Paris WPT Live Update - Day 1a

[tikay]

More & more "names" are drifting in, Day Two-ers.

Roland, Ben, Johan Storakers, John Gale, Thewy, Matt Tyler, Marcel Luske, Ian McDonald, Dave Colclough, boy, we are set for a good day tomorrow.

[JacArama]

Thanks Tikay!

Brian is on great form!

He won the 50 st James event last week (18k) - Then came 4th on Fridays event in Paris (7K), then won a ticket on Saturday in Paris (10K).

If he gets chips, he can win this!!

[tikay]

No sign yet of The Camel - I do hope he shows up. Though, somehow, I don't think he'd "take" to the French.

[snoopy1239]

No sign yet of The Camel - I do hope he shows up. Though, somehow, I don't think he'd "take" to the French.

Have they run out of beer??

[Djinn]

10 minutes, then a whopping 105 minute dinner break!  Civilised or deranged:  I don't know, but I like it.  Just to warn you we'll be Off Air for that period while we get some well-needed sustenance.

A couple of counts before we beat the break rush:

Vanessa Rousso  6,800
Martin Wendt    24,500
Juha Helppi       17,000
Joe Beevers      18,400
Johnny Lodden  11,000
Ramzi Jelassi       27,000
Kirill Gerasimov    3,000
Henning Granstad  11,500
George Danzer      18,300   (looks to have calmed down a bit)
Isabelle Mercier    16,625
John Duthie        35,000
Fabrice Soulier      26,000
Nick Gibson         16,000  (and he looks ecstatic - it's the most he's had all night)
Phil Hellmuth       42,000  (your chip leader, ladies and gents)

[Djinn]

Still 98 players remaining - whatever happens in the last two levels, we're looking at a hefty return for Day Two if Day 1b runs a similar course...

[snoopy1239]

Please could you tell Phil Hellmuth good luck from his buddy snoops

He'll know who it is...

[tikay]

Here's our defending Champion, looking relaxed, & maybe sending a message? He's put a little weight on since last year, but a lot of water has flowed under the bridge in that time, & he's a SuperStar these days. A genuinely engaging personality, & that earlier brashness & arrogance has given way to self-assurance & confidence.

Hard to dislike him, it really is, & he reminds me in many ways of Rob Yong, both of them "talk through" their hands, but not in a malicious or belittling manner.

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[tikay]

Here is Mr Ben Grundy, though Nick Gibson does not seem to be listening. By the way, I have just seen John Kabbaj lollop in.

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[tikay]

OK, it's Dinner-Break time, so Jen & I need to get some din-din, but hang in there, we wll be back.

Jen, by the way, is wearing contact-lenses today, but I never noticed, oops! Currently, she's getting a little het up at some of the Caption Comp Entries - sloppy, you are in trouble, sunshine!

[tikay]

Tony Chessa, down to the felt early doors with 3,600, has 27,000 now!

[Djinn]

Ramzi's little piece of paper has made it back here - his loss of a few chips came as a result of a "good bluff, bad call" scenario:
With two limpers, he limped on the button with .  Flop Q Q 7 (two diamonds).  It checks to Ramzi, he bets 500, two callers.
Turn: (so three of 'em now)  It checks round.
River: 7.  Under the gun bet 700, it gets called, and Ramzi raises to 2,100 - the middle caller guy decided to go for it with his .  Not enough, perhaps?  Or is it, as he says, a case of pure non-folding fishiness?

[maid marion]

This one's for Anna.

WOWZERS!! Who is that sexy bit of beefcake???   

Hi Tikay & Jen

Love the service as always. Just spent 30mins catching up rather than jumping to the last page (find it is bit like cheating and reading the last page of a book first)... now a bit gutted as have to wait for 1hr 45mins whilst those hard working poker players stuff their faces & quaff a bit of vino!! so much for the planned entertainment for a Monday night :-)

Send love & luck to Gwibbo   

LOL

Anna xx

[snoopy1239]

This one's for Anna.

WOWZERS!! Who is that sexy bit of beefcake???   

Someone call me?

[NoflopsHomer]

This one's for Anna.

WOWZERS!! Who is that sexy bit of beefcake???   

Someone call me?

No-one has asked for the guns to be brought out - yet.