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This will be a mini "Feed Your Wild Side" Thread for all the official bumf & gumf from the WSOP-E 2009, on the lines of the thread we did for Vegas WSOP this year.

Daily Chip Counts & Press Releases, Interviews, & pictures will go up daily. In addition, I'll be up there a lot, & will Post a bunch of my own pics.

 ABOUT WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE
The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) was established in 2007 by Harrah’s Entertainment to
bring the excitement and entertainment of the World Series of Poker to destinations around the globe.
WSOPE is the first live tournament brand extension of the world’s longest-running, richest and most
prestigious gaming event.

Betfair, the world’s largest betting exchange, serves as the presenting sponsor of the event.
WSOPE in London complements the WSOP held annually in Las Vegas. During the first two years of
the WSOPE, a total of 1,740 entrants have competed for seven gold bracelets and been awarded
£9,997,500 in prize money.

The 3rd Annual WSOPE will be held from September 17th through October 1st at the luxurious Casino
at the Empire in Leicester Square in London, England, where four gold bracelets will be at stake.

The biggest names in poker have participated in WSOPE, including: Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan,
Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth, David “Devilfish” Ulliott, Daniel Negreanu, John Juanda, Gus Hansen, Eric
Seidel, Mike Matusow, Joe Hachem, Vanessa Rousso, Andy Bloch, David Benefield, Ivan Demidov,
Sorel Mizzi, Jennifer Tilly, Layne Flack, Andrew Black, Barry Greenstein, Tom Dwan, Chris Ferguson,
Scotty Nguyen, Max Pescatori, Chris Bjorin, Allen Cunningham, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Patrik
Antonius, John Phan and Annette Obrestad.

Obrestad won the largest amount ever for a female in any sporting event, £1 million – or U.S.
$2,013,102 when she won the inaugural WSOPE Main Event in 2007.

John Juanda, the 2008 Main Event champion, won in an epic battle. The final table lasted a record-
21 hours. Juanda took home a cool £868,800 and the coveted WSOPE bracelet for his efforts.

The host country is still looking to win its first bracelet on its home soil, while six different nations have
captured a WSOPE bracelet: Denmark (2), Afghanistan, Germany, Italy, Norway and USA.

The list of WSOPE bracelet winners is as follows:

2007: Annette Obrestad (£10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold’em)

Thomas Bihl (£2,500 H.O.R.S.E.)

Dario Alioto (£5,000 Pot Limit Omaha)

2008: John Juanda (£10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold’em)

Theo Jorgensen (£5,000 Pot Limit Omaha)

Sherkhan Farnood (£2,500 H.O.R.S.E.)

Jesper Hougaard (£1500 No Limit

FACT SHEET – 2009 WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE

WHEN: Sept 17, 2009 – Oct 1, 2009

WHERE: Casino at the Empire – London Clubs International, London,
England

NUMBER OF EVENTS: 4 bracelet events + 2 special events:

· Caesars Cup – Europe vs. Americas (NLH)

· Betfair Million-Dollar Freeroll (open to top 18 Betfair
qualifiers)

BUY IN AMOUNTS: Minimum buy-in: £1,000
Maximum buy-in: £10,000

· 30 tables in play for Events 1-3

· 23 tables in play for Main Event

TOTAL PRIZE MONEY

AWARDED IN 2008: £5,335,000

COMMISSIONER: Jeffrey Pollack

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Jack Effel

U.S. TELECAST PARTNER: ESPN

WSOPE FIRST YEAR: 2007

OWNERSHIP: Harrah’s Entertainment

NUMBER OF PLAYER

ENTRANTS IN 2008: 1,047 (Total); 362 (Main Event)

DEFENDING MAIN EVENT

CHAMPION: John Juanda (£868,800)

The Casino at the Empire – Fact Sheet

ADDRESS: 5-6 Leicester Square
London WC2H 7NA

PHONE/FAX: T: +44 (0) 203 014 1000
F: +44 (0) 203 014 1035

DINING: 2 Restaurants, 1 Novelty Shop

· FuLuShou- Asian Fusion Cuisine open daily 6pm-3am

· Flame- Modern European Cuisine open daily 6pm-1am

· Mocha- Ice-Cream boutique open daily from 12pm

BARS/LOUNGES: 3 Bars/Lounges

· Vapor- Ultra bar and Lounge open 24 hours a day

· The Icon Bar and Terrace- Upscale intimate and
candlelit cocktail lounge. Open daily from 5pm.

· Shadow Bar- Hip and exciting bar located on the first
floor that captures the essence of Las Vegas nightlife.

Open Saturdays from 10:00pm.

HOTEL/LODGING: Various 3-5 star hotels within about a mile from The Casino

· Radisson Edwardian Hotels
4-5 star hotels located near The Casino. Rates starting from
£145. Call +353 1 706 0203 for reservations.

· Thistle Hotels
- 3-4 star hotels located near The Casino. Rates starting
at £150. Call +44-207-9257048 for reservations. Quote
“WSOP 18090.”

· Radisson Edwardian Hotels
- 3-4 star hotels located .6-1.2 miles from The Casino.
Rates from £135. Call +44-871-9429110 for rooms.
Quote “Word Series of Poker.”

· The Soho Hotel
- 5 Star hotel located .7 miles from The Casino. Rates
starting at £335. Call +44-20-75593000 for
reservations. Quote “World Series of Poker.”


DAILY TOURNAMENTS Cash games available 24/7. 5% rake capped at £10.
AND CASH GAMES: - M-F 2:30p £25+£3 NLH/Freezout tourneys-2500 starting chips
- M-F 6:30p £20 Turbo NLH 45 minute rebuy + add on
- Saturday/Sunday 2:30p £20 NLH 60 minute rebuy + add on
- Saturday 8:30p £70+£5 NLH Freezeout

SCHEDULE – 2009 WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE
PRESENTED BY BETFAIR

Casino at the Empire - London Clubs International, London, England

September 17th – October 1st 2009

Date Day Start Event # Tournament Buy-In
9/17/2009 Thursday 12 noon Kickoff
Event Million-Dollar Freeroll Top 18 Online Qualifiers at
Betfair

9/18/2009 Friday 12
noon 1A No-Limit Hold’em Day 1A
(4 day event) £1,000 + £60

9/19/2009 Saturday 12
noon 1B No-Limit Hold’em Day 1B £1,000 + £60

9/20/2009 Sunday 2 PM 1 No Limit Hold’em Day 2 £1,000 + £60

9/21/2009 Monday 2 PM 1 No Limit Hold’em Day 3 Final
Table £1,000 + £60

9/21/2009 Monday 5 PM 2
Pot-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit
Omaha
(3 Day Event) Day 1
£2,500 + £150

9/22/2009 Tuesday 2 PM 2 PLH/PLO Day 2 £2,500 + £150
09/23/200

9 Wednesday 2 PM 2 PLH/PLO Day 3 (Final Table) £2,500 + £150
09/23/200

9 Wednesday 5 PM 3 Pot-Limit Omaha Double Chance
(3 day event) £5,000 + £250

9/24/2009 Thursday 2 PM 3 Pot-Limit Omaha (Day 2) £5,000 + £250
09/25/200

9 Friday 10 AM Invitational
Event

Caesars Cup – Europe vs. USA
(No-Limit Hold’em Special Event)
One-day invite-only event,
plus one Betfair online
qualifier

09/25/200
9 Friday 5 PM 3 Pot Limit Omaha Day 3/(Final
Table) £5,000 + £250
09/26/200

9 Saturday 12 PM 4
WSOPE Main Event
Championship No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1A £10,000 + £350
09/27/200

9 Sunday 12 PM 4
WSOPE Main Event
Championship No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1B
£10,000 + £350
09/28/200

9 Monday 5:30 PM 4 WSOPE Main Event Day 2 £10,000 + £350
09/29/200

9 Tuesday 12 PM 4 WSOPE Main Event Day 3 £10,000 + £350
09/30/200

9 Wednesday 12 PM 4 WSOPE Main Event Day 4 £10,000 + £350
10/01/200

9 Thursday 12 PM 4 WSOPE Main Event Day 5 £10,000 + £350

I hope you don't mind this but a brief report of day 1 can be found here...

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=44301.0

Ceasars Cup.

The inaugural Caesars Cup is a unique Ryder Cup-style poker tournament pitting teams of the best
players from both sides of the Atlantic against each other.

The Caesars Cup takes place on Friday, September 25 at 10:00 AM at the Casino at the Empire in
London’s famed Leicester Square as part of World Series of Poker Europe Presented by Betfair.

The Caesars Cup will feature the game No-Limit Hold’em with two teams of eight doing battle over a
series of Heads Up and two-man doubles matches, with single points awarded for each match. The
doubles formats will include alternate betting. The first team to 4 points will win.

Each team has eight players. They are:
AMERICAS EUROPEANS

*Daniel Negreanu *Annette Obrestad

Phil Ivey Peter Eastgate

Phil Hellmuth Dario Minieri

John Juanda Bertrand Grospellier

Doyle Brunson Patrik Antonius

Jennifer Harman Ilari Sahamies

Pro TBD Pro TBD

Qualifier TBD Qualifier TBD

* Team Captains

The Caesars Cup is a made-for-television special that will air on ESPN-branded channels around the
globe and syndicated in markets without ESPN affiliates as part of televised 2009 WSOPE coverage.

The first match will be Doubles: Alternate Bet where two players compete per side. One player per
side will play pre-flop and on the turn; the other player will play the flop and the river.

Once players are designated, their roles will not change. Two matches of this format will be played,
so that 4 of the 8 players on each team will be featured.

The next two matches will feature Doubles: Same Stack where two new players compete per side.
They share the same chip stack. They alternate playing two hands at a time so both have the button.

After the doubles matches conclude, the matches change to Heads-Up – if necessary. Team
captains will select which members of their teams play heads up and it will be an alternate selection
process, where if the European team names their player first for Match 1, the Americas team will
have to name their player first for Match 2. That format continues until one team has accumulated 4
total points. The strategy of when to use a player and whom they match up with will be critical in
determining which team will come out victorious.

Pride, bragging rights and claiming the inaugural Caesars Cup are all up for grabs at the event. It will
be included in this year’s World Series of Poker Europe Presented by Betfair taking place at the
Casino at the Empire in famed Leicester Square from September 17 to October 2.

The unique event will be played on September 25th, with the tournament being fought out on the feature table area of
the main casino floor to determine whether the Americas or Europeans are home to the best
tournament poker players.

PAST RESULTS – WSOPE

2008
Event #1

£1,500 No Limit Hold’em

410 entries
Net Prize Pool: £615,000

Total Spots Paid Out: 45

Final Table players and payouts

1 Jesper Hougaard Copenhagen Denmark 144,218
2 Fuad Serhan Cobham UK 89,175
3 Yevgeniy Timoshenko Mukilteo, WA USA 55,350
4 Neil "Bad Beat" Channing London UK 44,588
5 John Dwyer Dundalk Ireland 36,285
6 Adam Junglen Stow, OH USA 28,598
7 Linda Lee Las Vegas, NV USA 22,448
8 Ian Woodley London UK 17,835
9 Daniel Nutt Byfleet UK 13,222

Event #2
£2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
110 entries

Net Prize Pool: £275,000

Total Spots Paid Out: 16

Final Table players and payouts

1 Sherkhan Farnood Kabul Afghanistan 76,999
2 Ivo Donev Lochau Austria 48,125
3 Howard Lederer Las Vegas, NV USA 30,250
4 Jeff Duvall London UK 22,000
5 Mark Gregorich Las Vegas, NV USA 17,188
6 Phil Ivey Las Vegas, NV USA 13,750
7 Jeffrey Lisandro Salerno Italy 11,000
8 Spencer Lawrence London UK 8,938

Event #3
£5,000 Pot Limit Omaha

165 entries
Net Prize Pool: £825,000

Total Spots Paid Out: 18

Final Table players and payouts

1 Theo Jorgensen Copenhagen Denmark 218,626
2 Sorel Mizzi Toronto, ON Canada 132,000
3 Eric Dalby London UK 84,562
4 Erik Friberg Stockholm Sweden 66,000
5 Max Pescatori Milan Italy 51,562
6 David Penly Woking UK 41,250
7 Chris Ferguson Pac. Palisades, CA USA 33,000
8 Jason Mercier Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA 26,812
9 Tomi Nyback Helsinki Finland 22,688

Event #4 – Main Event

£10,000 No Limit Hold’em

362 entries

Net Prize Pool: £3,620,000

Total Spots Paid Out: 36

Final Table players and payouts

1. John Juanda, £868,800, Las Vegas, NV
2. Stanislav Alekhin, £533,950, Moscow Russia
3. Ivan Demidov, £334,850, Moscow, Russia
4. Bengt Sonnert, £271,500, Linkoping, Sweden
5. Daniel Negreanu, £217,200, Las Vegas, NV
6. Scott Fischman, £171,950, Las Vegas, NV
7. Robin Keston, £135,750, London, UK
8. Toni Hiltunen, £108,600, Lahti, Finland
9. Christopher Elliott, £81,450, Alloa, UK



2007

Event # 1

£2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
105 entries
Net Prize Pool: £262,500

Total Spots Paid Out: 16

Final Table players and payouts

1. Thomas Bihl £70,875
2. Jennifer Harman-Traniello £40,688
3. Kirk Morrison £26,250
4. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson £21,700
5. Alexander Kravchenko £17,850
6. Yuval Bronshtein £14,438
7. Joe Beevers £11,812
8. Gary Jones £9,188

Event # 2

£5,000 Pot Limit Omaha

156 entries
Net Prize Pool: £779,400

Total Spots Paid Out: 18

Final Table players and payouts

1. Dario (Ryu) Alioto £234,390
2. Istvan Novak £137,280
3. Tony (Tony G) Guoga £94,380
4. Daniel Callaghan £65,520
5. Antoine Arnault £49,530
6. Sherkhan Farnood £38,220
7. Sampo Lopponen £30,420
8. Andrew Bloch £22,020
9. Joe Razaghi £16,380

Event #3 – Main Event

£10,000 No Limit Hold’em

362 entries

Net Prize Pool: £3,620,000

Total Spots Paid Out: 36

Final Table players and payouts

1. Annette Obrestad £1,000,000
2. John Tabatabai £570,150
3. Mathew McCullough £381,910
4. Oyvind Riisem £257,020
5. Johannes Korsar £191,860
6. Dominic Kay £152,040
7. Magnus Persson £114,030
8. Theo Jorgensen £85,070
9. James Keys £61,540

Lol - that's superb!

How did we miss each other?

I negotiated with Eddie Hearn to release your Media Rights, & we struck a deal.

Some photographs from today will follow shortly.

I hope you sorted me some good moolah. It's what I need to perk up my day after not seeing you.

Report  courtesy of Betfair Poker, on the current £1000 tournament

Day 1a ended in the £1000 No Limit Hold'em tournament at the WSOPE with a familiar name leading the chip counts.  JP Kelly goes into Day 2 with an impressive 65,000 chips.  Hot on the youngster's heels are Richard Kellet and Ian Frazer but it was a day of carnage for some of the other big names.
 
Tournament director Jack Effel got the 2009 WSOPE underway in earnest, following Thursday's Million Dollar Game, and a plethora of star names were seated for this one.  Phil Hellmuth was quick to head for the exits.  The 'Poker Brat' managed to get all of his chips into the middle with an open-ended straight draw versus his opponent's pocket kings.  The straight didn't come and Hellmuth found himself on the rail after only one round of play.   
 
London locals Neil Channing, Willie Tann and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott were also eliminated early on.  Channing fell victim to Richard Kellet.  Kellet was one of the chip leaders throughout the day and looks in good shape for Day 2 but it was JP Kelly that ended the day as the leader of the pack.  Kelly claimed WSOP glory earlier this year when he picked up a $1500 bracelet in Las Vegas and he must be one of the favourites to win European WSOP glory here in London.
 
Players continued to hit the exits at high speed throughout the day.  The 3000 starting chips given to each player saw many all ins, early on, on various occasions.  The 295 players that started the event were whittled down to just 40 before midnight where play was stopped for the day.
 
There are still many household names left in the mix, though.  Roland de Wolfe, Joe Grech and Eddie Hearn are clinging on in there as we look towards Day 1b for more frantic action.
 
The current top ten players and their chip counts look like this:
 
JP Kelly - 65000 
Richard Kellett - 65000 
Ian Frazer - 60000 
David Stucke - 40000 
Swee Chai - 40000 
Andy Kyprianou - 35500 
Andrew Seden - 30000 
Raymond Rahme - 24000 
Adam Matusiak - 22000 
Raul Paez - 20000 
 
Day 1b starts at noon UK time today.  We'll have all the important action and news here at Betfair Poker

Tikays update had JP on 95k ???

lol at eddie hearn being a household name

the mofo kellsterrrrrr glglgl him and JP.

Yeh he's got 95k

That was the figure Harrah's sent me, I just C & P'd the Spreadsheet.

Barry Hearn is.

So is Barry Chuckle

Last Chance Main Event Qualifier - Sunday 20th Sep

With the World Series of Poker Europe 2009 upon us, Betfair poker is offering  players one last chance to qualify for the £10,000 buy in WSOPE Main Event.

$40,000 GTD Main Event Qualifier: Kicking off at 18:30 (UK) with a $510 buy-in the Main Event Qualifier hosted on Betfair Poker on Sunday 20th September has  2 GTD WSOPE Main Event packages up for grabs, each worth an amazing $20,000

current chip leaders in the £1k

1. JP Kelly     98825     
2. Richard Kellett     67225     
3. Fabien Dunlop    63375    
4. Ian Frazer    50000
5. Stefane Hansen    48175
6. David Stucke    45875    
7. Nicolas Levi    39575    
8. Richard Allen    38375
9. Carsten Girst    37650
10. T. Saull-Hunt 36725    

Live updates from the WSOPE provided by Betfair can be found at

http://wsope.betfair.com/index.php/page

£1,000 event being covered now

JP Kelly is storming ahead

1. JP Kelly     170000 
2. Richard Kellett  120000     
3. Fabien Dunlop 95000    

as of now

[  ] Provided By Betfair
[X] Provided By Dana and Snoops at Pokernews.

on the Betfair site, who have asked me to link to them

I know, it's just that'll probably encourage more people to click the link if they know two of the best in the business are providing the coverage.

the green machine in there fightting, SAVE THE MFKIN GREEN

Is Alex Martin still in? Going to Empire in a bit, but cant seem to find his name anywhere on poker news updates?

George and myself are not there though ;)

Anyone got the pay structure?

Tim Blake 5th

gogogogogogogoggogogogoo

from pokernews:

1 £ 136,803 -   
2 £ 84,512 -   
3 £ 55,468 -   
4 £ 38,499 -   
5 £ 28,181 -   
6 £ 21,700 -   
7 £ 17,535 -   
8 £ 14,835 -   
9 £ 13,115 -   
10 £ 9,381 -   
11 £ 9,381 -   
12 £ 9,381 -   
13 £ 6,980 -   
14 £ 6,980 -   
15 £ 6,980 -   
16 £ 5,338 -   
17 £ 5,338 -   
18 £ 5,338 -   
19 £ 4,153 -   
20 £ 4,153 -   
21 £ 4,153 -   
22 £ 4,153 -   
23 £ 4,153 -   
24 £ 4,153 -   
25 £ 4,153 -   
26 £ 4,153 -   
27 £ 4,153 -   
28 £ 3,374 -   
29 £ 3,374 -   
30 £ 3,374 -   
31 £ 3,374 -   
32 £ 3,374 -   
33 £ 3,374 -   
34 £ 3,374 -   
35 £ 3,374 -   
36 £ 3,374 -   
37 £ 2,803 -   
38 £ 2,803 -   
39 £ 2,803 -   
40 £ 2,803 -   
41 £ 2,803 -   
42 £ 2,803 -   
43 £ 2,803 -   
44 £ 2,803 -   
45 £ 2,803 -   
46 £ 2,359 Aleksey Arakelov   
47 £ 2,359 Julian Hoffman   
48 £ 2,359 Markus Ristola   
49 £ 2,359 Markus Golser   
50 £ 2,359 Vivien Ma   
51 £ 2,359 Andy Kyprianou   
52 £ 2,359 Constance Kirkwood   
53 £ 2,359 Paul Brammer   
54 £ 2,359 Tim Molyneux   
55 £ 2,006 Duncan Macrie   
56 £ 2,006 Adam Matusiak   
57 £ 2,006 Edward Keljik   
58 £ 2,006 Talal Shakerchi   
59 £ 2,006 Azzy Asghar   
60 £ 2,006 Nicolas Levi   
61 £ 2,006 Nicholas Holbrook   
62 £ 2,006 Stephen Bradbury   
63 £ 2,006 Goran Gratte

ty sir

LOLOLOL

This is why we haven't pitched up in London to do some updating

The Photography section is interesting :D


Media Credential Requirements for 2009 World Series of Poker Europe ®

The following rules constitute the media credential requirements for the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe(the "Event") by Harrah's Operating Company and London Clubs International (LCI)Please read each item carefully.

Strict compliance at all times to each requirement is an express condition precedent to continued use of the media credential.

Granting of media credentials is at the sole discretion of the World Series of Poker Europe and Harrah's. The following criteria will be utilized to help determine eligibility for media credentials:

   1. Applicant must be a full-time journalist.
   2. Work must be for a legitimate news outlet whose primary objective is to disseminate news information to the public.
   3. All work must use a byline.
   4. Applicant must provide news editor or producer contact information.
   5. Submission of representative past work, including both feature and news reporting is a requirement.

Any unauthorized use of credentials may subject the bearer to immediate ejection from the The Empire Casino and prosecution for criminal trespass.  It may also subject the accredited organization to revocation of its credentials for future World Series of Poker Europeevents.

Media credentials are non-transferable and must be worn at all times when on-site at the Empire.

Credentialed media may provide content only to the outlet listed on their credential.  It is a violation of use and grounds for revocation if a credential-holder provides content to an outlet (website, magazine, blog, newspaper, radio station, television station, etc.) that is not listed on holder's credential.

Media credentials are required to gain access to the WSOP Media Center and admittance will not be permitted without an approved and official event credential.

Possession of a credential and verification of identity allows the bearer to register for the media charity tournament.

 

ELIGIBILITY

1. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Government issued photo identification must be presented to receive a credential and must be available upon request from organization staff at any time while bearer is on casino property.  

2. Each accredited media organization shall be limited to three credentials due to the limited capacity of the event. It is the responsibility of the accredited media organization to determine in advance of the event which representatives for whom it plans to submit applications.

3. Freelance journalists requesting media credentials must provide either: (a) an original letter of assignment, on letterhead, from an editor at an approved media outlet or (b) an email letter of assignment from an editor that originates from an approved outlet's formal domain.

4. Authors requesting media credentials must provide a comprehensive treatment of the book being researched, in addition to a letter of intent to publish, supplied on letterhead, from a representative of an approved publishing house.

5. Documentary filmmakers and representatives of independent video production companies will not be eligible for media credentials.  A separate licensing agreement will be required for access to the tournament, which may or may not be granted at Harrah's sole discretion.

6. Journalists without a specific assignment from an accredited media outlet will not be eligible for media credentials.

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

7. Credentialed photographers can use images only for editorial purposes and may provide photos only to the accredited organization listed on their approved credential application form. Any other use is strictly prohibited.

8.  Photos posted on websites may be archived for 72 hours only from the specific event date.  Following 72 hours, photos are deemed to no longer be for standard news usage and must be removed.

9.  Flash photography is strictly prohibited inside the tournament room.

10. Once any tournament event gets overcrowded due to space constraints, photographer access inside the ropes will be restricted. (Photographs may be taken from outside the ropes.) Photo requests may be made at any time to any ImageMasters staff member, the official photographer of the 2009 WSOP. Photographers are allowed at the final table only after the winner has completed contractual interviews and promotional obligations.

11. Credentials do not authorize photography outside the tournament area; accredited organizations are prohibited from capturing images of the Empire Casino without prior consent of a member of property staff.

12. Representatives of photo collection and merchandising houses are not eligible for media credentials.

 

VIDEO

13. Under no circumstances can video from anywhere in the Empire Casino including the tournament area or casino appear on any website.  The tournament area is anywhere tournament action is taking place or players are gathered.

14. All organizations are prohibited from disseminating or streaming video footage of the event.

15.  No video cameras are permitted inside the tournament room without an escort from a member of the Harrah's media-relations team or Betfair PR representative. Filming of hand-by-hand play is prohibited.

16. Video interviews shall be conducted inside the tournament room only with an escort from a member of the Harrah's media-relations team or Betfair PR representative.

17.  Television stations can record (but cannot go live with) a maximum of five minutes of non-table play video footage from inside the tournament room on a single day and include up to two minutes of footage in a regularly scheduled newscast.  If the regularly scheduled newscast also streams live on the TV affiliate's website that is permissible as long as it is the exact stream of the live television signal.  Archiving, storing or streaming video on a website outside of a live newscast is strictly prohibited.

 

TOURNAMENT ACCESS

18. Credentialed media may not in any way distract players during tournament action.  This act is subject to immediate ejection.

19. Once any tournament event gets overcrowded due to space constraints, media access inside the ropes will be restricted.   All media will be escorted outside the ropes and then tournament staff will rotate media in and out according to demand and capacity limits.  Media must be escorted by event staff to be inside the ropes and failure to comply with staff requests will result in forfeiture of access.  

20. Accredited media organizations can file a maximum of one online update per hour per event, provided the web site covers each event on a separate page of the web site.  This includes posting of chip counts.  An event is defined as any of the individual poker games that make up the WSOPE.

21. Live Updates:  No continuous live updates in the form of text messaging, podcasts, blogging or live remote audio or video feeds are permitted.  Updates in these formats may be filed once an hour and may only include information preceding the update, not any action or event occurring while the update is in progress.

22. The WSOPE will release official chip counts for each event at the end of the day's play and those chip counts may be used in their entirety at that time or later.  While an event is in progress, media organizations can only post Top 10 chip counts once per hour.  Media organizations can post the entire order of the players only once the event has been completed and/or at the end of each day after the WSOPE releases official results/updates.

Definition:  Once an hour.  Once an hour is determined from the start time of any event.  If an event begins at 12 noon GMT, the first update cannot be posted before 1:00 PM GMT, and each subsequent update must follow an hour after the last update.

 

ELECTRONIC DEVICES

23. Members of the media with a credential are forbidden from using, carrying or setting up electronic equipment such as computers, Blackberrys, Personal Digital Assistants, cellular telephones or transmitters of any kind inside the tournament area. (This includes any device used in conjunction with live radio remotes).  These devices may be utilized in the Media Center or Press Box throughout the duration of the tournament.

 

SELF PROMOTION

24. Credentialed media displaying or otherwise promoting any product or service on the grounds of the The Empire Casino will be deemed to be non-working media and have their credentials revoked.

25. Credentialed media are permitted to wear as part of their clothing one standard logo of their organization that is no larger than four inches vertical or horizontal and commonly accepted as normal dress attire.  Provided however, Harrah's reserves the right to prohibit the display of any logo(s) that are considered distasteful or otherwise deemed inappropriate by Harrah's, in its sole and absolute discretion or that violate the Business and Registration Policy. http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/pdfs/Businessregrules2008.pdf

 

TRADEMARKS

26. No bearer or accredited media organization may display or otherwise use any Harrah's logo or trademark, including that of the World Series of Poker, without advance written permission from Harrah's. This prohibition includes web sites and other media.

Trademark Usage Guidelines can be found at:
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£2,500 Round of each 7,500 starting chips begins at 12pm

Annette15 chip leading



6 left in the £1k

1. Fabien Dunlop    630000    
2. Adnan Alshamah    310000
3. JP Kelly    243000    
4. Anthony Roux 200000   
5. Richard Allen    180000    
6. Neil Suarez    180000    

From Twitter


 :)up made me lol anyway :D

LOL.............. only thing left,.....set yourself up in a corner with an easel and your paint pots. ;)

as if!

K 4 O/S...? didnt know Helmuth was playing at the Luton G tonight...

LOL, the question is...who was holding the K4 off in the small blind? Must be an awful player, calling a powerful utg min raise from the mighty Hellmuth with that filth innit?

 Jeff Buffenbarger  Out in WSOPE 50thish... but did take Phil Hellmuth for 90 percent of his chips with K4 versus his aces!!!!! Next time he might not min raise UTG on an active table - A man's raise wouldnt of received 4 callers!!!!!


hehehe

From Betfair

2009 WSOPE Event 1: £1,000 No-limit Hold'em


The first event of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe is completed and we have crowned the first champion. He ended Day 1 as the chipleader and finished the tournament in the same vein, step forward Mr JP Kelly.


The £1,000 entry-fee appealed to pros and amateurs alike, with Day 1a attracting 295 runners including the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Roland de Wolfe and Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliot with the former being eliminated very early on into proceedings.


After raising preflop, then calling a re-raise from Eddie Hearn, Hellmuth somehow managed to get all his chips in the middle holding 5h6h which gave him an open-ended straight draw. He definitely needed to hit as Hearn held pocket kings, but a 9s turn followed by a Qc river saw 'The Poker Brat' heading for the rail.


The action was thick and fast due to the shallow starting stacks and hour long blinds and by the end of play only 41 players still had chips remaining!


Day 1b showed no signs of slowing down either, despite it been a more pro-heavy day with Phil Ivey, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, Annette Obrestad and 2008 WSOPE Main Event winner John Juanda taking to the tables. Out of the 313 that started, only 58 would return for Day 2.


JP Kelly was the overnight chipleader with 99,000 chips but Richard Kellet, Ian Frazer and Fabian Dunlop were all hot on his heels with stacks around the 65,000 mark. Of the 89 remaining players, only 63 would make the money, meaning 26 unlucky players would be going home empty handed.


Robert Lim was the unlucky “bubble-boy”, after being eliminated by Raymond Rahme in 64th position. Rahme raised 'Under The Gun', a raise which Lim called on the button for almost one third of his stack. On a flop reading 6c9h7h Rahme open-shoved only to see Lim instantly call. Rahme showed a pair of nines for top set and was way in front of Lim's pocket aces. No help arrived on the turn or river and Lim walked away with nothing but memories whilst the rest of the 63 players would be guaranteed £2,006.


One by one the players fell by the wayside and with each elimination the dream of a WSOP bracelet came closer to reality. Eventually the 89 players who started has been whittled down to just 10 and they all gathered for the unofficial final table to play ten-handed until the final table bubble burst.


That honour went to the extremely vocal Ganesh Bathmanathan who saw his push from the hijack with As7h called by Richard Allen's AcKd. The board changed nothing and our final table was set, with Fabian Dunlop leading the way with 538,000 chips.


The remaining nine players returned to The Empire the following day but James Tomlin was soon leaving again after pushing his short-stack in the middle with Ac7s only to see William Martin re-shove and Thor Drexel call! Tomlin was in bad shape as both his opponents held Big Slick and when the board ran out JcKc4c4d8s, Tomlin was eliminated with £13,115 for his efforts.


Drexler was next to go when his queens lost a race with Adnan Alshamah's Ace-king and he was quickly joined on the rail by William Martin who's AsJs could not outrun Fabian Dunlop's pocket sevens. 


Dunlop then took his stack to 985,000 when his kings triumphed over Neil Suarez's pair of fours but JP Kelly was trying his best to keep up with him when he eliminated Anthony Roux with a kings versus tens situation, all-in preflop. Play went from four-handed to heads-up in a remarkably short space of time, first Richard Allen's Ace-four came up short against Kelly's pocket nines and then Dunlop's Ah8h turned an ace to beat Alshamah's KhQs which had flopped a king.


JP Kelly started the heads-up battle with a 498,000 to 1,365,000 chip defecit but this was soon wiped out when both players were all-in preflop, Kelly holding AcTc against Dunlop's Ad5d. A flop of Td8sJd brought something for both players but the 4s and Js fell to ship the pot to Kelly.


After cracking Kelly's slowplayed aces, Dunlop then lost a huge pot when he and Kelly were all-in, both chasing diamond flush-draws, which hit on the turn but Kelly's king-high flush was much better than Dunlop's Jack-high version. This left Dunlop with just 19,000 chips, slightly over one big blind.


Obviously Dunlop was all in blind for the next couple of hands, winning them both but his luck soon ran out when his 4h9h was against Kelly's QdJh on a board reading QhQcTc6sKs. Trip Queens more than enough to beat the nine-high of Dunlop and Britain had it's first-ever WSOPE bracelet winner in JP Kelly.

This was Kelly's second bracelet after he won a $1,500 Pot-limit Hold'em Event in Las Vegas earlier in the year. The £136,803 first prize here was enough to take his career winnings to over the $800,000 mark.

5 remain in the ROE

£104k up top

Mats Gavatin – 448,000
Richard Gryko – 329,000
Men Nguyen – 268,000
Erik Cajelais – 81,000
Robin Keston – 63,000


Lederer, Corkins, Bjorin and Frazer finalled and now out

Richard Gryko is continuing his good run, hot on the heels of his Luton GUKPT win.

LOL remember when JP use to sit at the table reading Harrington whilst playing £10 rebuy rookie tournament at Luton...never knew whether he was serious or on the wind up...Class act though Sir... Oh and well Blessed OBV....

Meet the final five of the WSOPE £2,500 PL Hold'em/Omaha


Play ended late last night in the WSOPE £2,500 Pot-limit Hold'em/Omaha Event with just five players remaining, each of them in with a big shout of taking home a coveted WSOPE bracelet and £104,677.


Men 'The Master' Nguyen was born in Vietnam in 1954 but claimed political asylum in Los Angeles in 1978, before becoming an American citizen in 1986. Almost as famous for tutoring numerous successful poker players, including cousins David Pham and Minh Nguyen, as he is playing, 'The Master' is a feared opponent at the tables. This will be his 66th WSOP cash and a win would be his 7th bracelet and take his career winnings over $9,300,000. My favourite for the win today. He starts the day in third place with 268,000 chips.


Mats Gavatin is the overnight chipleader with 448,000 chips in his stack. The experienced Swedish pro has now cashed nine times in WSOP events, including an impressive four cashes in Las Vegas this summer. At time of writing, Gavatin has live tournament winnings of $653,446 with over half of them coming from his victory in the 2005 EPT Irish Masters tournament.


Richard Gryko is popular figure on the UK poker scene and should have plenty of support from the rail, being on home soil. He starts the day with 329,000 chips, enough to put him in second place, and in a good position to win his first bracelet. This is his third WSOP cash, with his most impressive being in the 2006 Main Event where he finished 50th from 8,773 entrants for $164,932. He's in good form, having won the £1,000 GUKPT Main Event in Luton in August 2009 for a cool £88,850.


Erik Cajelais is another experienced pro, representing Canada. This is his fourth WSOP cash with his best result being a second place finish in a $5,000 Pot-limit Omaha Event back in 2007. In 2006 he took down the $5,000 Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $430,730 which makes up a large percentage of his $1.4 million career winnings. This cash is Cajelais' first of 2009.


Robin Keston is England's second representative at this final table and despite being the short-stack with just 63,000 chips, could cause an upset. An experienced player, this his Keston's 11th WSOP cash, his most recent a 4th place finish in the $10,000 Pot-limit Omaha Event in Las Vegas this summer, good for $196,993. This is also his second WSOPE cash, having placed 7th in the 2008 Main Event.

fyp

gl to the other 4.

hi folks

is there anywhere online doing a live feed of the wsope

Live reporting, rather than a live feed,  here: http://wsope.betfair.com/

Holy shit batman ... look at the list of early exits!!

81. Phil Hellmuth     0         Busted     
82. Gus Hansen     0         Busted
83. Andy Black    0       Busted    
84. Phil Ivey    0       Busted
85. Tony Cascarino    0       Busted    
86. Erik Cajelais    0       Busted
87. Justin Smith    0       Busted    
88. Julian Gardner    0       Busted
89. Andy Bloch    0       Busted

Tourist bus must have been ready to leave obv.

Betfair blog

Canadian Erik Cajelais took the spoils at yesterday's WSOPE £2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha tournament. Cajelais faced the likes of Men "The Master" Ngyuen, Richard Gryko and Mats Gavatin as he returned for the final. Despite being heavily out-chipped as the final got underway the man from Quebec fought his way to the front to claim the second bracelet of the 2009 WSOPE.

Cajelais cuts a striking and imposing figure at the poker table. The usual image of a poker player may be one of a person who is not in the greatest shape. Cajelais, on the other hand, sports a physique that would put many top athletes to shame. It seems mind and body are in good order for the man with an impressive list of big tournament results in recent years. Once play reached the heads-up stages yesterday Erik had managed to overturn his chip deficit to become a dominant chip leader over Swedish pro' Mats Gavatin. Gavatin put up a brave fight but the writing was on the wall in that contest some way before the official conclusion.

Cajelais told the WSOP; "I felt like I really, really, really wanted to win. I had to do everything I could to win, and today I played well and the cards came out my way." But he played down his physical fitness by noting; "I think once you reach 50, 60 or 70, then maybe fitness is a factor. But if you are young and in decent shape, it should not be hard to play for long periods."

There wasn't much time for Cajelais to enjoy his new bracelet and £104,677 prize money. He had already registered for the £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event which began during the latter stages of event 2. Cajelais quickly joined in the action in that tournament, despite being blinded away for the first two levels, in an attempt to re-build his stack. We'll have the news and results from that event here at Betfair very soon.

In the meantime here are the official cashing players from the £2,500 PL Hold'em/Omaha event:

1. Erik Cajelais (£104,677)
2. Mats Gavatin (£64,705)
3. Robin Keston (£47,858)
4. Men Nguyen (£35,412)
5. Richard Gryko (£26,619)
6. Chris Bjorin (£20,106)
7. Hoyt Corkins (£15,302)
8. Ian Frazer (£11,732)
9. Howard Lederer (£9,117)
10. Nikolay Evdakov (£7,643)
11. Dino Brivati (£7,643)
12. Michael Abecassis (£7,643)
13. Allie Prescott (£6,521)
14. Tristan Clemencon (£6,521)
15. Harri Suni (£6,521)
16. Brian Johnson (£5,660)
17. Vitaly Lunkin (£5,660)
18. Sampo Lopponen (£5,600)

009 WSOP Europe Presented by Betfair
WSOPE Event Number 3
WSOP Gold Bracelet Number 60
Buy-In £5,000 (=$8,110 USD)
Game Pot-Limit Omaha
Number of Entries 154
Net Prize Pool £770,000
First Place Prize Money £204,048
Total Places Paid 18
Players Remaining 35

End of Day One Report

Total Chips in Play 3,080,000
Average Chip Stack 85,800
Level / Time Start of Level 11
Blinds / Antes 800/1,600 with 200 ante

In the Money Finishers

1st TBD £204,048
2nd TBD 126,134
3rd TBD 93,293
4th TBD 69,030
5th TBD 51,890
6th TBD 39,193
7th TBD 29,830
8th TBD 22,869
9th TBD 17,772
10th TBD 14,900
11th TBD 14,900
12th TBD 14,900
13th TBD 12,713
14th TBD 12,713
15th TBD 12,713
16th TBD 11,034
17th TBD 11,034
18th TBD 11,034

End of Day One Survivors -- With Chip Counts

Chip Count Table Seat Player
304100 1 9 Vilmunen, Jani
184100 1 3 Griffin, Ashton
153700 3 2 Mizzi, Sorel
151800 2 4 Lederer, Howard
151300 2 6 Zaichenko, Andrey
134900 3 5 Kimber, Jeffrey
122200 3 8 Chalton, Niall
114500 1 8 Bloom, Anthony
114500 4 2 Kiveilo, Aarno
112600 4 6 Boeken, Noah
105000 2 9 Williamson III, Robert
103700 2 2 Haavisto, Ville
98200 3 1 Mahrenholz, Karl
95800 3 9 Dalby, Eric
89100 4 1 Hindin, Daniel
87500 4 4 Lopponen, Sampo
79500 2 5 Callaghan, David
79300 4 8 Bilzerian, Adam
72000 1 6 Farnood, Sherkahn
66100 1 2 Jorgensen, Theo
64600 2 8 Deeb, Shaun
59800 4 3 Kabbaj, John
59200 2 7 Romanello, Roberto
55200 4 5 O'Shea, John
50700 1 4 Shak, Daniel
49900 1 7 Ngai, Samuel
46900 2 3 Koskinen, Ilkka
42600 3 7 Rees, Lloyd
40000 1 5 Boatman, Ross
38600 3 4 Dwan, Thomas
35200 4 7 Naujoks, Sandra
34300 3 3 Beevers, Joe
33800 1 1 Bjorin, Christer
26400 2 1 Greenstein, Barry
19100 3 6 Williams David

lol @ how bad i ran in this event.

Ashton Griffin is a sicko at PLO.

Final table line up

Seat 1: Robert Williamson III -- 64,000
Seat 2: Ville Haavisto -- 249,000
Seat 3: Howard Lederer -- 320,000 (second final table at WSOPE)
Seat 4: Jeff Kimber -- 133,000
Seat 5: Dan Hindin -- 320,000
Seat 6: Aarno Kivelio -- 608,000
Seat 7: Jani Vilmunen -- 899,000 (WCOOP PLO Winner)
Seat 8: Roberto Romanello --.306,000
Seat 9: Ross Boatman -- 180,000

From the Betfair Blog

Lederer, Boatman and Kimber make WSOPE £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha final

The world's Omaha specialists have been out to play for the last two days at the WSOPE. The £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha tournament was their stage and it's been an eventful lead up to the final. Howard Lederer is once again deep in a WSOPE event following a 9th place finish earlier this week. Alongside him are Barny Boatman, Jeff Kimber and Robert Williamson III. They've all got to get passed chip leader Jani Vilmunen though.

The list of final tablists certainly reads like a list of players you would probably want to avoid. There are bracelets, titles and a wealth of experience on offer from the remaining nine which would leave the average player quaking in their boots.

One player who will feel she should've been in the final is Sandra Naujoks. Naujoks managed to bubble for the final table after being rivered by Jani Vilmunen. Naujoks held 4c,4s,10c,8s on a tasty looking flop of Ac,4h,5d. Naujoks bet out with her set of fours only for Vilmunen to make the call. The turn looked like a harmless 9c and, as it was soon to transpire, the card actually strengthened Naujoks position with a flush draw. It also served to encourage Vilmunen who was holding 6s,3c,7c,8d. Naujoks moved all in and, with what seemed like half of the deck as outs, Vilmunen made the call. Naujoks was in great shape to win the hand until a cruel 3d fell on the river to give Vilmunen the straight.

Some notable players who won't be returning for the final later today include Tom 'durrrr' Dwan, Tony Bloom, Joe Beevers, Barry Greenstein and Noah Boeken after they were all eliminated yesterday. Dwan and Bloom will be comforted by a £12,713 return on their investments.

The final nine will take their seats at 2pm UK time with the following chip counts:

Seat 1: Robert Williamson III -- 64,000
Seat 2: Ville Haavisto -- 249,000
Seat 3: Howard Lederer -- 320,000
Seat 4: Jeff Kimber -- 133,000
Seat 5: Dan Hindin -- 320,000
Seat 6: Aarno Kivelio -- 608,000
Seat 7: Jani Vilmunen -- 899,000
Seat 8: Roberto Romanello -- 306,000
Seat 9: Ross Boatman -- 180,000

£204,048 and a WSOPE bracelet await the winner. Follow all the action on our WSOP Europe Updates and Chip Counts page.

Highly Unlikely

12 big blinds for Dwan, means less for Bloom prob.

The 3rd event of the WSOPE came down to a gruelling headsup battle between Jani Vilmunen and Howard Lederer.  Both players fought hard through the early rounds and at one point it looked like it would be an all Finnish finish.  Jani Vilmunen walked away with £204,048.

Vilmunen won the WCOOP Omaha event on Stars recently, so this is a spectacular double  

WSOPE 2009 Event 3 $5000 PL Omaha Poker final standings
1 Jani Vilmunen
2 Howard Lederer
3 Aarno Kiveli
4 Ross Boatman
5 Ville Haavisto
6 Daniel Hindin
7 Roberto Romanello
8 Jeffery Kimber
9 Robert Williamson III

Betfair has been sponsoring the WSOPE this year and they are giving away a free seat to the main event.  You need to play at Betfair and you stand a chance of winning the seat.  New and existing active players are entered into a draw.  You need to be available to play on day 1B.  You have until 5.00pm on Saturday 26th Sept to play a single raked hand on Betfair when the chance to enter the draw ends.

Day1a of the WSOPE Main Event begins Saturday 12pm

Meanwhile, I am reminded to remind you that Phil Hellmuth will enter the tournament scene at 12pm today as Julius Caesar, on a Chariot.

Consider yourself reminded.

gg Tighty, that's Theo Jorgensen, last year's PLO winner.

An opportune moment to remind everyone of blonde's gratitude to Betfair, who are sponsoring this Board.

Here's the winner of the Betfair-sponsored WSOPO-E PLO.

Are they putting any streams up? And if not have they said why not. A bit disappointed this year.

promoting UB in the UK is actually a criminal offence under the gambling act, don't suppose the authorities will do anything about it tho.

WSOPE Event Number 4
WSOP Gold Bracelet Number 61
Buy-In £10,000 (= $16,020 USD)
Game No-Limit Hold'em
Number of Entries TBD
Net Prize Pool TBD
First Place Prize Money TBD
Total Places Paid TBD
Dates: 26 September to 1 October 2009

End Day One Standings -- By Chip Count

Aguiar Jonathan Las Vegas, NV USA 160,100
Akenhead James London, UK 77,675
Andersson Fredrik NA 45,475
Azor Ran Tel Aviv, Israel 47,200
Baldassari Fabrizio Monte Carlo, Monaco 33,250
Bebzimra Christopher Bucharest, Romania 24,350
Beevers Joe Hendon, UK 101,450
Bichon Thomas Paris, France 82,575
Bjorin Chris London, UK 73,350
Bleeker Nick Warmenhuizen, Germany 52,050
Blom Viktor NA 163,175
Bonyadi Farzad Los Angeles, CA USA 75,150
Brown Chad Las Vegas, NV USA 44,975
Brunson Doyle Las Vegas, NV USA 92,900
Brunson Todd Las Vegas, NV USA 46,050
Buecherl Konstantin Regensburg, Germany 49,000
Campbell Robert Miami, FL USA 21,850
Cantu Brandon Las Vegas, NV USA 89,000
Chen Andrew Mississauga, ON Canada 49,250
Cousineau Anthony Daytona Beach, FL USA 43,000
Decarolis Alfred Los Angeles, CA USA 63,400
Demjan Shandoi Budapest, Hungary 64,000
Dickstein Mark New York, NY USA 47,825
Docherty David Coatbridge, Scotland 81,350
Drexel Thor London, UK 53,900
Duerr Michael Palm City, FL USA 40,475
Ebanks Joe NA USA 49,175
Filippi Arron Eric New York, NY USA 76,000
Frazer Ian London, UK 32,750
Friberg Eric Stockholm, Sweden 49,475
Golser Markus Vienna, Austria 65,025
Goodwin Marc Birmingham, UK 50,375
Gould Peter London, UK 70,400
Grace Richard Wellington, New Zealand 116,850
Griffin Ashton Lake Worth, FL USA 74,875
Hansen Martin Bjerringbro, Denmark 152,775
Harder Christian Annapolis, MD USA 134,125
Hellmuth Phil Palo Alto, CA USA 18,450
Hicks Kenneth Huntington, WV USA 21,100
Houghton Laurence London, UK 78,950
Jacobs Lawrence New York, NY USA 50,025
Janneh Hativ Banjul, Gambia (West Africa) 33,625
Kabbaj John London, UK 104,500
Kelopuro Sami Monte Carlo, Monaco 168,925
Keston Robin London, UK 67,100
Kilman Arkady London, UK 26,775
Kravchenko Alexander Moscow, Russia 31,100
Kyllonen Jens Helsinki, Finland 84,325
La Hieu Van Siagon, Vietnam 34,550
Lavalee Jason Montreal, QB Canada 39,475
Lieu Liz Las Vegas, NV USA 65,600
Margets Leo London, UK 19,300
Marigliano Marcelo Milan, Italy 55,725
Matusow Mike Las Vegas, NV USA 28,900
Mc Nulty Thad Jacksonville, FL USA 8,950
McNulty John Jacksonville, FL USA 36,750
Mercier Jason Fort Lauderdale, FL USA 189,725
Montgomery Scott Ottowa, ON Canada 18,225
Munns Ian London, UK 99,475
Naujoks Sandra Berlin, Germany 40,225
Nguyen Men "the Master" Bell Gardens, CA USA 43,200
Paez Corral Raul Barcelona, Spain 23,750
Pavlicek Tommy London, UK 119,825
Plens Jonathan Toronto, ON Canada 6,900
Powell Brian Louisville, KY USA 194,600
Riaz Nadeem Rome, GA USA 40,675
Schulmann Nicholas New York, NY USA 31,000
Seidel Erik Las Vegas, NV USA 9,925
Shulman Barry Las Vegas, NV USA 80,250
Tom Phil "Chairman" Las Vegas, NV USA 44,950
Traniello Marco Las Vegas, NV USA 33,000
Van Til Johan Groningen, The Netherlands 26,325
Wang Michael Livingston, NJ USA 38,850
Wice Alex Toronto, ON Canada 92,300
Wilf Saar Tel Aviv, Israel 22,950

DAY ONE FILLED WITH SEVERAL HIGHLIGHTS



The first day of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event has come to an end. A total of 156 players from more than two dozen different nations paid a £10,000 entry fee and competed in the first of two starting flights. £10,000 (GBP) is equal to about $16,000 (USD). After more than 12 hours of play on day one, Brian Powell, from Louisville, KY USA emerged as the early chip leader.



The day was filled with several highlights. During an early break in the action, WSOP President and Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack presented poker pro Jeffrey Lisandro with his prize for winning 2009 World Series of Poker “Player of the Year” honors. Lisandro, who won a record-tying three gold bracelets in events earlier this year in Las Vegas, received a whopping three buy-ins into future WSOP Main Events. He will freeroll the 2010, 2011, and 2012 world poker championships, courtesy of Harrah’s Entertainment. Lisandro’s award is valued at more than $30,000.



A short time later, Jani Vilmunen, from Helsinki, Finland was officially presented with his first gold bracelet in a special ceremony. Vilmunen became only the second Finnish player in history to win a WSOP title when he earned his victory (and $330,000 in prize money) in the Pot-Limit Hold’em championship held the previous day. The ceremony honoring Vilmunen was the final such observance of the year. In 2009, for the first time ever, all WSOP gold bracelet winners were honored with ceremonies in what promises to become a popular WSOP tradition.



The day officially began with Doyle Brunson performing the traditional “Shuffle Up and Deal” honors. Jeffrey Pollack introduced Brunson by saying, “Doyle was there in Las Vegas at the very start of the WSOP forty years ago. Doyle was also with us when we started WSOP Europe three years ago in London. And, we are proud to have him with us today.” Predictably, Brunson’s introduction received a standing ovation from players and spectators.



But the spotlight was certainly eclipsed if not stolen outright by none other than 11-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. Replicating his grand entrance into a WSOP event earlier this year held at the Rio in Las Vegas, something which has now become a Hellmuthian custom, the poker bombast was clad in full regalia as a Roman gladiator and rode through Leicester Square in Central London on a chariot drawn by a white horse. As if that was not enough pomp and circumstance, Hellmuth was encircled by several muscled centurions and concubines wearing white dresses. “It’s great to be me,” the poker legend mused. Hellmuth’s grand arrival brought a mix of gasps, laughter, and puzzled stares from the thousands of people gathered around London’s theatre district witnessing the spectacle.



Next, Hellmuth entered Empire Casino much like Nero burning through Rome, oblivious to the ongoing tournament and taking his seat at the televised feature table. The bizarre spectacle was ornamented by an army of faux Roman soldiers erect and pretty girls standing at attention, while trumpets blared. Meanwhile, Doyle Brunson, who was positioned at the same feature table with Hellmuth and had his back to the entire Romanesque ordeal, could only muster half smile and shake his head with an unconcealed sense of bewilderment.



Notable players who survived day one included – Chris Bjorin, Farzad Bonyadi, Chad Brown, Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Brandon Cantu, Tony Cousineau, Eric Friberg, Peter Gould, Phil Hellmuth, John Kabbaj, Alex Kravchenko, Liz Lieu, Mike Matusow, Jason Mercier, Scott Montgomery, Men “the Master” Nguyen, Nick Schulmann, Barry Shulman, Erik Seidel, Phil Tom, and Marco Traniello.



Notable players who did not survive day one included – Jeff Madsen, Hoyt Corkins, Dario Alioto, Max Pescatori, Robert Mizrachi, Roland de Wolfe, Vanessa Rousso, David Pham, Huck Seed, Barny Boatman, Phil Ivey, Dario Minieri, and Andy Bloch.



The WSOP Europe Main Event continues tomorrow – on Sunday. It’s not too late to still register and play. Players may register for WSOP Main Event championship as late as the end of Level 2, on day two. Registration is projected to close at about 3:40 pm on Sunday.



World Series of Poker Europe championship event coverage and results continues tomorrow and will run daily through 2 October.



-- Nolan Dalla

is there a live feed for wsope?

Live updates on www.betfair.com/poker

No feed that I know of

i see the camel has a decent stack

End of Day One Standings -- By Chip Count         
         
CHIP COUNT   TABLE   SEAT   PLAYER
194600   13   4   Powell, Brian
189725   3   7   Mercier, Jason
168925   2   4   Kelopuro, Sami
166825   3   3   Zolotow, Stephen
163175   20   3   Blom, Viktor
160100   16   9   Aguiar, Jonathan
155450   10   4   Bassi, Praz
152775   11   5   Hansen, Martin
144400   14   7   Saout, Antoine
134125   2   2   Harder, Christian
127450   16   1   Dedic, Lubor
120750   13   1   Ristola, Markus
119825   11   9   Pavlicek, Tommy
118000   5   4   Fung, Steven
116850   18   7   Grace, Richard
114450   11   1   Kruel, Christian
113625   5   7   Vaswarni, Ram
108050   3   8   Reinkemeier, Tobias
104500   12   1   Kabbaj, John
102850   10   3   Nordkvist, Joel
101450   18   9   Beevers, Joe
99475   1   6   Munns, Ian
92900   16   6   Brunson, Doyle
92300   1   1   Wice, Alex
91050   18   1   Fasco, Michael
89500   6   1   Lichtenberger, Andrew
89000   8   5   Cantu, Brandon
88925   7   4   Negreanu, Daniel
87500   5   2   Boeken, Noah
86800   20   2   Chinni, Jesse
84325   3   6   Kyllonen, Jens
82575   16   5   Bichon, Thomas
81350   3   9   Docherty, David
80650   7   7   Vilmunen, Jani
80250   9   1   Shulman, Barry
79200   2   6   Helppi, Juha
78950   16   2   Houghton, Laurence
78850   19   2   Tabatabai, John
78800   15   6   Millar, Alex
78025   8   1   Monnette, John
77675   19   8   Akenhead, James
76925   11   8   John, Simon
76000   10   5   Filippi, Arron Eric
75150   4   6   Bonyadi, Farzad
74875   5   1   Griffin, Ashton
73550   16   3   Esfadiari, Antonio
73350   5   8   Bjorin, Christer
73175   15   8   Hawrilenko, Matt
73100   4   4   Stout, Matt
72875   4   8   Berg, Elijah
72625   11   4   Vedes, Tommy
72475   13   3   Hawkins, Keith
72350   14   1   Adams, Brandon
70400   14   3   Gould, Peter
70050   3   1   Keating, Alex
69125   1   8   Elliot, Chris
67100   18   6   Keston, Robin
66900   9   3   Ruya, Sargon
66650   20   6   Burgess, Craig
65600   19   3   Lieu, Elizabeth
65025   12   5   Golser, Markus
64925   14   9   Montury, Jean
64425   7   5   Persaud, Nikhil
64200   6   2   Keys, J
64000   17   7   Demjan, Shandoi
63400   18   3   Decarolis, Alfred
61325   6   8   Herbert, Richard
60900   4   9   Riisem, Oyvind
57975   18   4   Schmejkal, Moritz
56900   19   6   Deeb, Kassem
56350   9   5   Levy, Steven
55725   17   2   Marigliano, Marcelo
54625   6   9   Tureniec, Michael
54425   13   7   Charter, Samuel
53900   17   6   Drexel, Thor
52975   3   5   Smith, Daniel
52400   8   4   Obrestad, Annette
52050   15   7   Bleeker, Nick
50375   9   7   Goodwin, Marc
50025   10   1   Jacobs, Lawrence
49800   12   6   Ulliott, Dave
49475   12   3   Friberg, Eric
49250   15   4   Chen, Andrew
49175   9   2   Ebanks, Joe
49000   19   7   Buecherl, Konstantin
47825   7   6   Dickstein, Mark
47200   17   5   Azor, Ran
46050   1   3   Brunson, Todd
45475   12   7   Andersson, Fredrik
44975   10   9   Brown, Chad
44975   15   3   Trickett, S
44950   8   7   Tom, Philip
44300   3   2   Mahrenholz, Karl
44175   15   1   Chan, Terrance
44100   18   8   Behbehani, Salman
43200   17   3   NGuyen, Men
43000   7   3   Cousineau, Anthony
42450   13   8   Roberts, Ben
42450   12   2   Wooka, Kim
41675   11   6   Smith, Justin
40950   10   8   Obst, James
40675   16   7   Riaz, Nadeem
40500   1   9   Aaltonen, Jari
40475   11   3   Duerr, Michael
40225   3   4   Naujoks, Sandra
39475   6   5   Lavalee, Jason
38875   15   9   Johnson, Carl
38850   2   5   Wang, Micheal
38000   9   6   Wong, Danny
37825   13   6   James, Kenna
37800   6   7   Liu, Eric
37500   10   2   Deeb, Shaun
37025   10   6   Akery, Rob
36900   8   3   Summerville, Jason
36750   4   5   McNulty, John
36050   4   1   Aaretti Sahamies, Ilari
35675   4   3   Gant, David
35250   17   1   Nevanlinna, Jussi
35200   18   5   Mattern, Arnauld
34675   19   4   Tafur, Daniel
34550   20   2   La, Hieu Van
34250   15   2   Akkari, Andre
34150   12   4   Chapman, Michael
33625   14   8   Janneh, Hativ
33350   6   6   Sheringham, Teddy
33250   15   5   Baldassari, Fabrizio
33075   14   5   Johansson, Christer
33000   19   1   Traniello, Marco
32975   4   7   Kettunen, Henri
32750   1   7   Frazer, Ian
32350   16   4   McCormick, Thomas
32325   19   5   Charania, Mohsin
32200   7   8   Kjerstad, Stephen
31525   10   7   Oppenheim, David
31400   8   8   Koskinen, Ilkka
31100   7   9   Kravchenko, Alexander
31100   14   4   mahagitsiri, Chalermchai
31000   6   3   Dehkharghani, Raymond
31000   5   3   Schulmann, Nicholas
30500   18   2   Potter, Brian
29675   14   2   Timoshenko, Yevgeniy
28900   20   4   Matusow, Mike
28875   11   7   Kuerschner, Mathias
28800   12   8   Phillips, Dennis
28525   17   8   Juanda, Johnson
28250   5   6   Willis, Robert
26775   7   2   Kilman, Arkady
26325   11   2   Van Til, Johan
25850   2   7   Williams, David
24350   1   4   Bebzimra, Christopher
23750   1   2   Paez Corral, raul
23125   2   3   Jung, Willie
22950   1   5   Wilf, Saar
22150   9   4   Milisits, Ryan
22000   7   1   Chen, Benny
21925   5   5   Unga, Tapani
21850   4   2   Campbell, Robert
21100   8   2   Hicks, Kenneth
20075   2   1   Drescher, Daniel
19300   13   5   Margets, Leo
19275   5   9   Gould, Josh
19075   2   9   Keogh, Anthony
18450   20   7   Hellmuth, Phil
18225   17   4   Montgomery, Scott
18000   8   9   Erlandsen, Morten
17750   12   9   Reynolds, Jonathan
15075   9   8   Alaei, Daniel
12675   6   4   Nishijima, Thiago
11475   2   8   Thew, Julian
10325   14   6   Comer, Micheal
10000   20   5   Binger, Micheal
9925   13   9   Seidel, Eric
8950   16   8   Mc Nulty, Thad
7675   13   2   Lederer, Howard
7150   8   6   Irsberg, Jacob
6925   9   9   Greenstein, Barry
6900   17   9   Plens, Jonathan
5600   20   8   Cassidy, Joe
0              NA           NA             Cos Papertits

lol...

FML. The chip leader, who by all accounts is an excellent player, is one to my left today.

GL today Keith!

Sick rub - Love it!

I still don't know how I've not managed to bump into you up there!

Lol.   I'm going in to watch for an hour at lunchtime today. Will you be there again, posing for more photos?

I was there the last two fridays. Are you there any evenings? I'll try and catch you at some point this week.

I think I'm meeting someone for lunch today but I'll try pop in soon. Will let you know Alan.

Do NOT do that Lucky - play does not start until 5.30pm today!*

* Explanation to follow.

Lucky - here's an extract from a Blog I wrote elsewhere today - so don't be turning up at lunchtime today!


".....An oddity, by the bye, which I've never come across before in a Poker Tourney. Play at the WSOP-E starts at Noon on all Day Ones, & 2pm on all other days, but today, the Start-Time will be 5.30pm. Why? Because it's the Jewish religious Festival, Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur is observed from "sundown" yesterday (Sunday), but they never altered yesterday's schedule, so I'm a little curious why they have altered today's schedule. I expect there's a rartional explanation. If you know it, tell me, please, as I'm curious. Orford says I'm very curious, but you know what I mean......"

Thanks Cos. I'll continue with my hitherto successful attempts to evade you. ;)

PS - You playing at DTD this coming weekend?

Many thanks for that Tikay.  I work just a few minutes away from The Empire so I will look in for an hour or so after work.

Unfortunately not - it's one of my first cousins' wedding, on the same day as DTD £300 and Chelsea vs Liverpool. You'd think she didn't know me at all!?

Sick Fades from Blonde's top dogs atm. Tighty faded me in Luton this weekend and you fade me everywhere atm!

How odd!!?!

next thing you know they will be postponing the christmas cracker events till feb.

Not acceptable. You are Greek - thus you must have about 900 cousins, and that excuse "cousins wedding" must come up every day.

Try harder please. I could arrange for you to be English if that would help, but you'd have to respect The Queen. Our Queen.

Yes - very odd, but there must be a good reason that they feel they need to defer the start of play today for Yom Kippur, but allowed play to continue beyond sundown last night.

Not far wrong with your guess, that's a good over/under line to set.

I'll stay Greek as I kinda like all the body hair and shedloads of food it comes with but still respect the Queen anyway - she married a Greek, init.

Surely those who who wanted to observe it played day 1a?

So day 1b can go ahead as they like, observant Jew less mind.

Good point, & fair point, accepted.

But its a new one on me to delay the start-time of a PokerTourney for Yom Kippur, as they have today.

There are a lot of Jews in the US poker circuit.

There's loads here too. Sooooo many play live pokerz

Agreed.

So, by extension, will Ramadan mean a shut-down of Poker Tourneys?

Islamicalists (I think this sounds better than Muslims) are nay allowed to gamble anyway so it wounldn't matter.

Ash Abdullah and Ken from Gala may be a bit upset though.

Ive got muslim friends who are huge punters, but they eat meat and dont pray as well, they do maintain they are "proper" mulsims though

Nice 'I have a diverse friends group' brag.

I know what you mean though, I gots the same.

pmsl at religious poker players.

pmsl @ the cardinals

Day 3 Starting Chip Counts and Seat Assignments
Play is scheduled to resume at 12:00 p.m. local time (GMT+1).

(Table 1)
Seat 1: Daniel Negreanu - 113100
Seat 2: Jani Vilmunen - 65500
Seat 3: Kim Wooka - 22000
Seat 4: Men Nguyen - 27500
Seat 5: Arnaud Mattern - 86600
Seat 6: Jean Montury - 25800
Seat 7: Leo Margets - 48300
Seat 8: Eli Berg - 91900
Seat 9: Micheal Wang - 60700

(Table 2)
Seat 1: Liz Lieu - 184400
Seat 2: Stephen Kjerstad - 41800
Seat 3: Alex Millar - 47600
Seat 4: Julian Thew - 73100
Seat 5: Thomas Bichon - 102000
Seat 6: Danny Wong - 74000
Seat 7: Robert Willis - 24800
Seat 8: Tommy Vedes - 147100
Seat 9: Nikhil Persaud - 65700

(Table 3)
Seat 1: Freddy Deeb - 61200
Seat 2: Eric Liu - 51100
Seat 3: Chris Bjorin - 142800
Seat 4: Annette Obrestad - 90500
Seat 5: Sandor Demjan - 209000
Seat 6: Alex Wice - 144000
Seat 7: Andrew Lichtenberger - 131300
Seat 8: Andre Akkari - 58300
Seat 9: Henri Kettunen - 76000

(Table 4)
Seat 1: Philip Tom - 84000
Seat 2: Christian Harder - 198700
Seat 3: Jason Mercier - 202300
Seat 4: Teddy Sheringham - 74800
Seat 5: Farzad Bonyadi - 40900
Seat 6: James Akenhead - 178000
Seat 7: Konstantin Buecherl - 99800
Seat 8: Markus Ristola - 205000
Seat 9: Barry Shulman - 111200

(Table 5)
Seat 1: Michael Duerr - 72700
Seat 2: John Tabatabai - 160100
Seat 3: Fredrik Andersson - 117300
Seat 4: Samuel Chartier - 22600
Seat 5: Michael Fasco - 138500
Seat 6: Marc Goodwin - 38100
Seat 7: Ran Azor - 54100
Seat 8: John Kabbaj - 127600

(Table 6)
Seat 1: John Juanda - 38900
Seat 2: Steven Fung - 191000
Seat 3: Antonio Esfandiari - 173300
Seat 4: Benny Chen - 92500
Seat 5: Mathias Kuerschner - 101300
Seat 6: Matt Hawrilenko - 129700
Seat 7: Brian Powell - 105400
Seat 8: Sam Trickett - 63400

(Table 7)
Seat 1: Ian Munns - 528300
Seat 2: Praz Bansi - 299000
Seat 3: Andrew Chen - 48000
Seat 4: Hieu Van La - 86800
Seat 5: Steve Zolotow - 191100
Seat 6: Moritz Schmejkal - 106900
Seat 7: Micheal Comer - 12700
Seat 8: J Keys - 29900

(Table 8)
Seat 1: Keith Hawkins - 121000
Seat 2: Dave Ulliott - 174000
Seat 3: Jens Kyllönen - 136300
Seat 4: David Docherty - 216200
Seat 5: Todd Brunson - 51600
Seat 6: Ben Roberts - 33200
Seat 7: Tony Cousineau - 23400
Seat 8: Fabrizio Baldassari - 92000

(Table 9)
Seat 1: Steven Levy - 50400
Seat 2: Mohsin Charania - 73000
Seat 3: Laurence Houghton - 140100
Seat 4: Ram Vaswani - 202500
Seat 5: Oyvind Riisem - 255300
Seat 6: Tommy Pavlicek - 190700
Seat 7: Amnon Filippi - 216500
Seat 8: Sargon Ruya - 32500

(Table 10)
Seat 1: Sami Kelopuro - 17100
Seat 2: Justin Smith - 48200
Seat 3: Doyle Brunson - 210900
Seat 4: Chalermchai Mahagitsiri - 31100
Seat 5: Thor Drexel - 40000
Seat 6: Daniel Drescher - 64200
Seat 7: Craig Burgess - 133400
Seat 8: Christian Kruel - 65100

(Table 11)
Seat 1: Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 192100
Seat 2: Peter Gould - 102400
Seat 3: Tobias Reinkemeier - 154400
Seat 4: Robin Keston - 122600
Seat 5: Antoine Saout - 90100
Seat 6: Nadeem Riaz - 126000
Seat 7: Jonathan Aguiar - 125000
Seat 8: Joe Beevers - 113100


info from Poker news via Betfair live updates

Table of death imo.

fantastic comeback from julian glglgl

pmsl @ English men taking the piss out of English men for the merits of an American sports team (borderline treason imo)

Table of bold imo

All of em are tables of death

come on keith

This, along with Julian.

But also for Teddy Sheringham - would be com if he won.

 
A terrific day!

The "table/Seat" details are above, here they are in chip count order.

Doyle in 6th - just wow! He's older than me!


528300   Munns, Ian
299000   Bassi, Praz
255300   Riisem, Oyvind
216500   Filippi, Arron Eric
216200   Docherty, David
210900   Brunson, Doyle
209000   Demjan, Shandoi
205000   Ristola, Markus
202500   Vaswarni, Ram
202300   Mercier, Jason
198700   Harder, Christian
192100   Timoshenko, Yevgeniy
191100   Zolotow, Stephen
191000   Fung, Steven
190700   Pavlicek, Tommy
184400   Lieu, Elizabeth
178000   Akenhead, James
174000   Ulliott, Dave
173300   Esfadiari, Antonio
160100   Tabatabai, John
154400   Reinkemeier, Tobias
147100   Vedes, Tommy
144000   Wice, Alex
142800   Bjorin, Christer
140100   Houghton, Laurence
138500   Fasco, Michael
136300   Kyllonen, Jens
133400   Burgess, Craig
131300   Lichtenberger, Andrew
129700   Hawrilenko, Matt
127600   Kabbaj, John
126000   Riaz, Nadeem
125000   Aguiar, Jonathan
122600   Keston, Robin
121000   Hawkins, Keith
117300   Andersson, Fredrik
113100   Beevers, Joe
113100   Negreanu, Daniel
111200   Shulman, Barry
106900   Schmejkal, Moritz
105400   Powell, Brian
102400   Gould, Peter
102000   Bichon, Thomas
101300   Kuerschner, Mathias
99800   Buecherl, Konstantin
92500   Chen, Benny
92000   Baldassari, Fabrizio
91900   Berg, Elijah
90500   Obrestad, Annette
90100   Saout, Antoine
86800   La, Hieu Van
86600   Mattern, Arnauld
84000   Tom, Philip
76000   Kettunen, Henri
74800   Sheringham, Teddy
74000   Wong, Danny
73100   Thew, Julian
73000   Charania, Mohsin
72700   Duerr, Michael
65700   Persaud, Nikhil
65500   Vilmunen, Jani
65100   Kruel, Christian
64200   Drescher, Daniel
63400   Trickett, S
61200   Deeb, Kassem
60700   Wang, Micheal
58300   Akkari, Andre
54100   Azor, Ran
51600   Brunson, Todd
51100   Liu, Eric
50400   Levy, Steven
48300   Margets, Leo
48200   Smith, Justin
48000   Chen, Andrew
47600   Millar, Alex
41800   Kjerstad, Stephen
40900   Bonyadi, Farzad
40000   Drexel, Thor
38900   Juanda, Johnson
38100   Goodwin, Marc
33200   Roberts, Ben
32500   Ruya, Sargon
31100   mahagitsiri, Chalermchai
29900   Keys, J
27500   NGuyen, Men
25800   Montury, Jean
24800   Willis, Robert
23400   Cousineau, Anthony
22600   Charter, Samuel
22000   Wooka, Kim
17100   Kelopuro, Sami
12700   Comer, Micheal

And here's the Chippie, Ian Munn from London.

I may have got crossed wires somewhere, but I'm told, & & have now seen, an entry on Karl Mahrenholz's Facebook page, which says.....

"I will somehow be taking 58,000 into Day Three of the WSOP-E, James 180k, Praz 300k, gogogogo".

Am I having a senior moment?

Further Entry by Karl on his FB, to the effect "they have not assigned me a Seat or Table Draw, guess I'll just turn up" seems to confirm that the Overnights might be lerss than accurate.*

The Lists produced by Tighty & myself came direct from Nolan Dalla at Harrah's.

* = Wrong.

lol - think i would be a bit worried about that.

or is this when he gets home and finds his bag of chips in his coat pocket....doh...

Lol!

I do agree though - it would freak me out.

There's some guy on 2+2 called Alex Wice saying he's out but he's listed with chips.

I know my chip count is correct at least :)

That is a major oops.

By the way Keith, very well done, though I'm still smarting from being grimmed by you in Leicester Square on Sunday.

Good luck Mr Ruminator.

I'm still smarting from being stood up by you and your camera crew.

I had combed my hair all neat and had an amusing anedote to tell you, when the chance to interview Beppe arose you dropped me like a hot potato.

Someone should tell him he looks stupid in that hat as well.

btw keith after you win this dont party too hard you have work to do next week

Lol.

Sorry about that. The Producer swooned when she saw Beppe. Whereas we all fell about laughing at his titfer. For a man who finds it tough (uncool?) to smile, he sure looks funny.

People of my age don't party hard, they put their feet up and enjoy a nice cup of cocoa.

good you have an ept to win

he is still in, only got a bowl tho :)

Groan.....

lol Trigg.

You in all day today Tikay, might come for your signature and a picture at lunch time?

Not sure yet Cos, I'm in the Office, have not started my Blog yet, have 900 e-Mails to write, working Online at 7pm tonight, & I've got Gatso giving me grief.

I will DEFFO be there Thursday though, with the In-Poker Film Crew. You up for an Interview?

Can do, but I'll only take cash. Hope you've spoken to my agent.

I never speak to Agents. They are in the same social class as Estate Agents & Marketing peeps.

GoGoGo Thewy!

[  ] Am English
[X] Am British

Fair enough Andy Murray, in which case, lol at American sports in general.

There are a few update sites out there and Betfair have jumped on the bandwagon and have their own update site which can be found here: http://wsope.betfair.com/index.php/liveupdates/

Will any Blondites be at The Empire on Thursday? I should be down to watch the Main Event Final table and would be good to meet up with a few of you.

Matt

Yes, I'll be there, if ESPN do not shoot me first. Look forward to meeting you.

WSOPE Event Number 4
WSOP Gold Bracelet Number 61
Buy-In £10,000 (= $16,020 USD)
Game No-Limit Hold'em
Number of Entries 334
Net Prize Pool £3,340,000 (= $5,348,677 USD)
First Place Prize Money £801,603 (= $1,283,687 USD)
Total Places Paid 36
Dates: 26 September to 1 October 2009
Players Remaining 92

Play Resumes at Noon on Tuesday
Level: 11
Blinds/Antes: 800/1,600 with 200 ante
Average Chip Stack: 106,600

Prize Money Payouts

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End of Day Two Standings -- By Chip Count

CHIP COUNT TABLE TABLE SEAT

528300 Munns, Ian 7 1
299000 Bansi, Praz 7 2
255300 Riisem, Oyvind 9 5
216500 Filippi, Arron Eric 9 7
216200 Docherty, David 8 4
210900 Brunson, Doyle 10 3
209000 Demjan, Shandoi 3 5
205000 Ristola, Markus 4 8
202500 Vaswarni, Ram 9 4
202300 Mercier, Jason 4 3
198700 Harder, Christian 4 2
192100 Timoshenko, Yevgeniy 11 1
191100 Zolotow, Stephen 7 5
191000 Fung, Steven 6 2
190700 Pavlicek, Tommy 9 6
184400 Lieu, Elizabeth 2 1
178000 Akenhead, James 4 6
174000 Ulliott, Dave 8 2
173300 Esfadiari, Antonio 6 3
160100 Tabatabai, John 5 2
154400 Reinkemeier, Tobias 11 3
147100 Vedes, Tommy 2 8
144000 Wice, Alex 3 6
142800 Bjorin, Christer 3 3
140100 Houghton, Laurence 9 3
138500 Fasco, Michael 5 5
136300 Kyllonen, Jens 8 3
133400 Burgess, Craig 10 7
131300 Lichtenberger, Andrew 3 7
129700 Hawrilenko, Matt 6 6
127600 Kabbaj, John 5 8
126000 Riaz, Nadeem 11 6
125000 Aguiar, Jonathan 11 7
122600 Keston, Robin 11 4
121000 Hawkins, Keith 8 1
117300 Andersson, Fredrik 5 3
113100 Beevers, Joe 11 8
113100 Negreanu, Daniel 1 1
111200 Shulman, Barry 4 9
106900 Schmejkal, Moritz 7 6
105400 Powell, Brian 6 7
102400 Gould, Peter 11 2
102000 Bichon, Thomas 2 5
101300 Kuerschner, Mathias 6 5
99800 Buecherl, Konstantin 4 7
92500 Chen, Benny 6 4
92000 Baldassari, Fabrizio 8 8
91900 Berg, Elijah 1 8
90500 Obrestad, Annette 3 4
90100 Saout, Antoine 11 5
86800 La, Hieu Van 7 4
86600 Mattern, Arnauld 1 5
84000 Tom, Philip 4 1
76000 Kettunen, Henri 3 9
74800 Sheringham, Teddy 4 4
74000 Wong Danny 2 6
73100 Thew, Julian 2 4
73000 Charania, Mohsin 9 2
72700 Duerr, Michael 5 1
65700 Persaud, Nikhil 2 9
65500 Vilmunen, Jani 1 2
65100 Kruel, Christian 10 8
64200 Drescher, Daniel 10 6
63400 Trickett, S 6 8
61200 Deeb, Kassem 3 1
60700 Wang, Micheal 1 9
58300 Akkari, Andre 3 8
54100 Azor, Ran 5 7
51600 Brunson, Todd 8 5
51100 Liu Eric 3 2
50400 Levy, Steven 9 1
48300 Margets, Leo 1 7
48200 Smith Justin 10 2
48000 Chen, Andrew 7 3
47600 Millar, Alex 2 3
41800 Kjerstad, Stephen 2 2
40900 Bonyadi, Farzad 4 5
40000 Drexel, Thor 10 5
38900 Juanda, Johnson 6 1
38100 Goodwin, Marc 5 6
33200 Roberts, Ben 8 6
32500 Ruya, Sargon 9 8
31100 mahagitsiri, Chalermchai 10 4
29900 Keys, J 7 8
27500 NGuyen, Men 1 4
25800 Montury, Jean 1 6
24800 Willis, Robert 2 7
23400 Cousineau, Anthony 8 7
22600 Charter, Samuel 5 4
22000 Wooka, Kim 1 3
17100 Kelopuro, Sami 10 1
12700 Comer, Micheal 7 7

46 left, 36 paid

Praz Banzi chip leader 650,000

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Praz.

Camel top 10 in chips too ... gl Sir.

GLThe Camel and any other blondes left in

GL Camel and Thewy still in there with 99k

any links to live updates please?

Geo

http://wsope.betfair.com/

Thanks Rich

Geo

The Hit squad boys are pretty sick glgl to them

UL Julian

this is a post by Barny Boatman on THMF

Interesting I feel


Quoted from pokernews.com's excellent coverage:


Quote:
"Camel Gets the Hump
Not because he's lost a big pot or anything -- but Keith "Camel" Hawkins, newly moved to the upstairs feature table, has fallen foul of the TV crew.

As is common among poker players, he was perched on two chairs, stacked one on top of the other, but this was apparently preventing one of the cameras from seeing the relatively diminutive figures of Men Nguyen and Arnaud Mattern across the table.

"But my back and neck were hurting," Camel was complaining to the director. Nevertheless, he eventually gave in and now has just one chair like everyone else."


I hate this kind of thing. Keith is an unsponsored professional player who stumped up his own 10k to play in the event. He may or may not be pleased to get the TV coverage, but he's at the Empire to win the 800k.

If he has a bad back and wants to sit higher, or stand up for that matter, then he should be allowed to do so. I can't imagine the director asking Phil Hellmuth to lower his chair because he's too tall, or not to get up and walk around the table as it spoils his shot.

Can you imagine a director running onto the pitch and and asking the defensive wall to move so they can get a better shot of the player taking a free kick?

Players like Keith need to focus and concentrate at all times, they need to be physically comfortable and they certainly don't need to have to deal with conflict or interference from outside parties.

Of course the TV coverage is important, and some concessions, like holding the cards over the cameras, and being miked up, have to be made. But I don't think TV crew should ever be approaching players and giving them directions during the game. If they have an issue they should approach the TD and let him decide if it is appropriate to ask a player to do something.

Maybe there are times when it's really necessary, but ESPN have made enough poker shows by now to know the score. Poker players come in all shapes and sizes, some sit still and some move about. They should set their cameras in such a way that they can record the game with minimal disruption to the players.

Maybe they should have asked Men the Master to sit in a high-chair, he certainly throws his toys out of his pram often enough".

If it's affecting his back or general comfort in any way, he should tell them to GTFO...I know I would!

Great Post Tighty.

I alluded to the same thing about another Televised Tourney a week or two ago, & was curtly asked "are you real?".

Poker players ARE inconvenienced by some TV Crews, & that especially goes for ESPN. A little give & take on both sides would go a long way. The players have accepted the inconvenience, now the TV Crews have to cut them a bit of slack, too.

Before play began, by the way, ALL players were instructed that ANY Logos on Hats MUST be removed, or Taped Over. And the Tourney was delayed 20 minutes whilst the Logo Police checked every player.

When the players are not getting a penny of Added Value, how can a TV Company tell them what they can, & cannot, wear?

to clarify, it's Barny Boatman's post/thoughts, which I thought were well made and would be interesting to be read on here too

is there is no added value then it is quite wrong for them to have any say in what players do

The ironic thing is that it was an ESPN guy who suggested I double chaired because there apparently are zero cushions in the Empire Casino.

These guys really do nt give a damn about poker or poker players. Read the ridiculous stories Joe Beevers tells in the thread on THM.

Bastards. If I'm lucky enough to win, I will make sure the victory interview is worth listening to!

I'm sorry to admit I busted Julian  ;scarymoment; with AA v 88 with about 40 left.

I finished with 330k which is slightly above average and I'm hoping I spend as little time as possible on the feature table tomorrow and as little time playing with Arnaud Mattern as possible too. The guy totally owned me today, he's a monster.

Good Luck Keith.

That % I paid you for on Sunday - was it in this, or the EPT?

You're playing a 10k event you should all have lazy boy chairs.

GL Keith

End of Day Three Standings -- By Chip Count            
            
PLAYER   CITY   TABLE   SEAT   CHIP COUNT
            
Hawrilenko, Matt   Boston, MA   3   5   701500
Fung, Steven   Walnut, CA   4   5   648000
Bassi, Praz   London, UK   4   1   471000
Mattern, Arnauld   Paris, France   2   2   469500
Shulman, Barry   Las Vegas, NV USA   1   6   452500
Kabbaj, John   London, UK   2   8   448500
Gould, Peter   London, UK   1   2   409000
Demjan, Shandoi   Budapest, Hungary   2   5   367500
Hawkins, Keith   Middleton, TX USA   3   1   330500
Liu, Eric   San Francisco, CA USA   1   8   330500
Vaswarni, Ram   London, UK   4   8   322000
Negreanu, Daniel   Las Vegas, NV USA   2   9   314500
Bjorin, Chris   London, UK   3   6   306500
Bichon, Thomas   Bastia, France   3   8   305000
Timoshenko, Yevgeniy   Seattle, WA USA   4   4   285000
Wilf, Saar   Tel Aviv, Israel   4   3   273500
Sheringham, Teddy   London, UK   3   4   272500
Akkari, Andre   Sao Paulo, Brazil   1   9   272000
Pavlicek, Tommy   London, UK   2   4   266500
Cousineau, Anthony   Daytona Beach, FL USA   2   1   257000
Brunson, Doyle   Las Vegas, NV USA   1   7   246500
Harder, Christian   Annapolis, MD USA   3   9   243000
Burgess, Craig   Worcester, UK   4   6   232500
Saout, Antoine   St. Martin des Champs, FR   4   2   202000
Fasco, Michael   Lake Zurich, IL USA   4   9   200500
Lieu, Elizabeth   Las Vegas, NV USA   3   3   193500
Ristola, Markus   Helsinki, Finland   2   7   157000
Buecherl, Konstantin   Regensburg, Germany   2   3   156500
Zolotow, Stephen   Las Vegas, NV USA   3   7   156500
Akenhead, James   London, UK   2   6   153500
Kruel, Christian   Brazil   1   5   140000
Mercier, Jason   Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA   1   1   125000
Riisem, Oyvind   Bergen, Germany   1   4   113500
Ulliott, Dave   Hull, UK   3   2   80000
Docherty, David   Coatbridge, Scotland   4   7   71500
Nguyen, Men   Bell Gardens, CA USA   1   3   63000
            

By Seat & Table Draw.....
            
PLAYER   CITY   TABLE   SEAT   CHIP COUNT
            
Mercier, Jason   Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA   1   1   125000
Gould, Peter   London, UK   1   2   409000
Nguyen, Men   Bell Gardens, CA USA   1   3   63000
Riisem, Oyvind   Bergen, Germany   1   4   113500
Kruel, Christian   Brazil   1   5   140000
Shulman, Barry   Las Vegas, NV USA   1   6   452500
Brunson, Doyle   Las Vegas, NV USA   1   7   246500
Liu, Eric   San Francisco, CA USA   1   8   330500
Akkari, Andre   Sao Paulo, Brazil   1   9   272000


Cousineau, Anthony   Daytona Beach, FL USA   2   1   257000
Mattern, Arnauld   Paris, France   2   2   469500
Buecherl, Konstantin   Regensburg, Germany   2   3   156500
Pavlicek, Tommy   London, UK   2   4   266500
Demjan, Shandoi   Budapest, Hungary   2   5   367500
Akenhead, James   London, UK   2   6   153500
Ristola, Markus   Helsinki, Finland   2   7   157000
Kabbaj, John   London, UK   2   8   448500
Negreanu, Daniel   Las Vegas, NV USA   2   9   314500
Hawkins, Keith   Middleton, TX USA   3   1   330500


Ulliott, Dave   Hull, UK   3   2   80000
Lieu, Elizabeth   Las Vegas, NV USA   3   3   193500
Sheringham, Teddy   London, UK   3   4   272500
Hawrilenko, Matt   Boston, MA   3   5   701500
Bjorin, Chris   London, UK   3   6   306500
Zolotow, Stephen   Las Vegas, NV USA   3   7   156500
Bichon, Thomas   Bastia, France   3   8   305000
Harder, Christian   Annapolis, MD USA   3   9   243000


Bassi, Praz   London, UK   4   1   471000
Saout, Antoine   St. Martin des Champs, FR   4   2   202000
Wilf, Saar   Tel Aviv, Israel   4   3   273500
Timoshenko, Yevgeniy   Seattle, WA USA   4   4   285000
Fung, Steven   Walnut, CA   4   5   648000
Burgess, Craig   Worcester, UK   4   6   232500
Docherty, David   Coatbridge, Scotland   4   7   71500
Vaswarni, Ram   London, UK   4   8   322000
Fasco, Michael   Lake Zurich, IL USA   4   9   200500
            

2009 WSOP GOLD BRACELET WINNER MATT HAWRILENKO (BOSTON, MA) IS CHIP LEADER WITH TWO DAYS TO GO IN WSOP EUROPE MAIN EVENT CHAMPIONHIP

 

Matt Hawrilenko, from Boston, MA is the current chip leader at the WSOP Europe championship event.  Hawrilenko, who won more than $1 million for first place in Event #56 at this year’s WSOP ($5,000 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em) enjoys a slight chip lead as play now enters Day Four and players have finally reached the prize money (36 players still alive).  Some facts about MATT HAWRILENKO:

 

·       Hawrilenko is a 27-year-old poker pro.

 

·       Hawrilenko is also known as “Hoss-TBF.”

 

·       Hawrilenko is 27-years-old.  He is a graduate of Princeton University.  He earned his degree in Public Policy Administration.

 

·       Prior to becoming a poker pro, Hawrilenko was an options trader.  He worked for the Susquehanna Financial Group, which has fueled a number of highly-skilled former WSOP gold bracelet winners, including Bill Chen, Jay Sipelstein, Eric Brooks, Jerrod Ankenman, Matt Glanz, and Rep Porter.

 

·       Hawrilenko made three final table appearances at this year’s WSOP.

 

·       Hawrilenko won is first gold bracelet on July 2nd and collected $1,003,218 for first place.

 

·       Hawrilenko won the third-highest first place prize at this year’s WSOP.  Only the $40,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event and the $50,000 buy-in HORSE event generated higher first place prizes.

 

·       Hawrilenko became the 131st “WSOP Millionaire” in history, which is defined as players who have won in excess of $1 million in WSOP tournaments.

 

·       According to official records, Hawrilenko now has 1 win, 5 final table appearances, and 13 in-the-money finishes at the WSOP.  His career WSOP earnings now total $1,288,948 – with WSOPE Main Event still pending.

 

Above info supplied by Harrah's, for which our thanks.

.

First of all. goooooooooooooo the Camel.

I've seen some funny stuff from TV crews, having once full on been twatted in the face when a dealer announced 'all in and a call' and the posse of what must have been former documentary makers sprinted over to the table like keystone cops oblivious to those in front of them.

Worst thing I have seen was deffo the first WSOPE when a player was away from the table and a director thought it would make a great shot for a cameraman to sit in his sit and get a still shot of the players chips. The player couldnt get sat down and ended up having his hand declared dead in the blinds.

I think perhaps the biggest issue, and this was prevalent in the WHUPC thread, is that there seems to be a really strong assumption that we should all be delighted that the camera crews are there and more than happy to be paying for them with our rake, that they are doing us a big favour and we need them more than they need us etc.

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Camel

Run good Camel  ;goodluck;

GL Camel, Go get them

Seriously strong field left now.

glglgl Camel

What would/could they do if you refused?

+1, glglglglgl Keith!

+2

gl gl gl gl gl

Hopefully all the bad luck I've had this week is counterbalanced by good luck for you!

They would not be allowed to play, presumably, & I imagine it was in the T & C's that are stuffed under evey players noses on Day one with the instruction "you have to sign this".

Poker players will, however, always accept this sort of nonsense, & so it will continue.

Anyway, go our Boys! And Doyle!

this final table please

That would be an UNREAL FT lineup!  Not a fan of the Devilfish, but would be great to see any of the rest do well.

See Teddys still in, does he play a lot? Has anyone played with him?

Yeah he plays a lot. Can be seen at the Vic/Equal chance quite often playing cash etc

Timoshenko is a sick puppy too. Wouldn't be surprised to see him win.

Yep, while I dont think he is necessarily a great player, he certainly is a 'proper poker player' and not some halfwit celeb who barely knows the hand rankings, he takes it very seriously. Played against him at the Vic and were it not for the fact that Fran came and had her picture taken with him, you almost forgot he is a former football star, he fitted in well.

gogogogogo the camel

grrr camel busting the thew!


Hoss and Jovial are obv super sick, Hoss with that stack is obv my pick.

Sheringham just busted Ulliott to go 8th in chips

Support thread of Teddy on 2+2 I think.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Does Teddy not do the Champions Legue punitry tonight on the telly?

not at this rate

mega stack or bust!

nah i think he would get in a replacement ffs how much you think they pay the presenters

Are we spell checking these Tikay? If so did Teddy formally play for Utd. as opposed to informally?

england has a world cup soccer team?

yes, they have just qualified for the 2010 world cup.

Do Scotland have one in the same boat? I forget

congrats your footy team just quailfied too

unfurtunatly scotland wont be at the footy world cup
and i dont know is we have a soccer team

Football is not played on a boat.

he was talking about soccer that might be played on a boat

Was on his table late last night. He said to me he's supposed to be doing the United game tonight for TV and hadn't told them yet....

Down to 30

Camel 6th in chips

Banzi 600k, Akenhead 400k

Negraneu doubles up to 320k by squeezing a raiser and two callers in the bb with AJ, up against AQ he spikes a Jack

Fung, Hawrilenko, Mattern the chip leaders

Currently, The Camel 3rd, Praz 4th & Ram 5th, nice going

No! You get them exactly as I receive them from Harrah's. They are American, you know. That's where Laxie comes from.

A little early to speculate, but Praz & James both in the Final, with Keith repping the Old Skool, would be kinda neat.

is doyle still in . repping old old old skool

What is that sentence supposed to be?

22 left, Praz is chip leader!

fmp

1 freaking letter

if ldo


sawka < football. ;grr;

Ah yeah you do, here is the website:

http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/ (http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/)

thats football not soccer

Association Football, aka, Soccer.

only known as soccer in the usa
rest of world call it football
press release was about a world even in the UK
when was last british press release called football soccer

ironside doesn't even know what the top flight of the scottish football league is

spl

Can someone post the payouts please.

somebodys got a percentaaagggeee :P

1st TBD £801,603
2nd TBD 495,589
3rd TBD 360,887
4th TBD 267,267
5th TBD 200,367
6th TBD 150,267
7th TBD 114,228
8th TBD 87,074
9th TBD 66,533
10th TBD 51,536
11th TBD 51,536
12th TBD 51,536
13th TBD 40,481
14th TBD 40,481
15th TBD 40,481
16th TBD 32,198
17th TBD 32,198
18th TBD 32,198
19th TBD 25,918
20th TBD 25,918
21st TBD 25,918
22nd TBD 25,918
23rd TBD 25,918
24th TBD 25,918
25th TBD 25,918
26th TBD 25,918
27th TBD 25,918
28th TBD 21,142
29th TBD 21,142
30th TBD 21,142
31st TBD 21,142
32nd TBD 21,142
33rd TBD 21,142
34th TBD 21,142
35th TBD 21,142
36th TBD 21,142

20 left, don't know who got what on the way to the top 20 though.

[  ] True

sure is

spl is the highest league in scotland
div 1 is the highest league in the SFL if you want to be a pedant

copied off wsop site

Jason Mercier 1,294,000
 

Saar Wilf 959,000
 

Barry Shulman 820,000
 

Markus Ristola 817,000502,000
 

Keith Hawkins 715,000
 

Praz Bansi 659,000
 

Daniel Negreanu 653,000
 

Eric Liu 591,000
 

Teddy Sheringham 567,000
 

James Akenhead 516,000
 

Thomas Bichon 515,000
 

Matt Hawrilenko 503,000
 

Chris Bjorin 377,000
 

Antoine Saout 314,000
 

Ram Vaswani 255,000
 

Doyle Brunson 208,000
 

Tony Cousineau 198,000
 


 

yay, you finally got it :)

no got it ages ago your just being a pedant

So all this time I have been watching Gillette Soccer Saturday I have been following the wrong sport

yes

Mercier is just sick.

This FT could be the greatest!

was he the sick bugger on my plo table at wsope last year?

Teddy Sheringham one time!

You're not wrong!

Gl Camel....don't know the guy but from enerything I read on here and over the years absolutely due and deserves a big score - I am railing him!

QFT

+1, GL!

keith remember this is just training for next week which is important but winning this will be good practise

glgl Camel

(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w65/SachiFo/JoeCamel2.jpg)

GLGLGL

glgl sir  :)up

Negreanu big chance of going back to back final tables. Anyone want to lay me a price for the win?

the final 18

Seat 1: Tony Cousineau - 220,000
Seat 2: Thomas Bichon - 600,000
Seat 3: Chris Bjorin - 375,000
Seat 4: Barry Shulman - 818,000
Seat 5: Daniel Negreanu - 695,000
Seat 6: Markus Ristola - 300,000
Seat 7: Doyle Brunson - 480,000
Seat 8: James Akenhead - 550,000
Seat 9: Ram Vaswani - 320,000


Seat 1: Saar Wilf - 1,073,000
Seat 2: Sandor Demjan - 150,000
Seat 3: Antoine Saout - 279,000
Seat 4: Praz Bansi - 512,000
Seat 5: Teddy Sheringham - 588,000
Seat 6: Eric Liu - 453,000
Seat 7: Matthew Hawrilenko - 493,000
Seat 8: Keith Hawkins - 718,000
Seat 9: Jason Mercier - 1,298,000

Camel's got a tough seat in that spot

Negreanu has 835k according to his twitter.

Akenhead fast becoming legend...

Good luck Mr Hawkins...

Doyle out

His assisant made a bit of an ass of himself/herself lol

Almost certainly his daughter Pam, who accompanies him everywhere. Maybe she was bored and wanted an early night.

what did she do and is there a live feed?

also go go camel

I dont think so as his last blog he was saying he was missing his wife and daughter back home in vegas.

No live feed just pokernews updates

More than one daughter? She is 100% there because I stood next to her getting a subway sandwhich

Karl_Mahrenholz Twitter

James knocks out Doyle, meanwhile Doyle's fans (Inc the obviously impartial wsop staff) are cheering in James' cards by mistake LOL!

Lol ok i always thought he only had one daughter Pam. What filling was in the subway btw?

12" meatballs

6 inch meatball sub, with a bit of cheese, no salad, on italian herbs and cheese bread, untoasted.

Jason Mercier           2046000     
James Akenhead    880000    
Praz Bansi                 863000    
Antoine Saout         817000    
Markus Ristola         793000    
Barry Shulman         689000    
Daniel Negreanu         644000    
Eric Liu                 577000    
Matt Hawrilenko         506000    
Keith Hawkins         492000    
Thomas Bichon         459000    
Chris Bjorin                 424000    
Saar Wilf                 373000    
Teddy Sheringham    367000
Tony Cousineau         294000    
Ram Vaswani         153000    
Doyle Brunson         0

bit harsh giving doyle a rubdown like that ian

just how hard is it going to be to stop mercier from here? so, so golden

Still fancy Hoff's chances, but gogogogogog camel!!!

Also for the good of poker, gogogogo Teddy!

untoasted wtf

Sheringham is out in 14th :(

I hate subway. Smells wrong.

wtf, sort yourself out son!

why didnt i see this.  /life

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/135/staking/closed-jason-mercier-selling-pieces-wsope-main-ept-london-high-rollers-588980/

norrr                 camel out

camel is out AK v 99 no help 11th

ul, wp Keith. :)up

gg camel. :(

Sigh sigh sigh was hoping camel would make final.

Ul Keith.

just like to point out i might be the closest blonde to be in the final table of the WSOPE  ;cupcake;
seen snoopy nd dana workin hard the past few days, tho i dont think they know i'm a blondie :)
 ;pokergods; prayin i'll b dealin the final 2moro....ONE TIME!

run good in dealer draws robin  ;applause;

Cheers for the support guys, means alot.

Jason Mercier was just too good, I drew the worst possible seat and he really pounded me on the last two tables. I had one chance where I might have 4 bet him with 99 but didn't apart from that his reads were super spot on every time.

I'm 90% sure I am going to duck out of the EPT. I am exhausted (only slept about 4 hours a night for the last 2 nights) and mentally not up to playing another week long tournament.

It would just be burning your money and mine. I will let you know on Friday for sure.

GL Praz and James in the final.

VVWP Keith ul  :(

GL Praz and the Sickdog!!

Great performance Keith.

Your call Keith. Dont push yourself if you don't feel up to it there is just so much play in these tournies. WP and congrats, great showing with the strength in depth of the field. :)up

Standard

UL keith vwp,gl blondes that are left

Well you and James Akenhead...

WSOPE Final Table

Seat 1: Barry Shulman - 1,090,000
Seat 2: Jason Mercier - 3,198,000
Seat 3: Praz Bansi - 1,160,000
Seat 4: Markus Ristola - 784,000
Seat 5: Chris Bjorin - 518,000
Seat 6: James Akenhead - 1,398,000
Seat 7: Daniel Negreanu - 438,000
Seat 8: Antoine Saout - 701,000
Seat 9: Matt Hawrilenko - 674,000

Some sickos in that lineup.

When does the final start?

Noon. Live updates on www.betfair/wsope.com

I noticed that Mercier was sat on your immediate left for the last two tables redraw and knew it was a tough break.

Great performance Keith.

+1

Demidov & akenhead back to back main event final tables last 2 years , negranu there again etc.. etc ..now tell me its all luck..

is their a live feed this year?

gl to James and Praz, will be incredibly hard to stop Mercier though.

this

anyone link me up pls?

pm me if you cant post it, cheers.

no live feed at all at espns say so, previous link to betfair is sadly the best thats available this year

they can post it. Aside from the same live update being carried on betfair and Poker News, don't think there is a feed

nice going Mr camel.

very nice going that man Akenhead.

the latest

1. Jason Mercier     2462000 
2. James Akenhead     1302000     
3. Barry Shulman    1247000    
4. Daniel Negreanu    1018000    
5. Praz Bansi    894000    
6. Markus Ristola    843000    
7. Chris Bjorin    809000    
8. Matt Hawrilenko    773000
9. Antoine Saout    583000    

all at http://wsope.betfair.com/index.php/liveupdates/    

Danny Negs gone into second now.

1. Jason Mercier 2255000 
2. Daniel Negreanu 1758000  209000
3. Barry Shulman 1524000
4. Markus Ristola 1051000
5. Praz Bansi 866000
6. James Akenhead 815000 
7. Antoine Saout 739000
8. Chris Bjorin 572000 
9. Matt Hawrilenko 516000 

any idea when this gets screened, before the november WSOP final or later in the year?

gogogogo Praz and Akenhead!

Akenhead out in 9th, nice Bok George

no worries, he'll scoop in the 2 nd chance

5 left.

D Neg 3,110,000

Jason Mercier 2,450,000
 

Barry Shulman 2,225,000
 

Markus Ristola 1,265,000
 

Praz Bansi 985,000445,000
 

This would put Negreanu ahead of Ivey and Gold in the all time money list.

Obv Ivey will leapfrog him right back with any sort of result in November.

It would suck hard if the unknown finn won

rotflmfao

how many runners this event?

Daniel Negreanu         2935000     
Praz Bansi                2685000    
Jason Mercier         2405000    
Barry Shulman         2010000    

Cmon Praz!!!!

Wouldn't mind seeing Negreanu win this either

Praz Bansi                     2925000     
Daniel Negreanu         2865000    
Jason Mercier         2320000    
Barry Shulman         1925000

336ish

There no live feed of the final this year? Was last year I think.

Try this http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/updates.asp?rr=3&grid=668&tid=7934 (http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/updates.asp?rr=3&grid=668&tid=7934)

It wasn't working earlier but seems to be updating fine now

http://blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/26679

Barry Shulman, father of November WSOP Main event finalist Jeff Shulman, beat Daniel Negreanu heads-up over five hours play to win the WSOP-E Main Event, £801,603 prize money and his third WSOP bracelet.

Negreanu had started the final as the shortest stack but over the course of play eliminated all bar one of the players on the way to finishing second.

James Akenhead was eliminated in ninth. After pushing all in against Chris Bjorin's pre-flop raise, with A-Q, he saw Negreanu re-push behind him with K-K. Kings held to propel Negreanu to third in chips.

Shulman then eliminated Matt Hawrilenko in eighth place before Negreanu took over. He eliminated the next five players to steadily climb the chip counts and get heads-up with Shulman. In order he knocked out Antoine Saout, Bjorin, Ristola, Mercier and Praz Banzi who finished an excellent third.

Negreanu held a 6m-4m chip advantage at the start of heads-up play. Over the course of five hours  both players held the chip lead for an extended period of time. Twice Shulman was all-in for his tournament life and twice he managed to survive.

The real drama came very close to the end though, and was described on the Betfair live updates:

    Our final two saw a 5 8 J flop and Shulman bet 300,000. Negreanu responded by raising to 900,000. And Shulman responded to that by moving all in.

    Negreanu turned to the rail in the hope that they might help him with his decision. “So you all wanna go home, right?” he asked them. “I’m not saying I’m gonna lose…”

    “Ah, I shouldn’t listen to the rail. I call.”

    On their backs.

    Negreanu: Q J
    Shulman: A A

    Oh dear.

    But wait!

    Turn: to massive screaming from the suddenly very awake crowd — J

    But wait some more!

    River: …

    …

    …

    A!

The hand gave Shulman the chip lead for the final time and the two players each picked up a pocket pair on the next hand. Shulman made a set with his pocket tens to beat Negreanu’s pocket fours.

The £495,589 second place money for Negreanu was enough to make him the all-time tournament winnings leader with over $12,000,000 to his credit.

2009 WSOP Europe Main Event Final Table Payouts

   1. Barry Shulman - £801,603
   2. Daniel Negreanu - £495,589
   3. Praz Bansi - £360,887
   4. Jason Mercier - £267,267
   5. Markus Ristola - £200,367
   6. Chris Bjorin - £150,267
   7. Antoine Saout - £114,228
   8. Matt Hawrilenko - £87,074
   9. James Akenhead - £66,533

Shulman ran incred on the final.