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 :hello: Snoopy

 :hello: everybody

Any updates and pics of Paul would be most welcome , he's on table 41  :)

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 :hello:  Snoopy,

Overnight chip counts:

Fran Cipriano -- 123,200
Ken Jacobs -- 119,106
Paul McCaffrey -- 110,650
John Kincaid -- 107,500
Joe Fuhriman -- 98,250
George Lopez -- 98,125
Mike Erstling -- 94,075
Sean Le -- 94,050
Paul Kitsos -- 92,850
WeiKai Chang -- 92,575
Paramjit Gill -- 85,650
Mark Vos -- 85,375
Jeffrey Lisandro -- 85,025
Matthew Maroon -- 83,150
Eric Buchman -- 82,450
Justin Diamond -- 81,850
Nathan Wilt -- 80,225
Phil Cordano -- 80,125
Aaron Clark -- 78,925
Erik Friberg -- 77,675

Others:

Julian Gardner -- 60,325
Layne Flack -- 56,300
Mike Tindall -- 44,475
Rob Sherwood -- 43,625
Tony Bloom -- 38,175
Thomas Wahlroos -- 37,800
David Clayton -- 37,050
Jim Betchel -- 36,700
Andreas Hagen -- 35,100
John Armstrong -- 31,700
Hoyt Corkins -- 29,725
Barry Greenstein -- 28,450
Allen Kessler -- 26,950
Steve Davis -- 23,100
David Sklansky -- 29,500
Jeremy Bates -- 15,400
Mickey Wernick -- 14,750
John Duthie -- 14,675
Scotty Nguyen -- 14,350
Kristy Gazes -- 13,575

is jeremy bates the so called tennis player?

Paul said first player out was after five minutes of play ........ now that must hurt

not as bad as last year when it was first hand when he flopped a full house vrs sammy farha's bigger boat

Other names...

Ron Rose
Mel Judah
Cameron Angus
Dewey Tomko
AndrewT
David Williams
Iwan Jones
Cupcake
Evelyn Ng
Greek Jack
Paul Jackson

Cupcake is down to 5k after running Pocket Kings into a set of Threes

David Williams, Cupcake, Iwan Jones, Greek Jack



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Could you wish Steve Sass (-bluffer-) 'all the best' if you spot him. He will be wearing his 'Team Ladbrokes' shirt.

Cheers

Hi Slopos, Greek Jack is a terrific chip-getter and a lovely bloke to boot.

I wouldn't mind a fiver on him @ 5000/1 to be chip leader at the end of today  ::)

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Even more names...

Simon Zach
Bill Gazes
Barry Shculman
Ron Jeremy
Johnny Lodden
Edgar Skjervold
Chris Ferguson
Luke Smith
Todd Brunson
Stephen Hendry

Morning!  Another day, another 2,138 players.  Probably.  (That's how many played Day 1a)

But today is heavier on the blondeites, with Marc Goodwin and Dave from the Poker House giving it a go... So after my extra half hour of getting ready time (OK, lying in bed staring at the alarm on my phone) thanks to Snoops I am refreshed and ready to go gather evidence from the early stages of play.

Already heard a story, courtesy of blondeite SuffolkPunch:  He saw Phil Ivey getting into a 4xraise preflop war in the first level (go on, guess Ivey's hand) - and on a Queen-high flop, the Mateyboy still didn't feel like letting his pocket Tens go... the standard of play here is variable, to say the least.

Ferguson, Smith, Hendry, Jeremy



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Good morning Jen.

Thusly AA  ::)

AndrewT, Zach, Lodden, Skjervold



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Give Andrew a slap, he looks like he needs waking up!

wooooopaaaaa

Ouch!

I believe Davis was sponsored by laddies.  Who has put Hendry in, and are there any other snooker players taking part?

I've been told that Mark Wiliams is a pretty decent player.

Great work Jen and Snoops....any chance of getting some roller blades?? ;D

Also spotted:

Doyle Brunson
Mike Caro
Darren Grosvenor
David Williams' mum
Paul 'Mr Moves' Sandells
M3Boy
Mark 'Hawko' Hawkins
Ken 'KP Nuts' Power
Martin 'Roy Cropper' Green

Gl Hawko, first time ive ever wanted mackem s**m to do well ;)

Any idea how many chips Hawko and KP have?

Sandells, Caro, Brunson, M3Boy



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chip counts will arrive shortly

jimmy white is here as well

Hi Dave, Steve Davis plays quite a lot on Laddies and is pretty solid.

Mark Williams plays a lot of events on the UK circuit, Hendry was there last year too.

But none of them seemed very keen to take us on at 9-ball in the Tilted Kilt  ::)

That guy KP Nuts was trying to sell in himself on the Betfair forum under the heading WSOP Special Offer.  Seemed to get some really vitriolic and pisstake response's when a simple yes or no would suffice.  For that reason hope he goes deep....

Your first three chip counts:

AndrewT -- 10,575
Mark Hawkins -- 8,000
Martin Green -- 8,325

I played with Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams and Viv (can't remember his last name for the life of me) last year at a Betfred $5k stt in Manchester, it could have been a really good night but the whole thing was a sham, they were blatantly giving signals to each other and treated the whole game as a joke.... Sigh. Not surprising that they all came 1st 2nd and 3rd.....

LOL at the pics - only on blonde could steven hendry and ron jeremy appear next to each other

any word on when the rookie is playing???

"Viv" = Viv Williams, or Williamson, I can't remember which. Has a Pony-Tail. Built like a gable end. Very aggressive player, had some decent results.

That's the one Tikay, I can stop googling now, ty!

OK - first story courtesy of Hugh Kirton, who can only be described as a genial but sick poker junky.  I congratulated him on his unusual headwear, and dress in general.  "Yes," he replied, "I was going for the look of a gay, weak-tight player."  He's clearly thought it all through. 

"And then I went all-in first hand."

Apparently he'd arrived late, having played cash all night (eminently believable) and got to his seat as the first card was being dealt.  So, his Td Jd wasn't dead, and he called an under the gun 150, along with a mid-positioner.  Flop:  Qc 9d 4d.  Not bad.
UTG then makes it 300, called in the middle, and Hugh makes it 850.  Call from Matey 1, but Mid-Matey makes it 3,000.  So Mr. Kirton goes all-in, and is called by Mid-Matey with his set of Fours.
Kc on the river, and it's 20k off the bat.  God help his table.

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Jen, there's a problem with your camera, it's focused on some guy and not on the young lady to the bottom right... ::)

Evelyn Ng -- 5,900
Ron Rose -- 6,050
Mel Judah -- 8,250
Peter Smythe -- 10,750
Paul Jackson -- 9,100
Paul Darden -- 7,650
Howard Lederer -- 6,650
Dewey Tomko -- 8,225
David Williams -- 6,650
Ken Powell -- 10,250
Con Cronin -- 3,900
Iwan Jones -- 10,300

Nice story Jen, even nicer background norkage  :o

Paul Jackson asked me to report they he has now stopped 'playing like a wanker', but I can't really put that, so we finally agreed on 'baboon'.

So...

Paul Jackson has now stopped playing like a baboon.

Greek Jack on 14k

Malc

congrats on excellant first day coverage folks - keep up the good work............(needle in a haystack question follows)............on your travels could you keep an eye out for Stephen Whiddetts  aka CaptnCanary / whiddetts and gimme an update .....pretty please :-)

:hello:

I believe John (Punkfloyd) Conor and Richard (Strummer9) Herbert play today. Would it be too much to ask to keep us updated with their progress please.
Thanks guys, keep up the good work

There is a big pool event on right now in Las Vegas.  O'sullivan and Hann were both in it.  Jimmy White got knocked out by Hann, so did O'sullivan.   

Just to let you guys know, I don't have a player list at hand, and there is a room of 2000 faces, so finding one guy who I've never met or even seen is kinda tricky

I do know who Punkfloyd is though, so, if I spot him on my travels, I shall keep an eye on him.

Phil Hellmuth has just rolled in, fashionably late as usual, and is now playing on the feature table.

 :hello:  ;goodluck; Blondes :)

I have been joined in the media room by Ian Bradley and Paul Parker.

To say the conversation is flowing would be an understatement.

quick question to those on the ground over there in vegas ..............thought i saw article on cardplayer saying players were not allowed to wear any 'dot.com' clothing and had to turn shirts inside -out etc or change!  ....yet on a lot of your posted photos i can clearly see site names????  wot is occuring guys ?

snoop's , whenever possible could you please keep me posted on pete haslam's ( aka bullitpete) progress....he's on table 62.


tanks

Beneath M3Boy's voluminous UB shirt lurks this self-made masterpiece.  He asked me, "So how do I get this on TV?"

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Hudson, bro of Kate hudson, and son of Goldie Hawn!

what a hand that was

Sammy trebled up 15 mins after that hand too when he called a massive rasie of 1000 (blinds 50/100) with 33 and hit a 3 on flop to beat a guys pocket AA!!!

Appartently the annoucement was an error. It is only the TV feature table that this applies to...

I saw a lot of inside-out shirts yesterday, but until there's danger of their .coms getting on TV, there are just too many players to police.  If you look at the PartyPoker logo on the tables, it's .net, and so are the web addresses on all the big banners and booths and stuff around the Arena.  If you make it on the Feature table etc. then it's black tape over your .com...

Bill Gazes -- 8,600
Marc Goodwin -- 11,800
Johnny Lodden -- 4,150
Willie Tann -- 25,000

no worries

And here's a located El Blondie, looking like he may know something you don't know...

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Sharing DC's table are both Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson, and Badbeat's Richard, as requested...

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If it is possible to give Daves regards to Peter Smythe it would be appreciated 8)

oh and a picture of pete would be great..... the glare from his shiny head might fuck things up but its worth a try :)

 :D :D :D  LOL Soxy, you mean he's left his syrup at home?

Dave Ulliott -- 10,625
Mickey Appleman -- 10,400
AndrewT -- 10,975
Doyle Brunson -- 12,200

Board = 5h 8c Jh Th 4d

Doyle bets 20k, MB calls, Doyle shows 7d 9h

I couldn't resist saying to one of the CardPlayer guys, "Who's he? Is he famous?"

He fell for it, which was great fun!

if you ask he might put a cap on to save the glare....and he'll turn to his favouite side :)

If he turns to his best side we will get a photo of the back of his head!

You two are like a double act

i am sure was 25/50 first level if it was 15 minutes it sure was as the levels are 2 hours

BetFred put Hendry in, bit of a joke IMHO. Couldn't they put a decent jobbing pro in?

Phil Hellmuth is low after running J-J into Q-Q and K-K and A-A

... on the first two hands he played!

And remember folks, you heard it hear second!

only on blonde

I can't wait for the tv coverage of that!

just both fans i guess...lol

pete phoned me from the break...he said he's got a fish on his right and a maniac on his left...any chance of getting photos of these pair....could be like a before pete bust's you shot...!! :)

Jen & Snoops

Can u do me a favour please

I am alternate number 125 for tomorrow - Can you find out how many alternates have been seated so far today so i can gauge when i need to turn up tomorrow

Thanks guys

Nick

sherriff why are you in vegas when your meant to be getting married

and when did you change your name to nick

might have been 25/50 i cant say for sure, but i know it was very early on and blinds were tiny, as they were commenting on the size of the raise and the call from sammy of the raise.

Anyway, stop being so bloody pick tonight you!

If you get chance could you do me a massive favour and wish Steve Sass (-bluffer-) the best of luck from me. He's on table 158 wearing a Ladbrokes shirt.

Thanks

Hello guys, what a fantastic job you guys are doing.  Wish I had half your stamina  ;)

This is a request but only if you bump into him and can be arsed.  Please tell good luck from me to Simon Zach.  I was on his table last week in Newcastle and he kindly knocked me out with AA against my lowely QQ.  I never got the chance to tell him I thought he played awesome.  Truely no fear.  I think he will do well over there.

Cheers guys.

"this town ain't big enough for two sherrifs"

Gavin Smith -- 4,650
Dave Singer -- 10,350
Shannon Elizabeth -- 7,625
Chris Ferguson -- 12,800
Phil Ivey -- 17,300

Ironside

You've made Anna (Maid Marion) a little quizical. She was not aware of our impending divorce or my remarriage. She would ask if you could clarify

Nick (gwibbo)

I'll keep an eye out for him and see if I can grab a chip count next time I journey through the tables.

Snoops

Did u get my request?

snoops anymore news on john. if you bump into him again tell him to make sure he does better than last year  8)

Seeing that the content is so shoddy, I think I need to save things with a couple of piccies.

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BullitPete's best side...

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6 tables so far

Lol , a pressie from the kids for Fathers day  :)

Thankyou & S**T

I asked Ariston who he reckoned these guys were supporting and, I swear to God, it took a good few moments before he cottoned on.

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and what??

Chip Count Time -

Dave Colclough     10,100
Hugh Kirton          20,000
BullitPete Haslam   13,800
Luke Smith           13,400
Pascal Perrault       12,600   
Iwan Jones           9,525
Simon Hennessey   9,000   
Howard Lederer     10,700
Paul Jackson          8,975     (illustrating this chip count, for bonus excitement)
Nick Whiten           6,750     (was down to just 3k a little while ago, but just doubled through with KK)

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Snoops if you have time keep an eye out for my missus, i know she is on a night out in Edinburgh but if you happen to see her ask what the hell she is doing in Vegas.

Can you ask Con who sponsored him?
I need to borrow a few quid off someone! :D
Wish him good luck from Ginge if you get chance.

This may answer your questions

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=13018.msg270598#msg270598

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If you want to see this stunning picture of Iwan Jones looking impenetrable (and it's in focus, for once), you need to be logged in.  Free and easy, and makes our dry prose that little bit more tempting.

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Steve Zass (sp?) -- 16,300
Annie Duke -- 8,625
PokerGirl -- 8,725
Jim Kerrigan -- 13,350
Simon Zach -- 7,300
Iwan Jones -- 7,900
Martin Green -- 14,200
Ken Powell -- 14,000
Cupcake -- 3,950

Early Exit of the Day -

Sadly it is of my friend Cameron Angus, whom I was about to stroll past and take a picture and count from, but was informed by Simon Hennessey that he'd exited, and suffered while doing so.

Not a fast'n'loose type player, I couldn't imagine him not getting his whole stack in a big favourite, and sure enough, he held 7c 7d on an Aspades 7h 3c board.
His opponent:  Ad Kd
Turn:  Kc
River: Kh



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Iron mistook you for the guy named after a song named after a dodgy landlord, hope this clears it up :D

thanks blonde team for the bullitpete photo....this site really does work..!! :)


nice job peeps

I was talking about Peter Smythe, can we have a photo of him please?

Bad news for Willie Tann - after a promising start he is back down to his starting stack after a nasty set versus set confrontation.

... especially cruel seeing as though MB limped with pocket Aces. Willie flopped a set of deuces.

He still seems in good spirits though.

Shortly after I managed to get this snap of er... Willie - among others (ahem)

Did I do bad?

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you mean there is a Blondepoker.com.fake out there, is it like Adidas Two Stripe?

Giant Camera On Crane News Now:

The televisual media have gone all-out this year, with a kind of swooping camera which is probably the only piece of equipment which can get both an overview of the gigantic card room and up close over individual tables.  I have seen it coming close to knocking out unsuspecting dealers, but it's operated with extraordinary agility. 

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Thanks for the Steve Sass chipcount. He's got off to a nice start. Please keep him on your chipcount list.

You are doing a fantastic job with the updates.

Thanks

Peter Smythe -- 6,075

not a happy chappy

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Wish Mateyboy 573 good luck from me please.

Snoopy, Thanx for the photo.

Trust me, thats Peter in happy mode  ;tightend;

Boy, that place is busy, I don't know how Snoops & Jen get around so quickly.

I'm out.  Ace,King when I was short stacked called by Ace,Nine - Ace on flop, Nine on turn, Taxi!

Also had Aces cracked twice and had to lay down Kings on a nasty board.  Ever get the feeling it's not your day?

Unlucky MrMoves  :(

Unlucky MrMoves

unlucky moves. better luck next year

A few chip counts (including some new found blondeites)

Evelyn Ng -- 7,050
Steve Sass -- 15,300
Doyle Brunson -- 8,625
Paul Jackson -- 7,000
Jeff 'Jaffacake' Kimber -- 11,500
Akshay 'ActionAxe' Kumar -- 22,000
Peter Smythe -- 6,050
Iwan Jones -- 7,900

I'd like to be the first to welcome Evelyn Ng to blonde  ::)

How about a Scandie chipcount?

Johan Storakers -- 3.5k
Kjetil Tellef (who has just won a A-K v QQ situation. K on flop and river) -- 3k
Edgar Skjervold (whose alias is Ragde - can anyone work out how he came up with that?)
Torstein Iversen (one of the biggest names in Norway) -- 4.2k
Gunn Tove Tvist (definitely one of the biggest names - 13 letters!) -- 17k
Mats Iremark (Deaville EPT winner) -- 8.2k
Anders Berg (one of the Norsemen) -- 4.2k
Philip Hilm (final tabled in Copenhagen EPT) -- 4k
Chris Bjorin (has already cashed a number of times at this year's WSOP) -- 11.5k
Johnny Lodden (lost the biggest ever online pot) -- 4.5k
Alex Stevik (of Barcelona EPT fame) -- 7.5k

John 'Cupcake' McGraine (sp?) is OUT.

Down to around four, he had a feeling he was beat, but couldn't bring himself to lay down K-Q on a Q-Q-5 board.

Mateyboy turned over 5-5

I think I just witnessed the quickest call in history.

One guy said call before Mateyboy even reached the 'in' part of 'all-in'

Anyhow, he was calling with 6d 6c on a 9c 3s 6s

The all-in fellow held 4s 4d and looked to be in a spot of bother, until, that is, the Turn brought the rather dangerous 2s

But alas, the miracle didn't arrive. River = Qd

Mateyboy 573 is therefore OUT.

great coverage guys, Snoops could you tell Cupcake to go enjoy himself and drink loads.

I have some counts too!

Padraig Parkinson (Pictured)   9,300
Womble                             9,300
Rob Hollink                         12,000
Willie Tann                          5,800
Anders Berg                        6,200


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btw - does anyone know how much was biggest ever online pot

Paul Darden is OUT.

Crippled by a K-K v A-K confrontation and never recovered.

Yes

Noflops sealed his fate...

I also spotted Tiffany 'Whoopee Goldberg' Williamson heading towards the rail with a sad expression on her face, which either means she's extremely confident about her stack and is going for a walk with a 'I'll pretend I'm unhappy in order to fool everyone' look on her face, or, at a pinch, .. she's OUT.

$465k   http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/2856

too late, he's already there

thanks karabiner.

I could not say exactly but he can often be seen playing Bengt Sonnert at 200-400 nl and have been known to have circa 400k each at the table, so no doubt somewhere in the 600-800k region would not be out of the question.   200k pots are quite the norm!!

This guy said Hi as I was walking around in my perpetual poker-player-overload daze... "Didn't we play at the Norwegian championships?"  Yes, indeed we did.  He went on to relate how he'd made me lay down AK on an Ace-high flop with a very convincing flop re-raise out of position..."You reported it slightly wrong," he said, before letting me know I'd been pushed off with a gutshot and flush draw....no hard feelings though, the guy (Jorgen Thorkildsen (I've unfortunately lost the piece of paper on which he spelled this out for me)) has 17,000 in chips, and is doing pretty well for himself.
Good luck my Scandie victor.

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Howdy peeps , just gonna get in the shower and then I'll pop over for a mooch . See ya in a bit.

Is the top girl an actress?   She looks like someone I have seen before  ( page 6 )

Here we have the Ultimate Rail (Jon Raab, Ian Bradley and Paul Parker) clearly more interested in keeping up their chat than watching successful Norseman Anders Berg ...(Donald online)

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Copenhagen EPT runner-up Edgar Skjervold is OUT.

Aces versus Queens

When I asked him if he had the Aces, he replied "Of course"

Then I heard that someone else had folded A-Q!

Ouch

<pan camera left> And the probable object of the initial railing, a confidently unseated Womble, who showed up at least 2 hours late (but a definite thumbs up for having breakfast, very sensible).  When he strolled in and took his seat, finally, there were murmurs along the lines of, "Is he famous?  He's late..."

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looks very like the chick that was in prison break

A relieved-looking Nick Whiten after his KK double-up.

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Any more info on Con Cronin, John Hopkins and Darren Grosvenor please?

Unlucky Mr Moves and best of luck to all the other Blondites playing!! ;goodluck;

Fantastic Job BTW soonps and djinn !!

Hows Hawko doing ?

Excellent updates as ever :)

Just uneartherd yet another blondeite, this time hidden away on Table 74.

George 'WellChief' McDonald is currently on 8,750 and seems pretty confident.

He's had Aces and Kings, but only managed to take the blinds.

So he's found big hands, but no big action.

Also on his table is Dave Singer, who faired well in the H.O.R.S.E earlier on in the Series.

Bullit Pete is running well with 18,000

"I've got a maniac next door and he's doing my head in," he moaned. "I'm gonna get him though, guaranteed."

I have no idea who she is and I just don't care.  ;tk;

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I just found a bit of paper with this slightly unusual hand on it from earlier - we haven't had a lot of coverage of our French pals, so here's a small knock to Pascal Perrault with a fairly interesting hand involving quads.  Oh dear, sounds like I just ruined the ending...

Flop: Ad Qd Ac.  Matey bets out 250.  Pascal calls.
Turn: Kh  Check-check
River:  Ahrt  Matey bets 575, and gets a quick flat call.  The Aspades gets flashed in a hurry to take the pot, but the 2c kicker explains the earlier reticence...

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Praise silence for Norway's finest... er...

Here are some Norwegians

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oops, forgot to name them...

from left to right - Henning Granstad, Edgar Skjervold, Anders Berg, Sverre Sundbo

Phil Hellmuth is OUT

A-Q versus 7-7

all-in preflop

No help

Exactly what I was thinking.  The lawyer

Funny how all lawyers look pretty or handsome

 :D

The bottom half of the room is now on a short break

Snoops/Jen

Have all the alternates for today got in yet?

Can u let me know how many nthere were

Really appreciate it

thaks

Nick

hello any news on George "Wellchief" Macdonald? Heard he was doing okay any new news??  If u see him tell him Badhaircut wishes him well

Here's a bit of info for you:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=13047.msg271601#msg271601

Steve Sass -- 14,000
PokerGirl -- 5,500
Ken Powell -- 13,500
Paul McKinney -- 9,700
Phil Ivey -- 2,500
WellChief -- 6,100
Dave Singer -- 7,450
John Juanda -- 8,100
John Exley -- 9,700
Bullit Pete -- 18,225
Chris Ferguson -- 18,400
Dave Colclough -- 2,425
Phil Hilm -- 8,425

There are empty tables now, so they must all be in.

The dude on the mic just officially announced Phil Hellmuth's exit.

The whole place erupted.

Brilliant!

ahhh poor Phil  rotflmfao rotflmfao

Her name is Chantel McNulty. She was on my table in the $2000 Pot limit Holdem. She's really nice, until you play a pot with her. Then she becomes all nasty.

Just looking through the final scores on the doors from yesterday and I spotted this fella...

455 David Icke 20,100

Could it possibly be the purple track suited son of God?

Keep up the good work jen and snoops,

Gl to all blondes in the mix today

pab

Oi!!! ;yellowcard;

Online poker forums are rigged against me.

keith what time is your flight? i take it your first day is monday

Dewey Tomko -- 3,250
Peter Smythe -- 6,300
Paul Jackson -- 3,100
Evelyn Ng -- 5,300
Howard Lederer -- 12,900
Nick Whiten -- 8,700
Kevin Daly -- 5,475
Marc Goodwin -- OUT
Kenneth Strandli -- 5,000
Tony 'Exorcism' Broomham -- 14,000

Having a year off Mr Side. Relegated to the cheering bench for team Blonde and other various mates.

Just home from a family wedding.

There's a rumour going round there might be a wsop next year. If there is, I'll play the main event then. :D

if my passport gets here in time i might try and win a seat

though i would prefer to play the 10k PLO

unless i can get a backer for the 50k horse

I'll buy 0.1%.

If you can find 999 more idiots, you're in!!!

any idea how many of today's starting 2,000 odd runners are left right now ?

make that 998.5, I'll have a stake

Just seen the line ''Ron Jeremy Doubles His Stack''..............all i will say is, hope the lady in question has vasoline and a good air freshener!!  :D

David Ulliott checks from the big blind with one under the gun limper.

Flop = 2c Kc 4s

Devilfish bets out 400

Mateyboy folds

Devilfish shows Aspades 6c and is now 13,200

Tut tut, you do a disservice to yourself by only claiming to be half an idiot... ;)

Well Chief is down to 4,650

Flop = K-9-3

Well Chief bets out with T-9, MB minimum checkraises, Well Chief calls.

Turn = 9

Well Chief bets again, MB moves all-in and Well Chief folds.

Any news on the dazzling from Smethwick aka Con Cronin?  Also, what of Darren Grosvenor and John 'The Grinder' Hopkins?

And what of Brummies Fari Badiemansour and Yucel 'MadTurk' Eminoglu, they playing today?

MB squared

MB#1 moves all-in with Pocket Aces, MB#2 calls with Pocket Kings, but the dealer mucks his hand.

They fish it out, and, due to the harmless 2-8-3-7-T board, the pot goes the right way.

Paul Jackson is OUT

His response rhymed with 'clucking dubbish'

ok i have sold 0.15% for 1500$ anyone else want a share?


i am that confidant of my abilty that i am  selling 0.1% for $1000

(i aint as stupid as i look)

Peter Smythe is OUT -

I saw the cards on their backs, with his Js Jc up against the Ac Ahrt.
The flop brought a Jack, but an Ace along with it (Qd Ad Jh to be exact) and although there were straight tie outs, sort of, he was up and off.

The same match-up (AA vs. JJ) just doubled up Vanessa Rousso from around 5k to 11.  She too got an Ace on board for good measure.

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Some Pre-dinner break Counts:

Paul Garnham     16,000
Richard Herbert   15,200
Iwan Jones        11,500
Simon Hennessey  14,000   ("I'm steadily accumulating chips - isn't that what you're meant to do?")
Howard Lederer   12,000
Paul Jackson      OUT  (Like Snoopy said; I had his count at 1,500, but my connection's gone snaily)
Vanessa Rousso   11,000
Evelyn Ng           8,250
Devilfish Ulliott     14,200
Mel Judah           8,250

Iwan Jones informs me that he suffered the biggest loss having called preflop with Ahrt 2h.  The flop hit - A 2 4 - and he found an opponent with A10 happy to bet all the way.  After Paul had invested something like 6k into this pot, the Four on the river counterfeited his hand and that was the beginning of the end...

Here's Simon Hennessey - Gutshot hoodied and having just snuck into this year's Main Event in a supersat this week.  His positive and upbeat attitude probably annoys some of his poker playing companions who haven't fared so well this trip, and are already yearning for their cold, grey, English home, but he's definitely in the right frame of mind for this competition.

Oh, and his nickname is now 'Goatboy' because that blurry mascot thing you can almost see in this picture is in fact a goat.

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Apparently, Hellmuth's demise has already been posted on You Tube.  Going to go look for it and will report back.....

Ron Jeremy is OUT

Just couldn't rise to the occasion in the end.

Markus Gonsalves -- 8,275
Steve Sass -- 11,900
Mike Caro -- 22,125
Martin Green -- 5,750
Kenneth Strandli -- 16,525
Jeff Burke -- 47,000
Poker Girl -- 350
Phil Ivey -- 35,200
Hennessy -- 13,200
Alexander Strandli -- 9,200
Mickey Appleman -- 13,975
John Exley -- 9,000
Stephen McLean -- 15,000
John Juanda -- 11,500
Dave Colclough -- 5,100
Jaffacake -- 3,725
Andy Massey -- 4,800
Vanessa Rousso -- 10,450
Andrew Tracey -- 12,150
Doyle Brunson -- 3,900
Dave Ulliott -- 12,400
Pascal Perrault -- 4,625
Nick Whiten -- 12,000
Tony Broonham -- 19,400
Howard Lederer -- 20,200
Greek Jack -- 10,350
Kevin Daly -- 10,200

About twice a day, a short sharp fire alarm goes off, followed by a loud recording of a woman's voice telling everyone that "This is part of the automated alarm system..." and saying that it will be investigated.  Blue lights flash subtly at the edge of the Amazon room, and everywhere else.  Secondary security features kick in, such as the doors going on autolock, thereby shutting the press out of the press room and forcing the guy with the booby prize seat nearest the door (in this case Tom Murphy, ahahahah) to get up and let the stream of journalists in.

Five to ten minutes after the alarm first goes off, another calm recording comes on saying that it was "determined to be accidental, and the hotel is returning to normal operation." 

So used to this are the players becoming, and calmly playing on regardless, that I overheard one of them commenting when it happened last time, "It's not like when the fire alarm goes off there might be a fire..."

What lines did you reject in favour of this one? ;)

This is Vanessa Rousso shortly after moving her stack back into the black.

She turned away just as I was taking the picture.

The word 'irrelevant' springs to mind.

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This is young blondeite Andy 'Massey8' Massey - still pluggin away with 4,800

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He blew his stack?

ul aj . gl to bullypete, iwan and all the uk boys. great updates guys

The Devilfish is looking slighty fatigued of late, not his usual menacing self (ie, shades, gold rings, leather jacket, etc). It's as if he's a lot less threatening without the image.

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So er...what was the actual amount of time he lasted before he erm...'exited'.

what day are you making your start foxy?

he didn't do it all in one go, he kind of dribbled off in dribs and drabs

Play will recommence in 70 or 80 minutes.

Who's staying up?

raise a paw

Was he donking it off to everyone in general? Or did he find someone special to give it all to?

Was expecting to go deep but, alas, had no experience of managing a short stack.

not even he could  handle that many suck outs

I'm not sure if I reported this earlier or not, but around the exit of Edgar Skjervold, fellow Norwegian and online high-roller, Johnny Lodden, also bit the dust.

He was shortstacked almost right from the start, and never quite managed to recover.

It's wierd how big a player he is in poker, yet he gets no attention over here.

Time for a burger before they return.

Yum

Hope your getting blue cheese sauce with it! mmmm and a bud light to wash it down.

Hey hey hey

Made it to the dinner break - 13,750. Had quite a dull day, no real cards, low of 9800, high of 14050 - hopefully I'll be able to kick into gear now.

Had a nice curry at the Gaylord (!) and managed to get back to my room for a quick freshen up.

Jen I'm on table 47 if you find yourself wandering by.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends...

Play will recommence in 20 minutes.

Whilst we wait, which three pro's would you like to see win this and why?

Personally, I'd like either Dave Colclough, Phil Ivey, or Doyle Brunson to take top honours.

Dave - 2 words, 'pay rise'

Phil - because he doesn't rely on the 'gift of the gab', just decisions, and it would show all the doubters that even with this field and the amount of luck invovled, the best players are still favourite to come out on top.

Doyle - complete legend and it would be awesome to see someone in their seventies go all the way

And for those who like answering stuff, can you name these players?



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i want dave c, doyle or johny chan

or any blondite

johnny or doyle just so they can shuit phil up for a year

2 caro
3 doyle

1 is David Williams.

4? Scandiemateyboy?

oh yes, excellent thinking, Mr iron

I don't say that too often

Just picture (4) left

Bah, I thought David Williams was a toughie

I accidently went back to the first page and got lucky, it's the forum equivalent of hitting runner-runner.

4 fatmarrow?

4 is tony g

tony g played yesterday otehrwise i would of gone with him

Iwan Jones?

where does it say they are todays players?

A few random thoughts:

-- Annie Duke dresses like a teenager
-- Greg Raymer dresses like a grandad
-- Doyle Brunson IS a grandad!

-- Barry Greenstein looks like the Count in Sesame street
-- X22 looks like Stimpy
-- Todd Brunson is an exact clone of the Comic Book Guy for the Simpsons.

-- Minh Nguyen was the fellow who didn't turn up yesterday. That must have been one hell of a stripper!

Seven, SEVEN bats!!

 rotflmfao


Thanks snoopy, that's made my night.

They're about to kick off again.

Absolute classic  rotflmfao rotflmfao :goodpost:

so dont keep us in suspense any longer    who was picture 4?

It was Tony G - suspense unkept.

Meanwhile, take a look at this shot. It has to be seen to be believed - quite the sight!



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I'm grinding with ya for the next hour or so, playing a $30 rebuy on UB with just under $3k for 1st. 19 left and I'm in 5th.

Yep they're back and there's still a loooong way to go.  In fact, the phrase 'half way through the day' keeps buzzing round my brain.

Ah well, lets go see what we can see in the main room, but first, Womble update from Ariston, in case Snoops hasn't reported it - he's "done his chips with JJ, JJ, QQ and KK - losing with them all right before the break."  All that and he was about to nip off early, then saw his 'nice' set of hands.

Willie Tann, Akshay 'ActionAxe' Kumar, Howard Lederer, & Kevin Daly

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Norkage A & Norkage B

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I heard that Akshay has one of the leading stacks at present - c.60k, after a very good start, and then a big confrontation when he had around 30k, with another deep stack.  Unfortunately, he had KK and the other guy AA.  But the King on the flop propelled him to right up among the dinner break leaders.

The Shrew is hovering around 15k, which is pretty impressive considering he was down to just a few k not too long ago.

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Ashkay currently has a mighty 66,800

Doyle Brunson has doubled up.

All-in on a board of 8-9-9-K

Doyle = 9-7, MB = A-K - both players checked the flop

Evelyn Ng is OUT

You heard it here first!

(I hope)

Hendry still in?

Just spotted Padraig Parkinson (fresh - well, almost - off his 3rd place finish in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'Em).

It's amazing how you can cover an Event for 9 hours and still not realise that a certain player is at the felt.

Anyhow, here he is, and he's sitting behind a stack of 17,450



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Hurrah, I made my final table... 5th from 10 atm.

Congrats Noflops....

Over here we have blinds of 200/400 ante 25.  Again it looks like half the giant room has been cleared, but there must be still two-thirds of it full...so 1500 players?  Something like that.  I'll go check in a second.

But first:

Padraig Parkinson    18,250
Womble                 2,300
Michael Greco         9,600
Jeff Williams           45,000
Patrik Antonius        6,300
John Juanda           24,000
Willie Tann             11,300
Kevin Daly              13,700
Howard Lederer      13,500
Aage Spets            21,200

This last guy is on Padraig's table, and I caught him asking - "Who are you?  I recognise you..." To which Padraig replied, perhaps expectedly, "Nope, my first time." Aage also just came fourth in the $1,500 NLHE here this week, and his clear good humour is apparently permanent, and not just to do with that nice result.

It rather looks as though recent exiters include Dave Colclough - Michael Greco is now sat where he was. 

1640 players left according to the board.

M3boy -- 12,800
Bill Gazes -- 8,150
Padraig Parkinson -- 17,750
Kevin Daly -- 16,350
Phil Hilm -- 12,425
Tony Broonham -- 20,400
Mad Turk -- 8,275
Nick Whiten -- 13.050
Devilfish -- 15,450
Doyle Brunson -- 7,500
Simon Hennessy -- 20,025
David Chui -- 41,600
Steve Cass -- 10,650
Mike Caro -- 15,775
Iwan Jones -- 16,900
Mickey Appleman -- 16,700
Ashtay 'ActionAxe' -- 64,100
Chris Ferguson -- 19,400
Vanessa Rousso -- 13,450
Willie Tann -- 4,825
Annie Duke -- 9,850

The whole room stand up to applaud...

... which means two things.

(1) Doyle Brunson is OUT

or

(2) tikay has entered the room

tikay cant have entered the room he was live on tv only na few hours ago

Meet millionaire wonder kid Jeff Madsen, still only 21 years of age.

He's won two bracelets this year and finished 3rd in another Event, the performance of the Series by a country mile.

And he's running okay in today's Heat, currently sitting on 18,750

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nice ladies in the background of jeffs pic any chance of getting a better photo?

with that i am off to bed somehow or other i have managed to forget to go to bed for the umptenth time this year

According to Ariston, there was a slight delay before the restart of play this evening, which was caused by a lady returning to her table and finding her chips gone.  It was actually resolved with recourse to the security cameras - the big stack next to her had won the last hand before the break, and sort of swept her 8,000 in with it, stacked it and left!  It was in all probability a complete accident, and the chips were eventually returned, and play continued.  Must be a bit rattling though, to have your stack disappear from the WSOP Main Event.... :blonde:

blondeite George 'WellChief' McDonald is on 8,500

Other blondietes still in (that spring to mind) are:

AndrewT
ActionAxe
Kevin Daly
Womble
Willie Tann
M3boy
Exoricism
nickw
Iwan Jones

I can't seem to see Andy Massey any more.

Mad Turk is down to just 1.5k after the following turn of events:

MB raised to 800 from the cut-off and Mad Turk flat called from the button.

Flop = 3c Ac Ad

Both players check

Turn = 7s

MB bets 2k, Mad Turk calls

River = 9d

MB bets 2k again, and Mad Turk calls... again.

"If you have the Ace, you win," comments Turk.

MB flips over his hand - no Ace!

Mad Turk claps his hands, shouts "Yes!" and flips over his 7c 8c

Unfortunately, he failed to realise that even though MB didn't have the Ace, he still had the Turk beat with his Tc 9h.

Nice value bet.

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Just caught up ... superb subliminal norkage on page 3 .... and overall the norkage content of the updates has improved vastly.

Much respect.   and now you have set standards that must be maintained :)

And norks of the day has to go to this young busty lady.

There is some dispute in the media room. Whilst Davore and I believe that this is top norkage (breasts only), Howard from PokerStars is not convinced.

But, as Davore quite rightly says, "You don't look at the mantlepiece when you're poking the fire"

Line up girls, he's all yours if you want him.

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Nice pic .... marks out of 10 ?? I would give her ........ no ..i cant ... too obvious :D

The Bullit Petimator -- 9,800

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It appears as though Scotty Nguyen is hugely popular with the fans. He's not even playing today yet one fan still asked me what table he was on. She looked devestated when I informed her that he wouldn't be back for a few days.

For the first time today, ALL the players are taking a 20 minute break together.

Jeff Burke has had a remarkable run up to his current 44,000 or so since this picture was taken - the last big chunk came from eliminating Gavin Smith, no less.  Jeff called Gavin's raise, and they saw a Qd Qc Kc flop.  Gavin bet out, Jeff moved in (for what must have been a sizeable overbet) and Gaving called with Qs 8s. 
Jeff showed 9c 3c !   The flush came, and Gavin went.

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blondeite Akshay 'ActionAxe' Kumar is the current chip leader with just over 70k.

 ;letsparty;

A blondeite as the chip leader, would you Adam and Eve it??

Womble is OUT - his last <2k went in with Aspades 9c, and he found a call and a re-raise all-in (I think this is how it went).  In any case, one potential opponent open folded Kc Kd - correctly, as Womble had to crack Ac Ahrt!  It was not to be and he's off hanging out with Ian and Ariston.

just heard that kp nuts  took a hit with AA when he ran into Q 10  ans waqs down to 9 k but has just tripled up to 29 k

That is hanging with and not 'out of' Bradley and Ariston?

Kevin Daly -- 13,000
Greek Jack -- 31,150
Eric Froehlich -- 31,900
John Exley -- 8,700
Akshay Kumar -- 76,500
Iwan Jones -- 9,125
Michael Greco -- 29,000
Ken Powell -- 26,200
David Williams -- 31,600
Willie Tann -- 6,600

According to Willie, Camilla Parker Bowles' son is here, no idea where he is though.

Yes, yes, that.  Ian Bradley also let me in on how Marc Goodwin exited the comp -

The big chunk was taken off him when he flopped a set of Eights on an Aspades 8s Xs board.  The guy bet, and Marc called.
The turn was a blank, and when Matey bet again, Marc set him in.  There was what one might reasonably call an unnecessary dwell as Matey thought and then said, "I don't want to call - the board might pair," before flipping over the nuts (top flush). 

Then the last of it went in when Marc had Ac Kd, and hit an A 7 3 board.  Two other players had seen the flop, and when Marc pushed for 4k the first one dwelled for a while and then called.  A glimmer of hope shone, until he turned over 77 for the flopped set - the dwell had just been trying to get value out of the third Mateyboy!  Ouch.

Is Kinghawko still in ??????

John Juanda -- 20,600
Jeff Burke -- 47,000
Paul McKinney -- 7,450
Phil Ivey -- 48,000
Annie Duke -- 14,150
Andrew Tracey -- 37,000
Mad Turk -- 4,650

MB taken to the felt on Mad Turk's table:

A-J vs K-K

6-J-8-3-9

Mad Turk was critisized for commenting on what he considered to be a poor call against the tightest player on the table.

Chris Ferguson raises to 1k from the cut-off, the button and big blind both flat call.

Flop = Td 5d 5c

big blind checks, Ferguson bets 2k, button folds, and big blind reraises to 4k.

Jesus folds, leaving himself on 17,850

Patrik Antonius bets 7k into a several k pot (a bet which leaves very little behind)

His oppoent dwells for an age before folding to a 2d Qs 4s flop.

As a result, Antonius is now on 18,500

Allen Cunningham, Phil Ivey, Men 'The Master', The Tran, Chris Ferguson, David Chiu, Eric Froehlich, Mickey Appleman, David Grey, Mike Caro, Al Krux, Padraig Parkinson, Dave Ulliott, John Juanda, Age Spets, Jeff Madsen, Patrik Antonius, Humberto Brenes, Annie Duke, Barry Shulman, Paul McKinney, Willie Tann and Vanessa Rousso are all still in.

Also, contrary to what Dave Colclough told the 'House of Cards' cameras earlier on, there is a bizarre rumour that he is also still in, but this is to be confirmed...

Mad Turk is OUT

He reraised all-in from the small blind for about 4.5k after the button had raised preflop.

Turk called the clock on his opponent and even started singing that timeless tune 'It's Now Or Never'

Eventually, MB opted for the call and flipped over Kh Qh

Mad Turk announced he had an Ace and showed Aspades 7d

"Put an Ace down. Put and Ace down," demanded Turk.

Flop = 4s 2d 7c

Turn = Js

River = Qc

drowned at the River

Joe Sebok is OUT

Good morning , glad to see Paul ( M3boy ) is still playing .
Updates are great , thank you for all the info  :)

Any more sign on Andy Massey? or is he out?

Jeff Madsen moves all-in for around 12k on a board of 2s 3d Kc 5h 7h. With over 10k in the pot, MB folds after a lenghty dwell.

The two time bracelet winner is now up to just under 25k

Haven't seen him for ages and he wasn't in his earlier seat, so I suspect he has been eliminated.

Still too many players left to say 100% though, it is possible he moved tables. He was very short stacked though, so I fear the worst.

1110 left on 110 tables.

Well, it looks as though Willie Tann may have bitten the dust.

His seat has been filled by another Mateyboy and the table seems less boyant as a result.

Meanwhile, former tablemates David Williams and Ken 'KP Nuts' Powell are still pluggin away, the latter holding something around the 30-35k region.

Iwan Jones is OUT

The Welshman flopped two pair, but his opponent had a better two pair.

Dust firmly bitten

Gwion Jones, a Blue Square player who qualified for $3 is up to 15,000 after being as low as 3,000 not too long ago.

In his first WSOP appearance, he managed to find a seat opposite the legendary Doyle Brunson (even took a few chips off the ol' fella)

Not bad considering there are over 8,000 players participating.

Martin Green still in?

Dubai

Akshay 'ActionAxe' Kumar threw a 20k bet on the river of a board rag-7-7-rag-K

MB folds, but Kumar (your current chip leader) is up to over 80k.

I think he's gone, but I'll double check.

They're on the final break now. I'll do a chip count when they return and have a check.

OK thanks mate. Can u do me one favour please?

Can we have no more reports on lucky players winning 200bb pots with 2 outs, particularly when they have a ridiculous history of complaining about unfairness when they fairly bubble in a satellite.

Thanks.

Just crossed paths with Lawrence Gosney in the corridor.

I didn't realise he played today, but that was probably due to him (1) being an alternate and (2) only playing 5 hands, all of which he lost.

His final swan song was a 7-7 versus Q-Q confrontation which didn't bring him that much required set.

Anyhow, he's still in fine spirits and bracing himself for a tourney at the Bellagio.

This is only Lawrence's second appearance in the Main Event, but he's yet to win a single hand.

Maybe next year he'll rake in that elusive first pot...

Play has resumed with blinds of 200 and 400 with a 50 ante

This will be the final Level of the Day, meaning that there are only 2 hours left

Talked to Simon Hennessey in the break - he's up to 35,000.  "More 'slow and steady'?" I inquired.  No, came the answer.  He'd "played KK very well" to lose the minimum against an opponent who'd flopped a set, but then became so tilty that he "played K 10 really badly" to win a bigger pot.

Apparently he flopped top pair on a 10-high board, and called 2k on the flop, and 6k on the turn (when a flush draw materialised), leaving himself 15k.  His opponent thought forever on the Qh river, and then checked, in Simon's words, "because he figured me for a good player after that Kings hand."  Simon checked behind, and ended up winning with his Tens, but according to him the right move would have been "push on the turn to not look like a donkey."

I've been ordered to exit the arena and go home by Jen, so that's what I'm going to do.

I'll leave you in her more than capable hands.

Good luck to AndrewT, ActionAxe, KPNuts and any other blondeites left in.

As Del Boy would say...

Bonjour!

Did I mention Simon talking?  Between these two flow a nearly unstaunchable flow of words.

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Did I mention a nearly unstaunchable flow of words?  This heads up between Paul Parker and Ron 'MadYank' Fanelli comes under this category.  Ron is now in his 36th straight hour of heads up play.  Good luck for the 72hr3min record, there...

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Here's Kevin Daly, from two angles.  He's over 25k now (going to go get accurate counts in a minute) due to cracking some Kings with his AQ!  He did come right out and admit that, though. 

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Recently eliminated is Gwion Jones - who'd brought his stack up over 22k, but lost it all on one big hand with raising and re-raising craziness holding 9c 9d on a Q 2 2 board.  His opponent wasn't going for the Deuce representation, and at this late stage he's gone.

Late night chip builder Michael Greco is up to 50k - and with the leaders not breaking 100k yet he's looking safe.
Bluesquare qualifier John Exley is the last one still in - and looks to make Day Two along with Greco.

Im looking for an info on this guy -
Caribbean Poker Classic Champion, John Earle see the picture!
I play with him every week and understand hes playing on day 1b.
Also if you can see about Dave Courtney, another local I know.
If either of these two make it through pls add them to your watch list!

Many thanks guys great job!


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I can't resist putting up this picture of ordinarily extremely even-tempered Antonius making what looks very like a rude hand gesture at the table - I quickly add that it is not in any way - just one of these rare golden photographic accidents.

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How long before the end of play Jen ? :)

c. an hour and a half

Thank you  :) if you happen to see my Husband will you tell him that i love him and send lots of cyber  :-*  ;D

Jesus this is an updating thread not dial-a-date

It perhaps helps to be a US-style pro, with $10,000 large-field tournaments popping up everywhere to practise on, when it comes to the time of evening when it starts to feel like the marathon it is.  These guys still look pretty focused, whereas I imagine the multiple long days may take their toll on the qualifiers more heavily...

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Never fear - he's still in with 16,000.  Can't convey such sentiments terribly effectively without lots of poker players looking at me funny, but I'll tell him if I see him in a break...

Scratch that - one hour (minus the last ten minutes when we will be grabbing a cab before the mad rush)

go look at the quick glance one then  :tikay:

Thanks Jen  ;)

Fine work Jen & Snoopy (your both a shoe in for this years Pullitzer Prize for Sports Journalism). All the luck in the world to the Bloneites still in.

Good work folks.  Jen and Snoops, how many miles do you think you both walk each day at the WSOP?    I think one of you should try an experiment and wear a pedometer.   Walking between tables for hours must be good exercise  :D

No wonder they stay so slim

I think probably about 3 miles each day walking about each session

Then there's the bending and stretching - around the cocktail waitresses, under/over the ropes, behind the TV equipment, away from the spectators as they push to the front of queues.  It's an all-over body workout. 

Norseman Anders Berg doubles up his RHS neighbour, with Ahrt Qc against Aspades Kc (probably just what he didn't want to see the shorter stack turn over).
Board:  2h 9c Jd 3d Kd  and at the 11th hour (well, 12th actually) he drops to 13,200.

Other counts from the last 3-miler (less, actually, now there are only 930 players remaining):

Padraig Parkinson     28,000
Ingemar Backman     5,300
Chris Ferguson         18,300
Paul Garnham          18,000
Phil Ivey                 15,000 
Kevin Daly               38,525
Simon Hennessey     39,000

No obvious sign of*   Michael Greco, Vanessa Rousso, Davood Mermand, Mel Judah, Dave Ulliott, David Singer, Howard Lederer, Evelyn Ng.










*Could easily have escaped my blurry eyes, however.  Listed players, if you're secret blondeites, and still in, please refrain from wrathfulness.

As a late-night aside - this nice chap played the MadYank heads up through the wee hours of last night/this morning, beating him 8 times (or similar) and winning the bounty of no fewer than three Gutshot hats.  Which he wears at once.

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A pensive Anders Berg - doesn't look the type to tilt off his stack once some of it goes, however.

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And a final competition for you all, before I run for the taxi, seeing as chip counts won't be distributed until noon tomorrow - Spot the Chris Ferguson.  Sure, you think it's easy now, but you just got up...

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Uh-oh, I hear a voice on loudspeaker talking about "the bagging process" - I'm out of here!

See you tomorrow.

ty , good work 

Thank you so much , when your stuck at home and someone you love is so far away ,this is a life line and the next best thing to being with them.

from the bottom of my heart .... thank you  thank you  thank you  thank you  :) :) :) :) :)

No matter what Dubai says  ;goodvevil; lol

Good morning poker fans

After an exceedingly quiet first half of the day, things picked up for me in the second bit and I somehow find myself going into Day 2 with 53,425 chips. Finally managed to get paid off with AA. Milked a woman who had TT when I had QQ on an all-rag board. Called a raise with J9, represented on a JJ2 board, checked the turn to feign weakness, then he check-called my river bet, even saying 'there's no way you have the best hand' before he did. Nicked a bit.

Totally tilted a really grumpy guy when I raised with A5, he called with AK, then check-raised me all-in when the flop came A47. I was kind of pot committed so called. Turn 4. River 4 - split pot. He was not a happy bunny.

All in all a very good day. And all after I thought I would spend all day feeling ill with a chest infection - it's not really hit properly yet, I'm just a bit tight across the chest. Like many of the promo girls working here. Bodog must be so annoyed that the promo girls they hired all turned up looking like hookers...

Don't know why they even let spectators in - the buggers can't see anything and just get in the way. There were about 50 announcements made to them not to take flash photography. Funniest moment came when a woman took a flash photo, a floorman wandered over and made an announcement about not doing so, and, as he did, another woman took a flash photo of him telling her not to take a flash photo.

Devilfish is still in - 'Organised chaos - fucking joke' were his succinct comments on the bagging up procedure. He'd earlier had to deal with a drunk spectator who wandered over to have a little chat with him whilst he was playing.

We all had to move to our new table at the end - don't recognise any faces and I think there's only one guy with more chips than me (77,000) and he's directly opposite me, so I should be able to avoid big clashes.

Am now waiting for my prime rib sandwich from room service then to bed.

Cardplayer report Dave Colclough has 12,100 at end of day?

cheers for the updates, continued gl to all blonds still in.

Ahahahaha Totally, i never thought noticed before!

he went bust on the same hand last year aq v 77 quack quack 22

Day 2 here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    8)

good luck boss

I seem to Post the same thing every day, but these Updates are just wonderful, truly terrific. What would we do without Lady Jen & Lord Slopps?

"wrathfulness". My dictionary expands daily.

Agreed - they are brilliant - just got my internet back and am spending the day catching up. Thanks Snoops and Jen - the humour is sooo good it keeps what could be a very dry update at times bubbling along


Tracey

I agree.  Sir Snoops and Dame Jen.  Who know's the Queen?   We have a request for the New Years Honours list

very well said char.

people lose perspective often in poker,forgetting about the importance of family life and loved ones.

vgl to m3 too from me,   and if so called      playas    want to spout,there is the alternative    at a glance(non-interactive) thread they can read if they want to be wannasbee saddos.


enjoy life..........

Dubai?     I am confused 

Hey Sinead:)

That is exactly how I feel - my boyfriend doesnt start playing until today, and I haven't been able to tear myself away from this forum since friday - by far the most informative, up to date, comments for us "nail biters" to follow along at home !!!

I see the Milkybarkid is reading this thread just now...

Best of luck today Ben. Really fancy you to go deep. Can I buy 2% pleaseeeeeee?

great updates as always guys


nice one m3boy good luck in day 2 ;goodluck;

I wish your boyfriend  ;goodluck; Sinead and welcome to the friendliest forum on the net  :)

Thanks for the welcome!  My sister gave rave reviews for this site when my boyfriend and I were in Monaco in March for the EPT championship - people gave her updates and even took photos, which is so comforting when you are not there...

Welcome to blonde, sinead. Nothing compares.

god help us all! they get worse tikay!

excuse the old man sinead hes bonkers  ;hide;

welcome to blonde and i hope your b/f does well  ;goodluck;

ok ok i will ask seeing as no one else has ... who is your boyfriend Sinead ??

Anyone know what day Dale Phillip is on? Or any other blondies for that matter :)

Can someone give me a little "history" on Blonde - Is it a european poker site & forum or just forum? I've seen references to other players from UB & poker stars etc, but I've heard a lot about the "blondies" playing...  just curious!

The site has meny things to offer sinead, such as the live updates and news outlet and also its own cardroom (a skin of tribeca). It was started by Dave 'El Blondie' Colclough hence the name, blonde poker.

Blondeites or Blondies are just what we refer to each other as. If someone is referred to as a blondie then it probably means they post here :)

Hi guys

I seem to have made an appearance on this thread thanks to catching Snoopy's eye halfway through the day. Despite at least three attempts at advising him of the correct spelling of my name, you got Broomham and Broonham in equal measure, neither are correct :) But it looks like a slog doing that job!

I didn't make it to the end despite holding around 20k for several hours after surviving a couple of all-ins earlier on. I was happy with my play but weariness got the better of me around midnight and I got involved in a hand that reduced my chips by a few thou. Tried stealing a pot with 44 on a Q32 board and was called by my heads up opponent with AQ. Q on the river doesn't help either. Still had 12k but that was reduced when I called a short stack's all in (c. 4.5k). I had AQ. He showed K9 and the board of 278 9 5 was pants for me.

My swansong came in an 8-player flop! I limped with everyone else. I had Ad 5d. The flop of A J 8 (all black) looked promising so I bet out 1500. Called by two guys. Turn 7, meant two clubs and two spades out there. I was left with 3k so I dumped it in hoping my A was good enough. It wasn't. The big stack to my right had hit a straight on the turn with a flush draw. He had 9s 10s.

Great experience. I felt I played well and pretty aggressively but the wheels fell off in the end.

Saw a few of the big US names in the flesh.

Hellmuth. Very tall.
Ferguson. Unmistakeable.
Lederer. Shambolic appearance. Get a shave man!
Brunson. Nice wheels.
Evelyn Ng. Nice everything

To name a few.

Like I say, fabulous to be involved.

Thanks to the Ladbrokes team for letting me use their lounge!
 

Its all so clear now... Tx!!

My boyfriend is Radu Butan - he went deep into last years main event (placed 30th) and did well (14th) in Monaco this year - he is not a pro, this is his "hobby" (if you consider a hobby to be what you do whenever you are not working) - but I'm not complaining, poker has been good to us and its not a shabby way to travel...

Just making sure you know I am up to date with the Hit Parade. Now then, pop-pickers! Alan Freeman, a true giant.

Is there an update for today - Sunday, please?

Yes, Queen, try....

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=13069.0

scott fenton playing today any news regular at napoleons sheffield