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Not long until we get underway. A much bigger field today as there are already almost 150 registered. An extra table will be added though, so we expect the numbers to get up to about 160 or so. We take alternates for the first two hours so its not too late to get involved. A lot of Brits have now heard about the soft standard of play and quite a few have turned up already. Roberto Romanello, John Eames, Tommy Middeleton, Jonathan Spinks and David Maudlin arte included in today's line up. Tony G has also bought in. More info when I get it.

good luck tony  ;D

just got text to say hes on 14k already

Here are today's runners and riders.

Table   Seat   Name Name
1   1   Samlane Phomveha
1   2   Joao Silva
1   3   Dimitar Aleksandrov
1   4   Edward Cahill
1   5   Lassi Mantyla
1   6   Roberto Romanello
1   7   Krzysztof Tabaszewski
1   8   Alan Vinson
1   9   Simon Vandesompel
1   10   Vasil Medarov
2   1   Lars Watz
2   2   Alexander Petersen
2   3   Joey Singles
2   4   Yven Poortinja
2   5   Petar Zografov
2   6   Nicholas Aly
2   7   Shirley Bousquet
2   8   Viktoria Szilasi
2   9   Bahman Djarian
2   10   Pieter Dekover
3   1   Patryk Slusarek
3   2   Fuad Serhan
3   3   Geert Bron
3   4   Ketul Nathwani
3   5   Jonathan Spinks
3   6   James Sudworth
3   7   Andrew Bradshaw
3   8   John Kabbaj
3   9   Erik Dahl
3   10   Karim Jomeen
4   1   Matias Knaapinen
4   2   Tore Lagerborg
4   3   Martin Nikolov
4   4   Robin Larsson
4   5   Thomas Runhart
4   6   Nicholas Holbrook
4   7   Christer Bjorin
4   8   Henryk Nowakowski
4   9   Mamadou Fall
4   10   Cesar Garciadominguez
5   1   Nicolas Ragot
5   2   Miikka Tammi
5   3   Mikko Pirinen
5   4   John Rigolli
5   5   Andrei Grigoras
5   6   Teemu Siiskonen
5   7   David Jones
5   8   Petter Redemo
5   9   Jimmy Walberg
5   10   Laurens Desmet
6   1   Jan Sjavik
6   2   Vojislav Petrov
6   3   Keir Ratcliff
6   4   Marco Adams
6   5   Constantine Can
6   6   Dmitry Bezlepkin
6   7   Ramsey Ajram
6   8   Vishal Kawatra
6   9   Lars Pieters
7   1   Anthony Dunsford
7   2   Kenny Louagie
7   3   Vesa-petri Juutilainen
7   4   William Martin
7   5   Kristian Sohlberg
7   6   Phillippe Ma
7   7   Hubertus Verdonschot
7   8   David Maudlin
7   9   Victor Paraschiv
8   1   Daniel Samson
8   2   Kalle Niemi
8   3   Linda Tang
8   4   Luis Cepa
8   5   Abhishek Khaitan
8   6   Jani Mikkola
8   7   Marek Sokol
8   8   Robert Boon
8   9   Ricardo Bragapintodesousa
9   1   Christian Testoni
9   2   Hugo Schalen
9   3   Gurpreet Nagi
9   4   Mohammad Merza
9   5   Markus List
9   6   Petri Pietila
9   7   Eric Scalisi
9   8   Daniel Vankalkeren
9   9   Eduard Norel
10   1   Ergun Macit
10   2   Gianpiero Speranza
10   3   Mohammad Hamzianpour
10   4   Yilfer Shevket
10   5   Antony Phillips
10   6   Leszek Krawczynski
10   7   John Eames
10   8   Ara Abrahamian
10   9   Rafal Arendt
11   1   Erik Wietses
11   2   Guy Steel
11   3   Kamal Choraria
11   4   Tim Vanderiet
11   5   Adrian Bussman
11   6   James Mitchell
11   7   Martin Muursepp
11   8   Albert Sapiano
11   9   Jose Espinarcuenca
12   1   Davor Pavic
12   2   Andre Dias
12   3   Quang Thanhdoan
12   4   Mikael Jarvenpaa
12   5   Rodrigo Pencheff
12   6   Paul Valkenburg
12   7   Kjetil Rekdal
12   8   Nathan Lee
12   9   Hieu Tran
13   1   Arkady Kielman
13   2   Rahim Tadjsaadat
13   3   Panicos Ellinas
13   4   Janne Rusanen
13   5   Allan Drost
13   6   Dan Glimme
13   7   Peter Wood
13   8   Yves Vanlent
13   9   Marc Naalden
14   1   Anna Wisniewska
14   2   Jari Mahonen
14   3   Antanas Guoga
14   4   Marcin Horecki
14   5   Michael Greco
14   6   Anders Henriksson
14   7   Bertrand Parent
14   8   Thierry Bolleret
14   9   Frank Lammers
15   1   Neil Mcculloch
15   2   Christian Kall
15   3   Martin Sujak
15   4   Benjamin Vinson
15   5   Grzegorz Cichocki
15   6   Mats Rahmn
15   7   Horace Cohen
15   8   Lucienne Rokach
15   9   Jordanus Schut
16   2   Thomas Bentham
16   3   Simon Eastwood
16   4   Damian Porebski
16   5   Toni Piroinen
16   6   Lam Trinh
16   7   Fuat Can
16   8   Okko Kiiskila
16   9   Thomas Middleton

STOP PRESS

WSOP bracelet winner JP Kelly is on his way to buy in as an alternate...

GL Middy, Jones and Eames today.

Eames and Tony on same table

Just saw a name that made me lol hard

16   7   Fuat Can

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The guy that Tony G 'DID HAVE A SET' against. Quality youtube vid that one.

15/9 ?

8/9

Bragapinto

FYP

14/5?

Is the WINNER.

Gl to Tony, James mitchell and Ramsey today,  mike mcdonald ftw!

Go on ginger!

;D +1

Sorry I haven't been able to post recently. But anyway, they are now half way through level 4 (100-200) and there are 129 out of 152 players left. John Kabbaj was an early exiter. JP, Ginge, James Mitchell, Will Mitchell (no relation) and heaps of other Brits still in. James Sudworth was the chip leader at the end of level 2 on 31,000. Will bring you more info soon.

At the dinner break the chip leader was still James Sudworth, who had moved up to 41,300. Miikka Tammi lay in 2nd on 40,550 while Chris Bjorin occupied third place with 33,850. Other Brits in the top 20 include Lucy Rokach,Anthony Dunsford, Ben Vinson, Robert Boon, Nathan Lee and Alan Vinson. Albert Sapiano is also in the top 30 with 18,400 chips.

Is radio Bradshaw still in m8 ?

Any news on David Jones & Thomas Middleton?

glgl

Has Albert Passed any hands yet?

Has ginge got 80k yet?

Has LeKnave smiled yet?

More importantly, is he still in?

FYP

FYFYP

Ginge out long ago.
Rumours that Albert has passed a hand are yet to be confirmed
Not sure about LeKnave - what's his real name
JP has just won a nice pot, but is still short stacked
Dan Samson is out
Radio Bradshaw is off air
Ben Vinson is now eying the cash game list
The bar is doing good business
I've never met a Scandinavian who doesn't drink.

They are on level 7 now and the blinds are 200-400 with a 50 running ante.

Miaow.

leknave is dave jones

Dave Jones is still in and had 12,000 chips at the end of level 6

Chip leader at the end of level 6 was Keir Ratcliffe, on 48,850.

James Sudworth now in 6th place with 35,150.

What with Bernard Litman topping yesterday's chip counts, it seem the GUKPT Brighton 2009 final table is kicking some serious arse here at the Unibet Open.

James Mitchell lying in 9th place with 33,725.
Roberto Gobanello also doing well sitting in 13th place with 28,375. Tommy Middleton not far behind him on 28,225.
John Eames and JP Kelly short stacked.
Londoner Fuad Serhan going well, as is Alan Vinson

what are the odds on Le Knave min cashing and Middy going out by the end of the day?

Lol @ Robert gobanello!

Alan Vinson is now out, as is Lucy Rokach and an exit I failed to mention earlier was Simon Eastwood. 71 players left and level 8 has just started, with blinds of 300-600 and a running ante of 75.

It's a great atmosphere in here. I've never seen the room so packed before. 7 tournament tables, 11 cash games, a sit and go and a TV set that is taking up a big portion of the room. Plus about 100 people in the bar or watching/reporting from the rail.

The pace is picking up now and every few minutes you hear 'All in and call.' Then there is a moment or two pf pause beforea TV crew comes by and films it. Usually it is AK v KK and the KK guy thinks he has it until the inevitable A falls on the river. However, I just witnessed a variation of this in which the flop was 245 and of course the 3 fell on the river.

Gobby is doing well now, but just lost a pot against a short stack with pocket tens against his A-Q sooted.

I also saw James Sudworth sendsing a player to the rail when his A-J of hearts rivered a flush against AK. Ooh ah ooh la la, aurevoir monsieur Frenchman.

1 hour of play to go and there are just over 60 players left. The 25s are now been raced off and the final level of the night will be starting shortly, with blinds of 400-800 and a running ante of 100. Just spoke to Beppe and he is up to over 50,000 now and feeling confident. Will bring you selected chip counts soon.

The place is as jam packed as I have ever seen it. 15 cash games running now and they are running out of Vodka at the bar. Those Poles have a lot to answer for. Ah, there goes the Unibet jingle that they play at the beginning and end of each session. Bit of a drum beat then a Euro accented 'Unibet Open, by players, for players," which means that level 9 is now underway.

When we first played it yesterday I misheard it (due to the accent) as 'Five players, four players' and was scratching my head as to what the hell it meant. Now I get it.

Eames and Middy have starting stack and Dave has 27k

The chip leader at the end of level 8 was Bertrand Parent from France on 57,900. Dutchman Paul Valkenburg is second onb 57,000 and Chris Bjorin and Michael Greco are joint third on 56,000.

Brits/UK residents still in:

Mohammad Hamzianpour - 41,300
Anthony Dunsford - 38,700
Arkady Kielman - 36,40
Gurpreet Nagi - 34,700
James Sudworth - 34,200
Roberto Romanello - 33,100
Ketul Nathwani - 32,400
Kier Ratcliff - 32,200
Dave Jones - 27,200
James Mitchell - 26,200
Fuad Serhan - 18,900
Robert Boon - 16,900
Mohammad Merza - 13,300
John Eames - 9,800
Thomas Middleton - 9,700
Will Martin 9,000

59 players left inj at the break, but there has been a lot of carnage in the last half hour and there are 51 players left now.

Play has ended and the chip stacks are being counted an verified, but I can reveal that we lost Roberto Romanello on one of the last hands of the day. he had Q-T all in against Anna Wisnieska (the wife of Polish pop sensation Mihal Winsieski) who had K-T. Mihal was on the rail and when the hands were turned over he went crazy, cheeing on his missus. 'Without queen' he shouted as the board was dealt. When her hand held he celebrated exuberantly and started singing (hey, that's what pop sensations do) 'It's my wife, it's my problem', much to the amusement of everyone except a sheepish Roberto who sloped off quietly to lick his wounds.

Will Martin was also a casualty of the last level. For full chip counts see the Unibet Open website, where they will appear shortly. Play will resume tomorrow at 2pm. The feature table will be in use from 4pm and the full webcast will be in two languages - Dutch and English. All on the Unibet Open website. I'm off to get a rickshaw home.

Thanks for the updates Jon.

Ty for the updates jon, 15 cash games, more tables availible tonight? I'm guessing 2/5 to 25/50? tyty

Thanks for the Updates Jon.

See you tomorrow. Do you know if Receptrion has been alerted to our Crew's arrival? We will be there at about Noon.

Hi Tony,

No problem. Please can you PM me the names of everyone in the crew so I can pass them on to reception.

Will do JR, thank you. It's all cleared with Unibet, by the way, & thanks for your help on that.