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“It’s just Birmingham with palm trees,” I proclaim to Floppy in the taxi. The shops try and rip you off, motorists dive on the left and it’s even starting to rain! Aw shucks, who am I kidding here, it’s nothing like Brum – it’s bright, sunny and lively, and the rain’s not proper rain, just a slight warm drizzle, unlike our freezing cold rain that attacks you from an angle and gives you pneumonia. Yep, I confess, everything's just peachy over here in the Bahamas!

Not sure how I ended up here though. When did the Bahamas become part of the EU? Will the GUKPT see us set off to Barbados, and will the GBPT announce that Bristol, Edinburgh and Bournemouth are to be joined by a quick stop off in Bermuda? Whoever at PokerStars blagged this one needs a medal! Can't wait for next year and the introduction of the Sidney EPT.

Meanwhile, US customs give us a grilling again. A year or two ago, Jen was inches away from the rubber glove treatment, so I always excrete bricks when I approach the security box. I don’t know why, I’ve got nothing to hide, it’s just they make me feel so guilty that just one menacing look wants me to confess to something... anything!

It makes me feel like a teenager again, anxiously awaiting my fate as the smug bouncer sniggers at my fake ID. “Adamus Snoopius, sir?” How about when you’re actually 18 but have forgotten your driving license, that’s even more nerve-wracking as you know your mates are bound to rib you for being knocked back when you’re actually above the legal age.

When I enter the States, I always crumble under the spotlight, even though I'm an innocent man. The simplest of questions suddenly sound like something from University Challenge and if you don’t answer immediately and with conviction, you fear that they’re going to summon over Big Bubba and request that you bend over pronto. When they asked me what my occupation was, the word ‘terrorist’ was inexplicably bouncing around in my head. I know it’s a taboo word, but it sounds a little like ‘journalist’, and I very nearly said the wrong one. Crikey, I might as well bring my own lube!

Anyhow, I made it here unscathed and without my crevice tampered with, so as they say before boxing matches, the odd Ultimate Fighting bout and, dare I say it, a classic PJ and Duncan track…

Llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllet’s Get Ready to Rumbleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!... at 12pm (5pm UK time)

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If anyone has suffered the rubber glove, or a near miss at the very least, please share your story so I have something amusing to read when I awake.

No pictures though.

Freeloading, cheapskates that we are, Snoops and I made an appearance at the Pokerstars party tonight, along with Dan Carter and his lovely girlfriend, who can testify to the incredible trouble it takes just to get into the US, despite just passing through...

The party itself had a faint air of a school disco about it, (ifm would've no doubt been a fan) whilst the comp has swelled to around 850 runners with a 1200 cap. The weird thing is that with the number of young internet american players involved, it's become less an EPT event but more like:

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...the Poker Tournament.

Seriously, so many Michael Cera and Jonah Hill lookalikes here...

Welcome you guys to this toughest of tasks. When you dig yourselves out of bed, you will no doubt wish to regale us with some glorious photos of your Bahamian environment to brighten up our British winter. Bring sunshine to our lives!

A good start yesterday as I won the live super-satellite for $8000 to pad my account for the trip. Starting the Main Event today at Table 10 Seat 4 and there's sure to be plenty of action because I have Dario (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=517) Minieri (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=517) on my right and Tuam Lam on my left.

We've arisen, and will be heading down to the Atlantis Resort (I believe it's in walking distance) as soon as Floppy prises himself out of that bathroom, he's been in their for ages. What does he do in there??

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Looks OK to me

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Since DC was kind enough to let me invest in him......do u know what table he is at...I am not playing...I wont get there till Monday....Good Luck to DC.....WE need a winner DC.......

How many Day 1's are there?

650 players today and at least another 500 have signed up for tomorrow. Biggest ever non-WSOP field.

;applause;

Can't see the attraction myself...

Lucky sods.

Good luck to all Blondes playing in this. Lets see if Julian can do a double.

We're planning to play six levels today or down to around 290 players.

The clock is 75 minutes, 20k starting stack, with a structure as follows:

50/100
100/200
100/200/25
200/400/50
300/600/75
400/800/100
500/1000/100
600/1200/150
800/1600/200
1000/2000/300
1200/2400/300
1500/3000/400
2000/4000/400
2500/5000/500
3000/6000/500
4000/8000/1000
5000/10000/1000
6000/12000/2000
8000/16000/2000
10000/20000/3000
12000/24000/3000
15000/30000/4000
20000/40000/4000
25000/50000/5000
30000/60000/5000
40000/80000/10000
60000/120000/15000

any updates on trevor mcgoona ire much appreciated...

The players are braced like Linford Christie in the starting blocks and patiently awaiting the tournament director's starting gun.

As nice as the Bahamas is, I'm afraid the corporate world is quickly dipping its money-grabbing feet into the Caribbean with the Atlantis resort better suited to a spot under the bright lights of Vegas rather than the beautiful shores of Paradise Island. Walking around the resort, I couldn't help but feel I was at the Rio. In fact, the big corridors with their tall ceilings and the giant ballrooms and convention rooms that litter the sides provide a near replica of the Nevadan counterpart. Fortunately, we walked to work today and were able to grab a brief glimpse of the Bahamas outside the world of gambling, casinos and poker. The weather, incidentally, was stunning - not too cold, not too hot and with a gentle breeze rustling through the palm trees. Excellent.

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I'm playing tomorrow.  body man d here and online.  Derek wark irl.  GL all.

Any updates on Jonathan Screeney would be very much appreciated.

Keep an eye on rupert elder (ElRupert)

tyvm

Well, the first update we can give you is that he is present, and here's the proof, the enigmatic Irishman signing an autograph for a passer by.

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Representing my hometown is the creame de la cream of Solihull (the competition really isn't really that tough), John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=217) Shipley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=217).

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I have a very strong feeling Mr Shipley is going to go deep.

Also spotted is a mischievous and annoyingly youthful looking Dan Carter. He confessed to some pre-match nookie and believes it will spur him on rather than knacker him out for the big game.

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Hi Snoops and Homer.....Can you keep track of my favorite Americans playing today....Michael Martin (aka martine23) at Table 10, Seat 8 and also Chris Lee (aka genius 28) who is at table 27...not sure of the seat number.

Thanks so much.

TR23

Some big names have made it across from the states, Bill Chen, Josh Arieh, Erik Seidel, Thor Hansen and Victor Ramdin to name just a few.

It didn't take long for proceedings to commence today. On many occasions, there will be a long delay due to someone grabbing the mike and plowing through the rules at 1 mile per hour. Today, however, Daniel Negreanu simply said, "Welcome to the Bahamas, everyone! Er... shuffle up and deal."

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Hello, peeps. All the requests are being noted, but we're still awaiting a player list. Watch this space!

Frenchman currently residing in London, Nicolas Levi, is bumping and grinding early doors. With the board reading Aspades 6d 3s 8c Kd, he raised his Scandinavian foe's River bet of 700 to 2,200 and was duly called. Levi confidently flipped over Ad Kh to lap up the pot.

Also believed to be lingering today is Levi's running buddy, Arnaud Mattern, who will be looking to be the first player to win multiple EPT events after his recent triumph in Prague.

Seated opposite a laid back Erik Seidel is homegrown talent Peter Gould. He's not one to sit back and wait for hands, and he's already seen action here today, splitting a chunky pot with K-J vs. K-J on a 9-J-2-Q-7 board.

Snoops, could you wish Juilan all the best please.

cheers

Media Mogul Mad Harper has been working like a hamster on a wheel to produce this player list, and here it is, in all it's seat providing glory:

Trygve   Wahlbeck   Finland   1   1
Johan   Bergqvist   Sweden   1   2
Sam   Hankins   United States   1   3
Ryan   Young   United States   1   4
Lance   Bruner   United States   1   5
William   Hill   United States   1   6
Andrew   Lichtenberger   United States   1   7
Michael   Melin      2   1
Stephen   Murphy   United States   2   2
Chris   Moneymaker   United States   2   4
Sean   Bruder   Canada   2   5
Otto   Richard   France   2   6
Anh   Nguyen   Canada   2   7
Eric   Baldwin   United States   3   1
Sergio   Benso   Italy   3   3
Joe   Sebok   United States   3   4
David   Morgan   United States   3   5
Steve   Billirakis   United States   3   6
Diego   Pérez      3   7
Jon   Neyir   United States   4   1
Stuart   Paterson   United States   4   2
Thomas   Dolezal   Austria   4   3
Christian   Harder   United States   4   4
James   Wisemiller   United States   4   5
David   Ferrante   United States   4   6
Jason   Christian   United States   4   7
Larry   Murphy   United States   5   1
Benjamin   Kang   Germany   5   2
Jordan   Smith   United States   5   3
Stephan   Kjerstad   Norway   5   4
Ben   Grise   United States   5   5
Jack   Sturgeon   United States   5   7
David   Peters   United States   6   1
Brent   Bibby   Canada   6   2
James   Mccrink   United States   6   3
Aleksandrs   Zaravins   Latvia   6   4
Josh   Prager   United States   6   5
Aaron   Lerner   Canada   6   6
Johannes   Steindl   Austria   6   7
Tom   West   United States   7   2
Shannon   Shorr   United States   7   3
Danny   Wong   United States   7   4
Jeremiah   Vinsant   United States   7   5
Arthur   Minetz   United States   7   6
José   Cuenca      7   7
Pascal   Perrault   France   8   1
Joseph   Elpayaa   United States   8   2
Fredrik   Haugen   Sweden   8   3
Eric   de Regt   United States   8   5
Nicolas   Levi   France   8   6
Jason   Laso   United States   8   7
Timothy   Adams   Canada   9   1
Adam   Hourani   United States   9   2
Tony   Afani   United States   9   3
Maxwell   Greenwood   Canada   9   4
Alex   Wice   Canada   9   5
Alexander   Venovski   United States   9   6
Benjamin   Reed   United States   9   7
Kevin   Trieu   United States   10   1
Evan   Tindell   United States   10   2
Dario   Minieri   Italy   10   3
Stuart   Taylor   Netherlands   10   4
Tuan   Lam   Canada   10   5
Ben   Stark   United States   10   6
David   Tran   United States   10   7
Lars   Bønding   Denmark   11   1
Bruce   Atkinson   United Kingdom   11   2
Luca   Pagano   Italy   11   3
Søren   Nielsen   Denmark   11   4
Edward   Steitz   United States   11   5
Duc   Nguy   Canada   11   6
Michael   Joosse   Netherlands   11   7
Sylvain   Taddei   France   12   1
Joris   Jaspers   Netherlands   12   2
Gregory   Byard   United States   12   3
Thomas   Mørland   Norway   12   4
Christopher   Walsh   United States   12   5
Joseph   Michael   United States   12   6
Luis   Tier   Netherlands   12   7
Emil   Holmsten   Sweden   13   1
Abraham   Rosenkrantz   Costa Rica   13   2
Jeffrey   Hakim   Canada   13   3
Bourbonnais   Maurice      13   4
David   Atrubin   United States   13   5
Bertrand "ElkY"   Grospellier   France   13   7
Jason   Mercier   United States   14   1
Justin   Rollo   United States   14   2
William   Seery Jr.   United States   14   3
David   Sonelin   Sweden   14   4
Ryan   Collett   United States   14   5
Kyle   Brossia   United States   14   6
Dana   Karlson   Canada   14   7
Steve   Weinstein   United States   15   1
Gerald   Banach   United States   15   2
David   Baker   United States   15   3
Victor   Ramdin   United States   15   4
Harold   Fitzpatrick   Canada   15   5
Gerhard   Farmer   Austria   15   6
Franck   Bourdonné   France   15   7
Christian   Toboc   Germany   16   1
Tyler   Dickinson   United States   16   2
Jose   López      16   3
Erik   Seidel   United States   16   4
Robert   Ford   United States   16   5
Sean   Pitzer   United States   16   6
James   Mackey   United States   16   7
Pierre   Berube   Canada   17   1
Patrick   Kelly   United States   17   2
Jonathan   Heath   United Kingdom   17   3
Eric   Benhamron   Canada   17   4
Yves   Kupfermunz   Belgium   17   5
Kenneth   Hicks Jr.   United States   17   6
Amit   Makhija   United States   17   7
Johnny   Lodden   Norway   18   1
Aaron   Jones   United States   18   2
Scott   Wilson   Canada   18   3
Fredrik   Andersson      18   4
Roman   Yitzhaki   United States   18   5
Eric   Tracy   United States   18   6
Rohr   Philippe   France   18   7
Mikhael   Saakian   United States   19   1
Mohammad   Wesali   Sweden   19   2
Robert   Emond   Canada   19   3
Raymond   Thomas Jr.   United States   19   5
Adam   Levy   United States   19   7
Peter   Chan   Canada   20   1
Jeffrey   Papola   United States   20   2
Greg   Smith   Canada   20   3
Paul   Alterman   United Kingdom   20   4
Kim   Hemmingsen   Denmark   20   5
Craig   Gray   United States   20   6
Sam   El Sayed   Switzerland   20   7
Kyle   Cannon   United States   21   1
Danny   Stiegler   Germany   21   2
Tim   West   United States   21   3
Wilson   Bassile   Canada   21   4
Peter   Busch   United States   21   5
Mauro   Zarlenga   Canada   21   6
Arthur   Van Der Meeren   Netherlands   21   7
Eugene   Kim   United States   22   2
Nicolas   Martin   France   22   3
William   Chen   United States   22   4
Sven   Fuderer   Germany   22   5
Thomas   Stringer   Switzerland   22   6
Adam   Bragar   United States   22   7
George   Lind III   United States   23   1
Juha   Helppi      23   2
Dennis   Hermens   Netherlands   23   3
Isaac   Haxton   United States   23   4
Johan   Til   Netherlands   23   5
Saul   Ivan   Argentina   23   6
Björn   Lindblom   Sweden   23   7
Ryan   Hughes   United States   24   1
Thomas   Rintzel   Germany   24   2
Nathan   Huvelle   United States   24   3
Christophe   Roumanie   Romania   24   4
Adam   Sanders   United States   24   5
Grayson   Physioc   United States   24   6
Robert   Smith   Canada   24   7
Michael   Cooper   United States   25   1
Wilfred   Iii   United States   25   2
Gary   Newman   United States   25   3
Rami   Ltaif   Canada   25   4
Erik   Franssohn   United Kingdom   25   5
Steve   Paul-Ambrose   Canada   25   6
Alban   Borgel      25   7
Rupert   Elder   United Kingdom   26   1
Rodney   Pennington   Canada   26   2
James   Collopy   United States   26   3
Daniel   Gimbel   United States   26   4
Mathew   Cherackal   United States   26   5
Arthur   Flangas   United States   26   6
Santiago   Ambite   Spain   27   1
Scott   Freeman   United States   27   2
Zev   Roher   Canada   27   3
Julian   Thew   United Kingdom   27   4
Ian   Prevost   United States   27   5
Torgny   Andersson   Sweden   27   6
Gerard   Fitt   Australia   27   7
Andrew   Overby   United States   28   1
Jacques   Zaicik   France   28   2
Viatcheslav   Mikhailiouk   United States   28   3
Christopher   Lardaro   United States   28   4
Mikael   Johansson      28   5
Trevor   Williams   United Kingdom   28   6
David   Schultz   United States   28   7
Richard   Toth   Hungary   29   1
Josh   Arieh   United States   29   2
Nick   Newkirk   Mexico   29   3
Guillaume   De la Gorce   France   29   4
Mario   Silvestri   United States   29   5
Sean   Gardiner   United States   29   6
Victor   Escudero      29   7
David   Pham   United States   30   1
Bob   Nolen   United States   30   2
Efrain   Lopez   United States   30   3
James   Ferguson   United States   30   4
Carl   Mccallum   United Kingdom   30   5
Robert   Weiss   United States   30   6
Robert   Kovar   Canada   30   7
Ørjan   Holt   Norway   31   1
Derek   Thorpe   Ireland   31   2
Adam   Shuman   United States   31   3
Alex   Brenes   Costa Rica   31   4
Louis   Cohen   United States   31   5
Olvedo   Heinze   Netherlands   31   6
Alan   Schein   United States   31   7
Federico   Stivoli   Italy   32   1
Rhynie   Campbell   Turks and Caicos Islands   32   2
Jim   Cleveborg      32   3
Thomas   Santoli   United States   32   4
Horst   Koch   Germany   32   5
Andreas   Hagen   Norway   32   6
Randall   Johnson   United States   32   7
Garrett   Adelstein   United States   33   1
Daniel   Kelly   United States   33   2
Hans   Ritburg   Netherlands   33   3
Luis   Santoni   United States   33   4
Daniel   Burke   United States   33   5
Shinichi   Ota   Japan   33   6
Jesse   Rockowitz   United States   34   1
Larry   Hirschfield   United States   34   2
Patrick   Bruel   France   34   3
Edward   Nassif II   United States   34   4
Frank   Nielsen   Denmark   34   5
Michiel   Brummelhuis   Netherlands   34   6
Tyler   Hammond   United States   34   7
Brent   Wilty   United States   35   1
Andrew   Boccia   United States   35   2
Samuel   Lehtonen   Sweden   35   3
Mats   Båtnes   Norway   35   4
Joseph   Brooks   United States   35   5
Benedikt   Peters   Germany   35   6
Daniel   Smith   United States   35   7
Peter   Gelencser   Hungary   36   1
Sammie   Watson   United States   36   2
Eric   Liu   United States   36   3
Timothy   Begley   United States   36   4
Jonathan   Snyder   United States   36   5
Arnaud   Mattern   France   36   6
Humberto   Brenes   Costa Rica   36   7
Anderson   Walters III   United States   37   1
Pierre   Neuville   Belgium   37   2
Thierry   Van den Berg   Netherlands   37   3
Michael   Ries   United States   37   5
Dennis   Fabian   United States   37   6
Karl   Stark   Sweden   37   7
Kenneth   Lee   United States   38   1
Justin   Sadauskas   United States   38   2
Brett   Levitzke   United States   38   3
Chris   Crawford   United States   38   4
Joseph   Hammerman   United States   38   5
William   Pilossoph   United States   38   6
Hunter   Frey   United States   38   7
Irina   Liepina   United Kingdom   39   1
Andrew   Schultz   United States   39   2
David   Colclough   United Kingdom   39   3
Norm   Macdonald   United States   39   4
Richard   Furay   United States   39   5
Eugene   Todd   United States   39   6
Brent   Roberts   United States   39   7
Elton   Tsang   Hong Kong   40   1
Zack   Mason   United States   40   2
Christopher   Andler   Sweden   40   3
Alexandra   Vuong   United States   40   4
Keith   Tilston   United States   40   5
William   Spadea   United States   40   6
Vandenbergh   Tycho   Germany   40   7
Peter   Jetten   Canada   41   1
Matthew   Larsen   Canada   41   2
Dan-Martin   Lundenius   United Kingdom   41   3
Chris   Danek   United States   41   4
Josh   Evans   United States   41   5
Katja   Thater   Germany   41   6
Stanislav   Zavoyskiy   United States   41   7
Craig   Hopkins   United Kingdom   42   1
Ben   Wolbers   Netherlands   42   2
Sam   Greenwood    Canada    42   4
Matt   Kay   Canada   42   5
Kris   Kuykendall   United States   42   6
Ed   Bender   United States   42   7
Niko   Hanninen      43   2
Hans-Ari   Varsi   Norway   43   3
Shae   Drobushevich   United States   43   4
Erik   Friberg   Sweden   43   5
Kwaysser   Akos   Hungary   43   6
Brian   Chesnutt   United States   44   1
Sorel   Mizzi   Canada   44   2
Jakob   Carlsson   Sweden   44   3
Joan   Schank   United States   44   4
Brett   Goodall   Canada   44   5
Jonathan   Screeney   United Kingdom   44   7
Andreas   Krause   Germany   45   1
Daan   Ruiter   Netherlands   45   2
Hans   Eskilsson   Sweden   45   3
Tae   Han   Brazil   45   4
Derek   Vandamme   United States   45   5
Michel   Abecassis   France   45   6
Jonas   Egeberg      45   7
Reid   Walker   United States   46   3
David   Héon-Althot   Canada   46   4
Michael   Shields   United States   46   5
Jeremy   Menard   United States   46   6
James   Crockett   United States   46   7
Tommy   Chen   United States   47   3
Marcel   Verhaegen   Netherlands   47   4
John   Zioulas   Canada   47   5
Thomas   Dekker   Netherlands   47   6
Ricardo   De Sousa   Portugal   47   7
Niclas   Adolfsson      48   1
John   Patgorski   United States   48   2
Nick   Niergarth   United States   48   3
Anthony   Cousineau   United States   48   4
Gary   Lent   United States   48   5
Pier   Ruscalla   Italy   48   7
Trevor   McGoona   Ireland   49   1
Charles   Anderson   United States   49   2
Kevin   Eyring   United States   49   3
Gregory   Breiner   United States   49   4
Andreas   Ebert   Germany   49   5
Kristoffer   Edberg   Sweden   49   6
Mirimskiyi   Ulievich   Ukraine   49   7
Thomas   Fougeron   France   50   1
John   Procopion   United States   50   2
Anthony   Zinno   United States   50   3
Dean   Thurman   United States   50   4
Jonathaon   Mercer   Canada   50   5
Patrick   O'Malley   United States   50   6
Ludovic   Lacay   France   50   7
Gino   Alacqua   Italy   51   3
Carl   Hostrup   Denmark   51   4
Dmitriy   Kirin   United States   51   5
Carter   Gill   United States   51   6
Kyle   Johnson   Canada   51   7
Steve   Seidler   United States   52   1
Dustin   Dorrance-Bowman   United States   52   2
Joshua   Ladines   United States   52   4
Davide   Sciabbarrasi   Italy   52   5
Robert   Delaney   Canada   52   6
Lionel   Nazarian   United States   53   1
Peter   Christensen   United States   53   2
Matthias   Neu   Germany   53   3
Joseph   Dimartino   United States   53   4
Jeffrey   Anderson   United States   53   5
Thomas   Rau   United States   53   6
Michael   Hogbom   Sweden   53   7
Andrew   Teng   United Kingdom   54   1
George   Lusby   United States   54   2
Luis   Sevilla   Spain   54   3
Jonathan   Little   United States   54   4
Phillip   Hilm   Denmark   54   5
Dave   Scatchard   United States   54   6
Stefan   Katz   Canada   54   7
Travis   Klein   United States   55   2
Benjamin   Zamani   United States   55   3
Ian   Isakson   United States   55   4
Brad   Stebeleski   Canada   55   5
Joshua   Ewing   United States   55   6
John   Shipley   United Kingdom   55   7
Wade   Townsend   United States   56   1
Blake   Bohn   United States   56   2
David   Wells   United States   56   3
Jimmie   Guinther   United States   56   5
Blake   Cahail   United States   56   6
David   Randall   United States   57   2
Raúl   Lleida   Spain   57   3
Nicholas   Maimone   United States   57   4
Matthew   Glantz   United States   57   5
Jean   Perrot   Spain   57   6
Yann   Nevé   France   57   7
Daniel   Donati   United States   58   1
Jan-Christophe   Von Halle   Germany   58   2
Soren   Reffstrup   Denmark   58   3
Stephen   Brite   United States   58   4
Tomas   Brolin   Sweden   58   5
Guy   Sitbon   France   58   6
Jason   Block   United States   58   7
Kristian   Eklund      59   1
Julien   Nuijten   Netherlands   59   2
Eric   Ladny   United States   59   3
Raffi   King   United States   59   4
Christian   Pereira   Argentina   59   5
Brett   Woodard   United States   59   6
Eric   Van der Burg   Netherlands   59   7
Eric   Tomberlin   United States   60   1
Steven   Tabb   United States   60   2
James   Lampropoulos   United States   60   3
Emil   Henriksson      60   4
David   Bokor   Canada   60   5
Garth   Mclellan   Canada   60   6
Mark   Venegoni   United States   60   7
Chris   Dombrowski   United States   61   1
Anthony   Roux   France   61   2
Ryan   Badii   United States   61   4
Richard   Geyer   United States   61   5
Luc   Greenwood   Canada   61   6
Mauro   Stivoli   Italy   61   7
Sami   Kelopuro   Finland   62   1
Ray   Sukkar   Australia   62   2
Jacob   Phillips   United States   62   3
Ryan   D'Angelo   United States   62   4
Joseph   Bell   United States   62   5
Andre   Akkari   Brazil   62   6
Julien   Wellhoff   France   62   7
Jeff   Williams   United States   63   1
Julien   Studley   United States   63   2
Patrick   Hallett   United States   63   3
Peter   Neff   United States   63   5
Jason   Helder   United States   63   6
Anthony   Klemm   United States   63   7
Alexander   Eriksson   Sweden   64   1
Richard   Wyrick   United States   64   2
Tore   Lagerborg      64   3
Barry   Beyers   Australia   64   4
Jonathan   Drane   United States   64   5
Steve   Phipps   United States   64   6
Anthony   Gregg   United States   64   7
Brian   Hawkins   United States   65   1
Ville   Mattila   Finland   65   2
Simón   Muñóz   Spain   65   3
Gunnar   Guillaume      65   4
Robert   Kostesky   Canada   65   5
Dennis   Waterman   United States   65   6
Sander   Braaksma   Netherlands   65   7
Stephen   Chidwick   United Kingdom
Kai   Herold   Germany
Bill   Kontaratos   Canada
Olive   Laurent   France
Antony   Lellouche   France
Annette   Obrestad   Norway
Victor   Olaru   Romania
Anirudh   Seth   United States
Cole   South   United States
Oscar   Teran   Venezuela
Martin   Wendt   Denmark
B   Wetsteijn   Netherlands

All the best, Julian.

Rupert is on tbl 26 st 1 :D

gl to him

Hi Snoops and Homer.....Can you keep track of my favorite Americans playing today....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) (aka martine23) at Table 10, Seat 8 and also Chris Lee (aka genius 28) who is at table 27...not sure of the seat number.

Thanks so much.

TR23
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Funnily enough, we bumped into Michael last night at the party, so we'll look out for him.

The thing that really strikes me as you enter the tournament area is that this really doesn't feel like an EPT at all. Now obviously, the location makes that the case, but there is little or no mention of the EPT on the Pokerstars-plastered walls. There's a certain lack of the EPT regulars too and a high amount of faceless (no insult intended) online qualifiers which gives this more of a WSOP feel than any other tournaments.

They're not using EPT chips either which just adds to this, plus the tournament structure is also distinctly different.

Chips:

Green -- 25
Black -- 100
Pink -- 500
Yellow -- 1000
Blue -- 5000

lol, thank you

Negotiating through the sixty or so tables, I've finally spotted Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225).

He had just raised a limper from the cut-off to 400, the small blind called whilst the big blind and limper passed.

Kc Jh 7h

The big blind leads out 400, Julian calls.

Kd

The big blind now fires out 625 to which Julian again calls.

9c

Now the big blind checks and Julian bets 800, he's called but his Ks Qh is the winner.

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Good luck to Dan Carter!! :) I have a feeling he wants to spend his time in the Bahamas on the beach with his lovely girlfriend... But, he'd better win this first, or there will be trouble!! ;)

Despite there being so many participants, the table draw still throws up a few good 'uns.

Prague winner Arnaud Mattern and Humberto Brenes.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6903&g2_serialNumber=1)

Luca Pagano and Soren Kongsgaard.

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Chris Lee is not on today's list, perhaps he is playing tomorrow?

Chris Lee is not on today's list, perhaps he is playing tomorrow?
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Homer --

He's definitely playing today as I spoke with him right before the event started.  Your list only shows seats 1-7....perhaps he's in seat 8, 9 or 10. 

TR23

Homer --

He's definitely playing today as I spoke with him right before the event started.  Your list only shows seats 1-7....perhaps he's in seat 8, 9 or 10. 

TR23
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I shall check after the break then. :)

Here is Rupert, sadly lacking red and white scarf.

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blonde poker buddy Michael Martin is on around 18k. I just saw him fold reluctantly to a Turn bet on an all diamond 4-5-A-K board. I don't think he had the Qd.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6933&g2_serialNumber=1)

Just to prove that Zspaceman's not a Billy Liar, here he is pictured with Messieurs Minieri and Lam.

"Is that Dario Minieri?" asks a passer by.

"Yep, sans school satchel," I replied.

silence

"Where's his scarf?" he asks

"We're in the Bahamas!" I said.

"Yes, well," he replies sternly. "He had his scarf on in Vegas!"

Christ, some people don't make it hard to be humorous.

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Right, I hope this is your man. If it is, he's on 18k. Actually, even if it isn't, he's still on 18k, whoever he is.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6923&g2_serialNumber=1)

I'm just about to dip back into the sea of poker players, but while I'm gone, can anybody help me out and tell me who last year's runner-upper Isaak Haxton looks like. I'm sure it's a musician of some kind, but I can't figure it out. Big prize for the best lookalike comparison.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6927&g2_serialNumber=1)

Nice one. Much appreciated - it's his debut in the EPT. Not a bad place to start though...

Thanks for that! he'll love the attention!!

wish him goodluck from the boys from NAVAN!

thanks great site...

Any idea if DC plays today or tomorrow???

Hey Reader, this is table 27, is Chris Lee spottable in this picture?

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Elsewhere we've spotted 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) who has qualified here with Stars FPP's. Not had the best of starts though, calling a raise with K-Q and raising a flop bet on a J-T-x board but bricking out when the turn paired the ten, and both players checked and he then missed the river.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6940&g2_serialNumber=1)

Incidentally our clock is playing up a little so please bear with us.

Andreas Hoivold is OUT, he flopped the nuts with T-7 only for his opponent to river a flush. His remaining chips went in with Tens against Ace King with a King on the river.

Oh well, at least he's still in the Bahamas...

Yep, playing today. Got the flight over with Flops and Snoops t'other day.

ps. If you want us to follow any particular player, then please post on this thread as soon as you can.
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Snoops and Homer -- I have three more Americans that I'd like info on whenever you get a chance...Steve Bilirakis (Table 3 Seat 6), Shannon Shorr (Table 7 Seat 3) and Roman Yitzhaki (Table 18, Seat 5).

Thanks, as usual.

TR23

If you're ever going to go crashing out of a tournament early doors, then this is surely the one to pick, and Erik Seidel will certainly be enjoying the sun for the rest of the week after being eliminated with 6h 5h on a 6-6-K Flop. It sounds a bit loosey goosey when I put it like that, but when you consider that there was pre-flop action that would make it hard to put Seidel on a Six, it's a bit of a cooler really. But after all the chips flew in, Seidel found himself up against Pocket Cowboys and virtually drawing dead. A Five on the Turn rubbed salt in wounds, and after a Sixless River, the multiple bracelet winner was a gonna. Surely now is a perfect time to work on that tan?

Up front, Julian Thew might be a cool sponsored pro donning his Will Hill gear, but lurking behind is evidence of rather less credible attire, including what I believe is known as a 'man bag' hanging precariously from his chair. And although he may try and hide it, look closely and you shall see the famous scarf, lurking timidly in his crotch. Don't be ashamed Julian, get it around that neck of yours, even if we are in the Bahamas!

Poker wise, Julian has been uncharacteristically quiet today and remains hovering around that 20k mark.

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Nice updates gang. The best destination you ever updated from Snoops?

Although seemingly at ease with the world and in good spirits, Dave Colclough's laid back demeanour just transformed into a squirming haddock that had been whisked out of the waters after tangling with Steve Jelinek's Russian bride, Irena Liepina. The Flop that had El Blondie in a fit of bamboozlement read  As 8c Td, and after his raise was re-raised all-in by Irena, he was left with what appeared to be a highly taxing decisions. A few arm stretches, lean on seats and scratching of heads later and Dave flips over A-T for what Floppy described as either a "crazy good" or "crazy bad" fold. Irena smirked smugly and quietly handed her cards over to the dealer.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6948&g2_serialNumber=1)

Yes, just pipped Bolton.

Have you been on the big water slide yet?

Just spotted, Sorel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=748) Mizzi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=748). Thought he might turn up later and buy the chip leader's seat off him.  ;scarymoment;

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6944&g2_serialNumber=1)

Former EPT champs are going good. Arnaud Mattern is sitting on a 31k stack, as is Julian Thew who just eliminated a medium stacked player with Ace King versus Queens AIPF. The Queens had made it 1k to go, Julian made it 3,200 and the Queens pushed for 8k more with Thewy making the call.

Nicolas Levi is kicking himself after completely missing the fact he made a backdoor flush. Raising with the Jd 9d and betting a J-x-x (two spades, one diamond flop) against another player. The turn brought another diamond and Nicolas bet again, and was called once more. The river made his flush with the Ad, but he didn't see it, so both players checked. The other played showed J-T and Nicolas mucked, before then seeing that he had actually had a flush. It was too late though and the 8k pot went sailing the other way...

Bolton has a big water slide?

To the airport, Snoops!!!

Incredibly, Peter Gould, who is renowned for his eclectic collection of tropical shirts has dressed down tonight, although he's still donning a shirt that would make Liberace look dull. No change for Gouldy, he's on around 18-19k.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6954&g2_serialNumber=1)

Not sure I'd want to highlight one of this dealer's mistakes. Looks like I'd be on the receiving end of a knuckle sandwich!

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6946&g2_serialNumber=1)

Now having been to the resort a couple of times in the past I know there is usually norkage on view so come on Floppy & Snoops pull yer fingers out for me n Kev and the rest of us long time sufferers pretty please.

John Shipley -- 10,250
Trevor McGonna -- 23,825
Sorel Mizzi -- 26,250
Dave Colclough -- 8,775
Irena Liepina -- 26,100
Dan Carter -- 10,575
Kristian Kjondal -- 31,000
Josh Arieh -- 16,400
Juha Helppi -- 14,550
Isaak Haxton -- 26,925
William Chen -- 22,200
Peter Gould -- 20,000
Kenneth Hicks Jnr -- 14,500
Scott Taylor -- 11,525
Tuan Lam -- 11,500
Dario -- 24,875
Michael Martin -- 13,950
Victor Ramdin -- 10,775
Chris Moneymaker -- 36,200
Joe Sebok -- 9,025
Bruce Atkinson -- 17,600
Lars Bonding -- 13,550
Soren Kongsgaard -- 14,825
Johnny Lodden -- 28,750
David Pham -- 19,750
Hans Eskilsson -- 25,150
Daan Ruitter -- 24,400
Rhett Butler -- 33,000

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6929&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Yes, all the top norkage in the Bahamas leave the beaches and head straight towards the Atlantis conference centre.  8)

How much did those extra 6k cost him, 5%?

Well give it a few hours about 5ish the sun goes down  ;)

Dan Carter's drop in chips is mostly due to raising with K-J and getting called by the big blind, who proceeded to bet out the whole way on a K-Q-J-x-x board, Dan flat-called every street but was shown K-Q at the river.

Luca Pagano is OUT, he had top set against a gutshot which then turned a flush draw, (when all the money went in) which hit on the river.

Mimi Tran -- 32,150
Carl Hostrup -- 16,575
Jeff Williams -- 17,425
Gino Alacqua -- 29,075
Katja Thater -- 14,075
Thierry Van Den Berg -- 15,700
Humberto Brenes -- 14,250
Arnuad Mattern -- 25,000
Andreas Hagen -- 25,400
Joris Jaspers -- 17,700
Benjamin Kang -- 5,000
Ted Lawson -- 13,475
Shannon Shorr -- 8,700

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6967&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Julian Thew -- 32,000

We were sitting in lobby yesterday of Atlantis and a bus arrived full of poker players arriving.It looked more like a pick up from school.

snoops will you PLEASE give dave colclough a big hug and tell him its from me...thanks

Dave Colclough is feeling a lot better after Irina told him she had pocket Eights, "I don't care if she's lying, I feel a lot better now..."

He's since picked up a few chips here and there, first with K-J against Q-J on a Jack-high board and then hitting a flush against trip Jacks. Back up to about 15k

Peter Gould is on 40k after flopping a set of twos and being set in on the river by an aggressively played King Jack which rivered two pair.

Johnny Lodden -- 50k

John Shipley's ship looked to being sailing off early as he was down to around 8k, but he just called a raise before c/raising a bet and a call on Qs Qd 8d from 1,200 to 3,700 to take the pot. Everything is now looking a little more ship shape for Shipley after he shipped that one. Don't think he said, "Ship it to Shipley," though.

I was really looking forward to actually being covered by you guys on the felt for once and not badgering you guys for updates but it wasn't meant to be because I busted early in level 2 today on a bluff.  No worries though because I'll be right back here tomorrow asking for my usual updates on Annette.

Hey,

If anybody could get an update on Jonathon Heath ["twistedecho"] it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Pete

Paul Alterman (along with comedy Americans) -- 23,200

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Michael Martin and Shannon Shorr are still plugging away, but both are very low with just 8,300 and 9,425 respectively.

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Soren Kongsgaard, "I'm trying to bust really quickly because I'm in the Bahamas..."

Compatriot Tor Lagerborg is the chip leader now with around 70k, he's just knocked out John Shipley whose  ;technolog; has sailed. A raise in late position was flat-called by Lagerborg's Queens, Shipley raised a further 3k, the OR passed and Lagerborg set Shipley in, the latter calling with dominated Jacks.

Ac 5s Qd 5h Ks board/

Chris Moneymaker bets 3k, but passes his Jc Tc fairly quickly when his opponent raises him another 8k.

Dan Carter has doubled up to 15k with Queens against Jacks.

Apparently, and according to the groupies either side, this large framed chap Joe Cappello, is one to look out for. He's currently on 25,000, so has his head above water so far today.

Joey Capello. Anyone else know him? He seems popular.

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Can you please wish Dan all the best, and tell him that United stuffed Vills 2-0, thanks guys

"I had a baaaaaaaaaaaaad 2007," reports Johnny Lodden to me as he raises to 700 pre-flop from early position. "2008 needs to be a lot better."

Still, he seems unfazed by life, even when he is called from Mateyboy on the button. Check check on a Kc 9s 8c Flop, and Lodden decides to have a stab for 1,600 on the Aspades Turn. Mateyboy calls, although hesitantly, and then again on the 4h River when the Lodden nonchalantly pops out 3k. The table takes a double take as Lodden reveals a rather inferior 7c 5d, in a spot of bother against Mateyboy's triumphant Ahrt Th.

Still, the important thing is that Lodden is up there with the chip leaders with well over 40k. He's been threatening a big win for a few years, so perhaps this will be the one.

Apologies for any delays, the Internet is and out more than a drug-induced hokey cokey.

Come on, you're going to have to elaborate for us. How outrageous was the bluff?

He's posted in on p5's- pretty outrageous! lol

Hey, is this your guy? If so, he has 9.5k, this photo taken in the midst of button thievery. (And eating his hand).

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7010&g2_serialNumber=1)

Julian Thew is swimming along quite nicely with 33,000. He also had a message for his sponsors. "Tell the guys at William Hill that I could be sending them a big invoice." Crikey, if he means expenses from going down the shot, then I can subscribe to that. A packet of onion rings and Dairy Milk fruit and nut chocolate bar cost me $11.50 last night.  :o

Hey, no teasing, what happened? Will Jamie Gold be worried about his 'World's Greatest Bluffer' title?

Lets see if I can do this Blonde style:

"I did it," triumphs Jason Laso.  "I somehow managed to beat last year's mark of 1 level + 10 minutes."  Jason is out of the PCA after 1 level + 5 mins this year for a new personal record.  After raising to 600 from late position into an absent big blind, a slow-witted older fellow in the SB re-raises to 1200. Both men see a flop of  Tc 7s 5d where the unknown man bets out 2000.  After a short deliberation, Jason elects to call.  The turn brings a  5c, and once again the older fellow fires 2500.  Jason, in his usual methodic yet intimidating style, counts out the chips and calls the bet.  The river was the  9c, completing several straight and flush draws.  After a 3k bet from the old guy, Jason piles up his chips and moves himself all-in for over 8k more.  Using his alledged tight image to his advantage, Jason felt he could move the older gentleman off the hand but alas he called with  Ac Aspades and Jason sheepishly mucked his  3d 6d.  Being the good sport, Jason shook the hand of his opponent and made a bad joke about his streak of busting early and the women here at the Atlantis, before leaving for the day.


Thoughts?

Yep...thats him! cheers for that! at least he's still alive :) if u see him again tell him he's a fishcake from me.

Thanks again,

Pete

Last time I checked upon the diminishing stack, and the accompanying dropped shoulders, of 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), he was holding a paltry 7k and possessing the frown of an upside down Cheshire Cat. However, upon return, just one orbit later, he had somehow amassed an almighty stack of 52,000 and gone from bracing himself for a week of sun, sea and something else on the sunny Bahamian shores to, amazingly more alluringly, hoping for a long week of playing cards with sweaty men. With over 50k, Michael is up there with the chip leaders and in with a great chance of making it through to Day 2, but he's had to survive a few nerve tingling moments to reach those dizzy heights.

After first doubling up to 15k with Nines versus A-J, Michael smooth called the pre-flop raise of WSOP runner upper Tuan Lam with Pocket Rockets, eventually getting it all-in on the Turn with Lam's 9-3 bottom pair in all sorts of bother. Just to prove that these two are at it like bitter enemies across a battlefield, Martin doubled up yet again courtesy of Lam, this time with K-T on a T-9-2 Flop. Lam had Q-J, which hit when a King popped out on the Turn, but another Cowboy on the River and Martin was yeeeeehaaaaaaing his way to a nice and spicy 52k stack. Lam, meanwhile, exited stage left the very next hand.

Considering his recent affluence courtesy of a 2nd place finish in the Amsterdam Master Classics, I did consider bribing Michael saying that I'd change his quote of "I just bought a quick drink thinking that I'd be gone soon" to "I'd just purchased a bottle of vodka so I could get blind drunk after the tournament", but thought better off it.

Finally, he said hello to his dear mother.  :hello:

Crikey, I'm out of a job.

Before I go though, can we hear the joke about the women at the Atlantis?

Wanna update in Walsall in February?

I said it was a BAD joke, you really don't wanna hear it.

My dinner...

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I did mention to the lady that it would be easier to put the bread in the middle...

She wasn't impressed.

I don't have any tournies planned until the WSOP (feels fun that I finally get to play it this year), so if that means I have to do some reporting to go on vacation, I'm in.  Plz tell the powers that be that I prefer the redeye flight outta Newark and prefer having 2 small beds in my hotel room, as opposed to 1 big one (I prefer not to have all that extra space to toss and turn in).

Also, why haven't I actually met the Blonde poker crew yet? 

Oh, we're about. Feel free to introduce yourself if you spot us.

Any news on Jon Screeney guys? Is he still in?

"I'm on the comeback," exclaims a pumped up El Blondie. "It doesn't get much better than this."

The blonde one's on 23k, but still thinking about his big fold from earlier on. "I think she had Eights. She would have folded A-8 on the Flop."

Meanwhile, Peter Gould has jumped up to 50k after "a couple of bluffs" and finding a set of Deuces quacking their way to a 2-K-x Flop, a Jack on the River  a great card for Peter, but a poor one for his opponent who had K-J.

IDK what u guys look like.  Is Maria here?

The changing faces of Bertrand Grospellier, aka ElkY and currently on 8,000.

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Considering his recent affluence courtesy of a 2nd place finish in the Amsterdam Master Classics, I did consider bribing Michael saying that I'd change his quote of "I just bought a quick drink thinking that I'd be gone soon" to "I'd just purchased a bottle of vodka so I could get blind drunk after the tournament", but thought better off it.

Finally, he said hello to his dear mother.  :hello:
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Thanks Snoops for the update.  He actually called me from the break and told me he had a few drinks when he was down to 7K but thought better of it once he started climbing back up.  So that bottle of vodka might just have to wait.

TR23

He may have put on few pounds since he picked up the game of poker, but when Tomas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=769) Brolin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=769), 14,075, was at his physical peak, playing International football for Sweden and knocking them in for Leeds, he was on a strict diet of just 8 pies per day.

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No, we couldn't afford bringing more than two people.

This is Snoopy, hard at work. (That's Owen from Pokerlistings in the background, sneakily grabbing a cookie).

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Dan Carter (10k) has had one rum punch and feels really drunk now.

Tor Lagerborg -- 90k (Looks like he's been on the rum punch too).

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Ok guys if I don't come down tonight, I'll come down sometime tomorrow when Annette is playing.  I can only hope she does better then I did (although she busted in level 2 of this tourney last year as well).

Any updates on Dan Carter and Stuart Taylor appreciated guys.

his royal highness of yoyoing please

Meanwhile I've noticed we've had a few requests for norkage, I saw a couple of nice looking birds, so I grabbed a pic before they upped and left.

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Humberto Brenes is a crowd drawer like no other...

The board reads 6-7-8 and Humberto has called another player's all-in. The other player shows 7-7 and Humberto says, "I....haaaaaaveeee.....the...........nuts!!!" as he turns Tc 9c over. "No pair the board please." The board bricks out and he gets his wish.

Julian Thew has dropped down to 18,900.

"With the wife here, I really should be going out on Day 1 or winning the thing," he confessed.

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Directly below is Trevor McGoona, currently far from happy days with just 10,500, but he's accompanied by blonde poker Waterford Festival finalist Derek Thorpe, who, admittedly, was spotted due to his skin being paler than everyone else's. "Are you British?" I asked. "Irish." I knew he wasn't American, only Erik Seidel has skin as pale as us. "I'm playing about as bad as I've ever played before," admits Thorpe lurking over his mere 5,825.

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Also still plugging away for the Brits/Irish are Rupert Elder (17,200), Dave Colclough (22,525) and Peter Gould (46,300).

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I do apologise, but I can't seem to find Jon. I can't say he's out for sure, as the field is so big and it's needle in haystack time when the players move table. It doesn't look good, but I'll keep a look out just in case he crops up again.

Dave Colclough has been moved to Julian Thew's right, they seemed more interested in bickering about a hand which involved Julian re-re-raising (or something) with Q-5 at the Broadway a while ago. Both in are in the 25k to 30k zone, Dan Carter meanwhile is the 'push vs a raise' stage, his 12k boosted from 9k after an Ace King shove against a raise.

Stuart Taylor is on 40k after 'sucking out big-style' with Nines against Kings, then having Kings against Ace King. Fairly easy innit.

Incidentally, todays player tally has come in as 556, with another 600 expected tomorrow.

Johnny Lodden -- 25k "Going downhill."

Full list of the players who started today.

Michel Abecassis   45   6
Arthur Acer   17   8
Michael Adamo   23   9
Timothy Adams   9   1
Garrett Adelstein   33   1
Niclas Adolfsson   48   1
Tony Afani   9   3
Andre Akkari   62   6
Gino Alacqua   51   3
Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=946) Alterman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=946)   20   4
Santiago Ambite   27   1
Charles Anderson   49   2
Jeffrey Anderson   53   5
Fredrik Andersson   18   4
Torgny Andersson   27   6
Christopher Andler   40   3
Hoivold Andreas   4   8
Howard Appledort   8   8
Josh (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=927) Arieh (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=927)   29   2
Jospeh Aronesty   31   9
Bruce (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=57) Atkinson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=57)   11   2
David Atrubin   13   5
Ryan Badii   61   4
David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=118) Baker (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=118)   15   3
Eric Baldwin   3   1
Gerald Banach   15   2
Wilson Bassile   21   4
Chad Batista,   46   2
Mats Båtnes   35   4
Timothy Begley   36   4
Joseph Bell   62   5
Ed Bender   42   7
David Benefield   55   1
Eric Benhamron   17   4
Sergio Benso   3   3
Christophe Benzimra   24   4
Johan Bergqvist   1   2
Pierre Berube   17   1
Fabio (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=912) Bianchi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=912)   8   9
Brent Bibby   6   2
Nicholas Bickey   22   9
Steve Billirakis   3   6
Jared Bleznick   40   8
Jason Block   58   7
Andrew Boccia   35   2
Blake Bohn   56   2
David Bokor   60   5
Aleksander Bolotin   17   9
Lars Bønding   11   1
Alban Borgel   25   7
Franck Bourdonné   15   7
Sander Braaksma   65   7
Robert Bradley   54   8
Adam Bragar   22   7
Gregory Breiner   49   4
Jakob Brekken   52   9
Alex Brenes   31   4
Humberto (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=837) Brenes (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=837)   36   7
Luke Brennan   61   8
Stephen Brite   58   4
Tomas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=769) Brolin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=769)   58   5
Joseph Brooks   35   5
Kyle Brossia   14   6
Chad (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=494) Brown (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=494)   25   8
Sean Bruder   2   5
Patrick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1111) Bruel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1111)   34   3
Michiel Brummelhuis   34   6
Lance Bruner   1   5
Daniel Burke   33   5
Tony Calvin Burton   45   8
Peter Busch   21   5
Rhett Buttler   50   8
Gregory Byard   12   3
Blake Cahail   56   6
Bill Campbell   5   8
Rhynie Campbell   32   2
Howie Campbell   41   8
Kyle Cannon   21   1
Joseph Cappello   26   8
Jakob Carlsson   44   3
Eugenio Carmoneto   9   9
Daniel Carter   38   8
Peter Chan   20   1
William (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=958) Chen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=958)   22   4
Tommy Chen   47   3
Mathew Cherackal   26   5
Brian Chesnutt   44   1
Glen Chorny   12   9
Peter Christensen   53   2
Jason Christian   4   7
Umberto Cianfanelli   49   9
Jim Cleveborg   32   3
Louis Cohen   31   5
Ouri Cohen   34   8
David Colclough   39   3
Ryan Collett   14   5
James Collopy   26   3
Allisen Connor   59   8
Philip Consolo   8   4
Michael Cooper   25   1
Anthony Cousineau   48   4
Benjamin Crabbe   13   6
Chris Crawford   38   4
James Crockett   46   7
José Cuenca   7   7
Arthur Czuta   43   9
Chris Danek   41   4
Ryan D'Angelo   62   4
Guillame De La Gorce   29   4
Eric De Regt   8   5
Ricardo De Sousa   47   7
Douglas De Voogel   40   9
Thomas Dekker   47   6
Robert Delaney   52   6
Wilhelmina Detz   26   7
John Dibella,   19   4
Tyler Dickinson   16   2
Joseph Dimartino   53   4
Chris Dombrowski   61   1
Daniel Donati   58   1
Randy Dorfman   11   8
Jason Dorfman   13   8
Dustin Dorrance-Bowman   52   2
Jonathan Drane   64   5
Shae Drobushevich   43   4
Kristoffer Edberg   49   6
Jonas Egeberg   45   7
Kristian Eklund   59   1
Rupert Elder   26   1
Joseph Elpayaa   8   2
Robert Emond   19   3
Alexander Eriksson   64   1
Victor Escudero   29   7
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)   45   3
Josh Evans   41   5
Joshua Ewing   55   6
Kevin Eyring   49   3
Bill Ezzo   11   9
Dennis Fabian   37   6
David Farber   33   7
Kofi Farkye   23   8
Gerhard Farmer   15   6
James Ferguson   30   4
David Ferrante   4   6
Rosamelia Ferreia   26   9
Gerard Fitt   27   7
Harold Fitzpatrick   15   5
Arthur Flangas   26   6
Robert Ford   16   5
Erik Franssohn   25   5
Scott Freeman   27   2
Hunter Frey   38   7
Erik Friberg   43   5
Richard Furay   39   5
Robert Futia   18   8
Sean Gardiner   29   6
Michael Gaubert   37   4
Peter Gelencser   36   1
Richard Geyer   61   5
Carter Gill   51   6
Daniel Gimbel   26   4
Matthew Glantz   57   5
William Goff Jr   34   9
Alexandre Gomez   18   9
Brett Goodall   44   5
Peter Gould   16   9
Craig Gray   20   6
Maxwell Greenwood   9   4
Sam Greenwood   42   4
Luc Greenwood   61   6
Anthony Gregg   64   7
Chris Grigorian   48   9
Ben Grise   5   5
Bertrand Grospellier   13   7
Jimmie Guinther   56   5
Andreas Hagen   32   6
Jeffrey Hakim   13   3
Patrick Hallett   63   3
Joseph Hammerman   38   5
Tyler Hammond   34   7
Tae Han   45   4
Sam Hankins   1   3
Niko Hanninen   43   2
Thor Hansen   43   1
Christian Harder   4   4
Jeremy Harkin   57   8
Fredrik Haugen   8   3
Brian Hawkins   65   1
Isaac Haxton   23   4
William Haydon   12   8
Jonathan Heath   17   3
Olvedo Heinze   31   6
Jason Helder   63   6
Juha Helppi   23   2
Kim Hemmingsen   20   5
Emil Henriksson   60   4
David Héon-Althot   46   4
Dennis Hermens   23   3
Kenneth Hicks Jr   17   6
William Hill   1   6
Phillip Hilm   54   5
Larry Hirschfield   34   2
Mikael Hogbom   53   7
Emil Holmsten   13   1
Paul Holub   29   9
Craig Hopkins   42   1
Carl Hostrup-Pedersen   51   4
Adam Hourani   9   2
Ryan Hughes   24   1
Nathan Huvelle   24   3
Ian Isakson   55   4
Saul Ivan   23   6
Jonathan James   56   4
Joris Jaspers   12   2
Peter Jetten   41   1
Mikael Johansson   28   5
Randall Johnson   32   7
Kyle Johnson   51   7
Aaron Jones   18   2
Michael Joosse   11   7
Uri Kadosh   24   8
Benjamin Kang   5   2
Dana Karlson   14   7
Eugene Katchalou   35   8
Michael Katz   46   1
Stefan Katz   54   7
Matt Kay   42   5
Patrick Kelly   17   2
Daniel Kelly   33   2
Jeff Kennedy   30   9
Zaidi Khoury   32   9
Eugene Kim   22   2
Raffi King   59   4
Dmitriy Kirin   51   5
Stephan Kjerstad   5   4
Kristian Kjondal   39   8
Travis Klein   55   2
Anthony Klemm   63   7
Horst Koch   32   5
Robert Kostesky   65   5
Robert Kovar   30   7
Andreas Krause   45   1
Mathias Kuerschner   44   8
Wilfred Kullman   25   2
Yves Kupfermunz   17   5
Kris Kuykendall   42   6
Valdemar Aros Kwaysser   43   6
Ludovic Lacay   50   7
David Lacoste   52   8
Regent Lacroix   61   3
Joshua Ladines   52   4
Eric Ladny   59   3
Tore Lagerborg   64   3
Tuan Lam   10   5
James Lampropoulos   60   3
Nada Lantz   51   2
Christopher Lardaro   28   4
Matthew Larsen   41   2
Jason Laso   8   7
Ted Lawson   7   1
Dinh Le   36   9
Chris Lee   32   8
Kenneth Lee   38   1
Samuel Lehtonen   35   3
Gary Lent   48   5
Aaron Lerner   6   6
Chris Leveroni   9   8
Nicolas Levi   8   6
Jason Levine   2   3
Brett Levitzke   38   3
Adam Levy   19   7
Mark Levy   43   8
Andrew Lichtenberger   1   7
Kathy Liebert   6   9
Irina Liepina   39   1
George Lind III   23   1
Björn Lindblom   23   7
Jonathan Little   54   4
Eric Liu   36   3
Raúl Lleida   57   3
Donald Lloyd   33   6
Johnny Lodden   18   1
Efrain Lopez   30   3
Nikolay Losev   56   7
Craig Loucks   24   9
Rami Ltaif   25   4
Tony Ltaif   44   9
Dan-Martin Lundenius   41   3
Otto Lundstrom   2   10
George Lusby   54   2
Eric Lynch   38   9
Norman Macdonald   64   8
Gracz Maciek   43   7
James Mackey   16   7
Nicholas Maimone   57   4
Amit Makhija   17   7
Minaya Manelic   21   8
Michael Martin   10   8
Marcel Martin   19   8
Nicolas Martin   22   3
Jose Martinez-Rincon   48   8
Zack Mason   40   2
Mohammad Masoud   56   8
Arnaud Mattern   36   6
Ville Mattila   65   2
Bourbonnais Maurice   13   4
Carl Mccallum   30   5
Tom McCormick   20   9
Grant McCrea   48   6
James Mccrink   6   3
Charles McCrink   42   8
Trevor McGoona   49   1
Garth Mclellan   60   6
Michael Melin   2   1
Jeremy Menard   46   6
Jonathaon Mercer   50   5
Jason Mercier   14   1
Joseph Michael   12   6
Alex Michaels   3   2
Viatcheslav Mikhailiouk   28   3
Brian Miller   46   8
Arthur Minetz   7   6
Dario Minieri   10   3
Sorel Mizzi   44   2
Chris Moneymaker   2   4
Sam Morda El Sayeda   20   7
David Morgan   3   5
Thomas Mørland   12   4
Austin Mullins   63   8
Don Mullis   15   9
Fernando Muniz   3   9
Simón Muñóz   65   3
Simon Munz   36   8
Stephen Murphy   2   2
Larry Murphy   5   1
Lev Myrymsiky   49   7
Edward Nassif II   34   4
Lionel Nazarian   53   1
Peter Neff   63   5
Matthias Neu   53   3
Pierre Neuville   37   2
Yann Nevé   57   7
Nick Newkirk   29   3
Gary Newman   25   3
Jon Neyir   4   1
Duc Nguy   11   6
Anh Nguyen   2   7
Søren Nielsen   11   4
Lars-Egil Nielsen   21   9
Frank Nielsen   34   5
Nick Niergarth   48   3
Bob Nolen   30   2
Alessandro Nuccetelli   6   8
Julien Nuijten   59   2
Kevin O'Keefe   22   8
Patrick O'Malley   50   6
Andrew Overby   28   1
Luca Pagano   11   3
Alain Pageau   37   8
Jeffrey Papola   20   2
Stuart Paterson   4   2
John Patgorski   48   2
Jospeh Patrick   1   8
Jospeh Patrick   2   8
Steve Paul-Ambrose   25   6
Arthur Peacock   57   1
Jorg Peisert   39   9
Rodney Pennington   26   2
Christian Pereira   59   5
Diego Pérez   3   7
Jean Perrot   57   6
David Peters   6   1
Benedikt Peters   35   6
David Pham   30   1
John Phan   46   9
Andy Philachack   7   9
Simon Philipp   3   10
Rohr Philippe   18   7
Justin Phillips   19   6
Jacob Phillips   62   3
Steve Phipps   64   6
Grayson Physioc   24   6
Luigi Pignataro   50   9
William Pilossoph   38   6
Dale Pinchot   7   8
Sean Pitzer   16   6
Brian Powell   44   6
Josh Prager   6   5
Robert Preston   47   1
Ian Prevost   27   5
John Procopion   50   2
Allan Puzontyan   33   9
John Racener   14   9
Rick Rahim   49   8
Annand Ramdin   15   4
David Randall   57   2
Thomas Rau   53   6
Benjamin Reed   9   7
Soren Reffstrup   58   3
Otto Richard   2   6
Michael Ries   37   5
Thomas Rintzel   24   2
Gregory Ripert   52   7
Hans Ritburg   33   3
Brent Roberts   39   7
Jesse Rockowitz   34   1
Zev Roher   27   3
Justin Rollo   14   2
Gregory Ronaldson   3   8
Kenneth Rosen   63   4
Abraham Rosenkrantz   13   2
Adam Ross   13   9
Anthony Roux   61   2
John Roveto   22   1
Jonathan Rozema   58   8
Daan Ruiter   45   2
Pier Ruscalla   48   7
Sergey Rybachen   5   6
Mikhael Saakian   19   1
Francois Safieddine   25   9
Gualter Salles   41   9
Antonio Salorio   16   8
Adam Sanders   24   5
Thomas Santoli   32   4
Luis Santoni   33   4
Trevor Saunders   37   9
Dave Scatchard   54   6
Kevin Schaffel   62   8
Joan Schank   44   4
Kevin Scholtz   47   8
Nicholas Schulman   33   8
David Schultz   1   9
Andrew Schultz   39   2
Noah Schwartz   47   2
Davide Sciabbarrasi   52   5
Jonathan Screeney   44   7
Joe Sebok   3   4
William Seery Jr   14   3
Erik Seidel   16   4
Steve Seidler   52   1
Luis Sevilla   54   3
Bryan Shaffer   27   9
Jason Sherman   31   8
Michael Shields   46   5
Daniel Shiff   28   8
Dov Shiff   30   8
John Shipley   55   7
Shannon Shorr   7   3
Adam Shuman   31   3
Rudy Sibley   35   9
Steven Silverman   4   9
Mario Silvestri   29   5
Jamshidi Sirous   60   8
Guy Sitbon   58   6
Jordan Smith   5   3
John Smith   14   8
Greg Smith   20   3
Justin Smith   20   8
Robert Smith   24   7
Daniel Smith   35   7
Jonathan Snyder   36   5
David Sonelin   14   4
William Spadea   40   6
Ben Stark   10   6
Karl Stark   37   7
Brad Stebeleski   55   5
Johannes Steindl   6   7
Edward Steitz   11   5
Danny Stiegler   21   2
Federico Stivoli   32   1
Mauro Stivoli   61   7
Thomas Stringer   22   6
Jason Strochak   27   8
Julien Studley   63   2
Jack Sturgeon   5   7
Ray Sukkar   62   2
Freddy Sumanth   51   1
Steven Tabb   60   2
Sylvain Taddei   12   1
Anton Talle   10   9
Stuart Taylor   10   4
Andrew Teng   54   1
Katja Thater   41   6
Julian Thew   27   4
Raymond Thomas Jr   19   5
Derek Thorpe   31   2
Dean Thurman   50   4
Roger Tichenor   45   9
Luis Tier   12   7
Johan Til   23   5
Keith Tilston   40   5
Evan Tindell   10   2
Christian Toboc   16   1
Eugene Todd   39   6
Eric Tomberlin   60   1
Peter Topos   15   8
Richard Toth   29   1
Wade Townsend   56   1
Eric Tracy   18   6
Igor Trafane   42   9
Dang Trai   2   9
David Tran   10   7
Thithi Tran,   52   3
Kevin Trieu   10   1
Elton Tsang   40   1
Vandenbergh Tycho   40   7
Jose Valero   1   10
Thierry Van Den Berg   37   3
Eric Van Der Burg   59   7
Arthur Van der Meeren   21   7
Derek Vandamme   45   5
Hans-Ari Varsi   43   3
Mark Venegoni   60   7
Alexander Venovski   9   6
Marcel Verhaegen   47   4
Jeremiah Vinsant   7   5
Francis Vizza   19   9
Jan Von Halle   58   2
Pascal Vullion   53   8
Alexandra Vuong   40   4
Trygve Wahlbeck   1   1
Reid Walker   46   3
Christopher Walsh   12   5
Anderson Walters III   37   1
Dennis Waterman   65   6
Steve Weinstein   15   1
Robert Weiss   30   6
Julien Wellhoff   62   7
David Wells   56   3
Mohammad Wesali   19   2
Tom West   7   2
Tim West   21   3
Bart Wetsteijn   42   3
Pat White   55   8
Alex Wice   9   5
Trevor Williams   28   6
Jeff Williams   63   1
Scott Wilson   18   3
Brent Wilty   35   1
James Wisemiller   4   5
Robert Wisiak   28   9
Ben Wolbers   42   2
Thaddeus Wolff   65   8
Danny Wong   7   4
Brett Woodard   59   6
Richard Wyrick   64   2
Roman Yitzhaki   18   5
Ryan Young   1   4
Jacques Zaicik   28   2
Benjamin Zamani   55   3
Aleksandrs Zaravins   6   4
Mauro Zarlenga   21   6
Stanislav Zavoyskiy   41   7
John Zioulas   47   5
Richard Zipes   29   8
Flavio Zumbini   51   8

Cheers Snoops, appreciate it

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After pulling his head back over water, Dave Colclough has sunk back down to 12k after running A-K into Kings. During the break, tablemate Julian Thew informed El Blondie that everyone at the table was a rock except seat Nine. Seat Nine had the Kings.

Frederik Haugen, who finalled in the London EPT, is now OUT. He re-raised all-in from late position with Kc Tc, but, after a lengthy dwell, was finally looked up by Mateyboy's Kh Qh. A 2d 4s 6h 8d 6d board later and Haugen was done and dusted.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7046&g2_serialNumber=1)

As with most poker events, a range of different people from different backgrounds come together, many of whom don very different, and sometimes unusual hair dos. The two images below is a prime example of this, although I'm not sure which is more frightening, the natty dreads or the foreboding beehive.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7044&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Jesus, are they giving the specimens from Area 52 weekend passes now?

For Reader, here is Chris Lee, he has 40k.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7064&g2_serialNumber=1)

Oh my God!!! Look at all the hats, there are just so many! Where are they all coming from?

Being in the Bahamas, an eclecticism of hats is to be expected, and what an array we have on display here today. From the Liam Gallagher hat to the condom hat to the traditional straw hat, it really is exciting.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7062&g2_serialNumber=1)

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(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7058&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7056&g2_serialNumber=1)

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By the way if anyone gets Challenge TV, apparently Jen's on it right now.

Hello, lucky Bahamas updaters! Photos of beaches and ridiculous cocktails please.

I'm told we're close to the 290 players we were originally going to finish at, but instead we're actually going to play through this level and 45 minutes of the 500/1000/100 level. The same will then be done tomorrow.

Oh and for all you guests who haven't signed up, remember...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5649&g2_serialNumber=1)

if anybody cares, that last hat pic. is of Chad Batista aka Lil' Holdem aka M8king Moves.

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as per usual guys.

Thanks for that, always helpful to know the names.

Tomas Brolin -- 22,400
Julian Thew -- 24,400
Dave Colclough -- 21,500
Rhett Butler -- 16,850
Bertrand Grospellier -- 100,000
Ted Lawson -- 27,075
Kathy Liebert -- 31,200
Thor Hansen -- 17,900
Soren Kongsgaard -- 22,350
Rhett Butler -- 36,725
Josh Arieh -- 35,000
Michael Martin -- 85,00
S Taylor -- 32,325
Humberto Brenes -- 39,400
Hans Eskillson -- 27,450
Johnny Lodden -- 53,775
Nicolas Levi -- 47,275
Irena Liepina -- 80,225
Guillaume de la Gorce -- 23,625
David Pham -- 92,800
Issac Haaxton -- 24,350
Victor Ramdin -- 8,000
Thierry Van Den Berg -- 41,000
Peter Gould -- 28,200
Ryan Collette -- 165,000

Can someone please highlight that I've inserted Rhett Butler's chip counts twice by accident so I can say a certain line...  ;whistle;

The first of the Rhetts should have been Brit Rupert Elder, currently on 16,850.

"Just call me Mr Yo-yo," requests 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) as he nurses a newly acquired stack 21,500. He didn't seem too keen to elaborate at first, and initially I had to hear the news from Julian, but El Blondie doubled up with A-Q versus A-K, a cheeky flush hitting the River.

Julian, meanwhile, has dropped down to 24,400 after making what he believed to be a "terrible bluff" on the river with a missed flush draw.

Snoops, not sure if you've noticed but it would appear that you have accidently inserted Rhett Butler's chip counts twice

Frankly, gatso, I don't give a damn.

 ;thankyou;

I think that's the guy I knocked out in round one in the WSOP heads up last yr. Richard Herbert, straight off a 12-hour flight (drinking session), said no wonder I won in Barca if all players were as easy as him, I told him I thought he was pretty good. Strummer called me an idiot....on theway out we picked up a copy of cardplayer and Daniel Negreanu's whole column was about this guy (I think they call him Bobo) and what a star he is gonna be lol.

Luckily for him I play in this tomorrow. Time to get some comedy cocktail pictures with James Aikenhead and the Mantis For Dana, before checking back here for chip counts and update on Dan Carter's bedroom antics and early nite.

Great updates Snoops

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Dan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=86) Carter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=86) is MIA whilst John Phan has doubled up with Queens against Jacks.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7068&g2_serialNumber=1)

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) is OUT, Kings against Aces. All day grinding away to build a stack and it disappears in an instant.

Fellow Stars pro Elky is doing much better though, can you guess how much he has? (blue = 5k, yellow = 1k, pink = 500, black = 100 and green = 25)

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7066&g2_serialNumber=1)

108K?

With the day drawing to a close, I thought I'd have a quick scour around the arena to find out who'd be going home happy chappies. Rumour has it that Ryan Collette is our chip leader with circa 180k, but I am yet to find the little rascal. For the time being, you'll have to make do with this motley crew.

Alex Michaels -- 125,000

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7076&g2_serialNumber=1)

Johan Berquist -- 110,000

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7074&g2_serialNumber=1)

Stephan_Kjerstad -- 129,000

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7072&g2_serialNumber=1)

Steve Paul-Ambrose -- 147,000

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=7070&g2_serialNumber=1)

Tore Lagerborg -- 92,700

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Just as I'm braced to exit the media room and venture into the cardroom with all the eagerness of a dog at a juicy bone convention, Floppy informs me that the show is over and the chips are being bagged up.

I'm not sure what it was there, but ElkY's count several minutes before the final whistle was 87,100.

Play has now finished for the day as the laborious bag 'n' tagging process takes place.

We'll restart once more tomorrow at 12pm (5pm UK time) where another 500+ players will be taking their shot at glory.

;stickaforkinme;

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