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Afternoon alll!

It's clear & sunny here in Deauville again, though very cold.

The second Day one starts in about half an hour, & after some nasty technical problems this morning, we are ready to rock & roll again.

snippy is here, as is Alright Jack, & Royal Flush has talked his way into the Press Centre, so we are all set.

Hi gang.  :hello:

After a slight struggle with tikay's lappie, we're up and running and raring to go.

I believe play commences at 2pm again, but I estimate that it'll be closer to a 2.30 start.

We're joined in the commentary box this morning by Mr Flushy himself, James Dempsey. He's wearing his sheep skin coat and is ready to pass on some pearls of wisdom. hmm...  ::) :D

I had a bit of a kafuffle this morning with the jacuzzi. I spotted a button on the side of the bath and couldn't resist a quick press.

Vooooom! Blasts of air flew out of the holes and the jacuzzi was up and running. I turned on the tap to fill the bath, but sudenly realised that I probably needed to activate the jacuzzi after filling the bath. All the water sprayed up into the air and I had to swiftly turn the tap off before the people below complained of a leak.

Then I pressed the jacuzzi button again, but, to my dismay, this resulted in more air being blowing up. I had no idea how to turn this bloomin thing off! I kept pressing the button but it made no difference.

In the end, I kind of stood there watching on, somewhat naked, and exceptionally perplexed.

After about ten minutes, I decided to press the button again... and voila, it deactivated. Thank God. That call to reception could have been embarrassing. :-*

Anyhow, I plopped myself into the bath and filled it up. Once filled, I sat back, relaxed and enjoyed my bathe.

After a few minutes, the jacuzzi activated again and went right up my exit hole. Completely out of the blue!  :o

Weeeeee!!! I leapt up into the air and started ramming the button again. Luckily, I was able to turn it off immediately.

All in all, a very bizarre start to the day and I entered the casino with a slight limp.  ;tk;

You don't get too many jacuzzis in Brum, so this was my first AND LAST encounter with the bathroom implement...

The Chip Counts for the first Day One are at the end of the Day One, Flight One thread (yesterday's thread).

If someone at home has a mo to spare, maybe the could C & Pthem onto this thread please, so we can all easily see how things ended up without flicking between threads. Thanks..

Robert Cohen 117,450
Theo Jorgensen  111,175
Frederik Hostrup  105,850
Mike Hermes   84,600
Henrik Olander  83,500
Roy Brindley  73,925
Patric Martensson  73,325
Jon Hewston  71,875
Stuart Fox  66,600
Ram Vaswani  61,150

Jeff Sharpe  59,800
Ole Busborg Jensen 59,200
Torstein Iversen  52,625
Xanthos Charalambos  51,175
Stuart Nash  45,200
Jacky Adda  44,975
B. Gilbert  41,725
James Dempsey  40,550
Erik Van Der Bourg  35,875
Daniel Nilsson  35,800

Marc Naalden  35,150
Marc Goodwin  34,000
Paul Van Wijk  33,675
Kenneth Johnson  32,750
R. Tykoczikosky  31,925
Xavier Laszcz  31,450
Michel Abecassis  31,000
Charlie Harvey  29,350
Henrik Gwinner  27,400
Nick Chanas  23,600

Aleksander Liberg  23,225
Juan Florez  23,200
Malcom Gorse  21,975
Elie Marciano  21,500
Danny  Ticer  21,475
Andreas Berg  21,275
Ross Boatman  21,225
Mark Boudewijn  21,150
David O`Callaghan  21,000
Ryan Fronda  20,650

Robert Price  20,175
Kirill Gerasimov  19,750
Carlos Da Silva  19,400
Frode Fagerli  18,500
Alex Michaels  18,125
Cametti  18,000
Ken Powell  16,250
Tim Klarpas  16,150
Mathias Greg  15,650
Bernt Grytdahl  15,325

John Falconer  15,100
Joep Durkstra  15,050
Martin Pollak  14,550
Stian Godderstad  13,675
J. Kruijer  13,650
Nick Sherman  13,050

Our apologies for the fact that the Forum slowed down a tad last night, we had technical "issues", & the Forum was very busy indeed. The Techs have been under the bonnet this morning to see if they can fix it, hopefully it will be better today. The pics, I'm told, "don't help", but we intend to persevere & keep Posting the pics as long as we can.

Looking forward to another day of updates.

Snoops, I think you have discovered a way of putting Dingdell out of a job.

Part of the problem is the "available bandwidth" at this end, we have a whole bunch og guys using the local Wi-Fi, & some of the guys are video streaming & sending huge "packets" of info, which means all of us are struggling with access speed, but anyway, enough excuses, lets get on with it.

Don't you mean completely into the brown?

Good afternoon guys

I'm from mansfield - if we want a jacuzzi we just fart in the bath - its cheaper! :-)

Well, it's 2pm but play is yet to commence.

I've spotted a few familiar faces:

Iwan Jones
Simon Zach (same table as Iwan)
Greg Raymer
Paul Alterman
Dan Samson
Steve Vladar
Carlo Citrone
Jeff Buffenbarger
Mads Andersen (Scandinavian Open winner)
Barny Boatman
Dave Colclough (early!)

I think a few of the stars like to arrive fashionably late.

There is also a feature table being prepared. I still haven't worked out why they don't have one for Day 1A

Please explain yourself Mr HM.

Big TK is addressing the players and I believe we may be about to start.

Afternoon folks!

On my way to the press centre I passed Greg Raymer and Isabelle Mercier sitting at a table ahead of their starts in the event today. I've no idea how their conversation started but this is what I heard...

Greg Raymer (to Isabelle Mercier): "So,a slug is a snail without a shell. Now, the sea cucumber...."

Is he going to mail them to their seats?

Play has not commenced yet, the players are taking their seats. I will go & find Jen, Dave, Thewy, & all our "faces to follow" shortly.

I have also seen Julian Gardner - now sponsored by Virgin, Neil Channing, Vicky Coren, in a Paradise poker shirt, Rory Liffey, Iwan Jones, Smokin Steve Vladar, & many many others.

And at this very moment, Thomas Kremser announces "SHUFFLE UP & DEAL".

you have found your own method of colonic irrigation

Snoopy, your bathroom escapde makes me imagine your living in one great big slap-stick adventure!!!?? Great stuff

I'll be in meetings all day, but I'll check in when I can to follow the progress of Isabelle, Jen (I feel like I know her after following these updates :)), and John Caldwell. I know Isabelle and Jen are playing today, but I'm not sure about John -- he's the editor-in-chief of PokerNews.com, and a friend from the poker media. (And a really good guy.) If his girlfriend Jen Leo is there, she might be willing to help with updates on his progress. (Tell them that BJ is following your coverage from the U.S.)

Thanks for the great work as always, Blondites!

How does Hawko look?  I hear he is poorly :(

1 man down already courtesy of Barny Boatman who has doubled through as a result.

Boatman flopped a straight with 5-2. Not 100% yet as to what Mateyboy held.

We are still trying to resolve a few tech issues at this end, bear with us, we will be up to fulll speed shortly. Nothing like waiting till the last minute to overcome long-standing tech-issues, eh?

Paul Parker is sat next to Surinder Sunar. Which one is the chattiest?

Ken Lenard is opposite Rob Hollink.

Tann is chatting away with neighbour Channing.

Two totties on the same table. Gundesen and Mercier.

Also spotted Micky 'The Worm' Wernick dressed head to toe in his new Blue Square gear.

I heard from afar the unmistakable vocal tones of Mad Turk.

Hopefully photos to come...

Make that TWO men down!

Thewy, sat about 20 feet from me, while I am battling to sort out these damn tech issues, sends me this text....

"DOUBLED UP ON SECOND HAND"........

BREAKING NEWS

Julian has doubled through and eliminated a small name player...

... Greg Raymer.

Aces v flopped flush draw.

The aces held up.

woooooooooooo

weeeeeeeeeeee

yipeeeeeeeeeee

And the man Thewy busted? One Greg Raymer! Aces v a Flush Draw I gather, but Thewy had the important A of Diamonds amongst his two Aces. Typical Thewy!

The Julian hand:

Ac Aspades v Qd Td

Flop = Ts 3d 6d

Yes Julian had the Ad not black aces as Snoopy said, this does make the diffrence as Julian was the fave with it!

BTW, hello all!

Flushie you still wearing your "Maverick" flight jacket?

We ladies demand some male totty!

Pic of Thomas Kremser please....

I was going to put the BIG TK himself, but knew who's pic we'd end up with.....





Snoopy and TK - we seem to have an echo - can't you two talk to each other??? lol

LOL  Trace

Get back to work!!!

 ;)

I've found Jen. She's seated next to Sverre on what appears to be a Scandinavian dominated table.

Good luck to Queen Hawko... :)up

Also can you let me know the progress of Madturk one of my tips for the tourney and more importantly punts...

Sir Micky of Wernick.



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Jagster - sod off I'm eating my lunch  lol  I'm allowed on forum at lunchtime!   MMMMMMM just had a baked potato with Cheese, Beans and Coleslaw and it was bloody good.

Snoops - I distinctly demanded Thomas Kremser  lol   I think that unexpected colonic irrigation reached parts other colonic irrigations cannot reach!!!!

I would have thoght Julian would have lost w/ a monster like that, how did the betting go?????

are you guys saying that raymer lumped it all in post flop on a non nut flush draw on the second hand of the tournament? did he re-raise julian all in? has he been taking lessons from flushy?

Not a bad start from Julian.

Could be worse  

Tighty, there may be some truth in that, but  :redcard: as I have to!


.....  ;)

What a great start from yo yo, the form he's in hopefully im looking forward to another final table from him.

Can we get an update on the Irish contingent - ken powell, Dave O'Callaghan, Charlie Harvey, Roy the boy and any others.

Is it top 27 get paid.

Dave

nice work JT - now press on!!

who had Q-10 and who had AA in that hand then?

afternoon gents. keep your eye on the zach/iwan jones table for me will you. Also good luck to all other blondites playing today.

Hello Ari :)  out the bath now?

Gooooooo Hawko  :D :D :D

 :hello: Stoopy ;slavedriver;

Paul Parker has doubled up. Imagine how chirpy he will be now?!

On a flop of 5d Ks Kd, Parker held Td Th

The Ts filled up Parker and crushed his opponent's AK holding.

eek

El Blondie after receiving some good news...



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Hi guys,

Not sure if you guys saw this in the other thread so I'll post it again here:

If you can, can you look out for a Mr. O. Hikary for me? I think his first name is Oday but not sure of the spelling. He is a Pokerstars qualifier and I think he's representing Wales. Sorry for the vagueness but I don't have much info.

I understand that you are busy so don't worry about it if you don't have a chance to look.

Cheers,

HS

P.S.

Some more info if it helps. He is in his early 20s and won the Welsh Masters last year.

Don't go out of your way to look but if you happen to stumble upon him can you let me know how he's getting on?

Cheers and good luck to all.

The Julian hand again:

Julian raised to 150 preflop.

Raymer called.

Julian bet 300 on the flop.

Raymer reraised to 1000.

Julian made it 3000.

Raymer moved all-in.

Julian called.

Rumours coming through that El Blondie is down to 6k & Thewy is down to 12k, but we are having tech issues right now, bear with us please, we will get the info soonest, & all the rest of the news.

And yes, there is an echo, snoops & I are not sat together today, due to a "misunderstanding" our spaces were not "reserved" this morning, which has caused all manner of problems, so it's pretty hard to know what each of us is inputting.

I will ensure the spaces are correctly reserved tomorrow & Saturday.

Will try my best. You need to give us a description. We have no players lists.

Jen is next to Vic runner up and Team Norsemen's Sverre Sundbho. I did give her a wake up call, but it seems she went back to sleep and although she now seems quite perky, she looke decidedly asleep during the first few hands.

Mickey looks calm, cool and collected and is quitely collecting chips while bopping away to his iPod Nano.

Can you hear that? Silence...

enjoy.



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Ah right. Sorry I assumed there would be a pleyers list. Don't worry too much about it then. Describing him will be pretty hard. He's meduim build, average hight with short brown hair. Does that narrow it down? Didn't think so. Oh, and he has a Welsh accent. I think there are only two Welshies there so maybe if you heard his voice you might spot him. Like I said, don't worry about it but if you do stumble upon him I wouldn't mind knowing how he's doing.

You're a star.

Cheers.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT


We are temporarily "thumbnailing" the Pics as an interim fix to a tech problem we have. To view the pics, double click the PICTURE, & that should bring the picture up to an acceptable size. Sorry about changing this mid-Update, but you know how it is with techy stuff.....

Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure!

Firstly, Dan Sampson, looking very focused i might add!



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Quick chippy count:

Iwan Jones -- 9.5k
Jen Mason -- 9.5k
Dave Colclough -- 10.3k
Barny Boatman -- 19.5k
Simon Zach -- 10.5k
Mad Turk -- 17k
Carlo Citrone -- 12k
Vicky Coren -- 11.5k

Lord Wernick of Blue Square....

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Neil Channing was none too happy about being seated next to Willie Tann

"Ive got this ****er to my right, he keeps raising every pot. I'm going to ask John (Duthie) to break this table first"

"Yeah, It'll turn it into a €50 sit 'n go"  I say to him.

"I'll be in it" he says....

go go Julian.......... Knocked out the main man wow!! Yesterday in the reception area of the casino John Hewston asked me who the guy standing next to him was... Greg Raymer i replied WSOP Champ, to which John promptly taps him on the shoulder shakes his hand and says Greg im John your number one fan...LOL How i wish i had said it was someone else.!!!

Schmooooooooooooooooooookin



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And of course, our very own Jen!

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Afternoon Team blonde- Good to have u all back updating us

Well done yesterday Flushie.

Fantastic start for Julian.

KEEP IT COMING..... :D

Keep the news coming. Can someone give a progress update for Mark Hawkins

Good Luck to Jen and Julian.  Jen looks mighty relaxed in her pic gooo girl.

Where are some Thewy pictures??

Cheers guys

any news on jeff buffenbarger

wd yesterday flushy

sloopster i tried to get jen to make yr 5000h post special yesterday

Ben Grundy -- 10.5k
Paul Parker -- 17k
Micky Wernick -- 11.5k
Julian Thew -- 7.5k (not sure how he lost them yet)

The feature table.

Boy, that crowd looks like a tin of sardines.



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And was it special??

Jeff has 7.5k and his happily whistling in tandem with the fella next to him. He's a very jolly chappy.

Anyone have any updates on Ben yet?

James, tomorrow can you NOT try to give me a heart attack every half an hour!! Really well done though hun  xXx  :-*


Sorry, with the lag I didn't see you had given a Ben update, ta very much

who's on the feature table then?

Have you got life insurance?   ;)

Any updates on Julian Gardner and Martin Green?

Thanks - keep up the good work...

No Trace, but I think I need/should get some, and QUICK!!

Is he old enough to play?

Ben Grundy (Milkybarkid), looking as youthful as ever.



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On a side not...

Yesterday, Marc Nalden was given a 10 minute ban for exposing his hand.

I wonder if they adopt the f-bomb rule here?

F*** knows....

Julian Thew has had a bit of bother.

He held pocket queens and ran into a flopped set of eights. His opponent, Irish Michael had pocket eights.

Julian down to 7.5k :(

bummer.
just take away the decimal point and that will be his stack at dinner :-)

Well it depends on which way you look at it - he could be trying to give you a heart attack for the payout!!  lol

Here's the happy chappy now:



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$50 Hu flushie?

"Players, you are now on a 15 minute break"

Time to go get some soundbites.....

Paul Parker not so chatty as a big pot develops between Surinder and an unknown scandie.



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Willie Tann and Neil Channing:



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The man himself, El Blondie.



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Yo-Yo on the downswing, he took a bit of a beat but as we all know he is capable of getting them all back with intrest!



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As ever a cheerfull Carlo.....apparently he is allowed to bring back as many cigs as he wants from here!!



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Here we go, one for the boys.....and for the girls!!

Mr Bengt Sonnert alongside some norkage!



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That poor bloke to julians Right- Hes had a nasty accident with a pair of sunglasses :D :D

goooo on thewyy

Carlo Citrone on his table.

"Why aye man, me table is fine. I've got Julian Gardner and a van full of Ice Cream Sundaes"

So, not just cigs then...

Of course, no blonde update would be complete without the lovely Isabelle Mercier.

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And one for the sheep.....Robert?

Mr Iwan 'unknown' Jones.

Seems to be eyeing up his oppo's chips!

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Iwan Jones is up to 19k and happy with his game so far. He just told me about a hand he played against Vicky Coren.

Four players see the flop, which is

3c 3d 4d

VC bets 700, Iwan flat calls with ?. The other two players duck out of the hand.

The turn is Td . Vicky checks saying

"I'll give you a free card to hit your flush"

Iwan bets 1k, Vicky calls.

The river is Kh and Vicky checks.

Iwan bets 2.5K

Vicky thinks for an eternity before passing, declaring she had 99, but not showing.

Due to player confidentiality I will not reveal what Iwan had, but you can have a guess....

I'm trying to count chips from home, but what are the denominations? Is it this?

Green = 25
Black = 100
Red/Purple  = 500
Yellow = 1000

Let me know if I'm wrong ... Isabelle is up to about 12,000?

Go Jen & Isabelle!

Ahem, and what about something for us girlies then??? ;slavedriver;

Watch out for that MAD TURK I tell you.....:)up

OK, off to get a bite to eat, but before I go, here's a link to the Unusual Suspects site which has a brief update on John and James's progress from yesterday.

http://www.bluesq.com/poker/unusual_suspects/index.shtml

Chip Colour assumptions correct.

Some quick chippy counts for you...

enjoy.


Rob Hollink -- 9.5k
Paul Parker -- 15k
Jen Mason -- 14k (she found aces, flopped top set, and had a 2k river bet paid off. Opponent mucked)
Sverre Sundbo -- 10k
Julian Thew -- 5.5k (eek. we need the yoyo to swing the other way)
Dan Samson -- 5k
Surinder Sunar -- 16.5k

Dave Colclough was showing the table aces as I approached. He wasn't too chuffed with the 200 pot he won. He has his head well above water though with 14k)

What are the blinds at the moment?

That's pretty much it m8.

Go the women you mean?  ;) ;)

Here's the Turkish fella with the name I can never pronounce. He's mad don't you know!



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I always wondered why Spoony's username ended in 1239 - is it because he looks 12, but is really 39?

Thanks a lot folks for the updates - you're all doing a great job (even the 39 year old ;)  )

210 players remaining
Blinds = 75/150
Level 3
30 minutes of level 3 left

It's my IQ, Rodders.  8)

12 or 39?  ;goodvevil;

Correction. Jen CLAIMED she had Trip Aces.......... Never believe these poker players, especially the "innocent" ones, like Jen.

the bubble plese (zach) hes on iwans table. 2h

then why are you not snoopy0 then?

Let Flushie deal with the Norkage.

Snoops your performance in the Norkage stakes yesterday was average at best!

snippy assures me that Jen must have had Trip Aces, "she told me, & women poker players never bluff".

A bag of spanners it was then.

>:( He better not deal with ANY norkage!! lol 

At least he knows what to look for

You tell em Jane ...........  :redcard: :redcard: for the norkage lurkers lol

This could be a bit of a daft question, but how will the standings
 (Unusual Suspects) for Jen, Flushie and Micky be worked out?

Trace, as long as Jen goes through to tomorrow (which I'm sure she will) it will be worked out on the normal last longer points, and bonus points for money/final table.

Is this any better?



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We'd get better norkage pics if Stevie Wonder was taking them!!!

They cant be any worse than snoops.

 ;goodvevil; ;hide; ;hide;

Come on, give ;bigglesdog; a rest. The last one wasn't too bad .... great updating guys!

I gotta go and fry some fish now literally.  Good luck to all blondites and i will be catching up with you guys after 10 when i get in from work all smelly (i guess that last statement makes no difference to anyone but my fella).

Hi everyone, just caught up with the updates. Good Luck to all the Blondeites playing today! :) xx

Thanks for the follow-up pic, Snoops ... looks like Isabelle is in the $18,000 range.   :)

Thx Moritzey.

If them boys aren't happy with Isabelle Mercier, then snoops (I don't always speak in the third person) will officially give them a yellow card. One more and you're off.


Oday Hikary had 3k at the last break.

If he's a slim lad with short brown hair and a brown cardi, then he's now on 5.6k

Can't seem to find Simon Zach, which is worrying, I'll have another butchers on the next run.

Snoops... you're a star mate! If you get the chance to get a pic of him I can confirm if it is him or not. If not then I will assume that guy is him and cheer him on anyway.  :D

It looks like Woody Deck is OUT.

He seems to be bracing himself for an interview with the PokerStar lass.

Worth going out for mi thinks.

Oops! ;scarymoment; That came out a bit wrong!

Nice one Snoops, total redemption!

I gotta shoot off home now but will be logging back on later. These updates are better than watching it on TV!! Thanks for making my day at work fly by. Catch ya later all.

An action shot for you.

This was the moment after Julian's opponent folded to his all-in.

Does he look relieved or disappointed not to have been called? any Poirot's out there?



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i am about to have a S.S.S then my dinner and then i will be here to entertain you ladies

He looks relieved he wasn't called! ;)

remember to click on the pictures so see them full size

Collecting chips one handed? He had it IMO.

hey sloops

im sure your having a great time

but your missing the best deal or no deal ever

after 4 rounds she is offered £57k

with 8 boxes left all of the top 5 still remain plus 15k 10k and 750

Can someone find out how Poker q's mum Weed is doing please?

ps Ironside Im still waiting for my pics ;)

Great up dates, gl to all the blondes, go get em Jen GL ;cheerleader;

Rob Hollink -- 8k
Jen Mason -- 11.5k
Iwan Jones -- 14.5k
Vicky Coren -- 10k
Isabelle Mercier -- 40k
Carlo Citrone -- 8.5k
Julian Gardener -- 21k
Anina Gundesen -- 21k
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 10.5k
Steve Vladar -- 14k
Dave Colclough -- 11.5k
Willie Tann -- 5.5k
Julian Thew -- 7.8k
Micky Wernick -- 8k
Snoopy -- 1239k
tony kendall -- 1k

Not a hair out of place.

He's almost as photogenic as me. Doesn't quite have my tan though.



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Conversation with Iwan Jones:

Iwan: Vicky Coren just gave me a spanking.
Snoopy News: And you're complaining?
Iwan: Well, only in poker terms.

Not to worry though, he doubled up to 5.1k soon after when his all-in was called by Scandieboy.

 Ahrt Js versus Ad Th

Board = 3d 4h Kc 7c Qd



Greg Raymer is announcing on the feature table. He seems to be dropping in the odd anecdote too. Stick to ya job, Raymer!

Update on Jen please, and wish her good luck from me

Hows Hawko doing?   Mark Hawkins  .. im sure pommo , sunday and Dubai will be railing him

Dan Samson and that well known player, Mateyboy.



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Hawko = 5.7k

Conversation with foreign female journalist in front.

ME: Could you just pop this plug into your extension please?
HER: Argh! It doesn't fit, it's too big.
ME: I've never had any complaints before
HER: -- stunned silence --
ME: -- Quietly backtrack back to my seat --

rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao :respect: ;applause;

Isabelle up to $40,000? Woo-hoo!

It's refreshing to see her off to a strong start. I hope she can relax, play great poker, and absorb those inevitable bad beats.  :)

FYI, I should point out that I'll be changing my screenname here soon. (But not today.) I have left Card Player to move over to PokerPages, so Rolf will be passing the baton to me to cover next week's World Poker Tour event at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. When I change my screenname, I'll let you know, because I'll definitely still follow your coverage of the European events! (Until the day when I can work alongside you and COVER a European event.)

And Snoops ... That's Hilarious! I hope she wasn't American -- our women are usually more aware of innuendo like that.

Why is Julian in Fancy dress, with "Doctor Who" cosutme?

Okay, cracking little hand to report now.

Elky, a big online player and somewhat of a table bully, raises preflop.

Jen smoothcalls with 3s 3c.

Flop = Ah Qc 6h

Elky checks, Jen bets, Elky calls.

Turn = 2c

Elky bets 700, Jen reraises, Elky calls.

Bown pants time. (professional term)

River = Qs

Elky checks...

Jen checks (although that river bet must have been tempting)


Jen's threes in fact take the pot. Elky held a missed flush draw.

Phew.

Jen up to 17k.

Wooooo. I predicted a cash finish for the blonde lass. Goooo Jen!  ;cheerleader;

Great poker Jen... She's got Balls (so to speak)

 :D         

Any chance of an update on Julian Gardner or Martin Green please?

Thanks!

Go Jen! :)

Way to have faith in your threes ... my biggest worry on the river might have been a middle pair for my opponent (like 8-8 or 7-7). Take that $17,000 and make it grow even more!

I can neither confirm or deny these allegations.

Although I could enquire in the post-match interview.

Afternoon all , just got in and caught up with the updates. Awesome job yesterday and much already today.
Best of luck to Hawko and any Blondites out there

Paul

Ps also 7/10 for the Norkage so far. A pic of Vicky  Coren wouldnt go amiss :) :)up

YOYO NEWS:

Julian has doubled up to 14.5k

Mateyboy limped, Jools made it 100, Mateyboy moved all-in, Jools called.

Jools: Ad Kh
Mateyboy:  Aspades 4s

any news on jeff buffenbarger

thx

Go On Jen!!!!

Any news on the blonde one himself?

How long to go today?

Back from a spot of lunch, my ceaser salad had an egg in it....as did my burger?!?!

Here is last years Monte Carlo EPT winner, Rob Hollink.



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Great news, it looks like we can abandon the Thunbnails & revert to proper pics, so here we go with the first. This is Elky, against whom Jen just made that daring play. Elky had been making it 750 to go EVERY hand, he's well aggressive. He is a huge online cash player, big reputation, & he was here in Deauville last year, but he had dyed blonde hair then. Men messing with their hair colours, whatever next?

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GOOOO on jules!!!!! :D :D

A sad looking Paul Parker, maybe he has lost his voice?



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Just had a call from Bernard Litman who is on Isabelle Merciers table to say they are being moved onto the tv table.......he sayd she is playing really well and dominating the table. He is just waiting his turn to get a monster hand and double up......

Julian Gardner -- 14k
Martin Green -- 20.5k (although he was more interested in Barny's first hand of the day)
Hawko -- 4k

Talking of Barny's first hand, he hit a straight flush on the turn with 2c 5c

His opponent held top pair Queen with a nut flush draw.

He did infact hit the flush, but didn't realise he'd lost.

Ahh well, I guess he'll turn that into a bad beat story when he tells the Mrs where that 4k went.

Go Jen :)

1st Jen
2nd Monty

 ;) ;ifm;

Sandy

Smokin' Steve looks to be seeking advice.



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Niec work Julian, more of the same required! Good to see Jen teaching the Big Boys how to play properly!

Cheers for the update - appreciated

And another for all you Norkage fans, Isabelle with a HUGE stack, 40k approx, if you are really board you can count them....



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If like yesterday then 10 x 1 hour levels. With dinner and rest breaks if anything like yesterday it will finish about 1.30am

How long left today? We play 10 x 1 hour levels, with a 15 minute break after every 2 levels, & a 1 hour dinner break. We began at about 2.30pm France time, thats 1.30pm proper time. There are 172 players left in today's flight.

hi all just caught up with today.

fantastic reporting as usual keep up the good work.

whats happened to riverdave????
didnt think he played yesterday though i did miss the middle few pages of updates.

anyone any idea???

ask and you shall recieve

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Jan Sorensen -- 36k
Vicky Coren -- 21k
Isabelle Mercier -- 37k
Anina Gundesen -- 24k
Martins Golser -- 21k
Ture Seidelin -- 40k

Chip leader = Thierry Cazals -- 46k

Just ahead of tikay who had 45.9k


Rory Liffey, Edgar Skjervold, & Copenhagen Champ Mads Andersen are all out.


Thx to Rolf Slotboom for helping out with some of those foreign names.

RiverDave? He DID play yesterday, but I can't recall if he survived. The entire Day One Flight One Overnight Chip Count is on Page 1 or 2 of this thread.

riverdave got knocked out yesterday by gus hansens cousin

cus raised with  Aspades Qs
 
dave called in the bb with  4d Ad

flop comes   Td 7d 3s

cousin bets 750  dave raises 2500  cousin goes allin   dave calls with 2500 left

turn  3h  giving more outs

river blank so cousin wins with aq high

thanks tikay how dumb of me!  :blonde:

thanks for the info 77dave appreciate it.

unlucky mr penly

Here's Thewy.

Doubled up second hand against Greg Raymer.

Nearly lost the lot with QQ v 888.

Doubled up again with AK against A-4.

He gets more action in a few levels than I get in a fortnight. Shame about that scarf though. He wears it in bed, you know.

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I just saw Hawko lingering about in the lobby area so it looks like he's OUT. He'd been shortstacked all day though and couldn't seem to catch a break.

Thanks Tikay for an excellent job.
And GL to Jen.
Just to let you know I'm glued to my screen
Please keep me up to date with Isabelle's action

Neil Channing is out. He had pocket twos on a 2J3 board. It all went in and his vanquisher held 33...

Willie Tann down to about 3k. He's getting slowly chipped away.

"I getting no hands" he told me.

"Best I see recently is pocket jacks. Flop comes AK9, I have to pass." as he turns away to gently rib a dealer for being lazy.

set over set!
thats tough

Thank you Ironside :) 


I shall try once more...  Can someone please find out how poker q's mum weed is doing?  Pretty please...

Can anyone now confirm if Hawko is out.

Many thanks

Just caught up the last three hours worth of updates.

Sterling job Ponoys, Tikay and Flushy too !

Come on Jen  ;cheerleader;

Dave Colclough -- 6k
Barny Boatman -- 16k
Ewan Hardie -- 8.5k
Ben Grundy -- 11k
Sverre Sundbo -- 21k
Emil Petit -- 25.5k

Cheers

Not forgetting Mr Raab tho.

Martin Green is now on 31.1k after betting 6k into a 6d Kd 3d.

Scandieboy folded. Martin informed me that he had a set.

Jen = 14.875k

The players are now going on a one hour dinner break. The food is pretty good here in Homer Simpson's favourite casino.

some more chippy counts:

Iwan Jones -- 9.5k
Tony Cascarino -- 12k (12 yellow 1k chips)
Peter Roache -- 11k
Carlo Citrone -- 15.7k
Micky Wernick -- 17k (appantly peaking)
Steve Vladar -- 7.5k
Paul Parker -- 9k
Willie Tann - 3.5k

Dohville

is simon zach still in please snoppy?

 :redcard: :redcard: :redcard: :redcard: :tikay:

Terrible pun

We don't know, but we're not surprised that you do

Rob Hollink is now on 14k.

He bet 2.5k into a 4k pot. Board = 5d 4d Tc 8c

Opponent folds.

any news of jeff buffenbarger

thx

I'll go get a pic and a count for you now

Surinder Sunar is on 23k.

His 2.1k bet into a board of 5c Ahrt 9d Kh won him the last hand before din dins.


Jen has a seat near the door so hopefully will have made it to the front of the queue.

Simon Zach is still in. He moved tables early doors.

I'll grab a chip count when they return.

Hawko confirmed as out.  Unlucky mate :|

Ariston any chance of asking how weed is getting on please? ;)

Patrick Antonius is doing his nuts online.

He's only playing 300/600 limit Omaha Hi-Lo

I would have joined him myself, but the games a little small for my liking.  ;tk;

Aww poor Zelda is getting ignored...

So can someone find out how weed is doing!

Ironside  :-* :-* :-* :-*

Ari ok to speak to you about that thing around 9?
ps ty poppet :)

who is weed?

Zelda is unignorable!

Who in the month of Sundays is Weed?!?!  :dontask:

 :hello: How is Weed doing ?

poker q's mum - blonde, attractive - dont know how you missed her...

Bill and Bens Mate?

How is weed doing please??

If Zelda asked me to I would swim over and find out for her

She is smoking......................sorry.....

Awww Red  :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

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Weed -- 12k

thank you

Still din dins here.


dum di dum


Weather nice over there?

Slight chill here.

ahhhhhhhh

-- breaking news --

Weed has been smoked out.


ps. Who is Weed?

Yay - thanks guys - people power!!!  ;);)

ty spoony...zelda if you ping me at 9pm thats fine

Spoony wants evreyone to do the quizz in the break, so run along!

Snoops we demand a proper chip count for Weed.

Photographic evidence is required.

Just be4 the break, I recall an aces v aces hand.

Mateyboy squared.

There was a big yelp, a few people gathered around the table, even Paul Parker couldn't resist finding out what all the fuss was about.

Anyway, 4 spades on board. Mateyboy #1 had made a flush.

Ouch. Like a firm kick in the testicles.

Yes, good point Mr Flush. Do the quiz guys. That's an order!

Get quizzing or else...

QUIZ (http://www.blondepoker.com/quiz/024000.html)

too easy

Hi Guys....

Can you please let me know how madturk is getting on??

Cheers,

SHAA --- BOOOM

Ps...  Hes mad you know...     and of course Weed...

Ty

Myself Ponsy and Jon are a bit bored here, so we are trying to decide, which is the best card protector?



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Will do... as soon as they finish din dins.

It's tricky to obtain Weed's chip count because he covers his stack with his arms.

I'll bend his ear when he returns.

...You don't see many silver horses sliding off a crystal in leeds.

Snail for me

The my little pony card protector obviously belongs to a female player :)

"little things" springs to mind

weeed is a woman you silly ponsy

Hello Guys, Ben here...

I snuck off to kip last night as i too felt dreadful, my kidneys ache, my back hurts, my head hurts and im coughing up all sorts of nasty stuff!

after 18 hours in bed i feel a bit better and hopefullly will stick around until the end today...

Shaa - MadTurk i am informed by Ben Fried is out, he was up to 30k at one point but MadTurk being MadTurk i think he tried to win the tourney on day 1!

We're on a dinner break for the players at the moment so when they all return i will dash out and get some piccy's for you guys, anyone in particular? I've seen a few posts looking for gorgeous men, give me 30 minutes and im sure i can get a few of me up here ;) LOL.

Up amongst the chip leaders currently is a very gorgeous Isabelle Mercier, she is occupying the the seat on the TV table to the dealers right. She has 47k

the players are now returning and will resume in 2 minutes i believe so hold your breath guys....

Ben

Ironside is 100% correct. We do indeed want weed!

Can we have a story or two on Mr Dave Colclough's day please?

I can describe him for you if you like?

Julian is up to 19k and we are off again.

I managed to win a HU online after Snippy's conversation fell apart.

1st prize is 480,000 Euros and a seat at the EPT Event in Monte Carlo.

Crikey. Not bad...

Ok news flash from Dave "El Blondie" Colclough:

I built up to 17k then had a guy all in before the flop AK vs A8. He hit an 8!


Ouch.

Sounds horrible, hope you feel more better soon Ben  :-*

ok just had a text from zach...hes got 12500 and they have just restarted. blinds 150 300.

He then continues:

I then made a nut straight vs a flush and was down to 3k....

hows paul parker doing and what level of blinds are they going to be on when they come bac.............

Awww poor Ben :(  I knew I should have gone, I could have looked after you ;)

Its not a snail, its a turtle.

His latest text reads:

I've since doubled up with AQ vs KQ.

Our hero is back in it guys, watch this space!!

Dave Colclough -- 4.5k
Simon Zach -- 10.6k

Jen Mason is on 16k.

One hand of interest:

Mateyboy raises 800 under the gun.

Jen flat calls.

Flop = 8h 9c Kd

Mateyboy bets 1200.

Jen makes it 2500


My spider senses tell me that Mateyboy has found hi fingers firmly trapped in the cookie jar.

He gives it the oscar winning performance and then folds.

Iwan Jones is OUT.

A-K v A-Q on an A-Q-rag flop.

Steve Vladar is OUT.

Kings v Aces.

Zoiks!

Here's our Jen, sat alongside Vicky Coren. I had Dinner with Jen, & she said today was the best day she could remember for a very long time, & she is having an absolute ball. So Mum, Dana, & her special friends will know just how much today means to her. And she ain't finished yet!

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 :hello: Snippy, hope you've recovered from the other night now!

And back to the pictures....Jen taking in yet another pot, with Vicky C looking on.



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As promised Simon Zach in action...



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Something for Kev....

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Yesterday the "TD Team" led by Thomas Kremser & Marina wore black suits with gold ties, today they've gone purple or lilac or whatever this colour is - pink is it? Anyway, even the Plasma screen is colour co-ordinated with their colour of the day! I like it.

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Just caught up.

Fantastic updates, but we still want the male totty!

Oh and I preferred the turtle.




Jane - thanks for filling me in on the US standings..  Sorry it took so long for me to say thanks.

Here is one for both camps.

Isabelle sitting on her monster stack and big TK making sure all is well in TV land!



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Bernard Litman double's up, all in pre flop with 88 vs AK, and 8 on the flop sealed the deal.

Lord Wernick of Deauville sitting on 19,000 chips, with this rather intresting looking lady.

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Snoops given that Coren lass a "'ow you doin?" from The Baron.;)

Is Kevin Fitzpatrick still in? I know he was shortstacked at the break.

New text from the Colclough....

"Struggling on 4.5k!"

Come on Dave!!!!

Lord Wernick in action.

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Er... do you two have a past?  ;)

... or will she think I'm just a looney?  ;goodvevil;



Julian has just folded pocket tens to a raise and a reraise preflop.

Rising from his chair, Jools noticed that the other guy had aces.

On a 7-9-5 flop, Mateyboy #1 pushes all-in.

Mateyboy #2 calls with pocket queens.

Nice escape for Jools.

There was just an anouncement for players wanting a 2000 Euro Sit'n'Go.

Anyone lend me 1800 Euros?

If anyone following the Irish players on Ante's up want to know why the updates have dried out on there, this might have something to do with it!



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Yikes! The Terminator's playing an STT.



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Ben thanks for the update....  Thats the last time I bet on the Mad Turk :D


This upset stomach etc isnt a total poker bug??  by any chance??

Tell Dubai to have a nice glass of REDDDDDDDDDD and dpommo and Hawk I said Hello....

Cheers....

Our Jen, & Vicky Coren. Had dinner with Jen, she is having an absolute BALL today, not nervous, & this has been the best day in her life for some time. Mum, Dana, & her special friends will understand.

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Snoops, of course she knows who I am!

Praise silence for Villa legend and Holte End Hero...

... Tony Cascarino (in the air)



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Well good for her, and what a great smiley pic!

come on Jen!!!!

Fancy a bit of Heads-Up action with one P. Antonius? He's sat here, playing online.

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pic of weed is where?

Correct Red, you can't fake that smile of Jen's, it goes all the way through. In fact, I've had a bad day, & she spent all the dinner break trying to cheer ME up. Some girl.

Willie Tann must be sitting opposite Mercier, Coren, and Jen.

The bottle is to catch his drool.

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Eh just like being there WELL DONE TEAM BLONDE  :)up :)up :)up

State of the tournament at around, nearly exactly, but not quite, 20:30 Tikay time



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keep going Jen, kick some arse

Down willie.. :D :D :D

Here is a little breakdown for you, participants by nationality:

France 90 22%
UK 89 22%
Sweden 58 14%
USA 35 8%
Denmark 30 7%
Norway 27 7%
Holland 12 3%
Ireland 12 3%
Canada 8 2%
Germany 8 2%
Italy 7 2%
Austria 6 1%
Finland 6 1%

Other Countries 46 6%

434 runners, at 4000 Euros a pop, thats a tasty 1,736,000 Euro prize pool!

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Here's a few chip counts for you to get your teeth into...

Simon Zach -- 18k
Ben Grundy -- 23k
Carlo Citrone -- 12k
Jennifer A Mason -- 18k
Vicky Coren -- 20k
Paul Parker -- 8.5k
Dave Colclough -- 4k
Surinder Sunar -- 19k
Tony Cascarino -- 14.5k
Barney Boatman -- 5k
Rob Hollink -- 7k
Dan Samson -- 6k
Willie Tann -- 2.7k
Julian Thew -- 15k
Micky Wernick -- 26k
Pokergirl -- 19.5k
Sverre Sundbo -- 9.5k
Martin Green -- 49k

Anyone hungry?

This club sandwich has been sat next to myself Jon and Snoops for about 5 hours now!

Can you tell we are a little bored?



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...and as you can see, its still chipped up!

I didn't know Jennifer was A Mason

Sverre Sundbo has just walked into the press area. He's cursing and swearing (in Norwegian) with a face that says it all.

You don't need to know his language to know that he's suffered a bad beat when all in against some muppet who doesn't know what he's doing....

Ben Grundy was on 11,000 when he found Q6 sooooted on the button, he made a standard raise to nick the blinds, the BB then re-raised, never one to give up Ben decided this was a re-steal and re-raised all in. The BB called, with AA :(


















But he hit  :D :D

Now on 22k!

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Looks like weed has a new fan  :D :D :D :D :D

Any pics of the woman?  or shall i ask ironside to ask?  :D :D :D

Weed update:

:( After qualifying with only one seat available Weed has been harshly KO'd from the EPT :(

Limped in with  Td Th under the gun, terminal raiser raised (oooh ahhh), crazy Frenchie calls, all folded back round to Weed who pushed all in.

TR (terminal raiser) passes and CF (crazy Frenchie) dwells and eventually calls showing....

 Ahrt 7d


Flop   Ad   Jd  7h  3d 5h





Au reviour la Weed. :( :(


Zut a frikkin lors!

Just a little something from me...

Dave Colclough seems to be down to one move now with his short stack...i saw him push all in from the button on Barny Boatmans blind with AT. After a bit of a dwell Barny passed and DC added another much needed 700 chips to his stack.

Meanwhile Jen doesn't seem to be content with anteing away, she is attacking the table every chance she gets...GO JEN!!!

Anyone know the French word for doctor?

chow for now.

Ben

Come on guys i got nothing to do!

requests?

oh no thats harsh bella :(:(

flob-a-lob-a-lob-alolb.. Unlucky weed  :( :( x

more pics please... of weed, bella, hawk, pommo, dubai and kp pretty please :D :D

Thewy found AK & a short stack moved in with 4-4, in went the chips, down came the K, out went the short stack, Thewy up to 28k, current average is 18k. Goooo Thewy!

Then Jen more than doubled up, she is over 40k now, with the monster Q-3. Gooooo Jen!

Stick 'em both down for Day Two!

Hallo , Just checking in again , Gl Jen , Weed (Although only know her from Pq) , More pics of Vicky would be cool ;)

Paul

Fantastic... Gooooo onn jen Gooooo on Thewwwy..

 :)up :)up :)up :)up :)up

Watched Mickey Wernick for a while earlier on. His stacj jumped from about 19k to 24k and this is how.

Two see the flop, Mickey v Sonny Jim. Missed the preflop betting but Sonny Jim made a smallish raise, which MW called.

Flop

Ts 9s Jh

SJ bets 1,100, Mickey calls.

Turn 8h , Sonny checks, Mickey bets 700, which is called.

River 6d , Mickey bets 2,100. The Jimster calls but nods and mucks when Lord W shows Qh 9h and the 9k plus pot is shipped his way.

Hawko has dissapeared, Dubai and Pommo are stuck on the virtual horses, KP i havent seen for a few hours and i think Weed and Bella have gone off somewhere. sorry zelds!

what about a request of me and the other blondies?

Can I have a pic of sexy snoops and the other Blondies? ;)

Can we have a pic of Zelda Snoops?

GOOOOOOOO JENNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!

Hey Red you can have as many as you like hunny  :D :D

Ul weed , Gooooooooo Jen :)

Pics are so 1990s

Any video ? ;)

Snoop, have sent my "'ow you doin'?" yet?

Don't make me come down there!

PM me one, but no "arty" stuff

i think zelda would definetely be classed as what the blondies are calling norkage

10/10

Who?!?!

How's Isabelle doing now ?
And GL Jen

Aaaaaaaayyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr


.........delayed reaction for Jen's Q3 coup. Flop was 332. Her victim had 23 and the Q on the turn sealed the deal. The bulk of the money went in on the river.

There's a player on the TV table who's playing his first live comp.

He shaking every hand and must have sweaty palms.

And that's just because of Mercier...  ;tk;

snoops

Zelda is an 11
Fact !!!!

;)

Jeff Buffenbarger is OUT.

Jacks v Big Slick

Apparantly someone else folded Ace King.

Any news on Ouday Hikary??

Oops was that Ben before? 

More pics of Ben pls  :D :D :D

can we get a pic of weed for zelda please

and zelda i am hurt you flirting with red dog after i put my pics ups

Welldone Jen keep pushing girl ;cheerleader;All the blondes behind ya, Great surport, keep smiling  8)

One for the Wolves fans, if there are any - Surinder Sunar, with a beaming Paul Parker next door.

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Dont be hurt hunny  :-* :-* :-*
;)

It's ok Iron, I'm to shy to worry about, every time I get near her I turn to jelly

Here's a Gala Notts regular, Ian McDonald

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Well then Red, jst wobble on over and say jello...
 :D :D


i'll get my coat

You KNOW who this is. Opposite him, the smiling guy is a real lovely man, but I can never recall his name. He won the €500 comp at this Fessie last year, Lucky Jim Moult was 5th & another world-class pokerist was 6th.

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phew, just caight up

can someone out there tell thewy not to piss them chips away again.
tell him to think rocky thoughts

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You've found the level Matt, that tickled me

Bloggers Corner, with a couple of the Gutshot boys, & Neil Bad-Beat Channing who seems to be puckering up for a kiss.

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Any chip counts from Isabelle at the featured table? I can only assume you haven't counted them because she has too many to count.  :)

And congrats to Jen for making the most out of Q-3!

The fly-catcher is Martin Green, who must be about Chip Leader, he has 55k+ now. He's a mean player once he gets chips, R, R, R.....

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Tikay --

The girl in the photo from the "Blogger's Corner" is Jen Leo, a sometime poker journalist, and girlfriend of John Caldwell, editor of PokerNews.com. Unfortunately, John played yesterday, and busted out after the dinner break. But apparently Jen is still helping out somebody with coverage! (I'm envious ...)

Julian is sitting (if you can say that with Julian) on 35k.

He's been in top yoyo form today.

Any word on Dave's shortstack?

Julian Gardner, who has just picked up a Sponsorship deal with Virgin Poker. We did some work with Viirgin, & it went well, so I saw  Ali from Virgin yesterday, had a little meet, & we look like we will hook up again soon. (But I need to speak to the blonde Tourney Manager to sort it, are you there Mr Iron?).

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The TV table is not in existence anymore.

... which is great news for me as I won't have to listen to the tedious drones of the announcer any more. wooo

Martins a top man, he came second to George Geary in the Grand Prix at Star City last year, and numerous other results... I think he's Ken Barlow on Betfair. 8)

   Excellent updates again guys :)up

   What's the latest on DC

   cheers

Snoops can you please wish Martin Green all the best from me :)up

Jen -- 34.1k
Julian -- 35k
Garner -- 23.5k
Martin Green -- 77.5k
Paul Alterman -- 10.5k
Willie Tann -- 5.5k

Cmon on the blondes, bring home the bacon.

Mmmmm... bacon.  :kiv:

Brown sauce on mine please.

New text from Mr Burns:

"Still grinding away with 4.5k."

If anyone types words of support here I'll make sure they are text to him!

Isabelle was around 50k at the break and feeling very confident

ask Ali to contact me when he gets backs from his travels and we will sort something out

Lets have a triple up for DC !!!!!!

Snoops,can you tell DC this


Maen rhaid curo hon dros Gymru 

DC updates are getting more and more difficult.

There are loads of onlookers standing around the tables when they really should be on the sidelines.

Makes it bloomin hard to get to the other end of the room where DC is located.

Kinda sux really, you either have to push passed a load of folk or make a massive detour.

It wasn't like this yesterday. I'm gonna have to have a quick word with Thomas Kremser.


Rant aside, El Blondie is clinging with 5k.

He's had aces twice, both on the big blind, with neither hands receiving action.

According the blonde one, the bigges pot he's played is 2k.

Must be great viewing on that table!

I can't. It's English only at the table.  8)

Not gibberish...

Dave Colclough asks one or two of you?

Up to around 7k now, & remarkably happy all things considered. He says he is on the tightest table on earth, they have not lost ONE player since the first hand, when Barney bust someone with his straight flush. What Barney was doing Raising the first hand, UTG, with 5-2 is something of a talking point, but it sure was hard to put him on 5-2!

Sp, Dave grinding away, don't be giving up on our Monty, whatever you do. He is sponsored by Littlewoods today, shame his name is not Pauls.

There might be one other Welshy still left but I'm not too sure. Uoday Hikary. I don't know if he's been knocked out yet.

Bob hwyl  :)up

paul parker..........still in?

Ok thanks Snoopy but if you get a chance....

Zelda I have sent the photos.... :kiss:

Roughly how many people are still playing now?

I see Jen's Mum is watching, that's good news, as Jen was gonna send her a Text to say she was having a grand day.

Jen's Mum is quite lovely, as many of you who met her at blonde Bash will testify, and she's not quite as cranky as Jen.

I rung Jen's Mum one day last week & she said "Linda speaking", & she insisted I call her Linda, rather than Jen's Mum, but she's Mum as far as I am concerned. Anyway, Mum/Linda/Lynda/Nice Lady, your Daughter is in great, great, spirits.

Yes, Paul Parker still in, & we have exactly 100 runners left with just over 3 levels to go until close of play.

The malaise that afflicted snippy yesterday, & Ben this morning, has claimed another victim, & poor Flushy has taken to his bed , not feeling at all well. Thanks to both of them from all of blonde for their help. They have been willing & enthusiastic Updaters, even if they struggle to play the game.

Jen's Mum is also a very aggressive defender of her blinds. :D

Okay, this Hikery fella....

Going by Iwan Jones' description.

Shrt brown hair
quiff
Brown shirt
early 20s

He's on 16.5k

I'll get a photo to confirm it's him.

Simon Zac please guys ?


And NORKAGE !!!!

Dewi I sent that message to DC. (Took about 10 mins to put into my phone! :D)

He says:

Diolch!

Blinds = 300/600
Ante = 75

Quality. He's doing OK then.

Desciption sounds like him although I'm not too sure about the quiff thing. lol

Hello Jen's mum  :hello:

You've got a lovely daughter, but don't tell her I said so

(Gotta maintain my tough guy image)

anynews on simon zac ??

Hello RED-DOG.  :hello:

So have you. You can tell her I said so.

Are you still okay to pay for the wedding?

Some Simon Zach news...

I had just been to fetch him a glass of water and returned to see him facing a decision for all his chips. There was quite a lot in the pot but Simon had another 15k or so left. His opponent had moved all in on the river with the board of

4h 7d 3h Jc 6s

After quite some time Simon passed and his opponent showed his Ah 2h. I gave him his water and exited swiftly after a conciliatory shrug of the shoulders.

Rob Hollink and PokerGirl are OUT.

Pictures please, i would like (in no particular order):-

Poker Q
Her mum Weed
The stunning Zelda
Sarah (heids niece)

Colclough news.

Grinding away, down to 4,200, he finds  Aspades 8d & decides to move in. The Granite Rock to his right, who last played a hand in November moves in first, so Dave decides he can wait for another spot. Billy Big Stack callls though, with  Ahrt 5d, & the board comes  Ad 6d 7c 9h Tc......

Doh!

Cheers sloppy,  :)up

Yes I'll pay for the wedding, you can pay for the rest of your life

Apple, Chanel Perfume Spray, giant chip stack, big smile. Isabelle Mercier, especially for her Mum, Surprise.

xx

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cheers guys great coverage by the way only found out about this site but loving it already


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Next Mission Tikay

Get her phone number please

i agree

Wow.. great picture...mmmmmm thats one tasty looking piece of fruit ;) ::) ::)

Victoria Coren loses a 30k pot, im afraid to say i wasn't impressed at all by her play....it panned out like this,

Matey UTG raises to 1800 with 300/600 blinds and 75 ante. She re raises out of the SB to 5000, matey calls and we see a flop of T82 rainbow.

Vic checks, matey checks,

turn 7h, still a rainbow board, Vic checks, matey checks.

River 4 and Vic quickly reaches for a stack of chips, of which she didn't count. was about 10k (pot)

matey quickly calls and shows JJ for the overpair, Vic turns over AcKc.

Seemed to me like she had AK and in my opinion she played it badly to leave her just 10k

A shame because her and Jen (who is to her left) have both played solidly in the early levels and now she needs to get busy and regain some chips.

On the brighter side of things Martin Green is the chip leader i believe with 105k, he busted Jan Sorensen with a flopped set of 10's and said to me "i had him on tilt because i just kept re raising him, eventually he got the hump and i took his chips!". Quality Martin, I expect him to do well.

Meanwhile Willie Tann is battling back from the brink of elimation having been down to a few chips for a long period in the tournament he is now on 16k.

Ben Grundy is struggling on 11k and Jen is maintining her 40k stack nicely :):):)

I on the other hand, still feel sick as a parrot and the only thing keeping me going in the buzz from writing these updates, its incredible the atmosphere around here and i cannot wait until we get down to the final stages. Its going to be fantastic, especially if the Brits carry on how they're doing. 

Ben

(Sunday8pm)

 ;welcome; ;welcome; :hello: :hello:

My camera's batteries have died so there will be no more from it today (the ones flushie was posting).  Still,Tikay is more than capable of taking and posting some more snaps, but there's no guarantee of norkage.

Got it Skippy, but she gets cross if I give it to strange men.

Here's Barny Boatman, and if you have good eyes, you can see Jen on the table behind, & snippy lurking as ever. snippy is as good as gold, I've given him a hard time today, but he just keeps on working & smiling & generally amusing everyone. We need to fatten him up a bit though. How lucky are blonde to have Jen, snippy, Alright Jack, Ben & Flushy all helping out, Tighty & Dingdell weighing in at Luton, Heid ditto at Gutshot, Couch Kev always around to help, Chili in the wings, & others too numerous to mention, all ready to help.

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87 runners left, ave stack 25,000, blinds 300-600 with a running ante of 75, 30 minutes left at this level, & 2 more levels before close of play. So how many will survive to Day 2 Proper? Come on, give us your best guess.

Hope you are feeling better Ben  :-* :-* :-* :-*

and everyone else ill  :D

53 my guess tikay

61 for me

Poor Ben feels rough & looks rough, but he's as game as a pebble, & he's greatly impressed me with his effort & enthusiasm. Hope he feels better tomorrow. He has a genuine passion for the game, & this transmits itself through his Posts.

is PAUL PARKER still in

Barny Boatman and Dave Colclough are both OUT.

Paul Parker IS still in, & we are trying to confirm that Dave Colclough & Barny Boatman have both fallen by the wayside.

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Awww :( yep he impressed me with his enthusiasm too...  He loves the game and deserves to do well :)

And the best thing for a lazy reporter to do is...



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what's the story with monty and the boatman?

Boatman is definitely OUT. Either that or he is lying to my face and taking is very easy on the rail:

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The Monty & Boatman stories to folow soonest, but news is coming through that Jen is up to over 50k after a truly astonishing play, calling a big bet on the end with bottom pair - K-2, the two hit - and winning the pot!

Is it just me or does this seem uncomfortable?



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Great to hear Jen's still in and going strong  :)up :)up  

Lord Mickey of blue square ??  

Jen just keeps going and going.  I think she runs on Duracell....

UTG big stack has flat callled and Jen makes it 1,500 to go from the big blind.

flop is 2c Jh  Ahrt

Jen bets 2,500. UTG calls

Turn 5s

Jen bets 4,500. UTG slightly decreased stack calls.

River is Tc

Jen checks, UTG bets 5,000.

Jen thinks for like 30 secs then calls.

UTG has Kh 7h

Jen has Kd 2h

Jen's bottom pair takes down a nice pot and she's up to over 50K!!

HarlemShuffle.

This fella is playing an STT. He fits your description. Is it Hikery?





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 :respect:

jen is playing really well.
                                  goooooooo jen.

Courtesy of Ben:

Paul Parker -- 14k
Isabelle Mercier -- 70k
Carlo Citrone -- 23k
Ben Grundy -- 14k
Julian Thew -- 30k
Tony Cascarino -- 35k
Micky Wernick -- 37k
Julian Gardner -- 35k
Martin Green -- 97k
Vicky Coren -- 14k
Jen Mason -- 50k

Gooo Jen!  ;cheerleader;

Great call Jen keep on going  8)

Aaaah. Don't they look sweet. How could you ever think these two were a couple of tea-leaves??



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still waiting for that monty and the boatman story!!!

Crikey O'Reilly! Looks like Micky is feeling the pressure.

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Off Topic...

My girlfriend just rang me to remind me that its Valentine's Day next week and if I'm not there with her I'm going to get crucified.

She says she wants a diamond ring as a present, but she'll settle for me proposing to her.  She is 4 months pregnant with my baby btw. Whatdya reckon I should do?

Na, thats not him I'm afraid. My man is a bit thicker set and his hair is shaved on the sides.

Nevermind! Thanks loads for looking though. You've been a star!!!
The updates today have been top notch.

I'm calling it a night now so hope you enjoy the rest of the evening. Good luck Jen too!!

Right. HarlemShuffle. I believe this is Hikery. Please tell me I am right. 5.10, early 20s, short brown hair with a slight quiff, brown shirt. If it's not him, then Hikery has a twin!  ;tk; ;)



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get her the ring

marry the lady jack    ;goodluck;

Normally i say "if in doubt erm push all in" but erm......

plus a diamond  ;goodluck;

zach looks really uncomfortable because hes not used to still being in at this stage with chips (just rang me hes got 30k).

RUN RUN RUN

Guys any chance of a pic of Anina Gundesen please

I don't know how to tell you this mate. Sorry, na.... that's him I'm afraid. I think Ewan has thrown you off a bit with the quiff thing. His hair, every time I've ever seen him, is gel'd down flat. Oh well.......

This has been like a game of where's Wolly! Sorry for all this. He'll be easier to find on the final table hopefully!! ;-)

Edit: I meant Where's Wooly!

i would like a picture of isa and her lovely big stack....dont you dare tell her I asked lol

He must be out then because no-one else fits the description.

Well, at least you got a couple of pics of some randoms.

It's like the picture round on A Question of Sport.

Marry her, Thank your lucky stars that you have someone who loves you, and look forward to the best time of your life

Paul Alterman -- 23k
Micky Wernick -- 41k
Carlo Citrone -- 14k
Willie Tann - around 50k
Jen Mason -- 48.5k
Anina Gundesen -- 20k
Vicky Coren -- 11.2k
Julian -- 42.5k
Julian Gardner -- 44.5k

Cheers Snoops, and the rest of the team. Top work today and keep going. Enjoy the rest of it, and everyone back home keep enjoying the updates.
Gooooooo night.

400/800 (100)
72 remaining

Ben Grundy is OUT.

A blondeite takes out a blondeite.

He reraised his last 7k with K-J only to run into Julian's A-Q.

Nothing arrived and the milky bars are no longer on him. Bah.

This is an obvious bluff Jon, easy call I reckon  ::)

Vicky Coren is out!

She pushed her remaining 12 and a bit k with pocket threes and was called by pocket tens. No help and a ten on the turn sealed the deal.

I say save the money and buy a Ferrari.  ;goodvevil;

Don't worry Jon, proposing doesn't tie you in to the full contact - it's more like a probationary period ;)

We seem to have technical problems again at this end, bear with us please......

Its took me 2 hours to catch up to present time and you are having problems your end!!  8)

Great updates as always guys, thouroughly entertaining and thankfully informative.  Tikay - give Jen a big kiss from me next time you see her, and i suppose Julian can have one also.

Any sightings of Jan Boubli Tikay ?  ;)

OK Chili, two kisses coming up, though I fancy Julian will be the most grateful of the two.

Karabiner - YELLOW CARD.

Something you not been telling us Julian?

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whats the story with El-blondie, is he really out, if so what happened?

Just for Ari, here's Isa stirring her coffee, while Willie seems to have a face as long as a donkey, but he's spun 2k up to 60k in less than an hour and is running over his table now.

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Jen is still running strong with just under 50k.

Big TK Thomas Kremser is looking immacualte as usual.

He's even gone for a pink tie and hankie. Brave move... but he pulls it off no trouble.

He's one cool cucumber.

Dave is definitely OUT.

He tends to disappear in a hurry when he exits comps, so we have no details.

Can't blame him though with Rhowena to come home to.  ;goodvevil; ;D

How long to go?

You lot must be cream crackered

Sorry, we don't know how Dve Colclough busted out, he left the arena before we could get the low-down. Best not to chase him in those circumstances.

How long go go?, asks Red. 1 whole level, plus 8 minutes. And there are only 58 runners remaining, so tonights list of survivors will be much smaller than we anticipated.

Here's Blackpool's answer to Isabelle, Simon Zach.

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Challenge you not to smile when you see this guy. Paul Parker.

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I'm flattered Ariston, thank you.

Jeeeezz, another whole level to go - I may not make it, so will catch up first thing demain.  Many thanks for terrific updates and pix; my poor 'pooter has been on most of the day.  Lind.... er, Jen's mum

Paul Paker, as smart as ever

Soooooooooo funny :D :D :D

How happy with life does Julian Gardner look?

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Ask and you shall receive... so here's the piccy of Anina Gundesen that someone requested.



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cheers Snoopy

The waiter service in here is terrible. I ordered my club sandwich over 2 hours ago. He still didn't serve it with a smile. Bah!



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Anina Gundesen is OUT

A-K v A-3

Flop came 2-4-5

Aye Carumba!  :o

Guess I bokked her with that piccy.  ;tk;

jonathon did you find out why that guy kept asking you for water yesterday?

and where is the stag night?

Great reporting as ever guys of to catch up on some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Good Luck to all blondites left, and roll on tomorrow, didn't think anything could ever keep me indoors as much as blondepoker forum does.

Well done guys  :cheers:

Burnley John is involved in an STT. Can't these guys take a day off?  ;tk;

Anyway, he said that he has to play to recuperate the losses of his lady friend when she plays an STT. I asked him if that meant I'd have to play after him, and he agreed. Blimey.

You may be able to make out a red curtain in the background. To get to the press room on the stage, you have to go through there. That means passing the crowd of randoms that seem to have ammassed inbetween the tables. Bloomin pain in the backside, especially when both Dave and Jen were sitting down the other end of the room, as people seemed to gather in all spots.

Time to bend Big TK's ear I think.



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Speaking of the press room, this is where the magic happens... and the constant disconnections of course.

If you look closely, you may be able to spot a young blonde working away at the back.



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Some of you may also recognise Rolf Slotboom second from the front.

I believe he is the current Dutch Champion.

I have a sidebet with him. 10 Euros! Eeeeek

Flushy's gotta outlast Dutchman Marc Nalden. Both made it to the second day although I'm not sure is was wise betting on a guy with a hangover. Ahh well, I have faith in Mr Flushy. (cough)

Hey Stoopy, any chance of some Blonde chip counts?

Keep up the good work! 8)

Willie Tann -- 57k
Jen Mason -- 47k
Paul Parker -- 21k
Martin Green -- 92k
Simon Zach -- 33k
Julian Gardner -- 98k

Gardner has all his chips in nice easy racks. Ahh, the rack, a gift from heaven.

46 players left.

15 minutes remaining.

Paul Alterman has virtually doubled through to 37k after finding aces v AJ

Board = 7s 5h 4c Qd 2d

Peter Roache -- 55k

Surely it was from the Spanish Inquisition?

Thanks though Snoops :)

Julian -- 67k

He's gone from yoyoing to well... just yoing I guess. Basically, he's only going up.

He eliminated Gala regular Ian McDonald with KK v AQ for a 25k pot.

Nice work Jools. Keep it up son.

Hi Jen's Mum. Jen has been whittling about you all day, wondering if you knew how she was getting on. That apart, she's as happy as a happy thing, really. Now get that Passport sorted, so you can jon us on some of these jaunts.

Sleep well.

xx

Nah... I meant a chip rack.

This very well turned out young man, in fulll Wiliam Hill regalia, won his seat by finishing, I think, 15th in the Caribbean Classic. I believe his name is John Hershaw. He was in great shape until his QQ was turned over by JJ, but he's battling on.

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Not long left now.

In fact... "dadadaaaaaaaada dadadadada dadadaaaaaaaada it's the final countdown"

Hi - great job you guys are doing!

Any chance of an update on young dane Tune Seidelin? Blonde guy who had +100 K chips a while ago..........

Let me know if you spot any Chip vices or Chip Iron Maidens...

Ian bought Julian dinner last night.

There's a fine way to repay him....

What a formidable opponent THIS guy is - Peter Roche. Sits at the table, totally relaxed, laughing & joking, his trendy scarf around his neck, but he's a killer. Don't mess with him.

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And they're done.

I think the most relieved man in the room is the security fella guarding the pressroom.

He's had a face like a smacked bottom all day.

Micky Wernick looked over the moon.

He has 50,075k

44 players move into Day 2 to join the other 57.

So, hopefully, we'll be whittling 101 trojans down to a final table of 8.

It's gonna be a hell of a day, especially with the likes of Flushy, Jen, Micky, Burnley John, Simon Zach, Paul Parker, among others all still in with a shot of that huge first prize.

Paul Alterman exited just before the break. He made a move with A-Q and ran into K-K, resulting him blowing a stack of around 35k.

Fantastic updating throughout the day TK , Snoopy and the team . Its been a rollercoaster. Go Jen and the guys tomorrow :D

Goodnight all :)

Paul

Well done everyone playing and updating.  Be on ere tomorrow, just stop me x

They're finished?

What lightweights, I'm just getting started

Wow, what a great day. From a sponsor's point of view its fantastic. Both Jen and Mickey safely through to day two, joining John and James. Four out of four, yeah baby!!!! 4% of the remaining runners. Hi fives all round. Yeahhhhh!!! Ayyyaaaaarrrrrrr!!!  Get in there!!!!

Hey, there's a long way to go, calm down calm down............deep breath.....

No idea, it was amusing all the same. Apparently he spilled the third bottle I brought him all over the table then did the same with his chips...

Stag night - I ain't proposed yet.......

who's been on the redbull??

That's about it from me. Thewy has about 65k, Jen 55k, Julian Gardner 99k, Mickey Werrnick 50k, all approx. Full counts will be up before play starts tomorrow, maybe in an hour or two if Mr Kremser gets them to us in time.

Big thanks to snoppy, Jonathan Rabb, Ben, and all of you watching at home.

We had some serious tech issues earlier in the day which freaked me out big time, but we muddled through somehow. To all those I got tetchy with, during the techy problems, I'm sorry.

It's been emotional.

xx

Right gang, time to wrap things up here.

It's been another exhausting day, but it's great to see so many familiar faces returning for Day 2.

I'd personally like to give a huge congrats to Jen and Micky who deserve everything they get. I sincerely hope that both make the final table. I'm not sure you'd be able to wipe the grin off their faces if that happened, but I've predicted big things for both of these peeps this week.

Good luck guys, we're all behind you.  :respect:

Julian? Say no more. This guy's always there or there abouts and it seem this week is no different. Keep going son!  :)up

And that goes for the Day 2 qualifiers too. Flushy, Foxy, Burnley John and co... bring home the bacon for the Brits.

Well, time to clock off for the night.

We'll see you back here tomorrow, please join us, the remaining blondeites would seriously welcome your support.  ;cheerleader;

Stick a fork in me, I'm done.

 ;sleep;

  ;applause; Very well done and thanks to all updaters.  ;applause;

  :)up Well done and best of luck to all the blonde survivors!  ;goodluck;

johnathonbut we know your going to propose just so we can have a trip round blackpool

Top updates guys, good luck to all blondeites tomorrow ayyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Good luck to all the blonde still going strong 8)

I am on the way to the LA poker classic and hopefully the great showings by everyone will inspire me to play my "A" game when I get there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring home the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


JUST WIN BABY, JUST WIN :D  

Great updates guys.

Wd to all blondes still going, and best of luck for tomnorrow

ps, more pics of poppets niece please!!


 ;letsparty; ;karabiner;

Sorry I disappeared late in the coverage, but my afternoon meetings hit full swing and I couldn't get away for even a moment. :(

Of course, the good news is that the time difference from Deauville, France to Austin, Texas (where I am at the moment) allows me to follow the tournament during convenient daylight hours, unlike all of you Europeans, who are forced to stay up late to keep up.

But both Isabelle and Jen are both going strong, so I'll definitely be back to follow tomorrow's coverage. I am gaining even more respect for Jen after her performance today ... now I want to see both of them at the Final Table!

Oh, and great job on the updates, everyone. Especially considering the fact that Jen was (fortunately) unavailable!

WTG GUYS (and gals)

I havent read much of this to be honest,,,,, as I wish I was there - its just too damn painfull!!

But GL to all blondites in!!!!!!!!!!!!

BRING IT HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just caught up with the updates.   I'm enjoying these as much as I can remember enjoying any others.

Fantastic news on those still in. Congrats all and best of luck tomorrow. Looking forward to an entire table full of Brits....How good would that be.

Snoops and the team!!   lol    Great reporting and thank you.

Cant wait til this afternmoon to see what happens   

Its soooooooo   exciting!

 ;karabiner;

 :)up :)up :)up                                   GREAT WORK ON THE UPDATES ONE AND ALL                                    :)up :)up :)up

Best of luck to all tomorrow especially, Jen, Thewy and Flushie- gl all! ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;cheerleader;

Just caught up from page 24.

Bloody brilliant reporting.


Well done Jen you star - keep it up - how kewl would it be for Jen to be the only
female final table player?  Amazing stuff.

Best of luck to all the Blondes still in for today.

Hopefully I will be able to keep up during work, so long as the boss leaves me alone.

T
xx

Just how lucky are we all to get updates of this quality ?    Big thanks to snoopy and the rest for some fantastic reporting   really enjoyable reading

Agreed. Anyone know roughly what time will day 3 start?

1860 people have read this thread....

that tells you everything you need to know......

nice to see a fair bit of tuna canoe entered this year

Great updates GL to all

B4Mat - Sheffield next Wednesday ???

GL all blondies remaining.
a Foxy - Julian 1-2 is my tip

A couple more exits from Day 1B that we may have missed:

Sverre Sundbo
Luca Pagano

Great updates Snoopy  ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

Please can you list the chip counts for the remaining players.


Thanks in advance  :)up

Douteb 142,925
Claude Cohen 117,450
Theo Jorgensen 111,175
Frederik Hostrup 105,850
Tune Seidelin 99,775
Julian Gardner 99,200
Martin Green 89,125
Mike Hermes 84,600
Mats Iremark 84,500
Henrik Olander 83,500
Sami Torbey 83,150
David Albertsson 75,100
Roy Brindley 73,925
Patric Martensson 73,325
Jerome Zerbib 73,100
Kristian Ulriksen 72,025
Jon Hewston 71,875
Brian Hansen 70,650
Bernard Greard 68,525
Torgny Andersson 67,450
Stuart Fox 66,600
Julian Thew 65,325
Johen Veyrac 64,550
Isabelle Mercier 63,650
Ram Vaswani 61,150
Jeff Sharpe 59,800
Ole Busborg Jensen 59,200
Emile Petit 58,625
Peter Roche 58,375
Jennifer Mason 55,900
Torstein Iversen 52,625
Xanthos Charalambos 51,175
Willie Tann 50,150
Mickey Wernick 50,075
Patrick Bruel 49,350
Shelle Mullet 47,725
Lex Veldhuis 47,050
Thomas 45,800
Stuart Nash 45,200
Kevin Coleman 45,125
Jacky Adda 44,975
Anders Henriksson 41,825
B. Gilbert 41,725
Demsey 40,550
Bouya 38,450
Mischi 37,200
Fougeron 36,950
Teddy Tuil 36,100
Erik Van Der Bourg 35,875
Michel Alberti 35,825
Daniel Nilsson 35,800
Marc Naalden 35,150
Simon Zach 34,850
Marc Goodwin 34,000
Paul Van Wijk 33,675
Kenneth Johnson 32,750
Jens Ogsater 32,150
R. Tykoczikosky 31,925
Xavier Laszcz 31,450
Michel Abecassis 31,000
Farzad Heyati 30,950
Paul Parker 29,700
Björn Glenne 29,675
Charlie Harvey 29,350
Lindon 28,500
Janne Airaksinen 27,750
Henrik Gwinner 27,400
Nick Chanas 23,600
Aleksander Liberg 23,225
Juan Florez 23,200
Malcom Gorse 21,975
Elie Marciano 21,500
Danny Ticer 21,475
Andreas Berg 21,275
Ross Boatman 21,225
Mark Boudewijn 21,150
David O`Callaghan 21,000
Ryan Fronda 20,650
Robert Price 20,175
Jo Mrejen 19,900
Kirill Gerasimov 19,750
Carlos Da Silva 19,400
Mark Bolliger 19,000
Frode Fagerli 18,500
Alex Michaels 18,125
Cametti 18,000
Carlos Lopez 17,400
Henrik Waltersson 16,925
Ken Powell 16,250
Tim Klarpas 16,150
Mathias Greg 15,650
Bernt Grytdahl 15,325
John Falconer 15,100
Joep Durkstra 15,050
Martin Pollak 14,550
Benoit Clergeot 14,350
Palmieri 13,700
Stian Godderstad 13,675
J. Kruijer 13,650
Nick Sherman 13,050

Ditto. I'm playing in the bloody thing and still don't know!!

Thanks Mikky, Happy Birthday.

Is today the final day?

No Nemesis, from what I gather, they will be running down to a Final table today, then coming back tomorrow to play it.

Here's how Day 1B finished:

Douteb -- 142,925
Tune Seidelin -- 99,775
Julian Gardner -- 99,200
Martin Green -- 89,125
Mats Iremark -- 84,500
Torbey -- 83,150
David Albertsson -- 75,100
Jerome Zerbib -- 73,100
Kristian Ulriksen -- 72,025
Brian Hansen -- 70,650
Bernard Greard -- 68,525
Torgny Andersson -- 67,450
Julian Thew -- 65,325
Johen Veyrac -- 64,550
Isabelle Mercier -- 63,650
Emile Petit -- 58,625
Peter Roche -- 58,375
Jennifer  Mason -- 55,900
Willie Tann -- 50,150
Mickey Wernick -- 50,075
Patrick Bruel -- 49,350
Shelle Mullet -- 47,725
Lex Veldhuis -- 47,050
Thomas -- 45,800
Kevin Coleman -- 45,125
Anders Henriksson -- 41,825
Bouya -- 38,450
Mischi -- 37,200
Fougeron -- 36,950
Teddy Tuil -- 36,100
Michel Alberti -- 35,825
Simon Zach -- 34,850
Jens Ogsater -- 32,150
Farzad Heyati -- 30,950
Paul Parker -- 29,700
Björn Glenne -- 29,675
Lindon -- 28,500
Janne Airaksinen -- 27,750
Jo Mrejen -- 19,900
Mark Bolliger -- 19,000
Carlos Lopez -- 17,400
Henrik Waltersson -- 16,925
Benoit Clergeot -- 14,350
Palmieri -- 13,700

Never heard of this Demsey guy.  It seems they haven't either as they don't even know an initial.

Must be some internet qualifier.....

 8)

Or even how to spell Dempsey! :dontask: