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 :hello: and welcome to Day One of the Irish open!

The City West Hotel should prove a fitting locale for this prestigious tournament. With the grandiose forecourt, plush decor and no less than FOUR helicopters parked in close proximity, even the glamorous characters of poker such as Doyle Brunson in attendance will feel at home here in Ireland.

Doyle was predictably a big draw for the players last night as they flocked round the poker luminary like moths to a light, all hoping to meet their idol and pick up signed copies of Supersystem 2 (something tells me e-bay may be a tad busier than usual tomorrow!)

Other players of note who will be playing in the main event include Roland De Wolfe, Ran Vaswani and many other regulars of the UK circuit such as the inform Jen Mason, Mickey Wernick, Ian Woodley, Steve Jelinek and Jeff Kimber. Let's not forget the goldenboy himself, William Hill sponsored Julian Thew, who will be a danger man as always.

With such a star studded field, there will be undoubted fireworks even without the unpredictable local Irish talent aiming to shoot down the big names. A field of 750+ runners is expected and an epic five day's poker is the tantalising prospect in store for us all. I don't know about you but I'm salivating already!

One final word before the start of proceedings. One more star name will be gracing us with his presence. Initially pencilled in as an updater,  this titan of the poker world picked up a last minute seat to the main event by crushing the assembled media, leaving his colleagues (including myself and Dana) trailing in his wake. He will soon be appearing to tell you of his achievement but for now, let's all pay homage to the man with no equal.  I give you...

(http://www.justinbrothers.com/Images/drooling_homer.gif)

HOMER!

What a guy...

Join us at 2:00 pm for the start of the first day. It should be a cracker!

Go my assorted percentages, and Trond!

I worked out how to make the internet work from Jen's room.  ;topofclass;

Muchos congratulationes to El Senor Floppy, and good luck to all, particularly those still drinking in the bar when we left, eek. Should be a fantastic tournament. I'm afraid we won't have any of this new-fangled GUKPT/EPT namby-pamby player card nonsense, so welcome back Mr Mateyboy, and please get in your shout-outs/boks now for anyone you know for sure is playing, so that Junglecat and I have something to distract us from our mission to find breakfast...

I'm off to sleep fro a bit now. See you at 2pm!

Yeah, so errr...I'm playing, well, at least the first hand anyway. The media comp has become a bit of a blur, we turned up late because our food was late, I managed to double through Mick McCloskey three times (TT vs AJ, 99 vs 88, then A8 vs TT - the latter did not leave him impressed). I started the final second in chips though not really enough to do much (was very crapshooty by now). James from AWOP was playing very well and I pushed over his button raise with Sevens for a nice pot, and then got much more aggressive and built up a decent stack. Finally, I button raised with Ahrt 8h to 8k (blinds 1.5k/3k) and James shoved for 14k more, making it roughly 14k to win 32k, I had 27k behind if I lost, he showed A-K but I turned a pukeifying 8. Soon after, Derek Kelly (Owner of Gutshot) knocked out the other player and I had about 70k or so to his 40k. We agreed a deal that I would play and he'd get a % of anything I won, I probably lose out on a little equity in the deal according to Rod, but it's ok because it's just better to play because the variance HU would be pretty bad and also Derek was more than happy that I play, plus to finish 2nd would really suck.

I'll probably do some updating on Friday anyway, and also Rod and Dana have a % of me, so hopefully I can give them something back for managing without me.

Oops, look at the time, better sleep!

Zomg WD. Good Luck.

I might stick a Deep Sea Diver on you on Paddy Power. Should get at least 500s imo.

Please could you pass on my good luck wishes to Jen, Floppy and Doyle.

Good luck floppy.

Good luck blondes.

Good luck random Irish tournamentdonks

Well done Floppy ya luckbox!!

Well done Floppy and best of luck!!!  Good luck to Jen and all the other Blondes too.  Wish I was there to rail ye from the start, but get to the final table and we might make the trip up.

Morning,
Any chance of a list of last nights super sat qualifiers ?

Good luck with the updates

Watch out for Davy Gallagher playing day 1b, if he gets chips early on there will be fireworks

Cheers

shib it to pete linton...good luck bud

good luck to julian and jen to

What he said.

GL Flops! Well done on winning the seat. gogogo.

Well done Floppy. Jen, Floppy and random Irish bloke for the win.

Good luck to all the boards.ie players ;)

And to Jen who is one of a collection of people Ive lumped a few € on to win.

Well done Homer and goodluck. Same to Jen and Julian.

Updaters, I know it's a hard slog ahead but keep up the good work. Personally I'm happy to have a week off.

Dana - not too much stalking of Trond!

Marc

Great news !

Congratulations Homer.   ;hattip;

Best of luck to you and Jen - looking forward to waste my office day reading Dana and Rod's magnificent updates.

If your hands aren't full enough, please bring infos on my Winamax boys Mattern, Lacay and Lellouche.

free internet in my room, gotta pay for a bloody card to use wireless in the hotel... helicopters outside too. I fancy a ride in one of those badboys....
 
gl blondes, and gl me 2mor!

Nice one Floppy and Derek! Good Luck to all Brit's playing...

Go Jen and Floppy

Dont go - everyone else

 :'(

you in?

 :D :)up

Yes. Play tomorrow.

Nice..You can be my Random irish donk then. So I shall be rooting for Jen, Floppy and "The Random Irish Donk that is Lloyd" :) 

Seriously..good luck mate.

Best of luck Lloyd!!!  There's a good few I've met in Waterford playing in this, so best of luck to them too!!!

And yes Lloyd I have money on you as well. Despite ya bein scouse supporting s**m ;)

LOL valuements:

Albert Sapiano 350-1

Jen Mason 350-1

whats the problem?

a calling station who's hair smells of bacon.

 And Albert  :dontask:

Hey, this is the real gobboboy.  My mom told me you guys are pretty great and you also seem to do requests on coverage. :p  Was curious if you guys could keep an eye out for Jeff Schnettler.  He'll be hanging out with Mike McDonald on the breaks probably.  They've both been playing a looooong time but Jeff's still in school so he hasn't been able to travel around much.  I expect good things from Jeff in the next few years.

Take care all, keep up the good work.

Jimmy

Only if you promise to respond to threads on HSMTT from non names lol
and do you know the real slim shady?

I like J's cardrunners vids

Good Luck Chris and Jen. May you have a leprechaun sitting at your shoulder.

non players away from the table

Can you guys please keep an eye out for Mark O' Neill as the day progresses please? Pic below:

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=50097

Thanks!

Can you look out for

Chris Welsh - Rory Mathews - Graham Clarkson

Cheers

Is that Marq from Boards Lloyd?

Had a few very small bets for interest:
(All Paying 6 places 1/5 of the odds)

£3 EW Matt Kay "ch0ppy" @ 275/1
£4 EW Isaac Baron "WestmenloAA" @ 300/1
£4 EW Dan Kelly "djk123" @ 400/1
£3 EW Mike Mcdonald "Timex" @ 225/1
£3 EW Jeffrey "JSchnett" Schnettler @ 275/1
£3 EW Sorel "Imperium" Mizzi @ 150/1

No price on Chris Hall unfortunately.

Seen at the bar a minute ago, looking glum. By the way I should add that the bar is out of coffee, is not yet doing sandwiches, and there is a two-man band butchering Waterboys songs and such at high volume in there. We are currently eating an unusual orange/bad muffin/crisps breakfast combo.

Yes. Mr "Move up levels" himself.

By the way, lots of people are milling in the unbelievably huge, garishly be-chandeliered tournament area/ballroom, but there is absolutely no sign of them starting on time.

By the way what with the €3million guaranteed and all, there is currently a half-million overlay. Could well change by roughly this time tomorrow, though.

I would be shocked if there is an overlay.

QFT, wow very very shocked indeed

The "dulcid" tones of Liam Flood have just been reverberating round the hall, clarifying some of the rules (note on this in a moment.) The dealers have just been told to shuffle up and deal, which means folks WE ARE OFF!

Good luck all...

Good luck all!!

FFS, managed to get a few bets on however was still to put money on Lloyd and J.J.Liu but the event has started. In that case go Jen and all the american/canadian internet sickos I backed.

Concerning your picks -

The seating draw is up, and it looks like none of the Frenchmen are playing today, nor Chris Welsh, nor Jeff Schnettler. Will keep an eye on Rory Matthews and Graham Clarkson though.

In fact, here is the seat draw -

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12049&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12051&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12045&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12047&g2_serialNumber=1)

My picks, obviously:

Jen Mason
Chris Hall
Trond Eidsvig

i was gonna bet too but it has been suspended!

Can u pass on a good luck message to Caroline Manson( Table 12 Seat 3) shes a very good lady player from Leeds.

From Daniel and Margaret Girdlestone

Thanks.

A couple of early pictures.

Here we have blonde's intrepid updating duo, casting aside their pens and notebooks today as they make a double-pronged blonde assault on the tournament.

Jen and floppy are clearly ready to unleash hell.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12059&g2_serialNumber=1)

Just before we kicked off I had a quick chat with James Honeybone. Fresh from the Polish EPT where he ran deep, here he is, lit up like a christmas tree thanks to my non-mastery of the flash function (sorry James!)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12061&g2_serialNumber=1)

Well at least you didn't allow your heart to overrule your head there.  ;)

Brunson FTW, he is suoer human you know

Updates on Liam Barker {Table 2; seat 1} would be much appreciated....

thnx

Could the Paddy Power tops be any more green????

Less than 30 minutes in and we have an elimination.

A fierce debate is running through the press camp as to the unfortunate players' name but Bruce Fern seems to be the consensus. As he is not down on the official list, we can only surmise he was a last minute entry. No brucie bonus today, bad luck sir...

updates if you can on Brian "The Fox" O'Keeffe Table 29 Seat 6
& Chris Frisby, T1 S8

Laura is dealing on Fox's table according to Kelly's blog Dave...

This from the Paddypower blog.... (hope ye dont mind me posting it, delete if its a prob)

:(

 Jen Mason just took a sizeable strike from Hit Squad member and WSOP Bracelet winner Praz Bansi. As I joined them on the river, the board read 7c  9s  Jd Qc 2s. Jen bet out 550 and was reraised to 1300 by Bansi. As she ummed and ahhhed, she eventually made the crying call only for Bansi to turn over his K-10 for the straight. The hyper-aggressive Bansi will be a player to watch in this tournament if he can get his hands on a big stack early on.

whats the link for kelly's blog

Check yer PM's lad.

what ???????

ok have it now kev, it was an email

Yes, indeed, as I commented to Praz that he looked much cheerier than Jen did in the photos, he told me that that would be the reason. Here they are, in their assorted levels of cheeriness:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12103&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12106&g2_serialNumber=1)

Some photos taken in the very first few minutes of play, with estimated chip counts:

Mark O'Neill (looking, as Junglecat said, like a young Mickey Wernick), 10k:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12115&g2_serialNumber=1)


Happy Dave Colclough, 10k:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12097&g2_serialNumber=1)


Andy Black, 10k:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12112&g2_serialNumber=1)


Ok, I'm stopping with this 10k nonsense.


Trond Eidsvig, one million*

*may or may not be true

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12088&g2_serialNumber=1)


Graham Clarkson:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12065&g2_serialNumber=1)


A sort of blurry, sort of yawny Rory Matthews:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12069&g2_serialNumber=1)

There are 316 entries today so excuse us if we are a tad slow catching up with requests.

I snapped a snapshot of players as I traversed the large arena in which the poker is taking place.

First off, we have Andy Black, mean and merciless and looking for all the world like he could crush someone in his bare hands. Grrrrr!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12116&g2_serialNumber=1)

Next, we have the effervescent and effusive GUKPT regular Roberto Romanello.

He's a little quieter than usual, perhaps indicating he is super focused on putting in a good performance. I'm sure it won't be long before an endless welsh stream of commentary is heard from his table though...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12118&g2_serialNumber=1)

Has Floppy got over the mauling he took in the Secret Mod's Room?  rotflmfao

GL Posh Lad!!!

 ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck; ;goodluck; Chris and Jen.

It may focussed him. He looks very intense, which may be down to a) the Mods-mauling, b) sharing a table with Extreme Logo Wearer John Duthie, or c) Dena dealing at his table.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12077&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12076&g2_serialNumber=1)

Big players aplenty are in evidence today and they don't come much bigger than Todd Brunson.

Son of a legend, immensely successful player in his own right and part time Simpsons' character...


(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12120&g2_serialNumber=1)


(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w231/little_red_in_texas/Comic_Book_Guy.jpg)

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How about this for the old guard meets the new guard!

Veteran of the circuit and all round entertaining chap Devilfish, sat next to the recent Dortmund EPT winner and online legend Mike McDonald aka "TIMEX". Quite a contrast!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12122&g2_serialNumber=1)

This is our giganto-pokerfactory for the week:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12053&g2_serialNumber=1)


And of course we see the return of the enormous decorative novelty chips:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12055&g2_serialNumber=1)


...as modeled by Junglemoobcat:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12042&g2_serialNumber=1)

And another Brunson, this one the super-cool Doyle. He's so great. He unsurprisingly has a bunch of railers around his table, who all hold their collective breath every time someone raises Doyle's blinds. I personally have yet to see him do anything other than fold, though.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12109&g2_serialNumber=1)

Todd looks fkin awesome.

Abs Ballin'

Further Folks Of Note:

Chris Bruce

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12070&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Ali Mallu

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12072&g2_serialNumber=1)


2006 second-placer Ian Woodley

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12089&g2_serialNumber=1)


Joe Grech

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12091&g2_serialNumber=1)


Be-highlighted (highlit?) Ram Vaswani

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12100&g2_serialNumber=1)

I somehow luckboxed into witnessing what I beleive was the 2nd elimination of the day.

1106, Paul Baird had set 1108 (Leo Kam on the list, although as I know Leo, I can promise you it WASN'T him) allin on a K-K-Q-5 board. Player 1108 called and showed K-J for trips, only to find Paul holding the superior Q-Q. He didn't even stay to see the river muttering "merde, merde, merde"(French player i presume!) to himself as he barrelled out of the arena.

The river changed nothing, in fact a Q gave Paul four spanking quads and a big double-up, whilst the unknown Frenchman departed so fast, this was the only shot i got of him(not much to go on I know...)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12124&g2_serialNumber=1)

This part of the update is a bit ike crimewatch. Do you know this man? Have you heard him muttering obscenities to himself after suffering a cooler? If so call our hotline...or failing that, just post on here and let us know.

Thanks chaps!

Eighties Backing Dancer Of The Day, I understand one Cory Albertson:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12084&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mr Liam Flood has just now told us that there's going to be another €300 rebuy super-sat at 6pm tonight, for anyone who fancies it. Same rules as yesterday, although the tickets are absolutely non-transferable, so I wouldn't play it if you already have a ticket/have no intention of playing the main event tomorrow.

Pic and chip count of Caroline Manson (T 12 S 3) cheers.

Chip count for all blondes and Craig Owen please?

Also, more nice ladies (Dena, Jen and Dana then) pics!

Gl blondes, also Clarkson aka Clarkatroid. Ship to Jen and Floppy though!!!

More picks of Dena please, she looks fit in that photo.

FYP

Good Luck to all the the Gang playing today.

I won a ticket last weekend (last chance saloon) so im playing tomorrow... Might pop out later and see how things are going.

Slow start for Carloline, sitting on 8k or so at the moment...

Here she is, looking watchful and perhaps just a tad furtive!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12128&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Ram has fared better in the early stages, up to 14 or 15k. Heard laughing and joking with the waitresses as they passed, he is sporting a trendy haircut with highlighted tips.

I captured him during a contemplative moment in which he seems to be running an internal philosphpical debate on the nature of the poker chip...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12126&g2_serialNumber=1)

GL tomorrow Smurph.

few random counts...

Timex 11k
Todd Brunson 12k
David Rudling 15k

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A quick word on David. We had a chat in the bar last night where he was kind enough to buy all the blonde updaters a drink following his success in finishing 4th at the recent London GUKPT.

He told me he was looking to start fast and apply pressure early today and from the looks of his chips stack, he might just have been doing that with aplomb. Good luck David and thanks for the drinks!

Thanks a mill, really looking forward to it

Good Luck to all the blondes, also to James Honeybone

Updater Update

Chris has more or less been folding his way to victory so far. He has played two hands so far. In one of them he made it a mere 75 with Pocket Jacks, only for their resident table crazy raiser to make it 500. The big blind called, and so did Chris. When crazy raiser bet over 1k on the Q-7-3 flop, both Chris and the big blind gave up. Mr Crazy Raiser was apparently holding A-Q. The big blind had been holding A-K...

The other Floppy hand played involved him holding 6-7 suited on an A-6-6 flop, but wussed out a bit when another Ace came on the turn, and failed to get paid. The other guy was holding K-Q though.

He's on a like-he-never-played-a-hand-at-all 9.5k.


Other Updater Update

Jen has around 7k remaining. She snuck some chips back from Praz, but not as many as she previously lost to him, and looks angry. I am not going to massage her shoulders because others may also sk me for massaging services and I am Not Up For That.

(http://www.drudabear.com/grumpybearaward.jpg)

A double up for the below finger-sniffing gentleman, apparently one Lorenzo Maestro (AWESOME).

The further below gentleman, one Fuat Can (AWESOME) according to our possibly-no-longer-accurate seating plan, bet 2k on a 9d-4h-Jc-2c board, for Mr Maestro to go all in for another 6 or 7k. After some dwellage, says Mr Can, "I gamble." And yes he does.

Mr Can - Kc Tc
Mr Maestro - Js Jh

And the 5s river must have been music to the ears of Mr Maestro. Double-up!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12163&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12159&g2_serialNumber=1)

Players are on a short break. Also, we found us a lovely waitress lady, and we have given her some money to bring us sandwiches! This truly is the land of the, well, not free, but moderately priced when compared to Copenhagen.

We are down one big star...

50-100, Devilfish raised to 350 from the cut off and was re-raised to 1,000 by Kieran Small from the SB.

Shove from the Fish, insta call from Small with his A-A (unsuprisingly) whilst Devilfish's A-K looked highly unlikely to win and that proved the case as a board of blanks ensued, meaning Kieran had caught himself a

(http://www.tackletour.com/images/picanglerofthemonthq3-2004.jpg)

and Devilfish leaves the tournament at this early stage...

Think he's playing tomorrow.

Sorry, that was Floppy telling you something you probably already know.

Everyone is heading back, very slowly. Should be starting up again any minute now.

Sandwiches are here!

Like father, like son; the matching Brunsons:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12150&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12155&g2_serialNumber=1)


Doyle is so cool, people are craning to see him:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12132&g2_serialNumber=1)

My Hoodies Of The Day are conveniently seated together, and clashing with upholstery, carpet, and indeed each other. They are Mr Peter Gould and Mr M Boy.

Incidentally, Dena informs me that the players were in fact given Jon Raab-stylee seating cards, but none of them seem to be using them. Most inconsiderate.  ;grr;

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12151&g2_serialNumber=1)

Also spotted by the eagle eyes of your updaters...

(http://thumbs.photo.net/photo/2230387-sm.jpg)


New Betfair Wunderkind Mr Sorel Mizzi:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12158&g2_serialNumber=1)


Irish legend etc. Mr Padraig Parkinson:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12147&g2_serialNumber=1)


Brighton GUKPT second-placer Mr Karim Louis.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12135&g2_serialNumber=1)


Perennial Update Favourite Mr Barny Boatman:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12138&g2_serialNumber=1)

Pointless Conversation Of The Day

Ms JJ Liu, to Massage Goddess Suki: "You! You're here!"

Suki: "You! You're here too!"

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12144&g2_serialNumber=1)

Cheers for the updates!!

GL everyone.... !

updates on Sorel and Betfair Team would be awesome

Amy x

GL to Jen and the other blondes!

Jen was just involved in a decent pot...

...After Paul Marrow made it 325 preflop from the hijack, Jen raised to 1k from the button. Marrow... short dwell...call.

FLOP: Kh Kd 8h

Paul Marrow: CHECK
Jen Mason: 800
Paul Marrow: CALL

TURN: 2d

Paul Marrow: CHECK
Jen Mason: 1600
Paul Marrow: RAISE to 3200...

I have intentionally left description of the actions to a bare minimum as up to this point all bets and actions were done with the minimum of fuss. Once Jen was check, min-raised on the turn, her shoulders slumped, she exhaled in a disappointed manner and eventually quietly slid her cards over the line in submission. Down to 5.5k now.

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I grabbed a quick word with hitsquadder Praz Bansi in between hands at his table. "Good luck...but stop taking chips off Jen. It's not allowed!" I politely requested. "Well she keeps raising my blind...what am I supposed to do??? Isn't that right Jen?" asked Praz leaning over to chat to Jen. "What can I do?"

"You could fold!" was the chirpy response from Jen. Much laughter did follow.

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I realise we have already posted up a few pictures of Dena but if there is a camp who beleive you can have too many pictures of Dena, I've yet to encounter it.

Once more, here's the ever popular Dena in action, professional as always.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12164&g2_serialNumber=1)

Not yet reported on here, but now reported OUT in unknown circumstances by Mr Mike Lacey, Marc Goodwin.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12141&g2_serialNumber=1)

A few chip counts and whatnot...

Mr Craig Owen - as I walked up to his table, he was in the process of raking in a fairly sizeable pot, possibly taken off of Sorel Mizzi, as Mr Mizzi wasn't looking happy. Craig's on around 17k now, Mizzi on 9k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12168&g2_serialNumber=1)


Trond Eidsvig - a magnificent 13k
Joe Grech - 9k
Brunson Jr - 25k
Brunson Sr - 17.5k
James Honeybone - 8k
Roberto Romanello - 12k

Thomas Fougeron - 13k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12177&g2_serialNumber=1)


Peter Gould, not content with Hoodie Of The Day, also possessor of T-Shirt Of The Day and Suki's arms underneath that glorious shirt, 7.5k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12174&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ali Mallu...11k
Andy Black 10.5k
Nick Gibson....11.5k
Sorel Mizzi... 20k
John Duthie...20k

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Chris told me how John acquired most of these chips...

After Soren Konsgaard limped from MP, John Duthie also limped behind.

The flop came 6 6 x.

Bet from Soren (who unbeknownst to John was holding 6-7)
Call by John (who unbeknownst to Soren was holding 9-9)

TURN: 9 !

A dramatic card prompting another turn bet from Soren and a flat call by John again...

RIVER: 4

A further bet from Soren was now RAISED by John and Soren couldn't get away from his trips, paying off the EPT maestro's raise.

Dave Colclough calls me over, and takes my pad and pen. When he gives it back, it reads as follows:

"Matey boy seat 3 [may or may not be Tony Nimeh] raises KK
Ram calls JQ
9 10 4 flop
bet call
3 on turn"

At this point he is dealt some cards and has a peek. I know what he has but I'm not telling! Anyway, he continues scribbling...

"bet call"

There has been a bunch of limping around to Dave's big blind, by this point. He raises to 1k. Everyone folds. He continues:

"river King
all-in call
Ram doubles up to 24k?"

Thanks, DC! El Blondie himself was at the time of scribbling on around 13k.

Mark O' Neill update please?

blondes updates and photos please ?

I seem to be running bad at finding interesting hands sooo, for now I can only bring you more pictures.

First off we have Roland De Wolfe with a mountain of chips, that actually only adds up to 19k or so. Nice amount still but less than it seems due to his bulging stacks of 25s and 100s. (I'm guessing this is an indication that shock horror, the Wolfe, has been busy thieving away)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12190&g2_serialNumber=1)

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This character was seen snoozing away at the table earlier allegedly but seems to have perked up considerably since then.

Here is the now fully conscious Doyle Brunson, taking time out to chat to a fan on the rail.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12192&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Finally we have American (I think?) Cory Albertson, owner of the most prominent sweat band in the tournament. After the tournament he's off for a quick game of doubnles with Bjorn Borg (possibly...)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12194&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://hubpages.com/u/44105_f520.jpg)

Poor old Doyle, not only does he have we press reporting that he nodded off at the table, but now some heartless rogue is making off with the Brunsonmobile. :(

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12180&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12183&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://www.odllr.be/system/smilies/1%20(26).gif)

Here is Ms Mason, snapped shortly after that chip-costly laydown:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12186&g2_serialNumber=1)


And again, after she noticed I was taking photos:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12189&g2_serialNumber=1)


Also Mr Dave Colclough, who has perked up more than he appears:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12093&g2_serialNumber=1)


Floppy, who, in spite of having almost exactly 10k in front of him here, is now down to only 4k, eek. He's definitely played some hands then... Will have a chat with him shortly...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12079&g2_serialNumber=1)


Er, which other blondes are playing? Where am I? Why does my coffee cup have no coffee in it?

1) Just off to find out info on Mark O'Neill/ Matt Kay and Dan Kelly. Quick note...a few elements will conspire to make requests for players unknown to us more tricky.

a) There are no identifying cards for the players
b) There are lots of players left
c) many tables have now broken meaning the players are scattered around all over da place.

Soooo, you can help us if you have physical descriptions or, even better, current photos of the players that would be just sooperb kidz!

FYP, Mr Cat.

The more eagle-eyed among you

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may have noticed that just after I posted Sorel Mizzi's chip count as 9k, Junglecat posted his chipcount as 20k. I hunted him down, and he has indeed doubled up somewhere along the line. He's been moved to David Rudling's table, Rudling currently on a similar 20k or so.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12203&g2_serialNumber=1)

Also spotted - Messrs Pascal Perrault and blondepoker Waterford Festival winner Michael Trimby, ducking and diving:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12201&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12199&g2_serialNumber=1)


And Mr Nick Gibson, who is on 15k and tells me that he mustn't grumble or something terrible will happen. Myself, I like grumbling.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12222&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12115&g2_serialNumber=1)

Go Jen, chips will come back !!

Like Junglecat, I have been running pretty bad when it comes to actually seeing some good action as I walk the room. I seem to be timing it every time so I see a massive pot being pushed towards a player I do not recognise, and I am just in time to see a hand checked around and folded to a small bet from the button or something. Most disappointing. So instead, I give you:

HEADPHONEWATCH
- Keeping you up to speed with the world of personal musical technology

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12207&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12210&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12213&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12216&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12219&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12227&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12230&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12233&g2_serialNumber=1)

 Ad 2h 3s 4h 5h

Does anyone recognise either of these chaps? Mr National Championships bet 700 on a 2c 5c Jd flop, only to lay it down when Mr Full Tilt Brownshirt Man made it All In, or 2,375 total.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12223&g2_serialNumber=1)

LoL @ them all having hi-tech Sony & Bose headphones, then Floppy's v old JVC's make an apperance.

The ghosts of Irish Opens past are haunting the tournament area, and the ghostbusters have been called in:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12171&g2_serialNumber=1)

Ask Colclough where he got his headphones from. I think they are the cordless jobbies and i cant get them anywhere.

That's what I said to Junglecat! And I told him not to post that because it was rude!

Floppy claims that they're filled with astounding noise-reduction technologies, but I am Unimpressed, I have to say. Myself, I prefer the Ultimate Ears Super-Fi 5 in-ear monitors. So snug, so rubbery.

he he he I giggled at that too :D

Busto. Short-stacked, reshove Jacks into Queens. Flop Jack-high, river Queen. :(

(http://bp0.blogger.com/_vK0GpTzX4Go/R-KvasHGONI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/5TAF7xuOkoo/s1600-h/Picture5+009.jpg)

robbed that off Kelly's blog..

There is a 7-piece Cajun band in the bar now, with washboards and mandolins and accordions and everything. The washboard player's wearing an Irish Open hat which makes him look like a trucker. Most pleasing.

Sorry, man. I think Horneris bokked your headphones. Take the rest of the day off to fume, won't you? We'll see you in the bar later...

scottish lads graham clarkson and mafews please

Sick Hand Alert!

**********Disclaimer: Before I continue, I would like to say the accuracy of the reporting within this hand is highly dependent upon the players having remained in their original seats. **********

A flop of 8d 2c 6s caused carnage on Jen's table with Danilo Paulsen moving in only to be insta-called by the silver barneted Peter Malbasha.

"You've probably got eights haven't you?" asked Peter, a bit unnecessarily as he tabled 6-6 for the 2nd nuts.

"No" said Danilo quietly, resigned to his fate as he tabled his overpair Q-Q...

TURN: 9h

RIVER: Qc !

Yup , this 2 outer saved Paulsen's bacon and he was a mightily relieved man as he swept up his chips. Malbasha meanwhile took his beat well in silence, but stepped away from the table to vent some steam in his own unique way...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12234&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12236&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Is that these two? (free pretty dealer bonus)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12238&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12240&g2_serialNumber=1)

If so they are both doing a bit poorly on less than 7k...

How are Jen and Mr Colclough ?

you get no  luck for slow-rolling, poker gods justice ftw!!!

Silver haired mans name is Peter Crotty.

El Blondie's on 12.5k, Jen's on her dinner break. They're having a staggered break today - also on that break is Mr Rory Matthews.


Hold your horses, Mr Lucky! He's on around 17k. Also, Graham Clarkson has 13k. Photo coming as soon as I've uploaded it, I have a bit of a backlog I'm afraid...

Thats just a rumour   (anyone? anyone?)

Graham Clarkson:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12247&g2_serialNumber=1)

np, I'm going to be doing my whole stack there whatever the size was, the flop comes down J-T-x and if we don't get it in there, he's most likely going to call a bet on the 8 turn when he gets a gutshot too. Either way, it wasn't to be.

An interesting hand from Table Mizzi...

SB Mate E. Boy (photo below - does anybody recognise this man?) and BB Todd Brunson check a 9s Qh 2s flop to Sorel Mizzi on the button, who bets 675. They both call.

Turn - Qs - and now Mr Boy bets 1150. He looks nervous, like he has a big hand. His hands are sort of shaking as he throws his chips in. Todd Brunson calls, and Sorel gets out of the way.

River - Qc. Now Mr Boy is rubbing his chin. He checks. Brunson bets 2200 and Mr Boy calls, but mucks when he sees Brunson's Qd 4d for rivered Quads.

Any guesses as to what Mr Boy might have had? Flush? Set on the flop? Nothing at all? Anyone?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12251&g2_serialNumber=1)

A late entry for Headphonewatch, particularly notable for his creative headphones-actually-nowhere-near-ears stylings, is this guy. I saw him move in to a preflop raise and take the pot without any fuss...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12250&g2_serialNumber=1)

Lookalikey Time

Press Guru-In-Charge Nick Whelan:

(http://www.geocities.com/dbmmextra/images/gallery/01/ea27adb2_colour.jpg)


Creepy In League With Deviller Derren Brown:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12244&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mr Mark O'Neill with his 17k or thereabouts:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12264&g2_serialNumber=1)

THANKS!!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12253&g2_serialNumber=1)

Crazy band, last heard performing a barn dance version of Motorhead's "Ace of Spades."

People shouldn't be able to jig along to "That's the way I like it baby I just want to live forever" imo..

Dana loves them though and as she is currently in possession of our entire cigarette supply, I must concur with her worldy wise opinion.

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JJ Liu just doubled up James Beardface (I kid you not*)

I joined the hand at the preflop stage with both players having their cards on their back, Liu holding A-K and Mr Beardface the all powerful preflop nuts A-A.

No suprises, Aces hold for our hairy-faced hero and he doubles through, reportedly for the 5th time at this table since he joined. (Although Padraig Parkinson may have been exaggeratiing for comic effect) Literally bristling with excitement, he survives what turned out to be a not-so-close shave and Liu's previous towers of chips are reduced to mere stubble

(*I lied, I kid you...I don't know his name....sorry)

Here are the two....a disconsolate JJ Liu...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12255&g2_serialNumber=1)

...and a contrastingly happy Mr Beardman with his new (mou)stash of chips...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12261&g2_serialNumber=2)

Despite Dana's fondness for the band, I must say I do think this fellow's violin is a bit too big for him...you guys agree?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12265&g2_serialNumber=1)

I assume your clock is wrong and level 6 is infact a repeat of the 150 / 300 level with 25 ante?

http://www.irishpokeropen.com/tournament/main-event-2008.php

That's a double bass, you fool!! Lovely instrument to play, more bands should have them.

Yes indeedy, you're one step ahead of us. The players have now swapped over, and I will shortly be heading to the buffet too...

There has been some drama unfolding here though...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12269&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12278&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12275&g2_serialNumber=1)

Hi
Info about the spaniards?

May Maceiras
http://blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1550

Raul Paez
http://blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1283

Juan Fernández
http://blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1076

Juan Manuel Pastor

thanks in advance
Juan

You've all let me down
Timex Social Club

Is there some Frenchies today ?

CAN YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON BILLY JOHNSTONE PLEASE

THANKS GUYS

Graham Clarkson on 33K.

Dave.

just getting caught up here, thanks a bunch for the pics. of Matt (Choppy) Kay, and Dan (DJK) Kelly.

any news on either of them or Timex? please.

Had a brief break there to sample the rather delicious buffet (burp). I'll run after all those requests now, although please bear in mind that a) half of them are still on their dinner break, and b) they've all moved around now what with tables breaking and things, so if I can't find them, it doesn't necessarily mean that they're out...

Is this Mr McLeay?

Tough luck Mr Floppy.

GO Miss Jen!!!

Update on Rory Matthews kind people.

Geo

Many Frenchmen in evidence, as follows:

Pascal Perrault on around 13k, and wouldn't look up even though I waited for ages.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12281&g2_serialNumber=1)


Thomas Fougeron on about 30k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12287&g2_serialNumber=1)


Paul Testud, on 20k and a bit glum:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12292&g2_serialNumber=1)

OK, thx updaters...

GO Blondes, GO Frenchies !!

 ;popcorn; ;popcorn;

I did less well on the Spanish front, I'm afraid - only Maria Maceiras was obvious when I did the rounds. She's on around 14k, and very surprised to be having her picture taken.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12284&g2_serialNumber=1)

Also please note the pointy finger above the empty chair - this is because the chair's former occupant, Michael O'Cuanaigh, and, I'm afraid, Matt Kay, both busted out the hand before I arrived to Mr Tony Hackett. Not sure of the details, but it was they and not he who couldn't hack it. Sorry, whoever was asking after Mr Kay...

By the way the super sat has made 41 runners and a total €27,600 prize pool, which makes, umm, 6 seats? I think? Something like that.

Hows Patrick Murray  aka Micky Pierce doing?
Can you wish him luck from me please.
thanks
Craig

Mr Eidsvig has not been just Trond-ling along, he is not afraid to get his chips in the middle and beat everybody else to a bloody pulp!!!

Um, he just knocked Jean Jose Ville - Ville moved in on a 9c 7s 9s flop, and Trond announced, "I guess I'm behind" in that incredibly attractive Norwegian accent before calling.

As it turned out he wasn't behind, holding 9h 6h against Ville's 4s 5s

Turn - 2c

River - The absolute very cruelest card in the deck for Ville; namely the 6s

And he's OUT. Here they are, in the I-didn't-take-the-picture-fast-enough latter stages of shaking hands.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12288&g2_serialNumber=1)

Apologies for any confusion arising from the clock switching levels. We don't have it formatted for the Irish Open structure so are adapting it slightly.

Just to clarify we are now on the 150/300/25 level which introduces antes into the equation for the first time.


Mingling amongst the tables, I watched several hands, many of which consisted of late position raises followed by short stack shoves.

First off random Mateyboy raises from late position to 1k, meeting an allin shove from Daniel Kelly in the big blind to 5.5-6k. After grimacing and wincing and generally going through the full gamut of uncomfortable facial expressions, Mateyboy ultimately passes and Daniel moves up to the giddy heights of 7k...

Next up Jen Mason fancies a bit of this action and pops it up to 900 from late position. Unknown older, grey-haired mateyboy now shoves for a similar amount to Daniel  (5,750) and after a small pause, Jen spins her cards toward the muck, conceding the hand to gray-tey boy.

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Next up Mcenroe Cory Albertson raises from late position, only to find Waterford Winter Festival winner Michael Trimby shoving for 6k or so yet again!

"You com after me big bloind, Oi'll set ya in!" warns Michael to the former tennis star.

Cory creates a bit of a racket as he interrogates Michael further and ultimately nets enough information to let him make the call with Ks Qs.

Michael flips over Ts Tc.

Ladies and gentlemen start your engines, it's a race!

Cory storms into the lead, fistpumpiing the air with delight at the Qh Qd 8c flop.

A 9s turn opens up the possibility of an outdraw and I'm semi rooting for a J or T river just to see if Cory comes out with "You cannot be serious!" but it fails to arrive as the blankiest of blanks 2s hits the river.

"Well played" says Michael, grabbing his coat and leaving the table...

(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:h5Hdazl06amLJM:http://www.sitcom.co.uk/fools_horses/graphics/char_mickey.gif)

Random bits of news!

Roland De Wolfe - giddy heights of 50k+ after check rasiing with 5d6d on a two diamond A-Q-T board, only to be called by A-4.

The river Td was good for the 20k pot and the slightly fortunate RDW may well be the chip leader at this stage, tearing it up as he is.

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It was overlooked at the time, unforgiveably, but Praz Bansi is out. No details are available for his exit, but the bracelet-holding hitsquadder reportedly left looking a tad dismayed at his exit, so possibly some grievous misfortune was involved.

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Ram Vaswani looks to be going along great guns with a 30k or so stack. Those funky new highlights are clearly doing the job for him.

If only Rookie was playing this comp too, we could have a once in a lifetime photo of Mickey Pierce and Rodney.

Could you give us an update on Dan Bolton please guys?

Great updates as always btw..

to reply to my own post, I just read elsewhere that Dan has 19.5K

Mr Rory Matthews. Just as I was about to take a photo of him, his table was broken, so I followed him around the room to his new table. He got there, and there was some sort of problem - not sure what, but I followed him back around to the room to his original table where he spoke to a floor person. Then he went back to the same new table and sat down. Sigh. I feel like I've worked off most of the buffet cheesecake already.

Anyway, he's on 11k. Here he is, at his new table.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12301&g2_serialNumber=1)

Thats top class stalking right there! ;)

Here are some assorted chip counts. Apologies if a requested player's count is not amongst this list, it is proving a little tricky locating certain players.

Pascal Perrault - 10k
Todd Brunson - 12.5k
David Colclough - 18k
Caroline Manson - 19k
J Kabbaj - 7.5k
Nick Gibson - 7k

More to follow in a bit...

A curious hand from the Now Defunct Table Rory Matthews.

With an amount in the pot preflop that I can describe as lots, but not absolutely LOADS, Hassan Mohammed and Nick Gibson check a Ks Jc 7c flop.

The turn is the dangerous  Aspades - Mohammed bets 3k, and Gwibbo calls.

River - 9d - says Hassan, "Any other time I'd bet," and checks. Gwiboo checks too, which is the correct move as Mohammed shows Kh Kd and Nick mucks.

Does Ash Hussein play today ?

Jen is out.  :( Hard luck dude. Direct yourself to the bar post haste I say.

Does he have some French in him?  :)  ;carlocitrone;

Oh no, disaster! Jen is OUT!

This is what I wrote down as Jen told me what happened:


SB limps, Jen BB checks

2-5

flop 2-5-4

SB bets, Jen goes all in 8k

SB has 3-6


...Which means, the small blind limped and Jen checked the big blind with 2-5. The flop was 2-5-4 rainbow, and the small blind bet out. Jen, with her two pair, shoved for 7 or 8k, and the small blind called, which is fair enough, as he was holding 3-6 for the flopped straight. No full-housing for Jen, and she's gone. And all my percentagey hopes with her. :(

I don't think (don't know...) but I've seen him on TV and have like how he played...

UL Jen!

Thats 2 bets down the toilet now...

UL Jen...

but I'm sure that you'll be more lucky next time...

Dan Bolton up to 50K reported elsewhere...

The troubles continue...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12304&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12307&g2_serialNumber=1)

Not great I'm afraid...

I joined his table as he was on 8.5 or 9k.

James Honeybone had raised to 1200, flat called in one spot and Mickey popped it up to 3,500.

James thought about it and MOVED ALLIN!

The cold caller passed and Mickey thought about it and also passed, leaving himself just 5.5k or so.

Here he is with Albert "HoneyMonster" Sapiano, who found the developments of that hand far more amusing than Mickey did, for obvious reasons...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12310&g2_serialNumber=1)

Players are on a short break.

Jen informs me that she's going back to the room to look at the internet from the comfort of her pyjamas. I am fairly certain she will post soonish.

Roland De Wolfe is on around 40k, but says he could have been on 75k - he raised with A-Q and then folded to a 22k shove from Mateyboy. Mateyboy was holding A-T.

Oh damn
thank you very much for info though its appreciated

Re: Billy Johnstone, Juan Fernandez, Raul Paez

I'm afraid that a number of circuits of the room later, I still can't see any of them. It is admittedly a bit difficult to find people I've never seen before in a giant room full of poker players, but I studied the photos pretty hard, so until hard evidence proves to the contrary, I'm assuming they're OUT...

We are now playing Level 7 - 200/400/25. Floppy's going to sort us out a new clock structure asap...

Oh no, hang on, our clock's right for this level. Still, we will present you tomorrow with a brand new reliable clock, which i'm sure will fill you with joy.

Sorting it now, the internet in the room is buckling under the weight of I'm guessing online players needing a fix...

Report have arrived that Nick Gibson is OUT!

Bad luck Nick.

Roberto Romanello is looking a bit short. Doesn't have many chips either.  ;hide;

He told he the sad story, which went something like this:

He raised Mateyboy's blinds with 3-2. Mateyblind re-raises all in, and Roberto folds, showing his rubbish hand.

An hour later, he raised Mateyblind with Queens, and Mateyblind again re-raised all in, this time with K-T. King hit, obviously. ROberto dropped 15k on that one, and is down to around 7k.

At this point Joe Grech, who hadn't been listening to any of this, piped up, "Whatever he just told you is completely true." And laughed hysterically.

Here he is, in a cardigan that Jen would be proud of:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12314&g2_serialNumber=1)

Maria Maceiras is now sharing a table with Dave Colclough. She is on 15k. He is on a little over 30k. Here they are, the both of them, Colclough looking unusually fey:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12320&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12323&g2_serialNumber=1)

Oh joy! Trond Eidsvig has been re-seated next to Rory Matthews, giving me another excuse to post his photo.

Rory Matthews - 15k
Trond Eidsvig - 25k
By the by Mr Doyle Brunson has 19k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12324&g2_serialNumber=1)

Disaster for Ram Vaswani!

Not sure what happened, but I saw him making his exit with A-9 against Ergun Macit's Q-K, with a board that read Q-7-9-8-Q.

And with a Ram, bam, thank-you ma'am (actually a "Good luck, guys" and a resigned sigh), he's gone, leaving Mr Macit probably feeling pretty Va-smarmy about it.

Feeling a stirring within the dark side of the force, Yoda was keen to impress upon his recalcitrant avian colleagues the need for calm.

I caught him perched on a coffee cup mid-lecture...

"Eat each other's brains you should not. Respect Junglecat you must!"

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12326&g2_serialNumber=1)

Sadly he did not foresee the danger posed by psychotic press member Phil from WOP (top right)

"Eat me you should not! Respected veteran of sci fi films I am" were Yoda's futile words.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12330&g2_serialNumber=1)

"Strike me down you can but come back stron....ugggg uggggg" uttered Yoda defiantly as Phil chugged him down.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12332&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12334&g2_serialNumber=1)

Then....he was gone. Or was he???

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12336&g2_serialNumber=1)

How's the Mike McDonald fella getting along?

Better than me or Jen I guess... :(

A small but perfectly formed selection of chip counts:

Brian O'Keefe - 28k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12340&g2_serialNumber=1)


Andy Black - 40k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12343&g2_serialNumber=1)


Roland De Wolfe - 30k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12317&g2_serialNumber=1)

Back to the poker...Doyle and his iconic hat have been busy, striking down Anthony Young, his J-9 holding on a J-9 x board against Young's A-J...The old guard will not be denied!

A three-way Matey all in!

The flop is exactly 6s 5d Jd and somehow they all get it in. Please see photos below for identification purposes.

Big Slick Matey - 5h 5c
Daphne's Cow Jacket Matey - Kd 9d
Dejected Paddy Power Qualifier Matey - 6h 5h ("Shit!!!" says he when he sees Big Slick Matey's hand.)

Turn - 9h
River - Kc

And with some yelling and pounding of fists, Big Slick Matey triples up, and Other Mateys are left with small change and endless sadness.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12346&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12349&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12352&g2_serialNumber=1)

Heyhey.
Any chance to have chipcount on Trond Eidsvig?

An absolutely

(http://www.bhopal.net/march/archives/m20---black-tea-at-dawn.jpg)

I arrive at roughly the turn of a 5h Qs Jc Ad board. Thomas Fougeron checks,and Sorel Mizzi bets an amount that is between medium and massive; let's call it large. Fougeron calls.

River - Tc and again Fourgeron checks. Mizzi now bets an amount that is between massive and all in; let us call it exactly 12.5k. Fougeron calls.

Fougeron - Td 9s
Mizzi - 9h Kh, thus winning aforementioned enormous pot.

Here is that winner:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12355&g2_serialNumber=1)


Actually I think this photo sums up pretty well how they both feel about it:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12356&g2_serialNumber=1)

OMG with the utmost pleasure. Hang on...

Trond Eidsvig - 22k

The reason I could do that so fast is not because the very thought of Trond Eidsvig makes me light as a feather, but because he is at Table 1, the closest to the press corner, and I can almost touch him count his chips from here.

The view from the press corner:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12360&g2_serialNumber=1)

yes, ^^^^ this please

Oh oops, I'm afraid something dreadful has happened. Junglecat has the details...

No he was OUT, level 3 i believe so he actually did worse than you guys really! Not Timex's day...

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Meanwhile Roland De Wolfe has knocked out Mateyboy.

On a 3s 4c 6h flop, Matey shoved for 8k, Roland called showing 8-8.

Matey's A-6 was behind. "One time" yelled the wolf, and for what is probably the 7,000th time in Roland's illustrious career, his overpair held vs Matey's top pair.

After a little wobble, Roland is back up to 35k.

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Patrick Murray looks to have picked up a few chips too and is in the region of 10k again, making a mini recovery there.

Kieran O'Leary is doing well...

Facing a push from John McEnroe Cory Albertson on a 3s 5s Td flop, he eventually called, showing As 8s...

Cory had Kd Th for top pair.

"Spade or Ace, Spade or Ace!" shouted Kieran and his exhortations were rewarded in the form of a 6s on the turn. "Yes!" + classic fistpump followed shortly.

Cory was drawing dead but didn't go down the route of his tennis playing doppleganger, choosing instead to simply shake hands with Kieran before departing in his comical oversize baggy shorts. Bad luck sir!

"Gotta win a few of those!" said Kieran happily sweeping up his flushtastic gains.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12361&g2_serialNumber=1)

win some, lose some. thanks for the info.!!

TY!  Just keep up feeding info on Eidsvig, as we are several of his friends following his effort from home in Norway, and you guys seem to be the only proper liveblog from this event.   Thanks som much

CHIP COUNTS FROM FLOPPY WHO SEEMS TO BE FEELING MUCH BETTER AND HAS NOW GOT OVER US MAKING FUN OF HIS CHEAPO HEADPHONES:

Trond - 24k
John Duthie - 20k
Maz Nawab - 30k
Andy Black - 40k
John Conroy - 22k
Reyaaz Mulla - 33k
Pascal Perrault - 13k
Doyle "Supercool" Brunson - 45k
Roberto Romanello - was up to 25k, then down to 16k, then further down to his current 9k
James Honeybone - 25k
Roland De Wolfe - 23k

Floppy also witnessed Mr Patrick Murray double up in a 40k pot with Ks Qs against Albert Sapiano's Ad Kd - I'm guessing from the Notes Of Floppy that they were all in on the flop, which was a spadey Kc 8s 7s.

Turn - an irrelevant 5d
River - not a spade, but the Qc for the double up.


PAGE 2 OF CHIP COUNTS ETC A LA FLOPPY

Graham Clarkson - 36k
Sorel Mizzi - 50k
Thomas Fougeron - 7k
Maria Maceiras - 22k
John Wong - 21k
John Kabbaj - 30k
Dave Colclough - 24k

Maria Maceiras has so many chips and Dave Colclough has so few because the two of them got involved in a raising war, which Maria won. Maria made it 2.1k, I believe from the button, and big blind DC made it 6.3k, to which Maria moved in for 18.65k. Colclough laid it down.

Great. Trond's my favourite Norwegian. :)

In a most unbiased way.

Padraig Parkinson has doubled up, apparently shoving his micro-stack in utg and getting himself called by the unimpressed gent in blue.

Padraig P - 6h 6c
Unimpressed Blue Guy -  Ahrt Kd
Board - 5s Jd 5h 4c 8s

And Padraig is back up to the heady heights of, um, around 10k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12363&g2_serialNumber=1)

Go on Pat, TY for news

Roberto has been up and down, and further down, like a dangerous lift in dire need of maintenance...

Chris reported him as being up to 25k, but when I passed him a little while ago he was down to 16k. Then he called one Mr Nick Coon all in on a 5d 7h 4c flop.

Roberto - 8s 8h
Nick Coon - Jh Jc

Turn - 5s
River - Ad

Which is how he got down to 9k or so.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12367&g2_serialNumber=1)

Andy "Chub" Grinason has just doubled through.

On a 5c 7h 8d flop, he led out for 1.5k, raised to 6.5k by Eric Barker, back to "Chub" and he ramped it up another 12k putting himself allin.

Eric felt committed to call wtih his 5-6 now and did so, Andy tabling the superior 7-7 set.

"Pair the board!" said Andy, but although that didn't happen a pair of blanks on the turn and river were sufficient to double up the popular "young gun" to 32-35k or so, and dent Barker, who looked to be down to 16-20k...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12368&g2_serialNumber=1)

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how many levels are to be played today?

The entertaining and eccentric Andy Black is a late casualty.

He must have been crippled from his earlier heights of 35-40k as he was down to 7.5k when he shoved over a raise to 1800 and a flat call with A-9.

Unfortunately for him he was looked up by mateyboy's dominating A-Q and although a 9 on the flop propelled him temporarily into the lead, the colourful Irishman was sent crashing to the rail as Matey hit a back door straight.

Bad luck Andy, the tournament won't be quite the same without you!

Play has now finished for the night. Some stuff I saw before that though -

The below gent pictured leaving is OUT with Js Jh no match for the also-pictured Young American who held Qs Qc.

They were all in on the flop, but here is the whole board for your edification - 9c 5c 7c 7h Aspades

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12377&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12380&g2_serialNumber=1)


Also, on Brunsonwatch, Doyle has 50k :) but Todd has only 10k :(


John Duthie is OUT last hand, KK v QQ, and the dude hit a Queen.


Trond looked to have around 40k. Here he is:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12374&g2_serialNumber=1)

That's it! We're juuuusssst about to head to the bar...

thanks for the great updates! :)

Yes folks play has ended on level 8 and we are finisihed for the day...

Chip counts will be forwarded to us at some point later tonight and we will post them up asap but for now thanks for following us guys, much appreciated. It's been a fun day with some great poker as expected.


We'll be back tomorrow for more folics, carnage, bizarre hoodies, trond references from Dana and bad beat stories from floppy! Bet you can't wait! (Oh an you may get an update on Yoda if you're lucky)

See you at 2:00pm for the start. Be there or be somewhere else!

 ;stickaforkinme;

    ;hattip;

Excellent updates as per normal guys!

Fantastic to see Doyle up there with chips it would be amazing if he could take this down - the media hype would be awesome.

Great updates, see you tomorrow

Just had a peek at some of the updates - just wanted to say congrats for following such a large, largely unidentifiable and continually moving around field.  It just didn't go brilliantly for me today, one of those "You raise, someone pushes all in," type endings to a "you've just been straightened on the river/you made a bad call against Praz" type starts.  Final hand was super weird wouldn't-play-52o-unless-bb kind of deal, with aggressive, pretty good guy on right limping sb for first time ever, perhaps.  Two pair vs. either sneaky hoped-for-preflop-raise bigger pair or absolutely nothing bet-out, I reckon, until it's too late (like to think that with bigger stack I don't bust here) but no, he'd flopped the nuts and played it perfectly to get the last of my 7k no fuss.  Sad not to play more of this excellent tournament, but happy that it's all running smoothly and just about to join the updaters in one of the quieter bars in the hotel.  Will be watching online tomorrow as too lazy to actually go down the road.

 rotflmfao

Hey all from New Zealand

First post here as a member.
Fellow Kiwi James Honeybone pointed out this was a great site to keep an eye on how he's doing during his Euro stint, as so it is - thanks to everyone who's keeping me up-to-date with live tourney action.

I'm a relative noob to the game but totally addicted, and write a rookie blog for my the media company I work for in NZ: http://www.stuff.co.nz/blogs/checkraise

Cheers
Ian

great updates folks

ul jen!

Welcome,

And thanks again for the updates guys.

Geo

Yesterday's chip counts, courtesy of Nic 'Derren Brown' Whelan.

82,250 Jay Renehan
78,700 AlexanderFitzgerald
72,375 Carsten Joh
69,325 Mazhar Nawab
60,100 Thomas Dempsey
59,275 David Gregory
59,150 Keith Littlewood
56,225 Sorel Mizzi
55,225 John Keown
53,800 Doyle Brunson
51,300 Graham Clarkson
47,075 Andrew Grimason
46,925 Reyaaz Mulla
46,000 Michael Finn
45,650 Ciaran Burke
43,950 Tyler Reiman
43,875 Philip Gurian
43,150 Trond Eidsvig
42,625 Jack RosenFeldt
41,975 David Albertsson
41,725 Timothy Barany
41,650 Hassan Mohammed
40,450 Soren Konsgaard
39,200 Magnus Hulden
39,150 Eric Barker
39,075 John Conroy
38,750 xuantien Nguyen
38,325 John PaulFox
37,800 NicholasRomanello
35,575 Anthony Fagan
35,375 Kyle Johnston
35,200 Thomas Bichon
34,875 John Kabbaj
33,525 Michael McCool
33,100 Daniel Bolton
32,975 Hartmut Renken
32,600 John Wong
30,075 Brian O’Keefe
29,050 Ciaran O’Leary
28,925 Dick Phelan
28,275 Javed Abrahams
28,025 Padraig Parkinson
27,750 Andreas Hedman
27,350 Juuso Leppanen
27,100 David Brennan
26,825 Kenneth Greaney
26,675 Anthony Wetherall
26,575 Kieran Small
26,200 Paul Baird
26,125 Janne Ruotsalainen
25,450 Pat Murray
25,150 ChristopherO’Connor
24,700 TominariKobayashi
24,650 James Honeybone
23,975 Roberto Romanello
23,075 Tony Cooney
22,975 Thomas Fourgeron
22,700 Anders Knudsen
22,450 Cuong Le
21,825 BelkacemLaouar
21,275 George Mc keever
20,225 Dave Colclough
20,050 Carmel Dunne
19,975 David Dean
19,825 Nick Coon
19,375 Joeseph Sullivan
19,100 Danilo Paulsen
18,500 Taylor McFarland
17,700 George Devine
17,500 Pauric Ryan
17,075 John Juliano
16,600 John O’Reilly
15,425 Roland De Wolfe
15,300 Thomas Finneran
15,125 Steven Silverman
14,975 Adam Elpayaa
14,375 Mark Phillips
14,350 Jaka Faraz quddus
14,175 John Spinella
13,850 Marcel Baran
13,750 Annette O’Carroll
13,500 Robert Willis
13,175 Oliver Boyce
13,100 VladimirBotto
13,025 Edwin Tournier
13,000 Ivan Donaghy
12,925 Ergun Macit
12,775 CarolineManson
12,650 Graeme Newman
12,525 Peter Malbasha
12,450 Ville Nyman
12,025 Peter Mansson
11,900 Jan Larsen
11,425 David Lindstrom
10,625 Michael Guttmann
10,400 Robert Cazali
10,275 Todd Brunson
10,175 JonathanRich
10,100 Des Wilson
9,800 Antonio Maestro Lorenzo
9,775 Rune Sletten
9,575 JohannesStraussman
8,700 Kazimer Strupinski
8,600 Maria Maceiras
8,600 Eoghan O’Dea
8,050 William Kervick
7,975 Samuel Lethonen
7,875 Noel Mc pike
7,250 Greig Crawford
7,200 FredericLevy
6,750 Adrian O’Donahue
6,400 John Hanaphy
4,125 Albert Sapiano
3,700 Tino Lechich
3,700 Giovani Safina
3,600 Michael Nolan