BADEN EPT - Day 1B - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

Other chip counts which may be of interest:

Ash Hussain       16,500
Vicky Coren          6,725
ANdy Black         17,000
Andreas Hagen    9,300
Julian Thew         18,900
Dean Sanders       21,000
Paul Testud          7,400
Richard Gryko       12,500
Mark Teltscher      16,300
Marcel Luske         26,700    (on track for Climber of the Day)

[Djinn]

I'm back!  I'm back!

Just before Homer brings you up to date on George Danzer, a couple of hands which I just couldn't help watching since everyone else was.

First, a lengthy dwell from a fellow German, we shall call him German Ben, on a board, on which George had moved in for around 12k into a 3,500 pot.  Dwell of all dwells, then pass, then shown ...

About two hands later, George raises to 800, and Ross Boatman (a short stack) called in position, as did the big blind.  The flop came:  .  Checked to him, he bet 2,000, and lost both opponents, this time showing no less than ...

[Djinn]

And George Danzer is OUT - something had happened to whittle his chips down to a short stack, which he pushed in when another guy raised in front of him.  The guy happened to be holding , so when he flipped his , George said, "You can call it a gamble..."
Board:    and the cameras followed him as he did the Slow Walk...

[Djinn]

Well, as it nears the dinner break, some shorter stacks appear to have made healthy recoveries, like that of Vicky Coren - back to 20k after reportedly bluffing neighbour Henrik Olander off a pot... and Frode Fagerli definitely in contention for high chips - 50k and growing...

[Djinn]

While heading downwards are Marcel Luske's tower of small denom chips, now less than 10k, and it looked very like Richard Gryko might be OUT, from the walk towards the exit a minute ago.  Could just be jumping the dinner queue.  But probably out.

[NoflopsHomer]

Thewy is down to 8k.
There was an UTG limper and another limper and Thewy raised to 2,400 (blinds 200/400) and only the UTG called. The flop came and both checked:

Turn:

 

UTG bets 3k, Julian calls.

River:

 

UTG bets 5k, Julian calls.

Julian: 

UTG: 

[Djinn]

So, we are now heading into a 45 minute DINNER BREAK

Talk amongst yourselves!  Or listen to some music; pity me for not making the buffet before everyone and their two best friends crowded round it.

[Djinn]

Odd hand on Andy Black's table - limp under the gun (blinds 200/400) from someone with about 5,500, and another limp from Dean Sanders, who only has about 2,600 in total.  The blinds just make up and check respectively, and the flop comes Q x x - no draws.  Check to utg, who moves all-in for his whole remaining stack.  Two passes to the big blind, who counts out the call (only a sixth of his stack or so) and asks, "Do you want a call?  Queen any good?" 
Obviously whatever response he got wasn't convincing, as he called with , only to find in the utg-limper's hand...

[NoflopsHomer]

Chippy Counts:

Ash Hussain -- 9k
Pommo -- was 6,350. He is now OUT, I missed the hand but saw his opponent's  which took his chips.
Roy Brindley -- Had around 6k. Now OUT.
Ross Boatman -- 7k
Thewy -- 20k. Took some chips back from the guy who held QT to his QQ when they clashed in another pot, Yoyo's 99 held vs QJ on an icky K-T-K-7-6 board.
Crazy Hair Man whose name I don't know -- 5.3k

[NoflopsHomer]

Peter Hedlund just wandered into the pressroom so I'm guessing he's OUT.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip counts from Jen:

Andy Black    20,000
Edgar Skjervold  32,000
Peter Eichhardt  22,800
Paul Testud       18,000
German Ben       20,000
Ross Boatman      8,500
Vicky Coren        11,000
Juha Helppi          6,000
Julian Thew        19,800
Frode Fagerli       56,000
Dean Sanders      5,000
Chaz Chattha       9,450
Azad Pivooti        35,000

[NoflopsHomer]

Mats Iremark and Andreas Hagen are both OUT.

Blinds are now 300/600 with a 75 ante

[NoflopsHomer]

Ross Boatman, who had been hanging on with a short stack is not in his seat anymore and presumed OUT.

[Djinn]

Down to just 80 players, and although it's starting to feel a bit like that deadzone which occurs around 3am, it's only 8:45pm local time...

[NoflopsHomer]

Crazy Hair Guy is OUT, I regret to inform you and Juha Helppi has almost trebbled up. Both were very short but Juha had slightly more.

The flop read  and Crazy Hair moved in with , he was called by the UTG limper who had  and then Juha moved in for roughly a thousand more with    . No 5's or runner runner flushes meant it gave Juha the scoop.