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Good luck today snoops

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Have fun today snoopy, hope you aren't missing the apple sour pips too much. :D

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Can u wish Ash Hayles good luck please...

A comment was made yesterday about the standard of updates in Europe.

I spoke to this chap yesterday, and he was very apologetic for what he never intended to be an insulting comment.

Although he highlighted bondepoker as the strongest of the batch , he still remained adamant that the general standard of updating for European Events wasn't great.

I have no problem with people offering their views. I welcome constructive criticism and believe that everyone is entitled to their opinion, as long as they present them in a sensible manner.

What interested me most, though, was his suggestion that our updates are biased.

Although he felt somewhat ambushed after making this comment, I do in fact agree with him.

However, what needs to be understood here is the reason why our updates are biased.

Firstly, we are a European site with predominantly English viewers, so it is understandable if we accrue chip-counts from more English players than other countries. These players ring much more of a bell with our viewers, so it makes sense to favour the known player over somebody that few have heard of.

Secondly, I personally know many of the more local players, and seeing as though they are more approachable (due to being of the same country) and easier to remember and recognise, the natural result is that their name crops up more often as I am able to garner more info from them.

Also, you need to remember that with just 2 updaters present and hundreds of players, we can't possibly collect the chip counts of every single player, or say when each person is out. It's impossible. Therefore, we highlight the players which we (i) recognise and (ii) believe will be of interest to our viewers.

However, having said all this, it really doesn't matter, because the beauty of our updates is that they are interactive, and unlike so many of our competitors, if you want us to follow anyone in particular, all you have to do is post your request on the forum and we'll do whatever we can to not only find him, but also follow his progress from there on in. Once we get to know a player, we will then recognise him on future event and will continue to update on his/her progress, just as we have done with lesser know players (to Brits) like Marc Naalden, Edgar Skjervold, Thomas Wahlrroos, and so on.

Chad Brown -- 611,000
Peter Hedlund -- 523,000
Emad Tahtouh -- 504,000
M Muldoon -- 422,500
Ashley Hayles -- 324,000
Jan Sjavic -- 296,500
Michael Abecassis -- 277,500
Vickie Coren -- 222,250
Jonas Mulander -- 222,000
Sid Harris -- 213,000
Jules Kuusik -- 186,000
Oscar Schweinebarth -- 173,000

And we've lost one already!

The highly acclaimed youngster, Jonas Molander, is a gonna.

He made a move with Q-6 but was caught by Irishman and leading brit, Michael Muldoon, who had Pocket Nines.

The board wa harmless resulting in Molander being sent to the rail.

Down to 11.

COME ON OSCAR !!!!!!!!

Hi thanks for great live reports, i have a question though.

I've noticed that your chipcount is slightly different from atleast 3 other sites. The biggest difference is Peter Hedlunds chipstack, according to your chipcount he started the day with 270 000 but all other sites claims he started the day with over 500 000 in chips. Any idea what to make of this?

Keep up the great work!

Crikey, all happening here.

And would you Adam and Eve it, ol' Sid has doubled up!

It wasn't easy though...

all-in pre-flop (as all of these hands seem to be) with Peter Hedlund.

Sid Harris = Aspades Ts

Peter Hedlund = 8c 8d

Flop = 7d 6d 9d

Er... spot of bother here.

Turn = 2c

Hmm, not looking great for our Sid.

But LOOKY LOOKY

River = Ac

OUCH!

not 100% as Chili gave me the final chip count.

He's been busy today though, so I'll see if I can get his latest chip-count for you.

And Sid is mixing it up again, this time limping pre-flop and then calling Kuusik's 138k all-in saying, "I can afford it". (Blinds 6/12k (1k) don't forget)

Anyhow, Sid turns over the rather speculative hand of Ad 6d, whilst Kuusik is surprisingly lagging behind with Kd Qd

Flop wasn't too good for Kuusik:

3d 3s Td

But after the turn brought the Tc, the River came a rather oooooooh inducing Qs

Double up for Kuusik who is now on around 280k.

Hi Snoopy,

As well as the chip counts can you try to keep us regularly updated as to the blind and ante sizes please?

Technolog (Jack)

certainly

blinds are 6,000 and 12,000 with a running ante of 1,000 (according to AlrightJack)

24 mins at this level

Sid “El Sid” Harris, 61 from Hove in Sussex, UK

Describes himself as a 'gifted amateur' and is a writer for a living including books on food and horse-racing. Wrote the 'Anti Atkins Diet'

Has had a run of success in last few months including winning £14,400 at South of England Poker Championship in Southampton three months ago, two £10,000 wins in Luton and Brighton in the last six weeks. Been playing poker for four years, mainly tournaments.

Double up for the Frenchman now.

Gosh! They just seem to be taking it in turns now.

All-in pre-flop (again!)

A-6 vs Sid's Pocket Tens

Ace hits the board.

Peter Hedlund has 270k

Michael Muldoon, 25 from Belfast, Northern Ireland

Civil servant (ie works for the government)

Been playing poker for eight years – mainly cash in home games and local casinos.

In the UK Open in 2004 at the Victoria Casino he “bluffed all his chips off in seven minutes”

Reaching final 12 here in EPT3 London is his biggest success so far. Supported here by three friends from Northern Ireland, including two other entrants - Joe Rafferty (who went out in 24th place) and Brendan Walls.

This is how they are seated:

Table 1:

(1) Vicky Coren
(2) Michel Abecassis
(3) Sid Harris
(4) Jules Kuusik
(5) Jan Sjavik
(6) Peter Hedlund

Table 2:

(1) Chad Brown
(2) Ashley Hayles
(3) Michael Moldoon
(4) Oscar Schweinebart
(5) Emad Tahtouh

Can you ask Vicky Coren how she 'ahem' got so well stacked yesterday?

She only had around 20k when coming back for day 2 when the blinds went to 600/1200 with a 100 ante.

Well said snoops, from both a reader's perspective, from a player's perspective and from a player whose mates and family want to follow you's perspective, you and your team do and are doing an excellent job. Oh, and from a journalist of 10 year's perspective, I don't think there's any bias on a British website highlighting British players. I wonder if those who champion non bias would be happy if the BBC decided against showing the England match in the World Cup to show Iran against Saudi Arabia instead in order to give everyone fair screen time?

Best wishes to the Bear please mate, and chip counts a plenty on him when you get the chance....JEFFacake

Peter Hedlund, who lost half his stack to Sid Harris earlier has doubled up through Michael Abecassis.

KK v AQ

on a 9-7-2-T-8 board.

Come On Oscar! ;slavedriver;

Ashley Hayles is out in 11th place.

He lost most of his chips to Emad Tahtouh when Emad raised on the button and Ash called. Ash moved in with pocket fours on an 8-5-5 flop and Emad called with A-8.

This put Amad up to 600,000 and Ashely down to 100,000.

A few hands later he was all in with 9-6 of diamonds against Oscar's A-T offsuit. The J-5-3-4-Q board missed both players and Ashley is out in 11th winning £10,000.

Waiting patiently for all the Academy Award puns when Mr. Schweinebart gets stacked at this final table.

COME ON OSCAR

And following that recent exit of Ashley Hayles, here are the current chip-count whilst they have a 5 minute breather...

Chad Brown -- 675,000
Michael Muldoon -- 588,00
Oscar Schweinebarth -- 327,000
Edam Tahtouh -- 682,000

Vicki Coren -- 342,000
Michel Abecassis -- 240,000
Sid Harris -- 256,000
Jules Kuusic -- 270,000
Jan Sjovik -- 226,000
Peter Hedlund -- 392,000

nice morning for Oscar so far.. good going!

Here are the two remaining tables. Photos taken before Ashley's exit.

i see my number 1 tip  chad brown is looking good.
huh   who says i bok people

They have now gone to one table of 10 players, but not on the TV table.

They have redrawn and the seating order is:

Seat 1 Sjavic
Seat 2 Coren
Seat 3 Brown
Seat 4 El Sid
Seat 5 Peter
Seat 6 Mike Muldoon
Seat 7 Abecassis
Seat 8 Emad
Seat 9 Oscar
Seat 10 Kuusic

Well played Ash, great performance, ul not to make final table

The blinds are 8k/16k with a 2k running ante.

Peter Hedlund is getting busy. He raised from early position and everyone folded. He showed kings.

The very next hand he raised again, this time 50k from UTG.

Chad in the small blind called.

The flop was  6h Ks Qd

There is some banter between them, Peter swigs from his second pint of the day and bets 30k

Chad ponders, they chat some more and he calls.

The turn is 8h

Peter bets 55k and Chad passes.

Peter showed  Kh Qs

Three way pot involving Oscar, Chad and Peter.

Oscar makes it 35k to play.

Chad and Peter call.

Flop is  Qd 8h Qc

It is checked round

Turn is  4c and Oscar bets 20k. Chad calls, Peter folds.

River is  Aspades

Oscar bets 20k, Chad calls.

Oscar has A-T to Chad's A-9 and Oscar wins the pot.

Ayarr Oscar!

Jan Sjavic has doubled up through Emad after hitting a flush on the river. The money went in on a

 Ad 5d 6c flop.

Jan had  8d Td while Emad held  6s 5d

Turn was  Jc but the river was  2d to give Jan his flush, thus defeating Emad's 2 pair.

Stop this massacre now .... Just give the trophy to OSCAR !!!!

Vicky Coren has taken out Michael Abecassis.  She bet 50k from 4th position. Michael went all in from the button.

Vicky had A-K versus the Frenchman's KK

An ace fell on the turn and c'est la vie for Abecassis.

Vicky is now on 600k.

Emad, who was damaged by Jan earlier is still OK, on 470k.

Vicky and Chad in the blinds. She made it up from the SB. Chad raised and Vicky called.

The flop was  Jh 8s 6c

Vicky checked, Chad bet 60k and Vicky thought for a while before passing, showing a jack.

Vicky has added another 100k to her stack. She falt called from late position. Peter made it 90k to play and after some banter she said she was all in. Peter passed instantly and Vicky showed a King.

Peter asked her is she has A-K and Vicky nodded.

Good luck to the two remaining Brits, and good luck to Peter, a good friend, and possibly the craziest man you'll ever meet.

He has recovered from a hit down 15k at the end of the first day when his 95 on a flop of 975 was rivered by Ashley's K9.

He was also really suffering from the smoke due to his asthma, so this is a great recovery.

Who else could be on the TV final table bubble, and be swigging from his second pint of the day?

Jan Sjovic -- 450k
Vicki Coren -- 660k
Chad Brown -- 760k
Sid Harris -- 250k
Peter Hedlund -- 450k
Michael Mudloon -- 460k
Emad Tahtouh -- 450k
Oscar Schweinebarth -- 160k
Jules Kuuston -- 230k

And bad news for Oscar fans... he's hit the dreaded bubbled.

With Emad raising from the button, Oscar thought and thought for ages, before gritting his teeth and sticking it in with Pocket Fives. A pretty tough decision to be honest as he knows there's a good chance that he's in a coinflip situation.

Anyhow, he was indeed facing a 50-50, as Emad had Kh Qh.

The flop looked good with a harmless 6c, 7c, and 3s hitting the felt.

And then again on the Th Turn, but he looked thoroughly disappointed when the River (It's been a day of Rivers thus so far) brought the Qc

I second Stuart's comments. Peter is a great guy. I met him last year after he finished 99th in the 2005 World Series Main event when we shared a taxi going downtown. I then met him again in Helsinki and earlier in the week he was here knocking back the booze at the bar rather than playing. Great to watch. May wind a few people up at the table, but in a good way. He is my pick to win this.

Jules Kuusik, 36 from Stockholm

Professional internet player, been playing 3 years

Before that, used to run recruitment agencies for ten years.

Hasn’t played many big tournaments but just missed the money at WSOP this year – made it to Day 3. also came 3rd in the Swedish internet championship in 2004.

Made it to Day 2 in EPT3 Barcelona last week.

Hey Stu, sorry about yesterday, you will get 'em next time, im sure!

Did you talk to riku at all?

And here is the unfortunate bubble boy, Oscar Schweinebarth.

Don't feel too sorry for him though, he still has two more EPT's to go (Dublin and Copenhagen) in the package he earned online with Martin's Poker.

Good luck to him in those Events!

the final table at the bubble...

Chip counts going into the final table are:

Jan Sjovic - 460k
Vicki Coren - 600k
Chad Brown - 760k
Sid Harris - 270k
Mike Muldoon - 570k
Peter Hedlund - 380k
Emad Tahtouh - 480k
Jules Kuusik - 240k

Seat draw:

(1) Chad Brown
(2) Emad Tahtouh
(3) Sid Harris
(4) Michael Muldoon
(5) Jan Sjavik
(6) Peter Hedlund
(7) Jules Kuusik
(8) Vicki Coren

Seat 1: Chad Brown - 760k

Seat 2: Emad Tahtouh - 480k

Seat 3: Sid Harris - 270k

Seat 4: Mike Muldoon - 570k

Seat 5: Jan Sjovic - 460k

Seat 6: Peter Hedlund - 380k

Well played Oscar!

Seat 7: Jules Kuusik - 240k

Seat 8: Vicki Coren - 600k

clearly the hottest female poker player in the UK at the moment- in every sense of the phrase

is chad brown an actor looks familiar?

I see Vicky is wearing a Pokerstars top - I thought she had a long-standing sponsorship deal with Paradise?

yes Chad Brown is an actor, whether he's been in anything particularly famous, I'm not sure.

Anyhow, play has still not recommenced, but the players appear to be returning to the feature table.

I'm guessing she won her seat through Pokerstars. She was wearing it on Friday too.

He has a foul mouth, but he's very funny.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Brown_(poker_player)

Last time I saw Jan he won 6 or 7 Main Event supersats at 2003 WSOP... formidable player.

Looks like they're going to starts very shortly.

The players are being introduced by Joe Hachem.

Jan Sjovic - 460k
Vicki Coren - 600k
Chad Brown - 760k
Sid Harris - 270k
Mike Muldoon - 570k
Peter Hedlund - 380k
Emad Tahtouh - 480k
Jules Kuusik - 240k

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hmm, i suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder paul.  :D

Does anyone know what films or tv chad browns been in? (apart from poker stuff)

Slovik wins the first pot of the Final Table, raising under the gun before betting Hedlund (BB) off the Ad-2h-Jd Flop.

maybe not the most overtly pretty but definately the sexiest in my eyes

Calling the shots is none other than Mr Joseph Hasham of Oz

GO BOONDY!!!!

A few final table piccies for you...

Is sid harris having 40 winks?

Sid Harris is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning £29,300

Coren raised with Jacks, Sid moved in with 9-9, Coren called.

K-4-8-K-J

Sid's gone, but he was smiling as he departed.

WHAT WAS SIDS HAND ?

1st -- £500,000

2nd -- £285,900

3rd -- £168,600

4th -- £110,000

5th -- £58,600

6th -- £44,000

7th -- £36,600

Gooooo Vicky C!!!  ;cheerleader;

Sorry Nines.

Meanwhile, Peter Hedlund and Chad Brown clash heads.

Both players see an 8s Kd 9s Flop.

Peter bets 50k and Chad calls, after a slight huff and a puff.

Turn = 5d

Peter bets out again, this time 121k, and, once again, Chad calls.

River = 8h

Peter checks and Chad, sensing weakness bets 250k to take the pot down.

Peter exposes A-3, whilst Chad had Q-J for the missed gutshot straight draw.

Nice bet!

Watching from the stands is this fellow, Bjorn Erik Glenne, the most recent EPT winner. Very recent in fact, winning the Barcelona Open just several days ago.

Peter Hedlund is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning £36,600

After taking a big hit from Chad Brown in the A-3 hand, he opted to move all-in pre-flop with K-Q.

Unfortunately for the Swede, he found Michael Muldoon sitting on A-K, a hand which held up on an 8-2-7-J-4 board.

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Any chance of a chip count snoopy?

woohoooo    come on the IRISH   michael muldoon to win.  Nice to see a local player do well.  Played with him a few times in the cavendish  (belfast)

    

Vicki Coren and Emad Tahtouh see a flop of Q-Q-9

Vicki checks, Emad bets 50k, she re-raises to 200k and Emad calls.

Turn = T

Vicki checks and Emad, smiling as always, moves all-in.

Cue the five minute dwell from Vicki, clearly enjoying her moment in the spotlight. She debates every possible hand Emad could have before finally folding.

Emad shows K-Q

Nice one Boondy!!!!!

Shortstack Kuusik has doubled up his 150k (approx) stack in dramatic circumstances,

Kuusik moved all-in with A-K, and found a caller in chunky stacker Chad Brown, who gambled with A-9

Flop was a rather cruel A-9-T

Turn = 8

But justice on the River with the Ks

Very next hand, Kuusik bets again, this time under the gun.

Vicki moves in next door, but Kuusik folds, saying "Thank you very much" in the process.

Make of that what you will...

Seat 2: Emad Tahtouh. 25 from Melbourne, Australia

In 2005, Emad qualified for the WSOP and talked his best friend Joe Hachem into coming with him. Some three weeks later, Joe was World Champion and $7.5 million richer. But Emad’s recent performances show he is no mere poker sidekick. He won $70,000 at this year’s WSOP after coming 7th in the $5,000 Pot Limit event and in the last two weeks has come second in two events at the Victorian Poker Championships in Melbourne - with combined winnings of over $40,000.

Emad has been playing poker for years but went pro some four years ago, playing mainly in small live tournaments at his local Crown Casino in Melbourne. He is now a regular in the high limit cash games on PokerStars.

Hi, great updates as always, any chance of an updated count please?

cheers

Some very approx chip counts:

Kussik -- 450k
Chad -- 900k
Muldoon -- 500k
Jan Sjavic -- 450k
Vicki -- 550k
Emad -- 900k

Seat 5: Jan Sjavic, 42 from Oslo

Jan started his poker life playing in underground cardrooms in Oslo and is now one of the most respected poker players in the country. He won the European Championship at the Victoria Casino in 2001 and is a major force in high-stakes limit games in Vegas.

Jan has been a professional player for seven years, and also now runs his own poker site.

Vicki Coren is all-in...

but Emad folds.

Interesting move.

Vicki limped into the pot, Emad raised, and Vicki re-raised.

No cards were shown.

Blinds are still 8/16k with a 2k ante

wow   looks like a tough final table.  what are the blinds at now snoop.
I cant remember any player from NI win a big tourney like this.  

COME ON MULDOON

oops u beat me to it 
thanks for the updates

Blinds will soon be going up to 10k/20k, and after that level we'll be taking din din break.

Go Vicky C  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Chip count time:

Emad Tahtouh -- 1,100,100
Chad Brown -- 929,000
Vicki Coren -- 662,000
Michael Muldoon -- 636,000
Jan Sjavic -- 435,000
Jules Kuusik -- 309,000

Jan Sjavic has started to get busy.

Flop = Ahrt Qh 3d

Jan bets 70k, Emad calls.

Turn = 7d

Jan moves all-in, Emad folds.

Do we have many Irish/Muldoon supporters out there?

Give us a shout and let your voice be heard.

He needs your support.

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Kuusik makes a small raise from the button, Chad calls from the big blind.

Kuusik then takes down the pot by moving all-in on the 4-T-K rainbow flop.

Seat 7: Jules Kuusik, 36 from Stockholm

Jules turned pro some three years ago and plays mainly online, coming 3rd in the Swedish internet championship in 2004.

This is one of his first appearances at a large live tournament although he only narrowly missed the money at this year’s WSOP.

Last week, he came to EPT3 Barcelona and made it through to Day 2.

Before taking up poker, Jules ran a chain of recruitment agencies.

Blinds are currently at 10,000 and 20,000.

Did Vicky and Mike Muldoon win their entry to this event?

Best of luck to them!

Jan Sjavic and Emad Tahtouh lock horns.

It's all very nicey nicey until they reach the turn on a 9s 9c Js 7d board.

Emad bets 40k, Jan makes it 160k and Emad moves all-in.

Jan doesn't look to happy, but I think that's mainly due to the fact that he's dumped chips rather than made a half decent hand. He finally folds after a slight flurry of huffs and puffs.

Play has really slowed down now, but I suppose that's understandable with the prize structure looking like so...

1st -- £500,000
2nd -- £285,900
3rd -- £168,600
4th -- £110,000
5th -- £58,600
6th -- £44,000

Moving into the big bucks now...

Vicki Coren doesn't appear to be playing too many hands. Do you think it's because she doesn't want to break a finger nail or do you reckon she doesn't want to give up any of the pretty pink chips?  ;hide; ;scarymoment;

Updated chip counts:

Emad Tahtouh -- 1,400,000
Michael Muldoon -- 750,000
Vicki Coren -- 720,000
Chad Brown -- 600,000
Jan Sjavic -- 420,000
Jules Kuusik -- 350,000

i think it is more like shes a



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tk mal from the winners club in belfast here tell michael muldoon all the guys here at the winners are rooting for him and im intouch with his brother to let him know how hes doing

Hi there, I'm sure he'll appreciate your support.  :)up

Jules Kuusik  has just been knocked out in 6th place, winning £44,000

Mike Muldoon took him out with A-J versus A-5. A jack on the flop and a further one sealed his fate and handshakes were made before the river was dealt.

tk mal from the winners club in belfast here tell michael muldoon all the guys here at the winners are rooting for him and im intouch with his brother to let him know how hes doing

I'll try and pass on the message at the dinner break. I'm sure he'll appreciate the support.  :)up

Jan Olav Sjovik has doubled through courtesy of Chad Brown

6-6 vs A-Q

A rather emphatic flop hit the felt though: 3-6-7

And although Chad hit a Queen on the Turn, it was all academic.

Blinds are still 10k/20k

The players truly appear to be enjoying themselves, especially Emad, but then again, he is the chip leader.

1st -- £500,000
2nd -- £285,900
3rd -- £168,600
4th -- £110,000
5th -- £58,600

Does anyone know what his Stars name is ?

It's been a while since Vicki has made a raise. My concern is that she is playing too passively at this 5-handed stage and may well regret it afterwards.

Meanwhile, Emad seems to be the most confident and is certainly the fave to take this EPT down.

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After some pre-flop action, Michael Muldoon and Emad Tahtouh see a Flop of 3h 2s 7d

Michael bets a massive 350k, only for Emad to announce all-in.

Michael briskly folds.

As a result of doubling up Jan Sjavik, Chad Brown is down to 250k.

vicky appears to be sitting pretty in 3rd on the heels of the leaders

'Happy Days' ?

indeed

Chad Brown is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £58,600

Jan Sjovic bet pre-flop with Pocket Nines, Chad made his move with Qs 8s, and Jan called.

Board = Tc 2d 6s 8h Js

Down to 4

a man of few words...

a man of few words paul parker  :D

hahahhaha snoop, great minds....

To be honest, I don't think we can be too quick to critisize Vicki's passive play.

With Chad Brown low, she perhaps expected him to make the move that he did pretty soon, and as a result of waiting patiently, she has climbed the ladder and is now guaranteed a 6 figure sum.

Absobloodylutely

Seat 1: Chad Brown from Los Angeles, USA

Actor and TV presenter Chad is well-known in the US for his hosting of the Ultimate Poker Challenge television series.

A prolific tournament player, Chad arrived in London alongside girlfriend, Team PokerStars’ Vanessa Rousso.

Originally from New York, Chad grew up in the Bronx and learned poker playing in the neighbourhood cafes. 

Chad has cashed at several WSOP events including 3rd in the 2002 $1,500 Omaha hi-lo split event, 2nd in the 2004 $1,500 7-card stud event and 2nd in the 2005 $2,000 seven-card stud hi-lo event.

 Brown made back-to-back final tables at last year’s WSOP circuit events, including a third place finish behind Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Prahlad Friedman.

Vicki Coren is currently on around the 350k mark.

we didnt criticize her play, you did.

Don't you mean fools seldom differ? ;)

Just a concern rather than a critisicm.

Constructive i'd say Snoops.

Approx chip counts:

Emad Tahtouh -- 1,600,000
Jan Sjovik -- 1,200,000
Michael Muldoon -- 450,000
Vicki Coren -- 350,000

 ;iagree;

slavic will take some beating from here

so will sjovik

hehe

What times the dinner break ?

It's the dinner break now, and my assumption that it will be a 1 hour dinner break.

See you then.

Sjåvik will win this - like he did in 2001!

:D

norway wins again :D

great work snoops & the whole team all week,
time for a beer perhaps?

to quote Ron himself, ''agree to disagree''

playing the big one on stars 2nite m8?

nah, these ol bones can't cope with an all-nighter any more....
cocoa time draws near you know

ATVB to Michael Muldoon........

plenty of years left before u reach tikay's heady heights

5 to 4  Emad
6 to 4 Sjavic
4 to 1  Coren
9 to 2 Muldoon

lets hope so eh,
you back to school yet?

128% OR, you get better value on opening show at walthamstow on a friday afternoon in the bookies, sigh

 rotflmfao

Sjavic gone 7 to 4 , record suggests he cant remember last time he won a tournament

Nice little snippet from earlier.  Emad won a hand and as he mucked them they flipped up, so Steve the dealer turned them over and announced the hand (6-9) to the table

"Dinner for two"

Joe Hachem, who is calling the action, nervously said "No comment"

Vicky Coren commented "I can't believe you just said that, on TV"

John Duthie was in stitches.

coren at 4/1 has to be the meanest price ever since my mate offered me 6/4 on the world ending that night at 11:00pm

04-Dec-05    $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Fourth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic, Las Vegas  1st   $ 194,635 

No, almost 10 months!

wish Vicky good luck .
I bet thats the most enjoyable dinner she s eaten ina while !

Spotted in McDonalds during the dinner break (not by me btw, I wouldn't eat that s***) :

Jan Sjavik
Vicky Coren

yep just started nursery on friday....kids are mean tho, they call me nasty names.

EEK

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The players are now re-seated and raring to go.

And Vicki wins the first hand with a swift all-in that goes uncontested.

Well, it looks as though Vicki is changing gears.

Jan makes it 80k from the button, Vicki moves all-in from the small blind.

Jan is currently asking for a count...

... and he's layed it down after a good long think.

According to Sverre, "Jan doesn't take his time unless he's genuinely considering calling"

Blinds are 15k/30k (3k)

You got Sverre there? Sweet. Hope he'll drop a comment every now and then on Jan's play.

Sjavik takes this one down. He's practically on home court with he's previous results in London.

Edit: Can we get an updated chip count?

Michael Muldoon is OUT and becomes the 4th place finisher winning £110,000

Vicki moves all-in pre-flop with Ahrt Th and Michael calls with 7c 7d

Flop = Ad 8d 5c

Turn = Qd

River = Ac

Quite a scare for Vicki on the Turn, but she surivived.

Boy, did she look relieved.

"Aah yes, I know him, he's a nice guy," replies Sverre.

Chip-count, not easy at the mo, but I'd estimate that Vicki is now on around 1 million, Emad 1.8 million and Jan 1 million.

1st -- £500,000
2nd -- £285,900
3rd -- £168,600

My complimentes to the updates. Personal touch and very friendly...not to mention super fast and accurate.

Id pay to use this service.

Any talk of a deal ?

Sandy

They seem to be having another 5 minute break, perhaps to do interviews and whatnot - I think Vicki may need to get her breath back.

Judging by the expressions on the face of Vicki, I doubt it.

She's donning an "Oh my dear God, I don't believe it. This is like a dream" kind of expression rather than a "I'm so relieved that we've done a deal and I'm guaranteed all this money" one.

Well done here.  ;applause;

Aah, sir, we need to have a quiet word with you about your tab.

 ;whistle; ;danafish;

Why dont you play me heads up....that should qualify as payment  :D

Go Vicky get it won  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

For the benefit of our foreign viewers...

Seat 8: Vicky Coren from London

Londoner Victoria Coren is a well-known television presenter, newspaper columnist and author. Among her many media commitments, she presents TV poker shows and writes a weekly poker column for the Guardian.

Vicky is known to supplement her income with regular visits to the cash games here at the Victoria Casino. She has impressed onlookers and rivals with her sophisticated play at this EPT event- 'she's a charming person, with a few tricks up her sleeve', says Norwegian pro Allan Dyrstad. 

Victoria has cashed in several major tournaments here at 'The Vic' and was the winner of the 2004 Celebrity Poker Challenge.

Sorry to break it to you, but havent you noticed that this is the Norwegian year in the EPT??

Bjorn Erik Glenne did it in Barca, and Sjavik is gonna do it in this one.

there's a reason why I'm updating and not playing  :D

Could I have cash instead pls...  ;tk;

Snoopy: Allow Sverre to do a similar presentation of Sjavik as the one you just did of the lady.

Vicki's starting to look like a winner now, perhaps one could say she's even pushing the table around.

Anyhow, the two blinds (Jan and Vicki) saw a 9-Q-K Flop.

Jan bet 35k and Vicki called.

The Turn was a 7, and after Jan had checked, Vicki bet around 100k and took the pot down.

Go Vicki!  ;cheerleader;

"Jan is probably one of the most successful Norwegian players behind Thor Hansen. He's made back to back Limit Finals at the WSOP, coming second in one, and is very unlucky not to have a gold bracelet around his wrist. He also won here at the Vic in 2001, netting him over 50k. A very solid player who has a great chance of winning any event he enters. In just two words - 'complee domination'."

How's that?

67 guest?? Holy Smokes!

If you'd be so kind folk, please support the free updates by signing onto the forum as a member.

Totally free, just click 'register' in the forum menu.

thankyou please, as Avid would say

As if i wrote it myself.  :)up


And refering to the pot about guests: SIGN UP people. Its free.
I signed up a year back and my life has significantly approved.

just signed up, good updates.... enjoying reading them - go Victoria - need more woman in poker doing well...

Introducing your final three players...

Vicki Coren
Jan Olav Sjavic
Emad Tahtouh

I know i advocated signing up, but make sure you cheer for Sjavik.  ;yellowcard;

 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;GO VICKY ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Jan Olav Sjavik is OUT and becomes the 3rd place finisher winning £168,600

Jan raised from the button, Vicki re-raised from the small blind and Jan called.

Flop = T-T-9 rainbow

With about 500k in the pot, Vicki pushed all-in for about 700k.

Jan went into the think tank for a good 5 minutes, before making a stunning call for his tournament life.

Jan = 3-3

Vicki = A-J

Turn = J

River = 8

 :goodpost: ;iagree;

I'm almost as good as Flushy now since I joined...

Wow.......     great call ......     live poker is fixed.

With a clearly emotional and adrenalin pumped Vicki Coren trying to regain her breath, they are taking the usual 5 minute break before commencing with the heads-up.

Seeing as though Emad hasn't didn't play a big hand whilst three-handed, I reckon Vicki has around a 2.2 to 1.7 million lead.

GG Jan...!!!

oioioio, kick on!!

 :hello: and ;welcome; to blonde

 ;shitfanhit;Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. ;gobsmacked; You deserved better Jan.

Thanks for the updates fellas. Im off too sleep...and boy is London bridge falling down in my dreams tonight.  ;)

 ;goodluck; to your Vicky in the  ;starwars;

Too bad Jan! :(

But you'll get them next time.

Now that Jan's out, Gooo Vicky! :)

Emad and Vicki were involved in a big pot at the end of day one when I was sat on their table. Vicki raised with AQ, Emad went all in for about three times as much from the BB with 89 (I think) and looked gutted as Vicki started putting the chips in to call.

Blank, blank, blank, blank, 9 kept the Aussie in it, much to Vicki's dismay, altho Joe Hatchem watching seemed to like it.

Gl both

i'd hate to bok someone at this late & crucial stage but,
go girl!

They back, and it looks as though they're closer in chips than first thought.

And my spider senses tell me a deal may have been struck, as (1) the first hand back is a monster and (2) Vicki looks a lot more relaxed.

Anyhow, the first hand back:

Flop = 5d Td 8s

Vicki bets 100k, Emad calls.

Turn = 2c

Vicki bets 300k, Emad calls.

River = 9d

Emad bets 600k, Vicki calls with Q-T and takes the chip lead. Emad had J-8o.

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Vicki has won!!!

Well done Vicky!

superb, wp vicki and in answer to AJ yesterday, now she is definitely well stacked !!!

brilliant performance!!!!

Congratulations Vikki - never doubted it.... the girls will take over the world  :D  ;goodvevil;

Emad Tahtouh is OUT and becomes the 2nd place finisher winning £285,900

It all happened very quickly, but both players saw a flop of 5c 3c 4d

Vicki bet the flop and called when Emad made it 450k.

Turn = Js

Emad moved all-in and Vicki called instantly.

Whilst Emad could only muster a Pocket Pair (I believe it was eights), Vicki had her man drawing dead with 6-7 for the flopped straight.

which means...

After coming back with 17BB's for day 2, who'd have thought it.


 :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect:

n1

 ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty;



Absolutly delighted for her

 ;applause; Well done Vicky!  ;applause;

local girl makes good,
awesome result

VIC VICtorious at the VIC.. rigged..

wp vicki

 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: I'm really happy for Vicky. Very well done

Yay for Vicky.

One of the old LNP regulars shows the new kids how it's done at the home of old-school British poker - poker turns full circle.

Well done Vicki from everyone here at blonde.  ;applause;

Excellent News  ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave;

Well played Vicky

Great Updates as usual ;thankyou;

Congratulations Vicki Coren - a good home win!

the best looking and now the richest lady poker player i love vicky well done girl

Congratulations Vicki.

Also well done to Boondy on a fine job. 2nd place nothing to be ashamed of.

Aussie Aussie Aussie

Awesome performance, Very well played Vicki

fantastic performance..she texted me earlier to say she needed to get lucky...sod the luck she played great !

Awsome result my fav player won!

gj on reports.

Was a great atmosphere down there. The home crowd were all supporting Vicky and they didn't have to wait long to get something to cheer about. Shortest heads up in EPT history.

Here's pics of the wonga and the winner.

Well done Vicky, i guess its stay clear of THM forum for a while, lol

Anyone else expecting a very hungover column in the Guardian/Observer...? :D

Thank you for some great reporting.

Well done to Vicky Coren who fully deserved her win today. Although I was slightly concerned that she was playing too passively at one point, she clearly had a battle plan that has forced me to eat my words. After waiting for Chad Brown to depart, she suddenly kicking into gear, showing the other players that she was here to win.

And win she did. Teary eyed and clearly elated, she was exceedingly humble in victory. As can be seen from not only the support she has received on the forum, but the number of embraces and 'well dones' she was dealt out here at the Vic, she is a hugely popular winner. Besides that, it's always great to see a Brit triumph in what has become a Scandinavian dominated Tour.

Before I forget, we must also thank my fellow updaters, AlrightJack, Chili and NoflopsHomer - all of whom performed tremendously for blonde over the four day period. Whilst AlrightJack and Chili (true workaholics who were patiently sat at ringside supplying me with info) were doing everything free of charge, NoflopsHomer proved to everyone watching what a cracking little updater he is, working effortlessly and intently to provide you with all the information on this year's London EPT. Gang, I tip my proverbial hat to you.  ;hattip;

As always, PokerStars have been very accommodating, especially Mad Harper who constantly sends us emails, bios, updates and whatnot on the tournament at hand. Sometimes we thank to forget these people, so this is their moment.

Finally, a big thanks to the staff here at the Gorsvenor Victoria for improving the media facilities. Not only were we offered our own press room, but we were given free wifi access, a constant supply of snacks, and full access to all the action. The press room is quite a long way from the cardroom, but, under the circumstances, the big wigs at the Vic should be applauded for doing everything they can to make our time here enjoyable.

So, with all the thank yous over with, there's only one thing left for me to say...

 ;stickaforkinme;

On another note  to the Vic staff, the structures this wek for all the comps were much much better ,well done

Top reporting all,
Thank you

Top job as always Snoppy & co, always appreciated, hat tipped in your direction  ;hattip;

Thanks to Snoops, Flopsy, Chilli and John.

Great work.  ;topman;

Well done the blonde team, top jobs. I just won a sat to baden so guys, see you there!!!!

Do you think this win has damaged my chances of pulling her?

I think your chances remain the same.....

Well done snoops, you did a fantastic job this week, now go get some sleep.  ;applause; ;applause;

Great job of updating Sloppy, Floppy and Chili, I've just caught up with the last few hours worth.

Top notch as per usual.

And very well done Vicky, top result  ;hattip;

Cheers for the updates. Top knotch stuff as always.

I just wanted to add my congratulations to Vicky Coren.  Fine feat indeed and nice to see a local and a gal win it!

Ontop of that a massive  :respect: to snoopy for his tireless hard work over 4 long, long days.  I know we keep saying how hard work updating is but I could hardly move today.  Maybe my fitness levels are to blame or the 3,267 flights of stairs that I covered on Saturday night, but still well done Mr Raab and Floppy also, great work.

I wouldn't have missed Saturday night at the Vic for anything.  After spending my Friday in reading the updates, I was jealous as hell.  I had a laptop and a camera doing nothing so I begged the guys to let me help on Saturday.  They thankfully did and aswell as lending a hand I met some of Europe's and USA's fnest.  It is something special to be around these guys and see them in action.  I was gutted at Gus Hansen being knocked out the night before but got some reward in bumping into him in the 15 minutes that he was there last night.

Anyway, thanks to the Vic also whose staff and dealers were top notch and especially to Steve who didn't let me miss many all in's by shouting me over on numerous occasions when I was occupied elsewhere!  ;)

Excellent result for Vicky. I think her commentatting on my play in Casino Casino has probably made the difference in her play.  ;whistle;

iwas also of the opinion she was playing to tight to win but win she did and i eat my words. Paradise must be a bit gutted that they dont get the publicity but with only two women on the pokerstars pro list could we be seeing the first english woman sponsored by pokerstars?

Was there a deal?

Yeah.