EPT Warsaw: Day 1B - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Nick Slade is now OUT.

Opponent raised with A-K, Mateyboy called with A-T, Nick moved all-in with J-J and received two calls.

A-K-Q Flop pretty much finished him off.

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Richard Lis is OUT. Didn't see his hand, but I spotted that he was up against Jacks and the board was Ace high.

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Orjan Holt of Norway is emerging as a major contendor with just over 40k.

[snoopy1239]

Dave Welch is still plugging away. Was down to 5k at one point after having his set outdrawn to a runner runner straight. The third spade on the Turn caused the problems, but also stopped Dave's opponent from re-raising the River.

But, although virtually down to the felt, Dave didn't concede and has doubled through twice, one of which was a 7-7 vs. A-J encounter, 7 on the Flop a very welcome sight indeed.

Now with his shades down, the usually smiley Dave is looking very serious indeed, and he has every right to as he's managed to build his 5k up to a very playable 21,250, not that far away from average.

[snoopy1239]

Looks like there are 6 tables left; here are three, along with some chip counts:

Davide Vanzo -- 11,000
John Conroy -- 14,800
Katja Thater -- 7,100
Thomas Whalroos -- 21,500
Søren Kongsgaard Nielsen -- 23,800
Christopher Ulsrud -- 41,200
Frederik Hostrup -- 16,600
Ole Gammeljord -- 11,300
Anders Berg -- 34,500
Andrew O'Flaherty -- 25,900
Sebastian Riviere -- 17,600
Pascal Perrault -- 5,200
Juha Helppi -- 14,400
Juuso Kauppinen -- 7,200
Orjan Holt -- 40,200
Jani Sointula -- 17,300

[snoopy1239]

Was just on my way to undertake the second batch of chipcounts and photos when I was forced into an about turn on the staircase by the passing of two familiar figures. One of them was Thomas Grundy (sry), and the second was Roy Brindley, who confirmed the earlier murmur of his exit by saying, "I knocked myself out, moved in with Ace high but ran into a set, so slightly behind."

[snoopy1239]

Chris Robson -- 8,200
Paul Testud -- 10,500
Fabrice Soulier -- 8,100
Age Spets -- 55,200
Peter Willers Jepsen -- 63,800
Benjamin Kang -- 36,400
Rolf Woods -- 17,400
Ben Grundy -- 21,800
Bertrand Grospellier -- 29,400
Tomasz Al Chalabi -- 10,100
Ben Searle -- 21,200
Peter Eichhardt -- 13,600
Simon Kelly -- 9,300
Łukasz Mazurek -- 35,500
Ross Boatman -- 2,500
Martin Vallo -- 15,400

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Just to explain a few of those big dips in chips...

Firstly, and probably most painfully, Ireland's Simon Kelly lost a 50k pot with Aces against Queens - two Queens hitting the Flop from what I heard.

Secondly, Ross Boatman, in his own words, said, "my bluff got called by Queen high". From what I understand, Ross had an open ended straight draw.

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Oh yes, and I also Marcel Luske chatting away with the cameras on the rail, so he's a gonna.

[NoflopsHomer]

Hmmm, no internet make Homer mad grrrrr. We've also been denied acess beyond the rail so we couldn't watch anything either. Not a great outcome.

I did spot Thomas Grundy go out with A-Q against K-T, Queen on the flop, King on the river. Ouch.


Anyway sorry for complete lack of stuff going on in the last hour, we've been truly hamstrung I'm afraid...