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We're back! Yay!

More players playing today including Greg Raymer and Luca Pagano along with an assortment of others who we've yet to spot. Play is meant to start at 2pm (1pm UK) but we're debating that it might start a little late due to the fact that everyone (including press) has to register each day to go into the casino due to Polish law.

Here are last nights chip counts:

Robert   Flink    113,300
Anio   Alcaraz    78,000
Alp   Okumus    62,100
Jospeh   Serock    55,000
Andreas   Torbergsen    53,000
Daniel   Hofmeister    51,900
Jean Claude   Perrot    50,100
Tyler   Netter    42,600
David   Burn    41,700
Kenneth   Hicks Jr.    41,200
Willian   Johnson    40,900
Christoffer   Sonesson    39,800
Victor   Escudero    39,100
James   Honeybone    38,700
Fredrik   Haugen    36,800
Anton   Smolyanskiy    35,800
Andrea   Benelli    35,700
Jari-Pekka   Juhola    34,400
Trond Erik   Eidsvig    34,400
Dennis   Bejedal    33,900
Roberto   Nateri    32,500
Magnus   Petersson    30,100
Woody   Deck    29,700
Cristiano   Blanco    28,800
Robert   Lipkin    28,800
Niclas   Svensson    27,800
Aleksandr   Gorelik    27,200
Derek   Montgomery    26,600
Jean François   Rigollet    26,600
Juan Manuel   Pastor    25,700
Ulrica   Skönnemark    24,900
Johan   Storakers    24,800
Mats   Rahm    24,000
Johan   Lund    24,000
Antonio   Gomez Ribera    23,800
Jacek   Ładny    22,500
Jeffrey   Petronack    21,700
Christos   Kravaritis    21,600
Hans   Eskilsson    21,100
Daniel   Carter    20,800
Daniel   Ryan    19,800
Julien   Boue    18,800
Marc   Goodwin    18,700
Daniel   Woolson    18,400
Stewart   Chantler    18,300
Janusz   Petlic    18,300
Dino   Dinler    18,300
Daniel   Mangas    17,900
Hans   Ritburg    17,500
Mark   Hirleman    17,200
Casey   Kastle    17,200
Antti   Ropponen    16,900
Kosta   Anastasyadi    16,700
Christian   Öman    15,700
Kim   Öfverström    15,500
Nikolaj   Fabricius    15,400
Morten   Holm    15,300
Craig   Hopkins    15,000
Jorund   Soma    14,700
Joel   Gunnarsson    13,800
Łukasz   Wasek    13,500
Patrick   Arba    11,500
Stephan   Thiele-Bolivar    10,500
Julian   Thew    8,900
Marek   Piecha    8,700
Kai   Leurer    8,600
Gino   Alacqua    8,000
William   Olivieri    8,000
Eugeniusz   Licznarowski    6,900
Mirko   Kirner    6,700
Sami   Leino    6,300
John   Gibson    3,900

No player list as yet... even though the runners are pretty much set in stone and there is a Mystical Hard Copy floating around somewhere 'on the casino floor'...  Homer is down there in the pre-play chaos recognising players and remembering them...

Anyway, it was a pretty good day yesterday all in all - let's hope there's at least as much action to report to you today (probably not starting quite yet though), with perhaps a Climber worthy of taking on Mr. Thew...

People spotted so far:

Soren Kongsgaard
Dave Colclough
Andy Black
Mark Teltscher
Thomas Fougeron
Pascal Perrault
Rolf Slotboom

C'mon Stuart 'The Nutter' Rutter!  ;karabiner;

It's time to run goooooooood!

Can you do a quick check on Stuarts footwear? Tell him to take off the posh shoes and put on a pair of runners, if he expects to win some races this time!


Edit: Rutter is in Austria, screw you Poland!!

 :hello: ;hattip; xx

Morning!  It's a wonderful bottleneck downstairs, so there's no way we're getting in the casino until all the runners settle down.  Not likely to start play for at least 15 minutes, as every player has to register at the reception desk in front of the casino entrance with their passport every day, as does every press member, everyone who wants to play a cash game, or sit by a slot machine... you get the picture.  The exciting 8 levels of play today will make all the standing around behind a door like a lemon worth it, we hope.

Hello good updaters..looking forward to this one ..nothing to distract me from this one this afternoon what with Cheltenham being abandoned.

:)

And they're off!

Liz Lieu (who is tiny!) and Thierry Van Den Berg

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11720&g2_serialNumber=1)

Johnny Lodden, lost his chin and neck in a prop bet last night. Maybe.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11722&g2_serialNumber=1)

Arnaud Mattern - Designer stubbletastic.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11724&g2_serialNumber=1)

Greg Raymer, obviously heard about our 'Hat of the Day' competition.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11726&g2_serialNumber=1)

Andy Black and Dave Colclough, professionalism and spontaneity.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11718&g2_serialNumber=1)

We're still waiting for the seat plans to come up. So it's all very Mateyboyish at the moment. A big pot on table 1 where all the chips ended up in the middle of a Qh 9c Kd Qs 3d board, the victorious winner from seat 1 showing Kh Ks, Seat 6, left with shrapnel, choosing to muck, what was thought to be Js Ts...

Provisional Player list, (No Stuart Rutter, don't think he's here):

Mario   Adinolfi
Risto   Ailamo
Kostadin   Anakiev
Mads   Andersen
Fatih   Aydin
Ziv   Bachar
Antonio   Battisti
Jadambaa   Bat-Ulzii
Remy   Biechel
Brynja   Björg Sassoon
Henri   Boutboul
Steve   Bromley
Stéphane   Brou
Michiel   Brummelhuis
Stephen   Chidwick
Raul Paez   Corral
David   Couclas
Brice   Cournut
Piergiorgio   D'ancona
Jeffrey   Davidson
Ed   De Haas
Carlos Manuel   De Jesus Oliveira
Gianfranco   Del Re
Keith   Donais
Michael   Dunn
Trevor   Edwards
Christoffer   Egemo Hansen
Hecham   El Sayed
Kees   Eldering
Azem   Elezaj
Björn   Enberg
Malak   Ertas
Jose   Espinar
Antonio   Feole
Thomas   Fougeron
Benoit   Gariepy
René   Gisbertz
Henrik   Gwinner
Andreas   Hagen
Thor   Hansen
Peter   Haupt
Phillip   Hilm
Chuc   Hoang
Michael   Hogbom
Marius   Hogtun
Thomas   Holm
Marcin   Horecki
Torgeir   Husevaag
Domenico   Iannone
Laurent   Iuncker
Alex   Jagodik
Joris   Jaspers
Brian   Jensen
Soren S.   Jensen
Mikael   Johansson
Theo   Jorgensen
Melvyn   Judah
Miika   Karjalainen
Janar   Kiivramees
Stephan   Kjerstad
Ilkka   Koskinen
Leszek   Krawczyñski
Mathias   Kurschner
Francis   Lamothe
Juan   Lapido
Mike   Leah
Henrik   Lennholm
Elizabeth   Lieu
Johnny   Lodden
Peter   Macallan
Roberto   Machado
Cameron   Macmillan
Ted   Manios
Reijo   Manninen
Piotr   Marzec
Kenneth   Matsson
Arnaud   Mattern
Emil   Mattsson
Nichlas   Mattsson
Raul   Mestre
Grzegorz   Mikielewicz
Taras   Mikulik
Sorel   Mizzi
Rain   Mölderkivi
Zach   Moore
Tomé   Moreira
Filipe   Moreira
Soren   Nielsen
Mikael   Norinder
Joao Manuel   Nunes
Mehdi   Ouakhir
Luca   Pagano
Dag   Palovic
Seppo   Parkkinen
Dariusz   Paszkiewicz
Pascal   Perrault
Max Tobias   Persson
Dennis   Petronack
Jose   Picazo
Bartosz   Piesiewicz
Jukka Petri   Pietilä
Wojciech   Polak
Alexia   Portal
Mika   Puro
Joao   Quintella
Greg   Raymer
Voitto   Rintala
David   Robinson
Nicky   Roeg
Simone   Rossi
David   Rudling
Daan   Ruiter
Sebastian   Ruthenberg
Sławomir   RYPIÑSKI
Andre   Santos
Michael   Schlesiger
Michael   Schulze
Luis   Sevilla
Joshua   Shmerl
Sandro   Simon
Almira   Skripchenko
Andrzej   Słapiñski
Rolf   Slotboom
Ilja   Smid
Blair   Smith
Jan Stefan   Smolarczyk
Magnus   Söderholtz
Ricardo   Sousa
Simeon   Tconev
Mark   Teltscher
Dieter   Thielen
Rhys   Thorpe
William   Thorson
Michael   Tureniec
Yavor   Tutev
Holi   Ugrinovski
Claus   Uhrskov
Christopher   Ulsrud
Thierry   Van Der Berg
Jose   Varela
Lex   Veldhuis
David   Wagener
Mathias   Wiberg

This American Matey in the black cap who looks vaguely familiar but I can't put a name to as yet just won a pot.  I was drawn attention to his river dilemma by a noise which was a bit like "Yaaaa!" and a slap of the table, as the river Qh came to complete a board of 9s 9h 5h Js.

He then performed one of those out loud thought processes, which I attempted to transcribe in full.  "You've hit the straight and the flush.  How can I even possibly call?  You could've just hit one. [pause, counting out the 1,500 which his opponent had bet out on the river]  That's all the profit I've made the whole time so far... what can I beat?  You check-call the flop, lead out the turn [I mentally thank him for bringing me up to date on the action thus far] ..."

Well, he figured out how to possibly call, with his 8c 9d which was good against a Ts 4s missed-draw bluff on the river, which he was obviously happy about.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11728&g2_serialNumber=1)

The intense, but generally friendly, Thierry Van Den Berg has had a rollercoaster of a start, first he lost over half his stack with Aces against a set of Threes then ran Queens into Aces. However he hit a double-up soon after when his all-in on a 6h 7h 8h 6d with Ahrt Qh was called by a slightly optimistic Kd 7d, which took him back up to 9k. "Happy Birthday," Liz Lieu observed.

Soon after, he was at it again, Liz Lieu raised to 350 after a UTG limper and Thierry re-raised to 950. Lieu called anthen they both checked a 9s 8c 8h flop before Lieu checked the 5s turn. Thierry bet out 2k, Liz passed and was shown Aces for her trouble.

Andre Santos, who lost half his stack early on, has got it all back, he held Jacks on an 8-6-6 board against 9-8 and housed up on the turn for good measure.

Finally...

Early Bizzaro-Handwatch of the Day

Early position raises to 250. The button calls and Arnaud Mattern calls in the big blind.

5d 5h 2h

Check check check.

2d

Checkity Check.

9d

Checkage.

Arnaud shows Tc 8h.

It's good.

Is it possible that Nicky Roeg is the Film Director Nicolas Roeg, of Walkabout & Don't Look Now fame? I do hope so, although seems unlikely.

Here's Luca Pagano, he of the stylish salmon shirts, and next to him one of two Mateys who had got to the river with him on a hand a minute ago.
The board:  9c 6s 2h 9d 5s
The pot was 3,300 and Luca was first to act, betting out 2,500.  The gent on the right of this picture gave it a good long dwell, and made one of those decisions which involve holding the potential call in your hands and then suddenly dropping it and passing like it had caught on fire.  Luca was, however, instacalled by the Second Matey, who mucked when the Italian showed Ahrt 9h for the trips.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11730&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mads Andersen, previous Scandinavian Open winner, is here on the same table as William Thorson.  I saw him win an early pot like so:

On a heads up flop of Kh Ahrt Td which had been raised and called by Mads on the blind, he checked, the Raiser bet 350, and Mads raised to 1,100.  A slow call.
Turn: Qs  And the prior EPT winner took it there with a 2,100 bet, even though it looked for a long time like Raiser was preparing to move in.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11732&g2_serialNumber=1)

In-ter-esting...

I have no idea what either Mr. Roeg looks like, and we still have no player/seating list, so going to have to wait and see... will get a pic of the guy in the right seat, when I know what that is, and then you can check.  Sorry...

 mizzi and chidwick reportage pls... internet balla's ftw.

Hoody of the Day Judging already begun...

They broke the mould:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11736&g2_serialNumber=1)

They broke the mold:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11734&g2_serialNumber=1)

According to Mark from Gutshot:

Mark Teltscher is on table 14.

And table 5.

And table 8.

And here's where everyone else is, and who they're sitting with, courtesy of Mad from Pokerstars (a little inconsistency to be expected though, as two levels' worth of players busting have moved them round slightly):

Dariusz   Paszkiewicz   1   1
Kostadin   Anakiev   1   2
Ilkka   Koskinen   1   3
Henri   Boutboul   1   4
Torgeir   Husevaag   1   5
Joao Quintella   Teixeira De Freitas   1   5
Ed   De Haas   1   7
Joris   Jaspers   1   8
Miika   Karjalainen   1   9
Alexia   Portal   1   10
Wojciech   Polak   2   1
Juan   Lapido   2   2
Phillip   Hilm   2   3
Mehdi   Ouakhir   2   4
Melvyn   Judah   2   5
Tomé   Moreira   2   6
Alon   Mizrahi   2   7
David   Wagener   2   8
Grzegorz   Mikielewicz   2   9
Bernard   Boutboul   2   10
Jan Stefan   Smolarczyk   3   1
Bartosz   Piesiewicz   3   2
Blair   Smith   3   3
Jose   Espinar   3   4
Ilja   Smid   3   5
Henrik   Gwinner   3   6
Rhys   Thorpe   3   7
Theo   Jorgensen   3   8
Lex   Veldhuis   3   9
Jeffrey   Davidson   3   10
Robert   Nowak   4   1
Kenneth   Matsson   4   2
Andreas   Hagen   4   3
Stephen   Chidwick   4   4
Björn   Enberg   4   5
Dennis   Petronack   4   6
Pascal   Perrault   4   7
Holi   Ugrinovski   4   8
Dawoud   Ghena   4   9
Brynja   Björg Sassoon   4   10
Filipe   Moreira   5   1
Guillame   Darcourt   5   2
Hecham   El Sayed   5   3
Kees   Eldering   5   4
Luca   Pagano   5   5
Mikael   Johansson   5   6
Nichlas   Mattsson   5   7
Azem   Elezaj   5   8
Soren   Nielsen   5   9
Sorel   Mizzi   5   10
Andre   Santos   6   1
Michael   Dunn   6   3
Sandro   Simon   6   4
Andrew   Black   6   5
David   Colclough   6   6
Andrzej   Siemieniak   6   7
Michael   Tureniec   6   8
David   Robinson   6   9
Leszek   Krawczyñski   6   10
Jukka Petri   Pietilä   7   1
Mario   Adinolfi   7   2
Ange   Besnainou   7   3
Peter   Macallan   7   4
Piotr   Marzec   7   5
Seppo   Parkkinen   7   6
Jose   Picazo   7   7
Raul   Mestre   7   8
Mikael   Norinder   7   9
Reijo   Manninen   7   10
Elizabeth   Lieu   8   1
Thierry   Van Der Berg   8   2
Stephan   Kjerstad   8   3
Mike   Leah   8   4
Thomas   Fougeron   8   5
Yavor   Tutev   8   6
Ziv   Bachar   8   7
Jadambaa   Bat-Ulzii   8   8
Giuseppe   Caciolo   8   9
Patrice   Boudet   9   1
Nico   Behling   9   2
Cameron   Macmillan   9   3
Francis   Lamothe   9   4
Johnny   Lodden   9   5
Ted   Manios   9   6
Reza   Dolatshahi   9   7
Claus   Uhrskov   9   8
Emil   Mattsson   9   9
Antonio   Battisti   9   10
Max Tobias   Persson   10   1
Steve   Bromley   10   2
Stéphane   Brou   10   3
Soren S.   Jensen   10   4
Brian   Jensen   10   5
Peter   Haupt   10   6
Christoffer   Egemo Hansen   10   7
Michael   Schulze   10   8
Eric   Van Der Burg   10   9
Michiel   Brummelhuis   10   10
Rolf   Slotboom   11   2
Magnus   Söderholtz   11   3
Rain   Mölderkivi   11   4
Marcin   Horecki   11   6
Risto   Ailamo   11   7
Sebastian   Ruthenberg   11   8
Domenico   Iannone   11   9
Luis   Sevilla   11   10
Michael   Hogbom   12   1
Gianfranco   Del Re   12   2
Damir   Horoziæ   12   3
Nicky   Roeg   12   4
Mark   Teltscher   12   5
Brice   Cournut   12   6
Simeon   Tsonev   12   7
Thor   Hansen   12   8
Chuc   Hoang   12   9
Raul Paez   Corral   14   1
Carlos Manuel   De Jesus Oliveira   14   2
René   Gisbertz   14   3
Benoit   Gariepy   14   4
Claus   Nielsen   14   5
Mohamed-Azam   Razab-Sekh   14   6
Almira   Skripchenko   14   7
Fatih   Aydin   14   8
S£Awomir   Rypiñski   14   9
Jurgen   Stumpmeier   17   1
Nikolas   Avlonitis   17   2
Rowad   Hadrous   17   3
Dieter   Thielen   17   4
Dag   Palovic   17   5
Mathias   Viberg   17   6
Laurent   Iuncker   17   7
Piergiorgio   D'ancona   17   8
Mika   Puro   17   9
Taras   Mikulik   19   1
Roberto   Machado   19   2
Trevor   Edwards   19   3
Arnaud   Mattern   19   4
Voitto   Rintala   19   6
Zach   Moore   19   7
Ricardo   Sousa   19   8
Antonio   Feole   19   9
Dan B.   Pedersen   19   10
Józef   Ob£Oza   20   1
Christopher   Ulsrud   20   2
Joshua   Shmerl   20   3
Joao Manuel   Nunes   20   4
Janar   Kiivramees   20   5
William   Thorson   20   6
David   Rudling   20   7
Mads   Andersen   20   8
Yilmaz   Huseyin   20   9
Alex   Jagodik   21   1
Greg   Raymer   21   2
Keith   Donais   21   3
Tomasz   Krzesiñski   21   4
Michael   Schlesiger   21   5
Simone   Rossi   21   6
Thomas   Holm   21   7
Melek   Ertas   21   8
Remy   Biechel   21   9
Andrzej   S£Apiñski   22   1
Daan   Ruiter   22   3
Thomas   Wahlroos   22   4
Henrik   Lennholm   22   5
Gordon   Vayo   22   6
Marius   Hogtun   22   7
Zadok   Mazri   22   8
Mathias   Kurschner   22   9

yeah and when he gets deep in 1, sorel will take over and get sponsored by betfair for his trouble...

Newly sponsored pros Soren Kongsgaard (Betsson) and Sorrel Mizzi (Betfair). Mizzi hasn't started too well, and is already down to 4k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11738&g2_serialNumber=1)

Memories,
Light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11740&g2_serialNumber=1)

"That was a bad call...A bad call," says Andy Black as he watches the 3.5k he just called off with 7c 7s on a 7h 5h Aspades 6c 9h board disappear into the swelling stack of Portuguese player Andre Santos who shows Ahrt 3h for a big pot.

Francis Lamothe raises to 300 from early position, Johnny Lodden makes it 900 next to him before a player I think is Claus Uhrskov shoves it all in for 4,550. Francis pushes behind and Lodden breaks out from uberfocus into a rare giggle as he folds. Francis shows Ac Ahrt and Claus (I think) shows Kh Jh for two unders in a classic 83/17 battle.

Js 8h Kd 3c Ts

Francis is not amused.

Have to say I'm disappointed by the lack of Trond in today's tournament. Please can you do something about that? Thanks.

Chip counts, gathered The Old Fashioned Way (i.e. can't do it by just waiting for the dealers to help one out in breaks a la systeme du Raab):

Soren Jensen (yes, THAT Soren Jensen from Copenhagen - pictured below) -- 8,600
Thor Hansen -- 8,000
Thomas Fougeron -- 8,400
David Rudling -- OUT
Damir Horoziæ (Hoody of the day) -- 5,100
William Thorson -- 7,300
Mads Andersen -- 11,900
Thomas Wahlroos -- 11,000
Greg Raymer -- 3,250
Voitto Rintala -- 5,125
Arnaud Mattern -- 13,150
Mark Teltscher -- 7,000
Rolf Slotboom -- 8,800
Johnny Lodden -- 7,250
Joris Jaspers -- 11,500
Mel Judah -- 11,800
Pascal Perrault -- 11,900
Andreas Hagen -- 10,500
Luca Pagano -- 15,400
Soren Kongsgaard -- 5,700
Sorel Mizzi -- 3,500
Andy Black -- 11,800
Liz Lieu -- 11,400
Angelo Besnainou -- 8,100

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11742&g2_serialNumber=1)

Um, he's railing at the moment, but it would weird me out if someone took pictures of me just standing there so I will have to wait and see if he pops into the background of any actual journalistic-type photos I might happen to be taking... :)

I think your two guys are sat next to each other now after a quick table move for Mizzi which left half of the pressroom convince he'd busted already...  I know this isn't the most flattering angle but the only way to get the both of them in the one shot from where I was standing...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11744&g2_serialNumber=1)

Thanks! By the way, I think you have to renew your tax disc. They sent you a letter. Also you have interesting looking post from the Inland Revenue. I've been eyeing up all your mail, holding it to the light and so on.

Can I open your mail while you're away? I don't have any mail. :(

Dave Colclough is OUT -

Just never off the ground for El Blondie today - a couple of big match-ups:  Qc Qd against Ad Kd and then Aspades Qs vs. Jc Jh both went the other guy's way, leaving him leaving mid level Three.  Hard luck, but I seem to remember that last year much the same thing occurred with the result that Mr. Colclough ended up doing rather well on the cash games...

Greg Raymer is out and there's a distinct lack of sock 'n' sandals in the tournament now. :(

Oh dear both of those things sound bad.  I bet if you look out the window my car has been clamped, plus I've probably had my identity stolen while I've been away, and have accidentally called Bermuda on my mobile meaning another huge bill for me will arrive while I'm in sunny Poland.  I don't want to think about it.  Let me just get back to the escapist wonder of the poker tournament circuit I love so well...

You can open my mail as long as you pay whatever they want inside.

If you like I can report your car stolen. Then you won't have to pay the road tax. I'll paint it grey so they won't see it parked on the road.

I've got your Orange bill that arrived today. I won't open it.

I've got a Vodafone one that I haven't opened yet, any volunteers?

doesn't your butler open your mail ?

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A heads up raised (possibly re-raised) pot preflop comes to its betting conclusion on a Ts 8d 4d flop.  The gent pictured, I believe one Marcin Horecki, bets out, then Luis Sevilla moves all-in, called.  This is not a small pot, by the way, and I wasn't surprised to hear tablemate Rolf Slotboom pipe up, "One of them has Aces.  Him.  He has Aces."

Yes, Sevilla has Aspades Ad
Horecki shows:  Tc Jc

Turn:  Js  (a collective wince is shared by the table)
River: 9d

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11746&g2_serialNumber=1)

She's busy updating in Warsaw.

Andrzej Sapinski (pictured) doubles up with 8h 8s vs. the Aspades Kd, which raised preflop and then called the 2,750 on top which Sapinski had left to bet.  A calm race, with few words, and no visible emotion from either player.  But the cards were on their backs, so I recorded them.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11748&g2_serialNumber=1)

you could just set it on fire and claim the insurance for it..and just tell Jen the DVLA scrapped it :)

Andy Black is on crack. Well, he's not, but he's like a giddy schoolgirl or maybe he's had a shandy or two already, but either way he's bouncing around off the walls or something.

"Wake up Andy! Can you remember your name?" he bizarrely says.

Then, for no forseeable reason, he let out a yell then went off for a few minutes, presuambly to smoke before coming back saying, "Ok let's go you sons of bitches!!"

Then just to add a catalyst to this process, Thiomas Walroos plonked his stack down next to Andy's. A brief exchange of niceties but hopefully fireworks will follow.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11752&g2_serialNumber=1)

She does brush my shoes while she's here. May have to let her go unless the attitude improves though.

Pascal Perrault face turns into a grimace when his opponent leads out for 4,000 into a 6,500 pot on the river of a 7d Ac Tc 9h Ts board, it's almost half the Frenchman's remaining chips, and he really didn't like the river. So much so, he gives up his Ahrt 7h, his opponent shows 6c 5c for a well-timed bluff.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11750&g2_serialNumber=1)

Sorrel Mizzi, who is also in this photo, just doubled up through William Thorson, with Ahrt Ad vs Ks Qs on a 3d 5s Qc 5d 2c.

Slightly odd exit of a player my list says is/was Lex Veldhuis.  In any case, he was sitting in seat 8/9 Table 3, and had called Theo Jorgensen's raise to 700 preflop, along with under the gun limper Blair Smith.  See, this hand is already a bit weird. 
Flop:  9s Qd 9h  Now double check to Veldhuis (probably) who bet out 2,400.  Smith seemed to have instantly lost all interest in the hand and passed, but Jorgensen then promptly moved in on him.  His stack was covered (around 7 or 8k more to go), but he called all-in faster than one would normally expect, saying, "I hope you don't have Queens," and showing Jh Th.
Jorgensen showed:  7c 9c

Turn: Td
River: Jd

So down one more player, and one more doubled stack.

This guy is apparently a Polish rapper.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11754&g2_serialNumber=1)

We think he also has a couple of 'ladies' with him. Though the ladies seem to have been pneumatically enhanced...

That table Homer just put a pic up of now has, in a row, William Thorson, Andreas Hagen, Stephen Chidwick and Sorel Mizzi.  Like vultures on a branch, looking for dead money...

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Mehdi Ouakhir, a pretty big early stack with 24,600 has been tangling with neighbour Mel Judah.  The most recent round went to an unusually talkative Mel, who seemed to have put the third raise in from the small blind, after Ouakhir made it 1,700 on the button.  They both had pretty decent stacks remaining, so it was a reasonable dwell and then a pass face up of Ad Kc from the button (there was a third guy involved but he got out of the way sharpish).
Mel Judah showed Kd Kc.  "I told you I'd show you - can't say more than that.  I was hoping you'd push..."  but he's going to have to wait to get the wily button's stack a while.

I don't believe you - I require some sort of photographic evidence.

Honestly, it's not a pretty sight.

Double trouble for the Betsson duo Johnny Lodden and William Thorson. The former just lost a huge pot on a Qc Tc 5d Qd 3c to Ac 4c whilst Thorson called off all but 250 of his chips only to be shown Ac Qd on a Kd Jh 6s Td 3d board. He then managed to get his last chips in good with Ad 7d vs Ac 6s and even, gasp, smiled for the first time since 2003, but a 2c 6c Aspades 5s 6h board later and he was gone.

Andy Black is smarting having bet a Th Ks Ahrt Js 5s the whole way only to be raised on the river and then was shown Aspades 8s for a backdoor flush.

--------------------------------1 hour dinner break----------------------------------------

As we launch gracefully into the dinner break, one hand kind of dragged through the last five minutes, in an intense sort of way...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11756&g2_serialNumber=1)

It looks like Claus Uhrskov (the guy in black with glasses next to the green'n'yellow guy) had made it 1,600 to go preflop after some early interest from said green'n'yellow guy whom I think is Reza Dolatshahi, only to find Patrice Boudet, the guy in the white shirt/leather waistcoat combo in the foreground re-raising to 6,800.  This re-raise represented about half his stack.  Dwelllll from Dolatshahi.  Pass.  Dwelllllllllll from Uhrskov.  Pass.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11758&g2_serialNumber=1)

Boudet shows Aspades Ac, and wonders out loud which one of them passed Queens.  But no one cares any more because food has arrived!

Jen is very sad about the lack of interactivity from you guys. Please cheer her up.

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Oh how sad to go on dinner break with just a couple of thousand to your name... but oh how nice to double up straight after it finishes and the cards are in the air and they come down in your hand Jd Jh which hold up against stome overcards... like for this man here (any ID?)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11760&g2_serialNumber=1)

Let us be the judge..

Blind Vs Blind (small blind; the stripey Barton Fink-alike I am going to identify as Dawoud Ghena unless anyone says otherwise)...
There was a raise preflop, I think from Ghena, called by Robert Nowak (pictured bottom).
Flop:  9h 2s 3h  Ghena bet out 1,125 (leaving himself around 3k behind) and was almost instantly raised all in.
"I have a pair," he muttered, "Flush draw?" he requested - all the while performing that chip trick which isn't really a trick it's where you just turn over the bottom chip really really fast holding the whole short stack in your hand.  You'll know what I'm talking about if you've seen it/done it.  Just when I was starting to get dizzy watching this, he passed, and went straight back to reading his book.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11762&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Leaderwatch continues:

Not to be confused with the guy pictured in my last post, this one wearing the Unibet Uniform has a tidy stack - c.35k which doesn't sound very leader-y but I couldn't find any bigger stacks in the part of the room I was just scouring.  More on this, in larger font, when I've found a definitive leader...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11766&g2_serialNumber=1)

There's a load of chips in the middle, mostly Hecan El Sayed's. Filip Moreira passes and it's left to Guillame Darcourt who asks how much it is, and gets told it's 19,000 or so. He thinks for a moment before suddenly busting out, "Call, call!" Hecan triumphantly shows his Kc Kh and then the Frenchman shows his Ad Aspades in a sort of bizarre slowrolly sort of way, (although I don't think he intended that).

Board:

2c 9c 7c....the table takes a collective breath in unison...8c..."Yes!!!" shouts Hecan....Js

You can probably which one is which in this photo.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11768&g2_serialNumber=1)

Erik Van Der Berg doubles his microstack (1.2k) with the uberdomination holding K-K vs K-7. Elsewhere Claus Ulkhov is OUT due to gettikng all-in on an 8-high flop with Tens and then finding Michael Schulze had Jacks.

Recent Eliminations:

Rolf Slotboom - even the power of banana couldn't save him from Level Five

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11772&g2_serialNumber=1)

Thor Hansen - despite looking like someone who's about to offer you the red or blue pill to see the Matrix for what it is

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11774&g2_serialNumber=1)

Angelo Besnainou - 'Le sucre' in hitherto unimaginable shirt; in trance

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11770&g2_serialNumber=1)

Chip counts for all hoodie wearers please...

If not possible, chip counts for all scandinavian players with blonde hair will suffice.

Oh and if Martin and Owen from PL are there, tell them Mr McCucumber sends his regards.

Thanks guys, cool update.

Keep up the good work! (watch out for secret gummi attacks)

A picture with stuff for everyone... Liz Lieu seat one, the lovely Freda massaging seat two, Trond talking to mate Stephan Kjerstad in four... and the back of Mike Leah's head.  Don't tell me I never snap norkage (of whatever sorts I'm asked for...)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11776&g2_serialNumber=1)

Pascal Perrault is OUT.

Mads Andersen calls a button raise from the big blind, the flop comes out T-9-2, Mads bets 1,050. The button thinks, "I know what you're doing," and raises to 3,000. Mads thinks for a bit, perhaps in his head saying, "I know you think you know what I'm doing, but what you think you know is actually wrong, and what you should be thinking, is that I was actually doing was very strong. Please fold." Mads makes it 9,050. The button folds.

Raul Mestre is doing very well indeed, he's just busted Kings with Fives all-in on a 7-5-3 flop.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11780&g2_serialNumber=1)

Andy Black's shoutiness is catching, Mike Leah is now yelling a little on his table too, but only because he just had Ac Jc from the cutoff against the short-stacked big blind's Ahrt Kd

The mere rumour of a flush draw failing to hit on a 6c Qh 3d 4c Aspades board

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11778&g2_serialNumber=1)

This is the official mascotty type thing of the tournament. Can anyone give me an advance on Spiderbear?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11782&g2_serialNumber=1)

All-in-tastic Half Hour just gone here,

Starting with Soren Jensen, who was involved in a threeway all-in on a flop of Kh Ahrt 2h.  I think it's Max Tobias Persson, the winner of the double takedown, but everyone's so jumbled around now it's hard to trust in our original seating plans.  Let's just say it is.
Persson:  Ac Kc  for two pair
Jensen:  Ts Qh  for the nut flush draw plus a possibly-irrelevant gutshot
Out-and-previously-shortMatey: Kc 9c  for a pair of Kings with a 9 kicker

Turn: Qc
River: 9s

The winner rakes in a pot that just doesn't look as big as one might expect with two players' whole stacks in, but looks happy about it.  Soren is strangely subdued and polite, saying, "Thank you for playing," as if he's excusing the rest of the tournament from continuing to do so, and adding, "Nice.  Good luck!"  Odd man.  Magnanimous in defeat, frankly worrying in victory.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11742&g2_serialNumber=1)

Sorel Mizzi is OUT - I saw him doubling up a player's Kc Ks with two cards that had already been turned shamefully face down (I unfairly elaborate, it could have been Qc Qs or Aspades Ks or something non-shameful after the flop) but in any case it left him with under 3,000, which promptly disappeared by the time I returned to his table.
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Andreas Hagen gets involved then with the guy who just doubled off Mizzi to 25k - he of the Snoopyesque blond highlights and fearsome table presence re-raising the newly doubled up guy whose photo I re-post for clarity from the big blind.  The button clearly felt that this was an unacceptable cookie-jar/finger combination, because he re-popped it another 10k.  He looked pained when Hagen then calmly moved in - but since it was about 2k more to call, he made it.
Button: 6c 8c
Hagen: Ad Ac

Flop: 3d Kd 4d
Turn: Js
River: 8h

But that's one small pair too late and he's right back down feltwards.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11764&g2_serialNumber=1)

A few other counts midway through the evening, but two thirds of the way through the day's play...

Mads Andersen -- 29,000
Thomas Wahlroos -- 7,000
Arnaud Mattern -- 9,600
Andreas Hagen -- 32,000
Soren Kongsgaard -- 10,600
Liz Lieu -- 10,300
Andy Black -- 24,800
Stephen Chidwick -- 24,500

During my forays into the tournament area I bump into Johnny Lodden,

"Hey Johnny, how's it going."

"I have 9,975," he says slowly, with the air of a man trying to hide frustration.

I decide I can cheer him up by putting a positive spin on this.

"Well, if you're only losing your chips this slowly then you'll probably end up winning the tournament..."

He almost smiles, but only almost.

I admit defeat, and wish him the best of luck and carry on down to the second part of the tournament area just in time to see Thomas Wahlroos re-raise a Liz Lieu-sized American kid's (hereafter known as LLSAK) early position raise from 1k to 3k. The kid, (seen in the photo sitting next to Arnaud Mattern), checks Wahlroos stack (which is about 10k) before moving in. Wahlroos insta-calls as he would with Aces, way ahead of the Jacks that LLSAK has. An unhelpful board and 'The Eggman' has over 20k, LLSAK has about 2.5k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11786&g2_serialNumber=1)

Something for everyone:

Trond for Dana, the Polish rapper's collagen-enhanced girls for the curious and Liz Lieu for everyone.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11784&g2_serialNumber=1)

Speak of Liz Lieu, she just called a 1,050 bet on the turn of a 5d Ad 7h Ahrt against behoodied Stephan Kjerstad. Lieu fired out 2,000 on the Tc river after the Betsson player had checked.

Hello, anyone still reading?

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Bueller?

Bueller?

Bueller?

Exit!  It's Arnaud... having short stack grinded (ground?) all day, from the heady heights of 13k to around 8k more recently, a rather pleasing opportunity arose with Kc Kd on the big blind... a big stack raised to 750 (not, therefore, a straight push situation, perhaps) so he said, "I raised 2,000 hoping he would push, ideally with an underpair like Jacks or Tens.  He pushed with Ad Qd.  Hit only two Aces."

His expression says it all:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11788&g2_serialNumber=1)

What happened then?

Hahaha! I made you respond. I win!!!

In the hand though, errm...He folded and she won the pot.

well played

Mark Teltscher (pictured) has never really progressed far stackwise, but the intense Londoner hasn't exactly sat back either - he's been involved in quite a few hands, recently check-calling two bets on the turn and river as the board emerged Kh Kd Ac 2h Jd with Ad 3c (his opponent showed and mucked 4d 4h).  Then he moved on to Theo Jorgensen who raised preflop to 1,025.  Teltscher on the button made it 3,400.  After a decently-sized think, Jorgensen called.  He passed to Teltscher's 3,300 bet on the Tc 4s 6d flop, though.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11792&g2_serialNumber=1)

Sssssso Sssssick News Now

Andy Black and Thomas Wahlroos get into a raising war.  You know, raise, re-raise, re-re-raise, all in.... At this point, it was Andy Black who was wincing a bit, saying, "I have to call now," with Tc 6c.  Wahlroos showed Ad Kd  (suits made up so I can use the little cards).

A 60/40 is a 60/40, although I am sure there were some raised eyebrows on the rail about this one - the flop came Ten-high with two following blanks so the astonished Finn is left talking about how sick it is.

Taxi for Thomas!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11790&g2_serialNumber=1)

This man looks remarkably like my cousin before his hair fell out.  Can we have some more pictures of people resembling the male members of my family please.  Just to give you some sort of idea of what you need to be looking for, my father looks like Michael Cain and I have another cousin who looks a bit like and older version of Tegs from Grange Hill if you can remember that far back.  The rest are somewhere in between.

Very generous, floppy.

Can't help but feel someone's been left out though?

Maybe this will help...

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Henri Boutboul just busted, losing a race for his 4,125 stack after Matey raised to 900 with Aspades Kh in early position and threw in the rest calling his Th Tc.
Board: 4d Kd ....Ts (there's not really any delay on the flop, just trying to create tension)  Kc...8h.  Looks great for AK but isn't.  Down to 99 players.

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The likeness is uncanny :o

Arnaud's reaction to that crazy hand.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11788&g2_serialNumber=1)

He's a Rock fan?

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Don't forget this chap. "It's a girl. Woo! Woo!"

(http://www.movieforum.com/movies/titles/labyrinth/images/wiseman.jpg)

Who are they putting on Polish bank notes these days?

Oh my god...Auntie Brenda!!

Although Arnaud is out, one of his teammates from Winamax, Alexa Portal, is still in. Though she's pretty short, she's just about hovering above the 5k mark.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11794&g2_serialNumber=1)

Here is, we think, the chipleader. He's very shifty-eyed but we don't know his name, he is very shifty-eyed though. Owen from Pokerlistings says, "Beware the shifty-eyed man, for he is a chronic masturbator...That's not my quote...I think it's Shakespeare..."

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11796&g2_serialNumber=1)

He may be a newly sponsored pro, but that hasn't stopped Soren Kongsgaard from trying to steal all the bottled water in the room. Not that it'll help him, because he's now OUT. (Though at least he's properly hydrated).

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11798&g2_serialNumber=1)

His right hand appears to be constantly at the ready for one

Sebastian Ruthenberg, definite Bond Villain material.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11800&g2_serialNumber=1)

Johnny Lodden Smile Update!!!

A collapse into giggles for the Norse Pro after the guy to his left open shoved from the cutoff for 25k, blinds 200/400/50, and then showed Jacks.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11802&g2_serialNumber=1)

it looks like johnny lodden has got an outrageous mullet!

Is that updater resting his arm on Jonny Lodden's head?  How rude!

The chip leader a minute ago isn't so anymore (although I hasten to add that I think he looks like a nice enough gent - nothing shifty about his eyes imo) - I caught a glimpse of a mini-mountain of blue 1k chips in the middle of the table and immediately started hovering (unobtrusively of course) to see what was going on. 
The board was out: Kh 4d 8s 6s 5h and there was over 20,000 in the middle.  Mr. Orange had bet out 10k on the river and Used-to-be-leader was thinking about calling.  And thinking.  And thinking.  And time got called, at which point he made the call only to muck when Mr. Orange showed him Ad Ahrt.  The big stack is at least staying on the same table...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11804&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mr Orange = Keith Donais

Used to be leader = Dennis Petronack

Andre Santos has been knocked out by the awesomely named Michael Hogbom, Ace King vs Kings, but no Ace from space for Andre.

Stephen Chidwick was knocked out earlier by Dennis Petronack, Ad 9d vs Aspades 4s all-in on a 9c 7s 6s flop, but Stephen failed to hit.

Here's Andy Black, keeping up a near-continuous commentary on his table.  Even when faced with stony non-responsiveness, he remains unfazed, and in fact he seems to have become more relaxed as the day has drawn on and his chip towers grown to even more unsteady looking heights (see below).  I estimate his stack to be just under the 50k mark.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11806&g2_serialNumber=1)

Some chip counts:

Mads Andersen -- 37k (pictured)
Andreas Hagen -- 30k
Mel Judah -- 18k
Mark Teltscher -- 14k
Soren Kongsgaard -- OUT

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11808&g2_serialNumber=1)

Also note his neighbour who's been to the Tikay school of Grooming and Fashion...

great pictures y'all....cu in the mornin

You know when it's just your day?  Like remember waaaay back near the beginning of the day when the gent in the brown suit identified by my list as Marcin Horecki busted Aces all in on the Ten-high flop with J-T?   Well, it's HIS day.

Sebastian Ruthenberg raises pre to 1,800.  Mads Andersen on the cutoff makes it 6k to go.  Over to button Horecki who announces "all in."  It's about 15k or so.  Instapass from the first raiser, instacall from the second.
Andersen:  Ks Kd
Horecki:  Ahrt Qd

Flop:  6h 5h 5s
Turn: Jh
River:  Ad

And he goes from out of his seat and sidling towards the rope to back in it, likely to make Day Two simply because there's only 13 minutes left on the clock...

Ya just don't get it do you!

Not interacting makes you produce funny cat pictures which >>>>>>>>> interacting with the likes of you people. Simple.

Though now I have let the cat out of the bag so to speak.  ::)

Hey, Floppy's the boss.  I told him this aerial view of Milton Keynes would get our message across more efficiently.

(http://www.concertoplus.eu/projects/cRRescendo/images/image019.jpg)

Only 13 minutes left?  Can you ask them to play an extra level? I wanted to get to 100 posts before the end of play.

(http://www.redkid.net/generator/snoopy/snoopy.php?line1=I+will&line2=eat+your&line3=kittens.&Peanuts=Peanuts)

See what interacting serves to produce? Case closed imo.

(End of Play, by the way)






Chris, btw, you are now getting rid of our sole interactor.  I don't know how I feel about that.  OK actually.

I find Milton Keynes far cuter than kittens

Oh, sick burn.

My work here is done.  Back tomorrow 2pm (1pm UK time) for the day Two carnage resumption of play.

;stickaforkinme;

Adequate job I guess.







* I kid, I kid - awesome as usual!! ;applause;

Comedy valuebet of the day.

The young American guy here, bets about 6,000 on the river of a 4c 6h 2c 2h 3h, the big blind goes in the tank and eventually makes the call. Young American Kid, hereafter known as YAK, looks nervous and his face falls as he flips Ad 8c, the big blind grimaces and shows Ahrt 7d...

Stack for the YAK. (Here pointing out the favourite part of his eyebrow)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11810&g2_serialNumber=1)

Andy Black's How to Make Friends and Influence People:

To Italian Press, "Soooooo, you've been doing good in the football this week?"

Liz Lieu gets a much needed double-up with Aces against J-8 at the end of play.

Don't you have n00bs on the PHA board to castigate? :D

 :'( Much Loved am I.

Off I go.  ;marks;

All is forgiven!

We'll see you all tomorrow with our remaining players from 2pm (1pm UK).

;stickaforkinme;

Thanks for the updates, most excellent Trond coverage today, particularly seeing as he wasn't actually playing. Keep up the good work!

 :)up

Doing great Lad and Lady!!!  The whole day1a / day1b thing does me head in, but I'll be happy to keep up with it now that we're getting to the nuts and bolts of the thing.

Great updates. Thank You

good updates as ever. tyty

just finished reading the updates..top stuff as usual..

Just have finished reading Day 1A&B too...

Thrond, El Blondie, Greg Raymer, Arnaud Mattern outs...

Some nice players left us... >:(

was nice to read you... Good job Jen & Homer !
 ;popcorn;

Atleast the winner is still in :)

The winner... of the last years EPT Warsaw ???

who was he ?

Hi jpean

Boldies humour is probably a bit to much for you  ;)

You will find he meant the winner of this tournament is still playing (as in one of the players not out yet).

yep, you're right... I've some difficulties to understand all you write, but I will try to understand the jokes ;whistle;

don't worry..it was a pretty awful joke :)