  He said that the floor had just been called due to a pretty remarkable series of dealer errors - like so:

1) On the flop with two players in the pot, a guy not in the hand made the sign of the check (you know, tapped the table) and the dealer dealt the turn.  It was then pointed out that the checker had no cards.
2) The players (who hadn't acted) then sort of accepted that they wouldn't make a fuss and play the turn.  While action was still on player 1, who was doing some thinking, the dealer dealt the river.
3) Now player 2 wants to bet. 
4) The floorman rules that the river is to be reshuffled into the deck and a round of betting completed for the turn (fair enough).  Player 2 now doesn't look so delighted about betting, but does anyway and somehow wins the pot right there.

Chugging along as a relatively big stack all day has been this guy, Gino Alacqua. Just now I saw him knock out Erik Boden.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9549&g2_serialNumber=1)

Yes, they've been at the same table all day, with Levi's New Best Friend, Amsterdam Master Classics Final Tabler Micke Norinder between them. Cannot possibly comment as to collusion, But probably.

They're probably best friends because Mikkael donked all his chips to Arnaud Mattern on the final of the Prague EPT by playing A-Q horrendously bad.

Stuart Rutter, yo-yoing about all over the place, is in a much better mood now that he has doubled up to 29k, not least because he had Aces and it could so easily have gone terribly wrong.

He flat-called a raise to 1200, but there was another caller, and he was a-feared come the K-J-6, two-hearts flop. The original raiser bet 1800 and The Rutter raised to 3800, and then called the all-in. Original Raiser had Kd 3d.

"It's the first all in I've won in donkeys' years!" he enthuses.

Here is the happy couple, just before Micke yawned and put his arm around Nicolas:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9524&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ramzi Jelassi has just been moved two to the left of Markus Golser (does Mr. Golser ever not build a good stack in these events?) who has 55k which makes his 30k look less good.  He sat down and received his first hand utg+1.  He raised (here we go, the table may sigh) to 1,025, called by Livio Foianesi and big blind Golser.
Flop:  7s 2c Kd  Check to Ramzi who makes it 2,500.  Pass back but not further than Markus who promptly makes it 6,500.  "Are you sure?" asks Ramzi, "It's my first hand..." then says, "It's winning," and folds what looked like a raggy suited Ace face-up.  "You wouldn't like it if I made it 15k..." he tries, but Markus is giving away absolutely nothing. 
 

Nicolaj Linneballe, in the suit in the photo, has doubled up his 3.8k microstack. He shoved with Qh Qc utg and big blind Christian Grundtvig, not in the suit in the photo, called with Js Jd.

Board - a decidedly un-Jack-filled 3c Kh 3h 4s Ts

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9595&g2_serialNumber=1)

Steven "all in stevie" Devlin has doubled up, moving in on the turn of a 5d 7s Qs Jd board and finding a caller in Kenneth Gregersen.

I know Devlin has a monster, because he does not give me the evil eye as I take a photo of him while he is all in (a kind of blogger's tell). He flips over Qd Qh. Gregersen makes a sad noise, and flips over the Qc; he is informed that he must show his other card too, and it is the inconsequential seeing as he's drawing dead Ks.

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UPDATE - actually he's OUT now, apparently hurling himself into Ramzi Jelassi's Aces. Oops.

Arnaud Mattern appears to be wearing earplugs.  Perhaps they are some defence against Peter Hedlund, who has attracted some camera guys like large flies to, er, an unexpectedly garrulous Swede.  "Now it's the feature table!" announced Hedlund, before proclaiming: "The Dutch are really good at making beers.  And football." 

A defiantly-staring Mike McDonald - about 20k.

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I cannot think of a plausible excuse to post this photo. I'm posting it anyway. Gentlemen, enjoy.

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She looks absolutely THRILLED to be there   rotflmfao

Here pictured is Stu rutter, next to online qualifier, and...wait for it... UK player Nick Mazur!  I don't know if Mr. Mazur is still in but if his form has gone the way of Stuart's he will have built an OK stack, lost a race, played some risky Aces and built up to 30k.

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and casually placed a dead phone to make the chip stack look even bigger

Um, yes, obviously as soon as we find a UK player he promptly exits. One day someone's going to sue us for cursing them or something.

Anyway, I believe what happened was that Nick Mazur raised some preflop and then Stig Farholt re-raised to 5k or so (missed the very early stages of the hand, so I sort of pieced that back together with my Awesome Powers Of Deduction). Nick called.

Flop - Jh 3h Td and Farholt says, "How much you have?" They end up with Nick all in. He has Qd Qc. Stig Farholt has Ac Ad. No Queen, and he's OUT. I take a heartless photo of him as it's sinking in, before he's even stood up to leave. Sorry, Mr Mazur.

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We have give you our curse of yesterday...

Um, yes, the Rutter Rollercoaster also continues. He's down to 12k again, after finding himself on the losing end of a QQ v AK race, an Ace on the turn. He is becoming hysterical.

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The clock has been stopped, and they're playing the last apparently-randomly-generated-number-of-hands of the day. Today that number is seven. I shall continue to report stuff that happened before that while Jen watches those last seven hands.

Martin Skovgaard Anersen doubled up with Ad 3d on an  Ahrt 3s Aspades 5s 4d board, somehow convincing Frei Kjaer that he wanted to call on the flop with K-Q.

Tom de Groot is OUT, to the dude below who is not Tom de Groot (anyone?). All in preflop, his 3d 3h didn't stand a chance against his opponent's Ad Aspades, particularly when the first card out of the deck was another Ace.

Board -  Ahrt 5h Td 9c 2d (some very optimistic soul cried "hearts!" on the flop, but it was not to be.)

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Am LOVING Trond Eidsvig's day-off 'rhinestone cowboy' look. Snoops, take note please. Look, someone else is LOVING that look too...

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Stig Farholt, who took out Nick Muzar, has around 70k and is among the chip leaders. Nedin Musa is also flying high with around 85k.

A couple of end of day counts as they prepare to wrap things up for Day 1B: 

Rolf Slotboom - 12,000
Nicolas Levi - 22,000
Micke Norinder - 14,000
Stuart Rutter - 12,000
Ilari Sahamies - 47,000
Paul Testud - 20,000
Ramzi Jelassi - 45,000
Markus Golser - 50,000
Frederik Hostrup-Pedersen - 14,500
Charles Furey - 29,000
Arnaud Mattern - 6,500

Steve Frezer - 23,700

He gets his own line because he has the best attitude I've seen - cheerful, enjoying the game, not afraid to wear a sunhat indoors.  Plus he's wearing a shirt that says something nice and optimistic like "Yesterday is history, tomorrow never comes. Today's the day."  Or similar. 

Looks like someone else likes him too as with that outstretched arm on the left

Yes, he always smiles at updaters, too. Even when they don't smile back. We are totally finished for the day, chipcounts to follow when Mad Harper (definitely a lady, to clear up the confusion) and those fine Pokerstars people send them over. Thomas Kremser: "Everybody please now LEAVE the tournament area. See you tomorrow at 2pm. Goodnight."

Daily report also to follow at the William Hill site, soon as we've written it.

Bar beckons.

 ;stickaforkinme;

Chip counts:


FullName
Chips
Country
Peter Eastgate
79.700
Denmark
Ola Brandborn
79.300
Sweden
Theo Jørgensen
75.900
Denmark
Mathias Andersen
71.600
Denmark
Stig Farholt
70.600
Denmark
Andreas Glannbro
69.700
Sweden
Nedin Musa
67.300
Denmark
Tommy Pavlicek
67.000
Canada
Dennis Naci Hansen
63.300
Denmark
Simon Dørslund
59.500
Denmark
Jan Sørensen
57.800
Denmark
Luca Pagano
56.400
Italy
Markus Golser
54.800
Austria
Johan Lund
51.900
Sweden
Allan Bække
50.900
Denmark
Peter Kalsen Petersen
50.900
Denmark
Kristian Hasløv
50.700
Denmark
Marcin Horecki
50.100
Poland
Tom Larsen
50.000
Denmark
Mattias Ressner
50.000
Sweden
Miikka Samuli Mustonen
47.500
Finland
Henrik Rune
46.600
Denmark
Ramzi Jelassi
46.200
Sweden
Leroy Soesman
46.000
Holland
Frederik Brink Jensen
45.700
Denmark
Joris Jaspers
44.900
Holland
Charles Furey
44.600
USA
Børge Dypvik
44.200
Norway
Vegard Mandal
43.900
Norway
Rasmus Hede Nielsen
43.100
Denmark
Ed de Haas
42.000
Holland
Alexander Kravchenko
40.500
Russia
Bill Chen
40.300
USA
Jonas Danielsson
39.700
Sweden
Christoffer Thorsen
39.400
Norway
Gino Alacqua
38.900
Italy
Jarle Aasen
38.000
Norway
Ilari Sahamies
37.800
Finland
Janno Cazemier
37.500
Afghanistan
Jonas Lennartsson
37.000
Sweden
Matin Talebi
35.400
Denmark
Trond Erik Eidsvig
35.400
Norway
Jesper Askholt
35.300
Denmark
Jospeh Serock
35.200
USA
Raymond Landaas
35.000
Norway
Anders Henriksson
34.300
Sweden
Lars Juul Madsen
34.200
Denmark
Ulrik Pedersen
33.600
Denmark
Jesper Hougaard
33.400
Denmark



Day 2 seating plan:

21      
1      Joris Jaspers
2      Mathias Andersen
3      Miikka Samuli Mustonen
4      Stig Farholt
5      Jonas Klausen
6      Raymond Landaas
7      Allan Bække
8      Ulrica Skönnemark
9      Matin Talebi

22      
1      Severin Hovde
2      Christer Laudius
3      Thomas Markussen
4      Nikolas Liakos.
5      Barny Boatman
6      Peter Hedlund
7      Michele Limongi
8      Michael Marek
9      Jospeh Serock

23      
1      David Figueroa
2      Wim Emo
3      Bill Chen
4      Tomasz Krzesiñski
5      Michael Eriksson
6      Thomas Petersen
7      Mattias Richard Emil Ressner
8      Andreas Hoivold
9      Johan Lund

24      
1      Nicolas Dervaux
2      Jarle Aasen
3      Ilari Sahamies
4      Magnus Hansen
5      Morten Johansen
6      Runar Runarsson
7      Jan Sørensen
8      Gesi Bason
9      Peter Eastgate

25      
1      Anders Martinsen
2      Janno Cazemier
3      Patrik Andersson
4      Morten Erlandsen
5      Jesper Hougaard
6      Giacomo Rosa
7      Theo Jørgensen
8      Frederik Brink Jensen
9      Lars Madsen

26      
1      Tom Larsen
2      Kristian Hasløv
3      Bengt Sonnert
4      Pernille Ravn
5      Jonas Lennartsson
6      Nhi Bui
7      Jesper Petersen
8      Norman Levitt
9      Omar Adel

27      
1      Tobias Holmeide
2      Mika Puro
3      Brian Jensen
4      Dennis Naci Hansen
5      Kristian Pedersen
6      Torbjörn Jonson
7      Sidsel Helle Boesen
8      Tommy Pavlicek
9      Paul Grabowski

28      
1      Martin Skovgaard Anersen
2      Markus Golser
3      Marcin Horecki
4      Sonny Sareen
5      Mikael Norinder
6      Lasse Jeppesen
7      Anthony Chatelain
8      Nicolas Levi
9      Christina Orth

29      
1      Claus Uhrskov
2      Jerzy Hajdamowicz
3      Ulrik Pedersen
4      Luca Pagano
5      Kresten Nielsen
6      Brian Linnet
7      Timothy Vance
8      Johannes Korsar
9      Istvan Szikrai

30      
1      Timmi Jofur
2      Claus Tversted
3      Rigo Nyfjeld
4      Jesper Askholt
5      Nicolaj Linneballe
6      Marcus Friman
7      Anders Berg
8      Pehr Petersson
9      Ola Brandborn

31      
1      Daniluk Andrey
2      Gino Alacqua
3      Claus Bentzen
4      Anders Rasmussen
5      Peter Kalsen Petersen
6      Andreas Per Ragnar Davidsson
7      Olli Kurvinen
8      Arnaud Mattern
9      Martin Bjerring Hansen

32      
1      Piotr Paruszewski
2      Jannick Wrang
3      Erik Veld
4      Matthias Neu
5      Frederik Hostrup-Pedersen
6      Joseph Morneau
7      Erik Bodén
8      Jan Rune Olsen
9      Morten Holm

33      
1      Leroy Soesman
2      Rolf Slotboom
3      Stuart Rutter
4      Peter Eichhardt
5      Kenneth Lyons
6      Simon Dørslund
7      Sven Polarski
8      Georgios Pittas
9      Sargon Ruya

34      
1      Sigbjørn Mortueit
2      Alexander Ellinsen
3      Christian Grundtvig
4      Jakob Vedel Lauridsen
5      Peter Bregnhøj
6      Mikkel Middelbo
7      Noah Boeken
8      Marcel Baran
9      Dustin Mele

35      
1      Christoffer Thorsen
2      Thomas Christiansen
3      Mike McDonald
4      Lars Hoe Madsen.
5      Morten Klein
6      Luca Ferrario
7      Kaj Jørgensen
8      Tung Huynh
9      Aron Wallden

36      
1      Scott Harwood
2      Peter Hauerslev
3      Gunnar Rabe
4      Anders Henriksson
5      Mathias Kuerschner
6      Jon Lundberg
7      Ryan Badii
8      Thor Hansen
9      Jens Hansen

37      
1      Mark Goodwin
2      Andreas Glännbro
3      Anders Bekhøj Hansen
4      Søren Jensen
5      Tommy Dender
6      Charles Furey
7      Frank Gersby Jacobsen
8      Brian Bischoff
9      Ed de Haas

38      
1      Trond Erik Eidsvig
2      Nedin Musa
3      Rene kovacs
4      Vegard Mandal
5      Paul Testud
6      Claus Valloe
7      Daniel Ryan
8      Ramzi Jelassi
9      Jonas Danielsson

39      
1      Henrik Rune
2      Jonas Mathiasen
3      Børge Dypvik
4      Rasmus Hede Nielsen
5      Haward Speer
6      Roar Wang
7      Alexander Kravchenko
8      Kenneth Raun Hemmingsen

Hmm, I notice one Marc Goodwin in there when we're fairly sure he busted in Level 1, and it doesn't seem fair that he gets to play Day 2, so we're guessing that that's some kind of mistake. Hopefully this will all be rectified in the morning...

Great updates again ladies.

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top updates as ussual...and stop hitting Dana, Jen!