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Yoooohoooo  :hello:

Play will commence at 12pm (8pm UK time).

Do you think there is a chance that a poker player named Brandi Hawbaker will show up?

 
 or Frances McGubbligan ?

Regular updates for Praz please, who i'd guess will be the only runner in the field to have done the Manchester/Bellagio double this week...

What he said!! Have a great day Jen & Snoops!

my internet connection is dodgy so cant read all of yesterdays update, did JP play? if so how did he get on? If not can you wish him luck from me when you see him, thanks

last i heard he lost all but 4k with QQ ona a KQx board OP had KK

he then got upto 13k then lost 3k was down to 10k then i lost track as snoopy forgot to ask anna the important question

Praz just won a seat in the $2,500 super sat, hes got 3 hours to sleep  ;D ;sleep;

Jen and Snoops, did u guys get any sleep???

JP ran set over set early on, before departing near the end of the day.

What r u implying??..........

Dont forget the blonde comp at 8.30 .... $20 freeze with added prizes

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=22731.0

Yesterday's chip counts coming up soon...

that a small dog may have taken Jen out very late in the great Las vegas

praz will have a bit more sleep than 3 hours i guess.. i would have 6 hours he will still have a monster stack if hes 3 hours l8 lol. gd luck to all brits today

Whilst the $25,000 WPT final is being staged this week at the Bellagio, what many of you might not be aware of is the rise in popularity of a masterful game called Keno. Although the average age of the players is 84 and the game is simply a variation of bingo, Keno has become a huge attraction for those in the buffet, especially four members of the media who spotted a keno pad at their table and a screen generating random numbers on the wall.

With four us punting a huge $5 sum into the pot, all four of us adrenalin pumped Keno junkies selected 20 numbers from the 78 available. When we had all completed our sheets, we waited with baited breath for the screen to change, peering at the board intently as if we were awaiting a platform announcement at the train station.

Two thrilling games later (their were two consecutive ties) we had our final, and one which involved my good self and French reporter Benjo. This was not only my first heads up match, but my first final table period (one of many, I hope), and I was up against a wily veteran who had played the game at least once before.

However, with the wind in my face, I forced my way up stream to become the World Keno Tour (WKT) Grand Final Champion for 2007, taking the $20 prizepool down with 6 numbers to four, a near landslide victory. Mike Sexton went mad, saying that I was the youngest ever WKT champion, by a good 50 years.

Here's a picture of me shaking hands with a worthy runner-up in Benjo, the winning hand in my er... hand.

Although he's grinning like a Cheshire Cat, it's actually a crocodile smile, a petualant Benjo losing grace in defeat by suggesting, "You lied about your handicap!"

With this win on my back, I fully intend to be playing the $50,000 K.E.N.O event at this years World Series of Keno. Fingers crossed I add that title to my now long list of (one) accolades.

Woohoo  ;sark;

Chip counts!!!


Anna Wroblewski -- 211,325
Danny Alaei -- 187,050
Marc Goodwin -- 177,225
Jack Karban -- 173,850
Alan Schein -- 171,575
Keith Gipson -- 151,775
Paul Begum -- 151,650
Shannon Shorr -- 151,575
Lyle Berman -- 142,475
Raymond Davis -- 141,950
Paul Lee -- 140,950
Gevork Kasabyan -- 138,725
Hoyt Corkins -- 137,775
Ben Sabrin -- 135,350
Peter Muller -- 132,550
Neil Chriss -- 132,250
Isaac Haxton -- 131,700
Justin Young -- 131,475
Eric Hershler -- 131,325
Grant Lang -- 128,400
Alvin Zeidenfeld -- 126,525
Quirt Davis -- 124,875
Gavin Simms -- 123,550
Bruce Yamron -- 120,300
Steven Mclaughlin -- 115,275
Matt Keikoan -- 114,350
Jared Hamby -- 112,575
Marcel Luske -- 112,050
Chris Kennedy -- 111,650
Elia Ahmadian -- 111,250
Christian Kruel -- 110,625
Carl Wong -- 110,300
Jay Heimowitz -- 109,450
George Marlow -- 107,500
John Bonetti -- 105,575
Robert Mizrachi -- 105,500
Joe Sebok -- 104,125
Jake Minter -- 102,750
Dennis Almasy -- 102,250
Jason Eakes -- 101,700
Billy Pilossoph -- 101,700
David Grey -- 101,550
Jamie Gold -- 100,025
Mark Stubbs -- 98,500
Richard Harroch -- 96,625
Peter Gould -- 96,575
Jim McCrink -- 95,800
Phil Hellmuth -- 93,800
Dustin Woolf -- 93,675
Rick Barstow -- 93,575
Josh Arieh -- 93,325
Matthew Glantz -- 93,125
Nek-Pal Singh -- 92,500
Sorel Mizzi -- 92,025
Justin Pechie -- 91,400
Jani Sointula -- 90,675
Vanessa Rousso -- 90,025
Robert Nehrayan -- 89,975
James Mackey -- 88,875
Johnny Lodden -- 88,825
John Cernuto -- 88,700
Joseph Pulliam -- 88,650
Joe Bartholdi -- 88,475
Jeff Cabanillas -- 87,450
John Shipley -- 86,025
Herb Montalbano -- 84,300
Ross Boatman -- 83,375
Antonio Salorio -- 82,525
Loi Phan -- 82,500
Richard Anthony -- 81,900
Scott Mayfield -- 81,525
Barney Boatman -- 80,850
John Myung -- 80,075
Amir Nasseri -- 79,525
Ari Goott -- 78,475
Jeremy Joseph -- 78,275
Hertzel Zalewski -- 77,000
Juha Helppi -- 76,575
Christian Grundtvig -- 76,275
Danny Wong -- 76,100
Bruce Corman -- 75,825
Kyle Carlston -- 75,800
Jennifer Harman -- 75,600
Tom Franklin -- 75,500
Daniel Shak -- 74,150
Fred David -- 73,775
Padre Parkinson -- 73,600
Steve Mandelbaum -- 72,975
Doron Malinasky -- 72,550
Thomas Schneider -- 72,300
Roland Gentner -- 70,875
Tony Cousineau -- 70,325
Roland Dewolfe -- 70,100
Jimmy D' Ambrosio -- 70,025
Ted Kearly -- 69,750
Ben Doud -- 69,675
Jesse Jones -- 67,400
Martin De Knijff -- 67,275
Gavin Smith -- 67,225
John Harris -- 67,050
Mark Rose -- 66,925
Gregory Alston -- 66,475
Kian Kiarash -- 65,875
Rich Salomon -- 65,525
Phil Ivey -- 65,400
Rock Cloutier -- 65,000
Daniel Harrington -- 64,625
Philip Matthews -- 63,400
Eric Deregt -- 62,125
Chuck Pacheco -- 62,125
Paul Alterman -- 60,750
David Stroj -- 60,000
Daniel Quach -- 59,750
Chris Bjorin -- 59,075
Tad Jurgens -- 59,050
Dan Alspach -- 58,500
Cliff Josephy -- 58,475
Tom Barkas -- 56,750
Eric Beller -- 56,675
Andrew Micali -- 56,250
John Nathan -- 55,575
Adeeb Harb -- 54,925
Jason Lester -- 54,550
Berry Johnston -- 53,900
Tom Lee -- 53,850
Scott Clements -- 53,775
Michael Xu -- 53,600
Tor Gammelgard -- 52,325
Bradley   Helm -- 52,175
Tom West -- 52,025
Alan Cutler -- 51,875
Moto Yuki Mabuchi -- 51,850
Rhynie Campbell -- 51,675
Jonathan Little -- 51,675
Ben Roberts -- 51,600
Edward Gross -- 50,950
Martin Wendt -- 50,925
Aaron Scott -- 50,075
Eli Eslami -- 49,725
Greg Baird -- 49,425
David Peat -- 48,000
Ram Vaswani -- 47,850
Stuart Fox -- 47,800
Joe Tehan -- 47,575
Nick Cassavetes -- 47,525
Maureen Feduniak -- 47,200
David Lambard -- 47,175
Steve Dunning -- 46,625
Noah Boeken -- 46,450
Vincent Procopio -- 45,925
Rene Angelil -- 45,650
Ron Faltinsky -- 45,650
Thor Hansen -- 45,500
Jim Bechtel -- 45,100
Tom McEvoy -- 44,975
David Plastik -- 44,950
Matthew Wolf -- 44,950
Gary Haubelt -- 44,850
Alex Bolotin -- 43,975
Jason Hardage -- 43,475
Chris Santora -- 43,325
Edward Hansen -- 42,750
Liz Lieu -- 42,725
Abraham Mosseri -- 42,675
Binh Quoc Nguyen -- 42,650
Agis Leontakianakos -- 42,600
Timothy Anders -- 42,550
Peter Haslam -- 42,225
Ted Lawson -- 41,000
Tom Pniak -- 40,475
Robert Barnes -- 40,275
Bob Feduniak -- 39,825
David Dicken -- 39,775
Steve Simmons -- 39,550
Barry Greenstein -- 39,100
Robeert Wazelle -- 38,825
Louis Werman -- 38,750
Mike Landers -- 38,700
Veronica Dunn -- 37,525
Harold Kirkpatrick -- 37,000
Steven Zoine -- 36,250
Kristy Gazes -- 36,175
Jeppe Mikkelsen -- 36,150
David Williams -- 36,025
Cory Carroll -- 35,575
Amnon Filippi -- 34,975
David Sklansky -- 34,975
Ricky Cummings -- 33,625
Emeline Boich -- 33,450
Steve Brecher -- 32,600
Steve Crockett -- 31,850
Guy Laliberte -- 31,375
Wayne Boich -- 31,350
Harry Demitriou -- 30,975
Eugene Katchalov -- 30,650
Justin Bonomo -- 29,575
Wei Kai Chang -- 28,175
Alan Fixel -- 27,400
Burt Boutin -- 27,350
Omar Saeed -- 26,175
Manousos Vourkoutiotis -- 26,100
David Levi -- 25,225
Haralabos Voulgaris -- 25,225
Cary Katz -- 23,725
Tai Nguyen -- 22,475
Andrew Black -- 22,325
Scott Lundberg -- 22,000
Stan Fulton -- 21,650
Doa Kim Bac -- 20,675
Douglas Mackinnon -- 20,475
Paul Kraus -- 20,300
Kevin Saul -- 19,725
Erik Friberg -- 19,550
J J Liu -- 19,150
Terricita Evanowski -- 18,750
Vadin Trincher -- 18,475
Eli Elezra -- 17,000
Rehne Pedersen -- 14,675
Joseph Rafferty -- 14,300
James Van Alstyne -- 13,200
John Duthie -- 11,475
Pierre Garand -- 10,925
Ralph Perry -- 9,775
Annand Ramdin -- 9,175
Scott Fischman -- 8,075
Kristian Kjondal -- 7,575

The small dog, he has but one pair of shoes, and we all know what those are...not exactly compliant for the nightlife... but as he so eloquently recounted, we did play some fourway Keno.  I look forward to seeing Snoopy appearing at the Celebrity Keno Invitational in early May, held in Atlantic City.  There is always the crazy cash action, and, as Benjo says, "The strategies for cash and tournament Keno are subtly different.  You get the young guns, recently retired, with their aggressive play by 'feel' and the analytic style of the older and more experienced live players."

Already spotted:

Todd Brunson
Gavin Griffin
Doyle Brunson
Joe Beevers
Michael Mizrachi
William Chen
Johan Storakers
Scotty Nguyen
Rob Hollink
Kevin O'Connell
Chip Reese
Anontio Esfandiari
Jan Sjavik
Daniel Negreanu
Michael Greco
Erik Seidel
Kathy Liebert
Gus Hansen
Mark Teltscher
Max Pescatori
Daniel Negreanu
Johnny Chan
Bill Gazes
Sam Fahar
Thomas Wahlroos
Minh
Kevin O'Donnell
Amir Vahedi
John D'Agostino
Carlos Mortensen
Phil Laak

any piccies of mr.hanson or grecco would be lovely

Praz Bansi is sharing a table with Daniel Negreanu. I don't think he's bother though, can you really faze a man who comes straight from Manchester to Vegas on the flip of a coin?

Whilst we slice level 1 in half (not very much at all happens at this stage), let's throw a few photos your way.

First up, a bit of 'tottie' for LittleMissC.

Only kidding...

Not for her! I'll beat her up...

By the way, is that a giant ladybird hiding behind a rock in the background?

On the table is front of us is Michael Mizrachi, but, more importantly (we're not biased here) across the other side of the felt is the remaining quarter of the Hendon Mob, Mr Joseph Beevers.

Beevers updates should be coming in in their droves with him in touching distance.

Yes indeedy, and look, here's a slug, all part of the wonderful Bellagio gardens. It's like Willy Wonka's factory in there!

That looks like a snail to me. Might go out in a bit and get some photos of the wonderful Grosvenor Manchester gardens, er, car park. There's an industrial state across the way, and a prison!

Looks like one of those slugs from Fry and the Slurm Factory from Futurama.

Oh yeah, and I suppose there are a few Mateyboys (and -girls) here too.

You probably won't know this bunch, but the first piccy is of Erik Seidel and Kathy Liebert whilst the one below is of an up and coming player called Johnny Chan (not the kung fu dude)

what have i done :dontask:

We've even got a celeb from the cartoon world in the Simpson comic book guy.

(http://www.thesimpsonsquotes.com/images/comicguypoint.gif)

Oh yeah, and Comic Book Guy's pops has popped in for a pop at the title (that's a lot of popping!)

Of course, we hope to have some European viewers, many of which may be following these two - Mad Mads Andersen who I believed finalled in a WPT earlier in the year and the Eggman himself,Thomas Wahlroos, who informs me that he has a few stalkers on MySpace. I know he has a fan or two on blonde, are you one of his obsessors?

Early News Alert - we have elimination gasping, and well before that of yesterday!  Gene Tyler (we hear, it's a matter of evesdropping until the player list materialises around Level Three).  Matey with 6h 6d caught a nice flop:  Tc Ts 6c, a nicer turn:  6c but the river was his cake-icing - the Jh.  This is what persuaded the First Eliminated to push his whole stack, as he held Jd Jc and rivered that over-house.  I think he's in shock, judging by the erratic walk out the door...

;om;

A couple of late stragglers in Umberto Brenes, Erick Sagstrom and Patrik Antonius. Mike Matusow also appears to have made his way in, although he is spending it lying on the sofa, probably trying to rid himself of a hangover. I'm tempted to go put my blanket over him.

Here's a UK accent - Mark Entwistle, who came to our immediate attention by using his seat allocation as a telegram to get news on the Barcelona match.  I swear, people can smell internet access...I could just be editing photos over here, or creating pie charts.  His shirt echoes my early morning sentiments exactly:

Thought we'd check out the top table a little earlier today - it has Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott and Bruno Fitoussi on it, and Umberto-Brenes-moustache-alike on the left of the Devilfish picture.  He's not Brenes, the bottom picture is.

Isn't that Saddam Hussein? Can't believe the federal government let him out for this.

goooooooooooooooo HummmBERRTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I love Humberto  8)

Lucky Praz.  Just look at his seat draw - Erica Schoenberg as neighbour.

Got this about 15 mins ago, while he was in the process of winning this hand:
Mateyboy raises preflop to 300, Praz calls, Daniel Negreanu raises to 1,500 getting 2x call
Flop:  Jh 3d Th   Negreanu bet 5k, Praz called
Turn: 6c  And Praz takes it here with a 10k bet.  He told Snoopy that he had Nines on that one...

And more Praz news following almost immediately...

Not long after taking a pot off Daniel Negreanu (pictured below), Praz doubled up to 115k with the following hand.

Pre-flop action, Praz with J-J, Mateyboy with Nines.

9-4-7 Flop

Jack on Turn

all the chips fly in

Mateyboy eliminated, Praz possible chip leader.

 ;mexicanwave;

Here's an even better picture of Praz.

Villlareal 1 - Barca 0

with Barca losing Rickard now has 4 strikers up front - Eto, Gudjonson, Ronaldinio & Messi - 10 mins left.

However takng a defender off may have been a mistake now 2-0 down.

Jen/Snoops

Pls pass this message onto Praz

"Do something!"

He'll understand

thx

Coming to the end of the first break now, and maybe time for a few counts?  I warn you, they may all be between 48 and 52k, with the occasional exception such as Praz or quads-vs-house Guy.  Interesting - the announcer just said, "There's one minute left of the break, and also one minute left to buy in to this event."  So you can buy in up until the first break on the second start day - I wonder if the EPT would do this if they had unlimited space...

Managed to catch up with Gus Hansen and inform him that he had a female fan on blonde (LittleMissC).

"Tell her I said Hiiiiiiiiii," said the Great Dane.

Good luck Praz, decision to go looks good!

Travelling across Europe slightly, we have a former finalist of this event, Rob Hollink, a master of the game on his day.

Patrik Antonius, on his way to the loo in fact, where I'm sure he'll be followed by hoards of adoring female fans.

Those who followed the Monte Carlo updates will recongise the face of winner Gavin Griffin, but perhaps not the hair, which is now pinker than ever.

"That just look ridiculous," adds Jen.

One of the games gentle giants... Erik Seidel.

Over in the other room, where it seems to be a tad darker, we have even more big names in reigning H.O.R.S.E champ Chip Reese and 2003 WSOP Main Event runner-upper, Sammy Farha.

Praz flipped a coin for this, and lost. I think he wanted to go though deep down.

"Best of three!" he decided.

(http://listentome.net/billted3.jpg)

:hello:

What was the starting stack please? :)

Ahhhh melvinned!!!!

I said no such thing!  I had blue hair at one point - all for the experimentation.  (Plus Dana has been trying to get Snoopy to go pink for a while, with limited success.  Gavin Griffin's tone would match his shoes almost exactly).

50,000.  So deep you could swim in it.

Do something pls praz.

Layne 'Back to Back' Flack is also here, currently on 50-55k after passing to a 10k bet from his neighbour pictured below on a 5s 9s Tc 6d board.

50,000

Chip Counts:

Surinder Sunar  51,000
Bill Chen           54,800
Patrik Antonius  50,100
Mark Entwistle  76,175
Scotty Nguyen  50,000
Mike Matusow   62,250
Rob Hollink       49,400
Doyle Brunson   62,000
Mark Teltscher   46,700
Gus Hansen       46,000
Dave Ulliott       34,450
Vinni Vinh         47,700
Bruno Fitoussi    54,200
Thomas Wahlroos  55,250
Humberto Brenes  49,725
Isabelle Mercier   47,350
Michael Greco     24,300
Erik Seidel          34,400
Kathy Liebert     56,700
Freddy Deeb     110,400
Todd Brunson    53,000
Eric Sagstrom     16,000
Mads Andersen   52,075
Johan Storakers  50,100

Boy, the Hit Squad have high demands.

The pink hair is to raise awareness of breast cancer, one of his close friends had it and Gavin changed his hair colour in solidarity

Any news on the Gecko ?

Sorry, no player list as of yet, but on a board of 2-Q-T-7-9, the guy on left called a 14k bet from the chap to his left, taking the pot down with T-7 vs. A-Q.

I really feel like I should know the chap who won the pot, if anyone can name him, please do so.

Dusk Till Dawner Michael Greco hides face but then relents, simultaneously cursing his own early luck ("Every time I have Queens, someone hits a flush or straight, same thing if I have Kings...") and wishing team mate Dave Colclough luck in Manchester.  I was going to put the first photo up as a kind of 'Guess the DTD player' interactive thing, but seeing as the only other one here is Kevin O'Connell I thought it might be too easy.

Word on the grapevine is that recent WPT victor Ted Forrest is an early exit. No hand details though I'm afraid.

Yes, I repeat, slight misquote (see prev. page).

 In Monte Carlo Pokerstars were announcing a kind of match-donate thing on the site where people could transfer money to a made-up account called 'Breast Cancer Awareness' or something.  It was chatted about often on the live commentary feed, and his donating to charity made Gavin an even more popular champ over there.

I hope the Bellagio have been decent enough to provide him with a booster chair and a customised room to suit his lillipu/Land of the Giants/The Borrowers/Honey I Shrunk Gus Hansen-esq requirements.

Michael Mizrachi -- 31,500
Joe Pelton -- 33,500
Carlos Zambrano -- 47,500
John Racener -- 51,000
Mike Gracz -- 54,500
Chad Layne -- 21,500
Jim Parker -- 57,000
Daniel Smith -- 64,000
Edward Moncardo -- 80,000

The Devilfish has found an opponent who's ready to out-chat him in Vinni Vinh.  "You come to the table today, not Devilfish, littlefish."  They clash in one pot while I'm up on stage - Dave says, "Littlefish checks," on a 8s Ks 9h flop.  "Little Vinni bet!" says Vinh, throwing in 1,500, which Dave raises by a further 2,100 with only brief hesitation.
He gets a call and they see the 4d turn.  Devilfish checks, Vinni bets 5,500.  Call.
River:  5d  And it looked like a lightning speed check-Vinnyallin-pass here, which Devilfish was clearly not happy about - to be honest he's usually the one in the inane but entertaining (if you don't have to sit there the whole time) chat driving seat.  "I put you on a big hand," adds Vinni, helpfully, before doing some kind of mini-shadowbox leading me to believe he might be a few crackers short of a barrel. 

Todd Brunson -- 59,000
Sander Foppele -- 11,000
Deepak Chatti -- 44,000
David Oppeheim -- 63,500
Suk Min Sung -- 57,000
Mark Gregorich -- 88,500
Dewey Tomko -- 56,000
Marcello Del Gross -- 40,500
Tae Hann -- 43,500
Allen Kessler -- 35,000

Full player list from Day 1B:

Lance   Allred
Juan Carlos   Alvarado
Rafi   Amit
Mads   Andersen
David   Andrade
Patrik   Antonious
Mickey   Appleman
Jorge   Arias
Louis   Asmo
Joe   Aval
Sirous   Baghchehsaraie
David   Baker
Pramesh   Bansi
Narendra   Banwari
Al   Barbieri
John   Barch
Billy   Baxter
Glenn   Beebe
Joseph   Beevers
Jean Robert   Bellande
David   Benyamine
Paul   Beresford
Ben   Bianco
Nick   Binger
Michael   Binger
Bill   Blanda
Jeffrey   Blenkarn
Lars   Bonding
Farzad   Bonyadi
Matt   Brady
Barry   Bray
Alex   Brenes
Humberto   Brenes
Robert   Bright
Ron   Brown
Franco   Brunetti
Doyle   Brunson
Todd   Brunson
Rocco   Bucci
Shawn   Buchann
Rhett   Butler
Franklin   Caldwell
Victor   Campana
Brandon   Cantu
Joseph   Cappello
Michael   Carson
Joe   Cassidy
Shawn   Chaconas
Johnny   Chan
Joe   Chang
Deepak   Chatti
William   Chen
Jinhing   Chin
Cornal Andrew   Cimpan
Arnold   Compolongo
Kirk   Conrad
Ghislain   Couture
Allen   Cunningham
John   Dagostino
David   Daneshgar
Di   Dang
Ryan   Daut
Edvin   Davoudi
James   Dawick
Freddie   Deeb
Ray   Dehkharghani
Marcello   Del Grosso
Bryan   Devonshire
Darrell   Dicken
Quinn   Do
Tom   Dobrilovic
Nathan   Doudney
Phil   Edler
Daniel   Elizondo
Alan   Engel
Mark   Entwistle
Antonio   Esfandiari
John   Espositio
Luigi   Esposito
Sam   Farha
Peter   Feldman
Jacob   Fernandez
Bill   Ferrand
Gina   Fiore
Bruno   Fitoussi
Layne   Flack
Sander   Foppele
Ted   Forrest
Jason   Fretag
Danny   Fuhs
Lance   Funston
Ryan   Gafford
Bill   Gazes
Chris   Gentile
Chau   Giang
Matt   Giannetti
Fred   Goldberg
Robert   Goldfarb
Colin   Gordon
Thomas   Gosnell
Clonie   Gowen
Mike   Gracz
Joseph   Graziano
Joseph   Grebanier
Michael   Greco
Mark   Gregorich
Gavin   Griffin
Sam   Grizzle
Hassan   Habib
Joe   Hachem
Ronald   Haeri
Danny   Hall
Tae   Han
Tommy   Hang
Jim   Hanna
Gustav   Hansen
Casper Dahl   Hansen
Derek   Harrington
Brian   Haverson
Matt   Hawrilenko
Melissa   Hayden
Tim   Hazlitt
Lonnie   Heimowitz
Daniel   Heinmiller
Hoang   Ho
Ronnie   Hofman
Rob   Hollink
James   Holmes
Stephen   Hooper
Can   Hua
Rodney   Hurlbut
Zach   Hyman
Andros   Ioakimides
Noah   Jefferson
Ian   Johns
Benjamin   Johnson
Edward   Jordan
Harry   Kazazian
Todd   Keikoan
Kevin   Keller
Eric   Kesselman
Allen   Kessler
Connie   Kim
Yoon   Kim
William   Klein
Curt   Kohlberg
Tom   Koral
Eric   Koskas
Mohamad   Kowssarie
Phil   Laak
Chad   Layne
Nam   Le
James   Lee
Mack   Lee
Matt   Leftowitz
Gary   Lent
Toto   Leonidas
Kathy   Liebert
Jaime   Ligator
Bjorn   Lindblom
Ron   Linden
Erick   Lindgren
Jeff   Littlefield
Steve   Lott
Dan   Lowe

Gioi   Luong
Minh   Ly
Flaminio   Malaguti
Gary   Margadonna
Lee   Markholt
Jesse   Martin
Chris   Martin
Lenny   Martin
Mike   Matusow
Chris   Mc Adams
Sean   Mc Cabe
Mike   Mc Clain
Paul   Mccaffrey
Timothy   Mccarthy
Chris   Mccormack
Thomas   Mccormick
Jim   Mcmanus
Nenad   Medic
Abel   Meijberg
Isabelle   Mercier
Gregg   Merkow
Devon   Miller
Michael   Mizrachi
Eric   Mizrachi
Michael   Moed
Edward   Moncado
Chris   Moore
Kirk   Morrison
Carlos   Mortensen
Simon   Moussa
Greg Fbt   Mueller
Lester   Naquin
Peter   Neff
Daniel   Negreanu
Mark   Newhouse
Jess   Newman
Scott   Nguyen
Anh Van   Nguyen
Istvan   Novak
Kevin   O Donnell
Kevin   Oconnell
Raul   Oliveira
David   Oppenheim
Atsushi   Osawa
Christopher   Overgard
Lawrence   Paden
Cliff   Pappas
Jim   Parker
Stuart   Paterson
James   Patton
Joe   Pelton
Louis   Perry
Max   Pescatori
Carmel   Petresco
Thang   Pham
Thien   Phan
John   Phan
Young   Phan
James   Pieczynski
John   Pires
Patrick   Poels
Brian   Potashnik
John   Racener
Mats   Rahmn
Danny   Rakovsky
Steve   Rash
Sam   Rashid
Todd   Rebello
Chip   Reese
David   Rheem
Peter   Rho
James   Rice
Brett   Richey
Kirby   Rogers
Henry   Rondon
Russell   Rosenblum
Philippe   Rouas
Jim   Routos
Erik   Sagstrom
Danilo   Sahione
Begir   Salihu
Kelly   Samson
Alan   Sass
Jack   Schanbacher
Erica   Schoenburg
Thomas   Schreiber
Jeff   Schulman
Huck   Seed
Erik   Seidel
Mark   Seif
John   Shaak
Victor   Shalom
James   Shaw
Amir   Shayesteh
John   Sherrill
Daniel   Shiff
Zvi   Shiff
Nick   Shulman
Mike   Sica
Jordan   Siegal
David   Singer
Harold   Singer
Jan   Sjavik
Pete   Skyllas
Robert   Slezak
Daniel   Smith
Paul   Snead
David   Solomon
Kevin   Song
John   Spadavecchia
Hollis   Stabler
Johan   Storakers
Jason   Strochak
Bob   Stupak
Bobby   Suer
Michael   Sukonik
Bryan   Sumner
Surinder   Sunar
Suk Min   Sung
Emad   Tahtouh
Rodeen   Talebi
Ed   Teems
Mark   Teltscher
Paul   Testud
William   Thorson
Henry Michael   Thuritz
Jennifer   Tilly
Keith   Tilston
Eugene   Todd
Philip   Tom
Dewey   Tomko
Marius   Torbergsen
Alejandro   Tort
Lawrence   Tovar
J C   Tran
Mimi   Tran
Jimmy Ngoc   Tran
Kenny   Tran
Henry   Tran
Marco   Traniello
David   Uliott
Tomas   Umali
Per   Ummer
Amir   Vahedi
Valentino   Valentino
Jani   Vilmunen
Vinny   Vinh
Francis   Vizza
Tommy   Vu
Thomas   Wahlroos
Paul   Wasicka
Lee   Watkinson
Mike   Wattel
Don   Webb
Monte   Weiner
Eric   Weiner
Stan   Weiss
David   Wells
Tom   Werthmann
Jonathan   Westra
Lamar   Wilkinson
Robert   Williamson Ii
Steve   Wong
James   Worth
Nestor   Ygborn
Carlos   Zambrano
Cory   Zeidman
Don   Zewin
Richard   Zipes
Steve   Zolotow

Some updates on jan sjåvik please..

Thanks to my reliable source, Claus Nielsen of Martins Poker who, incidentally, finalled in this event last year, I have learned that Mark Teltscher is OUT at the hands of Gus Hansen.

Gus raised it up pre-flop under-the-gun and Mark flat called along with three others.

Flop = Jc Tc 9d

Gus bet 2,700, Mark made it 7,500 and Gus moved all-in.

Mark called for his last 25k, but his T-9 was no match for Gus' Ks Qs which survived come the raggy Turn and River.

He's right over in the other room, so I'll check up on him in a bit - for now, here is reclining back on his chair, clearly relaxed.

Jack Schanbacher -- 42,000
Noah Jefferson -- 50,000
Joe Hachem -- 49,000
Furzad Bonyadi -- 33,000
Erik Sagstrom -- 6,500
Per Ummer -- 70,500
James Holmes -- 46,500
Johnny Chan -- 50,500
Lars Bonding -- 82,500
Timothy McCarthy -- 57,500

I see Mark 'The Snapper' is there. :D

Table 64

James Rice -- 21,500
?
Jeff Littlefield -- 65,450
Vinny Vinh -- 84,000
Bruno Fitoussi -- 58,500
Hollis Stabler -- 90,500
Mohamad Kowssarie -- 70,000
Christopher Overgard -- 34,000
Don Zewin -- 48,150
Dave Ulliott -- 38,350

Table 59

Matt Gianetti -- 66,500
Thomas Wahlroos -- 51,000
?
Peter Feldman -- 45,300
Humberto Brenes -- 51,250
Connie Kim -- 62,500
Alejandro Tort -- 61,400
Isabelle Mercier -- 45,000
Jim McManus -- 44,700
Matt Hawrilenko -- Not there, presumed OUT

Mack Lee is OUT.

Mark Newhouse made it 800 pre-flop, Mack Lee re-popped it to 3,200 and Mark called.

Raggy Flop, Mack bet 5k, Mark pushed for 25k and Mack called all-in.

Mack is dominating with Queens versus Jacks, but Mark rivers a third Knave.

Ouch!

So, with the break just coming to an end, there'll be no return of the Mack.  ;whistle;

looks like a fantastic field ... sat with Praz for 1st 2 hours at Manchester. I am sure he was playing more LAGGY than usual so he could get to this event. GL Praz - unlucky Karl at the GUKPT ... you were running very well

Greg

Tim Phan i think

Juan Carlos Alvarado -- 48,000
Mark Newhouse -- 96,000
Marco Traniello -- 44,000
Mack Lee -- out
Edvin Davoudi -- 56,000
James Lee -- 50,500
Freddie Deeb -- 104,500
Emad Thatouh -- 41,500
Michael Moed -- 33,500
Allen Cunningham -- 51,000

Hey guys! Updates are as great as ever!

Can you give us Dutchies some updates on Abel Meijberg (EPT Baden FTist), Steve Wong (WSOP side event FT and well known WPT player) and Sander Foppele (Dutch soap-actor, can you confirm this, he was seated next to Todd Brunson). I have no idea what the table seatings are. :dontask:

Keep up the good work!

Thx Greg, absolutely nothing to work with on day 2...can only get so far if the deck isn't co-operating ;o)

Any Bansi related updates Jen/Snoops?

I recognise him from last year's World Series - that is his name - he was one of the big stacks at some point attracting a lot of press attention, including us.  He seemed a very capable player indeed, and even in a field like this stands a good chance, in my opinion.

He was the bloke with pocket tens vs Andy blacks AQ flopped a set only to lose to runner runner queens. i think gutshot interviewed him a million times during it

Phillip Tom -- 36,500
John Sherrill -- 53,000
Brett Richey -- 46,500
Jim Hanna -- 74,500
Mads Andersen -- 50,000
Paul Wasicka -- 60,000
Mike McClain -- 26,500
Johan Storakers -- 59,000

Tae Han is OUT.

Board = 8h 3s Kd 7c

Allen Kessler bets 1.4k, Tae Han makes it 11.4k and Kessler calls.

River = 7d

Han announces all-in with Aces, Kessler calls instantly with Eights.

Sander is definitely sitting next to Todd Brunson. He's also got Dewey Tomko on the table.

However, and unfortunately for Dutch fans, Sander's only got 10,325 in chips.

Zach Hyman -- 71,000
Ghislain Coutine -- 23,500
Colin Gordon -- 49,500
Mike Matusow -- 85,000
Gina Fiore -- 73,500
? -- 27,000
Rob Hollink -- 50,500
Tom Werthmann -- 57,500
Bryan Sumner -- 67,500
Roll Linden -- 54,500

Sorry, been a while, but his table (and another 5) in another area of this monster of a casino... he gave me a count - 75,025 and went back to regarding the table with a mixture of detachment and amusement which is so characteristic.  One of my favourite players - lets add him to my picks from today (surely it resets, right? Three per start day?  The press always get money on this eventually)

Jan Sjåvik (pictured)
Tim Phan...

                                                     ....and Praz Bansi

Doyle Brunson -- 57,000
Erick Lindgren -- 64,500
Jaime Ligator -- 53,500
Kelly Samson -- 32,000
Toto Leonidas -- 36,000
David Baker -- 114,000
Gus Hansen -- 75,500
Brian Havesen -- 45,000
Lee Watkinson -- 28,000
James Patton -- 57,500

Joe Pelton is OUT.

With the blinds at just 100 and 200 with a running ante of 25, he inexplicably (well, in my humble opinion) moved all-in for 20k plus with Ac Qs.

A quick call from Seat 7 with Ad Kh, the 8h Jd Kc brought four extra outs, but to no avail, the Turn coming 3c, River 9c.

Warning: Off topic!!

Jen/Snoopy: Will any of you come to Gothenburg next week to update on the Norwegian championship? (In Sweden, I know...) It's called "Spring Week Poker" for some reason. It's a $500 PL Omaha and $500 Limit Hold'em as side events and a $1000 NL Hold'em as Main Event.

See you there?

:-)

ty, you always deliver..

Joining Sander Foppele, Todd Brunson and Dewey Tomko is this man, Antonio Esfandiari, who brought his circa 70k stack all the way from the other cardroom.

"So, who's been winning all the money then?" ask the magician.

Could be a fun table to watch!

After a slow start which saw him drop as low as 16k, Michael ''Don't Call Me Beppe' Greco is back up to 45k after "outplaying Erik Seidel".

With Pocket Nines, Michael bet every street of a 6-2-2-9-x board and was paid off each time.

As for Praz - "I'm on tilt," he announces.  I check his stack for signs of smallness.  No, he's still on 106,325 exactly, and looking fairly relaxed.  "My ipod's not working," he continues, "You missed me bluff off a lot.  And then win a pot."  Not life-threatening, then, and anyway, he looks to be enjoying himself immensely.  Plus, "I'm Daniel's doctor," he adds, pointing at Negreanu (also pictured).  "He can't beat me in a pot."  Praz gives a brief, wide, wicked grin and continues to play, pausing only to commiserate with Karl across the pond.

For him to be able to work out how to book his own flight etc is a big enough achievement. One step at a time, i'll teach you how to work an ipod some other time...

Many thanks - here's Abel Meijberg from Room Two.  He has 31,325 and what looks like the world's least exciting chocolate bar in front of him.  Some kind of Special K thing in the most boring packaging imaginable.  Someone get him a Mars Bar or some Reese's Peanut Butter Cups or something fun, for goodness' sake.

Thanks for the updates! Quick question, can we post the Dutchie pictures of Abel and Sander in the forum over @ Pokerinfo.nl? We will credit you guys for it off course! I already put some links to your site up there.

hiya snoops...

please pass my best on to da boys....Stu 'the cunning' Fox... Pete  Haslam and Praz  (if they are still in that is, and a chip counts would be very nice).

Former WPT winner Mike Gracz is struggling with just 26k, recently folding to a 11k bet into a 12k bet from neighbour Carlos Zamborano, the board reading 4s 8s 7s 3d Qd.

Stu and Pete played yesterday m8 and are probably spending the day recovering from a night at the local strip club.

ah of course... sorry , couple of days spent in manchester has fryed my brain, must have been all that lovely food at the buffet. :)

Plus, always on the lookout for stacks topping 100k, on Abel's left is sat Bill Ferrand, with 112k or so.  I noticed his stack because of his card protector, a little tortoise (pictured below) which came into view when he moved his arm (exciting action shots of this also below).  He was eager to remove any false suppositions of mine that he might be some kind of professional gambler, handing me a business card and saying, "I am a biologist first, poker player as a hobby!"  Unusual to see this combination of interests, however, saving and studying of species and playing poker for huge buy-ins. 

There was a brief debate on the table of doom (currently holding Hansen, Haversen, Brunson, Watkinson & Toto L), after Doyle had bet 700 only for the bet to be ruled as 200 because his 500 chip dropped before the line.

Erick Lingren's call, was them deemed a re-raise and, after the ruling was confirmed by the tournament director, Doyle opted to pass, although he did briefly ask, "Can I re-raise?"

"It's pretty obvious what he was doing," commented the Great Dane.

Sure, a name-check good enough for us... thanks for asking first, though :)

15 minute break, currently.

"This is real poker," exclaims 'The Mouth' Matusow to the rest of the table. "We play the people here, not the cards."

And the reason for the ants in pants moment? Well, with the board reading 2h 5d Ts 8s, Bryan Sumner had bet 15k only for Matusow to ask that oft dreaded question, "How much do you have left". On answering around 20k, Mike quickly replied, "Okay, I'm all-in" to which Sumner instantly folded.

Mike showed the 7h, and then, after a moment, the 5h, which was the calm before the storm in the Matusow celebatory speech.

The players are now on a short 15 minute break.

Thanks for that Jen! Here's a little linkie so you check the thread out: http://www.pokerinfo.nl/Topic659480-626-1.aspx#bm659490 (http://www.pokerinfo.nl/Topic659480-626-1.aspx#bm659490). Be ready for a Dutch invasion guys ;) Time for me to go to bed now, keep up the good work!

Also still over there, the European duo of David Benyamine and Paul Testud, both looking like someone's just told them "Act natural!"

Well, he asked, "What's all this about me being popular online?" or words to that effect...so I made the international sign of the big head, where you place both hands either side of the head and slowly move them apart.  And then took his photo, thereby giving a mixed message of sorts. 

Michael Mizrachi is OUT. Replacing him at Table Beevers is William Thorsson.

Bryan Sumner has also left us.

Hello there -

To be honest, it slipped my planning stage somewhere in the last five updates - we were originally planning to go to the Paris WPT event but it looks like that may be iffy... everything apart from this here WPT Final Update until the WSOP is going to be a last minute plan for one reason or another, so no for now, but you never know about the last minute adventuring spirit.  It was lots of fun last year.

Michael Mizrachi -- out
Joe Pelton -- out
Carlos Zambrano -- 102,000
John Racener -- 87,500
Mike Gracz -- 46,500
Chad Layne -- 12,500
William Thorsson -- 60,000
Joe Beevers -- 45,000
Edward Moncardo -- 98,000
Joe Hacehm -- 54,500
Johnny Chan -- 42,500
Lars Bonding -- 85,000
Timothy McCarthy -- 52,000
Jack Schanbacher -- 62,500
Noah Jefferson -- 54,000
Per Ummer -- 80,000
Mike McClain -- 41,500
Brett Richey -- 58,500
Mads Andersen -- 26,000
Rhett Butler -- 31,000
Johan Storakers -- 73,500
Paul Wasicka -- 128,000
Jennifer Tilley -- 35,500
Michael Binger -- 39,000
Roll Linden -- 40,500
Bryan Sumner -- out
Tom Werthmann -- 89,000
Gina Fiore -- 11,000
Colin Gordon -- 83,500
Mickey Appelman -- 41,000
Surinder Sunar -- 61,000
Patrik Antonius -- 81,000
William Chen -- 35,500
Jeff Shulman -- 50,000
John Pham -- 44,000
Lee Markholt -- 71,500
Scotty Nguyen -- 59,000
Bob Slezak -- 50,500
David Danshegar -- 32,500
Mike Matusow -- 125,500

Between Vegas, Manchester and a certain Blondite doing well elsewhere, I don't know where to look?

Erik Seidel is OUT.

Moved his shortstack of 3,500 all-in with Pocket Sixes but was called by a limper's A-9.

Bullet hit.

And two levels on, going back to the Devilfish table, it's like I never left - Vinny Vinh is still talking, "You not Devilfish any more.  You're little fish.  I didn't say you played wrong just there, know what I'm saying?"
Devilfish, despite having risen in chips to 63,225 looks wearier than ever.
"You don't get mad?  What I'm saying?" asks Vinh.
"I'm getting a headache," replies the Devilfish, displaying the 'devil' half of his gold man-jewellery (see picture).
"You wanna go outside?" offers Vinny, in a non-confrontational 'a breath of air would do you good' sort of way.  The Devilfish declines, but gets up the next hand for a little break, cause he wanted to, you understand.

Sam Grizzle -- 8,000
Todd Bunson -- 11,000
Erik Seidel -- out
Sander Foppele -- 29,500
Deepak Chatti -- 51,500
David Oppeheim -- 53,00
Suk Min Sung -- 87,500
Antonio Esfandiari -- 52,500
Allen Kessler -- 57,500
Freddie Deeb -- 75,500
Allen Cunningham -- 56,500
Emad Tahtouh -- 86,000
Mark Traniello -- 12,000
Juan Carlos Alvardo -- 103,000
Mark Newhouse -- 59,500
Bill Gazes -- 61,000
Huck Seed -- 18,500
Mark Seif -- 54,000
Minh Ly -- 54,500
Amir Vahedi -- 59,500
John D'Agostino -- 66,500
Carlos Mortensen -- 122,500
Gavin Griffin -- 100,000
Layne Flack -- 59,000
Lawrence Tovar -- 83,500
Quinn Do -- 37,000

Other counts from table Fish and Table Mercier:

James Rice    10,500
Jeff Littlefield  57,000
Vinny Vinh     95,000
Bruno Fitoussi  50,500
Hollis Stabler    89,700
Mohamad Kowssarie  78,000
Christopher Overgard   8,275
Don Zewin        68,400
Thomas Wahlroos  49,000
Humberto Brenes  51,300
Connie Kim        22,325
Isabelle Mercier   90,000
Jim McManus      56,200

Elsewhere, Michael Greco (50,700) is still hanging on the Manchester final.  "Go on Dave!" he says every time I pass...

Empty seat next to Carlos Mortensen means Phil Laak has gone.

Bad news for hoodie fans.

Updates on Jan Sjåvik please.

Joe Beevers, in relaxed Full Tilt grey... on about 35k.  He has some of the darkest-tinted sunglasses I've seen in the poker world, must have eyes like a hawk. 

Snoopy's just gone to Room Two to investigate this...and terrible rumours spread by Karl about Praz having lost to a sick one...

I have given up trying to get a photo of Mike Matusow when he's not moving around or talking.  In fact, I kind of like this one, gives the right impression of his table presence...pictured next to the much more static Gina Fiore.

Praz Bansi is NOT out. Far from it in fact as he's running strong with 125,000.

He did say that his phone was dead, which is why he might be ignoring fellow Hit Squad members (I think I stopped a family feud there).

Not much action of late from Praz, although he did mention losing a chunky(ish) pot to Negreanu with J-9 vs. A-Q on a J-9-4 Flop. I think he mumbled something about runner runner flush.

Still in the 'other' (and annoyingly far away) room is Sammy Farha, David Benyamine and Paul Testud, all doing exceedingly well with 140,000, 133,000 and 83,000 respectively.

Praz's phone is dead and his Ipod is knackered? Hopeless!!  Thankfull for small mercies he has chips, now dont go and lose those!

After a short 15 minutes break, the players have returned for what I believe is the last level of the day, and then it's buffet time. Woohoo.  ;sark;

And what did snoopy find out??

That Bellagio buffet is something else isnt it, you thin guys dont get the real value that us fatlads get. ;all-in;

Consolation for the hoodie fans...  Here are my top Eight still in the competition, first the four runners up 2d - (side quiz, if anyone still awake back home - how many can you name?)

DC wins, DC wins, DC wins, DC wins

And the top four, winner at the bottom...

"You fold and it'll be all over, baby" Nope, hold on... "You raise and it's..." No, that's not it. Oh forget it, Scotty's got 66,500... babies.

Apoligies for the dark photos, it's due to a ban on flash photography. If anyone knows of a simple way to lighten them up, then please let me know. ta

Sweden's Nester Ygborn is low, but surviving, his last move being an uncontested all-in from the small blind for 10-15k.

Kevin O'Connell (39.5k) and Chip Reese (90k)

Several tables down is fellow Dusk Till Dawner, Michael Greco, who, although earlier said he'd be happy to end the day with 30 or 40k when he'd dropped down to 16k, actually doesn't seem too happy now that he has 41k. Guess that's poker.

The action has slowed down slightly, as you might expect for the end of the day, so I doubt there will be a flurry of exits in this last level. I did notice that Layne Flack's seat is empty, which either means he's popped to the local strip bar or is actually OUT (or probably both).

It's not bad, but I'd say the one at the Rio is the true fatties' heaven.

Counts from the Cash Room:

Jan Sjåvik    65,500
Erica Schoenberg  71,700
Daniel Negreanu  70,000
Paul Testud    80,400
Robert Williamson III  36k
Praz Bansi       128,425 exactly

But overtaking fairly solidly:
David Benyamine  140k+
Sam Farha      150k+

In this room anyhow, it looks as though these chaps are you current chippy leaders:

John Racener -- 190,500
Ronald Haeri -- 158,500
Carlos Mortensen -- 136,000
Paul Wasicka -- 130,000
Freddie Deeb -- 123,500
David Baker -- 119,000

Hmm, working from a Mac I'm afraid. I'm sure there's a way.

Edward Moncardo is OUT, his all-in with Tens on a board of Qc-5s-Qs-Js being called by trip fives. Academic 7h on the River.

Double up for Joe Beevers: 

Saw the Hendon Mobster involved in a pot on the turn, with the board 3h Qc Kh Ac (I think in that order).  There was then an immensely long, tense period of dwelling, during which Joe and the player opposite him chip riffled and stared like their lives depended on it.  I thought they were heads up and this was on of those two-cats-swishing-tails-on-a-fence situations, but then to my surprise a player in the middle whose cards I hadn't noticed passed to the 4k bet, which was called out of position by John Racener (Hoody winner, I think, unless a new player snuck in early).
The river came the Tc - Joe looked pretty short after the betting up until this point, and his opponent bet out 16k which effectively suggested he pass or go all in.  It was the latter, and his Aspades Ks were good, the Ahrt being shown for what was in all probability a dangerous pair+nutdraw combination which missed the river.

Here's a brighter picture of John Racener, who looks like ending the day as chip leader.

Here's Per Ummer, steadily progressing chipwise, now on 86,200.  The only place I've ever come across the shade of orange his jumper boasts is in the Irn Bru candy bar.  I couldn't find a picture of what they look like unwrapped, but it's just like Per Ummer's jumper.

Jesus it's 4:20 am and after looking at that jumper I don't think i'll be sleeping anytime soon!

OK it's set number of hands, then bag'n'tag time...we're going to leg it to get to the buffet queue quickly, but a couple more things first...

Thanks to Pauly for bringing over this Praz hand... where Negreanu finally gets one back :)

Praz button raises to 1,600...Negreanu calls.
Flop:  Th Qh 2h check-check
Turn:  2d  Negreanu  bets 2,000 and Praz calls.
River:  8s  Negreanu bets 7,500 and Praz gives it up...he's shown the Ac Aspades.

As yesterday, there has been a draw for how many hands they're going to play, and the result was "Last three hands!"

At this point, we're going to rush off to the buffer because (1) we're famished and (2) we want to get there before all the players form the world's longest queue.

See you tomorrow for what should be a gripping Day 2 with plenty of big names still left in, not to mention a handful of Brits.

Be sure you join us, we'll do our very best to get the chip counts up before kick off.

Toodle pip

 ;stickaforkinme;

 ;applause; Thx 4 the updates, good readin as always  ;applause;

lovely start to my morning,thank you snoopy.unfortunatly i cant be there to root him on today,im sure he will be devastated.

great updates - keep em coming!