LONDON EPT: DAY 1B - INTERACTIVE LIVE UPDATE

[thetank]

Please speak now if you want us to follow the progress of a particular player...

Womble please.

[snoopy1239]

I asked Ramzi Jelassi how he was getting on.

He replied, "Not bad, but the Americans are thieving my chips"

Oh I do love a spot of afternoon xenaphobia. 

[Tank Maestro]

Is that Mohammed Shaffiique playing?

[thetank]

Oh I do love a spot of afternoon xenaphobia. 

Fear of warrior Princesses?

[snoopy1239]

I do love listening to our Norwegian counterparts here in the press office.

They'll bash out a load of gibberish, but everynow and then drop in an English word, so it sounds something like this...

shchmergen lergen hergen wergen chipcount lergen schmergen vergen kergen

Right, I'm off to find some scoops for you, and maybe the odd chippy count.

So... don't touch the pack, I'll be right back!

[NoflopsHomer]

Barry Greenstein - 2,775
Gus Hansen - circa 14,000 (but he has his grubby mitts all over them, so I can't count properly)
Vanessa Rousso - 12,500

[snoopy1239]

Kerry Taylor -- 10,625
Thomas Wahlroos -- 8,800
Woody Deck -- 21,100
Joe Hachem -- 7,300
Dave Shallow -- 4,150
Alan McLean -- 6,675
Jeff Williams -- OUT
Donnacha O'Dea -- 10,200
Steve Wilsdon -- 10,800
JP Kelly -- 4,750
Andy Black -- 12,450
John Hewston -- 8,000

[NoflopsHomer]

Andy Black news now.

After a couple of limpers and a mid position raise to 300, (blinds are now 50/100) Andy Black called on the button, Johnny Hewston called in the SB, and three limpers also called. The  was checked round to the original raiser who bet out 1,000 into the 1,900 pot. Black made it 3,000 and everyone else passed. Black showed 

[snoopy1239]

JP doesn't appear to be in confident mood.

"I'll be out soon," he suggests solemnly

He continued, "I had Jacks, and there was a raise, a smooth call, and, seeing as I was down to 7k, I decided to try and pick up the 800 in the pot by re-raising, but then the initial raiser moved over the top, and then the flat-caller moved all-in too! I folded, but it turns out that I was up against Kings and Aces. And the flop was a killer - A-T-J."

[Royal Flush]

JP doesn't appear to be in confident mood.

"I'll be out soon," he suggests solemnly

He continued, "I had Jacks, and there was a raise, a smooth call, and, seeing as I was down to 7k, I decided to try and pick up the 800 in the pot by re-raising, but then the initial raiser moved over the top, and then the flat-caller moved all-in too! I folded, but it turns out that I was up against Kings and Aces. And the flop was a killer - A-T-J."

Nice escape!

[snoopy1239]

Stephen Walmsley -- 11,750
Mark Hawkins -- 7,400
Chris Bruce -- 9,000
Vicki Coren -- 9,225
Juha Helppi -- 7,175
Marc Goodwin -- 10,425
Iwan Jones -- 15,100
Lalit K -- 10,250
Jeff Kimber -- 9,300
Martin Green -- 6,500
Paul Jackson -- 4,000
Vanessa Rousso -- 19,775
John Hewston -- 18,000
Tony Chessa -- 13,525

[snoopy1239]

Andy Black has lost a chunk of chips to John Hewston after an Aces vs Queens all-in encounter.

The board came 3-4-5-6, so Hewston was fearful of a chopped pot, but the Ace on the River was kind of emphatic.

What perhaps encouraged Andy to make the push with Queens was that John had been dealt the Aces before, but for no profit with everyone folding round to his small raise. This time, however, he deceived the table by limping with those darn bullets.

As John Hewston puntastically put it himself...

"That was payblack"

 

[snoopy1239]

Dr Tom Sandbrook (sp?) -- 7,400

"Sheesh, that pesky Aguilera lass again..."

[snoopy1239]

Marc Goodwin happily shows a bluff news now...

he raises pre-flop, two callers

bets 1k into the Q-T-5 flop, both call

bets 3.5k on 2 Turn, both fold

Marc shows A-J

cheeky cheeky

[snoopy1239]

Mark 'Hawko' Hawkins went from 12k to 7k when he ran T-T into A-A on a 9 high flop.

Jeff 'Jaffacake' Kimble ('Jeffacake' surely? - a missed opportunity there) is just below his starting stack with 9,300