blonde poker forum

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Apologies for the slight delay, we're starting to run out of steam here.

Jen is currently tucked up in bed, somewhat under the weather, and I'm dead to the World.

A 14 hour shift, straight to bed and straight up again for another 14 hour shift eventually takes it's toll.

But there are plenty of blondeites still left to come, so we're going to do our utmost to continue bringing updates on their progress.

Good luck snoopy.

Thx, folks

Bear with me while I step into the pit looking for players, photos, etc

 :hello: Good luck Blondes :)  I know Matt is playing today  -  any other Blondes in action?

 :hello:

and well done - so far updates have been brilliant!!!!!!!!!

Peter Costa is playing today I believe.

Stuart Nash is playing today - I know there are thousands of players but, if you see him, 'photo please.

Thanks Snoopy

 Qh

 :hello: :ironside:

You are doing a grand job, much appreciated  ;tightend;

its tommorow i think he posted on the "todays the day"thread

 :hello:

Best of luck to 'Team Blonde'

 :hello:

You two are doing a fantastic job, and we all very much appreciate all the hard work you are doing!!!

You need to get some fellow blondes not playing today to do the running around Snoopy  :)

Your both doing a superb job  :)up :)up

Charmaine - congrats on all yr postings yesterday.

Okay, let's do this by quadrants.

For some reason, there always seem to be few 'name' players in the bottom left hand quadrant - maybe coincidence, who knows.

Anyway, players spotted in this section include:

Sverre Sundbo
Vicky Coren
Kerry Taylor
Anders Berg
Joe Beevers
Paul Parker
Phil Gordon
Isabelle Mercier (I think)

:hello: ;slavedriver;...Seriously..no one expects you two to make yourselves ill with fatigue..take it easy and enjoy..

gl all blondites

matt674 is on table 37 ;)  snoops some Male norkage please xx

Any idea if Kevin Moore has started?

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(from top to bottom)

-- One for the ladies I'm sure - a very cheery Sverre Sundbo of Norway. Please excuse the blurriness of this particular piccy. It takes me a few clicks before I get a non blurry one due to the lack of flash, but sometimes, when they're looking at me with a silly pose, I have to just take what I can otherwise they're just sitting there for ages waiting for me to finish.

I'll have to sneak up on him next time.

-- Looking coooooooool, Mr Joe Beevers. Top man!

-- chatting away as ever, Paul Parker. Happy days!

-- Looking very focused and about ten feet tall (even when seated), Phil Gordon


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Yep, true, ignore me, every one else does.

snoopy more phil gordon ;)  hehe 
you da man !

hey snoops great job mate, if ya get a chance wish paul barker from grantham good luck from me, he's on table 25.

thanks

hey man, I have a player list today!

woohoo

and yes, there is a Kevin Moore here.

I'll keep an eye out for him - chip counts, photos, etc

If anyone else wants me to follow anyone, speak now so I can mark down his/her location.

Thanks Mr Snoop - I think his name is Levi Clifford, and Kevin Moore, if you see any of them say Pirus said GL.

I would TRULY appreciate any updates on Radu Butan...

Stuart Nash, please Snoppy.

Thx

 Qh

I get the feeling snoopy is going to be very busy today lol  ;goodvevil;

Is the Rookie playing today?

kevin moore is the guy from newcastle who ended up winning 5 main event seats on full tilt and 1 on betfair aswell. each package worth $15000 he is some player, remember him from poker 6 snoops ?

he won the king of the wsop competition on full tilt too. wish him all the best from me mate please.

Matt Doyle  table 37  go monkey boy :)

No Conor Tate listed today.

There's a Lee Clifford, is that him?

On a sidenote, can anyone guess how many Smiths there are playing today?

Hello Card Shark...

Im the one who was with him in Bolton... Well played there by the way.

Table 133 Seat 4

121?
wish i was on that list.im a smith to

Lee Clifford thats the one.... If you could say Pirus called you a tramp I would very much appreciate it haha he would laugh.

hello pirus nice to see you again mate, and thanks.

Thank you Snoopy - go Rookie!!  Hope Jen feels better. You're doing a great job much appreciated!

Good luck to all the blondites playing today and someone tell Paul Parker to get it quitely.

Before I take a gander at another quadrant, time to recycle a crappy joke...


Some big names are playing today...

Peter Athanasoulis - 17 letters
Thomas Braemer Jensen - 19 letters
Christopher Ladabouche - 21 letters

Will probably see you in the carrib this year if you are going.

15 Smiths!

Crikey O'Reilly!!!

maybe if i get kev to qualify for me lol

Anyone know when Conor Tate is playing??

lol thats my idea! He was going to play my final for me the other week but he was in that event in newcastle which went on till the next day :( I had to work so someone else played it for me and didnt do too well. Oh well theres always next week.

Apparently not today so looks like hes starting tomorrow.

I didnt realise i made that many , tis a lonely life i'm leading  :dontask:

Thanks Llevan, i should know really being his brother and all but...... :D

Havent you got 17 kids or something?  ;goodvevil;

Snoops,
A player at my club qulaified via Party Poker  :- Simon Stocken
Im not sure what day he plays though as ive been away on holiday and i cant contact him.
If you get chance check the list please mate.
Good work Snoops :)

Cheers

Jason

To be honest i feel like im running my own little guest house  ::) who ever decided on summer holidays?
 ::) oh yea last count was 6 kids Nem  lol


Good luck all blondes today/night ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

The pics are great. They add so much, keep em coming guys

Morning guys

Snoops i'm alternate 125 today (table 207) - if you here it called can u let me know and i'll get my lazy ass down to the Rio

Gl to all blondites today

I was sure Connor said he was playing today!

Hard luck to kalie, Iwan, AJ and wp to Bullitpete

Nick

Spotted in the bottom right quadrant:

Trevor Reardon
Simon Trumper
Kevin Moore
Brian Wilson
Harry Demetriou
Phil Laak
Mark Seif
Dale
Julian Thew
Anontio Esfandiari
Jennifer Harman

And, making his presence felt on the the TV table, Ben Grundy.

no sign of him today

Any more players you want me to look out for?

who else is on the tv table?

Is Matt Tyler playing today?

HI ther,i know its going 2 be hard 4 u 2 day snoop,on your own,but keep at it,and could you let me know how Ash Hussain doing ty

-- Brian Wilson in his Brian Wilson pose

-- Kevin Moore, a player who I met in Bolton when Steve 'Card Shark' Read won the Poker 6

-- the familiar sight of Trevor Reardon. Apprantly his young lad is here. Not 21 yet, but still having the time of his life, especially with all the norkage on display. Kid and candy shop spring to mind.

-- A happy Harry Demetriou laughing and joking with the WSOP staff.  ::)

Good luck to all of them

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I hope he said "the milky bars are on me"  ::)

Spoony top job beagle boy :)

Kevin Moore is picture 2... any idea what that says on his shirt snoopy?

Just spoke to Simon Trumper who seems confident, and most importantly perhaps, comfortable with his table. All pretty soft apparantly, except for the guy to his right, but Simon is using this to his advantage.

Simon even used his skill of detecting tells to take a hand of the only decent player on his table.

Simon limped with 6-7 and missed the flop completely - everyone checked.

The turn brought a 7, and three clubs.

Mateyboy to his right looked at his cards (checking to see if he had a club according to Trumper) and then bet out. Simon called, intending to bet the river if Mateyboy missed.

The river was a blank, and MB made what Simon described as a hesitant bet. Simon therefore stuck in a raise (thinking MB had a bigger pair). MB folded and Simon took the pot.

He appears to be in very good spirits indeed.

He informed me that he spoke to Peter Costa and they agreed that the best strategy was to keep the pots small and try to outplay their opponents. Of course, with big pots, comes the bigger influence of luck. I think I'd have to agree with this approach. Unless you hit a monster, keep the pots small and build your stack gradually.

Other players I think are playing today who haven't been mentioned yet include Richard Gryko, Ariston, and Dubai (Dubai is an alternate though).

Good luck with the updating, might pop down later to help out when I've finished donating in the online Sunday tournies.

Rob

And in quadrant 3 we have:

Matt 'Matt674' Doyle
Steve Vladar
Dan Samson
Steve Jelinek
Greg Raymer
Lee CLifford
Paul Barker
Bruno Fitoussi
Liz Lieu (sp?)

i know its pretty slim but if you get a chance snoops wish any of the welsh boys gl form jimmy the fish,especially doc aris big guy about 60 ish  keeps on saying lost a player in a loud iraqi voice (loveley guy) thnx m8 and thnx both for great updates,where would we be without you 2 ? :respect: :respect: :respect:

Spelling looks good, a photo would look even better!

Snoop, is Lee Clifford on Greg Reymers table? lol

-- Paris WPT organiser and all-round Frenchman (whatever that means), Bruno Fitoussi

-- A laid back Matt Doyle, of course, accompanied by 'Team Primate'

-- A fashion violating Greg Raymer - I have no idea what his right hand is up to there

-- A cheery Paul Barker posing for the camera.

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Do you have doc's real name so I can check it on the list?

Keep up the good work snoop!

Next time you are near Greg can you take a photo of Lee Clifford please mate :D

no name players on Lee's table.

There are a LOT of tables in just 1 quadrant.

any news on ASh hussain or reyez mulla,frm blackpool

snoops did you notice any super stars on paul barkers table ?

Ariston plays tomorrow. Hes has just completely demolished me at triple draw at the house hitting 7s and 8s galore- his luck has changed. He is a pokergod.

Good luck to all blondites!!!!!!!!  Who else is tempted to fly over and help with the updating?! Or make coffee/or carry bags/or just hang around!?  This is the best one yet - lots of people I know so come on blondites

LooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooL          >:? >:?

hehe  Goooooooooooooooooooo Monkey he has 9100 1st break was up to 11,000 but no rush.

sry m8 ,i dont know his first name, his sons are tarique and ED ,ed beat jullian i the heads up in cardiff ,his dads a real charicter if  you see the DOC tell him jamie from cardiff wishes him luck ,if possible m8 many thanks

If someone pays for my flight/hotel and spends I will stay there 24/7 updating for you lol

The final quadrant at the top right was rising for a break when I approached, but I did managed to spot TJ Cloutier, Daniel Negreanu, Neil Channing, and David O'Callaghan.

Talking of Irishman David O'Callaghan, he's down to 6.5k after flopping a set of Queens.

He raised preflop, found two callers.

Flop came Queen high with two diamonds.

MB bet 250, Dave made it 1,000 and MB called.

A third diamon fell on the turn, both checked, but David faced a value bet on the river with King and Ten of diamonds that he eventually paid off.

as above  8)

I'm just a PM away and I'll be out there lika a shot  :)up

Hi Guys,

Keep up the good work, looks like Andy Massey didn't make it to day 2, but our mate Jamie Mellor is in today so if you could find him and keep me updated on how he's going that'd be great and also Matt "Noseyboy" Osbourne is up today.

Thanks guys!

-- Daniel Negreanu - surrounding by cameras, unsurprisingly

-- Neil 'Bad Beat' Channing. Says 'hello' to his mummy.

-- Irishman David Callaghan - nice lad, but down to 6.5k

-- Nooooooooooooooooooorks

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Thanks for the offer.

The problem is that you won't be able to do anything because, on the occasions where you are allowed into the room, you won't have a press pass so will be unable to get anywhere near the tables or the media room.

But thx for the offers anyhow, much appreciated.

Im sure you can sort us out a press pass snoop! ;)

any update on this ugly guy in the picture on the left. appreciate it.

Any chance you have seen Radu Butan.....Thanks:)

 :hello: Snoops&Jen

Fantastic updates guys,I am sure you are very tired.

All the best to you both,hope you get some time off to enjoy vegas too!!

Shelly xx

keep up the good work snoops  :)up

Day 1b chip counts:

Hossein Tagh Avi -- 229,125
Wesley Wilburn -- 122,200
Alex Minislow -- 94,350
Cory Butler -- 90,250
Edward Brogdon -- 90,200
Laro Bonding -- 88,600
Adam Sweet -- 86,250
Theo Tran -- 82,950
Magnus Petersson -- 82,575
David Chiu -- 78,225

Others:

Allen Cunningham -- 77,625
Akshay 'ActionAxe' Kumar -- 70,125
Andrew 'AndrewT' Tracey -- 53,425
Mickey Appleman -- 39,250
Men Nguyen -- 36,100
Micahel Greco -- 35,025
Kevin Daly -- 34,775
Jeff Madsen -- 33,300
Humberto Brenes -- 29,175
Ken 'KPNuts' Powell -- 28,850
John Exley -- 27,32
Annie Duke -- 26,725
Mike Caro -- 22,925
Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson -- 20,200

1a & 1b combined chipcounts:

Hossein Tagh Avi -- 229,125
Fran Cipriano -- 123,200
Wesley Wilburn -- 122,200
Ken Jacobs -- 119,106
Paul McCaffrey -- 110,650
John Kincaid -- 107,500
Joe Fuhriman -- 98,250
George Lopez -- 98,125
Alex Minislow -- 94,350
Mike Erstling -- 94,075
Sean Le -- 94,050
Paul Kitsos -- 92,850
WeiKai Chang -- 92,575
Cory Butler -- 90,250
Edward Brogdon -- 90,200
Laro Bonding -- 88,600
Adam Sweet -- 86,250
Paramjit Gill -- 85,650
Mark Vos -- 85,375
Jeffrey Lisandro -- 85,025

no worries

Thewy is having a bad time, down to 2,500. He just told me "time to launch the yoyo".....!

Go Thewy!

thanks for looking snoops the doc,but 1 of the boys just rang and hes made it into day 2 wd doc ,this guy is the biggest rock ever lovely guy and if he gets cards ,who knows? 14 k

Hi Snoops and Jen






Good Luck Matt   

Thanks, we are glued to the screen ..his girlfriend could not go down with him as she has an exam on Monday.....although I am pretty sure she will not get any studying done today!!Lol  So we dont like him being all alone down there!!:)
Thanks again;)

Snoops, great job as usaul m8

If you see chris moorman today, wish him luck from me and dave.

Thanks,

Pab

It looks as though Sam Farha left us before the break.

I am reliably informed that he ran a turned full house (set of nines on the flop) into quad sixes. Ouch

great reporting snoops and jen - a question , been following all the threads so far and on cardplayer , can anyone tell me why their chip counts differ so much from yours , are they reporting only certain players or what , eg day 1b they have leader as eric sonstergard on 83k

 :o ::) :o

Liz Lieu's seat has been filled by Mateyboy, which either means that she had a sex change during the break or, and perhaps somewhat more likely, she's OUT.

please help my partner paul barker has just tx me to say his pic is on this website somewhere he is in wsop group c????

help!!!!

That must be a mistake, it sounds like it. 83k sounds very short. I actually have the official WSOP chip counts on my lap, so I'm going by them.

Where did this guy pop up from??!!

This guy is the chip leader according to my sheet AND pokerpages.

Hossein Tagh Avi -- 229,125

Maybe you're looking at a chip count from earlier on in the day.

seems a lot of conflicts snoop - i seem to think rob sherwwod ended up about 40k plus on day 1a but no mention on card player , and the 223k guy doesent appear either - aint criticising btw just puzzled

no idea, I wasn't here for the last level last night, but I assume he ran into another big chipper.

Rob Sherwood has 43,625

I'm sure Rob will confirm that, it sounds as though cardplayer are getting mixed up with some of their chip counts.

END OF DAY CHIP COUNTS:  Day 1A | Day 1B | Day 1C | Day 1D | Day 2A | Day 2B | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9
 PLACEPLAYERAMOUNTTREND
 
1Eric Sonstegard83,000 $2,000
 
2Theo Tran82,950 $8,950
 
3Al Barbieri82,000 $1,000
 
4Allen Cunningham81,000 $39,000
 
5Nicholas Montuori80,000 $-1,000
 
6Eric Peters70,000 $-9,000
 
7James Crowshaw69,000 $-19,000
 
8Eric Weiner67,000 $24,000
 
9Ayaz Mahmood64,000 $-4,000
 
10Harold Kizzire63,750 $53,750
 
 that supposedly is day 1b end of play - they are reporting 20k ish leader at the moment with joe beevers very close

That's a cardplayer error

Pretty sure cardplayer are only covering a select few players. Certainly not covering the whole field yet. I'm sure they will as the field gets smaller.

And Hello all, my first post. Great coverage guys.

Yeah they are only covering about 200 players a day at the moment.

TJ Cloutier is up to around the 20k mark after cracking Aces twice with K-K, and then again with Q-Q

anyone know anything?? Paul Barker cant find his pic anywhere!!

I found Rob S. via Cardplayer website with his chipcount 40k+

well, I guess that explains it

Have you checked through yesterday's interactive update ?

bottom of page 5

I have defintely got 43,625. It seems the Cardplayer site is not very easy to navigate. There is a well-hidden page with the complete end of day chip counts, but the original 'chip count' page only shows a select group of players.

Rob

Ben (milkybarkid) is on the feature table and on the forum? must be his dad looking for an update, hello Mr Grundy  :)up

Any news on how many alternates are seated so far Snoopy, I think Dubai is on the 7th alternate table?

thank you!!!! im ssooooooo proud can you tell him something for me?

Dale -- 13,925
Antonio Esfandiari -- 7,425
Harry Demetriou -- 9,575
Trevor Reardon -- 9,500
Bhupinder Kohli -- 9,375
Phil Laak -- 3,725
Brian Wilson -- 9,375
Nick Gibson -- 8,150
Simon Trumper -- 5,275

I think I heard the number 310 mentioned.

Incredibly (!? - ahem), Brian Wilson has already been all-in - but this time he survived.

He flopped a Broadway straight, and by the end, he and his opponent had all the chips in the middle.

Problem was that his opponent had the same hand.

(different suits obviously - otherwise I think the floor may have been called and Brian Wilson's pockets searched.)

Just caught Nick Gibson check raising (initial raise was 600) Mateyboy to 2,000

Mateyboy folded on a 2s Kh 2c board and Nick too the pot.

er... it's not kinky is it

BREAKING NEWS

I'm running out of paper, but have plenty of ink.

no of course not!!! he would kill me!!! just wanted to tell him that cam misses his daddy loads and that we both love him very much. and if you be so kind as to tell me his reply?

thank you very much, it means alot as im missing him loads!!!

Thank you for the chip counts and the pics.......tell that boy to slow down.....you're doing a GREAT job with these updates - people have no idea how hard you and Jen work at this until they see it..........unbelievable!!   THANK YOU sloppy...er snopsy....uh, beagle

yes i agree, a fab job and to think if you hadnt have took pauls pic i wouldn even know this place existed!!!

HI SNOOP, ANY NEWS ON ASH HUSSAIN

Awesome stuff as always! Keep up the great work!

Sadly, Thewy is OUT.

Booooooooooo!

 rotflmfao

Dan Samson -- 9,875
Stuart Nash -- 8,600
Steve Jelinek -- 9,000
Dubai -- 9,650
Greg Raymer -- 5,700
John Gale -- 10,600
Lee Clifford -- 8,250
Paul Barker -- 10,900
Matt Doyle -- 7,770

any idea how Radu is doing??  please.........

Thx for the chip count Snoopy

 Qh

Hi Guys

Top updates- I am impressed with the stamina - Good luck to all the blondeites  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

See you down there later

LOL

Anna x

Well spotted Dewi.  Hi to all Ben's supporters and friends.  I would be grateful for an update about Ben's current position.  (I am not the MBK !)

Phil Gordon -- 4,775
Joe Beevers -- 21,450
Chad Brown -- 23,500
Vicky Coren -- 4,300
Kerry Taylor -- 9,175
Paul Parker -- 7,900

We have an empty table, so my educated guess is that all the alternates are now in.

Thanks snoop, any idea how Kevin Moore is getting on?

I see Lee Clifford is playing as tight as a ducks a**

Phil Laak has just doubled up.

A-K vs Q-Q

He's still got less than his starting stack though.

Ben's a great player - by boyfriend has a lot of respect for his game (even after ben knocked him out of the ept championship in 14th place!)

does Lee wear glasses?

fairhish hair?

Hows team primemate doing snoops or should i just come down and look myself  ::)

HAHAHAHA

Does he wear glasses? Please say he does... He should have fairish hair yea, ugly s0d. Hes from London

in your very honest opinion, do u think paul is playing well, do u think he will go far? i wont b offended if you think hes crap, just curious!!!

Dont think snoopy has time to watch how people are playing.... Im sure you know how good a player he is and he wouldnt be there if he didnt think he had a chance of making money.

There are 2000 players in the Amazon room at present ???

yeah sorry, didnt think im just excited that hes there!!!

 :hello: young beagle, hope you've taken your worming & vitamin tablets, cause it seems like your gonna work yourself in to a blur :)

BTW  :respect:

No 1999 only Matt674 is playing today  ;goodvevil;

yeah im enjoying my self....kid in a candy shop....have u been to the pool yet  :D how is my dad doing anyway?

Henning Granstad -- 15,500
Rolf Woods -- 21,500
Frodo Frageli -- 6,000
Hans Talstad -- 34,000
David Chavda -- 10,000
TJ Cloutier -- 25,225
Jennifer Tilly -- 6,275
Neil Channing -- 11,500
Daniel Negreanu -- 16,800
David Callaghan -- 5,875

Much respect to the Blonde updaters.

They spent the same time reporting on poker as I did playing poker yesterday. The difference was they were standing up and walking around the whole time, whereas I spent all day sitting down. And yet I slept through till 1.30pm today and still feel tired. Snoopy was up way before this and is now scurrying about like a little hamster again.

Are they on break yet?

One of the chip leaders is Norwegian Hans Talstad

To say he's had his fair share of good fortune would be a slight understatement.

First of all he flops a full house with A-7 on an A-7-7 board. Mateyboy with Q-Q moves all-in (?!)

Then he forces a guy with A-Q to fold the same hand as him on an A-rag-rag-rag-Q board

Finally, he busts Pocket Queens when his T-9 on a Ten high flop turns another Ten.

Blimey.

They take breaks in parts

.

Hi Snoops you both doing a sterling job with these updates BTW

Any info on  Kenna James please, he started on table 106 seat 3. Would be much appreciated TY

Ah, that Cupcake, he's a man of few words.

 :D

good job they take breaks in parts!! could you imagine the q for the toilet!!!! ;D

Hey snoopy i really have these strong sexual feelings for you, fancy meeting for a drink later bigboy?

I may be rushed off my feet, but I'm never to busy to supply Kev with some norkage...



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he must have been plucking up the courage to ask Snoopy for a date :D

Oh i could really have some fun on this account, people should take care when they login on public pc's......it's hawko in the crypto lounge, wish dubai luck from me pls....great updates as usual

I've dated worse (present girlfriend strictly excluded of course)

quality norkage all score 10 (i'm so easily pleased)

top pic is my favorite snoops.  Who is she?


COME ON TEAM PRIMEMATE 

 ;iagree;


 ;iagree;

Good taste there Sark

Just been on the search for Radu Buton (who was requested earlier), but his seat is empty. As they don't really move people here, preferring just to break tables due to the amount of players, it would appear that he is OUT.

Yea, we just heard:(  Thanks anyway!

Ash Hussain -- 2,700

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snoop im sitting in my room...way to hot outside! how is my dad trevor reardon doing? saw him on the break he had 10 000 still cheers.

Chris Moorman -- 13,000

Lots of chips, but mostly the wrong colour.

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Unfortunately "Team Primates" assault on the 2006 WSOP main event has ended. Down to 8500 chips there was a limp UTG and i look down to see AK in mid position so i make it 500 to go (blinds 100/200). It gets round to the small blind who thinks for a while before reraising to 1500. The original limper folds and its back to me, anyone else at the table then i lay it down but the player in question had made a few "basic" errors and i take him for a medium pair. I think if i just call and miss then i cant call a bet and i'm down to 6500 so i decide to reraise all in. He thinks for a while and at one point actually picked his cards up to muck them but then counted his chips and announced call.

He turns over QQ - board 2-3-9-3-2 and its game over.

Thanks for all the support  ;applause; ;applause;

TY 4 THE PICTURE,JUST HEARD FROM HIM,(ash),just lost big pot AJ vs 99,flop A ,A. 9,     turn jack........ river 9.big pot

ul Matt... :(

Bad news Matt, get in training for next year

V U L Matt - really disappointed for you..... :(

UL matt

guess its time to support team norkage

can you give them all my phone number please snoops

Unlucky Matt, you will be back next year I'm sure.

Sorry to hear that matt  :(   There will be more in the future to win.


 Now you can go catch up with the female monkeys beside the pool and have a banana milkshake

Unlucky Matt  :(

You really are a sweetie pie Sark  :)

Trevor Reardon is facing a 1.5k bet on a board of 2s 7d 4h 8h with about 1.5-2k in the pot.

After a lenghty dwell, he opts for the fold.

His chips were mixed up, so it was tricky to see how many he had and I didn't want to ask due to him losing a pot so recently.

I think he has around 6k though.

Just heard from blondeite Dale.

He's on 14k, but was up to 18 at one point.

He just had to lay down pocket Jacks on a raggy board due to over-eagerness shown by his opponent.

He says it's a tight table, meaning he's been able to build his stack gradually.

Brian Wilson is on 15k and looking at ease.

he also told me that, contrary to CardPlayer having him at 12k at one point, Dave did actually exit this years WSOP beforehand with a K-K vs A-Q accident.

found another blondeite - they're everywhere!!

David 'Bazzaboy' Barrie

The young Scot is currently on 19,850

Cardplyer still have him on 12,100

Spotted any celebs snoopy?

p.s I'm not too impressed with Cardplayer's updates, you and jen are making them look like amateurs. ;)

I know, I think Dave's mouth is more reliable though.  :D

Well, I won't lie, they do manage to get a lot more precise info regarding specific hands, but that's too be expected when they are so large in number and can update at ringside.

Hopefully the less formulaic and mechanical descriptions we give on blonde, not to mention the ability to interact, is of interest to you guys.

LOL from the standard of updating on there, you may be doing the official updates next year HOPE SO!!

I just looked on Cardplayer.  It says that people can still enter until tomorrow.   I thought all the schedules would be set already, tables, timing, etc.   It's a real pity I have to clean out my garden shed tomorrow.   Still, there is always next year

Translation = "Norkage Shots"

Paul asked me to sort out a babysitter and fly out Monday to Friday............... gonna pull a babysitter out of a hat !!!  :(

I know a part time magician.  He works as a window cleaner during the day and magician at night.  Very talented guy.

Unlucky Matt :(

Does he make dirt disappear?  ;scarymoment;

If you only had 4 kids i might have taken you up on that - nowt else to do now :'(

6 kids a bit too much for one monkey though!!

 :D   No, but if Charmaine wants a babysitter, he may not be able to get a real person out of a hat.  But he is great with rabbits. 

UL Matt....

Come on the reamining blondies.

Looks like Dales holding his own.

Paul Barker was trying to pick someone up on a string bet, but, they do things differently over here.

As long as you don't return to your stack, you can pretty much bet how you like.

I knew that would confuse some of us Brits at some point.

cheers...do u know when the next break is?

Just to let you know how it's going down at Negreanu's table.

He's pretty much playing every hand, and his table seems incredibly meek.

except for this one guy, who is doing the extreme with the view that 'If I don't play any flops with him I can't be outplayed'. A Kill Phil strategy I suppose. I don't get it personally, but this is what happened.

Daniel raised from Trap 2 for 500 (blinds 100/200) Mateyboy on the button moves all-in for 7.5k (!!)

Guess what, Daniel folded. Could be a frustrating day if every does that and Daniel doesn't pick up any hands.

Anyhow, he's doing well with 22,900

ohhhhhh dont matt, i'm tearful enough  :( really upset for you

ul matt, good luck bazzaboy

Neil Channing is currently on 12,475

On his table, two guys managed to get their chips in with J-T and J-Q

The board was 9-Q-3-8-T

Chop chop

To say he's a confident lad would be an understatement.

Ash Hussain is on just 2,250

"Looking a bit grim" he said disappointedly

GL Simon Trumper and all other Brits.

German update now:

George 'The Panzer' Danzer (Barcelona EPT semi-finalist) is on 16,500

Meanwhile, Jan Heitman (runner up to John Kabbaj at the Vic) is OUT after calling a seven k river bet with a eight set of eights, only to find his opponent sitting there with a rivered flush.

Sitting just two seats away from one another are Phil Cooklin (regular Luton player - TightEnd should know him well) and MAd Marty Wilson's half (apologies, not sure of the forename).

Anyhow, the former has 11,325 and the latter has 12,250

say to him remember monte carlo,he was low den,tell him its time to grinde it out once more,hes the man in form.........

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

They often talk about 'same village', but this is more 'same shop'!

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Jennifer Harman survives after moving her shortstack all-in against Mateyboy.

Both players turned over Pocket Jacks.

Any update on Dubai?

And Grundy? :)

good luck all in Vegas.
As much as I feel for all you guys who have not made it to day 2 I cannot have too much sympathy. Better to have experienced it, enjoyed it and still have days remaining in Vegas  ;letsparty; than to be here, having had an awful day at the tables, raining and having work to look forward to tomorrow.
All the best for the rest of your trip.

Snoopy ... any update on Jen ... is she still alive, spending the day in bed ... or is that what she told you so she could sly off for some NL action at the Wynn?!

Excellent work on the updates young beagle!

Jon.

should I use the word 'den'? I'm not sure I'm street enough. Where's tikay when you need him.  8) :D

Is it hot in there mate?   All those people squashed in even with air con must make it soo hot.  I am a bit claustrophobic, hopefully they will bring in video links in the future. Then I can play from home

Bad news all er... men (and some women)

Jennifer Tilly is OUT

seated right in the corner due to being an alternate

he's currently on 7,825

Last I heard she was up and about and trying to sort us out a room.

The Orleans told us that we'd have to move rooms by the 30th, but it seems they don't have too many available. I'm sure they'll be able to sort us out though.

In fact, lates text:

(this is like a jen update)

Hooray... 1760 our new room.

Goooo Phil - we have only been hearing for the last 2 months that he was going to the WSOP!!

Hi Snoopy,

Any update on Lee Clifford and Kevin Moore please?

Also any chance of a photo for lee cliffords table?

Thank yooooooooooooou

air conditioning is very good in the Rio. Earlier on in the week when it wasn't so busy, I had to where my hoodie too.

Sometimes when the crowd pound in, it can get a little heated, but I can't complain when it's oven-like outside.

Walking anywhere is a definite no-no

lol ... did they move you from 1759?!

The guys that sell those hologram sunglasses just went over to Raymer's table and gave everyone a free pair. The players all put them on at the same time.

Any chance of a pic of that one please Snoopy, thats one for the archives.

Well, it looks like Jennifer Harman is gone. She was down to less than 2k anyhow, but you never know I guess.

Who was it that won this Event from one chip that was hidden behind a napkin?

Now just in case no one has thought of this yet....anyone staying at the Orleans just say you're snoopy and charge it to room 1760...... :blonde:

Just a slight understatement   rotflmfao..

He's a nightmare in our homegames  :D

Lots of people are leaving today.  My sofa is available at $25 a night if you're stuck.

Ben Grundy is off the feature table, which makes his stack a lot easier to count.

He's currently on around 10 - 50k, or there abouts.  :)

Actually, joking aside, he's on 18,325

Anotnio Esfandiari is struggling with just 3,575

I'm sure has a trick or two up his sleeves

BREAKING NEWS

Brain is taking me, among others, out for a curry.

And the bill is on him!

yaaaaaaaaaaahoooooooooooooo

 ;letsparty;

This Brain?

(http://www.yagersoft.com/blog/images/pinky_and_the_brain.jpg)

"I was down to 5,200 and am now back up to 11,000," says Simon Trumper.

Flop = 5s Kd Jd

Simon bets 800, takes the pot and shows the King of clubs.

"Make that 12,000," he adds

No, cos that would make me Pinky.

Steven Dannenmann on 23k good to see him, I really thought he showed alot of class last year :)

Last years final tabler, Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow, has been eliminated from the feature table.

Matusow called all-in with a set of sevens on a flop of two diamonds.

Mateyboy rivered a flush and took the pot with Kd Jd

just spotted these consecutive chip-counts on another site:

Tony Hachem
Paul Sexton
Robert Mizrachi

3 famous names, but, on a second glance, not one has the forename you'd expect.

I heard Brunson's grandson was playing yesterday, which would make three generations of Brunsons. Think they can fiti n a fourth before Doyle retires?

BRAKING NEWS

Sandwiches have entered the media room!

Jack "Treetop" Straus.

Cheers.

MORE BREAKING NEWS

I went for corn beef

any word on the rookie lately

Snoop any chance you can get a chip count on Dubai ?  cheers

According to Card Player he's on 20k

And Lee Clifford and Kevin Moore, pretty pleaseeeeeee

anyword on how jen is doing i am worried for her

Apparantly Nottingham Nick was told he was an alternate, but actually started the comp on table 206 at 12pm.

He came down at 2.30 to find his stack dwindling.

can't see him at the moment

he's either moved seat or is in the bogs

jen isn't playing this one

Unreal.  I reckon he done it on purpose like a Phil Hellmuth entrance !

Viet Van -- 22,360
Chris Moorman -- 17,000
John Gale -- 17,400
Bruno Fitoussi -- 14,150
Paul Parker -- 10,500
Reyaaz Mulla -- 18,000
Josh Arieh -- 14,500

CP have John Gale busted for the last 3 hours? Are they guessing again?

How about this for a poker face?

Should this be allowed in poker?

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For those who don't know, although surely you jest, this is Paul Parker.

Perhaps with Matusow gone, he should adopt the moniker 'The Mouth'

Or maybe, taking a look at all that red, he'd be more suited to 'Peter Parker'

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Yup they have him @16k now LOL

John Gale is definitely still in. I just saw him.

Maybe I need photographic evidence.

He's bopping away to some music on his headphones.

Any ideas what he might be listening to?

Lee Clifford raises 600 from the button. The blinds fold.

He's now on 13,100

Snoops I want norkage. TY

PMSL who got paul ready this morning ?? was it Stevie Wonder ??

Antonio Esfandiari is OUT.

I've been told he had pocket nines, not sure what he ran into though.

 ;letsparty;

Dubai is OUT.

Ian 'At-It' Bradley just passed him in the corridor and noted that Dubai did the ol' 'cut throat' gesture.

We've been deliberating, but we've come to the conclusion that the gesture means his out rather than going to the loo.

Dik9, how ya diddlin'...?

Any news on the locals?

Stormy Weather?

snoops i know jen aint playing i am just worried about her and i want you to update us on her health and room and is she at the belliago yet ?

Any more sightings of the moorman, cheers snoopy

Neil Channing -- 13,950
Mads Anderson -- 4,100
Ash Hussain -- OUT
Phil Cooklin -- 11,325
Daniel Negreanu -- 40,300
John Gale -- 25,000

And to prove Mr Gale is here, ta da!

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Nick Gibson -- 22,000

I showed him the picture of the guy with his face covered up (cowboy and indians stylee) and he said, that if he had his way, there'd be no hats or shades.

Although we did agree that perhaps in his case a hat might be a good idea.

I then ran.

------------------------------- Dinner Break -------------------------------

See you in 90 minutes time, I'm off for my curry with 'the Rookie'. Hopefully the players themselves will fill you in whilst I'm gone, many tend to return to their rooms and boot up the lappie.

Back at approx 20.15 (Vegas time)

Should we start a sing song or something to keep us amused?

no, lets just all order a big steak meal and have it sent to snoppys room

i'm dreaming of a white christmas

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

bobobobobobo - I'm doing the backing bits.

Gl Bazza

Anyone not seen the Phil Ivey Full Tilt advert, it's a good 'un......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phGJ8h-yLBc&search=phil%20ivey

To all you Norkmeisters, "Back of the line!"

Unlucky to Monkey Matt on his exit - your first big confrontation is the key to setting up your tournament. If it doesn't go your way you're either out or short stacked enough to change your game plan. Win it and life becomes a lot easier.

Just had a look through the full list of seating arrangements for Day 2. It turns out the guy on my table who has more chips than me is not some unknown bloke after all, but Allen Cunningham...

I know a degree of nepotism exists on this site, and I appreciate the (1!?) updaters have a difficult job( and they're good journalists) . But this is the WSOP MAIN EVENT. tHE BIGGEST EVENT IN POKER, EVER - Call yourselves a major player on the PokerWebsite scene but this is a joke.

1 person updating (whos gone for a curry) - Don't pretend this is a good updating service. You guys should of been better prepared, thers's an awful lot of people logged on in the UK for info and we're just not getting it.

Who's playing? who's out? Chip counts? Incidents? Exit quotes? ....................................

This is the BIGGEST EVENT EVER IN POKER. We get a more informed uodate for A £300 event @ Luton.

Wooooah there buddy - if you want an out of date service go and read the card player site who are publishing players exits who are still playing.

Blonde do a great job, on a shoestring, and report on the people who matter to us....

Unfortunately the WSOP have decided that Cardplayer is the official reporting service and at all games they get first look, allowed closer to the table etc etc. Despite that they still manage to get it wrong.

I've done some updating for blonde and it's bloody hard work, if the money was there to fly out a dozen updaters then there would be plenty of volunteers who would have done it for free.

Hats off to Jen and Snoopy who have so far exceeded my expectations with their hard work and stamina. The press room couldn't be further from the card room if they tried, and getting round that many tables is a days work in itself.

Try it first before criticising, then your constructive comments would be welcome.

Just spoke to Kevin Moore AKA Azimut...

Limped in with 44, flop  2d 4c 8c with 3 people in the hand, went for a trap, all checked turn came  Js guy bet 400, he called, river  Jh guy bet 1600, Kevin now has a full house, thought about it and thought he was beat so flat called, guy showed  Jc 2c so managed to avoid a big loss.

Kevin Moore back up to 11k now and Lee Clifford up to 14k

I agree They do a great job, no a fantastic job - I just think Blonde as a whole should of prepared better, to provide a decent service on such a tournament.

No criticism of the updater(s) at all meant.

the players are on a 90 minute break so the updater has gone on one too as there is nothing to report no one in seats so they can get chip counts

also blonde isnt doing live updates for the main event due to restrictions on access to the floor snoops and jen are only doing the day 1s as a bonus

there is 200 tables basically we would need a team of 20 updaters to give the service we give at luton and then we would need to get press access that cardplayer magazine has restricted

If you dont like it how about finding updates elsewhere?

Oh wait, you cant because this is the only site that has decent updates!

Hello Puzzler000 and welcome to Blonde.

As Dingdell said, the problems are two fold. 1) the size of the thing and 2) the fact Cardplayer paid to be the official media reporters and have lots of updaters covering the arena (the vast majority of which have done no updating of this kind before and so get things wrong).

What Snoopy and Jen do try and provide is coverage of the British players (which Cardplayer only do if your name starts with Devil and ends with Fish). I think they do a tremendous service given the circumstances, which is provided to you, dear Puzzler000, for the princely sum of zero pounds.

As an example of the fantastic service Cardplayer provides, at the end of play last night we were asked to write our hometown on our chip bags so Cardplayer could include the info on the updates. I wrote 'LONDON, ENGLAND' on my chip bag.

Here's my page at Cardplayer - http://www.cardplayer.com/players/results/Andrew_Tracey/44644 (http://www.cardplayer.com/players/results/Andrew_Tracey/44644)

Before criticising I recommend asking questions. Had you asked what had been done and what was possible you may now be saying what a miracle it was that the updating is as good as it is. Card player have got unrestricted acess, we are only allowed a small number of reporters.

Card player are also well funded, have magazine sales etc. Blonde? No magazines, no subs. Where does the money come from to send updaters to Vegas? Not from us, the readers, so think on before criticising. They are working long hours, sleeping under tables sometimes to get 10 mins, and none of it could have been improved on unless there was a bigger budget and the WSOP/Card player changed their reporting policies.

I didn't have a curry, the Indian restaurant was too busy

Thats a shame :( what did you have instead?

a bottle of Corona

lol sounds like my sort of meal!

Can I just say that the Card Player site doesn't even have dinner updates - we are ahead yet again! Well done Snoops on an excellent meal report - concise and to the point.

 rotflmfao Does that mean you will have to pay tax on any winnings then?!

Whether it's a criticism or an observation it had to be said. I know Jen and Snoopy do a great job. I just think Blonde as a whole should of given them some support. What happens on other sites is irrelevant to my point....If you know for sure that Blonde does not posess the funds to give a better service then I have to respect your informed opinion, - End of beef

One small point Mr.Puzzler, it's "should have"

You would know it too had you asked first.....jumping to conclusions is my pet hate, informed debate is preferable.  8)

puzzler blonde would have to out bid worldwide magazine "cardplayer" to be able to give a decent service and then hire and pay expenses for a team of 20-30 updaters i know for a fact blonde doesnt have the fund to do this

Well in my opinion im getting better udpates here than I am on cardplayer.

You're missing the point.

With the exception of ESPN and CardPlayer, they restrict the number of media passes you can have.

Without this pass, you can't get anywhere near the tables or the media room.

Funds aside, this policy limits our man power.

There is nothing we can do about that.

Play has just recommenced.

Strange, could have sworn I saw Tikay's name in Forbes.....

Agreed

And with that exciting interlude I'm off to bed - night all and look forward to reading the excellent updates tomorrow.

Tracey x

Good Night snoopy

anyway puzzler who are you intrested in ?

snoops can i get a chip count on vicky c

or maybe some norkage

Ive witnessed first hand the unfavourable conditions that jen and snoops have to deal with in order to update from the circus more commonly known as the world series of poker. They work exceptionally hard and more often than not provide a more accurate report then the cardplayer staff who to me just seem to be a on social outing, occasionally doing some work if they spot a 'name' player.

When i went deep in the 5k, no-one at home would have even known if it wasnt for blonde. Cardplayer didnt give a flying fcuk who i was because they didnt know me and hardly any of my hands got mentioned. Once i made it to the last 18, one of the workers asked my name and took my chip count, they managed to mis-spell my name. Even once i made the final and my full name was written on my chips, another information form and given to another cardplayer member of staff it still appears incorrectly on their website.

If you want half-assed updates about some of the celebrity players go to cardplayer, if you want informative updates about a lot of the UK players, most of whom are members here, fused with the wit of jen and snoopy then its BLONDE all the way.

Combining these two topics, Vicky C was down last night with Neil Channing and came over to have a quick chat with Devilfish (who was on a table behind me). After all the artificiality on display from the Vegas promo girls, it was refreshing to see a good, honest, English bosom.

And as soon as I go in, I run into an interesting Mateyboy hand.

They even had their chips still in racks!

With a flop of 8h 5d 8d, the lad in the white hoodie bets 800, Mateyboy (Seat 9) - whit shirt, blue jeans makes it 2.6k, leaving the fellow in Seat 1 (black shirt, shades on head, standing) to move all-in.

White hoodie fellow also moves all-in, leaving the other player with, what he considered to be, a tough call.

He eventually folded, leaving Seat 1 to turn over Jh Th and white hoodie guy to reveal the huge vision of 3h 8d

Turn = 2d

River - Kc

And Seat 1 was gone


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do you not consider them to be the same thing??

We have almost lost one whole quadrant. Just less than a row left.

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i do but dont tell her that i am kinda shy

Brilliant Performance in the 5k Pab.

 I repeat, I know Snoopy and Jen do a great job...and I undersatnd its difficult to get close to the action...and ALL players performances should be reported on.

At The break then, It would be a great opportunity to get chip counts (of the Blondes) if you like...who is on their table? have  they played/observed any interesting hands? How are they feeling.....etc......

end of beef 2

Kerry Taylor (below - second player back) is OUT

All-in preflop for his last 2.5k against two Americans, one of which is pictured below (foreground)

Flop = 2s 8h 5d

The player pictured bet 2k, opponent called.

Turn = Tc

The player pictured bet 3k and took the pot with Pocket Tens.

A disappointed Kerry Taylor flipped over Pocket Jacks.



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Having just read that latest 'mateyboy' posting Snoops, I reckon WSoP06 tells include.....

1/  Really big shoes

2/  Faint smell of greasepaint

3/  Using red nose as card protector

Discuss.....

She was part of that missing quadrant, so she may require some searching.

The cameras seem to like her though, so I'm sure they'll lead me to her.

dude, we need to eat

and when do you suggest Jen/snoops have their dinner break? - Start of Beef 3

The gastronome aka Snoops is from Brum where Cup a Soup's are considered haute cuisine.  Give the lad a chance!

blondeite Dale clashes with Mark Seif.

Board = 9h 3c Ahrt 7c Tc

Dale bets out 2.2k on the River.

Mark Seif makes a brisk call with Td 8d

He got rid of them quickly, but I think Dale had K-9 (definitely a King)

On taking the pot, Seif comments, "desperate people do desperate things" - which  considered to be a bit of an uncalled for rubdown.

Dale is down to 12,050

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I have not, in fact, done a great job today, apart from sleeping (which I did rather well, for once).  I almost never get involved in such discussions of improvement/constructive criticism, but I feel that this belongs on another thread, not the one where Snoopy, at least, has done the job of five or six people today.  If anyone is in a position to know for certain that the funds of blonde do not extend to a proper 'team' it would be me, and I would like to assure you that we are doing the best we can in circumstances that could best be described as 'challenging.'

Have you ever attended the World Series? >>>>     http://www.antesup.com/images/wsop06wide.jpg

The 'Chip count during dinner break' would mean (a) no dinner and (b) remembering from 150+tables the exact seating position of every player, most of whose names we have no way (other than politely asking them) of ascertaining. 

We are aware of the limitations of the service we provide, but in answer to the question "Is anything further possible?"  The answer remains, for the present moment, at least, "No."

On a lighter note, tonight's caption competition.  What is Mr.Kohli saying?

http://www.gaylordlasvegas.com/

With the winner receiving an Orleans $0.25 cashout voucher.

That baby's got my name on it Snoops, I'll play you heads-up for it when you get back!

Brian Wilson -- 18,800
David Barry -- 19,000
Simon Trumper -- 14,200
Roy Rees -- 10,000
Ben Grundy -- 18,325
George Danzer -- 33,850
Nick Gibson -- 21,000

Any sightings of chris moorman please snoopy?

A roar comes from one player who rises from his seat cheering like a maniac. Like everyone else, I turn around to see which American it is, and it's Dale!!!

I didn't catch the hand, but he seems to be raking in a fair few chips.

At the strict request of Nottingham Nick (The Sheiriff), I have been forced to take a snap of this fellow and nominate him as a potential winner of 'Moustache of the Day' comp.

Whether that is somehting you're meant to win or not, I'm not 100%

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Bruno Fitoussi is OUT.

Just spotted Simon Trumper taking a pot with 6-7 on J-7-K

cheeky

hows my norks coming along its 5 30 am i might need to go to bed soon

Goodnight Jen, goodnight Snoops.  Many thanks for the sterling efforts, it's much appreciated. :)up

How about some danish counts?

Jan V -- 40k
Mads Andersen (Copenhagen EPT winner) -- 11k
Christian Gruntvig (Paris WPT) -- 4k

Henning Granstad -- 8,100
Daniel Negreanu -- 45,200
Neil Channing -- 19,500
David Chavda -- 25,000
Phil Cooklin -- 3,225
John Gale -- 27,500
Steve Dannenmann -- 21,100

Last year's second place finisher, Steve Dannenmann (boy, I hate writing that name) has 21,100 after fold Ad 6d on a flop of 7h 8c 2d

He bet 1.5k and passed to the 4.4k reraise.

Daniel Negreanu -- 45,200

ahem

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TJ Cloutier is OUT.

William Thorson is your current chip leader 77,500

Nick 'Gwibbo' Gibson, cheerful as ever despite having been ill and room-bound for the couple of days preceding today.  We have a theory that the Europeans are suffering particularly due to the extremes of temperature over here.  And the air-con which might be circulating germs (I have a fairly sore throat and stuff, myself).  He wanted to know where his anti-panda-eye eye cream which he presented me with in MC was...I can only guess how I look today.

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Nick's tablemate Ben 'Milkybarkid' Grundy, who says it's all about the slow patient wait as people seem "keen to pay you off if you hit."  He added, "I've given myself some rules today."  Things like, "No playing A10 or worse."  It looks like he needs to restrict himself to halt the looseness spawned from boredom/frustration.  That's where the two-hour levels come in - there's no need to succumb to such things when you can legitimately use the Force of Patience.  He's on 20,000.

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Joe Beevers, looking very casual...  33,000 in chips.

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It's certainly got to me - it's the air conditioning (particularly the circulated air on the flight over). I've spent all of today holed up in my hotel room trying to get over a chest infection. I'm trying to kill it with pizza and ersatz champagne.

Average Stack = 15,478

Greg Raymer -- 11,00
Dan Samson -- 3,300
Nick Gibson -- 18,000
Mads Andersen -- 11,100
Mark Seif -- 5,675
Phil Laak -- 13,200
Lee Clifford -- 13,475
Josh Ariah -- 19,175

Stuart Nash -- 8,825

currently eating from a can

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Joe Beevers -- 29,200

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And why is it that when there are hundreds of tables, we often seem to get two we know on the same one?  As I was snapping Joe Beevers, Henning Granstad took his table's empty seat. saying, "I'm a shortstack..."  True - 8,600 isn't a lot, but it might be fun to go and watch that one some more.  Like the cameraman standing behind the unwitting Mr. Granstad.

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Good plan, sir! ;applause; 

Paul Barker (left) -- 7,925
Paul Parker (right) -- 7,925

Barker and Parkers in fact! What a double act they could be, a sure firce success guaranteed!

Please excuse the blurriness of Paul face, he was talking at the time.


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Oh dear, I seem to have run out of bourbon.

Night, guys...

;applause;

think i am going to have to go to bed i just fell asleep during a SNG and ended up calling an all in with K972 four suited against 2 players when the rereaiser was the nly guy with more chips than me (5 players left and it was hi lo) needless to say i was bubble boy

Goodnight, sweet ladies, goodnight

i hope that was aimed at dana and not me

dana is a lady not ladies

I ain't no lady...

Brian Wilson is down to 10k after paying off Jacks with Tens.

"I thought I'd gamble with him," commented a dejected 'Rookie'

but can you get away with wearing a skirt in public without getting funny looks ?

please, not in public

Not only that, but there's already another Paul Parker who's made it though from one of the first day ones.

Barker, Parker and Parker

How about that for an act?

would just like to say if u go into the rio  and look for someboday it takes a miracle  , to walk through the room  it takes an age  ,  to criticise  something that people do as a labor of love   rather than a monetary benefit   in what is basically a thankless task and to be honest  for two people to cover an event of this size for 14 hours a day  is a remarkable feat in itself  , take as an example the likes of betfair and go and see the coverage they do and u will realise the extent of their achievment

Players are back off their 20 minute break with the blinds at 150/300. There is also a running ante of 25.

"Shuffle up and deal!"

And many thx, reactive, much appreciated.  :)up

correction - Paul Parker has 6,200

What he said.  And I'm surprised there's another Paul Parker - thought he was one of a kind.

Today there was a chimp playing poker.

From what I undertsand, people could challenge him to a heads-up contest.

Apparantly, the monkey is trained to move all-in if he sees paint.

I'll let you decide upon who the coach was...

Saw this guy wandering between the tables - Azzy Asghar, another one of those press/player types.  He informed me that he'd actually played this Day One, and busted with a fairly unpleasant JJ vs. 77 (which four-flushed to send him packing).  He didn't seem at all disheartened, in fact heading right back between the tables with his press pass to keep an eye on the action.  Personally, I would have been on the New York New York rollercoaster five or six times by this point, and be heading to a bar.  But no, he's happy to still be in the Rio - "You win some, you lose some - it wasn't my day."

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Simon Trumper -- 9,200
David Barry -- 31,475

Phil Laak calls an early position raise from the big blind. Flop comes 4-2-A (two diamonds). MB bets 3.5k, Laak folds. Down to 10,875.

Dale raises to 1.5k from the button. Limper Mark Seif dwells before folding. Up to 13,200

I'm not what's more hideous here - Brian's shirt or Mullet Man's er... mullet.

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Brian Wilson is struggling with 11k.

"Can't catch anything"

Meanwhile, Nottingham Nick is running okay with 23k

About turn for Nick Gibson - well, just some slight damage, actually - just saw him playing a button-holding Matey on a board of 2c 6d Aspades 6h.  Check, Matey bets what looks like a couple of thousand.  Call from Nick. 
River: 4h   Nick checks, Matey moves in for his last 5,550 exactly (pot size around 4k).  A quick call from Nick.

Matey shows the clearly unexpected 6c 7c, and Nick mucks - he's down to around 17,000.

Anyone know how Matt "Noseyboy" Osbourne is getting on?

Definitely the mullet, although Brian would win the "Fashion Violator of the Day" prize.  George Danzer told us that he'd seen a picture of himself on another blog, with that title!  I think it was his scarf and headphones combo, although to be honest there are lots of worse Fashion Violators in the room.  Still not sure how I'd feel about being given that award...

Other counts from people I didn't notice the first time round (check the brutal honesty - my eyes aren't what they used to be):

David Lloyd      8,000
Richard Gryko   24,200

Neil 'Bad Beat' Channing is currently on 8,775

He retold a hand in which he called a button raise from the blind with Q-J suited.

The three players involved checked the J-J-9 flop.

Mateyboy in earliy (ish) position bets 1.3k on the Ten turn and the button (original raiser) makes it 4k.

Neil decides to fold his trip Jacks, the button shows K-Q for the straight.

hi again snoopy, hows Paul getting on this morning? (barker!!!!!)

I'll just go and check

thank you x

Here's Richard Gryko in ipod world - he certainly has a lot of small-denomination chips, hinting at some steal-tastic early raising. 

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Paul Barker is currently on 7,950 after taking the blinds with a 1,250 preflop raise.

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It looks as though Paul Parker is OUT.

thank snoopy, got to go to work now but il b back later to find out how the last few hours went x

As the Main Event continues, Ron 'Mad Yank' Fanelli is coming to the end of his record breaking 72 hour and 3 minutes heads-up marathon.

Dazed and confused, the Mad One commented, "I feel like I have been kicked in the balls by a figure-skater."



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good morning snoops + jen ,the best updaters in the world,can you let me know if paul curtis is still in an chip count if poss thnx

Daniel Negreanu - surely he can afford the massagers... and he has 58,000 chips to boot.

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Thanks for the picture,and the coverage(kept me up all night). He looks deep in thought.Have been following updates all night.Wish Richard all the best.Thank you

Earlier chipleader (and probably still retaining it, to be honest) is William Thorson.  Thought I'd better get a pic of him, as you might well be seeing a bit more of him.  John McGrane found me in the crowd and asked who the "Scandinavian guy in red" was - he'd played with him before, and described him, respectfully, I think, as "an aggressive ba****d"

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Wow, you are almost as hardcore as we are - no problem; if you can stay up all night watching, we can report...

If it looks at any point like he can hear anything, I'll pass on your message.

Last year's runner-up Steve Dannenmann has been eliminated from the comp.

J-J v K-K

morning jen/snoops any idea if kevin moore is still in ?

Good morning Snoopy , Jen and everyone else  :hello:

Great updates  :)

fantastic reporting you two - echo everyones words about how tough a job you have , never been to vegas so cant imagine how hard that is but seen 1st hand the work done at luton and blackpool - running about like blue arsed flies aint too bad a comparison
any idea what finish time is please ?

2 hours left (excluding the 20 minute break they are just about to go on)

When they return, I shall accrue a few chip counts.

So you would grudge the poor beagle a meal so you can get chip counts??

Ask Snoopy nicely and i am sure he will do his best to get you a chip count for just about any player.

I don't envy the job snoops and jen do, it must be very hard.  I seen what it was like for some of the folk trying to update at the blondebash it was a nightmare and that only involved 60 players at a time i would hate to try and be updating on 2178 players or whatever it was.

Good morning all

Players will be back for the last level shortly.

Well .. thats not good enough snoppy, what did you do in the break ??  did you hoover the main arena ? did you personally walk every competitor to the toilet so you could get their name and their chipcount ??  Did you empty all of the bins and sweep the tables free of dandruff ??

I seriously hope you didnt use the break to grab a coffee and kick your flip flops off for 5 minutes ...heaven forbid !!!


Ps. Is Mateyboy still in ?

LOL morning kev

Morning Steve.. can you get a taxi for puzzler please ;)

Morning guys,

Great updates as usual.  I am skiving from work - feeling poorly.  If truth be told I was shattered yesterday after 13 hrs or so of a solid cash game, i got no afternoon nap and decided to take today off as i have a holiday the morra!!!

Kep up the excellent work and don't let moaners like puzzler get you down!!

I don't know about Mateyboy, Kev, but I remember somewhere back in the mists of time someone asked for a Chris Moorman update:

Saw him in the break (which I was actually using to collar players ;)     )
He said he'd been playing against John Gale a good bit - which resulted in a loss, a tilt, and a win, like this:
He held 8c 8s, and raised (he raises a lot, by the way).  John Gale called.  Flop:  4 5 6, which Chris quite liked, but he check-called John's bet.  The turn brought a Jack, and this time John bet bigger, while Chris made what he called "a stubborn call, figuring the bigger bet meant he may have hit the Jack."
River:  Ace, which slowed John down with his J9.

Result:  A tilted Moorman, who raised even more.  Then another pair of Eights came his way, and John Gale called his inevitable raise.
Flop: 4c 3c 3s  Chris bet out three quarters of the pot, John called.
Turn:  Ts   Again, Chris bet and got called.
River:  Ks  Now Chris checked, and got a chunky 3,600 bet from John.  Not scared of the backdoored flush, he called, and was rewarded by seeing John's losing busted flush draw - Ac 6c.

He's on around 18k.

And here's Bracelet-Winner John Gale, who apparently gave young Chris a bit of a moan about his penchant for small pocket pairs...

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dont think its a taxi that he needs more like a baseball bat !

well theres enough people out in Vegas ... surely America is the place to purchase one ??

through past experience i can tell you that they are readily available at most sports shops over here too.... lol

Bhups Kohli is playing today - after his success in previous events it bodes well for his rocky style this early on in the Big One... he's created a nice solid image for himself over the last six hours, and built up to 30k while doing so.

He said that earlier, "everyone was after the table maniac's chips." 
"So who got them?" I asked.
"I did!"
And how did it happen?  Well, apparently a raising-happy guy made it 250 to go (blinds 25/50) - the same raise he'd made when he'd found legitimately huge hands in the past.  Bhups had Qd Qh and decided to "call, and if no Queen on the flop, get out of the way." He'd already open-folded pocket Queens preflop before, so I believe this was his intention.  The big blind (chip leader) also called, and the flop came:  Qh 9h Jc.

ProbableAcesMatey bet out 1,000, and not liking the chip leader being in there with those draws, Bhups raised another 3k.  The chip leader got out of the way, and Matey went for it- all in with Ac Ad.

While I go and search for Snoops (in order to throw him out for the night - he's toast, and I need him alive tomorrow), here's a quick quiz - to which true Fashion Violator does this foot belong?  I'm timing you...

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That has to be ... the "Millets" gold card holder ...Greg Raymer ??

Greg Raymer -- 3,925
Josh Arieh -- 17,000
Dale -- 42,000
Stuart Nash -- 15,950
Mark Seif -- 7,325
Brian Wilson -- 14,000
William Thorson -- 92,000
Neil Channing -- 11,325
Simon Trumper -- 6,000
David Barry -- 58,700
Phil Cooklin -- 2,925
Nick Gibson -- 11,100
Ben Grundy -- 12,300
Bhupinder Kohli -- 28,625
Daniel Negreanu -- 42,800
George Danzer -- 41,300
John Gale -- 34,975
Joe Beevers -- 31,800
Lacey Jones -- 4,150
David Chavda -- 25,350
Dan Samson -- 7,000

I had curtains like that when I was a kid.

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Good stuff Snoopy!!

Hey does anyone know where I can get a list of players that have been eliminated from the main event?, am finding it hard to locate on the net.

If you're wondering what happened to Nick Gibson's stack, it was sliced in half when he checked top pair A-K on an Ace-rag-6 flop, thereby allowing 6-7 on the button to catch up when the Turn brought a 6.

Quote from Nick: "I haven't learnt my lesson from last year"

Chris Moorman is OUT.

He raised with A-J in early position only to find two callers, one of whom was nicely chipped up.

Chris bet 2.4k on the A-Q-2 flop, Mateyboy called.

Jack hit the turn and Chris check raised all-in only to find his oppoent sitting there with Pocket Deuces.

Brian Wilson has moved all-in with Pocket Fours, Eights and Nine. Each time they went uncontested, but he's given railbird Cupcake three heart attacks.

Simon Trumper doubled up his shortstack when he moved all-in with Pocket Nines.

"I hope we're racing," said Simon to his opponent.

To his delight, Mateyboy flipped a lowly Pocket Fives and Simon's hand stood up.

Dan Samson has been up and down like a yo yo.

From 27k to 1k, and now back up to 7k.

"I never tilt," he cliams.

Right, that's me done for the night, I'm leaving you in the capable hands of Jen for the last hour or so.

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.

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Thx again for chip count Snoopy/Jen - I don't know how you do it - I fell asleep and woke in front of my screen, head on table!

Thx too for 'photo of Stuart Nash - hope he makes it to the end of the day!

 Qh

Bumped into a sheepish looking Chris in the hallway, who says he doesn't know what to do for the next week... I think the disappointment will  wear off by tomorrow, and the fact that he's swimming in poker take over...

  ;iagree;;slavedriver; ;slavedriver; ;iagree;

p.s. Morning folks

 ;applause; ;applause; for the beagle for holding the fort this morning - we're going to do more of a shift system type deal tomorrow so he can fully recharge.

There would definitely be nap-gaps in the continuity of all of our WSOP reports were it not for the stamina of the Snoopy.  I can't thank him enough.  But I'm still his boss, and if I say "time off for sleeping," it's time off for sleeping!   ;yellowcard;

Bhups also told me about his recent "Christmas present" - wildly deciding to go out on a limb and raise to 600 with Aspades Qs when a perpetual limper limped one time too many, he found the button calling instead.  But he flopped the nut flush, which was nice.
He bet it out (I like that) and ButtonMatey raised.  Now crossing his fingers that the button had called with some speculative smaller spades, he called, and at this point I can't read my notes, or remember exactly what he told me, but he'd got so much of his stack in by the turn, that he bet the river all-in blind.
ButtonMatey called with Js 8s and a solid 30k is being maintained.

This nice lady, introduced to me as Chase, won her seat in a bizarre last minute battle of the single tables at a party at Antonio Esfandiari's house.  It's a long story as to how I got there (via a hummer limo, no less) but the knockout satellite took place on these new-fangled electronic live tables.  Imagine a flat TV screen in the middle of a poker table, with little screens in front of each player.  No dealer, just like online, but live - using touch screens (your hole cards are only revealed when you cup your hands over the screen - some kind of sensor 'bends' them up when you shade it).

Anyway, a whole bunch of people gave this unexpected freeroll a shot, and she won it!  Rooting for her.

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Spot on, sir!  Someone hand that man a beer.  Kev, not Raymer.

Here's Captain of the Norsemen Rolf 'Woody' Woods, clearly enjoying being on the other side of the press/player divide today.

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Good morning Jen and Sloppy.

It's taken me two cups of coffee to read through all these pages of truly fantastic updates.

Great pictures too. I'm really going to miss these when you guys come home but you must be absolutely cream-crackered and in need of a holiday. I don't think either of you two will be allowed to pay for any drinks for a long long time when you get home.

 :cheers:

:hello: Karabiner...

It's late in the day, and time to award my Climber of the Day Prize!

And it goes to....Richard Gryko (hello Mother Of Richard - he knows you've been up all night)

Last spotted on a different table with a small hill of green and black chips (c.24,000), he's now got foundations of yellows (1k) which put him in contention for the chip leader for day 1c with 120,000+.  No wonder he looks more awake than most of his table.

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Thank you Jen it makes it all worthwhile to see his smiling face...he seems to have been gone ages but at least he is enjoying

And with half an hour or so of play left today, there's just time to whip round getting a few late-nite photos and counts before it's time to dodge the taxi queue.  Still fairly heaving here, with spectators actually getting a chance to get up to the rail now and get an overview of the remaining 960 players.

For Queen of Hearts - a 2am Stuart Nash, with a stack of around 38,000

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Hi Jen

Shifts, you and Snoopy, are a great idea.

Do you know if Stuart Nash is still in - haven't heard anything since about 06.00 GMT.

And short stacked Neil Channing, nursing his 11,200 and this clearly empty coffee cup, which he got me to throw away for him.  He'll be saying, "Get me a coke" any minute now..

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 :hello: Jen

Also just caught up this morning. I love the work you guys do.

Gotta go now & phone the bank & pay the tax man :(

All the best to you & Snoops.

lol look directly above your post

Hi Jen

You beat me to it - your brilliant!

Finally snapped ex-Fashion Violator George Danzer, who at the time I thought was challenging the top stacks, with over 70k.  Still, not bad, considering what's happened to him in some of the other tourneys this Series.  He's not dwindled once, and has such an aggressive game that that's not likely to happen.

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And Mr. Flusfeder, resplendent in white, who told me in the last break that he'd been "hovering around 12k" for a good long time...

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great updating jen and snoops, just took me an hour to catch up

matt unlucky babe ,

Tablemates Ben Grundy and Nick Gibson, who both gave little shakes of the head when their stack was peered at.
MilkybarKid:  9,150 at last count
Nick:    13,500

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And I can hear the OverVoice in the Amazon Room telling all spectators to Please Vacate the Area, which means it's nearly chip bagging time.  I'll be doing the early bit tomorrow, as I'm escaping in the evening - but generally shifts aren't the best way to deal with huge fields, unless they're shifts of two.  But needs must, and I'll get the accurate counts for all your favourites when they magically appear in the Press Room tomorrow.

A round of applause just broke out audible from the Press Cave, as the Voice tells the happy gamblers that they've Made Day Two!  Congratulations to them all, and good night.

Ordinarily I would have legged it at this point, but I was waylaid by Brian 'The Rookie' Wilson, whose story is amusing enough to make the cab wait worthwhile...

He's worked back up to 30,000 at the last minute, "playing the best No Limit Hold'em of my life' and then when it got down to the final hands of the night, dropped the F-bomb, received his ten-minute penalty and said, "Thank God for that - now I can't give them back at the end of Day One!" 

His moves in the last level included re-re-raising all-in preflop to push someone off Aspades Kc (they got shown 6d 4d for their troubles) and just basically going on the tear.  Now they're reassigning seats, and I'll try to catch up with him when he emerges, any minute.

Good Night, Take II.

Good work Jen My little Muffin.

Just spoke to Mr Gryko, he's ended the day with 128,000 chips!

Hi,

First post here, I must say I'm really impressed with your hard work.

Presumably pab (and Dave aka sexygee) play tomorrow?

Charmaine, I have always been inspired by Paul's online play and had the pleasure of meeting him in Cardiff earlier this year. He's a true gent. When you speak to him please send him my regards.

It's also great to hear about players doing well from your local, e.g. Doc.

Keep up the good work
Phil

A big thank you to both Jen n Snoops for undoubtedly the best updating anywhere on the net. It should not be forgotten that they face very difficult conditions and have been working very long shifts. Once again Blonde has shown themselves to the best on the net. Its such a shame that Harrah's in their wisdom see fit to basically give that shoddy american outfit Cardplayer almost exclusive rights, their coverage with over 20 reporters has been dismal to say the least. Long may Blonde continue to update tournaments around the world so us stay at homers can get a real feel of the atmosphere.

3 Cheers for Jen n Snoops...............

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And finally best of luck to all the Blondites and Europeans still flying the flag in Vegas.

hear hear , just been announced that one of the betfair blondes (bazzaboy/stallion/david barrie) has 65k plus - this must have been from a freind as it appeared on b fair forum - anywhere to be seen on cardplayers list ????

65200 to be exact  8)

No surpises there then  ::)  ;goodvevil;

Im guessing thats you? WTG!

Wow, another epic & extraordinary Update by Lady Jen & Lord Sloppy. As Karabiner rightly says, these two will never, never ever, be able to buy a drink in any European Casino. WHAT a cheer they will get at bB3!

My heartfelt thanks to both of them.

As to Mr Puzzler....well now. The blondes know I'm generally pretty polite, especially to our Members. And even for you Mr Puzzler, I will not make an exception. So I say to you, politely, & in a civil tone. If you don't like, or appreciate, the work that Jen & Sloppy do, I suggest you read someone else's Updates. blonde receive no income for providing Live Updates, & it's cost a packet to have our Updaters out there. Jen & snoops barely get paid - hour for hour, it's way below the Minimum Wage. Have you ever tried Updating? No, you have not. Believe me, it's mind-blowingly tough in a 100 runner comp. How many runners are there here? I'm as tough as old boots, but it damn near killed me last year, when Jen & I shared the WSOP load.

We told the blondes, way in advance, that we would only be able to offer a restricted service from Vegas. You never noticed, because you were not around. Because you only joined blonde today, presumably so you could follow the action, for free.

I, (& I suspect the rest of the blonde Community), am not prepared to have their hard work denegrated by your ill-timed & uninformed comments. So if you don't like it, I suggest you go elsewhere.

Have a good day.

 :)up

SAndy

Great job again folks.  I still want to see one of those pedometer readouts, jen or snoops.  I still go for three miles.

Puzzler, there really is no need for those comments.  We are fortunate to be members of a friendly free community here at Blonde.  The updates, pics and reporting allows us at home to get a sense of what it must feel like to be there playing.  I am sure that there are other sites doing a great job with the updating also, but my choice will always be Blonde.  On other sites, there isn't the focus given to forum members ( M3, Pabs, Matt, etc ) and other known British players. I like this aspect of Snoops and Jens updates.  From what I have seen, other sites concentrate on the big names like Hellmuth and Negreanu too much.  Blonde update us on Brits, forum members and the superstar players.  Long may the Blonde updates continue  :)up

 :goodpost:   ;iagree;

TOP CLASS AND COULDN'T AGREE MORE

And well said Grandad!!!!

Hooray for the best updaters at WSOP06 - Jen and Snoopy!! Your hard work is much appreciated !!

WTG Bazza

Awesome job Jen n Snoops., im knackered just catching up with all the threads.

Tikay tells it like it is, in his usual polite way.  :)up :)up :)up My way would started with "don't like it?" And finished with something not very pleasant.

BTW Why won't Jen and Spoony not be able to buy a drink in any European casino? (Am I behing thick ere)

Yup, just re-read karabiners post. I hereby declare my thickness lol

Thank heavens for Puzzler000, so many helpful, constructive points to consider. Take note Jen and Snoopy

1: You must stop calling yourselves a major player on the PokeWebrsite scene. I can't actually find an instance where you have done this, but Mr Puzzler has over 3 posts to his credit, so he must be right.

2: This is the WSOP MAIN EVENT. tHE BIGGEST EVENT IN POKER, EVER.
No, it doesn't matter that everyone else thinks the updates are fantastic, rather than go elsewhere, Mr Puzzler has decided that he wants to use this site to keep him abreast of developments, so you now have to conform to his exacting standards.

3: Become more people. although Mr Puzzler chose to use a site with only two updaters, he doesn't like it. Perhaps we could all chip in and pay for some more updaters. Remember, Mr Puzzler doesn't have to come here, he could go to CardPlayer and complain about 20 people

4: A fairly obvious one this guys, DON'T SLEEP, DON'T EAT! (especially curry) Be better prepared. Eat and sleep a lot before you go.

5: There are a lot of people logged on in the UK. Yes I know they say the updates are fantastic, but only Mr Puzzler has the courage to tell you that they are a joke, that alone deserves some credit. I mean to say, he went to the effort of clicking his mouse and everything

6: Who's playing? who's out? Chip counts? Incidents? Exit quotes? Don't give us that old chestnut about there being 6,000 runners, limited access etc etc. A good updater would give us every bit of the information requested by Mr P on every last one of them.

7: This is the BIGGEST EVENT EVER IN POKER. We get a more informed update for A £300 event @ Luton. What Mr Puzzler is saying here is, it should be EASIER to update the biggest event ever in poker, not harder.


Come on guys, you have to do better, otherwise Mr Puzzler just might go elsewhere!

Wakey wakey Mikky! Jen & snoops have got no chance of buying a drink, because the blondes will be queuing up to buy drinks for them. I may even let sloppy wear my clothes, he aches to have my street-cred..

Seconded.....

Seriously, as my very good friend Red-Dog told me this morning when I was champing at the bit, (he owns me I sometimes think), we do need  to keep it polite. The blonde way.

Yes yes tikay you may laugh, but i dont have blonde hair!!! (YET)

 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

I gathered after I posted, but the shame has already been read lol

I sincerely hope you wont let him wear your newly acquired trendy & cool sweatband as supplied by Jules aka Hartwith  :D

 ;tightend; ;tightend; Jen/Snoopy ;tightend; ;tightend;

 rotflmfao

As an infrequent poster but constant lurker, I have to add my word of gratitude to Jen & Snoops (& Blonde).  Over the past few nights I've been channel-hopping between here and Card Player, but my visits to the American site have become less and less frequent, for the simple reason that their coverage is dull.  When I read Blonde's coverage, I get a real sense of being in the thick of the action madness; the humour, the pics, the interaction online; it's all fabulous!

Keep up the splendid work folks, but please try and eat/sleep properly!

No chance! And, whisper it quietly, but I've been thinking "bandana"......What you think?

Mr Martian - can I call you Martian? - hits the nail on the head, & obviously understands what blonde Updates are about. An evenings fun, amusement, laughs, a few quizzes, pictures, interaction (above all), a way of having an evening's fun, & keeping abreast of the blondes performance. Players Mums & Dads & family know who to ask if they want info on their beloveds.  And the blondes know that Jen has that really cranky way of writing, new words daily, while the beagle is, well, Mr Macho Man, with a subtle & zany sense of humour.

Those that want the "pure" Update, can either go to the "At A Glance", or the "serious" sites. blonde is, & will remain, poker with a smile. Thats all we ever set out to be.

I wrote to Jen & sloppy today, & asked them to give it a rest, take a break, but the pair of them are as stubborn as stubborn can be. Jen has to fly to California for a day or two on a private matter, so sloppy will be solo. I am sure the blondes will understand.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm I bet Jules will be really jealous of a bandana................PS dont tell the uni-bomber it was going to be his next new fancy dress if he final tabled in the main event. :D

A perfect answer and long may the fun updates continue, just a shame that towards the end of the main event we wont be able to feel like we are there amongst hopefully a few blondites on the final table. Long may Blonde continue with its live updates and allow us to inject our thoughts into the updates thread.

Spoony will be solo? A superstar in my book!

PS. Tikay, I think a bandana wouldnt look too good on you, you might not be able to tie it properly. I suggest you go for a zandana. Its much like a bandana when worn, but its "ready fit" - its actually a hat that looks like a bandana. If that makes sense?

Heres an image:

Bandanas:
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Zandanas:
(http://www.whipperleys.co.uk/acatalog/bandanas_colourful_american_bandanas_zandanas.jpg)

For me their coverage is miles better than Card Player, I especially enjoy seeing pics of all the players out there, it gives you a better feel for what is going on out there without a doubt. Good luck to all the Brits that are left in lets get someone at that final table this year!!!

Look, us Hells Angels (Senior Section) know how to tie a bandana. Pah!

But wont the arthritis in your hands prevent you from tying those fiddly knots.

Plus, zandanas are more hip.

Tikay, any chance blonde can invest in some roller skates so that puzzler000 can have his updates quicker please? Got to keep this chap happy!

I hope Puzzler will be tuning in tonight, perhaps he might offer to do the updates at the blonde bash in September ... just to show us how it should be done :D :D

More hip? Says who? Look Mikky, who's the Fashion Shepherd, & whos the fashion violater, between you & me?

I rest my case.

What a great idea, then we will all know how to get the chip-counts during the break  ;iagree;

Thank you for your kind words coat , am going to text Paul your good wishes  :)

And a very warm welcome to Blonde  :hello:

how did thewy get on?

saw him down as playing today then can't find any word

tikay says he busted very early when he was unable to yo after yoing earlier

That, I am sad to say, is true. Never mind, he is comng hiome sharpish, & I will give him a big kiss. From the blondes, you understand.

Tikay u look familiar m8 were u once a weather man on Scotland Today ?

Funny you should say that, nobody on blonde ever mentioned it before, you join up & spot me straight off!

By the way, welcome to blonde.

hi guys,


anychance of getting a chip count on the cunning stuart fox...

Wrong thread Soxy, go to the Day 1d thread please.

opps ...thanks m8