Jarkko Laine is OUT.

16 left.

Xuyen Bad Girl Pham & Padraig both hanging in there.

18th, 17th & 6th all pay 34k Danish, 15 to 13th inclusive pays 40k Danish. Divide by 10 for real money.

Blinds now 2k-4k, running ante 400.

Thewy in action first hand - he had AA (he get's no luck that boy, eh?) against the all-in Katja Spillum with Q-9. Thewy's AA held up on a board of T-7-4-J-A, he wins a pot of some 70k, & unlucky Katja is out.

17 left.

Then Padraig, on the other table, found AA, against Lindholt Juntgungen (?) with KQ off. Board was Q-5-6-Q (ouch!)-9 , for a 70k pot, leaving poor Padraig down to about 30k.

Thanks Guys

They commence battle at 1500 local time (1400 UK time), & play dow to a Final table of 8. It's a TV table & so it'll take a little time to "wire" everyone & get them set up, so I guess there will be a break of an hour or two before the Final starts.

We will be doing updates throughout.

OK, gotta go. Dinner with Thewy & Bad Girl in 10 minutes. They pay me to coach them, you know........

latest at end of day from copenhagen...18 left

Ante 300 blinds 1500.3000

A cooper 64900 table 5 seat 1
Erik kolaas 149200 table 5 seat 2
Padraig Parkinson 65300 table 5 seat 3
Mika puro 53700 table 5 seat 4
Biraitha Johnson 42900 table 5 seat 5
Noah Boekan 49400 table 5 seat 6
Ram vaswani 151100 table 5 seat 7
J lindholt jontgengen 31900 table 5 seat 8
Patrick mccarthy 55800 table 5 seat 9

Julian thew 102400 table 4 seat 1
Bambos xanthos 131700 table 4 seat 2
Xuyen pham 23800 table 4 seat 3
Marcel luske 83800 table 4 seat 4
Dan Petersen 243100 table 4 seat 5
Katja spillum 35600 table 4 seat 6
Per hilderbrand 107100 table 4 seat 7
Mikael westerkund 139000 table 4 seat 8
Jarkko laine 25400 table 4 seat 9

It's BUBBLE TIME

19 left, 18 get paid, it's hand for hand on 3 tables. When it gets to 18, they break for the night, & return tomorrow.

Eric 123 Sagstrom busted out 20th in a 120k pot with TT against the chip leader, the Danish guy Petersen (?).

Noah 55k

Ram 130k- ducking & diving, & playing hardball.

Padraig 66k

Pham 17k & clinging on now, card dead for hours.

Bambos 50k

Marcel 120k

Thewy 90k.

18th gets paid about 35k Danish, thats about 3,500 english. (still no pound sterling sign on this damn computer....).

Julian Yo-Yo Thew is making a nonsense of our updates - he is back to 90k again!

In a pot with 5-6 of spades (he's tightened up.....), he check raised when he flopped 4 to the flush & his oppo moved in with top pair, Thewy caught the flush. Quality starting hands, that's the secret of Thewy's success.

A big thanks to Joe Beevers & The Hendon Mob.

He has been incredibly helpful to blondepoker.com & in particular tikay, tonight, when we have been struggling to do updates for the first time.

A big thank you to Joe who is an absolute gentleman.

The Final will be an 8 player jobbie. 23 left now.

Thewy is living up to his Yo-Yo nickname. From 45k to 90k back to 45k & now having just busted a short stack (Thewy A-T v Low Stack K-T) he is back to 53k. All in 10 minutes. I have a hunch that Julian & Noah are gonna clash big time soon.

Marcel has cornered the market in low denomination chips, & has them in his trade mark "pile 'em high" stack some 30cm high! Think he has about 90k, hard to count though.

Padraig is on course to make history - the first player to make the money in an EPt & a WPT Event in the same week. Least, thats what he tells me.....

Ram Vaswani, one of the real class acts in the field, looks cool & unflustered, probably about 70k now & absolutely cruising.

Sadly, Vicky Lincoln has exited, but she did so with the grace & dignity of a real Lady.

Bambos is sitting quietly with about 40k.

Xuyen Bad Girl Pham has been card dead for the last 6 levels, and has an awful seat.

I am struggling to find any news on Boaz Lavie.

Boaz Lavie - I will try & fnd out for you.

Update at 00.50 Local Time.

33 left. Blinds 800-1,600, running ante 150. They play down to the Final tonight, the Final - which will be filmed - will be tomorow.

Gary Bush OUT - his AK v KK

Ram 30k

Pokergirl 28k

Thewy 45k

Marcel Luske 95k

Michael Westerland 70k

Noah Boaken 80k

Stuart Fox 15k. Stuart took a huge beat when in with KK against Pokergirl's AJ - an A rivered.

Padraig - 95k.

Eric 123 Sagstrom 50k. Eric & Padraig clashed, Eric's AK spades ran into Padraig's AA.

Xuyen Bad Girl Pham 32k

Bambos 30k

Danish guy to Marcel's left - name not known - 180k.

You can cut the atmosphere with a knife up there, it's a wonderful spectacle, & the room is absolutely heaving with railbirds.

You can also get updates on The Hendon Mob Forum, Joe Beevers is sorting these out - check it out NOW!

Midnight (Local time ) Update.

43 left, blinds 600-1,200, running ante 100.

Jim Reid OUT (unlucky Jim)

Gary Bush 28k

Vicky Lincoln 7k

Xuyen Bad Girl Pham 30k

Noah Boaken 80k

Stuart Fox 50k

Ram 24k

Pokergirl 15k

Marcel 40k

Danish Guy to Marcel's left - between 150 & 200k....!

Bambos 31k

Eric 123 Sagstrom 80k

Padraig 30k

Thewy 50k - he caught a set of 3's on flop & filled up on end against a flush draw.

A fabolous atmosphere in the Casino - hundreds of railbirds watching the action, & plenty of "names" to follow.

Christer Johasnsson - he departed during first 2 levels, in a 3 way pot. The Camel tells me it was a 3 way pot, Christer had KK, & he was up against AJ & J-T on a J-T-x flop.

Bambos is in cruise mode, 24k.

Vicky Lincoln has about 15k - she looks absolutely stunning, in a French style outfit with matching black beret....Fashion comments? What other poker sites give you them?

The Camel looks pretty stunning too.....but he's OUT, poor fella.

Update at 22.55 local time, 22.55 UK time:

63 left.....

Rory Liffey OUT
Devilfish OUT - his KK beaten by AA
Gus Hansen OUT

Chips stacks....

Stuart Fox 41k

Xuyen Bad Girl Pham now 50k, that is AFTER she just lost an 18k pot, her QQ cracked by.....5-2....!

Yo-Yo Thew 26k - dancing now

Gary Bush 15k

Jim Reid 10k

Joe Grech 4k

Marcel Luske 30k (and singing...)

Eric 123 Sagstrom 55k

Padraig - 22k - just doubled through with K-T v JJ, he hit a set of tens & got paid

Ram 11k, and sat to his immediate left...

Pokergirl 13k

Noah Boaken 40k

Thomas Bihl 43k