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Hi folks and welcome to Day 2 of this year's Pokerstars.com EPT. I'm totally whacked at the moment so will be hopefully be tucked up in bed sharpish. However, before I scamper off back to our hotel, amusingly named Tara Towers, let me leave you with the start of day chip counts and remind you of the 2pm start time.

Until tomorrow, toodle pip

 Ludovic Lacay    France    85,225
 Liam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=638) Flood (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=638)    Ireland    75,750
 Tronde Eidsvig    Norway    70,475
 Mike Mcdonald    Canada    67,250
 Philip Hardy    Ireland    62,600
 Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) Colclough (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95)    Wales    59,350
 Michael (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=937) Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=937)    USA    57,950
 Mark Roland    USA    56,625
 Phidias Georgiou    Cyprus    55,475
 Barry McGrath    Ireland    54,625
 Simon  Munoz    Spain    54,200
 Kristian Kjøndal    Norway    53,150
 Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) Cox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171)    England    48,250
 Jacques Zaicik    France    48,225
 Raymi Sanchez Thörn    Sweden    46,875
 Arshad Hussain    UK    46,425
 Runar (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1181) Runarsson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1181)    Iceland    46,400
 Andrew Black    Ireland    45,675
 Simon Christensson    Sweden    45,000
 Jose Luis Picazo Collado    Spain    44,650
 Guillaume  de la Gorce    France    43,600
 Christoffer Egemo Hansen    Denmark    43,050
 Thor  Hansen    Norway    42,900
 Kevin Vreeswijk    Dutch    42,725
 Marcel Baran    Germany    40,150
 Henric Stråth    Sweden    39,000
 Csaba Malnai    Hungary    37,250
 Johnny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=606) Lodden (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=606)    Norway    37,225
 Casper Hansen    Denmark    37,150
 Johannes Steindl    Austria    36,500
 Adrian Koy    Germany    35,850
 Justin Francis    US    35,750
 Andrew Grimason    Ireland    35,400
 Sebastian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=739) Ruthenberg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=739)    Germany    35,175
 Tommi Lindfors    Finland    35,000
 Annette  Obrestad    Norway    34,925
 Oran Holt    Norway    33,450
 Josh Gould    UK    32,025
 Bart Wetstein    Holland    31,550
 Andreas Hagan    Norway    31,150
 Kenneth Hicks Jr.    USA    30,950
 Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) Cascarino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772)    Ireland    30,600
 Aleksandr Arutjonov    Estonia    30,150
 Luca (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=995) Pagano (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=995)    Italy    27,975
 Noah (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677) Boeken (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677)    Holland    27,825
 Daniel Ryan    USA    27,550
 Surinder (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422) Sunar (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=422)    UK    27,250
 Michael Durrer    Germany    27,225
 Vinh Nguyen    Vietnam    26,950
 Carl Hostrup    Dan    26,850
 Brandon Schaefer    USA    26,725
 Stig Top-Rasmussen    Denmark    26,300
 Andreas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467) Hoivold (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467)    Norway    25,800
 Paddy Mccloskey    Ireland    25,550
 Albert Smith    USA    25,200
 Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=655) Wendt (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=655)    Denmark    25,125
 Chuc Hoang    France    24,625
 Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176) Woodley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176)    UK    24,550
 Raul Mestre Lleida    Spain    24,425
 Jonothon Butters    UK    24,375
 Ziad Kaady    US    24,100
 Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1112) Cryan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1112)    Ireland    22,700
 Jan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=919) Veit (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=919)    Germany    22,575
 Sami Kalopuro    Finland    22,325
 Chris Bush    Canada    22,225
 Carlo Gabriele    UK    21,675
 Roman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=728) Yitzhaki (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=728)    USA    21,525
 Anders Pettersson    Sweden    20,725
 Lars-Ola Svensson    Sweden    20,375
 Anthony Roux    France    19,975
 Alan Trueick    N. Ireland    19,275
 Christopher Hamman    USA    18,875
 Florian Langmann    Germany    18,725
 Hans (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=915) Eskilsson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=915)    Sweden    18,550
 Mark Segal    UK    18,500
 Mika Paasonen    Finland    18,450
 Gijsbertus Spijkers    Holland    18,450
 George (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1211) McKeever (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1211)    UK    18,325
 Juha (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=619) Helppi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=619)    Finland    18,100
 Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=863) Testud (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=863)    France    17,750
 Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=325) Gourlay (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=325)    UK    17,700
 Reijo Manninen    Finland    17,525
 Len (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=971) Collin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=971)    Ireland    17,275
 Arnaud (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1011) Mattern (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1011)    France    16,900
 Jonas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=613) Molander (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=613)    Sweden    16,850
 Chris (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=72) Smith (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=72)    England    16,625
 Paul O'Hehir    Ireland    16,375
 Michael Hogbom    Sweden    16,100
 Michiel Brummelhuis    Holland    15,700
 Katja (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=624) Thater (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=624)    Germany    15,650
 Gustaf  Jonasson    Sweden    15,200
 Johan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=604) Storakers (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=604)    Sweden    15,050
 Terry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=425) Cook (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=425)    UK    14,625
 Thierry Van Den Berg    Holland    14,250
 Daan Ruiter    Holland    14,125
 Terje Augdal    Norway    13,925
 Antonio Lemos    Portugal    13,800
 Ben  Grundy    England    13,750
 Robert Glavin    Ireland    13,650
 Lino Cunha    Portugal    13,550
 Nicolas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) Levi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675)    France    13,350
 Patrick O'Connor    Ireland    12,200
 Ramzi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=714) Jelassi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=714)    Sweden    12,075
 Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367) Ashby (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367)    England    12,000
 Lars Sjölin    Sweden    11,625
 John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608) Conroy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608)    Ireland    11,525
 Paul Leckey    Ireland    11,225
 Reuben Peters    USA    11,050
 Antoon Kleynen    Holland    10,950
 Alexander Fitzgerald    USA    10,800
 Mathieu Gallienne    France    10,750
 Martin Rask    Denmark    10,175
 Alan Smurfitt    Ireland    10,125
 Christian Taepper    Germany    9,925
 Sean Donaldson    Ireland    9,825
 Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=269) Green (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=269)    UK    9,500
 Jean-claude Perrot    France    9,475
 Davide Calabro    Italy    8,125
 Patric Fredriksson    Sweden    5,850
 Jan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=591) Sjavik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=591)    Norway    5,450
 Mark Bointon    UK    5,150
 Seth Blackman    USA    5,000

1st

good luck mr.Colclough...im at work all day so wont be ableto catch up till later tonight.

Aye good luck DC, cheers for the updates :)

Right my top picks to make final table are!

Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) Colclough (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95)
Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) Cox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171)
Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) Hussain (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38)
Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) Cascarino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772)
Johnny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=606) Lodden (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=606)
Annette (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902) Obrestad (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902)
Andy Black
Noah (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677) Boeken (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677)

Good afternoon folks and welcome to Day 2 of the Pokerstars.com EPT Dublin.  A total of 122 players have made it through to Day 2, 48 from Day1a & 74 from Day1b.  Please join in with us today and request away, so myself and Snoops don't just randomly stare at players and their chips (maybe with chip envy).

Here is the official seat draw for today:

 Jean-claude   Perrot   France   9475   1   1
 Raul Mestre   Lleida   Spain   24425   1   2
 Simon   Christensson   Sweden   45000   1   3
 Csaba   Malnai   Hungary   37250   1   4
 Andreas   Hagan   Norway   31150   1   5
 Davide   Calabro   Italy   8125   1   6
 Jonas   Molander   Sweden   16850   1   7
 Albert   Smith   USA   25200   1   8
 Terry   Cook   UK   14625   2   1
 Chuc   Hoang   France   24625   2   2
 Barry   McGrath   Ireland   54625   2   3
 Anthony   Roux   France   19975   2   4
 Chris   Bush   Canada   22225   2   5
 Anders   Pettersson   Sweden   20725   2   6
 Paul   Leckey   Ireland   11225   2   7
 Josh   Gould   UK   32025   2   8
 Antonio   Lemos   Portugal   13800   3   1
 Christopher   Hamman   USA   18875   3   2
 Raymi Sanchez   Thörn   Sweden   46875   3   3
 Patric   Fredriksson   Sweden   5850   3   4
 Lino   Cunha   Portugal   13550   3   5
 Tronde   Eidsvig   Norway   70475   3   6
 Phidias   Georgiou   Cyprus   55475   3   7
 Paul   Testud   France   17750   3   8
 Liam   Flood   Ireland   75750   4   1
 Daan   Ruiter   Holland   14125   4   2
 Johannes   Steindl   Austria   36500   4   3
 Antoon   Kleynen   Holland   10950   4   4
 Jacques   Zaicik   France   48225   4   5
 Casper   Hansen   Denmark   37150   4   6
 Ludovic   Lacay   France   85225   4   7
 John   Conroy   Ireland   11525   4   8
 Daniel   Ryan   USA   27550   5   1
 Paul   Cryan   Ireland   22700   5   2
 Jan   Veit   Germany   22575   5   3
 Roman   Yitzhaki   USA   21525   5   4
 Mika   Paasonen   Finland   18450   5   5
 Martin   Green   UK   9500   5   6
 Mark   Roland   USA   56625   5   7
 Johan   Storakers   Sweden   15050   5   8
 Michael   Martin   USA   57950   6   1
 Juha   Helppi   Finland   18100   6   2
 Alexander   Fitzgerald   USA   10800   6   3
 Thor    Hansen   Norway   42900   6   4
 Michiel   Brummelhuis   Holland   15700   6   5
 Mark   Bointon   UK   5150   6   6
 Jonothon   Butters   UK   24375   6   7
 Guillaume    de la Gorce   France   43600   6   8
 Noah   Boeken   Holland   27825   7   1
 Michael   Durrer   Germany   27225   7   2
 Michael   Hogbom   Sweden   16100   7   3
 Lars-Ola   Svensson   Sweden   20375   7   4
 Mark   Segal   UK   18500   7   5
 Martin   Wendt   Denmark   25125   7   6
 Richard   Ashby   England   12000   7   7
 Annette    Obrestad   Norway   34925   7   8
 Terje   Augdal   Norway   13925   8   1
 Adrian   Koy   Germany   35850   8   2
 Ben    Grundy   England   13750   8   3
 Chris   Smith   England   16625   8   4
 Thierry   Van Den Berg   Holland   14250   8   5
 Henric   Stråth   Sweden   39000   8   6
 Aleksandr   Arutjonov   Estonia   30150   8   7
 Nicolas   Levi   France   13350   8   8
 Ramzi   Jelassi   Sweden   12075   9   1
 Justin   Francis   US   35750   9   2
 Reijo   Manninen   Finland   17525   9   3
 Tony   Cascarino   Ireland   30600   9   4
 Philip   Hardy   Ireland   62600   9   5
 Ian   Cox   England   48250   9   6
 Surinder   Sunar   UK   27250   9   7
 Christoffer Egemo   Hansen   Denmark   43050   9   8
 Arnaud   Mattern   France   16900   10   1
 Carl   Hostrup   Dan   26850   10   2
 Seth   Blackman   USA   5000   10   3
 Paddy   Mccloskey   Ireland   25550   10   4
 Marcel   Baran   Germany   40150   10   5
 Len   Collin   Ireland   17275   10   6
 Andreas   Hoivold   Norway   25800   10   7
 Jan   Sjavik   Norway   5450   10   8
 Alan   Trueick   N. Ireland   19275   11   1
 Stig   Top-Rasmussen   Denmark   26300   11   2
 Gustaf    Jonasson   Sweden   15200   11   3
 Andrew   Black   Ireland   45675   11   4
 Reuben   Peters   USA   11050   11   5
 Ian   Woodley   UK   24550   11   6
 Lars   Sjölin   Sweden   11625   11   7
 Ziad   Kaady   US   24100   12   1
 Brandon   Schaefer   USA   26725   12   2
 Johnny   Lodden   Norway   37225   12   3
 Luca   Pagano   Italy   27975   12   4
 Alan   Smurfitt   Ireland   10125   12   5
 Patrick   O'Connor   Ireland   12200   12   6
 Robert   Glavin   Ireland   13650   12   7
 Christian   Taepper   Germany   9925   13   1
 Gijsbertus   Spijkers   Holland   18450   13   2
 Vinh   Nguyen   Vietnam   26950   13   3
 Kenneth   Hicks Jr.   USA   30950   13   4
 Simon    Munoz   Spain   54200   13   5
 Runar   Runarsson   Iceland   46400   13   6
Florian   Langmann   Germany   18725   13   7
 Hans   Eskilsson   Sweden   18550   14   1
 Paul   Gourlay   UK   17700   14   2
 Arshad   Hussain   UK   46425   14   3
 Mathieu   Gallienne   France   10750   14   4
 Paul   O'Hehir   Ireland   16375   14   5
 Andrew   Grimason   Ireland   35400   14   6
 Kevin   Vreeswijk   Dutch   42725   14   7
 Kristian   Kjøndal   Norway   53150   15   1
 Bart   Wetstein   Holland   31550   15   2
 Carlo   Gabriele   UK   21675   15   3
 Jose Luis Picazo   Collado   Spain   44650   15   4
 George   Mckeever   UK   18325   15   5
 Katja   Thater   Germany   15650   15   6
 Sebastian   Ruthenberg   Germany   35175   15   7
 Sean   Donaldson   Ireland   9825   16   1
 Martin   Rask   Denmark   10175   16   2
 Oran   Holt   Norway   33450   16   3
 Tommi   Lindfors   Finland   35000   16   4
 Sami   Kalopuro   Finland   22325   16   5
 Dave   Colclough   Wales   59350   16   6
 Mike   Mcdonald   Canada   67250   16   7

Please note the guy in bold above:

Runar   Runarsson

 ;D rotflmfao ;D

His name has caused much hilarity in the press room bless him.  The guy was made to play poker, and indeed had great success early this year coming second in the Grand Prix de Paris winning 224,480 euros.

Howdy Ho, good people of blonde, and welcome to what should be a sizzling day of poker fun and frolics. The big news in the press room - well, for them anyhow - is that blondeite running buddies Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=325) Gourlay (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=325) and Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) Hussain (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) are seated next door to each other. Bamboozled by what was a random draw, the two Northerners try to work out the odds on this occurring, and I think they came up with 45 to 1 in the end. I'm not sure how accurate that ratio is though.

In other news, Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) Colclough (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) will be keen to impress this week and prove his worth with any potential sponsors. He's running very well at the moment and is in with a great shout, but he may also consider accruing a secretary to organise his poker activities as we received a text earlier this morning requesting time of kick-off. The temptation to give an incorrect time was overwhelming.

Speaking of the old guard, how the heck did Liam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=638) Flood (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=638) go from shortstack to second in chips at the speed of a fart? Ireland's Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=670) Lacey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=670) didn't seem too surprised, simply adding, "That's Liam". Maybe there's life in the ol dog yet...

Finally, many thanks to Danny McHugh and the rest of the Mayo Mob for donning the blondepoker logo. It's very much appreciated and we hope to see you guys further down the line, perhaps at the Irish Poker Open next year.

Could you please keep us posted on how Mike "Timex" McDonald is doing?
Thanks.

Sure, no problem. I'll pass on your best wishes too, although I'm not sure he needs it at the moment, he seems to be doing swimmingly.

Would be grand if you could keep an eye on

Nicolas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) Levi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675)
&
Arnaud (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1011) Mattern (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1011)

both on failry short stacks (15/17 ish), but I'm confident :)

Thanks a lot

Thomas Kremser has announced those mortal poker words and we have action (at some point soon I'm sure).  The structure of today is that we shall either play down to the money, which is 24, or to 8 levels whichever comes first.

I whipped out the blonde camera and demanded I get TheReader23's boys all together for a group hug.
From left to right:  Michael Martin, Roman Yitzhaki, Chris Bush & Brandon Schaefer

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No problem, I'll shall hover around them lke the grim reaper.

great  job  guys   let us  know  how  josh  gould  going

Thanksies

The moment I located Arnaud Mattern, I witness a much blessed double up.  I arrived with all the chips in the middle and Arnaud holding AJ & Marcel Baran holding AQ.  The glorious board for Arnaud came out:

 Ac Js Th 9s 2d

To give Arnaud a stack of about 38,000 early doors.

I'm afraid the last time I looked, Mike was yet to take his seat, which, incidentally, is next to top European pro, Dave Colclough (pictured below).

Still, if you're not at the table, at least you can't be eliminated, which is what has happened to flying Fin Juha Helppi, last spotted hanging around the foray chatting on his mobile phone.

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That's what I'm talking about! 

The blinds start today at 300/600.

Just as I watched Mattern double up, I swung around and directly behind me was Ian Cox announcing "I call!"  Mateyboy went all in for about 30,000 on a flop of:

 7c Jd 8c

Mateyboy  Th Ts
Ian Cox   Kc Kh

the next two cards were harmless enough for Ian and he adds to his stack for a total circa 80,000.

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Uncharacteristically for EPTs, and this is possibly a credit to either the structure or the 15k starting stack, we haven't witnessed the usual flurry of exits that seem to occur during the first level of Day 2s. What we have seen, however, are some mighty big pots and some seemingly brave all-ins. One of those was from Andrew Grimason, who, facing a bet of 10,450 on a Ks 7h 3h Flop, was forced into the think tank by table neighbour Kevin Vreeswijk. Puffing his cheeks out and casually listening to his ipod, Kevin turned to his opponent and looked him straight in the eyes, but it would appear that this confidence was a mere facade as Grimason opted to move all-in before adopting a rigid hands on chin posture.

Kevin quickly folded, leaving Andrew to breath out a deep sigh of relief and thank the Heavens for the fold, although, of course, this could have been a cover up for a bigger hand.

"Show us the bluff!" commanded Paul Gourlay.

I think from the pictures and the expression on their faces you can tell who's who.

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American Brandon Schaefer is also heading in the right direction. He was all-in on a Ks Jh Jd 6s 9h board, leaving the unusually named Ziad Kaady (where does that name originate from?!) with what appeared to be a tricky decision. He did eventually fold, but it was a nice pot and one that Brandon was in desperate need of.

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Nicolas Levi is OUT, he found himself down to 10,000 and in the big blind facing a raise to 1,600 from Dutchman Van Der Berg. Levi made the call and saw a flop

 Ahrt 5d 3c  check, check

Turn  3h  Thierry bet 2,200, Levi made the call "thought he was at it" said Levi.

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Levi put in his remaing chips to try and take the pot with a missed flush but Thierry held  Aspades Tc for the full house!


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Florian Langmann who made the final this year at EPT London is also OUT.  His chips going in the direction of Cypriot Phidias Georgiou who also went very deep in the London leg of this tour.

As Daniel Ryan is spotted exiting stage left, Ian Woodley also catches my eye. The mouthy Londoner isn't someone who wouldn't normally go unnoticed, but I must confess to forgetting he even existed in the comp. "Oh that's great that is," he moans. "I'll try and make your job easier than, shall I, and get myself knocked out."

On a more serious note, Woodley continued, "I haven't seen much in the way of hands, so am below my starting stack for today. Just took the blinds once, that was it."

Rumour has it that John Conroy has bitted the dust courtesy of fellow Irishman Andy Black, although this will need to be confirmed.

We can now confirm that Mike McDonald has now taken his seat, but has yet to really see a change in his chip stack. If anything, he's dipped down slightly, his call of Dave Colclough's 2k pre-flop raise leading to a fold from both players when Spaniard Jose Luis Picazo Collado made it 8k from late position.

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Does this mean that Blonde are covering our entry fees...... Jeez guys you are too good!  :)up

Also can you keep us up to date on Len Colin please, Thanks.

Speaking of Mike McDonald and Dave Colclough, the rest of their table have gone all antsy in their pantsy leading to a three way pot with two players all-in before the flop. It was a rather simple procedure in the end, the shortstack pushing with A-4, Tommi Linfors (pictured) re-raising with A-J before being called all-in by  fellow Fin Sami Kalopuro in the next seat with A-K.

Although the Big Slick was in good shape, it wasn't enough against the A-J of Tommi which hit three pair (if that was a legal poker hand) on a J-9-9-8-8 board. As a result, Sami is sent to the sidelines leaving Tommi with 80k in chips and a smile as wide as Paul Daniels' face.

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Is Mr Crapper odds-on to reach the final table?

:dontask:

let us know  how josh gould  doing please

Funny you should say that Kin, I should just pull up a chair next to Ian Cox and watch him rake in the chips.  He must have close to 100,000 now as I just saw him stacking up more chips. 

"What happened Ian?"

"Well there was a raise and a reraise, and I looked down at Aces"

He runs good, his opponent was Phillip Hardy who had Kings.  Ian shrugs, smiles and stacks his towers higher.

A few chippy chip counts that you might be interested in:

Annette Obrestad -- 36,000
Richard Ashby -- 14,400
Jonothon Butters -- 39,000
Martin Green -- 19,300
Ben Grundy -- 17,800
Ian Cox -- 107,000
Len Collin -- 7,500
Arnaud Mattern -- 36,200
Josh Gould -- 41,800
Dave Colclough -- 64,100
Mike McDonald -- 59,100
Ash Hussain -- 43,300
Paul Gourlay -- 17,300

It looks like Nicolas Levi and Chris Bush are gone, although I need to double check the latter of those two.

Nice one Ian :)up

(ta Maria)

That Mike "Timex" McDonald youngfella is a bit of a genius. I'd say keep a close eye on him.

Hubba hubba!  ;danafish;

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We are half way through level 9 and are already down to 89 players.  The board is showing the prize money so I thought I would share the wealth:

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I'm not sure how he got so low, but Len Collin doubled up to 7.5k with K-Q versus 8-3 before pushing all-in from the button on the very next hand and snapping up the blinds.

Hi guys,

Great coverage as usual. But it would be far more interesting for your french readers if you could gie us details on 2 franchies : Ludovis Lacay (CL at the start of the day) and Guillaume de la Gorce.

Thanks ,

"There are not enough Martin Green pictures or updates" cries Joey "railbird" Lovelady.  Well for the Green fans out there he is on 19,300 and is "NOT" just waiting for aces.  I have played with Martin before and he certainly has some slick moves in his repertoire.

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Please. How much did he pay you to write that?!

 ;whistle; ;whistle;

GL Ian "crapper" Cox

Len (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=971) Collin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=971) is OUT. He pushed all-in from the button and was called by Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=863) Testud (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=863).

Len = 9d 9c

Testud = Ac Kh

Board = Th Aspades 5h Qd 8c

"First pair today," mumbled Len as he departed... although he was graceful enough to shake the hand of his assassin.

Ben Grundy has gone, he lost a lot of chips with AQ v A9 all in preflop.  Then left with a pittance, moved all in with A5 but was called by AQ and that's all she wrote.

An exciting double up for Noah Boeken now on around 80,000.  I caught the action late unfortunately, but I joined the plentiful onlookers at the table when Portugeuse player Antonio Lemos was facing an all in from Noah with 4 cards on the board.  He was actually put on the clock and looked like a very tough decision.  The cards on board were:

 Tc 6c 5c    Ks

Thomas Kremser was next to Lemos and announced "You have 5 secs, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1"   On Thomas's 1, the Bono duplicate said "CALL" and was faced with a superfast turn over from Noah Boeken holding

 Qc 8c  for the flopped flush.  Mr Lemos tried to muck his cards but Thomas made him turn the cards over and showed  Ahrt 5h and a gasp in shock followed from the audience.  I missed the action previously but onlookers said that Noah had been dishing out some speach play, so maybe it was this that finally tipped the balance for the call.

Anway, Antonio Lemos was left with only about 4,500 in chips and a very red face.

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Chili --

What can i say.....I love you for doing this!!!!!  What a great picture representing those across the pond.

TheReader23

The players are now on a 15 min break.  I will locate your 2 French friends as soon as they restart.  We should also have a full chip from all the players in the next half an hour.

Josh Gould is on 40k after eliminating Terry Cook with A-K vs. K-Q, small blind versus button.

Also notice blondeite 'Lucky Blind' Mike Lacey hovering in the background and making it more of a 'Where's Wally?' photo.

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"You ain't seen me, right?" says Spain's Carlo Gabriele.

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2007 Grand Prix de Paris runner upper, Iceland's Runar Runarsson, was just caught with his pants down. Betting 7k on a 3c Qh Jh 7d board, he was re-raised all-in by Holland's Gijsbertus Spijkers and felt impelled to fold even though it was only several thousand more.

'everee time i go to pick zeee nose i miss....i most go to specsavers...'

Update on Ash and rocketman pls

These two are doing great:

Guillaume de la Gorce - 93,600

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Ludovic Lacay - 112,700

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I notice that Josh has opted for the slick-couple-of-buttons-undone-in-order-to-reveal-the-odd-silky-strand-of-chest-hair technique that worked so well for Welsh love machine Tom Jones.

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Rocketman just joined us in the press room at the break, "not so great" says the man himself.  He is down to 9,000 after hitting the heights of 23,000 but back down again.  He says he is gonna push regardless now after the break.  Also Ash Hussain has gone downwards instead up today, but we shall have a full count any time soon.


I just seen Richard Ashby leaving, he is OUT after runing 4's into J's.

Annette Obrestad is happy and on around 50,000

Can you update on "Zim" and "Punk" please. And of course any news on Mr Green getting the aces is much appreciated

Great...
 thanks

If Punk is John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608) Conroy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608), then he's already gone.

Chris (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=72) Smith (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=72) and Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=269) Green (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=269), meanwhile, have 18,800 and 21,200 respectively.

"I f***ed up," announced an honest Liam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=638) Flood (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=638) as he approached the press room.

J-T versus the Q-Q of Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) doesn't sound particularly bad in itself, but when you add the phrase 'all-in pre-flop', then take a slightly darker turn.

Before that 'accident', I did manage to snap Liam (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=638) Flood (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=638) with his very own personalised button, many of which are scattered across the cardroom. According to the Irishman, the guy on the phone said, "Tell you what, we'll stick your name on em too," and Liam just shrugged his shoulders and said okay. Fair enough.

Moments before his untimely exit, Andy Black exclaimed in his usual boisterous manner, "Can we have a non Liam Flood button please whilst Liam's on the table? It's a tremendous advantage."

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We've been experiencing severe connection problems here today, but here are the full chip counts from the end of the last break.

Kenneth Hicks Jr.    USA    133100
Casper Hansen    Denmark    125000
Ian Cox    England    115700
Ludovic Lacay    France    112700
Thierry Van Den Berg    Holland    102200
Simon Christensson    Sweden    100900
Guillaume  de la Gorce    France    93600
Mike Mcdonald    Canada    84800
Barry McGrath    Ireland    83100
Kristian Kjøndal    Norway    82400
Andrew Black    Ireland    72900
Noah Boeken    Holland    72600
Tronde Eidsvig    Norway    70300
Andrew Grimason    Ireland    62300
Dave Colclough    Wales    57700
Michael Martin    USA    55300
Tommi Lindfors    Finland    53500
Annette  Obrestad    Norway    51500
Christoffer Egemo Hansen    Denmark    49600
Reijo Manninen    Finland    48500
Vinh Nguyen    Vietnam    48500
Raymi Sanchez Thörn    Sweden    47100
Carl Hostrup    Dan    46000
Henric Stråth    Sweden    45700
Phidias Georgiou    Cyprus    44900
Liam Flood    Ireland    43100
Johannes Steindl    Austria    42200
Sebastian Ruthenberg    Germany    41900
Csaba Malnai    Hungary    41800
Runar Runarsson    Iceland    40900
Michael Durrer    Germany    40700
Roman Yitzhaki    USA    40500
Arshad Hussain    UK    39100
Michiel Brummelhuis    Holland    37200
Bart Wetstein    Holland    36100
Anders Pettersson    Sweden    34700
Jonothon Butters    UK    34400
Davide Calabro    Italy    33800
Paul Leckey    Ireland    33600
Mark Roland    USA    33600
Tony Cascarino    Ireland    33300
Mathieu Gallienne    France    33300
Mark Segal    UK    32500
Johnny Lodden    Norway    31700
Jose Luis Picazo Collado    Spain    31700
Chris Smith    England    31300
Oran Holt    Norway    30600
Jan Sjavik    Norway    29700
Paul Testud    France    29100
Brandon Schaefer    USA    28700
Marcel Baran    Germany    27600
Christopher Hamman    USA    25600
Patrick O'Connor    Ireland    24900
Josh Gould    UK    24400
Ziad Kaady    US    23600
Thor  Hansen    Norway    22600
Mika Paasonen    Finland    22300
Johan Storakers    Sweden    21500
Carlo Gabriele    UK    21300
Gustaf  Jonasson    Sweden    20700
Luca Pagano    Italy    20700
Martin Green    UK    20200
Paul O'Hehir    Ireland    20200
Robert Glavin    Ireland    19000
Alan Trueick    N. Ireland    18700
Jacques Zaicik    France    17800
Aleksandr Arutjonov    Estonia    17700
Daan Ruiter    Holland    16800
Kevin Vreeswijk    Dutch    16300
Jan Veit    Germany    15800
Andreas Hoivold    Norway    15100
Hans Eskilsson    Sweden    15000
Surinder Sunar    UK    14700
Reuben Peters    USA    13900
Chuc Hoang    France    13600
Lars-Ola Svensson    Sweden    13600
Ian Woodley    UK    13300
George McKeever    Ireland    13100
Richard Ashby    England    12700
Paul Gourlay    UK    9600
Ramzi Jelassi    Sweden    8300
Andreas Hagan    Norway    6600
Arnaud Mattern    France    3100
Paddy McCloskey    Ireland    1600
Jean-claude Perrot    France    OUT
Raul Mestre Lleida    Spain    OUT
Jonas Molander    Sweden    OUT
Albert Smith    USA    OUT
Terry Cook    UK    OUT
Anthony Roux    France    OUT
Chris Bush    Canada    OUT
Antonio Lemos    Portugal    OUT
Patric Fredriksson    Sweden    OUT
Lino Cunha    Portugal    OUT
Antoon Kleynen    Holland    OUT
John Conroy    Ireland    OUT
Daniel Ryan    USA    OUT
Paul Cryan    Ireland    OUT
Juha Helppi    Finland    OUT
Alexander Fitzgerald    USA    OUT
Mark Bointon    UK    OUT
Michael Hogbom    Sweden    OUT
Martin Wendt    Denmark    OUT
Terje Augdal    Norway    OUT
Adrian Koy    Germany    OUT
Ben  Grundy    England    OUT
Nicolas Levi    France    OUT
Justin Francis    US    OUT
Philip Hardy    Ireland    OUT
Seth Blackman    USA    OUT
Len Collin    Ireland    OUT
Stig Top-Rasmussen    Denmark    OUT
Lars Sjölin    Sweden    OUT
Alan Smurfitt    Ireland    OUT
Christian Taepper    Germany    OUT
Gijsbertus Spijkers    Holland    OUT
Simon  Munoz    Spain    OUT
Florian Langmann    Germany    OUT
Katja Thater    Germany    OUT
Sean Donaldson    Ireland    OUT
Martin Rask    Denmark    OUT
Sami Kelopuro    Finland    OUT

Courtesy of Chili:

Thierry Van Der Berg has been knocked out by Anitjonor Aleksandr with J-J vs. 2-2.

Kevin Vreeswijk is also out after moving in with 9-7 versus the 7-7 of Johannes Steindl. The Sevens stood up.

Surinder Sunar has been eliminated by Ramzi Jelassi. No further details.

Paul Gourlay doubled through by going all-in with 6-3 and hitting a full house. Then he found Aces on the big blind and one non-beleiver. The Rocket Man now up to 28,000.

Neighbour Ash Hussain also has 28,000.

Jan Sjavik and George McKeever are both OUT, as I fear is Martin Wendt (he wendt, as goes the tedious press room gag) who was spotted outside having a faaaaaaaaaag... although he could just be a tobacco addict.

Great updates per usual guys.


 Please can you ask Ian Cox what he's been ON for the last few week.??

...............and order me a months supply  :D

Ramzi Jelassi is running hot. As well as seeing off Surinder Sunar, he moved from 8 to 12k courtesy of Ian Cox, before initially doubling up through Gustaf Jonasson with Sevens vs Ace King (his request of a seven was reward with a 7-6-6 Flop).

Andreas Hoivold was left to shrug his shoulders with a hint of embarrassment, amid internal cheers of joy, after his A-K all-in against K-K managed to spike an Ace on the Flop.

Make that a double please ;D

Runar Runarrson after a bad beat...

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chip count on ash hussain plz how many left

OMG it's really him!!!   :o

Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176) Woodley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=176) is left scratching his head in disbelief as Noah (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677) Boeken (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677) sucked out on him again (he did it yesterday too says Ian) to knock him OUT.  Mateyboy raises and Noah reraises on the button with  3s 3h to about 12k.  Ian is sitting pretty in the big blind with  Qs Qh and moves all in for another 20k on top.  Mateyboy passes and it's left to Noah to make the 20k call.  He muttered and said he didn't want to pass to a AK, so he makes the call.

You kinda can guess what is next, Noah hit another 3 on the flop and Woodley is left to give us some ear bashing about the cruelty of this game we all love.

As Noah made the call
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Noah stacking Ian Woodley's chips
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Ash Hussain is struggling at the moment with 21k, his last hand being a fold to a button re-raise (3,200 to 10,000) from Kristian Kjondal.

Martin Green came a cropper in that last hand, check-raised from 4k to 12k by cheeky German Jan Veit. The Flop read 4d Qh 7s and Martin folded leaving himself with 68,500.

snoopy, tell ash hussain gud luck from the accy boyz,

We currently have 10 mins left of Level 11

600 / 1,200
55 players
av 60,300

Bad Beater Chris Smith is OUT.  His Kings came up against the mightly chip stack of Casper Hansen and his less mightier 6's.  Sadly for Chris, Casper hit a six and Chris is shrugging his shoulders.

Casper Hansen

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Not only did travel buddies Michael Martin & Roman Yitzhaki have to deal with being moved next to each other but they had worse problems with Andy Black on their left.  I walked by and overheard Andy calling the pair "Beavis & Butthead!"  Now surely thats a great way to wind up some young Americans with some chips.

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Players: 55
Blinds: 600/1,200
Average Stack: 60,300

I may have missed a player or two, but from what I saw on my travels, these are the current chip leaders:

(1) Casper Hansen -- 205,000
(2) Mike McDonald -- 169,000
(3) Ludovic Lacay -- 166,000
(4) Noah (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677) Boeken (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=677) -- 143,000
(5) Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) -- 138,000
(6) Simon Munoz -- 134,000
(7) Guillaume de La Gorce -- 125,000
(8) Thierry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1133) Van Der Berg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1133) -- 103,000

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Mattern still in at all? Last time I heard from him he wasn't too happy with his stack size...

The players are now an hour dinner break, which means me & snoops can stuff our faces too.

The jolly twosome, Ash Hussain & Paul Gourlay popped in to see us.  They are on 48,300 & 21,000 respectively and are no longer table buddies.  I didn't post this picture earlier but I will now, becuase they cheer me up.

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Good luck to all the Brits left in. I am also supporting Kenneth Hicks Jr. as his surname is most excellent.  ;whistle;

He will be even less overjoyed now as it has been confirmed that Arnaud Mattern is OUT.


The full chip counts & players remaining list will be with us at some point in the next hour too, so watch out for that.  I'm off to scoff!!!

just got home from work..great updates as usual.

very glad to see Dave still going well.

I agree - nice pictures too... hope there's no lens jealousy this time, Chili...

Good luck to DC, Ramzi, and cheerful neighbours Paul Gourlay and Ash Hussain, proving that you don't have to look like poker is depressing all the time.

Enjoy dinner and see you back in the UK...

GL to dave and the green machine

The Munsters...

Damn it!
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Enjoy your scoff :)

Cheers Jen

Me & Snoops seam to have a great relationship going with the camera, we just take it in turns.  No strops or tantrums - actually I only had one today but I think I won.

can we get some norkage pics please

 :goodpost: ;iagree;

Here is the current full chip count taken right at the start of the dinner break.

Casper Hansen Denmark PokerStars qualifier 207900
Guillaume  de la Gorce France  200500
Mike McDonald Canada  197400
Andrew Black Ireland  160000
Ludovic Lacay France  159600
Noah Boeken Holland Team PokerStars Pro 140000
Simon  Munoz Spain  136300
Thierry Van Den Berg Holland PokerStars qualifier 135100
Kristian Kjøndal Norway  99500
Barry McGrath Ireland PokerStars qualifier 97100
Vinh Nguyen Vietnam  90200
Johnny Lodden Norway  81800
Michiel Brummelhuis Holland  76600
Tommi Lindfors Finland PokerStars qualifier 69500
Tony Cascarino Ireland  67600
Dave Colclough Wales  66600
Ziad Kaady US PokerStars qualifier 61900
Andreas Hoivold Norway  57700
Tronde Eidsvig Norway  56400
Ian Cox England  56100
Reijo Manninen Finland PokerStars qualifier 54900
Anders Pettersson Sweden PokerStars qualifier 54700
Sebastian Ruthenberg Germany PokerStars sponsored player 50700
Arshad Hussain UK  48300
Annette  Obrestad Norway  48200
Csaba Malnai Hungary  47600
Michael Durrer Germany PokerStars qualifier 46900
Mathieu Gallienne France  45900
Luca Pagano Italy Team PokerStars Pro 45000
Phidias Georgiou Cyprus PokerStars qualifier 44500
Michael Martin USA PokerStars player 41400
Martin Green UK PokerStars qualifier 41000
Reuben Peters USA PokerStars qualifier 40500
Daan Ruiter Holland  39800
Johannes Steindl Austria  38100
Oran Holt Norway  37900
Ramzi Jelassi Sweden  36900
Henric Stråth Sweden PokerStars qualifier 31600
Bart Wetstein Holland  29500
Jan Veit Germany PokerStars qualifier 29400
Marcel Baran Germany  28700
Christopher Hamman USA PokerStars qualifier 27300
Mika Paasonen Finland PokerStars qualifier 20200
Paul Gourlay UK  19500
Robert Glavin Ireland PokerStars qualifier 18900
Paul Leckey Ireland  17700
Jose Luis Picazo Collado Spain  17100
Paul Testud France  14300

Your wish is my command, this lovely lady is Lina.  She is the Swedish blogger for Pokerstars and is joy to have in the press room, including trying to teach Snoops some Swedish naughty words.

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It's been a slow post-dinner start, but there have been the odd meaty hands, one of which near chip leader Ludovic Lacay whose pre-flop raise was called by Jan Veit on the button. A 2h 9d Kh Flop and Ludovic bet out 7k only to be re-raised by Jan. Ludovic quickly announced all-in, but with just 15k left, Veit passed in equal time, much to the delight of Ludovic who couldn't resist a cheeky chuckle.

One table down, Andy Black is crossing swords with Paddy O'Connor for the umpteenth time, this time the latter coming out on top with a triumphant 36.5k push all-in on a 4d 4s 3s Flop.

BOK!!!!!!!

qft!

is she single?

Hornswagglers favourite swedish sentence: Du är en stor hååååååååååååååååååååååårig ****! :)

go Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469)!

Edit: Eek, my secret source informs me these are naughty words.

like you have a chance

Swedish youngster Ramzi Jelassi is OUT. I didn't catch the pe-flop action, but he clashed with Mike McDonald in the big blind and checked a Jc 6d 5h Flop. Mike bet out, Ramzi raised, Mike pushed all-in and Ramzi called, for what was ultimately a paltry sum.

Ramzi = Kh Kd

Mike = 5c 5d

Turn = Aspades

River = 2s

Ramzi not a happy chappy.

What happened to andy grimasson?

On the next table, Ash Hussain knocks Dave Colcough down to just 15k with Qs Ts versus Ac Jc all-in on a Flop of Qc Qd 9c. Turn and River were blanks.

"You don't know how far behind you are," claims Ash Hussain on the Flop. "I'm happy with the pot as it is."

On the turn of the River, Ash rose from his seat and clapped his hands, "Come on!" much like he did in the 2006 Monte Carlo final when he outdrew Kristian Ulriksen. Obviously winning an EPT means a lot to the former European Rankings winner.

Great news for Paul Gourlay as he just doubled up thru Lacay.  There was a raise of 4,600 which Lacay just called which resulted in Gourlay going all in for a further 12,700 from the small blind.  Lacay clearly didn't want to call as the original raiser passed, but he did and the result was:

Gourlay  6d 6c
Lacay   Qs Jh

Paul's 6's were good and he now has a much healthier 40,000.


We have just started Level 12
1,000 / 2,000  200 ante
40 players left
82,000 average

Andy went out in the most testicle crunching of ways, his Aces versus Kings, all-in pre-flop, flopping a set and then losing to runner runner flush.

In think that is worthy of an ouch picture...

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This is the downbeaten image of a defeated man, a shortstacked Dave Colclough a mere shadow of his earlier self with just 14k in chips.

"It's the curse of Day 2," moans El Blondie dejectedly. "I think we've seen this before".

However, he's still in, albeit it with few chips, but alive nonetheless and still in with a shot if he can gather speed with a couple of double ups.

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In stark contrast, Norway's Johnny Lodden is as elated as ever with his progress, a surprisingly quiet, but non surprisingly successful day seeing his stack shoot up to the dizzy heights of 104,000. Why this lad hasn't made an EPT final is anyone's guess, but perhaps this year's Dublin EPT will belong to bad_ip.

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Just got home, so please send over some updates on Annette (and tell her I said hi :) )

Andy Black has been temporarily silenced (although I assure you it will only be momentary) after doubling up Michiel Brummelhuis. When I joined the action, it was on your backs times with Michiel relieved to be ahead with Twos versus A-K. An intriguing second glance requiring 2-Q-A-4-A board later and it was all she wrote.

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"Yo, mofo," says Thomas Kremser beckoning me over. "We gonna be bashing out 8 of dese levels or mash it down to 24 brothers. You dig that?"

Okay, maybe he didn't say it quite like that.

CHIP COUNT ON ASH HUSSAIN PLEASE

Cyprus's Phidious Georgiou is holding his own again.  A Pokerstars qualifier for this & EPT London this year, just doubled up courtesy of Andy Black.  As I arrived at table "Black"  Andy was stacking up more chips from the last hand whilst Phidias looked down at JJ and raises to 6k. 

Black instantly says "22,000"  Phidias goes all in and its a total of 31,700 that Andy instacalls.

Andy Black  Ad Qs
Phidias Georgiou  Jh Jd

The Jacks hold and gives the Cypriot a small bit of breathing space with 65,000.  A little dent on Andy's tall towers but I dont see any of the brown 5k denomination chips in his stack.

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Tables: 5
Players: 37
Blinds: 1,000/2,000(200)
Average Stack: 89,000

what are the chip denominations btw?

great job as always folks

Great updates ppl, can anyone tell me how Ash Hussain is getting on? thanks

Sad news that Paul Gourlay has joined turned up in the press room.  He is OUT indeed out, he raised under the gun with AJ and was called from Ludvic Lacay in the BB.  They saw a flop like this

 6d 9s Jh

Lacay checked and Paul bet 8k with 42k left.  This was met with a min raise from Lacay, who has been rather volatile on the table, going from chip leader to average regularly.  Paul then took the chance and committed the rest of his chips only to be shown the J9 of Ludvic Lacay.  Paul is OUT and Ludvic is back up to about 120,000.


Since Paul Gourlay has not alot else to do, I sent him to get an update on Ash Hussain and the resulst is Ash is down to 50K.  He was just reraised from Dave Colclough and layed down his hand.

Black   100
Red     500
Blue    1,000
Brown  5,000

Annette Obrestad -- 71,000

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if you dont ask you dont get slapped in the face

You better have told her I said hi or I'm totally switching my coverage whoring to pokernews.

(1) Barry McGrath -- 54,500
(2) Bart Wetstein -- 20,700
(3) Orjan Holt -- 89,000

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how many people left and any news on chip counts? thanks

Is the name Jason? I don't want to say 'stalker on the net'.

I don't think I've ever heard Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) Colclough (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) use the phrase, "Ship it, baby!", but his latest treble up was the exception, Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) Hussain (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38)'s button raise to 6k, followed by Johnny Lodden's smooth call, led to an all-in from Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) Colclough (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) in the big blind for an extra 8k more.

Naturally, both players called, and then subsequently checked down a 6d Kd 9c 8s 3d board, Lodden even announcing that he was going to check the Flop blind.

With Lodden's Ahrt Ts and Ash's 4h 4c failing to improve, it was left to El Blondie's Kc Jh to scoop up a nice pot.

"Now I'm dangerous!" he cheers. "Don't ever treble me up."

Heh, yeah.  Also, do u know when play is ending for the day?

A desparately needed double up for Martin Green just now courtesy of the KK held by Tommy Lindfors.  It was all in preflop and Martin had AJ, a flopped A gave a sigh of relief for Martin and also the heady heights 40,000.

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Players are now on a 15 min break.

while they are on a break you can chat up the norkage and find out if any is single

Okay, I'm off the hook, she's on 95,000. If we catch you looking at another site now I'll be forced to set Chili on you.

Nope, do your own dirty work! 

Ok ok, no need to put a gun to my head.

Also, please give Annette the following advice for me: "FOLD TO MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!"

go on it will save me trying to chat you up at bB6

Just about to start Level 14

Blinds 1,200 / 2,400   300 ante
34 players left
97,500 average

We play another 2 levels or 24 players, which ever comes first.

gooooooooooooooo Dave

how many brits still in guys?

Not too many brits still left in Fran, will check it out.

A sprinkling of chip counts:

Luca Pagano  84,000
Tony Cascarino  45,000
Andreas Hoivold   80,000
Ash Hussain  56,000
Kristian Kjondal  92,000


Luca Pagana
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Dave Colclough is back to his cheery, chirpy (I can't believe I'm saying this) self, even folding with a smile to the under-the-gun all-in of Finland's Reijo Manninen.

"He can't even look at me," comments El Blondie trying to look into the eyes of his opponent.

"It's okay, I'm folding," concedes DC revealing Pocket Fours as his opponent breathes a sigh of relief and returns to his seat.

"You can see one card," teases Manninen.

"Naaah," says Dave pushing them away.

Manninen shows Colclough an Ace, at which point the table says in unison, "Hey, you said he could pick."

"Yeah, I'll pick the other one," requests Colclough as his attempt to flick up the second card is denied.

Meanwhile, Colclough sits on around 70-75k.

You seriously think she'll follow that advice??

Why wouldn't a WSOPE ME Bracelet winner follow it :D

Come on DC, take it down !

What do u think :P  If she can avoid bluffing her stack off on the bubble, she's going to win this tournament: plain and simple.

I can find these suspects but its not official

Dave Colclough
Ash Hussain
Martin Green
Tony Cascarino

Also the best of the Irish

Andy Black
Barry McGrath

Half the counts:

Casper Hansen -- 225,000
Sebastian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=739) Ruthenberg (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=739) -- 30,000
Kristian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=931) Kjondal (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=931) -- 81,000
Thierry Van Der Berg -- 226,000
Daan Ruiter -- 102,000
Barry McGrath -- 36,000
Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) Hussain (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) -- 69,000
Johnny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=606) Lodden (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=606) -- 160,000
Reijo Manninen -- 22,000
Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) Colclough (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=95) -- 40,000
Andreas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467) Hoivold (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=467) -- 77,000
Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) Cascarino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) -- 40,000
Luca (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=995) Pagano (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=995) -- 68,500
Anders Pettersson -- 104,000

Annette Obrestad just added to her stack, seems like the river loves Annette.  I did not see the preflop action but all the chips were in and Dutchman Bart Westein the lower stack was showing KK and Annette A9.   Yep, as I alluded to, the A popped on the river giving Annette a circa 160,000 stack and Westein OUT.

She runs soooooo good.......I love it!!!! Go Annette!

Annette is a machine.  She has to be one of the best tournament players in the world.  A bit of luck doesn't do any harm along the way either!

She's only 12 as well!!

think tony might be irish

or irish-english

or something

after all he did play footy for ireland

FYP :)

Does anyone know how many they are playing down til today? I'm assuming the money bubble (which is 24), but wanna be sure.

And the other batch:

Csaba Malnai -- 41,000
Tronde Eidsvig -- 75,000
Ziad Kaady -- 96,000
Michiel Brummelhuis -- 64,000
Annette (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902) Obrestad (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902) -- 153,000
Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) -- 336,000
Mike McDonald -- 119,000
Phidias Georgiou -- 26,000
Martin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=269) Green (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=269) -- 112,000
Guilliam de la Gorce -- 62,000
Simon Munoz -- 252,000
Jan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=919) Veit (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=919) -- 38,000
Reuben Peters -- 31,000
Ludovic Lacay -- 248,000
Michael Durrer -- 51,000
Tommi Lindfors -- 53,000

So did John Aldridge!

We have had this debate for 2 days over here.  Yes he played for Ireland, but he has also admitted in his autobiography that he is not Irish.  I think he could be in both categories.

24 or 8 levels

He was born in Kent. 

Kent in Ireland?

Phidias Georgiou is OUT.  He found himself low and pushed with 33 but an auto call from the AK of  Michiel Brummelhuis and a K on the flop sent Phidias out in 32nd place.

Yes, that little Irish enclave just south of London.

It's all gone snooker loopey out there, the victim of the snooker loopiness being Mike McDonald who has now snooker looped his way over to the rail. The snooker loopiness started with a 7k raise from Mateyboy with Nines, 21k from Mike with Jacks and then an all-in from Annette with A-Q. The Nines folded, but Mike called, only to lose to an Ace. To say he looked a tad shell-shocked would be an understatement. Little ol Annette meanwhile has more chips than a potato factory.

London, Ireland?

Tables: 4
Players: 29
Average: 114,300
Blinds: 1,200/2,400(300)

Who wants 2nd?

A bit pot involving Johnny Lodden & Andreas Hoivold just happened and resulted in Hoivold going all in and called by Lodden all preflop.  Not surprising since Hoivold held AK and Lodden QQ.

No help on the board for Hoivold and he is eliminated in 29th spot.

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Tommi Lindfors has been Tommy (ahem) gunned down by popular Spaniard Simon Munoz, the serial note-taker left to high five his Unibet countrymen in jubilant victory. The hand in question was an all-in jobby come flop time, Munoz in terrific shape with Q-J vs. J-T on an A-9-T-8 board. The 4 on the River was of no use.

27 left I think Kremser announced.

Oh go on then, I'll settle for second best blonde updater in Dublin.  Seriously though with Annette & Andy Black next to each other, both with tons of chips I think a 600k pot may belong to one of those two sometime soon.

Who has the seat on the left?

gogogogogo andy

As Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) raises 9,000 from the button, a petite, but infamously lethal Annette (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902) Obrestad (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902) reaches for brown chips. With an expressionless, rigid posture looking straight on with the intensity of a predator stalking its prey, she quietly pops out 32,000 as if it were nothing. Meanwhile, the contrasting body language of Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469), who seems to treat €8,000 events the same as £5 rebuys in that warming, fun way that only he knows, rests his hand of his head and scales his unlikely opponent up and down.

"You do this more than anyone in the World," claims Black. "that's the problem." Annette's deftly stare and formidable poker face crumbles as a schoolgirl giggle sounds from beyond the Terminator shades. "What are you laughing at?" asks Black amused. Annette refuses to respond. A sign of strength or weakness? Black seems perplexed.

Shuffling his cards and riffling his chips with the enthusiasm of a ten year old, the decision seems like a problematic one, Black's suspicions of Annette's positional raise from the small blind perhaps overriding the strength of his hand. However, although I'm sure he contemplated that Annette may be attacking a fellow deep stack intentionally, Black decides not to take the risk and opts for a fold, a knowing smirk on the Irisman's face as he mucks.

As Annette scoops in yet another pot, of varying sizes, she adds to her ever-increasing towers that now threaten to submerge her. Meanwhile, her opponents look on with envy at what must now be a circa 300k stack and possible chip lead whilst the other onlookers crowding the rail await with anticipation the next Black/Obrestad clash.

As a good man once said "Luv yer work"

Is Ian Cox still in?

excellent reporting sir!

GG field.

Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) Cascarino (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=772) going deep yet again in an EPT finds himself short and decides that the time has come to fight back.  He reraised all in a raise from Johnny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=606) Lodden (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=606), only to find his neighbour Jan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=919) Veit (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=919) push all in too.  Lodden passed and the cards are on their backs.

 4d 4h  for Cascarino
 Qs Qd for Veit

The queens stand and Cascarino is OUT in 26th place.  This only means 1 mighty important event in proceedings:


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No, he went out a couple of hours ago.

GREAT Updating by both of you, thasnks.

We DEMAND MORE PICTURES - they are the business.

The bubble was very quick seeing as there were 3 very short stacks out there.  Snoops is just typing out the details of the 25th place finisher as I type.

After punishing Johnny Lodden's small blind limp, albeit with a smile, with an all-in push, Dave Colclough finds himself all-in once again on the very next hand. Playing from the small blind, Dave checks an 8c 3s 5s Flop only for his Finnish neighbour in the big blind, Reijo Manninen to bet out 6k. Moments later, Dave 's chips are being slid across the line and the crowd are swarming around, excitedly awaiting the conclusion of the hand. With his mouth hovering over the microphone, Thomas Kremser's spiel is triggered as Manninen announces call and shows Ts 7s. Colclough, meanwhile, flips a leading, but ultimately rather vulnerable Kh 8h.

A Js on the Turn and it was over, Colclough had become EPT bubbleboy yet again and was forced to soak in the mixture of consolatory pats on the back, and secret punches of the air as the dealer reels out the academic Jh River.

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Just caught up with your updates Snoops & Chili, they are a dream to read. Superb  ;hattip;

chip count on ash hussain pease

Whilst we awaited the bubble to fall, there were a couple of other hands of note that I was unable to report without trundling back to the laptop and potentially missing the final departure.

With Ash (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) Hussain (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=38) surviving an all-in with Pocket Queens - I think he was still happy to take the blinds - the player the other side, Csaba Malnai, of the dealer couldn't escape an uncontested push as his all-in was semi-hesitantly called for 11k more by Annette (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902) Obrestad (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=902) in the big blind.

Csaba = Ad Kd

Annette = 7c 6h

"Oooh, two live cards," observed Annette camply.

Board = Jc 3h 4h Kc 9s

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That post is quite apt actually, I have a perfect photo that I took a couple of days of go just for you and thought I had lost my opportunity.....


View from my hotel room in Dublin
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Gorgeous eh? Who would have thought we were in Dublin, and the Green train?  Stunning!

Ooooooh! Is this the Enterprise service, from Belfast Central to Dublin Connolly, via Portadown, Newry, Dundalk & Drogheda?

He just told us, Ash finished the night on 29,600 and is officially the short stack, but he has no worries about that little fact.  Actually he reminded us that the story is not too disimilar to his route to the Monte Carlo EPT Final.   We all know anything can happen!

Full chip counts and remaining 24 players are in cyberspace and will be with us then you very shortly.


Here is the hero himself keeping a cool calm poker face whilst all in a little earlier  ;) ;D

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Bubble boy Dave Colclough bids an emotional farewell to the Pokerstars.com Dublin EPT.

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Look who has a dirty stack!

what time do they start 2mora

2pm

chip counts on the way...

Forget the dirty stack, look how excited the chap in the background was.

Come on Snoopy get the finger out!!!!!

The final remaining 24 players, chip counts and new seat redraw for Day3.  Play will resume again at 2pm again folks, so please join me and Snoops for another day of fun and games.

3   4   Black   Andy   Ireland   350300
1   1   Obrestad   Annette   Norway   284700
3   8   Munoz   Simon   Spain   278100
2   8   Hansen   Casper   Denmark   241800
3   6   Lodden   Johnny   Norway   208600
1   4   Lacay   Ludovic   France   200700
2   7   Van Den Berg   Thierry   Holland   200200
2   1   Boeken   Noah   Holland   158500
1   7   Hicks Jr.   Kenneth   USA   149800
3   5   Kjøndal   Kristian   Norway   144500
2   4   Pettersson   Anders   Sweden   126800
1   5   Ruiter   Daan   Holland   114700
1   8   Brummelhuis   Michiel   Holland   106400
1   6   Manninen   Reijo   Finland   103500
2   6   Kaady   Ziad   USA   97200
2   2   Durrer   Michael   Germany   96100
3   2   Green   Martin   UK   90800
2   5   Eidsvig   Tronde   Norway   76700
1   3   Veit   Jan   Germany   76400
3   7   Pagano   Luca   Italy   55200
3   1   de la Gorce   Guillaume   France   54600
3   3   Peters   Reuben   USA   42200
1   2   Malnai   Csaba   Hungary   30900
2   3   Hussain   Arshad   UK   29900

You can't say that, this is a family forum.  :o

and Annette is 12 years old

Behave Snoops!

she runs good

Whilst Chili and my good self nip off to partake in the hotly contested media STT, we'll leave you to reflect in what was a genuinely eventful day. Of course, the pinnacle of that excitement was the ever-heartbreaking bubble, in which Ash Hussain and Dave Colclough battled for that creep-into-the-money spot. Unfortunately for the El Blondie fans, it was the latter of those two who snapped up the 'you go home with nothing' 25th place, resulting in 14 non-cashes for DC and three painful bubbles.

As they used to say on a popular cartoon, "Next time, Gadget, next time!", but while Dave plans for his next DTD-less outing, possibly in Amsterdam next week, we're bracing ourselves for Day 3 of this thrilling Dublin EPT in which the aforelisted 24 players will return. Among them is the likes of Ash Hussain, Andy Black, Annette Obrestad and several other interesting names to keep an eye on, so please make sure you join us tomorrow at 2pm, same bat time, same bat channel.

Until then, keep it real. Aii!

 ;stickaforkinme;

If I understand it correctly snoops, DC remains with DTD until the end of the year. Hopefully, by then, a new Sponsor will have signed him up. If Sponsoring players is a good thing for Online Cardrooms - & I'm not certain it's a cash-positive thing personally - then there is nobody more likely to pick up a sponsors shirt than DC, he has a tremendous record in Tournaments.

Looks more like a DART train somewhere between portmarnock and howth.

Ah yes, of course - the catenary gives it away. DART - Dublin Area Rapid Transit - hugs the coastline for almost it's entire length, & it must be quite a beautiful track upon which to travel.

Certainly  a whole lot more beautiful than sitting in yer motor in some of the most horrendous traffic going into Dublin.

The route that the dart takes gave Dublin one of its first property booms - places like howth, malahide in the north of the city to Stillorgan, and Dalkey in the south, were the first commuter areas to take off pricewise.

if we knew then what we know now....

If I understand it correctly snoops, DC remains with dt (http://www.dtdpoker.com/aff/BlonditesDownload)d (http://www.dtdpoker.com/aff/BlonditesDownload) until the end of the year. Hopefully, by then, a new Sponsor will have signed him up. If Sponsoring players is a good thing for Online Cardrooms - & I'm not certain it's a cash-positive thing personally - then there is nobody more likely to pick up a sponsors shirt than DC, he has a tremendous record in Tournaments.
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You dont understand it correctly.
My agreement with Rob was for at least 12 months. However, after 12 months DTD have decided that they can no longer fund sponsored players. i would have loved to continue working with DTD but its a straight forward business decision that I accept.
The first comps that I played were the televised William Hill and the Dublin EPM where I made the televised final in November last year. 12 months ago.
There are no hard feelings on either side. It's just a straight forward business decision.
I thank DTD for their support over the last year, and I believe the exposure that they received was good value for money.

As for this EPT ... jeez, I just can't believe its happened again  ;frustrated;... but thanks again to all the well wishers