Pokerstars EPT Barcelona - Day 1b - Live Update - At A Glance

[Djinn]

Welcome back to the Gran Casino Barcelona, where the second flight of players for this packed-to-the-rafters EPT event is about to get underway.

This is the 'lite' thread, so no Q&A, just numbers and stuff.

[snoopy1239]

 

[snoopy1239]

Unfortunately, these were the only chip counts we have received from Day 1A.

Carlos Leira Lopez (Spain) -- 16,800
Dag Martin Mikkelsen (Norway) -- 13700
Daniel Elkeslassy (Morroco) -- 25400
Erik Lindberg (Sweden) -- 20,200
Frank Silverstein (United States) -- 22,700
Greg Hobson (United States) -- 14,900
Hubert Attali (France) -- 26,200
Humberto Brenes   (Costa Rica) -- 27,000
Jerome Duarte (France) -- 14,200
Jonathan Dull (United States) 31,000
Jukka Petri Pietila (Finland) -- 26,200
Katja Thater (Germany) -- 35,800
Leopold Chow (Canada) -- 15,400
Leslie Kerrigan   (United Kingdom) -- 33,500
Luca Pagano (Italy) -- 18,600
Manuel Cuberos (Spain) -- 6,900
Mike Halioua (Canada) -- 19,500
Stefan Rotach (Switzerland) -- 20,200
Thierry Passeron (France) -- 10,700
Vladimir Temelkovski (Macedonia) -- 18300

[Djinn]

A chunkier list of spotteds (trying not to repeat Snoopy's ones):

Juha Helppi
Edgar Skjervold
Jim Reid
Matt Tyler
Mel Judah
Pascal Perrault
Noah Boeken
Paul Parker (on Noah's left)
Suffolkpunch
Jim Kerrigan
Henning Granstad
David Plastik
Dean Sanders
Paul Testud
Des Wilson
Ramzi Jelassi
Roy Brindley
Isabelle Mercier
Peter Roche
Henrik Olander
David Pomroy
Gus Hansen
Andy Black
Kenna James
Joe Hachem
Sverre Sundbo
Wille Tann
Kevin O'Connell

[Djinn]

Passed Willie Tann's table as a showdown was reached between him and a young French player (probably, going on accent alone) - The board was Q x x 9 8 and Willie flipped the for the nuts, while I think he was up against two pair.  I think there was some trapping going on which the youngster escaped, saying, "You're tricky - checking the straight..." to which he got a trademark Tann shrug in return.

[snoopy1239]

early chip count:

Jim Kerrigan -- 9,225
Henning Granstad -- 7,250
Mads Andersen -- 9,375
Kevin O'Connel -- 8,075
Simon 'SuffolkPunch' Young -- 10,025
Kevin Moore -- 10,900
Simon 'Chubbs' Nowab -- 8,775
Bengt Sonnert -- 8,950
Willie Tann -- 10,300
Joe Hachem -- 10,350
Mickey Wernick -- 9,750
John Gale -- 9,750
Jim Reid -- 10,200
Tony Nichols -- 5,100
Edgar Skjervold -- 14,350
David 'dpommo' Pomroy -- 12,450
Marcel Luske -- 425
Simon Zach -- 5,525

[snoopy1239]

Although Luske rose back up to 820 after hitting a straight on an 8-7-4-4-J board (Mateyboy had K-4), it looks as though he may finally be OUT, as he is currently undertaking an interview in the press room.

[snoopy1239]

Luske's exit:

Mateyboy & Luske checked a K-9-9-x-x board down to the River, where Mateyboy bet, Luske raised, MB re-raised and Luske called.

Luske had turned a flush, but MB had flopped Quad Nines.

[Djinn]

Henrik Olander, who caught the Updater's attention in Dublin last year, and is undoubtedly one of the strongest young players, just lost a pot of over 14k, leaving him with 6,500 after a promising start.  I actually saw this hand all the way through, which is a miracle as the press seem to multiply daily, and quite a few bold lurkers are crowding the tiny gangways between the tables too.

So - Henrik on the button sees a flop of with the small blind Matey.  Matey checks, Henrik bets 175, and is raised to 300.  Call.
Turn:  .  Check; Henrik bets 350, and another min-raise to 700 from sb-Matey.
River:  .  Now small blind bets out 2k, about a third of his stack.  Henrik thinks for a minute (probably about the development of the paired board) before pushing all-in.  Small blind Matey calls in a flash with his , and Henrik shows the bare before mucking his hand and accepting the loss, without reaction.

[snoopy1239]

Juha Hellpi doubles up to 10,200.

A-T vs J-J

Ten on the Turn

[Djinn]

Just watched one of those big circles of gawkers surround a table conveniently located right in the middle of the floor as a big ruling is called for from TK himself:

It's the river - the board lies and there's a bet and a raise from Gary Jones.  The Spanish guy who made the initial river bet for some reason has exposed his hand:  .  Now Gary Jones gets very agitated, talking about his hand being 'over the line' and calling Thomas over for a ruling after two other floor people failed to calm the situation.  Thomas rules (fairly, in my opinion) that the hand-exposer can only call, and will subsequently get a 10 minute penalty.  That isn't accepted very happily by Gary Jones, who insists Kremser's wrong and is obviously not happy about being called and subsequently losing both the pot and the plot, a little.

Thomas says, "the line is not a line for the cards" - it seems unless they touch the muck, they're not strictly dead.  So there you go, potential hand exposers.

[Djinn]

Chip Counts - level 2 50/100....

Kenna James    11,800
Sverre Sundbo  10,400
Willie Tann        11,500
Kevin O'Connell   8,525
Julian Gardner    9,700
Tony Nicholls      5,425
Andreas Hagen   7,300
Mark Teltscher     8,800
Mike Matusow      5,175
Davood Mermand  10,100
Abel Meijberg       9,400
Juha Helppi          5,625
Edgar Skjervold    14,700
Jim Reid              10,450
Matt Tyler           9,400
Mel Judah            9,475
Pascal Perrault      16,100
Noah Boeken        10,300
Paul Parker           12,000   (Flushy, said Hi)
Simon Young        10,250
Jim Kerrigan          8,350
Henning Granstad  8,275
David Plastik          8,100
Dean Sanders        5,800
Paul Testud          16,300   (Good showing for the Frenchmen)
Des Wilson            9,850
Ramzi Jelassi          9,500
Roy Brindley          12,200
Peter Roche          10,350
Henrik Olander        6,500

[Djinn]

One Team Bestpoker, coming right up:

Top:        Erik Friberg  6,025
Middle:    Ricki Neilsen  9,925
Bottom:  John Persson  9,100

[snoopy1239]

Mike Matusow is OUT.

8-7 vs T-T on a T-8-8 flop.

5 Turn, 3 River

[Djinn]

Isabelle Mercier is now OUT - caught her swapping a wistful "C'est la vie" with BA Kildalen on the way to the bar.