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Welcome all to Amsterdam and this year's live updates of the Master Classics.

Play isn't due to commence till 2pm (Amsterdam time), but as I was nicely tucked up in my warm bed with a few moments to spare, I thought I'd say a few words.

After watching Borat last night, I thought that I would follow suit and explore Amsterdam in order to learn more about our Dutch friends and their way of life. I can then bring back the lessons I have learned to England, share my experiences and make our country a better place to live.

And, after a heavy night of exploration yesterday evening, I have already found two simple but effective ways of improving our nation.

(1) Improve our coffee (http://www.splatpunk.com/bboard/smileys/stoned.gif)

(2) Improve our sexy time  ;sexybanana;

I'm sure I shall wonder back into the unknown soon.

Jaaaaaaaaacksimash

Thanks snoops, & Good Luck to you both. Do be careful in Amsterdam, there are some naughty peeps over there I'm told.

From what I understand, this is a four day event with no segmented pools, which therefore means that around 300 players will commence play today - EEK! It's gonna be a hell of a day for your updaters.

As the splendid Holland Casino isn't the type that welcomes press, something that I don't criticise them for, this is going to be a tough one to update. I believe we are being given access to the casino and the cardroom, but to what extent is unknown. Therefore, please don't expect too much from us and it will be nigh on impossible to accrue the amount of infomation we normally obtain. It is unlikely that there will be WiFi, we'll probably have to force our way to the tables, flash photography will undoubtedly be frowned upon and so on - if we thought the WSOP was a challenge, then I fully expect this to be a nightmare, but we will do whatever we can to provide you with as much information on the tournament as possible. You never know, the Holland Casino may have completely changed their approach to the press and decided to cater for us as much as possible. Fingers crossed...

Amsterdam is a cracking city and I truly reccomend that everyone pays it a visit, not just for the whacky backy and sexy time, but also for the culture. It's a very picturesque city with the canals, fountains, architecture and so on. In fact, Jen and I were able to head out on a brief ramble. At the very start of our journey we ran into Marc 'MrCool' Goodwin who was completely sozzled, so it's good to see the players are enjoying themselves too.

We went to a lovely noodle place and then onto an English pub (hmm, guess we're not really absorbing the Dutch culture here). And on the way back there was this guy who juggled a football at the top of a lampost. I saw him several years back on a Uni trip and was amazed then. I couldn't believe he was still here!

Anyhow, before I bore you into oblivion, let me just say that this is one of my favourite cities to visit and I am overjoyed with the opportunity I have been given. I can't wait for the poker to start and I wish all the blondeites involved the very best of luck.

Oh..remember Snoop.

Go to the Zeedijk (just off Warmoesstraat in the red light district...one of the more dubious streets in there) go to an indonesian take away and order a Roti. It'll cost you about 5 quid but i swear it's the poodles peanuts..and the best place to get it is on the Zeedijk.

Have fun doing the updates today...I for one hope it goes to a dutch player..but I'd be fine with TK winning it as well ;)

Correction. According to reliable sources (well, Julian), play is actually due to start at 3pm (Amsterdam time).

We've made it - past the three desk wardens, past the guy who held the List, and into a tent made from red material which passes for the Press Room.  There's wireless; this has made my week.  Going to go have a look at the single table satellites currently underway upstairs to see who's too cheap to cough up €5k who's giving them a spin.

I forgot to say Welcome to Virtual Amsterdam (which I saw a good lot of walking around this morning due to a surprising inability to sleep).  It's very nice.  And hard to get lost when you follow a nice straight canal one way, and then the other.

Five people have independently told me that the Masterclassics Main Event is the Best Tournament in Europe, so any of you watching, sorry you're there and not here.  But we'll try to bring you the best coverage, just let us know if there's anyone you want stalked, as it were.

I've just taken a peek upstairs, and besides breakfast (which I am heading towards momentarily like a caffeine-addicted moth to a percolator) there's an impressive stage which has apparently been specially built.  Shiny, golded, padded, the thing is a TV-table, but bigger and more American-looking than any before.  It's going to be fun to watch, and easy too; we have a live feed from that table in our Press Box.

Spotted:  Lots of people I've seen in the Gutshot.... Simon Hennessey in proud logoed hoody ("I bleed black and gold!" - already my quote of the day)
Mike Tse
Henning Granstad
Mel Judah
Julian Thew (reading a copy of Rolf's book on Omaha in the breakfast room of my hotel - I now have my own but can't bring myself to read it in front of him)

And that was just in the lobby.

Hi Jen and Snoopy,
I'll be one of your fans for the whole day.
Is it cold in Amsterdam ? 
And if you happen to see Isabelle, let her know that I'm ready for the next 4 days.
Your reports are excellents.

Of course when you mention Amsterdam to most people they immediately think of cheese, windmills, clogs and whatnot (ahem), but for me, and perhaps due to the fact that I have been before, this is the image I have of Amsterdam; a very light picturesque city in which these long straight rivers cut through the streets. There are parts where you cross a bridge, move onto the next street and are presented with a virtual replica of the street before - another river, another bridge. It's very odd and I can imagine many people get lost, but it's ultimately very pleasing on the eye.

Hello there - yep I will keep an eye out - the whole upper area is swarming with people I can only assume are playing today, but they've got a good hour left before anything actually happens.  The fact that we are early for a change doesn't make the thing start on time.  Announcement just heard assembling people for the 'last' sit'n'go satellite - but last year there were at least six final chances.

And contrary to my assumption, it looks like one can still buy in at the last minute - although "there are only a few seats left."  Of course.

I'm easily amused...

Here is our hotel, the Owl Hotel. It really is a hoot at this place, cracking little hotel.

Notice the window-cleaner on the canopy. He scared the crap out of me when I came out of the shower today, I thought we were being ambushed! I was in the nod too which was rather worrying.

Luckily though he was using one of those sprays rather than peering through the window with a bucket of water an old rag.

The guns were on standby just in case.  ;snoopy'sguns;

Fantastic, they've moved on to one-hand satellites:  "If you want to play a One hand Satellite, it's your lucky day!"  Well, for one in ten of them. 

I'm bored of staring at the red curtain surrounding us - going to the bar to see if I can get some apt quotes from your Favourite Players (or, failing that, some players) to fill the gap before we can start loitering around the tables proper.  We've only got one press badge which gets us into the tournament area between us, but I got thrown out 24 times last year, and I'm still standing...

Honestly, this has to be in contention for most boring photo of all time.

It's not all sex, durgs and clogs over here in Amsterdam, we're are all for culture here on blonde.

For all those planning a visit, please remember that the coffeeshops sell the silly cigs and the cafes sell actual coffee.

I got mixed up earlier and ended up trying to smoke a Cappuccino.

 :hello: Jen & Snoopy

enjoy your stay in Amsterdam. I've only ever been their once, years ago when I was a reckless youth, I stayed on one of the cheap hostel barges, it was full of rats, eeeeekkk. I still get flashbacks  :) Also remember a young lady in leather....eeeekkk lol

Well, we're still at the point where Holland's most enthusiastic compere is shouting "Who DARES to play a one-hand satellite?"

I'm tempted.

But no, just looking for people I know - and come up with The Camel, Paul Alterman, Matt Tyler, Noah Boeken, Marcel Luske, Rob Hollink (notice a trend here), Karl Mahrenholz, James Akenhead, Mike Tse (who just won one of those one-hand turnovers about a minute ago)...

I am finding the watching of these scrambles for last-minute entry almost compulsive.  There's a party atmosphere (and a €500 T-shirt as a consolation prize for those who end up seatless).  Great stuff.

Already a great update, i can see this being one of the best!

I am beginning to register disbelief when the Last Satellite is announced every few minutes.  While I'm still on a coffee high, I hope they get started soonish, or I will be forced to nap under the table when the inevitable low kicks in. 

Hold it - "All players please leave the poker pit" - this sounds like they might be ready to set up...first step make them all go away, second step get them all back in in the correct seat.  I hope we'll be able to bring a full player list, but it's out of our hands, as per usual.

Well, it's gone 3 and we're yet to start. As Tom Jones once said though, "It's not unusual" so watch this space, I'm sure they'll kick off soon.

Apologies if these have been mentioned before, but a few faces I've spotted so far are:

Torstein Iversen
Noah Boaken
Frode Fragerli
Barry Martin
Keith 'The Camel' Hawkins
Andy Black
Peter Roche
Marc Goodwin
Thang Nguyen
Arshad Hussain
Marcel Luske
Martin Wendt
Johnny Lodden

Good news and bad news.

Good news:

Irishman Peter Roche isn't feeling too well and has offered his ticket to young Jennifer where she takes 20% of any winnings. Therefore, Jen's going to play this one.  ;cheerleader;

Bad news:

You're stuck with me. Sorry...

GOOD LUCK to JEN

goodluck Jen...I am rooting for a new one then..screw the dutchies..take it down!

Wow! Go Jen!

Nice one Jen!!

 :)up ;slavedriver; ;goodluck;










..and nice one that we get to read Snoop's words of wisdom and witty comments (of course).

Well, they're dribbling into the arena now, and starting to take their seats, including a very excited Jen who looks like she's just wandered into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

Other players giving it a stab today include:

Edgar Skjervold
Roy Brindley (ran well in Dublin)
William Thorsson (fresh off his third place finish in Dublin)
Gavin Simms (finalled in Dublin)
Abercassis (made last two tables in London before being outdrawn by Vicky Coren, K-K vs A-K
Donnacha O'Deah
Stuart Fox (who is now Sir Fox after his blonde knighthood and induction into the Hall of Fame)
James Akenhead (young agressive London player)
PokerGirl (I can never remember this guys real name, grr!)
Pascal Perrualt (This guy's everywhere!)
Mike Magee
Nick Slade (7th in Dublin)
Ross Boatman
Barny Boatman
Joe Beevers
Ram Vaswani (accompanied on the trip by 1 year old daughter, Holly)
Devilfish
Marc Naalden (Dutchman who finalled in Copenhagen last January)
Joans Molander (impressive Swede who finalled in Baden and just missed the final table in London)
Chris Moorman (blondeite who qualified for the event through blonde)
Sverre Sundbo (said he was going to quit after his Dublin exit, but guess what, he's back!)
Peter 'Bullit Pete' Haslam
Nick 'Gwibbo' Gibson
Nick Szchereejhrjhjerhrjeher (I can never spell his name correctly, apologies)
Ramzi Jelassi
Julian Gardner
Mark Teltscher (won a big un in London last year)

u shud have gone for 50%  :tikay:                                 :hello: and good luck jen, soxy, alex harrison and tom nightingale

Just walked in between Noah Boaken and Marcel Luske.

I guess I passed the Dutchie on the left AND right hand side.

 ;hide;

hahahaha..I was waiting for this one.

Half the players are seated at the table, others, mainly the 'names' are on the rail waiting for the tournament to commence, which should be within the next five minutes.

Just spotted Isabelle Mercier entering the building with Gus Hansen. They looked very happy.

Glad to see I didn't disappoint.

I just can't believe Dutch Boyd hasn't turned up with this being his home country and all.

And they're off!!! (I think)

My Dutch isn't quite up to scratch and it kinda sounded like the announcer was clearing his throat, but I'm sure I heard those immortal words... "Shuffle up and deal!"

is sir woody of deckfordshire playing ?

Sorry for the delay, there are a LOT of tables. 346 players all together!!  ;gobsmacked;

Just typing up some of the familiar faces now...

Jebus! 346? crickey...I know the casino..it ain't that big..amazing they fitted it all in...should be good prizemoney though.

No sign of Woody Deck I'm afraid, but I did spot the following participants:

Mike Magee
Tim Flanders
Mads Andersson
Simon Henessy
Rob Yong
Osman Mustanoglu
Frode Fragerli
Jonas Helness
Karl Mahrenholz
Marc Naalden
PokerGirl
Zippy Aslam
Ramzi Jelassi
Bullit Pete
Johnny Lodden
Anders Berg
Bruno Fitoussi
Marc Golser
Paul Testud
Tom Dunwoodie
Jennifer Mason
Robert Binelli
Ben Roberts
James Akenhead
Chris Moorman
Jan Sjovik
Sir Stuart Fox
JP Kelly
William Thorsson
Dave Colclough
Ross Boatman
Ram Vaswani
Michel Abecassis
Gavin Simms
Gus Hansen
Nick Szeremeter
Jan Boubli
Julian Thew
Julian Gardner
Sigi Stockinger
Paul Alterman
Keith Hawkins
Sverre Sundbo
Isabelle Mercier
Ash Hussain
Nick Slade
Pascal Perrault
Kristian Ulriksen
Mel Judah
Budah of Baden
Surinder Sunar
Andreas Hagen

Good Luck with the reporting sloppy. 

First class as always

good luck to Jenn,Julian and the DTD Crew


Regards

M

Oh crikey, just caught sight of another row of tables.

Better add the following to list:

Matt Tyler
Edgar Skjervold
Steve Jelinek
Marcel Luske
Peter Gould
Tony G
Kevin O'Connel
Donnacha O'Dea
Roy Brindley
Noah Boaken
Henning Granstad
Marc Goodwin
Maryn Van Direl

Matt Tyler is on 12k, but he did have to fold Pocket Kings at one point.

All pre-flop, he decided to let them go face-up. His opponent showed Aces.

Not just a pretty face that one.

Ramzi Jelassi is a potential early chip leader with 23,000

No flash photgraphy allowed and it's annoyingly dark in here, so please excuse the shoddy piccies.

El Blondie, William Thorsson & Mrs. Merton

Who is on Jen's table?

The table of doooooooooooooooooooom:

William Thorsson
Dave Colclough
Ross Boatman
Ram Vaswani
Michel Abecassis
Gavin Simms
Gus Hansen

no wonder roach didn't fancy it

The futures bright, the future's er... these three: Chris Moorman, Sir Fox & JP Kelly.

OK im gonna get my 4 picks in first-
Jenn (an absolute certainty to final given a last minue entry)
Jules (my real pick to go very deep and take over the number one slot)
Matt (if he can fold KK preflop hes in the zone)
Isabelle (this is where it all began for her and is probably her favourite tournament)

Johnny Lodden is OUT.

He was the reason why Ramzi Jelassi shot up into the chip lead.

Ramzi had J-J on a J-2-3 flop. All the money went in and Lodden went out... the building.

Can anyone guess what Lodden held?

Barny has doubled up too.

8-5 of diamonds (flopped two pair) against Mateyboy's top pair.

Just caught a quick hand on the table of Doooooooooooooooooooooom:

Flop = 3h Ks 2c

Gus Hansen bet 800, MB called, Ross Boatman folded his small blind, Ram called from the big.

Everyone checked the Qs turn.

Gus then bet 2.1k on the Qh River. All folded.

I could do a decent update just watching this one table all day. Hell of a line up.

Well, whilst we have the Table of Doooooooooooooooooooom, we also have the Table of Terror!!!!!

Steve Jelinek
Marcel Luske
Peter Gould
Tony G
Kevin O'Connel
Donnacha O'Dea

Julian 'Golden Yoyo Balls' Thew has been yoyo-ing in true Golden Yoyo Balls fashion.

First he went down to 7k when he ran a straight into a bigger one, then to 5k when his two pair was outdrawn by a gutshot draw and then back up to 10k when he flopped a set of eights.

Wheeeeeeeew

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Ash Hussain and Zippy Aslam - the gruesome twosome who have been terrorising our cardrooms of late.

The Table of Doom

Pfft, piece of piss.

Two buddies: Nottingham Nick from er... not Nottingham and Bullit Pete Haslam, finalist in the Dublin EPT last year.

Off to grab some chip counts now.

Deep breath.

My calfs are going to be almost as big as my guns after this tourney.  ;snoopy'sguns;

wow...some really interesting tables there....this should be fun.

Colin Myers, who I believe is a Gutshot player, just enountered a spot of luck. He had A-Q and was up against A-K and K-K, so wan't looking too good.

The 5-6-7-8-9 board slowed everyone down though and he ended up splitting a three way pot.

Just as I enter the fray for my initial chip-run, the dude on the mic announces a 5 minute break. ARGH!

5 mins isn't too long, that's about half a cigarette and a number 1 only. People desperate for number 2s will have to skip the bum wiping if they want to make it back in time.

uh-oh, just found yet another room full of players...

Joe Beevers
Devilfish
Rolf Slotboom
Rob Hollink
Johan Storakers
Torstein Iversen
Jonas Molander
Thomas Wahlroos
Ian McDonald
Martin Wendt

Martin Wendt moves in for 4,025 with Ks Js on a board of Qh Ac 4h 4d Tc

Mateyboy paid him off with A-K

Not a bad river, huh?

Martin is now up to around 12-13k.

As ever thanks for the updates guys. Good luck to Jen and the Mob especially, any updates on Rupesh Chhetry would be welcome! Plays at Gutshot, fairly short, broad shouldered cockney asian guy, short dark hair, probably wearing a Will Hill logo as I think he qualified through them.

Mike Magee -- 11,825
Tim Flanders -- 10,575
Mads Andersson -- 8,700
Simon Henessy -- 9,325
Rob Yong -- 10,875
Osman Mustanoglu -- 13,750
Frode Fragerli -- 10,450
Jonas Helness -- 8,700
Karl Mahrenholz -- 10,500
Marc Naalden -- 9,800
PokerGirl -- 13,600
Zippy Aslam -- 12,800
Ramzi Jelassi -- 18,475
Bullit Pete -- 9,000
Johnny Lodden -- OUT
Anders Berg -- 12,100
Bruno Fitoussi -- 18,800
Marc Golser -- 10,250
Jennifer Mason -- 9.300
Ben Roberts -- 14,775
James Akenhead -- 3,750
Chris Moorman -- 9,400
Jan Sjovik -- 12,900
Mark Teltscher -- 13,550

I know him, haven't spotted him yet, but will keep an eye out.

The Table of Doom has seen its first victim, and perhaps an unlikely one in Ram Vaswani who can now be seen wandering around the foyer with somewhat of a disappointed look on his face.

I gestured the cutting of a throat and he replied with a nod and a shrug of the shoulders, which I took as meaning he's exited the comp.

maybe he thought you offered to kill someone for him....if you get a brown envelope with 10k in it you know what the money is for.

Sir Stuart Fox -- 9,525
JP Kelly -- 11,300
William Thorsson -- 12,700
Dave Colclough -- 8,275
Ross Boatman -- 19,000
Ram Vaswani -- OUT
Michel Abecassis -- 11,400
Gavin Simms -- 5,100
Gus Hansen -- 12,550
Nick Szeremeter -- 16,350
Jan Boubli -- 12,350
Julian Thew -- 11,275
Julian Gardner -- 8,100
Sigi Stockinger -- 12,075
John Kabbaj -- 11,800
Paul Alterman -- 11,100
Keith Hawkins -- 16,225
Sverre Sundbo -- 1,050
Isabelle Mercier -- 4,050

Most likely assassinee will be Ross Boatman, as it was he who took out his fellow mob member. As a result, Ross has just under 20k.

:hello:

Good luck to all the usuals, but especially Jen.  ;woohoo;

Dashing Norseman, Sverre Sundbo, just got bent over by the Poker Gods. He bet 2,200 into a 3,000 pot with 5-5 on an A-7-5-7 board. He received one caller and was on his way to a double up until the River brought a third seven. His opponent moved all-in and Sverre was forced to fold, leaving himself with just 1,025.

Julian was just taken off a pot by Peter Gould.

Yoyo bet out 300 into a Flop of 9d Ac 3h and called Peter Gould's 1k re-raise. Peter then took the pot when he bet 2k on the 4s Turn.

Come on chaps and chapettes, chop chop, let's hear your picks from the following:

Mike Magee
Tim Flanders
Mads Andersson
Simon Henessy
Rob Yong
Osman Mustanoglu
Frode Fragerli
Jonas Helness
Karl Mahrenholz
Marc Naalden
PokerGirl
Zippy Aslam
Ramzi Jelassi
Bullit Pete
Johnny Lodden
Anders Berg
Bruno Fitoussi
Marc Golser
Paul Testud
Tom Dunwoodie
Jennifer Mason
Robert Binelli
Ben Roberts
James Akenhead
Chris Moorman
Jan Sjovik
Sir Stuart Fox
JP Kelly
William Thorsson
Dave Colclough
Ross Boatman
Ram Vaswani
Michel Abecassis
Gavin Simms
Gus Hansen
Nick Szeremeter
Jan Boubli
Julian Thew
Julian Gardner
Sigi Stockinger
Paul Alterman
Keith Hawkins
Sverre Sundbo
Isabelle Mercier
Ash Hussain
Nick Slade
Pascal Perrault
Kristian Ulriksen
Mel Judah
Budah of Baden
Surinder Sunar
Andreas Hagen
Matt Tyler
Edgar Skjervold
Steve Jelinek
Marcel Luske
Peter Gould
Tony G
Kevin O'Connel
Donnacha O'Dea
Roy Brindley
Noah Boaken
Henning Granstad
Marc Goodwin
Maryn Van Direl
Joe Beevers
Devilfish
Rolf Slotboom
Rob Hollink
Johan Storakers
Torstein Iversen
Jonas Molander
Thomas Wahlroos
Ian McDonald
Martin Wendt
Rupesh Chhetry

€500 T-shirt?!?!?!?

Oh my goodness, what are these t-shirts made of, I wonder?

They must come with a signed photo of Sir Foxy of Birminghamshire...that would make them worth the money, for sure.  :cheers:

I'm picking Jonny Lodden, even though he may be out, he has enough skill to make a comeback. ::)

Seriously though,

Matt Tyler
Martin Wendt
Pokergirl Morten Erlandsen (If he's not drunk and throwing up in the toilets yet)

how's Jen doing snoop?

what did Lodden have on that J-2-3 board against Ramzi?

Looks like James Akenhead is a gonna, he was pretty low last time I checked and then when I returned he was standing at the front of the restaurant queue ordering some grub.

2-3 suited

haven't checked for a while. 350 players to get through on my tod remember and they're all in different sections AND floors of the casino. ARGH.

Have some more chip counts for you now though:

Matt Tyler -- 16,575
Barny Boatman -- 23,000
Edgar Skjervold -- 8,200
Marcel Luske -- 14,800
Peter Gould -- 9,100
Tony G -- 10,950
Kevin O'Connell -- 9,675
Donnacha O'Dea -- 11,350
Roy Brindley -- 13,300
Henning Granstad -- 15,750
Marc Goodwin -- 13,875
Martjn Van Direl -- 9,600
Andreas Hagen -- 17,900
Robert Binelli -- 12,300
Kristian Ulriksen -- 19,100
Pascal Perrault -- 6,100
Nick Slade -- 13,200
Ash Hussain -- 14,500

Keith Hawkins
Thomas Wahlroos
Marcel Luske
Jen

Good Luck all  :)up

Marc Goodwin is down to 5,800.

He had his head well above water at one point with 13k, but had an accident with Jacks.

He limped under the gun with the Knaves and called a pre-flop raise.

He then check called both the 3-5-8 Flop and the 3 Turn, before finding out on the 3 River that his opponent had raised pre-flop with 2-3.

Not a good River Card for Marc and one that has taken him down to just above half his starting stack.

Keith 'The Camel' Hawkins asked if I had a cut of Jen's tourney to which I answered, "I'll be taking a pint of lager." "That's going to be a big pint," he commented. "Yep, one that I can get into," I replied.

They have been worn by Tony Kendall.

 :hello: Sloppy the lone wolf updater, you can do it son ;)

My picks:  Matt Tyler, The Camel and Foxy in no particular order.

Good luck to all participating blondes, especially Jen.
         

Ben Roberts

Jan Sjovik

Budah of Baden



Please tell us all about Budah of Baden please oh lone wolf updater!

Blinds have just gone up to 75/150. Dinner break in 1 hour.

Martin Wendt -- 16,550
Ian McDonald -- 9,150
Paul Parker -- 9,225
Jonas Molander -- 10,150
Torstein Iversen -- 9,525
Johan Storakers -- 8,475
Rolf Slotboom - 16,000
Thomas Middelthon -- 20,200
Devilfish -- 9,350
Joe Beevers -- 12,700

There are three Buddhas I think.

Devifish (to an opponent seating next to youngsters): "You like being sandwiched betwoon young boys, don't you? I've heard the stories."

Joe Beevers: "Is that all you can think about at your age?"

This is last year's winner, Thomas Middelthon. He looks rather stressed here, but shouldn't as he's already surpassed the 20k mark.

Empty seats:

Mel Judah
Noah Boaken
Thomas Wahlroos

... although at this stage it is difficult to tell if they have been eliminated or moved tables.

Devilfish got rid of the reversed logo now?  ;goodvevil;

go blondites

My picks  Mr Stu Foxy, Jen, Matt Tyler and Martin Wendt

Good luck all ;)

I've come up with a way to find out if someone has exited the comp. Obviosuly, it has its drawbacks, but if I just stand by the front door I can catch people as they run out to vomit.

One of those chaps was, unfortunately, Marc Goodwin, who had raised pre-flop with A-K, only to have his all-in re-raise called by A-5 on an A-K-x Flop.

"I thought you were bluffing because your re-raise was so big," replied his opponent.

In full Eric Hall mode, Marc said it was a 'monster monster' pot, but one which went the other way when Mateyboy hit runner runner to make a flush with his 5.

Ouch, bad one.


Meanwhile, Noah Boaken has entered the press room and is definitely OUT.

Snoppy, please keep us informed on the progress of Chris Moorman, he qualified on blonde and is a great supporter of the blonde cardroom.

Please wish him luck from me

Thanks.

It appears so, not sure why, I thought it was a good marketing ploy.

Like Kev said in the Dublin updates, "Well, it's got everyone on here talking about it."

 ;envious;

Hiya Snoopy sir, I would like to hear how "Moorman" is doing too, gd player him.

Picks- El Blondie
        Zippy
        Mr. Nightingale- LuckyCU on Tribeca.

A few choice chippy counts for you:

Nick Slade -- 7,875
Ash Hussain -- 15,025
Rob Yong -- 6,600
Zippy Aslam -- 9,100
JP Kelly -- 7,550
Chris Moorman -- 15,725
Dave Colclough -- 11,200
Isabelle Mercier -- 6,700
Jennifer Mason -- 14,800
Gus Hansen -- 6,350
Matt Tyler -- 14,000

Did someone say that blondeite Alex Harrison was playing?

Sverre Sundbo has clawed his way back up to 9,000 without ever doubling up.

 rotflmfao



Mug

Nick Gibson is OUT.

He called a pre-flop raise with 6d-7d only to hit a dream Qd-Jd-3d flop.

Mateyboy bet 600, Nick moved in for 3k and MB called for half his stack with 8d-8c.

Turn came the Kd and Gwibbo is out, mumbling "nice call' as he departed.

Afterwards, Camel asked how the guy made the call stating that Nick could esily have had a pair too. "Oh, I didn't think of that," said MB.

 rotflmfao rotflmfao             did he play in the welsh heads up team ?

294 players left.

excellent job snoopy... keep it up


and WELL DONE on 15 THOUSAND posts

Table of Terror (minus Peter Gould who has moved to Julian's table):

Tony G -- 11,300
Kevin O'connell -- 9,325
Donnacha O'Dea -- 4,100
Marcel Luske -- 16,300
Steve Jelinek -- 9,325

Snoopy,

Can you get a chip count on Michael Gleadow pls, if you can find him thanks.

Ang x

LOL

hangs head in shame

I don't have a player list so I either need a photo, seat number or the best description in the World.

Table of Doom (minus Ram Vaswani who was an early casualty):

William Thorsson -- 5,750
Dave Colclough -- 6,025
Ross Boatman -- 16,075
Michel Abecassin -- 8,550
Gavin Simms -- 5,475
Gus Hansen -- 13,850

will his shoe size do?? lol

As ever, I have just experience another bizarre Paul Parker conversation.

Paul: "I've got 10k"

snoopy: "Haven't been too busy then?"

Paul: "Haven't play a hand" (jokingly)

snoopy: "You must have played a few as the blinds would have taken you down a little"

Paul: "Oh yes, but they've been passing round to my blind. They've obviously noticed that I haven't played a hand and are thinking, 'That guy must have a hand in the blind'. I'm definitely going to play a hand tomorrow though."

snoopy: How long do you reckon you could last without playing a hand.

Paul: "2 weeks easy"

snoopy: (handing over notepad) "Fancy doing the chip run?"


Then a few minutes later, just as the dinner bell sounded, I noticed Paul heading in the wrong direction and so I had to direct him towards the exit. If anyone can remember his Barcelona antics, his navigational skills leave a lot to be desired, although he remains adamant they are not notch.

The Devilfish is complaining about a marked card and the dealers's attitude.

"See that love, there's a crease. we can't play." moans Devilfish.

Dealer kind of ignores him.

(To TD) "See?" he pauses. "Look, there's a crease in the card. We can't play."

"I think I need glasses then," replies the dealer.

"I think you need a change in attitude," adds Devilfish winking to the rest of the table.

Okey cokey, dinner break. Back in 1 hour.

Hello there -

Wow did the luck apple fall out of the tree and smack me square on the head!  I am totally loving it, despite wanging a hefty 3k on the last hand with pocket Sevens (down to 12,000)...

The guy on my left won this event four years ago, but I can't complain seeing as the Table of Doom is right behind me.  Feeling dizzy now so going in search of buffet.  I can honestly say I've lost every pot that got to showdown, and won all the chips I had a minute ago without being looked up... funny game.  Mind gone blank, updates I am sure phenomenal (I am buying Snoopy one hell of a treat for covering today, and should the worst happen giving him a day off one of these days...)

Before I head off, here are a few anagrams for you to tangle.

Seeing that we're in Holland, give it a crack and show me who the clever clogs (ahem, cough, splutter) on blonde are.

(1) SEE JERBVOE
(2) TOFART SUX
(3) HAHWE SKINKIT
(4) BEARLICE ELMERIS
(5) LAWMOTH SOILSIR

1   EES  EOVBREJ
2   TRAFOT XUS
3   EWHAH TIKNIKS
4  ECILRAEB SIREMLE
5  HTOMWAL RISLIOS


toooooooooo easy                           next !

1 sverre sundbo

3 keith hawkins

off to do others

1 sverre sundbo
3 keith hawkins
4 isabelle mercier

he very best of luck to...

Jen

Moorman

JP

Moorman still has 3 years living expenses off me dave and aaron in from the drunken 1/2nl game in vegas.

1) joe beevers

5 thomas wahlroos

5) thomas wahlrous

so it is- i just saw the sv and loads of e's and my mind immediately thought of sverre. Nice spot.
no5 is thomas scandiboy as well by the looks

tg someone knew his surname- wouldve annoyed me that one.

2)stuart fox

1) Joe Beevers

2) Stuart Fox

3) Keith Hawkins

4) Isabelle Mercier

5) Thomas Walhroos

I used to do anagrams for my County, U-16 & U-21 level.

1. Gus Hansen of course!

He is the man

Must have been the smallest county in the world then cos number 5 is wrong.  :D

It's correct - thats how we spell his name in Middlesex.

Well, I caught up with Simon 'Chubbs' Nowab.

Apparantly, he was an early casualty after just 2 hands (!!)

Q-Q vs A-A on a Q-A-2 Flop.

MB raised to 200, Simon re-raised to 650 and MB made it 1,000 more. Simon called that re-raise and the 1k bet on the flop, before re-raising MB 2.5k bet all-in on the Turn.

Ambulance for Nowab! (http://milbut.org/smilies/ambulance.gif)

Question 5 is not Thomas Wahlroos

Sadly snoops no I am not. I was over there for the first 3 events, finished 13th in the limit tourn which paled into insignificance compared to the guy I went out there with Tom Nightingale who won the bloody thing !! EUR 51k, in the words of Borat.... VERY NIIIIIIIIICE

Any updates on Tom, Stuey the foxmeister and The Pete of Bullit variety would be most appreciated

JP Kelly -- 5,350
Michel Abecassis -- 7,200
Gus Hansen -- 14,500
Julian Thew -- 12,550
Julian Gardner -- 14,825
Sigi Stockinger -- 5,550
Paul Alterman -- 11,200
Keith Hawkins -- 28,000
Isabelle Mercier -- 5,525
Mike Magee -- 24,350
Tim Flanders -- 5,300
Mads Anderson -- 6,400
Simon Henessy -- 5,550
Rob Yong -- 17,300
Karl Mahrenholz -- 2,300
Mark Teltscher -- 14,200
Morten Erlandsen -- 13,000
Zippy Aslam -- 7,500
Bullit Pete -- 35,000
Bruno Fitoussi -- 26,500
Jennifer Mason -- 11,600
Chris Moorman -- 15,625
Thang Nguyen -- 3,700
Peter Gould -- 6,100
Paul Parker -- 11,000
Colin Myers -- 12,000
Barny Boatman -- 20,000
Marcel Luske -- 16,200
Thomas Middelthon -- 11,400

Ramzi Jelassi is OUT.

He lost his 8,500 stack with Queens versus Ace King, all-in pre-flop, King on the Turn.

Matt Tyler -- 12,075
Edgar Skjervold -- 13,100
Joe Beevers -- 12,925
Devilfish -- 16,000
Thomas Middelthon -- 11,500
Rob Hollink -- 8,400
Johan Storakers -- 5,875
Torstein Iversen -- 13,075
Conor Doyle -- 8,775
Ian McDonald -- 12,500
Martin Wendt -- 19,800
Nick Slade -- 7,200

Reigning champion, Thomas Middelthon, is starting to struggle. He was on 22k at one point, but has since dropped down to 11.

I just saw him fold deuces to a MB bet on a board of 5d 6s 6h Td

Mateyboy showed a 5.

Board = Ad 2d Qd 6c

Martin Wendt checks, MB bets 1.9k and Martin makes it 10k to play. MB folds.

After being down to just several thousand at one point, Martin is now running strong with just under 20k. Worth a punt perhaps?

Nick Slade was forced to throw away Kings on a Queen high Flop, justfiably too as his opponent showed Aces.

Pre-flop, Nick had raised, been re-raised and then smooth called. MB moved in on him when Nick bet the flop. Nick then made a good fold.

He's now on 7,200

The late nights, too much smoking, all that beer... Matt Tyler could take it all, but when it came to handling the Paul Parker chat, he simply wilted under the pressure.

Whatever you think of Nick Slade, he sure is good entertainment.

Nick raised to 550 pre-flop before Card Player Europe editor and former Dutch champion, Rolf Slotboom (pictured below) raised Nick all-in from the big blind... for an extra 8k (!!!)

Nick passed but thought Rolf was taking the piss a bit and declared, "If you do that again I''m calling you with any 2 cards, even if it's 2-3."

"You should go back to reporting," he added, "That was a silly bet."

Snoopy can you ask Paul Parker not to do any crazy bluffing please, i need a return on my %!

Forget that just tell him i said "happy days"

how is Chris Moorman doing ?

Whenever I need to find out who's been eliminated, I always take a quick glance at the cash games, and one of the biggest ones on the go has two familiar faces rifling their chips: John Kabbaj and Marcus Golser, which therefore leads me to believe that they are surely OUT of the main comp.

Bizarrely, that room is called the Cercle Privee, which must mean something like Private Ring - Insert your own joke there, actually nobody do any insertion.

He's okay, a slight dry cough but apart from that he's dandy.

I doubt that will be happening any time today, he hasn't played a hand yet.

Jen is on 11,850

There are 260 players left in the comp.

Pat Bueno is OUT. His A-Q stood down against Q-9.

Can you tell him not to wait till day 5 please!

Gl Jen, Jp and Moorman, i hope john gale isnt there for chris's sake, :-o

Sverre Sunbo is the climber of the day.

Down to just over 1k, he is now on a quite remarkable 23,200.

He's been yoyo-in in true Thewy style. His latest scoop saw him double up his 11 stack with K-Q on a Flop with two clubs and a Queen. Sverre check called every street, with the latter being for his whole tournament. He was correct to put his opponent on a missed flush draw and subsequently made a very good call with his top pair.

Surinder Sunar seems to be playing his usual solid game. On a Flop of 8d-Ad-Ks, he called a 900 bet, checked the 2s Turn with his opponent before betting 6k into a 3.5k on the 2s River. Opponent folded and the Wolverhampton man is running well above the approximately 14k average with 19k.

gl jen hope you win it

 :)

At least when people exit this comp they can taste some of the culture Amsterdam has to offer. (http://milbut.org/smilies/00001655.gif)

FILTH!

I'm reporting you to the moderators

Bad news, folks.

Julian Thew is OUT.

He re-raised a 1,200 pre-flop bet all-in for 4,200 with Pocket Eights.

Incredibly, his opponent, who only had around 10k, called the extra 3k with J-8 and spiked a Jack.

Ouc, that's gotta hurt... (http://milbut.org/smilies/Hackebeilmannchen.gif)

A splatter of information courtesy of David Lloyd of the Gutshot. Apparantly, one of their players, simply known as JJ (not a pair of jacks), just knocked Martin Wendt down to a very lowly 3k, shooting himself up to 30k in the process.

The hand?

All the money went in on a Flop of 4-5-6.

Martin, who made the call, had 4-5, and JJ had Pocket Nines.

Turn?

6

bigger two pair

Zoiks

Good luck to Michael Gleadow hope he's still going

Yeah go Mickey G



Hiya Bra hunny  xxxxxx

Welcome to blonde

ty hi trace xxx

mickey's in this?? god he's going to scare the field!!

Hola btw bar!!!

hi amc

Chris Moorman, who qualified through the blondepoker cardroom, is down to a paltry 4,600.

"Oh I just made some bad plays, bluffed at the wrong time and gave away too many chips. One two many moves. Was on around 20k but down to 4.6k now. Can't really push anyone off any raise so it look like I'm going to have to wait for a hand."

Anyone have a photograph of this Michael Gleadlow fellow?

any chip counts on zippy n ash hussain

No the lens broke

Rumour has it that Jen has been forced onto the TV table, which is A BAD thing as she has somewhat a phobia of any feature table. She was running great in the EPT Grand Final earlier until she sat down on the tv table. She couldn't play her natural game and evenutally had her bullets busted, if you remember.

Well, in any comp of this stature you have to play a feature table at some point or another, if you want to win of course, so I hope she can overcome these reservations she has of playing in front of the cameras.

 ;goodluck;

It appears as though Dave Colclough exited before the break. Didn't catch the hand, but Rob Yong said he saw him rising from the table.

I didn't notice this before, but with Stu Fox and JP Kelly seated next to each other, it appears as though for the first time in history we have two blonde Hall of Famers sitting side by side. Is this the first time?

229 players left, one of whom is fellow Solihullian ;woohoo; John Shipley who is currently on 5,500.

Rob Yong is on 20k, although he did have more. "I've lost two 50-50s," he claims.

I don't think so.....

I have shared tables with Red-Dog, Kev, Brian Wilson, JP, Tank and Foxy.........

Well, the rumours are true, Jen's gone from updater to TV star in just several hours.

And take a look at the competition on that table!

Steve Jelinek, Donnacha O'Dea, Marcel Luske, Tony G, Christian Grundtvig. EEK!  ;gobsmacked;

thats so cute ;)

hey what happened to the cat picture it didn't copy

Bit of action action on the feature table...

gl jen

Correction...

There's a LOT of action on the feature table, not involving Jen though.

The young lad in Seat 1 raised under-the-gun, Tony G moved all-in for about 10k, Marcel Luske called all-in for around 5k, and Seat 1 called.

Seat 1 = K-K

Tony G = Q-Q

Marcel Luske = A-K

Board = 6-A-2-J-3 and Marcel survives.

The only casualty in the hand is Tony G who is sent home, or to the red light district, before the end of Day 1.

BREAKING NEWS

There are 3 Christians on the feature table (the name, not the religion)

Two more exits to report now.

The first is Norseman, Anders Berg.

The second is a rather more disappointed Nick Slade... "Just one of those tournaments," he grumbled.

And to be fair, it truly didn't go his way, missed flush draws proving his nemesis.

In fact, the first hit simply required his hand to stand up, as he held both a flush draw and a pair of sevens, which was consderably better than Martin Wendt's 8-3 flush draw. But with a black 8 hitting the Turn, Nick Slade ended up missing everything and losing to a a paltry pair of eights.

And then, with yet another flush draw, Nick Slade moved in with Ahrt Qh only to be called by Pocket Sevens. No heart arrived and Nick is left to support his Northern crew - made up of the likes of Matt Tyler (22k), Zippy Aslam (25k) and Ash Hussain (5k).

Jen raises pre-flop, Steve Jelinek calls.

Flop = 7d Qc Ad

Jen bets 1.6k, Steve folds.

go jen!!

Roy Brindley -- 16,500
Jan Boubli -- 26,500
John Shipley -- 8,825
Julian Gardner -- 24,375
Nick Szeremta -- 13,400
Jan Sjovik -- 27,400
Stuart Fox -- 26,925
JP Kelly -- 12,625
Ben Roberts -- 17,400
Bruno Fitoussi -- 32,500
Mark Teltscher -- 14,400
Peter Haslam -- 30,000
Julian Gardner -- 24,375

go where?

Unfortunately, blondeite qualifier, Chris Moorman, who is also a blondeite forum member, is OUT.

He found A-Q and moved in for 4,250, but ran into the A-K of JP Kelly, which stood up on a 2-2-T-6-3 board.

Not much he could do there, but he did well to qualify on the cheap through...

BLONDEPOKERLEAGUE

Lesson to be learned there, folks, cough cough.

GL Jen, Mr the Camel, & Rob Yong (to pick 3).

Great job Snoops.

My pick is Gus H. if he can concentrate on the event and not get distracted by women, PLO on FT, Amsterdam or just managing to go all in with 46o.

Gus Hansen and Isabelle Mercier are out

And here is your chip leader, soon to be surpasses with Jen (fingers and toes crossed).

But, for now, Andreas Hagen is leading the pack with a rather menacing 64,100.

Not too far behind is Surinder Sunar with 53,750.

nobody let neeko pick their lottery numbers  :)

Thanks for the update.

Came in together and left together.

So which was he cause of his demise or is the above a clue?

The lottery suits Gus cos the biggest number he can go for is 4-9off.

BLONDEPOKERLEAGUE

That must have taken you ages LOL


UL Chris ... time to enjoy the sights now though :)

I was thinking that too. Blonde clearly isn't working him hard enough.  ;slavedriver;

195 players remaining

Matt Tyler -- 31,000
Jonas Molander -- 24,700
Joe Beevers -- 15,500
Osman Mustanoglu -- 30,850
Devilfish -- 15,650
Edgar Skjervold -- 24,300
George Wendt -- 9,825
Simon Henessy -- 8,550
Conor Doyle -- 11,550
Paul Parker -- 19,000
Rolf Slotboom -- 22,500
Thomas Middelthon -- 4,800
Ian McDonald -- 10,775
Johan Storakers -- 7,975
Mark Teltscher -- 21,500

Paul Parker says the best player in the tournament is on 19k.

I said that was one hell of a coincidence as so was he.

Paul said he finally played a hand when he was dealt Pocket Aces. He felt that this was his time to make his move, but unfortunately ended up splitting the pot against Ace King on an all club board.

is Andy Black out or was he even playing?

I almost tumbled down the stairs there, they're of the type where they feel too small to take them one at a time, but too long when you skip one.

I definitely saw him today, but I don't think he plaed. If he did, then he exited within the first level.

It's because they're designed to be gracefully glided down, preferably in a cocktail dress. They're just not made for beagles.

Karl Mahrenholz is our grinder of the day. He did most of his stack early on and hasn't dipped his head passed 5k since, even dipping as low as 1,600 at one point. At the moment he's on 4,225 and grinding like he's never ground before.

If anyone's seen this guy, he reminds me of those walking trees in Lord of the Rings, he's about ten feet tall!!

It probably wouldn't be too bad if I was on all fours rather than my hind legs.

WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU WRITE THAT, STUPID MAN. GUS IS ALIVE AND WELL, SITTING WITH 22000. JUST GET OFF THIS BLOG, MAN.

A pissed off Brother in law

chip count on zippy n ash hussain please

Well, the Table of Doom has a slightly different look to it now.

Although Ram and Dave C have left us, we are now graced with the presence of Rob Yong and German (or Swiss - one or the other) player, Marc Bolliger.

William Thorsson -- 15,825
Ross Boatman -- 22,050
Rob Yong -- 13,400
Michel Abecassis -- 11,425
Marc Bolliger -- 4,550
Gus Hansen -- 23,350

But how would you balance your cocktail if you were on all fours? And wouldn't people see up your dress? Take photos if you attempt it

Just seen him, he is definitely still in.

Breaking News

Keith 'The Camel' Hawkins has been abducted by aliens and is expected to be intruded sometime in the next hour or two. Hopefully he will be reuturned before the end of the level. (http://milbut.org/smilies/abduct.gif)

The following players are still in:

Stuart Fox
JP Kelly
William Thorsson
Ross Boatman
Gus Hansen
Sverre Sundbo
Andreas Hagen
Surinder Sunar
Kristian Ulriksen
Rob Yong
Karl Mahrenholz
Zahir Aslam
Peter Haslam
Jennifer Mason
Marcel Luske
Christian Grundwig
Donnacha O'Dea
Jan Sjovik
Steve Jelinek
Barny Boatman
Edgar Skjervold
Roy Brindley
John Shipley
Devilfish
Rolf Slotboom
Johan Storakers
Jonas Molander
Ian McDonald
Martin Wendt
Matt Tyler
Paul Parker

The following have definitely bitten the dust:

Tony G
Noah Boaken
Marc Goodwin
Frode Fragerli
Ramzi Jelassi
Anders Berg
Marc Golser
John Kabbaj
James Akenhead
Chris Moorman
Dave Colclough
Ram Vaswani
Mel Judah
Nick Slade
Julian Thew

Ok - still my pick then :)  ;booboo;  ;shark;  ;first;

Snoopy the Update Star keep going chap  

Good Luck to

The Yongster and Jenn

Regards

M

quote from Sloppy at the Orleans July 06 "Pai Gow is just about sitting here getting free drinks"

3 drinks cost me $100 Playing Pai Gow  
 

Missing, presumed lost:

Mads Andersson
Tim Flanders
Thomas Fougeron
Robert Binelli
Gavin Simms
Isabelle Mercier
Buddha of Baden
Jonas Helness
Morten Erlandsen
Ash Hussain
Paul Testud
Thomas Dunwoodie
Thang Nguyen
Kevin O'Connell
Rob Hollink

Hear, hear, ay, ay -  ;iagree; ;mexicanwave;

the drinks were still free  :D

the $100 was for the pleasure of my company.

Actually I do know how Tim Flanders went out. Didn't ever get going and eventually pushed with A-K, but Mateyboy's Pocket Nines held up.

He's currently supporting wife Pippa Flanders at ringside (or tableside).

Pippa cashed last year when her A-Q was rivered by J-9 all-in preflop. Perhaps this year will be different.

Apparantly, Tim claims that she calls herself Pippa these days because nobody could spell Filipppa (or whatever it is). I'm not even sure I'm getting Pippa right. Perhaps they should just settle with Pip.

Snoopy,

Heard that Gus just lost a big pot with a set of 7s against a set of Kings. Could you tell me his current chip stack?

Thanks

Erik

Worth every penny
 ;kneelsucker;

55 minutes left in this level, which means play will draw to a close at around 2am (Amsterdam time)

and then!!!

... it's off to the Red Light District for SEXY TIME! (http://milbut.org/smilies/00001655.gif)

or, at a pinch, I might just go to bed.  ;sleep;

William Thorsson is OUT.

Kings v Queens

Queen on Flop

Zippy Aslam is on 46k

Message to his fans fan... "Keep cheering me on."

Brothers in arms...

gud1 zippy keep all the hard work going

Gus Hansen -- 14,700

Met another Londoner, Jerome Bradpiece. Plays at the Gutshot Club from what I understand. He's currently on 35k.

The Camel is down to the felt after losing a 15k pot to Roy Brindley.

Board read 7-9-6-9-3 and Roy showed 9-6 on the River to take it down.

any pictures of zippy

162 players left in the tournament.

35 minutes of play left.

Caught up with Ash Hussain...

"Was being anted away so had to make my move at some point. Someone raised to 900, I moved in for 3k with Eights and he called instantly. I though nooooooo, I'm in big trouble, but he turned over A-4. No hesitation whatsover. I actually though they were Ace when he turned them over, mainly because I was expecting a big hand. And you know the story, Ace on the flop, he couldn't even wait till the River to hit his card."

This lady has just won a monster pot.

Aces v Kings v Tens

Incredibly, Aces stood up on a Queen high board.

Steve Jelinek is OUT.

K-J vs A-Q

Ace and Queen hit the board.

Paul has found his hand and has decided to start moving and shaking.

Flop = 2d 9s Ts

Paul bets 2.4k, MB calls.

Turn = 7h

Both players check.

River = 4h

Paul bets 3.2k, MB calls after a lengthy dwell.

Paul wins with Aces.

Matt Tyler reckons he just played one of the best hands of his life, re-raising MB on a suited Ace high Flop with Pocket Eights and getting him to fold top pair.

I was slightly glazed over, but that was about gist of it.

Pippa Flanders -- 12,950
Matt Tyler -- 40,200
Kim Callow -- 14,775
Jonas Molander -- 47,800
Bruno Fitoussi -- 40,850
Henning Granstad -- 9,200
Ian McDonald -- 9,800
Devilfish -- 29,025
Osman M -- 27,10
Joe Beevers -- 11,975
Edgar Skjervold -- 10,500
Mark Teltscher -- 25,050
Simon Hennessy -- 10,300
JJ -- 21,000
Rolf Slotboom -- 20,500

Jen has doubled up to around the 25k mark with A-K vs J-J on an K-K-x-x board.

Play has now finished.

155 players remaining.

Play will recommence tomorrow at 2pm.

Hopefully the Casino will provide a full chip count for those 155 players, but it's doubtful.

what did zippy finish on

 ;woohoo;

Righty then - I have somehow reached the end of Day One with below average (22k) but not on that tense wire between all-in and all out...

I can't tell you how little I enjoy being on the TV table.  The bright side is - only one hour of it to be survived tomorrow before some other poor starstruck unfortunates get their go to pose in shades (not really talking about Marcel, with whom it is quite fascinating to play).

Er.. never got above the radar chipstackwise, but a handy under the gun AK in the closing level turned out rather nicely - a flop of K K x and a big blind caller.  B.B (Christian Grundtvig, I think) checked his JJ, so what to do?  Bet loads!  Call, and check-raise the 8 turn which doubled me up and took a little of the misery out of the end of the day. 

Having said that, I love this tournament, and all it stands for (ludicrously long levels, competent managing, chips that make a nice sound and stack well).  Huge thanks to Peter, and I hope I am fully conscious tomorrow to do his crossed fingers justice.

Yours,

Lucky Fish

And Snoopy, You Are A Golden GOD!  (Hope I don't need to be standing on the roof about to jump in a pool to give that the emphasis it deserves).


 ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

Great work Jen

GL tomorrow

Nick

And to finish, a few chippy counts courtesy of David Lloyd:

Mike Tse -- 21,000
Jerome Bradmore -- 28,000
Carl Mahrenholz -- 22,000
Simon Hennessey -- 13,000
JJ  -- 15,000
Marcel Luske -- 18,000
Jen Mason -- 22,000
Kim Callow -- 18,250
Jan Boubli -- 9,800
Andreas Hagen -- 72,800
Urid Holf -- 80,000
Rolf Slotbboom -- 20,500
Mark Teltcher -- 25,000
Edgar Skjervold -- 10,500
Pippa Flanders -- 13,000
Joe Beevers -- 12,800
Devilfish -- 31,000
Bruno Fitoussi -- 40,500

Snoopy won't let himself be dragged to the bar.  Unreasonable - I just want to reward him with beer (or a three course meal or whatever the hell he wants). 

Well, going to go for 15 minutes anyway as I've drunk about 5 red bulls - must calm self and go to bed within an hour. 

Night night.

Wow, how spiffing for Jen - big thanks to Peter Roche for that, & Jen, just enjoy!

But one mans meat is another mans poison, & poor snoops drew the short straw today. Well done snoopy, thank you, & your turn will come.

well done Jen, 22k is fine to attack tomorrow with

Great updates as usual Snoops.

Great job Snoops. Fingers crossed for Jen!  ;goodluck;

Okay, that's it for today then, time for beddie byes.  ;sleep;

No overnight chipcount list I'm afraid, but I do know there are 155 players left.

Will sort out a chip count first thing tomorrow when plays recommences at 2pm.

Until then, toodle pip.

 ;stickaforkinme;

JP is on MSN, his 32k stack went to OUT in the last 10 minutes of the day, ul m8.

Gl to Jen and Paul Parker tomorrow!

Someone tell Paul to tighten up please!

Can't wait for the rest of the updates today...man I love this stuff. Thanks a million snoop!

 ;hattip; snoopy

 ;goodluck; jen

Well all my picks are doing good ;) 

Gl Jen x

Am I the only one that found this post down right rude and offensive?

Snoopy is working his butt off ALONE trying to keep everyone updated, and mistakes are bound to happen in a field of that size.  This post IMO was uncalled for.

Keep up the good work Snoops.

xx

all part of the learning curve, i guess.

yes I did think it was out of order..it was not aimed at snoop however but at hannes who posted the original post..Snoop just assumed (as he is VERY busy and Isabelle was indeed out) that the post was correct.

Snoop later said he saw Gus still sitting at the tables.

Like I said the post was aimed at Hannes..not Snoop.

but still out of order as there is no need to talk to anyone like that.

Point taken about Snoops not writing it, and apologies in that respect - overall the post was still rude though.

yeah it was bang out of order...i never understand people who post something like that as one of their first posts on a forum...first impressions mean quite a bit IMO...that's why people don't like me :)