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Hi peeps.

Well, we're back for the final table and, after a long week, Brits Ram Vaswani and Stuart Nash are still in with a great chance of scooping the €480,000 first prize.

with Isabelle Mercier eliminating Micky Wernick on the bubble, the French lass is looking good (in more ways than one) in 4th position, and could well be lifting the trophy at the end of the day.

The final table chip counts and seating positions are as follows:

(1) Ram Vaswani -- 1,191,500
(2) Isabelle Mercier -- 428,000
(3) Mark Boudewijn -- 911,500
(4) Kirill Gerasimov -- 215,000
(5) Patric Martensson -- 291,000
(6) Stuart Nash -- 125,500
(7) Theo Jorgensen -- 809,500
(8) Mats Iremark -- 397,000

-- Ram Vaswani......1,191,500
-- Mark Boudewijn.....911,500
-- Theo Jorgensen.....809,500
-- Isabelle Mercier.....428,000
-- Mats Iremark.....397,000
-- Patric Martensson.....291,000
-- Kirill Gerasimov.....215,000
-- Stuart Nash.....125,500

And this is what they are playing for:

1st -- €480,000
2nd --  €259,000
3rd --  €155,300
4th -- €118,500
5th -- €97,700
6th -- €76,800
7th --  €60,800
8th --  €43,500

The final is due to start at 3pm.

Good luck to all, and nice work this week guys :)

Seat 1: Ram Vaswani -- 1,191,500



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And as a point of intrest, last night in the 500 1 rebuy event we had a lot of blonde intrest.

Dave Penly ran his AQ into AA for 12th place.

I Know It managed a 10th.

El Blondie himself came 3rd

Thats the time we left but Steve Vladar was headsup!

I'll try and get prize money payouts and more details later.

Seat 2: Isabelle Mercier -- 428,000



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Seat 3: Mark Boudewijn -- 911,500



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Seat 4: Kirill Gerasimov -- 215,000



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Seat 5: Patric Martensson -- 291,000



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Seat 6: Stuart Nash -- 125,500



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The final will start at 3pm, but someone better tell Thomas Kremser, as last night he told us it would start at 2pm.

Seat 7: Theo Jorgensen -- 809,500




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Great reporting as usual guys............please if you get a chance can you pass on my best wishes to Stuart Nash

Seat 8: Mats Iremark -- 397,000



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Hi there,
Would it be possible to have a new picture of Isabelle.
I just wanna see if she looks tired, since you're my eyes.
I'll be glued to Blonde all day, and tell her I'm her  # 1 fan.
And thanks for the GOOD WORK.

Snoops has a rival  :o :o :o

Ahhhhhh , a mothers love knows no bounds though.... unlike a mans

good afternoon isas mum...dont worry she is going to win today :)

What time does the Final table start?

Coincidentally, she's sitting next door to me.

We've taken a snap which will be uploaded shortly.

is that sitting next to you or sitting in a the room next door to you?

Just a correction from the 500 last night, el blondie was 4th, Steve Vladar finished in 2nd.

Who won? What were the payouts?

Here you go Mrs Mercier. She wrote a message for you, but, due to the bright light, it wasn't particularly legible.

However, I've stepped in with a bit of handiwork.



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Awwwwwwwwww , thats so sweet  :respect: :respect:

Thank you very much.
You and she just made my day.  she looks fine to me
She's gonna make it to the TOP

Replace that apple with a bacon sandwich, she needs feeding up

Hello gang, i am going to run a mini update along side the EPT final, the event in question is the 1000 Euro freeze.

An early look around the room see's Martin Green, John Falconer and Neil Channing on the same table.

Another table of intrest see's Bambos, Smokin' Steve and Willie Tann on the same table. Infact Willie has taken half of Steve's chips and seems in high spirits, i went by a minute ago and Willie was trying to call the clock on himself!!

other names in the field:

El Blondie
Simon Zach
Vicky Coren
I Know It
Noah Boeken
John Hewston
Jeff Buffenbarger
River Dave
Lord Wernick
The Maaaaad Turk

Nem i will try to get the payouts later.

Steve took 34k is all i know and there was no business done.

If you'd like to follow this update, please click...

HERE (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=6986.0)

Give my regards to Craig (I know it) and wish him Good Luck for me please James....can't watch the updates as I have to go out for the remainder of the day..xx

Your wish is my command RED...



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That's better, now replace her stack with a bigger one

400k is plenty for isa tom..dont you worry.

Nice to have you back team-

Hope your all rested, fed and watered 8)

I expect nothing less than updates supreme, norkage when available and spoony jokes on the hour!

 ;scarymoment; ;hide; ;applause; ;applause; :respect:

Spoony only had one joke for this EPT, and when his chance came, he blew it

Afternoon all!


Here's hoping for a BRIT win....


Preferably Ram...

He makes me laugh all the time though

These updates have been too top heavy with norkage!!

It's about time we had some male totty...

(1) Ram Vaswani -- 1,191,500
(2) Isabelle Mercier -- 1000 squillion
(3) Mark Boudewijn -- 911,500
(4) Kirill Gerasimov -- 215,000
(5) Patric Martensson -- 291,000
(6) Stuart Nash -- 125,500
(7) Theo Jorgensen -- 809,500
(8) Mats Iremark -- 397,000

 :goodpost:  ;iagree;   ;slavedriver;

You're all obsessed, i'ts a poker tourney ffs

Now shut up and give us a kiss

Ohhhhh, SO masterful :kiss:

And they're off!

We're talking about poker now, right?

Bonjour, Surprise!

Rhapsody and I are rooting for Isabelle the best we can from here ... I'm trying to get Rhapsody to focus on the compute screen, but she doesn't understand what's going on yet. I should have packed the photo you sent!

I've got a few more meetings today (yes, on a Saturday) before we drive back to Vegas tomorrow. But I'll be here watching as long as I can. I hope Isabelle can win this thing in a hurry!  :)

(By the way, for those who don't know -- which is pretty much everyone -- Rhapsody is a dog. "Surprise" knows her. :) )

Cagey star as always.

Lots of folding.

On a side note, I'm munching on a burger.

Next time try it on a bun

Mats Iremark raises under the gun, shortstack Stuart moves all-in.

details to follow

me too

Stuart Nash is OUT in 8th place -- winning €43,500

Nash = Aspades Kh

Iremark = Qd Qc

8s 4d 3d 2h 7c

Cardplayer - picture of Rhapsody please. Instruction, not request.

xx

Poke the grumpy bear.



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I'll see if I can get a fresh shot of Rhapsody watching BlondePoker.com.  :)

Once I do, I might need help posting it here in the forums. Would it be possible to email it to you Tikay? (If so, just send me a PM with your email addresss.)

:hello: Stoopy

What are the blinds/antes?

I think the updates might slow down a bit now, the betsson laddies have arrived in the press room....

5000-10000 with a 1000 ante

Good luck Ram, take it down for London town.

As a reporter trying to attract people to the update, I feel I should say that this is...

RIVETTING STUFF

Everyone's making moves left right and centre, all chatting away, enjoying the banter, and genuinely making for a thoroughly entertaining final table.

Or... I could tell the truth.

Most pots are going uncontested.

Snoops, 1 minute gone Villa vs Newcastle and the Toon already 1-0 up.  ;goodvevil;

I've taken a photo of Rhapsody watching Isabelle on BlondePoker.com. Unfortunately, I'm on an old (temporary) laptop, so I've got to figure out how to get the picture downloaded. Give me a few minutes. But let Isabelle know that a photo of her #1 Canine fan is on the way.  :)

snoops villa 0-1

Kick a man while he's down.  :redcard:

Patric Martensson raises to 30k on the button.

Theo Jorgensen reraises to 60k from the small blind.

Patric Martensson folds.

1-1 Sloopy.  ;goodvevil;

Hi everyone out there,

 This is the first time that i've ever followed any tourney updates. I've been catching up when i get in from work about 3am (i'm afraid some of us live in the real world unfortunatly)...........WOW , great stuff from all the contributor's.

Julian is the reason i'll never try to earn a living out of this silly card game !!!!, How does he do it ??? , so amazingly consistent , especially when you consider his style of play......it's just so hard to do as all you guy's out there know.

Jen my heart is still bleeding.....well played xx.


Cupcake.

AAAAAYYYYAAAAAARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

2-1 to the Toon...

Tikay --

I just emailed you a photo of Rhapsody for Isabelle. Could you help me with posting it in the forum? Thanks! (It was sent to your BlondePoker email address.)

Please excuse the poor quality of the photos. Flash isn't allowed at the final table due to the TV cameras.

Anyhow, here's Compo from Last of the Summer Wine, although I hear he prefers to be referred to as Theo Jorgensen.



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Seated opposite is this cool dude.

Shizzle mi nizzle



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Tikay --

I got your message after I sent it the first time, but I've resent it to your email address, just in case. Thanks again for all the help!

Thanks John. See you soon mate. I got you a present - a tub of hair gel.

xx

This is who the remaining players are representing:

Ram Vaswani -- UK
Mark Boudewijn -- Holland
Theo Jorgensen -- Denmark
Isabelle Mercier -- Canadian
Mats Iremark -- Sweden
Patric Martensson -- Sweden
Kirill Gerasimov -- Russia

Some approximate chippy counts:

Ram Vaswani -- 1,100,000
Mark Boudewijn -- 960,000
Theo Jorgensen -- 1,000,000
Isabelle Mercier -- 365,000
Mats Iremark -- 500,000
Patric Martensson -- 196,000
Kirill Gerasimov -- 175,000

Some player info courtesy of PokerStars...

This cool and confident civil enhineering student from Gothenberg is attending his first ever EPT but already believes he has an edge over Ram Vaswani! He graduates this summer and plans to take a year off to play poker as a pro.


The info on Stuart Nash made me smile.

"50-something Brit", "2nd place (€60,000) in the European Poker main event in London"

Well, Stuart is 60, he won 85k at the Vic, and it was pounds!

Doh

which one has the edge over Ram?

Good afternoon Deauville, and by the miracle of internet, everywhere else!  I have only just arrived, having failed to wake up to my alarm after a couple of very long days... but the Extended Blonde Team (EBT - Jonathan, James joining Snoops and Tikay) let me have a lie in for which I am very grateful.

Before I jump in the exciting ring of the TV table and get back to updating (I have a press pass once again) I just want to say a quick Thanks to everyone who was supportive of me yesterday, from Auntie in America to all blonde friends... I have loved every second of this tournament, playing and watching, and I am definitely more  :D than  :(     I have yet to read the lot (and there is a  lot!) but I heard a lot of messages from the Updaters. 

What a great experience this has been - Ta bluesquare for the chance to give it a go.  And how supportive is blonde?  Fab. 

Anyway, back in the real world of the Press Enclave, people are realising that the lowering of the blinds (10k - 20k to 5k - 10k) is making for a fold-tastic afternoon.  Nothing much has happened since I got here about half an hour ago.  But we have a sneaky entrance stage right so I am going to go and take a look.   ;slavedriver;  Me...

A big blonde welcome to new blonde Member Rhapsody.

Here's a pic of Rhapsody, watching Isabelle.

Woof!

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The only person to have an edge over Ram is his Mrs....

 :hello: ;welcome; to blonde rhapsody, what make are you???

Congrats on a GREAT performance this week, Jen. You already had my respect as a poker reporter, and now you have my respect as a player too.  :)

Ram picks up a small pot.

A6 v KQ

He made a pair of sixes.

Woof! Woof! Woof!

You did Blue Square and the hundreds of avid Blonde fans proud Jen.  Just wish they'd let me over to cheer you on :)

Good luck in the heads up matches.

Jamie.

Rhapsody is a mutt like her adopted American father.  :)

Rhapsody's mother was a Bassett Hound, and her father was a German Short-Haired Pointer. She's a pretty unique mix, and aside from her sisters (she was the runt in a litter of five girls), I've never seen another dog like her.

I adopted her from the Atlanta Humane Society, as I was lucky enough to be there the day all five puppies were dropped off. They were all adopted within a day. A trivial note -- Rhapsody was born on the second-to-last day of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. She was a "Day 16" puppy. :)

She's logged more miles on road trips than most humans, having driven across the United States many, many times. Right now we're in Austin, Texas, and we drive back to Las Vegas tomorrow. But she'll be watching Isabelle's progress today, and rooting her to victory!

Right. I've had a small wager with Rolf Slotboom. He plumped for Boudewijn, I've gone for Jorgensen. 10 Euros and a lot of pride at stake. I have very little of the latter remaining.

Great stuff, but, not to be rude, I think you should let Rhapsody speak for itself. And see the blonde "Welcome thread" in General Discussion.

Lovely dog though, & lovely story. But let's discuss that across on the General Discussion Board.

Snoop Newcastle down to 10 men - Baros missed penalty

Right you are, Tikay!

When is Isabelle gonna win her first big pot at the Final Table?

He didn't miss, the best goalkeeper in the Premiership saved it.

Big shock though is Boro are 3-0 up vs Chelsea...

To tell the truth, the Final is, so far, a rather lack-lustre affair (from a viewers standpoint), & we are just trying to do a sort of Test Match Special, & waffle on while we await some action. Bit like a football match which is 0-0 until the 65th minute, it's surprising how these things can suddenly burst into life.

I fancy Ram will get the action going very shortly......

OK here is a pic that i think all might enjoy!

Some of you may be familiar with Jen's full length grey coat, well last night i bet Tikay 5 euro's that he wouldnt put it on walk into the cardroom approach the final table and wish smokin steve gl.

I am sad to say i lost 5 Euros.....


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Mats Iremark has doubled up off Ram Vaswani.

Mats flatcalls from the small blind.

Ram bets 30k from the big blind.

Mats moves all-in.

Ram calls.

Mats = Aspades 6s

Ram = 9d 9h

Flop = 4d 2s 3c

Turn = Js

River = Ahrt

Quite a few outs in the end, but he still had to get lucky to remain in the competition.

Patric Martensson has moved all-in on the last three hands.

No hands shown.

The blinds should be going to 10,000-20,000 (2,000) soon, right? It seems like the action should get going sooner rather than later ...

I'm just going by the blind levels posted at the EPT's website. I don't mind those blinds, but I'd feel better about them if Isabelle doubled up three times in a row.  :)

Syoonp  you were always gonna lose that bet, the gezzers gone and dyed his head blonde, been wearing girly bling bling for a week or so, how could you ever think you were on a winner    rotflmfao rotflmfao

Hi Tikay and all you updaters,

Great coverage as always.

Say well done to Smokin if you get to see him.

Chris

Latest exact chip counts:

(1) Mark Boudewijn -- 1,310,000
(2) Theo Jorgensen -- 1,047,000
(3) Ram Vaswani -- 1,045,000
(4) Mats Iremark -- 399,000
(5) Isabelle Mercier -- 205,500
(6) Patric Martensson -- 204,500
(7) Kirill Gerasimov -- 71,500


And a reminder of the remainding payouts:

1st -- €480,000
2nd --  €259,000
3rd --  €155,300
4th -- €118,500
5th -- €97,700
6th -- €76,800
7th --  €60,800

Isabelle definitely has her work cut out for her ... she needs to get a great hand when the big chip stacks have only really good hands.  :)

Check again, it was me not posoyn, i think i got 5 euros worth tbh!

I just got up so didnt notice it was you..   yes worth the dough any day

it's oh so quiet....

Kirill Gerasimov has doubled up through Ram.

Kirill moved all-in from trap 2.

He found a caller in Ram who held A-Q

Kirill reluctantly flips over K-T

Board = J-3-4

Turn = 5

Kremser announces that Kirill needs a king or a ten to remain in the competition.

River = T

There was a brief break.

Back now though.

This is what they're playing for...



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Ooooh, nice briefcase!

Wait, they get what's inside the briefcase? Even nicer!

Ah hi there Mr. BJ - Isabelle appears to be just floating on the final right now, but Snoops has some other action to report... Here's the best photo I could get of That End of The Table from the press stage (sorry they're a bit small).  But featured here is the American dealer we met in Monte Carlo, and poking out either side, Ram and half of Isabelle.  Overview of the table coming...

(apologies for delay - pic size problems, and sidetracked by croque monsieur)

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Girly bling? GIRLY BLING?

WHAT?

No worries, Jen. Keep up the great work!

(I understand the difficulties poker reporters face in the field from first-hand experience. And from what I hear, the European venues have even smaller spaces, so it's tougher to fit the media in.)

Although they're pretty much playing for just this...



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We've had a double up.

Ram's involved once again.

Ram = 7s 4s

Kirill = Ac 2c

Kirill moved all-in for 140k, Ram called from the blind.

Board = Jc Td 3s Kd 9d

Just caught up with what I missed over night.... DAMN that sucks what happened to Jen, snoops please send my heartfelt commiserations.

Ok back from the cinema with Jakob so you can tell them to start playing now  8)

the 7/4 was cracked??

tough beat on ram.

Alright, nobody else is allowed to double up until Isabelle doubles up!

Mats Iremark.

The orange chips are worth 10k.



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Totty 4 Kevvy.

Approve?



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Here's your overview of the action - you can really feel the tension oozing from the final table.  Just had a bright idea for the individual players too - wait until they come up on the plasma screens around the final, and snap the close-ups!  Yes... any minute now.

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Come on Ram bring the prize back to the U.K

Here's what's happening in the reast of the room.



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This fella's hat is on back-to-front. Initially, it was the other way around with duct tape covering a logo. I think after a while they realised how stupid it looked and decided to get him to swivel it round.

Just an idea, but he could always just not wear a hat.



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Young gun Patric Martensson.

Is that a toothpick he's chewing on. Blimey, I can't keep up with these kids these days.

I'd better not show tikay this photo, he'll be chewing one next week. ;hide;





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As its so exciting out there, here's an update on the Unusual Suspects.

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

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Here's Patrik Martensson (black shirt), hat-man Theo Jorgensen and hoody-wearer Mats Iremark.  Looks a bit like Mats is balancing the trophy on his head like a giant glass of beer.

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You are not missing any action - well you are - but what I mean is, well, nothing's happening. So snoops & Jen are paddling away trying to make sure you all still stay awake, It will liven up in due course. Absolutely, certainly, 100%, without a shadow of doubt. Probably.

MMMMmmmmmmmmm BEER!!!!!!

Any chip counts available?.... pretty please

Theo Jorgensen

The former dealer has been playing poker for 14 years, five of them as a professional. Mainly a live tournament and cash game player, his biggest win to date was €100,000 in the 2004 Seven Card Stud European Chamionships. The live tournament specialist lives in Copenhagen with his grilfriend Ivvona and nine-month-old daughter Maya.

He's 33, but I swear he looks about 19.

Does he like beans on toast though  >:?

All these guys have too many chips. Time to give some back to Isabelle. Give her a lot of chips, and then there will be action!

Update -- Rhapsody and I have to take a short break and a short trip in the car. But we'll log back in from our destination and keep following.

Don't let Isabelle do anything but double up while we're gone!  :) 

Mats Iremark raises 50k.

Ram Vaswani reraises to 200k.

Iremark folds.

Quote from PokerStar's bio on Iremark...

"He is attending his first ever EPT but already believes he has an edge over Ram Vaswani!"

 ::) ::) ::)

Its likely the same toothpick he was chewing when sitting next to me :D

Latest chip counts:

Ram Vaswani -- 1,118,000
Mark Boudewijn -- 1,273,000
Theo Jorgensen -- 789,000
Mats Iremark -- 461,000
Patric Martensson -- 282,000
Kirill Gerasimov -- 161,000
Isabelle Mercier -- 159,000

Isabelle has doubled, 76c on the button vs Marks KQs

She hits a 7 to double up, snoopy here with more detail.

Dont play Ram at his own game

We have seen a hand at last. And it involved Isabelle.......

Maybe it's just me but it seems like a v slooooowww final 8)

Is this casino the same one that Tikay used to frequent when

Deauville was the height of chic during the "Roaring Twenties" ?

The lads will be pleased to know that Isabelle has doubled up.

Mercier = 7c 6c

Boudewijn = Ks Qs

Isabelle moves all-in from the button, Boudewijn calls from the small blind.

Board = 7h Jd 9d 8s 8h

Looks like there is another all in now, has the final finally burst into action?

Patric v Theo

AQ v K8

Patric doubles up

I have restarted the 1000 updates aswell, its all go go go here.

Players still in include:

Peter Evans
JimJamJay
I Know It
YoYo
Bad Girl
John Gale
Neil Channing
Vicky Coren
Cus Hansen
Mad Turk
Martin Green
Marcel Luske

Rhapsody and I are back at a computer, and continuing to watch. I'm glad Isabelle got our request to double up while we were out.  :)

Can we make the same request? Double up again, Isabelle!

Kirill Gerasimov doubles up through Mark Boudewijn.

Th Ts versus Ks 9d

Board = Qs 6d 4h Jc Js

We can't get rid of any1 here. Bah!

 :tikay:

That sounds like a demand.  :)

There's a bit of a debate going on in the press room as to whether you can judge a dog's nationality by it's bark.

I'm going for a definitie 'yes'.

Evey1 else seems to think I'm snooker loopey.

 ;tk;

Absolutely barking, I would say.  >:?

or a loopy snoopy

We're still in pulling teeth season here.

If Kirill is eliminated we may be in trouble as he's certainly a fellow who can pick up the pace short-handed.

snoopy loopy nuts are we

That'll be 200 for me then...

If only i could think of something interesting for slooppy to do... hmmmmmmm

Maybe few pictures of young fillies?

 ;letsparty; ;karabiner;

BREAKING NEWS

There has been a late entrant into today's French Open final table.

A young fellow from Bluesville in the West Squarelands has just sat down next to Ram Vaswani.

He is low on chips but looks the part.

Please give him all the support you can muster. I really believe he can take this title and the massive 480k first prize.



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Where's he put his skateboard? :D :D

I imagine that Isabelle is getting pretty frustrated that all the other short stacks keep doubling up as well. Perhaps she should start willing the big stacks to bust out?

And yes, my comment about doubling up was a demand. Double up again, Isabelle!

(And Rhapsody "barks" in a very American way.)

You miss the Roaring Twenties do you Ralph?

This chap also turned up late to today's final.

It's chaos here.

Thomas Kremser took his team to one side to discuss how to deal with these late entrants.

I heard a few choice words...

"Fish"
"Fish"

and er... "Fish"

J Raab from England is now at the table though and has moved all-in.

Watch this space.



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SENSATION - a hand has been played. Details on their way.......

Blondeite's Luckyblind has just knocked over one of PokerStars' cameras.

Er... 45k I believe they cost.

I'm not sure what he has on him...

Thank the Lord for insurance!

The THUD was loud enough to attract the PokerStars staff away from the final table.

 :o :o :o

Oi, I'm from Scotland and I dare any of them to call me, I've got a hand you know...

I saw a showdown!  I saw a showdown!

Mats Iremark raises preflop to 85k, called by Ram.  The flop:  3h Ts Kd.  They both checked.
Turn:  Kh   and Mats decides to have a go, betting 65k, called pretty sharpish by Ram.
River:  Ks  and they both check this unexpected development, which in effect gives Ram the pot with his  4c 4h (full house) while Mats tried to just show the  Qc in his hand, leaving the  8c down.  That wasn't allowed though.

J Raab has doubled up through Ram Vaswani.

Isabelle Mercier congratulated Raab with a long embrace.

The hand went as follows:

Raab = 7c 2d

Vaswani = Aspades Ac

Flop = Ks Td Ad Jd 4d

Raab shoots up the ladder and is now a force to reckoned with.

I may have to pinch him soon.

Counts as we head into the 1hr dinner break (action may slow even further at this point: you have been warned):

Ram Vaswani    1,373,000
Isabelle Mercier   412,000
Mark Boudewijn  842,000
Kiril Gerasimov    313,000
Patric Martensson  438,000
Theo Jorgensen   644,000
Mats Iremark       347,000

Hey, Luckyblind was just showing a bit a cameraderie...

Lunch break folks.

Back in 1 hour.

snoopy

This seems to be tighter than both my tables; perhaps its the influence of PATRICK 'unusually tight for a scandie' MARTENSSON?

Anyone got an idea on when EPT season 3 starts? :D

What do they want a dinner break for , they just had a break for 4 hours

Ram seems to have doubled up about 4 short stacks, yet his chip mountain keeps growing.

He must be pilfering alot of blinds methinks.

Ram has it for the taking, 1 guy you dont want to be up against with chips is Ram. (also Julian is scary)

You know the score Keith.....hes only doubling them up with their own chips he has just nicked off them, sooner or later he will hit one of his "free" shots

That Camel geezers a bit naughty when he's stacked too...

Ohh hello Keith :D :D

Groan

Woo-hoo! Isabelle made it to the dinner break, and her chip count is heading in the right direction.  :)

Tikay or Jen -- Has Isabelle seen today's photo of Rhapsody yet? Let her know it's waiting for her when she comes back from the dinner break.

hello  all,ive heard rummours that the broadway £500 ,£1000 are selling up quick for next friday sat,any truth in this please?anyone thnks

Rangers to edge it! Should be raining goals at Ibrox tomorrow in any case, both defences are as much use as a chocolate teapot/chocolate watch/inflatable dartboard, take your pick! Lovenkrands will be deciding factor me thinks (if Big Eck gives him a game of course and not on left wing)!

Sorry! Completely wrong thread! Serves me right for reading 2 at once! Anyway, whats hapening in Deuville?

20000-40000, 4k ante..... fireworks, maybe....

Doubt it 23, there are fessies in Sheffield, Brighton and Broadway next week.

Are you on the firm by any chance ?   ;)

Isabelle only has ten big blinds ... she's not out of the woods yet. But we have faith she that's enough for her to win the whole thing!

thnx K just heard it m8 i give em a ring ,as to on the firm you mean am i going blond lol?

Isabelle Mercier is OUT in 7th place -- winning €60,800

Snoopy and his merry band of men (read fish) are having an extended lunch and have missed Isabelle's exit. All in preflop with 99 vs AK she lost the race to Mark Boudejwin who hit an Ace on the turn. 7th place for Ms Mercier.

This has been a bad tournament for 99......

NOOOOoooooooooooooo!

Whys that Mickey  :-X

ARRRrrrrrooooooooooooo!

she will be absolutely devastated. unlucky isa- a good start to the year and I know you will see this as a failure...its not. Save the win for Monte Carlo.

Mamy thanks to Lucky Blind for that Update in our absence during what turned out to be an entertaining & extended meal with snoops, Thewy, Jen, Flushy, Jonathan Raab & myself.

The 425 boys are waiting for Isabelle to do an interview, but she is on non-speakers at the mo. She'll be OK soon enough.

And now Kiril doubles through, he is moving well into contention - watch out for this man, he's dangerous with chips.

Now there is a clash of two Swedes, the low-stacked Mats Iremark stakes his sll on 7-7, & the almost as low-stacked Patrik Marttensen decides it's his chance to get back in the game, & does his duty to call the short-stack lunger, Patrik shows K-T. The first card is a 7, & that's Mats doubled through, & Patrik now in deep poo.

Hi Tikay,

Enjoying the updates as usual.

Say well done to Smokin' if you get to see him.

Little bruv Chris

Patric Martensson is OUT in 6th place -- winning €76,800

And Patrik is no more, he defiantly moves in next hand, Ram decides it's his turn to do the defensive duties & calls with a bag of spanners, but in the bag was a 6, & with no less than THREE sixes on the Board, his Quads are more than enough to dispose of the plucky & deceptively good Patrik, who has a great record in EPT's this year.

Little bruv Chris? Chris is the biggest bugger I've ever seen - we don't argue with Chris Vladar. Will do Chris, Boss!

Ariston is even giving me earache in an online comp

So, with 5 left, they all have playable stacks exept Mats, who's at the "push in any vacant spot" stage, & he's pushed twice without reply, nicking some handy blinds.

Even ear-defenders cannot keep Ariston at bay. A man of strong opinions, and a desire to share them. For your betterment, you understand. He's a big softie reallly.

last time i root for u in the final (wp earlier again tom)

Chip Counts as of NOW.

Mats 412,000

Ram 1,061,000

Mark 1,276,000

Kiril 414,000

Theo 1,206,000

Game on!

Thanks again for all the great coverage, everyone! And Jen -- you did ALL the media proud with your performance.

But now that Isabelle is out, my heart's not in it anymore.  :(  Rhapsody and I have commitments that we've been putting off, so it's time to follow through on those.

Talk to y'all at the next major event!

As we suggested earlier, it's strange how often a drab & dour contest can suddenly spring into life, & that's sure happened here.

I'm not suggesting any sort of Dinner Break Deal was done, in fact I know it was not, but now they are playing.

We met Ram in the little Pizzeria across the road during the Dionner Break, & he admitted that it was tough to get any action going, but he intended to "stoke the fires" when play resumed. Well the fires are certainly blazing now, & maybe Ram will wish that the pre-Dinner calm would return, because he was clearly Table Captain then, but it's anybody's game now.

Someone Kiss Isa for me

Thanks & take care Cardplayer & Rhapsody. I will pass your very kind comments on to our Jen, who is still enjoying Diinner with snoops, Thewy, Jonathan & Flushy, & the red wine was flowing freely, so heaven knows what state they will be in when they return. snoppy on Red Wine, imagine.....

Droopy?

Sorted Tom, sorted. Isa is in here with me right now, & I've just shown her the pic of BJ's (CardplayerBJ) Dog, Rhapsody.

Isa is a bit glum, but given her stack, the exit hand played itself. "If that A never turned, I 'ave 900,000 & I am in good shape". "If", the poker players lament.

She has no interest in the fact she beat 400 odd other players, only that she failed to beat the last 6, but she says she intends to do the business in Monte Carlo.  blonde wish her well.

Permanently, I imagine.

And he showed us up shocking, we were in a fine French Restaurant, & he asked "what's for pudding?"......Dessert snoops, Dessert. So then he decided to call it "afters". Really sopony, really.

Same old story tikay; no matter what level you play at. I think we can all empathise, you contemplate and mull over the bad aspects, but forget the good ones. No matter what you say, theres no consoling and only time can heal the wounds.

Unlucky Ma'am, but very well played

Good luck in Monte Carlo

Ram for the victory!

Funny Hat (sorry, forgot his name) Raises, Kiril gives him a mean stare through those shades, & says "Re-Raise". While Kiril is figuring out how much to Re-Raise, Funny Hat grabs a huge chunk of Orange Chips from his stack in intimidatory fashion, looking for all the world like he is going to Re-Re-Raise Kiril if he dares Re-Raise, cutting a huge stack with great dexterity, & giving Kiril a wicked look while nonchalantly chewing away on his trademark toothpick.

But Kiril could eat this boy for breakfast, he's seen all these tricks before, & he don't back down, the kids tricks don't phase this ruskie. - "Re-Raise 100k". At which, without any dwelling, acting or posing, Funny Hat, to his credit, instantly mucks. Classic stuff! Now we are watching some REAL poker!

Of dear, the toothpick-chewing Funny Hat is having a bad orbit, now he doubles up Hoodie Man Mats, who is doing something of a Yoyo impression.

Plucky kids, both of them, the younger they are, the less fear they show.

Amazing, after such a slow start, it's all crash bang wallop action now.

thats the 1st one in caro's book of poker tells, someonefiddling with thier chips when an opponent is betting is very rarely strong. Think id have been capable of making his play, but unfortunately not able or capable of getting through the other 400 runners to do it.

rotflmfao

Mikky, it's a game of poker FFS. Disappointed yes i understand this. You should enjoy the fact you played it and gained more Experience through it.

Congrats on getting there, but don't go beating yourself up over it..

Thats great reporting, the old bkoke's still got it

(or he's finally getting it)

Wasnt talking about me. Im fine! But if someones cut up, nobody else will fix it, only yourself, was my point.

Theo doubbles up through ram...

2 rite! Very descriptive!

Theo holds jacks, Ram ace jack......no help for ram

Ram down to 400 K

Even all , havent got a fave with Jen and Isa out so may the best player win.

One point off topic, been out for the day and avoided footy for M.O.T.D (its class watching when you dont know the results)

So bit gutted to find Newcastle score on this thread ;)

Oh Dear, Chip Count please

Wow, sensational stuff now, biff bash bosh or what? & none other than Ram is in the thick of it.

Ram Raises, Funny Hat moves all-in, is this a tilt Raise, or does he really have the goods, but no matter, he's made his statement, now dare Ram call?

Ram dwells for a good while, he's gonna pass I think, but NO - "CALL" he whispers, & he clearly thinks Theo Funny Hat is at it, as Ram shows the weakish A-J, although Theo "only" has around 300k at a guess. And was it a tilt R by Funny Hat? J-J, no less, the last hand Ram wanted to see, he'd drawing to 3 outs.  No drama on the Board, Funny Hat doubles through, & Ram is given a slap in the chops.

Go Ram!

Ouch , well as his the last Englishman in............. good luck Ram  :)up

Damn  :(

Bah!    Nuff said

Charmaine jinxed him

Knew i would get the blame  ;goodvevil; ::)

The chip geography has altered  dramatically - we will get some accurate chip counts at the imminent break.

Kiril is really starting to look the class act of this Table. There were two to begin with - Ram & Kiril, if we are talking World-Class, now there is one. Be afraid.

Jen has Posted Ram's Exit Hand, but her Wi-Fi Connection has gone all wonky, so be patient please. But subsequent to his AJ v JJ black eye, Ram got dealt the killer blow by his Russian foe.

Ram Vaswani is the 5th place finisher for €97,700

Just as we returned from dinner (not as much wine as Tikay would have you believe) the action has continued, with another couple of pushes all-in.  The first, Mark moving all-in over the top of Theo, went uncontested, but Ram's all in on the next hand found Kiril moving all-in behind him...

Ram:  Kh 8s
Kiril:   Ad Js

And the board came out:  5s 6d 9h 3h 6c, with no pair (or 7) coming to Ram's rescue. 

The contrast pre/post dinner is extraordinary - they must have all made the decision "No more folding for me!" while they ate in the lovely buffet, or, in Ram's case, the little Italian next door with plentiful less costly pastas and pizzas. 

Shockeroonie (cant go wrong quoting McAvennie)! Whos what and wheres who now?

The Chip Counts are being inputted right now - they will be uploaded by Jen within 32.5 seconds. But it's all to play for now.

Just caught a hand from the 1000 Euro event.

All-in preflop, Mateyboy #1 v Mateyboy #2. (Mateyboy squared)

AQ v KK

Flop comes two aces.

The Mateyboy leaps up into the air, cheering, high-fiving his mates, and genuinely being obnoxious.

Next card?

King

Bang.

His shoulders sink and the audience start laughing at him.

Instant karma I guess, but it's nice to see the arrogant players getting their comeupance now and then.

*******************LITTLE BREAK-ETTE**********************

During which you can see the chip count taking place in the background as Mats Iremark (in green in the foreground) has a chat to friends and behind him the woolly hat of Theo Jorgensen...

So, the chips now:

Kiril Gerasimov     738,000
Mats Iremark      869,000
Mark Boudewijn   1,569,000
Theo Jorgensen   1,193,000

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while we are watching the updates we have a small competition can anyone name the player

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first person that gets the name according to blonde wins a cupcake

And the other two finalists still remaining, orange-shirted Mark Boudewijn and eyecatchingly purple Kiril Gerasimov, with a large Greg Raymer head watching serenely over all...

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John McGrane, London Cabbie, blonde alias Cupcake.

No fair! U put it on blonde so we cant see the original site :D

I'll go for the Double-Up please Iron. Next Question!

tikay then sort your web team out cause according to blonde its john connel

And just before they kick off again, a glimpse of the diligent corner of industry which is Mr. Tony Kendall.  Jonathan (centre left) is now, at this minute,  insisting on wearing his shades as "I'm playing."  Even online, you've got to look the part, eh?  Honestly.  Internet players.

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Mark, Theo and the russian bloke are talking about cutting a deal......they just need mats to go out...

No Deal!

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Can you guess how the Poker 425 pass the time between interviews?

One guess. It rhymes with walcohol.



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Ben and er... some random guy.

eek


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Hide your daughters!

Except you RED, of course.

Me and the big fella.



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They have made a deal so it seems......275.000 for Theo. He gets 10.000 from mark...not confirmed though..

edit: they have a deal

Many thx to this guy for his help over the week.

He's been hurling up in the loo for most of it, but he's battled on to lend a hand when everpossible.  ;applause;



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I was reluctant to post this, but Isabelle was adamant that I should.

So, I guess it's all out in the open now...

 ::) ::) ::)



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Mark raises from the button.

Short stack Theo pushes from the small blind and Mark calls with 6h 2h.

Theo has A-A and holds up to double through.

Kiril doubles up with a rather fortunate  Ac 4s vs  Ahrt Th.  A four fell on the flop, which meant that the Ace on the turn made a second pair for Kiril and he took a double up in the form of around 600,000 - definitely enough to play with.

An apple a day won't keep Oopsny away.....

Theo Jorgensen is OUT in 4th place -

Mats raised under the gun to 150k, but it was Mark Boudewijn who moved all-in with short-stacked Theo taking a shot at a double up with his  9h 6h.  Mats got out of the way and Mark's  Ad Qd looked good, especially with a  5d 8d Jh flop.  The flush didn't come, however, but two blanks did leaving Mark adding a couple more hundred thou to his stack and they are down to three-handed. 

There has been no announcement of the deal, but it may well be the case.  The advertised prize for fourth was €118,500... not bad anyway.

According to a danish hp they have made a chipcount deal on the break!

Now Kiril Gerasimov finishes in 3rd place, winning €155,300 -

It's all sped up now, with a heads up between 19-year-old green hooded player Mats Iremark, and quiet Mark Boudewijn (who has been Rolf Slotboom's pick of the final, incidentally - I think Snoops might have lost yet another bet).

I suspect the real reason they have done a deal is because they can't concentrate due to the thumping base from the disco next door.

Kiril's exit hand was  Kd Td, which found Mats with  Ad Jc.  Both the Ten and the Ace hit the flop, but with no improvement other than the board pairing threes, Mats' two pair beat the Russian's.  Going to hover with my camera ringside now...

As far as the heads up action so far goes, Snoops brings word of a pot taken down on the river by Mats (with a 250k bet) but there was no showdown.  There was something Mats liked about the  3h Kc Tc Qh 7s board though....

Now the chips are weighed in favour of the youngster - we reckon about 2,900,000 to Mark's 1,500,000.  Here's Mats Iremark with his wall of chips.

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And his opponent, Mark Boudewijn (pronounced Bowed-wine, apparently)

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And, by the way, those photos aren't blurry, they're just flashless action-shots - both of their hands are just so busy chip-twiddling or betting that they are fuzzy round the edges....

Snoops brings this fascinating hand:

Mats' sizeable 240k bet preflop resulted in an actual flop coming down of  2d Tc 4h.  Mark checked, Mats bet 300k and he folded.  That is quite a lot of chips, now that I think about it, actually.

It's pretty tight stuff at the moment. Very cagey, but Mats has the slight edge and seems to have the edge over his opponent.

And before he can object, the intrepid reporter, beloved of Isabelle, scourge of the tables and extraordinary huncher - Snoopy.

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Kevin Daly has just been knocked out of the €1,000 Euro comp in 11th place.

He moves all in with  Ahrt Qh and is called by Ad Th

flop Jd 7c Ks

turn 5s

river.............Qc

Ouch!

Only Brit left in now is Peter 'The Bandit' Evans

well, I think he's the only Brit left...

In case anyone is wondering what happened to Flushie's mini update on the $1,000 euro event, he's currently involved in a €25 sit 'n go with bad girl, the antes up lads and various other reprobates.

A big hand turns the chip-lead tide towards Mark  - -

The turn sees the betting kick off with the board:  Td 7s 5s Qc.  Mark bet 120k, was check-raised to 400k by Mats, and called.  The river was the  7h, and Mats immediately came out betting half a mil in chips.  Mark almost as quickly said, "All in" and Mats passed his hand, and the lead over to his opponent.  At least they aren't hanging around over these big decisions - it's not all raise-dwell-fold stuff.  A die-hard crowd is still hanging around in the spectator stands, but not so many that we can't get a seat to watch the action from.

I have that tan ta tan tan taaaan, feeling

Mats Wins With Rags News Now -

The flop was seen with 2 5 J on it (two clubs).  Mats bet 80k - call.  The turn, K, on which Mats called a raise.  The river - 6.  Now they both check, and Mats'  6c 2h two pair is good!

Massive hand.

Mats raises 160k preflop.

Mark reraises 600k.

Mats flat called.

Flop = Jc 9s Qs

Mark moves all-in. Mats calls.

Mats = Qh Th

Mark = Aspades Jd

Turn = Ks

River = Qc


Mats is now a huge chip leader.

Looks like it's going to be over pretty soon...

hope so... because I wanna play some cards and kick some ass!!!

As expected, Mark makes an all-in move preflop (he was knocked down to less than 200k) and gets the call....the press all rushes to the stage with the little notepads we've grown to both love and hate...

Mark:  Aspades 8s
Mats:   Ac Qc

The flop is perfect for the short stack:  8d 6s  9s, and the turn and river  6c 4d.  So a little double up for Mark Boudewijn, but still short...

All-in preflop.

Mark Boudewijn = Jh Tc

Mats Iremark = Ad 3h

Board = 5s Qd 3d Kh 2c

And the winners - er - the team from AntesUp!  Oh for a giant cheque to call one's own... We know we've all wanted to pose with it.  Actually, Ben's taking the real pics now, if he can get to the front.

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Therefore:

MATS IREMARK IS THE 2006 POKERSTARS FRENCH OPEN CHAMPION -- WINNING €480,000

Congrats to all the winners. Great tourney and fabulous updates. Jen make sure you ask for WSOP parity (bubble there got free entry into following years tourney)

Wd all :) Do it all again at Monte Carlo

Paul

Great stuff guys- you've done us all proud again

 ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty;

Well done blonde  :respect: :respect:

Excellent reporting guys, really enjoyed your coverage all week, and a pleasure to meet u on the laddies cruise tikay. Well done blondies

Stick a fork in me...

Thanks everyone,brilliant job,blondes the business.

We know, YOUR DONE!!!

Jen's comp just packed up at the wrong moment.

Some pics for your enjoyment, congrats Matts.



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Gooooooood work Blonde people!!!!!!!!!

Well blondites updaters what can i say...........  thanks for everything you are all stars

the last few days have been great thx all  :)up :)up :)up

Enjoyed following the Tournamount , thank you all for yet another great update  :respect: ;applause; :respect: ;applause; :respect:

I didn't get a chance to catch up until late evening here in the States, but I finally finished reading everything post-Isabelle. It seems like the action really did speed up ... where was that when she was staying alive?

I was rooting for a fifth-or-higher finish so Isabelle could claim the title of highest-finishing female on the European Poker Tour. But still, the 60,800 Euros she won equals about $72,300 or so, making it the biggest tournament prize of Isabelle's young poker career. Not bad!

It's just one more step up the ladder. Her first $100,000 victory shouldn't be far off, and then her first $1,000,000 victory. And yes, I do mean her first. :)

Great reporting, everyone. I'll check back during the next big European event. If Isabelle is there, I'll be here. :)

Well done guts great reporting again    Aspades

Great job again guys.

Sandy

Just fabby coverage ,from the team allstars.looking forward to the next one.

Just got back to London after a short trip home.

I would like to thank Blonde Poker, especially Tikay, Jen, John, Snoops and Flushy for giving me the privelege of giving something back to Blonde Poker.

I had a fantastic time helping out with the updates and the atmosphere was amazing.

Thanks a lot,

Ben

Great reports guys.:)

Just a few words on Ben - aka Sunday@8pm. Came across to Deauville, worked his socks off for blonde, despite being ill all week. Great Updater too - LOVES his poker with a passion, very knowledgeable too. The Final was a dull affair for the most part, but he sat in the stands & watched every hand.

A true blondeite, and a very special one too. We owe him a favour, & we will not let him down when the time arrives.

Top bloke, truly.

Thanks Ben.