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Alrighty, welcome back to the complete insanity of the Rio - we've not even found a perch but wanted to get started on the searching of the blondeites -

A sea of poker players seethes once again under the rows of hanging lights in the Poker Warehouse that is the Convention Centre, and hopefully when they get started we'll track down some faces in it...

Good luck to all playing, and get ready for the long haul...

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here for the long hall tonight,thanks jen

 :hello:               is there an alternates list jen ?

When does play begin?

How many runners?

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anyone still running sats for this?

Any chance of a list of runners?

Players to Use All-In Button
Players each have an all-in button to use for their all-ins rather than having to push all $10,000 of their chips into the middle.  This is the first time the World Series of Poker has implemented such a device to improve efficiency.

what if they press it by accident

Not only a list of runners but an exact chip count would help us all home here in ole' blighty get more involved...

That's what we are here for, after all.

Any early Woody Deck news?

or norkage

Or Mr Deck with some Norkage?

Fancy that, woody and norkage together....

Is Mate E Boy playing today?

Mate E Boy and his 1500 cousins are all playing today.

I don't think, Mr. HM, that you really want a list of 2,000 names, out of which you will recognise fewer than 5%.  Oh, and we don't have them ;)

gl to all blonde and uk players

gl guys and gals
and jen, some pics of cute young male poker players please ;) 

and if you find anthony that dealer ;)  hehe

Names of "names" and blondites would be more than we deserve but gratefully received x.

"SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL!"



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I hear that Roy the mateyboy is not playing.

Who is the early chipleader ?   ::)

Good luck Jen and Sloppy, I have some idea of what you guys are up against. ;applause;

Good luck to everybody that made it - special mention to Sklaie, AJ, Trevor Reardon and Nick Gibson, Mickey 147 and Marky - wish I was there with you guys and will be there in spirit!

I am about to become suitably depressed lolol

We're about to go blonde searching.

Please bear with us.

cheers

You mean you want us all to sit here naked..what sort of forum is this.. 8)

We all wish we were there with you Jen & snoops, and we know how tough it's gonna be, but we know you'll entertain us somehow.

Good Luck, am thinking of you both.

xx

just got a live text,ash and richard from notts both doubled up early.COME ON  :respect:

I am watching the darts and think Roland Scholten has an uncanny resemblance with Conor Tate  8)

Just got back from the Rio to my room at the Monte Carlo - at 11.30 they weren't letting anyone in even though the tourney was supposed to start at 12. By the time they opened the doors they were only letting players in so I left BigArmo to it and i'm off to find an afternoon tourney to play in somewhere as my first day isnt til sunday

 ;goodluck; to BigArmo, RobS and any other blondeites taking part today :)up

Good luck all  8)

sorry to highjack  but maureen (the nun) could you get in touch please - e mail, text,msn,phone  any will do
sorry again jen

FFS some reason i've turned into Dubai on my lappy, i play tomorrow & i'm about to go down and give some support to the lads!

Hawko

Keep the updates coming!!

Going for food.  Anybody want anything from the chippy?

hi all

does anyone know when Stuart Foxmeister is playing....(he's more cunning than your average fox)

A few names spotted:

Dan Harrington
Scotty Nguyen
Andy Black
Barry Greenstein
Amir Vahedi
Juha Helppi
Andrew Bloch
Bruce Atkinson
Joe Bartholdi
Hoyt Corkins
William Chen
Tony G
Tony Chessa
David Pham
Kristie Gazes
Mimi Tran
Clonie Gowan

Not as easy as I hoped finding the 'name' players. So many unknowns.

It's like picking the peanuts out of a sea of poo.

hmm

on second thoughts, maybe the 'needle in a haystack' analogy would be more appropriate.

snoops/jen

hope you got your comfy shoes on, thats a great big bloody hall to trapse around ;)

OK, Sweeny - I'll have a haddock and chips, Dr. Pepper

Soxy - Not sure but if he's here we'll find him eventually

Robert HM - Going to slowly gather the database - early pics coming

matt - yes, there's a queue all the way down the hall just for the privilege of standing as a spectator.  Perhaps luckily for us they're being held back at the door for now by security guys and we're sneaking in to get some photos.

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Corkins, Chen, Chessa, Tony G

Note that Chessa is in full Ribena Berry mode today - a true return to form



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Batteries in camera, typically, just went as I came about halfway through the hall, but found on the first circuit are also:  Swimmer With The Devilfish Des Wilson (whose table neighbour looks a bit like that robot in 'Metropolis')

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Of course!  Nothing but comfy shoes these past two weeks!  Even snuck into VIP bit of club in Treasure Island with them on, OK for only half an hour but it was a coup of sorts... 

Jen, had you down as a kebab and can of Lilt girl.....

Damn it, another misread!

Would go with any chippy breakfast option right now, to be honest...

But Mickey Wernick looks fairly perky - Hello from him to Jon Raab, if you're out there somewhere in cyberspace today.  I can point you toward your, er, needle in haystack if you make it down here and they let you in ;)



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More names:

John Shipley
John 'Decider' Hansmeyer
Alex Jacob
dpommo
John Hewston
Dave Penley
Gala Ash
Tex Barch

Here's a good picture (if I do say so myself) - a little chat between Roland 'Full Tilt' De Wolfe, and the chap who came second to him in the WPT Paris last year - Juha Helppi.  Thought they might be on the same table for a minute, and felt for the qualifiers sanwiched between them, but in fact it looks like there's only Gus Hansen as a tablemate of Juha's...

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Hendon Mob database bio of The Worm, sorry, The Legend.

"This dour Brummie may well moan his way into contention..."

Come on The Worm!!!!!!!!!

And we have our first English casualty...

Accompanied to the room by Paul Parker, is the rather devestated face of Tony Cartwright.

Tony raised preflop with sevens, MB called.

Flop = 7-rag-rag

MB bet, Tony called.

Turn = another rag

MB bet, Tony reraised, MB called.

River = 9

MB moves all-in, Tony calls.

MB wins with pocket nines.

Atkinson, Bloch, Hansmeyer, Shipley

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Juha's taken that wig off then  :o

snoopy who is the penly guy please , played against him a couple of times and although i didnt know him he had one of those faces you are sure you know

C'mon the Brits!

Just been in the Orleans card room with MPower all morning.  He is a good chap, pays me off when I have Aces.   ;D

Can't wait to get to the Rio and play tomorrow.

Crikey! More names...

Thomas Wahlroos
Lee Watkinson
Minh Li (sp?)
Donna from 'That 70's Show'
Layne Flack
John Duthie
Steve 'The Nugget' Davis

Dave Penley (aka Riverdave on blonde [i think])

I believe his local is Luton, but he tends to frequent the PokerStars tables from what I understand.

Lost a 50k (or there abouts) pot once online.

 :hello: jen and snoopy,

Good job gettin the rio on time, i imagine coffee and red bull to be the order of the day as it was getting close to 7am when i returned to my room i think.

Nowegian Patrol (courtesy of the King of Norway, Rolf Woods):

Andreas Hagen
Thomas Middelthon
Jan Sjavik

Gl all :)

top reporting as ever from the blonde team  ;cheerleader;

Dave Penly, aka "Riverdave", regular at Luton, seriel thief, & good guy.

Special message for Jen:

Batman Returns happens to be on and I just heard The Penguin say "thusly I want to find my parents".

I'm sorry I doubted you  ;tightend;

Wahlroos, Watkinson, Ly, Duthie

Duthie just sneezed on Rolf Woods, to which the Norseman replied, "Are you allergic to Norwegians". Duthie didn't really comment...

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I've found him!

Today's WSOP award for courage and bravery goes to...



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 8)   

Hey, I knew Pauly from http://taopoker.blogspot.com/ (http://taopoker.blogspot.com/) was taking sneaky snaps.

And here I am playing my first ever WSOP Event - the $1,500

Had a blast!

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Here's Mike Sexton - still associate him so strongly with "Home Game Ace Vince Van Patten" that I'm always mildly surprised to see him on his own... see how TV rots your brain?

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And the other half of your team...

(13 hours between us, could have been worse...)



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thanks tikay - it was luton i played him , also sure i ran him to him before at blackpool , dont know the name , must just have one of those faces

First of the lookalikes.  John Shipley looks like Carel Struycken from Star Trek   ( or have I been drinking to many chocolate milkshakes  :D ) .  I have always thought this. 

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Good work with the updates folks.  we all appreciate it  :)up

1st Prize is in excess of 10 million dollars!!!

So that's $7,47 including tax.

Challenge 1a - who's this fasterthanmycamera player disappearing stage right?

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Good luck Blondes :) 

looks a lot like The Other Great Dane  ( im the other )   :D

Looks like Gus Hansen.  Is he a full tilt player? 

10/10 sir!

Looks like a Tilt top

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Stehen Pearce?

And with players braced for the first break, here are a few chippy counts:

Brian Haverson -- 8,700
Thomas Wahlroos -- 11,500
Andrew Bloch -- 13,600
Mark Vos -- 7,525
Roland De Wolfe
Thomas Middelthon -- 13,050
Andreas Hagen -- 14,925
Jan Boubli --14,800
Rob Sherwood -- 18,500
Lee Watkinson -- 6,525
Phil Peters -- 9,800

Gus looks like hes on his way to pick up all the millions for hes new FullTilt contract... just made public today...

Great updates guys...good luck to all the Brits!

Hey Sark...what you looking at and what's with the Norman Wisdom impression?

Rob Sherwood -- 18,500

Not bad going considering he ran a flopped set of Fives into a flopped set of Aces on hand 5. Somehow though, he only managed to dorp 2k. Boy, that hand must have been played slow.

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The players are now on a break.

CHARGE!!!

Great updating as per and the pics are great too............perchance a bit of norkage for the chaps.............on a more serious note...........did 2000 start today and were there any alternates?

great updates guys,snoops can you find out how many chips notts ash has got

lol   No idea what I am looking at, my thoughts are so unusual it could be anything.   Norman Wisdom  :D

Blimey, it's as if no one told them we were coming...

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I heard them calling out alternates earlier on, not sure how many there are though...

None hopefully  :dontask:

ralf,now now

i think there are 500 alternates each day 1

Looks like in excess of 8000 runners then

hows pommo getting on snoops?

according to b fair forum - 8532 entries

Jen took this snap of me the other day, but seeing as there's such a demand for my statuesque body, I thought I share it with you guys here on blonde. Boy, I'm such a giver.



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Keep up the good work guys!  8)

Bit cold was it ???

snoopy Vegas tip #1:

Whatever you do, make sure you bring plenty of clothes to Vegas, otherwise you're likely to be washing your drawers in the sink every day, just like I've been.

The bottle says agitate the clothes.

My boxers are now officially agitated.


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Can you see goosepimples?

just two :D

 rotflmfao

Any chance of a count for Tony "Gentleman" G. please, Snoops?

dpommo's section is on a break Hawk

David Pham -- 10,800
Barry Greenstein -- 12,475
Jim Betchel -- 10,400
Brett Jungblud -- 8,500
Martin Wendt -- 11,400
Mickey Wernick -- 7,700
William Chen -- 10,700
Dan Harrington -- 8,750

Mickey Wernick folds to a bet on a flop of T-3-8-4

MB shows T-8, Mickey had A-Q

any news on a player calling all in on the river with 8 high?

would love an interview with him

'Swimming With The Devilfish' author, Des Wilson, is currently on 10,300

He's played and won about 5 hands, and lost one with pocket tens. Preflop action, Des knew he was in trouble when MB smoothcalled his flop bet on a board of A-J-rag.

One second, I'll just go and search for him.

Is he male?

Zero with any luck. ;hide;

snoopy Vegas tip #2:

If you run out of bog roll, don't panic.

There is a phone next to the cazi for you to make that emergency call to reception.

These Americans think of everything!

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LOL!  Shall I pass on your warmest regards Keith?

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm better not. It might put him off his game.

dpommo -- 14,200

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Any clues as to what day Mr Cold Cough plays?

It beings with 'S' and ends in 'day'

Shrove Tuesday?

And Des Wilson is OUT -

I just happened to be passing Table 149(!) when I saw a pot with about 2,500 in it and a flop being dealt.  That was:  Kc Kd 8h.
Matey checked to Des (it was heads up) who bet 2,000, finding a pretty quick check-raise to 4,000 coming back at him.  He called.
Turn:  Jd   Now Matey fired out 3,000, leaving himself about that much behind.  Again, call from Des.
River:  7h   The rest of Matey's chips are bet out, and it appears Mr. Wilson was covered, for when he called and was shown Ks Js to his Ahrt Aspades, he was walking to the corridor.

"I'm very disappointed," the pokerographer remarked while heading past the popcorn stand with me in tow like the update-vulture I am.

snoopy yes he is male and likes to gamble think he could be on the rail

BigArmo survived level 1 and had 11,000 chips according to the text i got as i was out shopping!!  8)

Rob Sherwood bets around 1.5k onto a board of 5s 9d 4d 7c 9s

MB calls with 6s 7s, Rob mucks

Some chip counts from between the staggered break -

Gus Hansen   5,450
Juha Helppi   8,600
Thomas Wahlroos  1,575
Dan Alspach    13,300
Martin Wendt   12,500
Mickey Wernick  8,000
Henrik Olander   12,400
Andy Black        12,600
Paul Testud      9,000
Barry Greenstein  11,700

BREAKING NEWS

I did some Poirot like detective work and overheard the following.

"We're going to break tables 207 and 208"

You heard it here first, folks.

I'm laughing hard, class snoops :D :D

ask him what table he's on

If i remember rightly it was in the 80's - 87 i think.

Did you get the email i sent you at silly o'clock this morning?

oops, how did that get in there...

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haven't had a chance to check yet m8

It's impossible to get a non-blurry picture of Gary Bush cos he's always on the bloomin' move! He's so antsy in his pantsy it's unbelievable.

On a sidenote, he's on 19.5k.



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With the blinds at 50/100, you probably wouldn't expect the numbers to be falling so rapidly, but they are - at least ten tables have been renumbered as alternates fill in the spaces left by their unfortunate early counterparts. 

Thomas Wahlroos is down to under 2k after a non-believer moment:

I saw the river come on a board of Qc Qd 7c Tc Ahrt.  Matey bet out (it looked like 1,500 or so) and got a quick raise to 4,500 from Wahlroos on that rather intimidating board.  But it was a fairly quick call with the Ac Jc, and Thomas' Qs Kd was shown to be no good, and not a full house after all, as he may have been conveying...

'Where's Wally' fans will have no problems spotting the infamous European on this table.

Tony's currently on 6,000

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One thirsty worm -- 7,425



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Very funny bit on Cardplayer:

"Amir Vahedi pushes all-in for his remaining $375 and says, "I'm good for poker.  Let me stay at the table."  

If this rang true, tikay would never be knocked out of any tournemnt. Ever.

I kid you not - one of the booths set up, well, everywhere, is the Playboy Poker Camp, or some such frivolity.  Attracting quite a bit of press, though...

The best one is probably Gutshot's World Record Heads Up (Take II) where Ron 'Mad Yank' Fanelli is attempting to play all comers heads up for three days straight.  Might go challenge him in a minute.  Or do you think I should wait til tomorrow?  ;goodvevil;

Gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn my son!

:redcard: :redcard: :redcard: disgusting !!! , not just coz my hubbys there alone  ;goodvevil;  0:-)

the sexy girlies,, not you snoops  :)

Three quarters of them are either plastic, silicone or both - the other quarter are tourists.........

You got nothing to worry about charmaine - natural beauty wins every time!! ;)

 ;goodvevil;........ ummmmm , am part plastic lol

You've had a hip replaced?

12 kids its no wonder!!

Here are a couple of characters - I think the matching visor/shirt combo can only mean one thing - Dan Alspach!

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Found him!

John 'Big Armo' Armstrong -- 15,175

Meanwhile, the guy in Seat 1 (right next door to Big Armo) moves all-in with pocket fours on a K-A-4-3-T. MB with A-J doubles him up.

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AAAAYYYYYYAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

This made me chuckle, is that pose serious! Yo, mofo!

Boy, those UB guys don't hang around.

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Can anyone name the 'name' player on today's feature table?

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Scotty Nguyen?

The fella next to Dan - he used to be in films? Fred McMurray, or similar? Was in that film with Sean Connery when Connery got shot - gangster film?

Now everybody loves a good rant/argument, and this one came from Dutch young gun and International 'cool dude' (cough) Noah Boeken.

Standing on the rail as a hand was being dealt out, Noah turned off his phone and ran back to his seat just before receiving his second hand.

The dealer announced that his hand was dead and asked him to pass the cards in.

There was a lot of back of forth rubbish, but I seemed to be the only one who realised that the crossed wires were a result of two different rules.

(1) Your hand is dead if you are on the phone when the cards are being dealt.
(2) Your hand is dead if you don't return to your seat after your second card has been dealt.

Noah was saying things like, "But I was here before my second card was dealt" and "I turned the phone off before I returned to my seat"


Basically, bad communiction between dealer and supervisor.

Silly thing is that I reckon he probably had rags.

Untouchables?

Was it the mullet that gave it away?

Nah I lent him the jacket ;)

snoopy Vegas tip #3

Don't drink too much kids. It's not big and it's certainly not clever.

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They have probably had it in storage for about 5 years...

Yeah, I made one for me a while back. I started with 20 and am crossing it down each year. It's currently on 17.

 what time does the show start?

Dave Clayton -- 29,000

Dave called a raise with T-3, flop = T-3-rag and cleaned out MB with Pocket Aces.

24 hour party woooohoooo

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David 'dpommo' Pomroy is OUT.

K-J vs Q-J

Jack on the flop, Queen on the turn.

Fellow Virgin player, Julian Gardner, is still battling away with 12,525

rotflmfao Snoopy, you are one funny fella :D

I can confirm that, whatever the photo may imply, Ben Roberts does not have a Jeremy Beadle hand.

The cash game pro is currently on 11,750

Seated opposite is highly successful American player Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi, who has gone for the 'quantity, not quality' philosophy. Lots of greens, but alas, just 10,100

snoopy's Vegas tip #4

Never get your hopes up.

The topless bar at the 'House of Cards' was a complete letdown.  ;tk;

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Two hotties from 'Poker Dome' just entered the media room and said "Hey guys, there's a bus heading out to a Poker Dome Party. It's about to leave, who's coming with us!"

I kid you not, I'm sure I saw a tumbleweed blow by.

Actually, one guy did put his hand up meekly and creep towards the door, but these girls looked pretty shocked by the stunned silence with all us nerds turning back to our lappies to continue with our work. They clearly don't get to many knockbacks.

WELCOME TO MY WORLD, LADIES!!!

Jen could have coped snoop ... RUN, you might still catch them.

I think he has taken my advice LOL LOL

Don't blame him ... I wouldn't even have posted to tell you about it ... but snoops is a pro!?

LOL with any luck he will be nostril deep in norkage by now :D (he still wont take any pics though)

Talking of the House of Cards, here's one inhabitant, Tony 'Ribena Berry' Chessa.

Caught a few odd words...

"I'm playing it the same as I would any tournament"
"It's a good table, pretty soft. Only a couple of decent players"
"I'm on 17 thousand"
"Barring a distaster, I should make Day 2"

He was also ranting about a hand where MB had 3-3 on a T-3-3 flop, didn't quite catch what Tony held.

Mr Chessa must be getting pretty famous, one crew member even asked me to hold 'Tony's' bloomin' beer!!!

I held it alright, I drank it too!

Eat my shorts!

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where else would you get a live picture of a Playpoy bunny?!

Just me and mi ol' mucker Hugh have the power on that 1

BigArmo is on 16000 at 2nd break

Gala Ash -- 10,025
Clonie Gowan -- 5,200
Tex Barch -- 13,800
Julian Gardner -- 15,300
Dave Penley -- 14,300

thanks snoopy,have you seen how richard from gala is doing?

They seemed to be applauding someone...

I thought Harrington had been eliminated or something, but it's just some random old guy. I think they're clapping him for being old. Boy, tikay would get a standing ovation from every cardroom in America.

haven't seen him

You may recognise this guy (well, if you could hear his voice you would) - Ade Bayo, oftentimes to be found chatting it up at the tables at Gutshot, who qualified for the Main Event and has drawn a seat at a table which is notably quieter than he.  And that's Americans, mind you.  He looked very happy, and was waving around a silver business-card case which I am reliably informed by Barry Martin contains cards he hands out when he knocks people out:  "Congratulations, you've been Ade'd!"  I will be astounded if he can keep that up for ten straight days...

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Oi!

I know fielding requests in a field this big is a bit harder then when you are updating a 4 table tournament at Southampton...

But I would be most grateful if you could find out how Garry Bush and Tony Bloom are doing before I go to bed in about 10 minutes..

*pretty please*

I once kept moving all in on his BB every round for a laugh and he finally called giving me one of those cards in advance.  I ended up outdrawing him but kept the card anyway cos I thought it was pretty funny.  Bet he pisses off a few Yanks....

Just enough time to say ;goodluck; Blondeites !

John Hewston -- 7,500
Tony G -- 2,850
Barry Greenstein -- 11,900
Dan Harrington -- 8,475
Mickey Wernick -- 7,225
Gary Bush -- 13,050
Rob Sherwood -- 28,050
William Chen -- 7,100
Ian McDonald -- 8,600
Martin Wendt -- 16,625
David Sklansky -- 12,100
Mike Sexton -- 9,250
Juan Carlos Mortensen -- 12,800

Joh Hewston is finding life hard:

First his set of jacks was out-turned by an open ended straight draw.

Then his pocket Kings were outflopped by A-Q, Ace first card.

Hello updaterers, just caught up. Great stuff guys, you're really starting to get the hang of this now!


(Happy birthday Jen)

This guy is Ralph Rudd, pointed out to me by his rather excited railer -- "He is going to be Someone in the poker world Very Soon...."  Well, blonde will keep an eye on him for you, sir.

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And Julian Gardner, focusing with aid of ipod (I think it's the same kind as Snoopy's - all the cool kids must have them now).  Last time I saw him he was over the 17k mark, so something must have happened in the last round to knock him down a small notch.

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Great work as always by the Blonde team
I never say much but always rely on you for great updates!
Good luck and best wishes to Micky & Mark Herron /Connor Tate/ Strummer/ Nick Gibson/ Iwan Jones and all the guys from Ladbrokes. Wish I was there

We've been informed that play will continue for 6 levels (so until 1:30am Vegas Time roughly) unless they haven't managed to play down to 800 (possibly 900).  So we've got a timescale for these Day Ones.  It's definitely not for the patience-challenged.

Hello guys.  Not jealous at all that you guys are there!!  Enjoy

Just a little request.  Have you seen/heard my Uncle about?  Is he still in?? x

Hi there - I saw him earlier in the week loitering around the sit'n'go area, but I haven't spotted him yet today - are you sure he's Day 1a?

HEHE  Oh yeah Jen.  Sorry - I have no idea what day he is in  :D

a story from an alternative site if I may....only because it is so mad!!
We had a flop of the Tc 7c 5s. A bet of 300 is made by Tim Rod and he received a raise from an opponent. So, Rod merely called. The turn came the 3c. Rod tried another bet, this time for 1500. His opponent showed strength again and raised to 4K. Rod simply smooth called the raise. The 3s landed on the river. All in said Tim Rod and he got an instantaneous call from the opponent. Rod quickly revealed his Kc Qc for the second nut flush. His opponent, (and this is the way it is….in this crazy world of poker) the opponent said “Do I have a straight flush????????...Oh. no…I don’t…as he turned over the 8d 6s for a broken everything. Tim happily scoops a nice one.

Is this really possible in a 10k buyin tourney??

chili, congrats on the new job at morrisons, that uniform really suits you xxx

Big Armo -- 14,400
Benwoo -- 13,350
Richard Berridge -- 25,000
Ash Abdullah -- 9,150

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao  Was gonna get mad, but i see your point!  I might be ringing em up in a few months.

Rob Sherwood is up to 31k, a decent proportion of which came from a 5-3 button raise.

MB though about raising, but just called, so ROb reckoned he had something like pocket tens.

Flop came 9-7-3 and both players checked.

Turn = 3

River = rag

Rob bet both streets and MB called both times.

MB mucked on the river.

Tony G raises to 600 under the gun (blinds = 100/200), 4 callers including cut-off and both blinds.

Big Blind bets 2k on the 5s Th Kd flop. Everyone folds, including Tony G who is now down to just 3.1k.

Gala Ash isn't too happy about the way some players cover themselves up. He reckons you ought to see at least 50% of somebody's face, otherwise they might as well all play in masks.

The rest of the Gala boys are also here including Justin and (I've never asked his name but have played him loads of times) Wayney (is that right?)... Fran?

Its spoken Wadey, but close enough.  Ash is funny.  Hope Richard can keep onto his chips!

snoopy's Vegas tip #5

The dollars can soon seep away so make sure you cash in every last cent

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snoops its wadey....good job on the updates mate

That's him!

Tony G is currently wondering around the rail, which means he's either garnered a new found confidence in his 2k stack, or he's just been eliminated.

The latter of the two may well be the more reliable.

It appears as though our chip leader is bracelet winner Mark Vos, who has around the 80k mark.

He just doubled up with Q-J versus A-A on a Q-J-rag flop.

Nooooooice

ive asked snoopy to get an interview off the caller

Chav of the day...

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quality updating guys - keep  up the good work

Reading elsewhere, the old boy got the applause after busting because he has the honour of being the oldest player to participate in the main event....At the youthful age of 91 !!!!!!

And here is the much talked about Ash Abdullah, renowned Gala, Notts player.



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I've just been to the Poker Dome and can confirm the ladies are indeed rather hot.

ask for an interview off of this guy too......
Two unknown players were involved in a hand. The flop held J-J-A.  One player pushed all in for about $16k, with the other playing only having about $2100 .  After he thinks about it for a long time, David Levi, sitting to his immediate left, pulls out a giant wad of cash (about $8,000) and says: "If you call that bet and you're right, this money is yours."

The guy still folded.

Levi says then to the all-in bettor: "If you show a bluff, that money is yours."  


Legends are made of this stuff!!!!!

Event 39: $10,000 NLH F/O - MAIN EVENT - Day 1a

Level 3

Blinds = 100/200

15 minutes left

Snoopy, are they playing 7 levels at 2 hrs a pop today?

I feel Red Bull might be the order of the day.

great stuff guys! keep it up

Brits and fellow Midlanders John Shipley and Phil Peters are both OUT.

Minh Ly -- 9,400
John Duthie -- 29,225

I didn't catch sight of any CardPlayer guys, so hopefully this is an exclusive.

Lee Watkinson is down to 8,700 after losing a big pot and doubling up Mateyboy.

K-K v T-T

Board = 9h 8h 4h 6h Th

Unfortunately for the bracelet winner, Mateyboy had the Kh

Roland De Wolfe raises 700 from the button, Mateyboy cubed call from the small blind, big blind, and trap 2 (limper).

Flop = Kd 8h 6h

MB bets 1.2k, fold, fold, Roland raises to 4k.

MB dwells for a while before finally making a call, leaving himself just a few thousand behind.

Turn = 2h

check check

River = 6d

check check

MB shows A-K, Roland mucks

The former WPT winner is now on 18,200

The players are now on a tea break, which I believe is 90 minutes long.

 8s 8c  vs  5h  5c

Flop  6s  5s   5d

Turn  9s

River  7s

You know its not your day when quads get runner runnered by the straight flush

Clonie Gowan is OUT

an accident with Pocket Queens

Mark Vos is still your current chip leader, and by quite a way too.

The young Aussie has 80k, his nearest rival being recent WPT winner Joe Tehan, who has just over 40,000

This is really really random, but I just saw on News 24 that the city of Las Vegas has passed a bylaw making it illegal for soup kitchens to hand out free food to the homeless. Talk about Sin City... Snoops, you and Jen should share those little sandwiches with those less fortunate than yourselves. But not in public, obviously...

CAPTION COMPETITION

.....With the winner receiving a $0.25 Orleans cashout voucher!

Me first. "Nytol are proud to sponsor...."



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Lol think thats the first good thing youve ever said about me.

Just in the room getting some room service during the break and nicking a few blinds on the Stars 25/50 nl and yes i know i am sick!

How's today gone, Dave?

Ok so far had some fun on the first table with renowned Stars player Jason Strasser made it up 18k but ive been moved to a new table with no recognisable names or faces currently sit on 16k. Won a big pot early with a top pair and nut flush draw that got there lost a chunk twice with queens and won a small pot with the aces.
Just 1 bit of sick play so far where i raised UTG with 2 red 8s and bet the AQ4 all club flop and received a call i now managed to get him to pass AK no club when it came a red 7 on the turn and i bet 2500 which was just under the pot.

How's The Worm doing?

Word on the grapevine is that play is now underway.

thought you had gone to the pokerdome it was so quiet

have you got the interview with Mr 8 high yet?

100/200(25)

John Hewston -- 13,000
Tex Barch -- 13,725
Thomas Wahlroos -- 9,900
Lee Watkinson -- 8,425
Big Armo -- 22,000
Jon Hennighan -- 10,400
Roland De Wolfe -- 17,800
Thomas Middelthon -- 5,225
Layne Flack -- 4,35

Everytime I go over to Roland's table he's raising!

Is there anybody you want me to keep an eye on?

Enjoying your blog Snoops.  You checked out the Tilted Kilt or the Voodoo Lounge yet?

My spider senses inform me that Hollywood actor Tobey Maguire is OUT.

Although I haven't spotted them yet, word has it that Dutch Boyd, Tony Bloom and Joe Sebok are all playing, with the latter being up there with the chip leaders.

Excellent job, Jen and snoops .... got to retire, but I look forward to reading your updates in the morning.

Get some coffee, red bull, women ... or whatever it takes to carry you through!

Much appreciated

Jon.

My spidey senses inform me that a spider big enough to put a saddle on has just galloped across the ceiling!

Voodoo Lounge has been on the cards for a while now, but we haven't got round to it. I'm sure we'll squeeze it in somewhere, it's only fair that some of the hotties in Vegas get the chance to meet me.

Andrew Bloch -- 11,600
Jeremy Bates -- 7,500
Andrew Leonard -- 25,000
Kirill Gerasimov -- 4,875
Andy Black -- 18,500
Layne Flack -- 11,100
Joe Bartholdi -- 5,350
Hoyt Corkins -- 13,325

Jennifer Leigh

Not famous, but has a load of cameramen around her. Can't imagine why...



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A rather jet lagged blondeite...

Jeremy 'Jezza' Bates

Although Crypto informed him that his Day 1 was on Sunday, Jezza arrived today to find out that he was actually scheduled in for today!! So, with a dwindled stack of 8.5k, Jezza has raced in and is now having his Day 1 today! Incredible cock up.

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Dan Harrington is OUT.

The veteran and former Main Event winner who made two consecutive finals in 2003 and 2004 (a feat which is often greeted as one of poker's greatest complishments) was finally eliminated by another veteran of the game.

Mike Sexton's Pocket Queens were more than enough to fend off Harrington's flush draw, which never arrived.

Harrington received a much deserved round of applause.

See Ben is logged in.  Just want to say my thoughts are with you at this time.


All the best for Sunday,


Davemac (your Tilted Kilt pool partner from WSOP05)

Hello again - I have had a small nap under the table in the press room instead of a dinner break, which has perked me up no end.  As has the sight of MadYank about 7 hours in to his 72-hour heads up Guinness World Record Attempt.  Must really try not to yawn around him...

Anyway, there has been some consternation among players of days 3 and 4 especially that there seems to be a noticeable lack of famous pro-types playing today...I wonder whether it will all get tougher later in the week.  Nah, probably just as tough with any field of four figures.

Rob Sherwood -- 29,500

Apprantly, he's been "speculating, but not accumulating"

Some people have waaaaaaaaaay too much time on there hands. Can anyone guess whose 10k+ stack this is?



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I found sleeping in Vegas a problem, what with jetlag, aircon and the like.

Found the answer was to have 'a right good drink before bedtime'.  But guess that's just the Catholic coming out me in the city of sin......

Snooker extraordinaire and TV's own Steve 'The Nugget' Davis.

Anyone for Beef Stroganoff?

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Ref the 10k stack.

Frank Lloyd Wright's?

Jim Betchel -- 18,550
Steve Davis -- 13,825
Roland De Wolfe -- 3,675
Dutch Boyd -- 17,675
Scotty Nguyen -- 25,250
Michael Mizrachi -- 6,200
David Sklansky -- 7,225
William Chen -- 6,850
Mike Sexton -- 22,000
John Hewston -- 7,700

somebody slighty less flowery and a lot more pokery

10k stack.

On second thought's, reckon it's William van Alen.

Deduced from the fact that he's about to put water bottle on top and exclaim, "Aha gotcha, bet you never expected that!"

and somewhat Spanishy

King Juan Carlos? Seve Ballesteros? Manuel from Fawlty Towers?

Contestant number 1 seems a likely suspect.

"Que? I know nothing"

Mr Mortensen.  Do I win a prize?

Evenin Snoops,Jen

Just catching up with todays action form the comfort of my Treasure Island suite with a few beers to help me sleep tonight in preperation for my Day1 B tomorrow.

See you then table 119.

hey snoops i have details of your next live update infact i think you might try and get a flight home soon

It started as an April Fool's joke but an Irish bookmaker's proposal to hold the world's biggest strip poker contest will become reality next month.

Paddy Power floated the idea as a joke but it generated so much interest -- and hundreds of requests to take part -- that the Dublin-based company decided to organise a contest.

So next month, 200 poker buffs will risk baring all in an attempt to become the first World Strip Poker Champion -- and earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

The winner will also receive a "Golden Fig Leaf" trophy plus 10,000 pounds in cash.

"This will be the most fun you can have with your clothes on -- or off!" Paddy Power said in a statement for the tournament, which will be held in London on August 19.

Might enter. Could do with some tips on how to play a short stack.....

Might I interject my Climber of the Day at this point?

Drumroll please....it's Thomas Wahlroos.

Down to 1,500 after two levels, I highly expected him to have made a slight recovery or busted (no detriment to him as a player - in several European events he's shown himself to be top calibre) but finding him with 21,000 now it appears that his evening has gone much better than his afternoon.  Having worked his way back to his starting stack, he got in a battle of the blinds, eventually making a big all-in with Qd Td.  As for his opponent: "He called my all-in with pocket Sevens, so he deserved it" when he hit the flop and made his stack comfortable.

It's not easy catching a good hand, but sometimes you hear a slight ruffle, a few raised voices perhaps, or the pushing aside of chairs.

One of these occasions just happened on one of the very back tables.

It's a Mateyboy cubed hand, but I have a photo!

After some preflop action, the three Mateyboys see a flop of Ts Js Kc

Seat 5 and 7 check, Seat 10 bets 500

Seat 5 calls, Seat 7 raises to 3,000

Seat 10 makes it 10,600 leaving Seat 5 to move all-in for a total of 9,600.

Are you still with me?

Seat 7 dwells for ages, giving it a lot of talk... predominatly due to the cameras being present.

Anyhow, he eventually folds, proudly slamming down Ks Jc.

Seat 5 shows Ahrt Qs

Seat 10 has Tc Th

Turn = 5h

River = 8s

The all-in man survives.

"Best hand I've ever played!" comments Seat 7 adamantly



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The Screens tell us that there are still a huge 1,280 players remaining (although I saw two go broke while walking through the room just now).
Blinds 100/200 ante 25.

Some of your current chip leaders...

Mike Erstling
Mark Vos
David Pham
Cong Do
Julian Gardner

So we're down to 1,278??

Boy, we'll be out of here in a jiffy.

Fork at the ready...

 8)

The players are currently on a 20 minute break.

Any update on mateyboy? Failing that, any updates for Rob Sherwood, Julian Gardner or Roland De Wolfe? :)

loving your work guys...

Pomroy ring me.

Dubai not Rob obviously

Dutchman Marc Naalden, who final tabled in Copenhagen at the start of the year, has just eliminated Mateyboy with T-T vs K-J on a 6-A-3-Q-2 flop.

He's still only on 7.5k though.

How do we know it's Dubai?

cause im assuming Rob is still in and Pomo realises that.

Rob Sherwood is currently on 22,050

Roland De Wolfe, who has joined the former TV table, is now two seats away from Scotty Nguyen and playing with exactly 6,000

It's wierd having Rob's head and Dubai's voice coming out of it.

It should be obvious Snoops. I talk sense :)

Ron 'Mad Yank' Fanelli is currently 11 hours into his World Heads Up record attempt of 72 hours and 3 minutes.

As Ron quite rightly responded when I commented that he was a whole seventh into the record, "Hey, I'm more than a seventh into it my firend"

Health Report?

Ambulance is on the way.

Chip Counts!

Bushy (pictured)  14,500
Thomas Wahlroos  24,000
Roland de Wolfe   9,800
Dan Alspach         11,700
Martin Wendt       23,000
Mickey Wernick     23,000
Henrik Olander      32,000
Andreas Hagen     45,000  (just always seems to get chips and hold on to them, while looking the whole time as if he might be "licking pee off a nettle" as Tom 'DeVore' 'Looking for bitter revenge' Murphy says)
Andy Black           35,000
Barry Greenstein   15,800
Kristy Gazes          20,000
Ade Bayo             20,425
Julian Gardner       43,000
John Duthie          30,400
Scotty Nguyen      27,500


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P.S. I like the really wary look the guy on Bushy's left is giving him as he grins pleasantly away...

Here's Andreas Hagen - just doesn't look like he's enjoying himself.  But I remember him from the EPT in Dublin last year and his play impressed so greatly that he was one of my three Final Tips even though I referred to him as "Guy With Highlights in Visor" at the time.

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Slightly more mirthful Scandie Henrik Olander, whose neighbour (leaning out of shot) was muttering something about how the Europeans were always getting their picture taken.  I think the cool poker expression must lie somewhere between these extremes of frown and giggle.

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And a super-relaxed looking John Duthie, who obviously rang a bell with a couple of railers, who asked me if I knew who he was...

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Jon Hennighan -- 32,000
Big Armo -- 24,025
John Duthie -- 38,000
Gus Hansen -- 4,675
Jezza -- 7,425
Hoyt Corkins -- 42,700
Andrew Bloch -- 7,200

One more?  Oh, go on then... Mickey and Co. with the sprawling expanse of the 'Amazon Room' as this warehouse is formally known in the background.  This, and the field is half empty, almost...

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The rather aesthetically pleasing Jennifer Leigh (pictured below) has been eliminated from the comp after running pocket ladies into a set of ducks. quack quack

The male rail was rather teary eyed as she departed from the room.

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Narrowly missing out on Climber of the Day is Noah Boeken - whose 20k or so in mostly low-denomination chips have come back from just 2,000.  "Next time I see you I'll have 200,000...." prophesies Noah.  Nothing like PMA eh, Snoops?

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I am truly honoured to have just met Sir Brian McFadden (knighted for his services to Westlifeness)

I was ordering a couple of beers when the guy behind the bar said, "Do you want lime with it?"

I thought he said "wine" and looked puzzled.

"Wine", I replied confused.

Then mi ol' mucka Brian commented, "This guy doesn't want wine, he's Australian"

Australian!!! I can understand the Americans mistaking me for an Aussie, but not an Irishman

Any more tomfoolery like that and that McFadden will finally know what flying like wings is like.

Guns at the ready.

Snoopy any chance u could slip Jennifer Leigh my number and you can have 1% in me... I have rebought as an alternate 2morrow :)

Is that something women get?

Tell you what, I've got a better idea. How about I slip her my number and I can have 10% in her...

Oh dear, tone lowered.  :pop:

Well anything is definately gonna be better than 1% in me lol

Welcome to the dark side snoppy  .... its a fun place to be... now post that playboy girlie pic again and find more norkage .

Just caught up with these great updates while drinking my very early morning coffee.

Glad to see that the tone has been lowered and norkage is imminent  ::)

Roland De Wolfe has either moved table or is OUT.

I couldn't see him, so it doesn't look good.

Rob Sherwood -- 42,000
David Penley -- 14,375
Dutch Boyd -- 8,300
John Hewston -- 6,750
Jezza -- 6,625
Gary Bush -- 17,500
Hoyt Corkins -- 38,800
Ian McDonald -- 9,450
Tony Chessa -- 4,000
Brian Haverson -- 16,325
Mickey Wernick -- 25,000
Ash Abdullah -- 22,300
Andy Black -- 33,000
Barry Greenstein -- 33,400

1 player has been blinded out.

No idea who it was, but, either way, he (or she for that matter) is now dust.

Whoever is this tempstress that is warping Snoop's mind..

Give her my number and i'll charge you all 20% to watch

what will they be watching  :o :o :o

I'm so confused

Me too but I'll have a ticket  ::)

990 players left

We've just gone into the final 20 minute break before the last 2 hour left of the day.

What time is it there Sloppy ?

Goooooo Jezza!! (That is some cockup by Crypto)

00.53

Agreed, I feel very sorry for him and hope they make amends like putting him in another tourney or something.

Hope I got the Day 1's right for all the BSQ Boys.....  :o

refund at the very minimum

"Cards in the air" in less than two minutes - as they say over here.

Great reporting as usual.
Unlucky to Des Wilson (swimming with the Devilfish), a true gentleman in all aspects of the game.When not lording it with the big boys can be found playing with us mere mortals at cornwallpoker in Falmouth/Penryn/Hayle.

But what was he doing playing  AA in this kind of tournament!!!! ;)

Good luck also to all the Ladbrokes Players.

you to are amazing to still be updating.

just been woke up by a phone call from notts ash and richard.

ASH-30000

RICHARD-17000

they said there not that tired,so hopefully they make it through.

Righteo, just two hours to go and then beddie byes.

Jen and I made the mistake of staying up til 10am the night before last, rrresulting in us waking at 8-10pm the nxt day, and not being able to get to sleep last night.

We played cash til 6 at the Orleans when I decided to hit the sack. Jen only got 1 hour in the end, I think, which explains why she was kipping under the Media table earlier today.

will there be more players on day 2 then,or will there be a day 1aa  :blonde:

lol you have lost me ??

if you could get a picture of richard berridge before you go that would be great.

With just 950 players remaining, they're guaranteed pretty much to hit their target of 900 or fewer by the end of this level, but with multiple start days they've got to play through til the bitter end.  12pm tomorrow and it all starts all over again.

Just to prove that progress has been made today, here are the empty tables.



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One player with the experience and stamina for these kinds of tourneys must be Andy Black (confused, I overheard in the hallway, with Andy Bloch once again by the Americans who appear fans of both).  Catch his staredown, when not even in a hand...

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And here is one of your chip leaders, Australian Mark Vos (now residing in Paris I believe)

He's currently on 95k after value betting a Kh 8d Jd 2h 2s board with Qh Js. MB called the extra 1.4k

He's now on 93k



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Gus, smiling while playing his small to middling stack.  Good to see the cheerfulness at this late hour...

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And my last pic of the night (going to skip the taxi queue and come back more conscious tomorrow) - neighbours Kristy Gazes and Julian Gardner, both with healthy stacks and looking to confidently progress to Day Two.  In three days. 

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He's not exactly the most popular guy on this forum Fran.

o.k ralf,neither is ash.doesnt stop me wanting them to do well.

Did you read Richard's last post on this forum Fran ?

not on the updates thread please ...

yes ralf i did and this is not the thread to talk about it.hes appolagised and has not posted since.
as i told you on wedensday he is a friend and im not getting into a slagging match about him.

Right, i gotta pop to the shop for some ciggies, then im off to the cafe where there is a heart attack on a plate with my name on it ....  see ya soon.

Quick report on Rob Sherwood - he's currently running well on 43,700, not much change since the break, he's won a couple of blinds - "done enough to stay even"

grrrrrrrr
im trying to stop smoking in the mornings and you mentioning cigs has made me want one

thanks kev

Tony Chessa is OUT

Juan Carlos Mortensen -- 6,500
Steve Davis -- 9,575
Dutch Boyd -- 6,075
As Abdullah -- 29,300

According to Mr Raab, the screen is behind and we are actually down to 860

how long left?

you must be shattered

Let's not forget blondeite and all round nice guy Dave 'RiverDave' Penley.

He's in full grind mode and has been all day.

He's currently on 14k, with his max for the day being 18.

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Sorry to be a pest. Have you seen messers Bush and Bloom recently?

Martin Wendt is stacking up around 60k after taking down a huge pot with 5-5 vs J-3 on a J-5-3 board.

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just under an hour left

I'll be more shattered after Day 4 of these heats

eeeeeeeeeeeek!

your a superhero ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Bit of a roar at Ash's table, and I managed to get a ringside view.

Three people went all-in, but one fellow was lambasting another for influencing another man's decision. "You have pot odds, you have to call" I believe was the phrase spoken, and, from what I understand, it wasn't the first time he'd made such comments.

Anyhow, the guy did call (Seat 2), and he had Jc Jd

MB in Seat 4 (who was the unhappy chappy) had Kh Ks, whilst MB#3 in Seat 9 held Qs Qh

Board = 5s 3c 9s Js Tc

Big roar from the crowd and many onlooking players.

Oh I do love a good contoversy...  ;goodvevil;

Andrew Leaonard -- 25,500
Tony Bloom -- 30,500
Big Armo -- 25,000
Gus Hansen -- 2,850
Noah Boeken -- 24,400

anybody know if Gamblor21 is still in it Ian 'At-it' Bradley?

He is, but only because he doesn't play until Monday....

He was in disguise!

Richard Berridge -- 8,500

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Tony Bloom was chatting to Barry Greenstein during the break, that was until someone interrupted them and asked Tony to take a piccy of them with Barry, hehe

Of course, being a top man, Tony duly obliged.

Steve Davis -- 17,150
Andy Black -- 25,000
Tom McEvoy (sp?) -- 7,150
Tex Barch -- 7,800
Mike Sexton -- 34,800
Gary Bush -- 15,925

Mickey Wernick has just taken a big hit and is now down to just 9,300

Flop = 7d 4c Th

MB is all in with Jh Td against the Worm's 7s 7h

Turn = 9h

River = 8h

According to the board...

82 tables

820 players

Shortstack Gus Hansen has been eliminated. From what I was told, it was a coinflip situation.

Snoopy, don't listen to what all the others say.

You are da man.

(only another 2 weeks of this to go....)

Just several minutes left...

In fact, there are just 2 minutes left on the clock

An Irishman (would you Adam and Eve it!!!) looks like being the chip leader at the end of today's play.

Barring a disaster, young bracelet winner Mark Vos will be in second with the likes David Pham, Hoyt Corkins, Martin Wendt, Rob Sherwood, Joe Tehan, Julian Gardner and Layne Flack not too far behind.

One second, I hear clapping and cheering, Day 1a is complete!

And, on that note, I shall bid you farewell as I must dash for the taxi before the stampede.

Nighty night, folks.  ;sleep;

thanks snoopy

Just caught up,  Nice reporting folks


Can you tell me if snooker players  Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams are playing this event please?   I think they both did last year

Great updates guys  :)

I saw Stephen Hendry in the restaurant in the Bellagio last night so I assume he is

Fran- talked to the boys about 1/2 hr ago. Ash has 35k, Richard 10k. Wadey was on good form! C u soon xx

same here ed.they rang me this morning at about 9am to.

Thanks you two for the hard work.. we all really appreciate it..xx

ty

thx 4 updates guys well done

yup great stuff thx very much, just caught up, looking forward to later...  hope you slept well!!!

I really do think that when Jen & slopps arrive at bB3, we should make them both Lords, or Sirs, or something, these guys are just the best.

But I should also warn everyone that blonde will NOT be covering the entire Main Event. Reporting restrictions, & other stuff, including my failure to get across there & help spread the load, mean we will probably give best after the 4 opening days. We can only ask so much of Jen & snoppy. There are plenty of blondes in Vegas with Lappies & texts coming & going across the Atlantic, & so there will still be plenty of blonde news to keep us updated.

Sorry about that, but when we heard that we would be denied access for the later stages, we kinda decided it made no sense to try.

did you not tell them that you were tikay from the telly ?

Just caught up, great updates, great humour, looking forward to more.

Listen. I was playing some Hi-Lo Cash last night on blonde, and a  vey nice Gentleman, "skin-up" I think his name was, came in the chat Box & said "is that THE tikay, off the telly?". I'm loving it, "thank you Sir, glad you enjoy it" & all that stuff. Unbenown to me, Colchester Kev was lurking, & exposed me big time. Damn that man.

The guy eventually said "OK tikay, I'm off to bed, sleep well". I typed in "you too, sleep well, xxxx". Well, Kev had a field day. "Love you". "Love you too".  He needs to be careful, that Kev, I have my image to protect.

It was bloody embarrassing, it was like the teenage phone calls .."you put the phone down first" ..."no no , you put the phone down first"  ... "love you" ..."love you more"  FFS get a room !!!

Is Wesley Crusher playing in this event?   

any1 know how dale is getting on

Paul Mc Caffery is the chip leader, an irish guy who has been living in Boston for about 10years... Met him at Foxwoods, he had a huge amount of chips there and seems to be some player!

we will be down at the Rio today to do some railing, and i need to soke up some atmosphere before i play!

The time difference must have really messed with your sleep pattern! Its before lunch time!

Try and get some of that Irish luck from him and be up there on Monday.

Going to Newcastle for an early celebration for you tonight!

Yes and hes been knocked out

ok, cheers mate.  I am sure he will be able to make a fast exit with the transporter anyway

<<< Out :-(  within 45 mins yesterday, 25/50 early position raise(150) called by 2 peeps, I have 77(9,000) and call on button, flop 7 4 2, original raiser bets 500 folded to me and I raise to 1500 - he thinks and pushes all in(10k+). Yipppee!! he has A A and hits A on river. Good luck to all other uk & ireland players. Marty.

thats quite harsh mate ul