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Howdy folks.

Jen and I have managed to find a nice spot in the press room. More importantly, it's nice and warm in here. I believe it's -7 degrees Celcius outside. Bloomin' freezing for a skinny chap like me. Give me sunny Brum any day of the week.

Anyhow, the comp is due to start at 3pm.

Blinds start at 25/50 with starting stacks of 10,000 and 60 minute levels.

As usual, this event was maxxed out pretty briskly. So even with the Laddies Cruise running simultaneously, there will be 300 players starting. I don't think that was ever really in doubt.

I've seen a few famous faces:

Joe Hachem
Chris Moneymaker
Pascal Perrault
Barney Boatman

I approached them for autographs but they didn't seem interested in taking mine.

Jen's just connected, so everything running smoothly...

... so far.

Just what I need to keep me awake in work today, go Mr Beagle :)

Say hiyas to Jen from me :)

Heid
xx

hiya snoops and jen..............looking forward to the updates..........will there be piccys ?

Yes, we're about to collect those free-drink-obtaining press passes and start to mingle with the players in advance of the tournament actually starting... So you've got an hour an a half before the action commences to get comfortable.

We are staying in a rather smaller, darker, colder hotel about 15 mins away, but the good news is we're moving here tomorrow and it's really very nice here indeed.  Spacious and cosy at the same time, with a pleasant press area and internet access (thank you Mr. Eric Jensen!)

A full list of who's playing today and who's playing tomorrow will appear as soon as we get it...

So far I only have a pic of Snoopy lounging in the lounge... but it will make it on in a minute.  We're flipping a coin to see who has to brave the sub-zero outside to get pics of the Casino, which is worth seeing.

Hi guys, I'm sure Sonpoy will do the gallant thing and brave the elements  ;)

just hope its not too windy or he might get blown away


 rotflmfao rotflmfao

Sat with Hachem for a good few hours last week in oz. he is an absolute top bloke. Hope he does well.

Hehehehe, you'll have to go out in half an hour Jen to take a pic of "that new strange looking statue outside"!

Table 11:

(1) Peter Davidsen
(2) Mikael Olsson
(3) Danny Steiness
(4) Henri Fruengaard
(5) Martin Svenningsen
(6) Carl Olsen
(7) Janas Helness
(8) Michael Anderson
(9) Kim Frederiksen

Table 12:

(1) Morten Nielsen
(2) Imgemar Backman
(3) Jan Molby
(4) Christer Lovas
(5) Mikkel Haga
(6) Travis Biziorek
(7) Kenneth Jensen
(8) Philip Yeh
(9) Xuyen Pham

Table 13:

(1) Julian Thew
(2) Jari Sommar
(3) Tor Skeie
(4) Rune Dalgaard
(5) Michael Reed
(6) Mikael Lindback
(7) Isabeller Mericier
(8) Philip Hilm
(9) Michel Alberti

Table 14:

(1) Tommy Dender
(2) Leif Knudsen
(3) Chris Moneymaker
(4) Frederik Ostervold
(5) Josef Kollarits
(6) David Layani
(7) Henrik Olsen
(8) Christian Honore
(9) Arash Zoraghi

Table 15:

(1) Jyri Merivirta
(2) Mads Andersen
(3) Klaus Agesen
(4) J W Davis
(5) Markus Golser
(6) Jason Young
(7) Adam Nilsson
(8) Geir Egholm
(9) Niclas Adolfsson

Table 16:

(1) Chrisopher Nile Hancock
(2) Theo Jorgensen
(3) Justin Drechsler
(4) Barney Boatman
(5) John Brooks
(6) Thomas Grundy
(7) Stevan Sabel
(8) Daniel Nilsson
(9) Kevin McGroarty

INFORMATION HAS ARRIVED - and just when we thought we might not be able to identify all the players for you.. Here is today's full seating list, in seat order - and if you don't see someone's name you're looking for, they are probably playing tomorrow.  Such is the nature of two-flight tourneys...

Table 1
Magnus Skrabeklev
Christian Grundtvig
Simon Young  (I think he's The Sun's Simon Young)
Gunnar Osterbrod
Peter Holst
Stig Tofting
Douglas K. Ruoss
Dennis Skaarup
Daniel Steine

Table 2
Don J Protz
Karsten Johansen
Hellfried Bernhardt
Lea Greve
B.A. Kildalen
Janbusch Hansen
Lasse Aspen Melby
Daniel Elkeslassy
Morgan Angerfors

Table 3
Johan Bergqvist
Patrick Kortesen
Erik Franssohn
Joakim Geigert
Gustav Hansen (sounds familiar)
Runar Pedersen
Johnny Haard
Jonas Hortana
Frank Pedersen

Table 4
Arttu Poikolainen
Bernt Grytdahl
Chris Bush
Oleg Predtechenskiy
James E Hagan
Casper Christensen
Felton Raphael
Anders Jorgensen
Markus Malmberg

Table 5
Johan Holst Nielsen
Anders Indrebo
Birgitta Johansson
Andreas Hurtig
Rene Mouritsen
Dario Alioto
Kenneth Raasdahl Jensen
Karin Lundgren
Rob Hollink

Table 6
Stian Endsjo
Rehne Pedersen
Gunnar Johnson
Henrik Witt
Sigurd Eskeland
Daniel Smits-Bertelsen
Runar Runarsson
Jim Jakobsen
Josef Shechter

Table 7
Christopher Andler
Anders Karlsen
Hans Eskilsson
Roy Von der Locht
Mark Bolliger
Bjorn-Erik Glenne
Bertrand Grospellier
Soren Madsen
Sylvester Jacobsen

Table 8
Alex Leviev
Jan Erik Madsen
Jonathan Fowler
Peter Eichhardt
Pascal Perrault
Sverre Sundbo (his middle name is apparently Krogh)
Edgar Skjervold (two Norsemen on one table!)
Esben Slavensky
Svein Erik Egeland

Table 9
Martin Pott
Benjamin Sprengers
Michael Poulsen
Seppo Parkkinen
Per Arne Dahl
Rene Sallberg
Stockinger Sigi
Askild Hansen
Rene Jensen

Table 10
Joe Grech (saw him in lobby yesterday after busting out of Omaha; in good spirits)
Dan Pedersen
Olivier Vannelli
Andreas Atag
Daniel Bergheim
Ian Frazer
Lasse Johansen
Peter Fischer
Henning Bolstad

A now for a couple of impartial comments.

GOOOOOOOO JULIAN!!!!!!!!!

-- lucky so and so is sat on the same table as Isabella Mercier.


Good luck Barney! He's in good form. Would love to see him pull out an EPT win.

And here is the view from our press room area (you can probably feel a chill coming off it...)

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Snoopy's been in the tournament area (not actually part of the casino which is downstairs) to bring you this shot:

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Boy, I need to work of my photgraphy skills. Looks like I had shakey hand syndrome on that one shot of the cardroom. Thomas Kremser was present though. What a star!


Caught sight of Rob Hollink yesterday.

I believe Dave Colclough is located somewhere in the hotel. Rumour has it that he is entered into the competition, but will be in tomorrow's field.

and drum roll please.........

Sir Julian Thew of Yoyoness has entered the press room.

Go on, here's another one (nice, huh?)

They play until 3am each day - everything gaming-related looks to be pretty strictly overseen and the times they're allowed to operate are non negotiable.  So it looks like 12 hours of play (with the expected breaks) per day.

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Table 12:

(1) Morten Nielsen
(2) Imgemar Backman
(3) Jan Molby
(4) Christer Lovas
(5) Mikkel Haga
(6) Travis Biziorek
(7) Kenneth Jensen
(8) Philip Yeh
(9) Xuyen Pham

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Is that Jan Molby as in the ex Liverpool footballer. I suppose it makes sense him being Danish after all.

I spotted that too. Would be ace if it was.

I'm an avid Villa fan and we were battling with Liverpool at the top of the league when he was in his prime. Not sure which is more unbelievable; that Molby had a prime, or Villa were at the top of the league.

I'll find out as soon as I can.

Is that Jan Molby as in the ex Liverpool footballer. I suppose it makes sense him being Danish after all.
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yes that is him......supposed to be quite a tidy player

Cheers Snoops, good to see we are concentrating on the important finer poker points of the tourney like whether a footballer is playing. I also remember Villa challenging for the title even more bizarrely my team (Norwich) were still in the title race at Easter for a couple seasons in the good old days. Jan actually spent a month on loan at Norwich, he sure could a pass a football, wonder if he is good at passing cards.

The days of Gordon Cowans?

Jan Molby played in this last year

Quite a difference from managing Kidderminster harriers then


Snoopy, how are you planning to update the Luton main event as well..Easyjet on standby???

Those were the days, eh? You had the Jeremy Goss and we had Graham 'The Turnip' Taylor. How on Earth were we challenging for the title?!  :dontask:

Not sure what's happening with that 1, Tighty.

I think this is the first time that two main events have overlapped.

The food's definitely nice here though.  8)

hi guys, I'll be keeping up with you today.

wish thewy good luck from me

perhaps we need a volunteer with a lappie for Luton........

cos I can't drag Snoopy away from the prospect of a square meal for the first time in 2006!

When I asked if they were likely to kick off on time, I was told, "this is Denmark!" so I reckon we might be starting any minute now.  Snoopy and I have divided our field and will be off getting descriptions (and pics) of players with whom we are not overly familiar.  And there are quite a few of those...

Last night we had a lovely Japanese meal. Quite pocket lightening, but very tasty.

So don't worry, I'm eating well.

Soon I shall be a complete chubbster. I found out at the Blonde Bash that too many people are twice my weight.

Any other 19 stoners out there?

Here he is!  The man himself - in the pleasantly capacious surroundings of the upstairs lobby.  Snoopy - the high-energy Updater

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Oh to be 19 stone again

Hi,
Nice to read you again,
Please, from time to time,let me know
about Isabelle Mercier,
Yhamks in advance,

No probs.  :)up

Players just taking their seats now.

We didn't quite make that 3pm start then.

Joe Hachem and Chris Moneymaker are casually chatting away. Just need to throw Raymer in there and we've got the full set.

I'm tempted to try and sit down somewhere and pretend I'm playing. I may get handcuffed and escorted out the building though, so I'm not going to risk it.

You're not playing snoops?  C'mon mate, biggest dead money field I've seen for ages!

What's the starting structure then Snoops and/or Jen?

To rehash an old gag...


Some huge names here.

Christopher Nile Hancock = 22 letters
Kenneth Raasdahl Jensen = 21 letters
Daniel Smits Bertelsen = 20 letters

Watch this space for more. All the big names are here today!

 8)

10k starting chips. 25/50 blinds. 1 hr levels.

Level 2 = 50/100
Level 3 = 75/150
Level 4 = 100/200

etc

I'm too good. You've got to give some of the amateurs a chance now and then.

Hachem's not playing. I might let him have a pop at me Heads Up. Perhaps for 7.5 million say. Nothing too pricey.

Did you show off by ordering everything in Japanese ?

Is this Stig Tofting the footballer also ?  If it is I wouldn't be nicking a chip off him.

Yeah, nice bluff :D



More chance of me going a month without beer.(6 days and counting) :ironside:

As for that photo of, I always said updating was easy!!

Well, they've officially shuffle upped and dealt now.

Whilst I was trying to find a descriptive way of identifying all the Scandinavians, I heard a familiar voice behind me. I turned round to see a Mr Gus Hansen searching for his seat.

After watching him play on countless occasions, it was strange and somewhat surreal to finally see him in person.

What with the stringent Danish quarantine rules, how did you manage to get to the comp snoops?

Jen and I are currently tying to jot down some descriptions of players so that when they move we can still identify them.

Quite tricky when most of the ones that we don't know are young, blonde, Scandinavian, and good looking.

Bah.

Yeah, you would probably try going all in again with KJ against KK.

 8)  8)  8)

Jen and I are currently tying to jot down some descriptions of players so that when they move we can still identify them.

Quite tricky when most of the ones that we don't know are young, blonde, Scandinavian, and good looking.

Bah.

And Laz, you had JJ. Grr. No more digging up the past.  :D

I can confirm that we are in the presence of former footballer Jan Molby.

A couple of chip counts for you:

Julian 'Yoyo' Thew = 9725
Pham 'Bad Girl' Xuyem = 7825

There are plenty of lovely Scandinavian ladies in there. I may pop back in and try a bit of snoopys charm.

Although it's freezing outside, it's roasty toasty indoors. I may have to go skins, but they may work against me if Im gonna try my luck with some of the local talent.

be careful they don't use you as a coatstand then

OK that's most of them identified by hoody colour...

We're 15 minutes away from the first level's end (one whole hour has therefore nearly passed) and then we will commence our early Chip Count - the busiest of the day since as far as we know they're all still in.  I heard someone say they'd taken a bet with Barny Boatman over whether or not someone would be out in ten minutes.  I think he lost.

Surprise - glad to hear from you - Isabelle is playing, and at the moment there are just too many photographers hanging round her table!  Never fear, though, we'll get a pic up soon and counts too.

Seeing as we got an early count from Snoops for Bad Girl, here she is.  She looked rather intense, ipod in, no nonsense.  But eventually noticed me trying to get her attention and gave us a lovely smile.  She's on the same table as this Jan Molby guy...

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And mere feet away, here sits Julian, scarf and all.

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You probably know who this is too - he appears to be multitasking

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I really like this pic - two Norsemen (Sverre and Edgar) and one Frenchman (Pascal) all in a row and all looking happy.  Team Norsemen have had a pretty good run already here from what I hear talking to Woody - lots of placings in the earlier No Limit and yesterday's Omaha.  No wonder they look so chilled out.

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More chippy counts:

Ooh. Chippy. I'm making myself hungry. Cod and chips please. Yum.

Anyhow, back to the chip counts:

Julian = 9350
Bad Girl = 6950
Barney = 17000  :)up
Isabella Mercier = 7500
Jan Molby = 9400
Chris Moneymaker = Can't see his bloomin' stack. He's selfishly covering his chips with his hands. Do these players not think about the chip counters when they're playing for thousands?!  :D
Me = I've just trebled through. Then I woke up...

We're onto the next level.

Blinds are now 50/100.

The price of poker has gone up!

Any chance you could find out how Barney got up to 17k so quick?

Thanks Jen,
You're doing a good job,
Keep us up to date,

I think I forgot to mention that there was a little speech-filled moment before they started today's play where representatives of Casino Copenhagen told us that the prize pool was an impressive-sounding 8,000,000 Krone (still 1.1 million Euros) with 288 runners.  Thomas Kremser, the TD, took to the mic as well to tell us that they're following TDA rules etc. and then I got distracted because of Joseph Hachem's beard-type thing.  But that's a pretty good turnout (144 per day, obviously), with those who survive their day Ones playing down to just the final table on Saturday. 

144 started, we're now down to 141.

Rumour has it that Rob Hollink was the first OUT.

His seat is empty, the felt is chipless, and there is a small chunk of tumbleweed blowing by.

ps. there are some very attractive dealers er... dealing.

Joe Hachem's beard-type thing ?

Tell them you're twice the poker player and only half the weight of most of these guys... ;)

He has fantastically original facial hair.  I think it's great.  Snoopy is just going to get a picture of him in case you can't remember from the World Series.

He had a horrific beat on a WPT final table recent, Kido Pham re-raised all-in with J10 on a pure steal vs Hachem's KK, and hit a JJx flop crippling him.

that must explain the facial hair and inability to shave then

Measured about 8.3 on the non- sequitur richter scale  :D

wow...  -7 degrees, ohh those southern warm temperatures. It's -22 here in Finland >:?

OK OK I've been out doing some actual work rather than just staring at the famous people - here come some just-pre-break chip counts (tables 1-10 - Snoopy bringing you the rest soon).  If a player is marked OUT, there's a slim chance they may just have been moved - but it all looks pretty staid still.

Table 1
Magnus Skrabeklev  9,650
Christian Grundtvig  9,700
Simon Young         12,200
Gunnar Osterbrod   7,500
Peter Holst            19,600
Stig Tofting            6,750
Douglas K. Ruoss    12,200
Dennis Skaarup       2,975
Daniel Steine         10,250

Table 2
Don J Protz            8,300
Karsten Johansen   12,000
Hellfried Bernhardt   6,900
Lea Greve              OUT
B.A. Kildalen            10,700
Janbusch Hansen     10,300
Lasse Aspen Melby   13,000
Daniel Elkeslassy       12,000
Morgan Angerfors     4,200

Table 3
Johan Bergqvist       9,300
Patrick Kortesen     14,400
Erik Franssohn        10,100
Joakim Geigert         5,600
Gustav Hansen        6,000
Runar Pedersen     14,000
Johnny Haard        10,300
Jonas Hortana        6,700
Frank Pedersen       9,625

Table 4
Arttu Poikolainen      9,600
Bernt Grytdahl        10,000
Chris Bush               9,200
Oleg Predtechenskiy  11,200
James E Hagan          8,600
Casper Christensen    8,300
Felton Raphael          5,700
Anders Jorgensen     11,000
Markus Malmberg       8,700

Table 5
Johan Holst Nielsen    10,200
Anders Indrebo          7,600
Birgitta Johansson      11,000
Andreas Hurtig           9,700
Rene Mouritsen         12,500
Dario Alioto               29,000  (looks chip leaderish)
Kenneth Raasdahl Jensen  11,025
Karin Lundgren           7,150
Rob Hollink               OUT

Table 6
Stian Endsjo            4,000
Rehne Pedersen      8,425
Gunnar Johnson      11,700
Henrik Witt            9,150
Sigurd Eskeland       11,000
Daniel Smits-Bertelsen  10,000
Runar Runarsson         10,300
Jim Jakobsen             10,000
Josef Shechter          14,300

Table 7
Christopher Andler      4,000
Anders Karlsen          11,200
Hans Eskilsson           19,000
Roy Von der Locht     10,500
Mark Bolliger              14,000
Bjorn-Erik Glenne       16,600
Bertrand Grospellier     5,200
Soren Madsen            7,275
Sylvester Jacobsen        OUT

Table 8
Alex Leviev               9,700
Jan Erik Madsen        12,000
Jonathan Fowler        8,000
Peter Eichhardt         9,200
Pascal Perrault          9,200
Sverre Sundbo         9,800
Edgar Skjervold        13,000
Esben Slavensky        9,700
Svein Erik Egeland     7,600

Table 9
Martin Pott              11,000
Benjamin Sprengers  11,100
Michael Poulsen         9,100
Seppo Parkkinen       9,700
Per Arne Dahl           9,950
Rene Sallberg           9,400
Stockinger Sigi         7,300
Askild Hansen           8,300
Rene Jensen           13,600

Table 10
Joe Grech              13,700
Dan Pedersen          8,200
Olivier Vannelli         14,650
Andreas Atag         12,600
Daniel Bergheim         625
Ian Frazer               14,000
Lasse Johansen         9,050
Peter Fischer            2,300
Henning Bolstad      14,025

LITTLE TOURNAMENT BREAK (there's an hour for dinner after the next two levels)

The players get 15 mins, and I get a cup of tea... Here come the rest of the chip counts.

Good morning from Tunica, Mississippi! (It's 10:50 am here.)

I'll be busy reporting on the World Poker Tour event here at the Gold Strike Casino, but in between this action, I'll be checking out your coverage in Copenhagen (and sweating Isabelle).

Keep up the great work!

While you're waiting... this is the lovely Britta Streatfield, chip running etc for the old Gutshot - but also speaks the language and knows all the locals.     May soon become a travelling-update-regular like us...

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Good evening Tunica!

I seem to remember that area in January being a tad frosty too, but there are little clouds of snowflakes drifting past our large window right now.  Play is about to restart so I will go in search of Isabelle (my, my, so popular!) and some exciting hands to relate.

Table 12:

(1) Morten Nielsen        14,950
(2) Imgemar Backman    8,050
(3) Jan Molby               7,225
(4) Christer Lovas         (?)
(5) Mikkel Haga             11,800
(6) Travis Biziorek           10.100
(7) Kenneth Jensen       11,700
(8) Philip Yeh                 7,875
(9) Xuyen Pham            7,825
 

Table 14:

(1) Tommy Dender       7,750
(2) Leif Knudsen          4,500
(3) Chris Moneymaker   19,000
(4) Frederik Ostervold    9,500
(5) Josef Kollarits          9,750
(6) David Layani            7,200
(7) Henrik Olsen          14,300
(8) Christian Honore      6,700
(9) Arash Zoraghi         11,975

Table 15:

(1) Jyri Merivirta        9,850
(2) Mads Andersen   11,500
(3) Klaus Agesen    (?)
(4) J W Davis           8,000
(5) Markus Golser      8,100
(6) Jason Young       12,800
(7) Adam Nilsson       5,050
(8) Geir Egholm        4,475
(9) Niclas Adolfsson   12,750
 
Barney 18,000
Isabelle   4,600 (we've got one more table to put up, but Snoopy is having some connection problems to the old wireless at the moment)

Hi B.J.
Isabelle is not in a very confortable situation at the moment,
but keep your fingers crossed.
Hugs to Rhapsody

Table 13:

(1) Julian Thew       9,575
(2) Jari Sommar        12,525
(3) Tor Skeie            5,500
(4) Rune Dalgaard     6,625
(5) Michael Reed      12,150
(6) Mikael Lindback   10,150
(7) Isabeller Mericier   4,675
(8) Philip Hilm           18,025
(9) Michel Alberti      OUT    (although it may be seat 8 that is out, as the player is apparently kind of in the middle)

And I know that seat number 8 comes up with glasses - Snoopy warned me it would happen and I just wanted to see for myself...

Hey the 8 seat is obviously the best seat at each table!

Don't wory about it, I am presuming all of us have basic number skills :)

Table 8, is someone having a laugh??????????????

Svein Erik Egeland  :dontask:

While Snoopy desperately fiddles with his wireless card with the help of Tom Murphy of AntesUp - I have some unfortunate news - Isabelle is OUT.  Just now.  Players are on the move...I will go track some of them down.

Surprise! I thought that might be you. Good morning!

$4,600 is enough for Isabelle for now ... that way, when she builds back up to $10,000, she'll have momentum on her side.  :)

Cooo-eee Djinn hope Copenhagen is nice. Have just sent off my CD to Norway's premier Johnny Cash tribute act. Hell yeah. Am downloading new MSN even now if chatting is an option...

Oh actually now I've said that it won't download right. Call me though, or get yourself on MySpace...

Sorry Mr Cardplayer - news travels fast online but obviously not that fast :(   I think with the exit of Isabelle they're breaking their first table.

danafish - yes indeed :) very nice to hear from you!

hiya blondeys

i shall be heading to the casino in a while, can anyone tell me if you are allowed to take a laptop...also, are there side games on?

Hey all.

snoops here

I'm seconds away from chucking my lappie through the window.

Update shorly on that.

Wow dude, you're really mastering those smilies  ;goodvevil; ah ha ha ha ha

It's OK , sounds like pq is bringing you a new lappy  ;D

D'oh! I received a message when I was uploading my post that another post had been added, but I was in a rush and thought, "Surely it's not about Isabelle ..." :(

But now the pressure is REALLY on you, Jen. Since Isabelle is out, I have nobody to sweat. So I'll just be sweating the coverage in general!

It's a little worrying looking for yoyo's progress and seeing his name as logged onto the board and watching this thread. Then you realise they are on a break, either that or Mrs yoyo has hacked into his computer.

Wow. It's amazing what a quick restation over the other side of the room can do.

Anyhows, I'm back!

Apologies if this has already been reported but...

Isabell Mercier is OUT.

Sry fellas.

LOl

any sidey gameys?

Some chip counts:

Pascal Perrault = 7.6k
Ian Fraser = 18.6k
Joe Grech = 13.5k
Julian Thew = 19.5k
Bad Girl Pham = 18.5k

There are still 126 players remaining. Blinds are at 100-200 with 30 mins of the current level left.

What him up there said

not yet

I don't think enough people have been eliminated.

I'm currently seated outside the press room. Great signal here! I'm relying on my battery and am slightly paranoid that my lappie will disappear if I spend to long in the cardroom.

Will take the gamble tho.

I subscribe to that! Go Joooooools!

I pass on your good luck wishes.

Gus Hansen is down to the felt with 3.1k.

He just flat called a 1000 preflop bet.

Flop comes  Jd 5h 8h

Gus watches his opponent's reaction as the flop is well... flopped.

Mateyboy bets out. Gus looks him up and down before folding.

Barney Boatman = 19k

You can have as many Boatman chip counts as you like. He always tells me how many he has.

Counting these chips can be a knightmare sometime, especially from afar. The white marks on the side of the yellow chips are very hard to distinguish.

I'm gonna have to have a word with Thomas.  8)

Whats Tank doing there?

Chris Moneymaker is OUT.

He held KK on a flop with a king.

All the money goes in preflop.

Mateyboy has bottom trips with 6-6-6.

Can u feel it coming?

Turn was a blank.

Here it comes....

River was a

drum roll please...

!!!!  6c !!!!

EEK!

Moneymaker pushes his chair back angrily, but, after a few seconds calms down and utters those constantly used words, 'That's poker'.

Still, a hell of a beat. To come across set v set is pretty uncommon. To have one hit quads is even more of a rarity.

He's playing a STT with Huey and Lewie.  :D

Just spotted a couple of pro railers.

Ram Vaswani chatting away with Thomas K.

And Smokin' Steve Vladar egging on Bad Girl.

You mean the 80's kids gameshow?


Seriously though, keep it up Jen and Snoops, this is great stuff.

Here's Julian - he's not asleep, just looking down at his 22k stack...

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Hi jen can you please pass on our good wishes to julian and tell him to kick some scandi ass from simon nowab rob and nick the shrew whiten

No problem - he's looking totally relaxed, I have to say.  In good shape chipwise and a pleasure to bother at the table as always :)

There is nothing, I repeat, nothing wrong with that iconic kids' television show.  I even applied to go on it but my schoolmates weren't too impressed.  Their loss.

Joe Grech's chips have dwindled somewhat in the last half hour - he now has 5,625

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Here is Sverre looking almost pained by the massage (the masseuse is a very nice lady whom Tikay introduced me to in Paris, travels the world doing this, you know).

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Consider it done.

Oi !  Sloopy, why you not playing  :tikay:

big hat

Barney as ever comfy in front of the cameras :) He has 19,000 chips, btw

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Great updates guys! Snoopy FYI Molby is a legend!

Unlike that rubbish Tony Daley fella!

Oh oops, I was looking a few photos back. I like big hats and I cannot lie

The blinds have just this moment gone up.

The chip leader is Dario Aliato with around 40k.

Josef Shechter is also runnin well with 29k.

Barney is still going strong with about 20k in chips. I just saw him bet 3.5k into a  5c 6c 5s flop with 4575 in the pot. After a long dwel, and perhaps some amateur dramtics, from Michael Pulsen, Barney eventually takes down the pot.

Y'what?

And incidentally I would have been up for Knightmare only you didn't ask me because you were friends with Charlotte Reiner. So nyah.

Earlier today I was bunged a few thousand by Moneymaker, Hansen, and Perrault who begged me not to play. I decided to accept the offer and take a back seat. Otherwise I would have cleaned up about an hour ago.

This is all very hush hush though chaps, so please... under your hat.

 :redcard:

A straight red I'm afraid.

That's blasphemy where I come from.

Love that hat!

I have to say that I never knew anything about this guy you're arguing about so let's call it a draw... and I can second Snoopy's story about why he's not playing - it was that and the disaster that would have been for the updates as I'd have to rail him continually

BREAKING NEWS:

Chris Moneymaker is IN.

I am going to have to retract my statement that he had been eliminated and sack my earlier source.

He did lose with top set v bottom set, but he wasn't taken out of the competition.

He currently has 5.5k.

Please feel free to throw rotten tomatos at me.  ;tk;

Picture of a big hat

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Other counts from the floor:

Joseph Shechter   25,000
Sverre Sundbo      6,325
Edgar Skjervold     21,500
Peter Eichhardt      6,700
Julian Thew         22,000 (I know I already said that one)
Birgitta Johanssen  10,000
Dario Alioto           33,000 (hovering around the chip lead)
Gus Hansen            2,000

Yoyo is doing lots of yoyoing. He's dropped down to 12k.

Take it that Dario Alioto is the cleaner then!!!


Great updates as ususal   :)up

Yes, after that Moneymaker misinformation, here's the man himself, working his chips back up into a playable stack.

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Yes yes, well noticed... but he is hoovering the chips.  One of the more get-outtable typos, I believe :)

Hell yeah to the hat! My cat wears a hat.

This one's for you Baron:

Jan Molby = 9.950k

Not much movement there then, just like his playing days.  ;goodvevil;

<Brief aside> This is our press room, or how it looked when there was still daylight, about five hours ago... You might notice a small Rolf Slotboom front right.

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Some chippy counts:

Joe Grech = 5.2k
Ian Fraser = 16k
Bad Girl = 10k

Thought Yoyo was out for a moment there, but he's just moved table. Phew...

Last time I spoke to Barney I told him that next time I came around, I expected him to have doubled up.

and by George, on my return trip to his table, he was sitting there with 35k.

Maybe I'm a lucky charm!

Monkeymaker is now offially OUT.

I think...

would these be members of the copenhagen branch of PRO ?
is your organisation worldwide kev or just european based ?

Just for you Jen. 8)

Kids to their Dungeoneer: "Side step to your right...no your other right"

(Dungeoneer falls off giant chasm to his doom)

Treguard: "Oooh....nasty."

Good luck to Julian , very nice man  i had the pleasure to meet in Luton  :)up

Hey. I was a huuuuuuuuuuuge fan too. In fact, only moments ago, I was humming the theme tune.

'Watch out! It's the goblins! Run!!!'

:D

Quick, team, use a spell.

A little more about Julian, perhaps?

Like, how he got all those chips before doing them?

Hand 1 - he limped with  6c 7c along with a few others, and called a habitual raiser only to find a  3h 4c 5d flop come down!  He reckons the other guy had a big pair as he called him down every street before mucking on the end.

Hand 2 - Against Isabelle - making the nut straight against her second nuts got the chips in the middle.

Now having lost a 10k pot he's back down to 17k but that's more than reasonable. 

They aint Pro PRO's, merely amateurs and wannabe's ;)

Spellcasting

W E  A R E  G E E K S

I think the team needs to put some kind of plastic fruit in our knapsack before our head explodes.... it's the dinner break in 20 minutes so we're going to try to sneak into the buffet.

I can just see it now, Kev's PRO school. :D

Lesson 1: What pie to choose in a moment of crisis....

chip count for all players please...

Remember you can only carry two items at any one time.


Ok I'm going to stop now.

Gus Hansen - OUT - his last couple of thousand went in and away as the cameras gathered and he got a round of applause.

Elvis - the dinner break is almost upon us - after they return (one hour later) we'll do a full count.

do you want their shoe sizes as well and a DNA sample while we are at it ?

A few of the bigger stacks before they all wander off (apart from Barney Boatman whom you all know about already):

Erik Franssohn    34,600
Don Protz          36,000
Simon Young     30,000

Blue suede shoes? A little less conversation during the break and im sure it will be done. God i need a life!

He must have some serious dreadlocks  :o

Xuyem Pham is now on around 30k.

She decided to gamble by calling a preflop raise with 6-8 on the big blind.

The flop of 6-8-8 made it a worthwhile risk.

The Scottish challenge has just arrived at the casino to take vengeance for Viking raids on our shores a couple of millenia ago.  (We bear a grudge for a while)

The hotel has free internet access which will ease the pain of the likely £50 a pint.

Any minute now and we're off to scavenge some food - hopefully mingling with the players for some stories, but if not, food will still be found, stories later.  Bear with us and we'll recommence in an hour.

Is this some kind of sick joke.

Gus was being interviewed by the Danish media. I crept up behind the cameraman and managed to pick up a few comments.

Apparantly, he held  Kd Td and moved all-in.

He was called by  Kc Jd.

The flop came  Qc Th 3c.

Turn =  Kh

River =  Aspades

Mateyboy eliminates Gus with a straight.

Phew. Thank goodness my Danish was up to scratch.

Very Nice Danish not as good as pies though

If it is £50 for a pint of beer in Denmark, how much is it for a bottle of Cristal Rose?

Hi Snoops, Jen, just caught up (Been busy)

How the devil are you?

I've just returned from the buffet.

I had:

sweet and sour chicken
Rice with prawns in
Potatos
Ham
Beef
Some more ham (darked this time)
More rice (but with peas and asparagus in)
Cheesecake

I also went up for seconds. I'm determined to grow into this XL Blondepoker shirt that tikay gave me.

Watch this space for further food updates.

Come on the Molby. Just like his Liverpool days, always passing at the right times!!




Tony Daley was shit!!

Snoops you little bugger.....im on a health/detox why dya have to mention cheesecake?  

I got one in the freezer i just have to go defrost it now and im gonna get fat i just know it :(

 ;slavedriver; ;fish;

Blinds are now 150/300. A very gradual rise.

There are 87 players left.

Pascal Perrualt = 10k
Barney Boatman = 25k
Bad Girl = 35k
Jan Molby = 14k
Julian Thew - 18k

I told Barney that I expected him to have doubled up by the time I retured. It worked last time, a second occurance would be freaky. I'd officially be his lucky mascot then.

Jan Molby's chips are like Liverpool next season -- going down

ok poetic license - but it is possible to pay £10 for a bottle of beer - last year a chap from edinburgh (on my round) asked for a bottle of "Christmas ale" - I should have realised something was up when the barman asked how many glasses I wanted with it....

LOL

keep up the good work guys, its very interesting stuff.

By the way snoops - is the wireless card working a-ok?

Not too bad.

It's a bit slow in the press room but fine outside the door.

An error sign for msn keeps flashing up. I may have to uninstall it.

 :hello:

 :hello:































 ;slavedriver;

You should delete it and install Skype instead

Work, you say?  Well how about a load of chip counts, as requested (this is about two thirds of the room - Snoopy going for the rest)

Magnus Skrabeklev  11,000
Simon Young          40,000
Julian Thew            19,000
Dennis Skaarup       11,500
Daniel Steine          22,000
Don Protz              35,000
BA Kildalen             25,000
Janbusch Hansen    9,000
Daniel Elkeslassy      10,000
Runar Pedersen       21,500
Johnny Haard          15,500
Jonas Hortana         28,000
Arttu Poikolainen       7,600
Bernt Grytdahl         10,700
Chris Bush               25,000
Casper Christensen    8,100
Xuyen 'Bad Girl' Pham  40,000
Birgitta Johanssen      13,000
Ingemar Backman      13,600
Dario Alioto               25,000
Karin Lundgren          19,500
Stian Endsjo             16,000
Rehne Pedersen       23,000
Gunnar Johnson         6,700
Runar Runarsson        8,000
Josef Shechter          27,000
Christopher Andler     11,000
Anders Karlsen           6,000
Hans Eskilsson            31,000
Roy Von der Locht     23,600
Bjorn-Erik Glenne       24,000
Alex Leviev               3,200
Jan Erik Madsen         25,000
Jonathan Fowler        10,000
Pascal Perrault           11,500
Edgar Skjervold         30,000

Listed among the OUT are:

Sverre Sundbo
Carl Olson
Ian Frazer
Andreas Hurtig

Table 9 chip counts:

(1) Martin Pott = 21k
(2) Benjamin Sprengers = 15.5k
(3) Michael Poulsen = 11.5k
(4) Mikael Lindback = 6.2k
(5) Per Arne Dahl = 10.5k
(6) Rene Sallberg = 4k
(7) Barney Boatman = 27k
(8) Mads Andersen = 55k (chip leader)
(9) Rene Skree Jensen = 9.5k
(10) snoopy1239 = 54.9k

Ok ,ok we get it.

No need to repeat yourself Beagle

Can we have them in ascending order please  :D

Why is Hachem not playing ?

H eplays tomorrow

because his facial hair is inferior to the snoopsters

Ahh Thank you

There are just eight tables remaining; I overheard some people talking about a potential early halt if it looks like the field will totally consume itself way before the stated finish time of 3am - but I sense a slowdown on the way shortly, myself.

I'm clean shaven thank you very much.  ;tk;

yes i noticed that. Course you lose 10% of your bodyweight when you shave ;)

 :hello: :hello:

Because the wifi connection in the pressroom is so weak, we've been forced to pitch up tent just outside the door. I'm keeping the seats warm while Jen nips off to take some piccies. One of us have to hold back to ensure that no tea leaf nicks our lappies.

So.... while I await her return.

How's the weather over there? It's freezing still here.

This is strange, discussing the weather without needing to exinguish the flames of any heated posts. :D

 :hello: :hello: :hello:

It's quite mild in the south ::) ::) ::)

So it's time for another picture round: anyone guess who's raking in another pot after a blind vs blind battle?

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And I also arrived just in time to see Bad Girl winning a pot - up there with the chip leaders at the moment. 

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Less of this ept nonsense - i'm playing in my hotel room

In Glasgow a 62 is known as a "Chris Sutton" due to the aforementioned's hat trick in a memorable 6-2 Celtic victory over rangers

------ HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to dubbleup [2s 6s]
Muppy123: raises to $50
Rhaegar: folds
esgebc: calls $50
Anrik: folds
Cornugon: calls $50
OLLYDOG: folds
panikos: folds
Fritzi11: folds
dubbleup: calls $45
Ga_morhua: folds
----- FLOP ----- [6d 6h Ts]
dubbleup: checks
Muppy123: bets $451.87 and is all-in
esgebc: raises to $3921.44 and is all-in
Cornugon: folds
dubbleup: is all-in $1851
Returned uncalled bets $2,070.44 to esgebc
----- TURN ----- [6d 6h Ts][Qd]
----- RIVER ----- [6d 6h Ts Qd][Jh]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
esgebc: shows [Ks Kc] (Two Pairs, Kings and Sixes, Queen high)
dubbleup: shows [2s 6s] (Three of a kind, Sixes, Queen high)
Muppy123: shows [Ac Jc] (Two Pairs, Jacks and Sixes, Ace high)
dubbleup collects $2798.26 from Side pot #1
dubbleup collects $1562.61 from Main pot

And, three for three, would you believe it - Barney Boatman won one too.  I'm sorry I can't give any riveting detail as all these hands were taken without showdown, just as I arrived.  I know this isn't the best pic of Barney, but it does include new chip leader Mads Andersen's arm.

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Just spotted Marcel Luske. He's huuuuuuuge. A lot bigger than he seems on TV.


Chippy count time:

Julian = 24k
Bad Girl = 55k
Barney = 20k
Pascal = 16k
J Mason = 271k

Down to 7 tables.

Peter Eichhardt and Pascal Perrault in what  looks like an unseasonably summery outfit

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Come on Julian and Xuyen...

Pass on my regards please! They both look good with chips infront of them... for bad girl tell her ding ding ding ding ding(crazy frog sounds!) Julian needs to put his scarf back on, he was winning more chips with that on!

Good luck

Ian

I think this guy is Roy Von der Locht - anyone seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas??

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PS Hi Ian!  I will pass on your message - they both look cool as cucumbers however- no worries.

The players are currently on a short break.

I've just spotted Juha Helppi, who is playing tomorrow.

Seeing as the players have temporarily dispersed - a bit of scene setting to whet your appetite for the televisation of some poker - they appear to have set up the stage thingy with the cameras and stuff in advance, so we might even start close to on time when they come to film it!

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Any news on top ten chipcounts ?

The cat in the hat on the left here is, I believe, Ingemar Backman (remember him from Austria?)

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Great Updates guys, Hi snippy & Jen!

Miss you both, wish I was there, but you two are doing a magnificent job, & I congratulate you both.

Please give Thewy my best wishes.

I reckon this snoppy guy kinda likes this Updating lark........

xxxxx

Consider it done, Tikay.

Hi Tikay!

Not only does Snoopy appear to be enjoying it - he's also clearly an adept, right from the start.  Much more energy than me.

I have some information - your chip leader at present is Xuyen 'Bad Girl' Pham with 80,000!

I asked her how many she had exactly and she just kind of waved her arms around in front of the mountain of chips and said, "I don't know."  So that's an estimate.

64 players remaining.
300/600 blinds. 75 ante.
22k = Average Stack

Yoyo = 36k

Jan Molby = 15k

Bad Girl = Mount Everest

Go Bad Girl !

Please give her my best wishes guys.

Barney Boatman has been moved to Bad Girl's left, and his stack is looking decidedly less healthy than hers - around 16k.  Barny just lost another 1,600 on a  Aspades 4s Qc flop, which he passed to a check-raise.

Elsewhere, Karin Lundgren is hovering around 30k, and every time I pass her table she seems to be winning another smallish pot, this last time off Ingemar Backman.

It's Edgar Skjervold's turn to be massaged now; he's on about 33,000, and one of the few players I think is still in their original seat...

Go bad girl :)up

Julian has doubled up to around 60k and is looking rather confident.

I wouldn't bet against him finalling this event.

Bloody hell. go thewy!!

wooooohoooo mr thew  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

aaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr for the team!

They are good... i expect a final now! come on the scarf! and ding ding ding ding to bad girl!

Go on Thewy! My mum's entire side of the family think you are amazing after I told them you were Irish last night whilst watching 425.

Molby still there I see, the living lej!




Tony Daley was proper sh*t

Fantastic job again guys! Just wish i wasnt sat at home reading buy hey!  Give my love to Julie please an please make sure you call him "Julie"  he really likes it  ;D

Gooooooo Bad Girl, good luck to her aswell, please let her win it x

Is there a bit of a subliminal message in there eh Baron?

Just before Julian yo-yo'd back up, there was a bit of an endearing "I want my lucky scarf back from Xuyen" moment - but when he saw she was using it as a kind of comfy back pillow he relented and it looks like he didn't need it after all.

No Idea what you mean Jen!?

Typical Villa player! Useless!!

I was standing behind Yoyo's table waiting for him to knock them all out. I caught sight of under the gun's hole cards.  Ac Ks. My gut instinct was that there was some big action ahead.

Mateyboy rasied and was reraised by a Scandieboy in seat 7. Mateyboy calls for the rest of his chips. Scandieboy flips over  Qd Qh

Flop = 9d Ts 9h

At this point, mateyboy made the 'get on your coat' maneouvre. Bit early if you ask me.

Turn = 6h

Mateyboy rises from his seat, body angled towards the exit.

River = Kd

Mateyboy turns back to the table, removes his coat, and sits back down.

I'm sure the routine is good luck.

Baron

Molby is probably hanging out for some prize money to cover the costs of his food bill for the trip

Hi Chili!

Yes, they could oh-so-easily make that final...and I hope they do.  Also wish you were here to enjoy the frozen splendour of Copenhagen - next time... (probably playing :)

Just before Julian yo-yo'd back up, there was a bit of an endearing "I want my lucky scarf back from Xuyen" moment - but when he saw she was using it as a kind of comfy back pillow he relented and it looks like he didn't need it after all.
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What a gentleman .

Right that's it I've had it with the Molby jokes!

Bet you're a Villa fan too eh?

I'm pretty sure Molby is out. I'll have to double check.

He was standing on the rail with a glum look on his face and his seat was empty with no chips on the felt.

Molby is out?, he smelt breakfast from the restaurant.

Baron I like my football so villa  ;sleep; ;sleep; ;sleep; is a no go lol

If i'll be playing, then so will you girl.  We can leave the chaps to do the updating and 1st and 2nd for us!! Don't mind which way round!

Cash games have sprung up behind another set of little ropes - featuring such players as Chris Moneymaker - his table is full and I reckon there's a waiting list... It's extraordinary how people want to take on these guys any time any place any game.  I would get a photo but not sure if that's allowed yet.  Snoopy's back with some tales so I guess it's my turn to go a-wandering.

Barney Boatman is OUT.

I didn't catch his swan song, but I know that he was very short stacked at the time.

Thomas Kremser has announced that play will finish at the end of the current level, level 90. This means that there are about 45 minutes remaing.

Blinds are 400 and 800 with 100 antes.

Skippy is a Hammers fan. you know, one of those :o :o :o

Bad Girl has taken a knock.

There was around 10k in the pot.

Board =  Kc Jd 9h 7d

Mateyboy in seat 7 checks.

Xuyem bets 5k.

Mateyboy moves all-in.

Xuyem dwells longer than the dwelliest of dwellers.

Mateyboy calls time on Xuyem.

Kremser trots over to announce that she has 1 minute to come to a decision.

Xuyem reluctantly mucks.

Not too much damage though. She'll bounce back.

Perhaps I can start the rail singing, "Bad Girl, Bad Girl. Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when she comes for you?"

... then again, maybe that's not such a good idea.

Any1 still up?  ;sleep;

 :hello: :hello: :hello:

If we want a Blondeite on the final table then I sincerely suggest that the girls update, and the boys play.  8)

I expect you were just kidding though.   ;goodvevil;

 :hello: :hello:

 :)up yes snoopy

Snoops - I'm taking you and Jen to bed with the laptop so keep em coming  8)

How many left by the way?

Jen should be back soon with some piccys and list of chippy counts.

Julian and Xuyem are still going strong.

We'll be doing it all over again tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing the likes of Colclough, Luske, Hachem, and co at the table.

The amount of photographers that were hanging around Mercier's table was incredible. That never happens to me at Walsall.  :(

There's about 50 left, Kev.

They're gonna call it a night soon.

The field's been whittled down pretty quickly.

Is that a threat?

Chili Baby, Darling, SweetHeart, Girlie. Get real. You ain't ready. Playing is a MANS job.

xx

Thats MR. Colclough to you young man ... show some respect ;)

A hammers fan Skippy?

There was me thinking you liked football.



Anton to Anfield!

Anyone to Villa please.

We're not fussy.

51 players remaining and there are a couple of very low stacks like Brigitta Johanssen (who keeps making a move on her button with no callers) but they're still all going for it.

Julian lost a very large pot calling on the river on a board of:  Ac 9h Jd Qh Jc, at least 20k it looked like.  The other guy turned over  Ks Tc and Julian mucked...

Totty chippy count.

Only 3 left.

Karin Lundgren = 45k
Brigitta Johanssen = 4k
Xuyen Pham = 70k

world cup winners 1966 WHUFC and also supplied Liverpools greatest ever Left Back

Mr Dicks?

I'll think you'll fiind it was all LFC up front in '66!

Yes you are right of course. We could do with one of your centre halves too!

Anyone to Villa Snoops? I thought you had more than one fan already?

Kinky!

Jen, sloppy, GREAT Updates. I am proud of you both, so are blonde. More of the same please. And plenty of Pics on the "Real" Day Two, when things get a little less hectic.

Now, don't be up playing cards all night in the Hotel Lobby.

Miss you guys, wish I was there with you. t's shocking hot here in St Marteen.

Night both.

xx

 ;slavedriver;

nice one snoops Mr Dicks.

How is Julian doing now?

We're going to wait for the end of day counts to materialise (if they do) now... so hang on if you want to know those crucial final standings...

we are hanging Jen!  Snoops "is that a threat?"  Hope you didnt want me to reply "thats a promise!"

 :redcard:  Things never get typed the way i think them  ;D

Snoops is playing a blinder (though Obi Wan Jenobi has yet to teach him the Chip Count At A Glance trick!). He's after your job TK! Poor Jen is suffering and struggling on. Feck all Irish here so we've adopted Barny O'Boatman and tomorrow we'll adopt Ram MacVaswani !

Don't complain about the weather TK, its blowing a blizzard here, literally. I'd swap anyday.

Tom.

I'm not too fussed about the arrangement, but I would have liked to have been informed. I'm a very busy man.

 :hello:

 ;slavedriver;

Obi-Wan Jenobi?

Someone buy this man a beer!

I think he's had too many already.  :D

Righteo.

Looks like these final chip counts aren't going to come our way too soon.

Aparantly, they're going to be emailed to me, but there's no sign of them as of yet.

So, we're probably going to get some rest and input them on the morrow.  ;sleep;

Night night folks.

Tune in tomorrow. Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.

You can have the entire Newcastle defence if you'd like.

No team is that desperate!!!

Tikay, be careful of those low flying planes in St Maarten. It really is amazing to see them come over the beach at about 150 feet.

tx again for all the support guys and gals,
a good day in the office,
great to see bad girl back on song...
i tried to keep the yoy-ing to a min,
but sitting on 70k couldn't resist calling a raise with 10h-8h,
all the chips went in on 4th street with a 5,J,9h,Qh,
hubbba, hubba, drool
but i ran into K-10 and missed the heart draw on the river.
anyways, still in, ashade under average for day 2 with 24k,
no problemo!

Was he some sort of snowboarder chappie?
I'm sure i sat next to him in a cash game at Star City last Wednesday!!
Say the gorgeous ginger fella said hello!

There's no such thing mate

 :redcard: - Oh hang on, that's only used for Bowyer and Dyer....

Anyone know any chip counts yet please

I had 32 chips with my steak pie and peas last night :D

Have a gander at this:

DAY 2 (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=6088.0)