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Having made the strenuous decision to try and get out of bed and get breakfast at our hotel, I found out that they don't serve breakfast after 10.30am. I really feel the universally accepted system of when meals are is designed to make people in the updating field miserable. :(

Nevermind though, here's the full seating plan for todays remaining 130 players.

Juan Manuel Pastor   1   1   25700
Kenneth Matsson   1   2   32200
Sebastian Ruthenberg   1   3   45100
Henrik Gwinner   1   4   48500
Thierry Van Der Berg   1   5   19900
Theo Jorgensen   1   6   50300
Kosta Anastasyadi   1   7   16700
Johan Lund   1   8   24000
Keith Donais   2   1   76200
Łukasz Wasek   2   2   13500
Joao Manuel Nunes   2   3   9100
Janusz Petlic   2   4   18300
Jean Claude Perrot   2   5   50100
Brian Jensen   2   6   24300
Fredrik Haugen   2   7   36800
David Robinson   2   8   55800
Craig Hopkins   2   9   15000
Trond Erik Eidsvig   3   1   34400
Daniel Mangas   3   2   17900
Dennis Petronack   3   3   48100
Mark Hirleman   3   4   17200
Christos Kravaritis   3   5   21600
Mads Andersen   3   6   22900
Mohamed-Azam Razab-Sekh   3   7   22800
Johnny Lodden   3   8   6000
William Olivieri   3   9   8000
Cameron Macmillan   4   1   20100
Joao Quintella Teixeira De Freitas   4   2   22200
Hecham El Sayed   4   3   66700
Torgeir Husevaag   4   4   16600
Juan Lapido   4   5   29600
Cristiano Blanco   4   6   28800
Ilja Smid   4   7   26200
Mike Leah   4   8   9900
Christoffer Egemo Hansen   4   9   23700
Joel Gunnarsson   5   1   13800
John Gibson   5   2   3900
Elizabeth Lieu   5   3   9100
Daniel Carter   5   4   20800
Jacek Ładny   5   5   22500
David Burn   5   6   41700
Gino Alacqua   5   7   8000
Mats Rahm   5   8   24000
James Honeybone   5   9   38700
Remy Biechel   6   1   14000
Andy Black   6   2   42400
Julien Boue   6   3   18800
Antonio Gomez Ribera   6   4   23800
Nikolaj Fabricius   6   5   15400
Darcourt Guillaume   6   6   33600
Jan Stefan Smolarczyk   6   7   2600
Miika Karjalainen   6   8   26100
Raul Paez Corral   6   9   18200
Jurgen Stumpmeier   7   1   25000
Anton Smolyanskiy   7   2   35800
Jari-Pekka Juhola   7   3   34400
Daniel Woolson   7   4   18400
Ulrica Skönnemark   7   5   24900
Michael Schulze   7   6   87900
Daniel Ryan   7   7   19800
Sami Leino   7   8   6300
Claus Nielsen   7   9   18000
Piergiorgio D'ancona   8   1   13100
Leszek Krawczyński   8   2   27100
Tomasz Krzesiński   8   3   18000
Seppo Parkkinen   8   4   25900
Eugeniusz Licznarowski   8   5   6900
Kostadin Anakiev   8   6   20900
Aleksandr Gorelik   8   7   27200
Nikolas Avlonitis   8   8   14300
Jorund Soma   8   9   14700
Robert Flink   9   1   113300
Mathias Viberg   9   2   11300
Derek Montgomery   9   3   26600
Bernard Boutboul   9   4   37000
Henrik Lennholm   9   5   10300
Willian Johnson   9   6   40900
Jean François Rigollet   9   7   26600
Alp Okumus   9   8   62100
Christoffer Sonesson   9   9   39800
Andreas Torbergsen   10   1   53000
Kai Leurer   10   2   8600
Mehdi Ouakhir   10   3   40700
Patrick Arba   10   4   11500
Woody Deck   10   5   29700
Giuseppe Caciolo   10   6   36600
Andrea Benelli   10   7   35700
Marc Goodwin   10   8   18700
Casey Kastle   10   9   17200
Ricardo Sousa   11   1   29200
Blair Smith   11   2   18100
Victor Escudero   11   3   39100
Johan Storakers   11   4   24800
Michael Hogbom   11   5   34400
Jose Picazo   11   6   18400
Antti Ropponen   11   7   16900
Daniel Hofmeister   11   8   51900
Morten Holm   11   9   15300
Taras Mikulik   12   1   34400
Anio Alcaraz   12   2   78000
Dino Dinler   12   3   18300
Steve Bromley   12   4   25100
Alon Mizrahi   12   5   27500
Niclas Svensson   12   6   27800
Dennis Bejedal   12   7   33900
Dan B. Pedersen   12   8   98500
Christian Öman   14   1   15700
Hans Ritburg   14   2   17500
Hans Eskilsson   14   3   21100
Risto Ailamo   14   4   23900
Julian Thew   14   5   8900
Jospeh Serock   14   6   55000
Andreas Hagen   14   7   35100
Nico Behling   14   8   24500
Stephan Thiele-Bolivar   17   1   10500
Stewart Chantler   17   2   18300
Magnus Petersson   17   3   30100
Roberto Nateri   17   4   32500
Rowad Hadrous   17   5   24900
Kim Öfverström   17   6   15500
Marek Piecha   17   7   8700
Melvyn Judah   17   8   15500
Kenneth Hicks Jr.   19   1   41200
Antonio Battisti   19   2   32900
Jeffrey Petronack   19   3   21700
Mirko Kirner   19   4   6700
Azem Elezaj   19   5   29200
René Gisbertz   19   6   5200
Tyler Netter   19   7   42600
Robert Lipkin   19   8   28800


Who are your picks then? I'm going for Andreas Hagen, Sebastian Ruthenberg and Theo Jorgensen.

Play starts at 2pm (1pm UK)

Good Morning Warsaw !! ;hattip;

yep... some "LaFranceWatch" and some blondes players today ?

Good Luck to James Honeybone and all blondes still in

I pick:  Dan Carter + Joseph Serock + Woody Deck as hopefully they will make their tables interesting resulting in accumulating enough chips for the FINAL which isn't today.  I haven't had any tea yet, apologies for the clunky language.

We're a good 45 mins from kickoff but Homer dragged me out of bed so that we could get a good seat in the pressroom, which although less full than usual at an EPT event is nonetheless nice and cosy...

Hello new member 'James Honeybone Support.'  Who is your pick then?

get yourselves up to the fifth floor where there is a freebie lounge if you have the right room no.
(629 should do the trick)  ;popcorn;

I, My picks are : Andy Black and Marc Goodwin plus the frenchie Jean-Claude Perrot who has a nice stack now...

 ;popcorn;

Woody Deck..............Mr Cool..............Mr Thew

Mr Thew
Mr Lodden
Mr Deck

1 & 2 obviously if they get a quick couple of double ups will be dangerous. 3 because Ace rag rules in his book.

Thewy is OUT in the first hand, "It was always going to be an uphill struggle."

He pushed with K-5 from the cut-off but Andreas Hagen found A-K in the small blind.

Here's proof that he was actually here today.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11812&g2_serialNumber=1)

Marc Goodwin and Woody Deck are sharing a table, (I believe the card Woody is reading says, "Ace-Rag is teh bestest eva")

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11814&g2_serialNumber=1)

Liz Lieu and Dan Carter are neighbours...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11816&g2_serialNumber=1)

Whilst James Honeybone is also on this table...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11818&g2_serialNumber=1)

Finally, they're paying an odd number of players, just 1st to 4th, then 25th and 32nd.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11820&g2_serialNumber=1)

All-in short stacks all over the room are taking their shots and holding their collective breath, some doubling up, some adding to the rich's riches...

Kai Leurer makes a stand preflop for 8,400 and finds a caller in Marc Goodwin.  But Leurer's Aspades Jh is ahead of Mr. Cool's Ahrt Tc and stays so, knocking him back to the point where the very next hand he's the one shoving pre...  Down to 10,000 or so but still in.
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Likewise David Robinson doubled up Craig 'The Apple' Hopkins, who shoved it all in (13,200) over the top of his RHS neighbour's preflop raise to 2,400.  He got called pretty speedily with 7d 7c and found his Ad Qd in a tournament-life race...
Flop: 6d 2h 5d   Already pretty good for Hopkins
Turn: Qs  Better
River:  Qc Better still.

Once again I'll take a bow on some superb bokkage by myself. Now if only we could persuade Floppy & Jen to up the norkage stakes  ;)

Amongst all these doubler uppers, we lose short stack Mike Leah, who was called all-in preflop by Hecham El Sayed.
"I hope you have K-J..." remarked Leah, flipping Qd Kd.
"Two Kings," deadpanned El Sayed, showing 4s 4h.
By the turn the board was paired, and Leah was hoping for the second pair over the Fours making his kicker spring to life, but it was not to be.  He wished Liz Lieu good luck and headed for the rail.

when do you have chip counts ? every break or every increase of the blinds ?

Asking that to avoid bothering you with that when you cannot answer...

Niclas Svensson (pictured) rakes in a lake of chips as he gets a threeway pot in which his flopped set of Threes bide their time until an Ace on the turn makes the other guys two pair each (A7 and A3 their hands).  The betting goes nuts and this happy stacker is the result.  Note blogger/secret service agent talking to earpiece in background.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11822&g2_serialNumber=1)

Johnny Lodden has hit at least one double up already, he's up to about 16k now.

Liz Lieu is out, reshoving with Th 9h against the button, who held Queens.

James Honeybone has knocked out Joel Gunnarsson with Qh Qd against er...4c 3c AIPF, the board a harmless 7d 2h 9d 9s 8h.

Seppo (Wasn't he one of the Marx Brothers?) Parkkinen just knocked out both Kostadin Anakiev and Nikolas Avlonitis with Ahrt Ks vs 2h 2d vs 6h 6s on a 7h 4h 3h Th 8c

We get full counts every 2 hours or so, but if you want an individual one just ask for it and we'll swing by their table.

LaFranceWatch Please ?

and who are the blondes playing today ? If some are still in...

Here's Marc Goodwin, losing one early hand which put him in the spot he's in now i.e. short, but still raising/pushing regularly.  In fact in this picture he's getting ready to raise in the small blind picking up the bb of Andreas Torbergsen.  He has his serious face on.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11824&g2_serialNumber=1)

Christos Kravaritis has knocked out former Copenhagen winner Mads Andersen and crippled Johnny Lodden in the process. Kravaritis button raised, Andersen pushed and Lodden pushed behind, Kravaritis didn't have enough chips himself to fold and made the call with A-Q, finding himself live against Andersen's 9-9 and Lodden's 7-7.

A 6d Ac Kd Qs 3h was great from a non-Scandie viewpoint leaving Lodden with just 2k. He's since gone out.

Journalist, last year's Dortmund runner-up, and occasional GUKPT player, Cristiano Blanco just doubled up with Ahrt 9h vs Hecan El Sayed's Ad 4d on a 3h 2h Kd 9d Aspades, all-in on the river. The Italian now has 65k.

Today we're playing 8 levels or down to 3 tables of 8. We're leaning towards the latter.

Was just counting some French chips like so:

Remy Biechel -- 10k
Bernard Boutboul -- 27,200
Jean Francois Rigollet -- 30,000
Mehdi Ouakhir -- 45,000
Jean Claude Perrot -- 45,000
Guillaume Darcourt -- OUT (he was on the Andy Black Table of Death, after all)

But then found Boutboul calling a button all in in the big blind.  He only had the Ahrt Ad... up against a looks-good-when-short Ac 2c.
The flush was quick in cracking the Aces, and he's down to around 20k.

thank you Jen !

Do you know what happend to Perrot's stack ?

Those glamorous glittering goodly cash prizes.

Position     Polish Zloty      Euros approx
1          2,154,000             609,782   
2          1,220,600             345,543   
3             718,000             203,261   
4             538,500             152,445   
5             437,980             123,989   
6             344,640               97,565   
7             272,840               77,239   
8             201,040               56,913   
9             122,060               34,554   
10             122,060               34,554   
11             100,520               28,456   
12             100,520               28,456   
13               78,980               22,359   
14               78,980               22,359   
15               57,440               16,261   
16               57,440               16,261   
17               43,080               12,196   
18               43,080               12,196   
19               43,080               12,196   
20               43,080               12,196   
21               43,080               12,196   
22               43,080               12,196   
23               43,080               12,196   
24               43,080               12,196   
25               28,720                 8,130   
26               28,720                 8,130   
27               28,720                 8,130   
28               28,720                 8,130   
29               28,720                 8,130   
30               28,720                 8,130   
31               28,720                 8,130   
32               28,720                 8,130   
         7,180,000           2,032,607

Andreas Torbergsen check raises all in on a flop of 5h 3c 8c.  His opponent was looking at the 20k or so somehow already in the pot while Torbergsen talked at him.
"Your Ace Jack is no good."
"You have me on Ace Jack?  You are good..."
"TIME."
He gets the pass he looked like he was aiming for.
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Meanwhile over on table Carter young Dan is storming ahead, just now raising preflop to 2,700, and getting re-raised by David Burn (just noticed new UK player) to 7,200.  A brief pause which gave me time to count his chip towers (just under 50k) and he moved all-in.  He covered his opponent, but not by a huge amount, and he folded.

Recently On The  (http://www.milmar.com/images/Traditional-Railing.jpg)

Liz Lieu
Johnny Lodden
Marc Goodwin
Gino Alacqua

sorry but... what should that looks like ??? Prison ???

I love your posts so much jpean  :)

chip count for His Woodyness please.ty

I did'nt want to make fun of Jen's post, but really no clue about what her last could mean... :dontask:

That fence is otherwise known as the Rail... i.e. players on it are OUT

OK, I understand now why having thank it could have been a prison was fun LOL

 ;hide;

Andreas Hagen moves all-in for 15k on the dangerous looking 3s 4s 5s board, Kenneth Matsson decides he's racing at best, and folds 8d 8h.

Jeffrey Petronack is left smarting, he's got it all-in with Ks Kd on a 9h 8h 8c 8s board only to find Steve Bromley holding 9s 9c. No King or indeed 8d on the river, seals the double up for Bromley.

Here's what Arnaud thought of the hand.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11788&g2_serialNumber=1)

Just like Jeffrey Petronack who just busted a minute or so before the end of the level and current 15 min break...

He re-raised Danny Ryan preflop all in, for an amount Mr. D__RY wasn't going to pass to, even holding Ahrt Tc after Andy Black had accidentally mucked Aspades 5c face up...

Petronack showed:  8d 8s  "Good luck," wished goodnatured Danny as the board came out Ac 3s 5s (You know how Andy Black felt about this)... 2h Ks. 

"Sorry about that," said Andy as Ryan stacked some new chips.  "That's OK."  The table of Death has got all laid back, all of a sudden.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11826&g2_serialNumber=1)

Keith Donais must have seen this poster before the start of the tournament.

(http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fireballs/426/hero.jpg)

Jean Claude Perrot makes a huge shove on a 2c Tc 6s flop, Donais eventually calls with 3s 3h, however, before he can add a superhero cape to his back, the Frenchman shows Js Jh, which is good and holds for a 100k pot.

You might have thought short stack Stephan Thiele-Bolivar might be looking intently for a place to push, but no, his hands are whirring around the Rubix cube which has accompanied the German player throughout his EPT journey.  Just thought I'd get a picture of him before he finishes it.  No, not the tournament, the cube.  Pessimists.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11828&g2_serialNumber=1)

Best o luck to Dan "luckbollocks" Carter.

Could we have a photo of the Perrot's tower of chips please?

Here's the man himself, with neighbours, on a table where he says he's, "Not really seeing many flops.  Winning pots preflop - most of the other players have those awkward stack sizes I can put pressure on."  Doesn't he look like he means business?  Awwww.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11830&g2_serialNumber=1)

The gent in the silver shades is Anton Smolyanskiy, actually a US Stars qualifier who is pictured here betting 8,500 on a Ahrt 2h Kd flop the hand before the break started.  Next to him is one of my picks, a sleepy-looking Joe Serock.  Admittedly, today hasn't been going so well for him, down to around 30k while silver-shaded neighbour has around 70,000.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11832&g2_serialNumber=1)

James Honeybone - 55,000 at last count (although we expect some new counts sometime soon).  Looking pensive, in contrast to how the New Zealander seemed pre-start today, which was cheerful, enthusiastic and confident.  "Aiming for fifteenth," maintained.  "Why not aim for first?" I asked.  "Well, I can't actually win it today or tomorrow, only on the last day."  Perhaps the more nebulous "chip leader" might be more what he wants to go for.  In any case it doesn't look like many of tablemate Dan's chips have come from the Honeybone corner.  He's only on his second EPT, although seems to like them enough to make the trek from NZ, having scored some nice finishes so far on the APPT, and come tantalisingly close at the Aussie Millions, which is more conveniently located.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11834&g2_serialNumber=1)

Just slightly to the wrong side of 20k. Looks like he'll need to make a move soon.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11838&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11836&g2_serialNumber=1)

Stewart Chantler, who was caught playing Avril Lavigne from his Ipod so loudly that everyone in the cardroom could hear, a couple a days ago, has been caught doing it again. This time Andy Black told him to turn it down, presumably so Black can hear himself shout...

Trond Eidsvig raises to 3,300 on the button. Dennis Petronack calls from the big blind.

Kh Jd 9s

Check, Trond says, "Next card please."

2c

Petronack bets 4k,  Trond calls.

Ts

Petronack checks, Trond makes a noise like a parrot being strangled and says, "I don't know what to do." But he checks. Petronack shows Kc Jc. It's good.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11840&g2_serialNumber=1)

Poker is such a global market now, that even monks have started to play.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11842&g2_serialNumber=1)

Any news about the Frenchies other than Perrot ?

A pot grows like it's been genetically modified and zapped with pesticides:

Christoffer Sonesson in the big blind sees a flop after calling a raise from Claus Nielsen.  The rest of this action, though it will take you mere seconds to read, took a lot longer than that in real life.  Both players, though both young and aggressive, don't give the impression of acting impulsively - always a calm, measured decision.
Flop: 8c 7s 4d  Sonesson checks.  Nielsen bets 4,800.  Sonesson check-raises another 9,200 on top.  Slowly, Nielsen counts it out, and then adds another 18,000 in there. 
Back to Sonesson, and while they were both pretty nicely stacked at the beginning of this hand, one more raise and it's stack-commital.  Here's how he looked while thinking about that, probably, as well as other things, like what his hand actually was:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11844&g2_serialNumber=1)

Eventually, though, he decided to let it go, allowing Claus Nielsen to calmly stack up some blue towers which I reckon equal nearly 150k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11846&g2_serialNumber=1)

Willian Johnson, raising preflop with Jc Js, found Jacek Ladny picking this spot to move in with Ad Qd.  Nice fair fight.
Flop: 9s 4d 9h
Turn: Kh
River: Td

No help - down another player.  Around half the field that started today has now been eliminated.

Dan down!

Danny Ryan is out after being all-in with Kings on a Q-5-2 board vs Q-J only for another Queen to hit the river.

Also missing is Dan Carter, we can't find him at the moment and no-one has news of his exit. :(

Craig 'The Apple' Hopkins has doubled up with Tens vs Ace King. On to 30k now.

One of my picks, Andreas Hagen has just doubled through another of my picks, Sebastian Ruthenberg with Jacks vs Ace Queen. The third, Theo Jorgensen, is also on this table. Goooo Team Homer!!!

I'll make it quick for you; I'm a donkey.

I have a flight back in a couple hours so I'm out of here! Have fun Chris/Jen


Made it 3200 with KQc from MP, sb made it 8500 so I call.

Flop Ah10h2c check check.

Turn 3c He bets 10,000 I move allin for 30,000 he calls in a flash with AQ (damn) and I miss my gazillion outs obv.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11848&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mel Judah.  27,000.  Has he played a hand today?  Probably.  I haven't seen it though.  At least you can be pretty sure he's not going to tilt-push like he says Daniel Mangas (on the right, below photo) just did.  Apparently he lost a pot and then kind of just pushed after a Trond Eidsvig button raise.  It looks like Trond might have had something of the same idea because he called the raise with 7d 7h.
Mangas showed:  Th 4h

Flop:  9d 3h Jc
Turn: Kh
River:  Td  Ouch for Trond, but he's OK with 42,000 still remaining.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11850&g2_serialNumber=1)

Hans Ritburg's bustout really hurts...

(http://www.allcarstogo.com/ouch.jpg)

All-in with Qd Qc vs Dan B. Pedersen's Ad Th

7s 2h Qh 3h....you know what's coming...Ahrt.

Kosta Anastasyadi   OUT
Dan B. Pedersen   155000
Andy Black   110400
Claus Nielsen   108000
Jean Claude Perrot   107400
Niclas Svensson   107000
Kenneth Hicks Jr.   105800
Ricardo Sousa   105000
Willian Johnson   96800
Anton Smolyanskiy   79700
Daniel Hofmeister   79000
James Honeybone   76000
Christoffer Egemo Hansen   54000
Dennis Bejedal   52700
Michael Schulze   50300
Steve Bromley   48800
Brian Jensen   47700
Fredrik Haugen   46000
Christos Kravaritis   43600
Daniel Ryan   OUT
Risto Ailamo   42500
Taras Mikulik   42400
Woody Deck   42100
Piergiorgio D'ancona   42000
Christian Öman   41900
Daniel Carter     OUT
Giuseppe Caciolo   40500
David Robinson   40400
Juan Lapido   39600
Mathias Viberg   38000
John Gibson   37900
Jospeh Serock   36800
Aleksandr Gorelik   34000
Jean François Rigollet   34000
Daniel Woolson   33800
Jose Picazo   33000
Tyler Netter   32300
Michael Hogbom   32000
Sami Leino   30900
Daniel Mangas   30500
Antonio Battisti   30200
Hecham El Sayed   29900
Thierry Van Der Berg   29200
Theo Jorgensen   28700
Janusz Petlic   28200
Melvyn Judah   27000
Mats Rahm   25500
Jari-Pekka Juhola   24000
Cameron Macmillan   23300
Miika Karjalainen   23000
Raul Paez Corral   23000
Hans Ritburg   22000
Andreas Hagen   21400
Leszek Krawczynski   20000
David Burn   19800
Craig Hopkins   19200
Ulrica Skönnemark   19200
Robert Lipkin   18200
Keith Donais   17900
Roberto Nateri   16800
Joao Manuel Nunes   15600
Jacek Ladny   15600
Tomasz Krzesinski   14000
Derek Montgomery   13200
Andreas Torbergsen   13000
Nico Behling   12800
Antonio Gomez Ribera   11600
Kim Öfverström   11000
Stewart Chantler   10900
Julien Boue   9300
Stephan Thiele-Bolivar   3000


These were the full counts at the end of Level 10, courtesy of Mad at Pokerstars.  NOT ACCURATE any more, but you get the idea of the relative stacks of most of them.

Go Trond!

Thanks for the chuckles and information guys - a lovely combination, much like steak and chips or peanut butter and jam. Or roast chicken and mash. Or Curry and rice. Or fresh bread and butter......

I'm starving now.

They've been stopping breakfast earlier each day Chris and by the end of the week we'll all have to be eating breakfast before heading to sleep if we want our daily dose of eggs.

Stop it! I'm really hungry now. :(

lol, it makes me remember that you didn't have eat any breakfast...

Woody Deck is OUT.

Chris's picks still in: 3

Jen's picks still in: 3 2 1

Jen, the 'GlasgowBandit' of player picking?

Overzealous And Completely Unnecessary Celebration Resulting In Injury news now.

Risto Ailamo moves all-in on the river of a 9h 7c 9d 2h Ahrt, Jean Claude Perot thinks for a bit...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11852&g2_serialNumber=1)

Finally, he calls. (Ahhhh) Risto, shows Aspades 5s while Perot happily throws down Qh Th to take a huge pot. He screams at the top of his voice and then bangs the table so hard, we think he might have broken his hand... ::)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11856&g2_serialNumber=1)

Well, Joe Serock has busted too, now, re-raising all in preflop for a total of 36,100.  His opponent, whose name I probably do know but whose ID is obscured by ipod thought about it for a while and counted out the call (which didn't really hurt considering he has to be one of the chip leaders).  "It's gonna be an awful call, though..." he mused, before making it anyway and turning over Kh Jh.
Serock showed: Aspades 8h

The board came:  Js 2c Ts Th 2d so he calmly shook hands all round (including Lee Jones' who was overseeing the action in TD mode) and headed out.

Sometime blogger Claus Nielsen check calls an 8k bet from Andreas Hagen on a 9h Jd 7h, before betting out 22k on the Qc turn. Hagen thinks a looooooooonnnnnnng time, so much so, that Theo Jorgensen calls the clock. Finally Hagen calls the 22k with only about 35k back. The river is the everything-making Ahrt, now blogger Claus fires out 26k and Andreas gives up.

Note the evil Owen Laukkanen trying to spoil the photo by sneaking in.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11854&g2_serialNumber=1)

So I win, it's a clean sweep!!! I never win anything, err, what do I get?

not yet ! Perrot is still in  ;D (if I'm aload to play...)

A couple of chip counts - the rest to follow at end of current DINNER BREAK.....

James Honeybone -- 80k
Christoffer Sonesson -- 85k
Magnus Petersson -- 95k

But the chip leader, whoever he is, appears to have over 200k.  All will be revealed in approx. one hour's time.

Yes!  Yes you are... Take THAT Homer!   Not only is Perrot still in but Andy Black still has a formidable stack too.  It's not over yet...

(http://www.wdtprs.com/images/SourGrapesAward.jpg)

Is that what you're having for dinner?

Quiet you Trond-fancier.

Pay attention Dana, I'm not sure but he seemed to be in a bad mood when he doesn't have eaten... what it does... ;D

Mmm, this is what I'm eating right now:

(http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2005/01/11/steak-inside.jpg)

This is what I'm eating for dessert:

(http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3092/images/3092_MEDIUM.jpg)

Guys, you're missing out over there.

Chip Counts:

Name   Table   Seat    Chips
Dan B. Pedersen   3   5    215,000
Jean Claude Perrot   2   5    190,000
Claus Nielsen   1   7    176,200
Robert Lipkin   7   5    165,000
Niclas Svensson   4   1    140,000
Darcourt Guillaume   6   5    120,000
Ricardo Sousa   2   2    114,000
Michael Schulze   5   7    104,000
Raul Paez Corral   6   8    103,000
Thierry Van Der Berg   1   5    100,600
Antonio Battisti   3   3    100,000
Mehdi Ouakhir   6   4    97,000
Andy Black   6   2    92,000
Magnus Petersson   4   4    88,000
Willian Johnson   5   4    88,000
James Honeybone   5   8    84,000
Dennis Petronack   3   2    80,000
Cristiano Blanco   4   6    79,000
Trond Erik Eidsvig   3   1    77,300
Tyler Netter   7   7    76,000
Andy Black   6   6    70,000
Anton Smolyanskiy   7   2    68,000
David Robinson   5   3    65,000
Seppo Parkkinen   7   6    62,000
Brian Jensen   2   6    60,800
Andreas Hagen   1   8    59,800
Kenneth Matsson   1   2    59,400
Juan Lapido   4   5    55,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg   1   3    51,100
Craig Hopkins   2   7    50,900
Fredrik Haugen   3   6    50,000
Leszek Krawczyński   6   3    50,000
Daniel Woolson   7   4    50,000
Giuseppe Caciolo   4   7    44,000
Taras Mikulik   5   1    44,000
Piergiorgio D'ancona   2   3    43,500
Hecham El Sayed   4   3    43,000
Christos Kravaritis   3   4    42,000
Daniel Hofmeister   3   7    40,000
Jari-Pekka Juhola   5   2    38,000
Janusz Petlic   2   4    34,200
Christian Öman   6   1    30,000
Sami Leino   7   8    30,000
Derek Montgomery   5   5    29,000
Miika Karjalainen   6   7    28,000
Michael Hogbom   4   2    27,800
Jean François Rigollet   2   1    22,300
David Burn   5   6    21,000
Henrik Gwinner   1   4    20,300
Theo Jorgensen   1   6    13,900
Alp Okumus   7   3    2,600

GO Frenchies
  ;popcorn;

I suppose you're right Dana, we'll just have to do with these smoked Salmon sandwiches and a copious mountain of doughnuts. When will the pain end?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11858&g2_serialNumber=1)

>:(

Send doughnuts!

Excuse me, maybe it's because I live in Burgondy, but I CANNOT eat without that , and I felt that I had to add that to our menu...

(http://www.nabucco.fr/cave2/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/5e7caed69ef5ca2e3934cbe58d8aeed3.jpg)

>:(

Send wine!

Another fine showing from 'The Apple' so far.

Another final table beckons?

The apple of your eye:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11860&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seems to have done a bit of the dwindle-double today, but still alive and kicking.  Here pictured with around 35k.

Can you keep an eye on Jean François Rigollet ? (is it understandable ? correct in French, but no idea in English)

is he still shortstack ?

Just in from work and reading this and I showed it to my brother. He said in his finest Tallaght accent:

"HURAWAH? THE FUCK?"

Indeed. Wow.

Yo Dana, Trond is kinda funny looking. Just thought I'd let you know.

It's a good kind of funny-looking. A bit like this:

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/319BJXJR6KL._AA280_.jpg)

Go Trond! He's just awesome.

The first of my picks, Theo Jorgensen is OUT. Thierry Van Der Berg's A-Q crippling his A-K.

David Burn, is OUT I think, his card was left on the table, as was his chips, being pushed towards Jari-Pekka Juhola whose Nines were still showing along with a J-6-J-9-x board.

Craig Hopkins calls a raise from Ricardo Sousa, both check the 6h 3h 8s flop before Craig fires out 7k on the 9h turn. The Portuguese player gives up without much though.

Tyler Netter bets 8.5k on a Th 6s 8c flop before CRAI on the 9s turn, but Daniel Woolson had got lucky with 9c 9d and quickly called. No help on the river and another player is gone.

Woolson stacking his chips:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11864&g2_serialNumber=1)

Also out is William Johnson, Ace King no good against Taras Mikulik's Nines.

Cool. Whatever floats your boat love.

It's ok, he's bandaged it now.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11862&g2_serialNumber=1)

He says he busted the same hand once before at the Barcelona EPT from banging it on the table when Gus Hansen bluffed him...

Also he added, "At least I didn't punch someone in the face..."

::)

Fredrik Haugen (top) doubles through James Honeybone... he raised preflop and found Honeybone re-raising out of the big blind to 14,500.  After quite a pause, Haugen announced all-in, for 31,000 more.  Now even more pause action (if such a thing exists) as a tough call was eventually decided upon.
Honeybone:  Aspades Jd
Haugen: 7h 7c

The board included no Aces or Jacks, but the 7d for emphasis, and the tournament whizkid is up to a very playable near 100k while James heads towards what looks suspiciously like a short stack. 

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11866&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11868&g2_serialNumber=1)

 rotflmfao

My Lord. Sounds like a lovely fellah to be sure.

Whith his mountain of chips, if he doesn't go to the final table, he would at least have made speaking...

The Hof Turns Pushbot...

Daniel Hofmeister has been in this exact position, short stack over the line, quite a few times in this level.  With just 20k, then 20k+5k, then 20k+5k+5k... you get the picture.  How many times will he need to do this to:

(a) get all the chips in the tournament
(b) create a stack which can dent the leaders
(c) piss off his table?

No one's given him a spin as yet.  But it's about 5 mins to the tournament area from here so I would wager heavily that upon returning to the floor Mr. Hofmeister has 60k+ or 0k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11870&g2_serialNumber=1)

2 questions :

 - When is the next break ?
 - Some news of the frenchies please ?

A lot of similarly created situations to the Honeybone/Haugen re-raise all-in one have been occurring, but theirs was the exception in that the final shove was called.  Big numbers of chips are therefore being shipped around the tables not only with no showdown, but with no flop either.

Example A

Juan Lapido raises pre to 5k. Neighbour and cutoff Cristiano Blanco re-raises to 10,500.  Immediately Lapido announces, "raise," then takes a minute or so to decide how much.  The pot is gathered, he counts his stack, peers at Blanco's, and then he makes it another 12k to go.  This gives Blanco some tough-looking dwell time.  "How much do you have left?"  It turns out that he covers Lapido and decided that that raise may be the kind of "Go on, do it" sort of prompt which meant his hand (or re-steal) was not worth it.  Pass.

Example B

Sebastian Ruthenberg does almost exactly the same thing as Juan Lapido, raising pre, getting re-raised 18k and moving in for 41,700.  "I should have just called," laments his would-be attacker, folding.

Don't do this too often, but big up to our Polish Tournament Director, who has sensibly decided to break the tables starting at the back of the room, i.e the ones that the rail cannot see. This, at the same time, frees up lots of extra room for the press as they're actually removing the tables which is making everyone very happy. A far cry from Barcelona where we were all slowly crushed into a tiny area with little help.

Thanks Mr TD. :)

My nan's going to be furious. The chap on the left with the drink is wearing her curtains.

Craig 'The Apple' Hopkins eliminates Derek Montgomery. Hopkins raises Ac 8s from the cut-off and Montgomery moves in for a little less than 10k more. Hopkins is behind, but forced to call. The Canadian, who qualified from a Step 2 sattelite flips Ad Ks.

9c 7c 7h Th 8d

The Apple is now sitting with a golden delicious 70k.

Beautifulllll

Thanks for the updates Flops

Genuine LOL at Snoopy

He'll be pleased, we usually fake-LOL at his jokes to make him feel better.  ;hide;

How's  the  big  New  Zealander  James  Honeybone  going  ?

Poor old Brian Jensen.

First he calls a 25k push from Piergiorgio D'ancona with Th Tc up against his (I'm guessing) Italian opponent's 8h 7h.

Kc 8d 5h

Brian raises his eyebrows slightly.

4d

He raises his eyebrows higher.

7d

His eyebrows end up hovering above his head.

No matter because soon after he battling another short stack with a dominating Ac Js against Jc Qs, no problems here surely?!?

4d Kh Tc 5c Ad...Ahhh crap

On the plus side, crazy Frenchman Jean Claude Perot hasn't actually punched him. Yet.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11872&g2_serialNumber=1)

Christoffer Sonnesson, looking like someone just planted a giant stack in front of him while he wasn't looking.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11874&g2_serialNumber=1)

David Robinson and Jari-Pekka Juhola manage to create a 60k pot on a 9c 6h 4h board holding 8c 7c and Ac Qs respectively, no help for either and the former is stuck with just 25k left.

Kenneth Matsson has been knocked out by Henrik Gwinner, A-T no good vs Q-Q.

Breaktime!

 ;tightend; rotflmfao

Andy Black is less loud than before, mainly because of having his Aces four-flushed by pocket Eights, he's currently nursing a 30k stack.

Some chip counts pre-break, when you'll actually get all of them, more accurately.  Hmm, might want to work on my timing...

Trond Erik Eidsvig -- 32,000
Craig Hopkins -- 45,000
Christoffer Sonesson -- 210,000
Andy Black -- 20,000
Claus Nielsen -- 195,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg -- 75,000
James Honeybone -- 28,000
Fredrik Haugen -- 118,000
Andreas Hagen -- 45,000
Michael Schulze -- 100,000
Jean Claude Perrot -- 237,000
David Robinson -- 24,000
Jari-Pekka Juhola -- 107,000
Michael Hogbom -- 53,000
Antonio Battisti -- 51,000

Is 'the apple's' dad looking after him ok during the break?? ;                      


COME ON HOPPO

cupcake;

He was down to under 20k when under the gun managed to raise with Jc 9c and call Andy Black's big blind shove - this time he had 9d 9h and doubled up from very short to short. 

Like Liz Lieu putting on heels.

Probably!  The press room is actually on a different floor from the casino, which is 2 floors below the entrance level.  Kind of like a grotto.  But all covered in 'rough hewn' stone tiles and shiny metal and glass.  What this means is that we don't know what's going on when we're up here writing stuff.  Homer going back down now as the break has surely ended.  Bring on Level 15.  Down to three tables - that's the goal for tonight.

Here he was just a short while ago with stacks.  And where he could be again, you really never know with him.  In the break I asked Mike if he was still sponsored by Full Tilt.

"Yeah, since that WSOP final."
Benjo:  "I thought he was sponsored by Eminem."

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11880&g2_serialNumber=1)

And somehow, between writing that, taking the lift back to the casino floor, writing a hand down and coming back, Andy Black has turned that into 80k and was blithely raising Christoffer Sonesson's big blind as I passed, standing up and shouting, "I have NO FEAR!"  We all believe him.  We wonder, though, when he announces, "I am sleeping with the angels!"

We're at the just pre-bubble stage, and among those who have fallen just out of reach of that tasty money - as recorded by Floppy who quite rightly assumed we'd miss the bubble if we looked the other way even for a moment and bravely volunteered to remain down in the Cave where the temperature is rising uncomfortably:

Magnus Petersson, whose Ac 43d fell to the 9d 9s of Juan Lapido (the board a not-much-help Tc 3s Qd 5h 8d)...

But among those who found Aces against Kings at this most crucial of stages (OK the only one so far):

Ricardo Sousa whose Ahrt Ad scoffed at Jean Claude Perrot's Kc Kd (the former all in pre and doubling up).

Harsh near- bubble exit for Anton Smolyanskiy.  A raise in mid position found a caller in Seppo Parkkinen (pictured, in ill-fitting hat).  He called the 8,000 on the cutoff and action swung back round to the big blind - Smolyanskiy.  He pushed his whole stack in - 49,500 total.  The original raiser mucked his hand almost immediately, but Parkkinen went into a world class dwell.  After a couple of minutes, the all-in player (outchipped, but not by much) called for the clock.  About halfway through his last minute, he suddenly announced, "I call."  Which surprised us all.  As did the fact that:
Anton Smolyanskiy showed: Kc Qc for the fair-enough squeeze
Seppo Parkkinen showed:  Ahrt Kh for a hand which was basically slowrolling it. 
The board came out all under Ten and he took defeat well, although with a quizzical "What?" kind of look at everyone around the table, who looked as sympathetic as poker players ever do when they're headed towards the prize money :)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11882&g2_serialNumber=1)

Any chance of an 'Apple' stack photo for his family and friends?

COME ON HOPPO

Sure.  I was hoping I could stall until Chris got fed up/heatstroke and came back up, but that's a fair request.  Back in a minute.

I think he was misquoted and has really got into communism and had actually said, "I am sleeping with the Engels!"

Brian Jensen finally wins a hand, all-in with Kc Kd against Jean Claude Perot's 9d 9c, though not without a little sweat on the 6d 5c 8d 5h 3s board. A very grateful Brian delighted to rebuild his stack back up to 65k.

Andy Black has doubled up ubermicrostack Raul Paez Corral with Fives against Aces. "Four times, you've doubled me up," says the Spaniard with glee. He still only has 20k though.

Next, Andreas Hagen reraised all-in with Qs Qc against Giuseppe Caciolio, only to find the Italian was holding Ahrt Aspades.

2c Kh Jh 9h..............Tc!

The Swede gets a lucky double-up!

Antonio Battisti doubles up through one of the Petronack brothers (Dennis) with Ad Js vs Qc 9c.

Finally,

We've just lost the bubble-bubble, Michael Hogbom, Ace Jack against Dennis Petronack's Eights.

STOP! ;mc; BUBBLETIME!

He's definitely one of the shorter stacks with about 27k. Fingers crossed.

Great updates as usual,

That hand on page 5-6 which involved tnetter, any idea what he had when he CRAI?

Thanks  :)up

Edit: Page 6, Tyler Netter (tnetter)

Oh the bubble was a tense one.  This guy - Raul Paez Corral -was one of the short stacks (of which there were about 7) unafraid to ship it in and hope for the best... he got away with it twice, in fact, during Hand For Hand - and the first time while someone was considering a call, he released all the tension in the moment by shouting, "El bubbel boy!  More famoso!  I am the star right now!  I am like Ben Affleck!  I am Ben Affleck!"  as the media literally swarmed around the table.  No call though.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11884&g2_serialNumber=1)

Michael Hogbom didn't quite make it either... here he is in the background talking to the sad railer lady in the gray hoody.  His eliminator underneath, making the universal hand sign of, "Eeh, what're you gonna do about it?"

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11886&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11888&g2_serialNumber=1)

But the actual bubble boy was Cristiaaaanooooo Blanco who did the traditional Qd Qc vs. the Aspades Ks of Kenneth Hicks, Jr. Ace on the turn, and we're down to four tables.

That does mean that Craig 'the Apple' Hopkins has snuck into the money with his stack, which is what you actually wanted a picture of, for some reason...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11890&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11892&g2_serialNumber=1)

i have a stack fetish

LOL I think to a certain extent all poker players might.

Elaboration, courtesy of the Pokernews guys who had the full story rather than catching the bits drifting from in front of a four-deep row of tall Scandinavian men:

His exit wasn't just your run-of-the-mill preflop AK vs QQ race.  Oh no.  He actually had a reasonable stack and got to a flop with Kenneth Hicks Jr.  The flop had no Ace or King on it- Hicks then openshoved and Cristiano Blanco made the not-small call for his tournament life.  Joy!  He was ahead!  Misery!  Ace on the turn.  Ouch.

Sorry, he had Aces.

Any news about Mr Perrot ?

Claus Nielsen, who has actually been a blogger for a Danish site earlier in the tour, has emerged as huge chip leader after knocking out two players in successive hands.

First he calls Thierry Van Der Berg's raise and they see a Jd 3s 7d flop, Thierry bets 24k, Claus raises to 58k and Thierry moved all-in with Queens, only for Claus to call with Jacks. One down!

Next hand Claus is still stacking his chips up and raises to 9.2k. Frederik Haugen moves in for about 33k, and Claus calls again with 8s 8c. Frederik shows Ad Js but is sent to the rail after a 5c 2h 7s 6d 8d.

Claus must have nearly 350k. Go bloggers!!!

Daniel Woolson has knocked out Brian Jensen with Kings vs Ace Queen.

Andy Black doubled up on a T-9-x board with A-T vs Christoffer Sonnesson's 9-7.

Henrik Gwinner has knocked out Giuseppe Caciolo with Nines vs Ace Queen.

Phew!!! It's going to be close as whether we finish 8 levels or get to 24 players...

He's still in at the moment, but he lost around 75k in that Kings vs Aces coup to Ricardo Sousa, before losing another 30k to Brian Jensen during the bubble with 99 vs KK.

Come on frenchies
 ;popcorn;

Oh, the sickness.  The last full hand I am going to report tonight is this one:  the exit of Dennis Petronack. 

He was outchipped by Juan Lapido Maceiras (pictured) and his hand also outranked his - the Deathly Flop was:  Jd 5h 5d.  Upon this flop, Maceiras made a move and Petronack went for it - as you might well with Ad Ahrt.
Maceiras showed:  8h 8c.

Oh, what would be the ideal card for him now?  Yes - the wondrous 8s appeared on the turn, and the Jh on the river.  Wow.  Petronack wanders off looking slightly stunned, just in the money, or that would have been even harsher.   Maceiras' supporters go wild (in moderation, out of consideration for the bad beat) and then he says to the dealer, "I'm gonna give you a big tip."

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11894&g2_serialNumber=1)

Chippy Leader Claus Nielsen

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11896&g2_serialNumber=1)

We're off. We play down to the final table of 9 tomorrow from 2pm (1pm UK).

;stickaforkinme;

Congratulations !

Great updates Jen and Homer !

Go updaters! Go Trond! Go the Japanese food I just ate! Go the press doughnuts!

Nice one, GO HOPS

Good job folks.