BADEN EPT - Day 1B - Interactive

[Djinn]

Here's Roy The Boy Brindley, who says that it's been a card-dead foldathon, with a brief break to re-raise the guy on his left who'd been raising a lot preflop.  He'd snapped and done it with - the guy dwelled and passed ... They both landed face-up, and Roy admits, "I've blown my image right out of the water."

He's on 9,800.

[NoflopsHomer]

An early position raise to 525 is re-raised to 2050 by the small blind, there is a short dwell and then a call. Everyone else folds.

Flop comes 

SB bets 5050.

EP moves all-in.

SB calls immediately.

So what did they have guys?

[Djinn]

And Richard Gryko, chip stack currently 15,000, who is accompanied in Baden by mrsmummy, who is charming, and I reckon could be a potential goldmine of interesting stories, should I locate her in the crowd...

[Djinn]

And then Mark Teltscher (top, in case anyone can't tell him apart from Juha Helppi, bottom), who has 16,000, and just folded to a preflop re-raise from Juha (stack 12,700) after some huffing about it.  Juha showed , and more huffing ensued: "Call that a hand??  Taking liberties... See what happened to the last guy!"

I don't know what happened to the last guy, but I bet it wasn't good.

[NoflopsHomer]

We can't see Barney Boatman anywhere in the glorious room shown below and the table he was on has been broken so we are presuming he is OUT

[Djinn]

Also missing, presumed OUT, is Noah Boeken.

[Djinn]

An early position raise to 525 is re-raised to 2050 by the small blind, there is a short dwell and then a call. Everyone else folds.

Flop comes 

SB bets 5050.

EP moves all-in.

SB calls immediately.

So what did they have guys?

5050 pretty hefty bet - committing self with nut flush draw?  Or hoping the other guy will and he has 2 bad pair?  I know I could just ask you when you get back.  But I don't want to.

[Djinn]

Quick aside - can't resist putting this photo up... Remember that nice view out the double doors, with the sun and the fountains and that statue... well, here it is again.

[NoflopsHomer]

An early position raise to 525 is re-raised to 2050 by the small blind, there is a short dwell and then a call. Everyone else folds.

Flop comes 

SB bets 5050.

EP moves all-in.

SB calls immediately.

So what did they have guys?

5050 pretty hefty bet - committing self with nut flush draw?  Or hoping the other guy will and he has 2 bad pair?  I know I could just ask you when you get back.  But I don't want to.

"It's good but it's not right..."

[NoflopsHomer]

Roy "The Boy" has stepped it up a bit.

He saw a three-way pot which read  , Roy bet 700, Peter Hedlund raised to 2,100, the third player passed and Roy re-raised to 6,000 leaving himself with not so much left. Peter passed claiming Jacks. Roy showed pocket 7's.

Elsewhere Ash Hussain seems to be winning every pot I see him play. He raised the limper cut-off from the button, they both checked the  flop. The cutoff bet 1,500 on the turn and Ash raised enough to put him all-in. The button eventually mucked.

The strands of "The Entertainer" have sounded again so that means the blinds are now 100/200. Jen has gone off for more chip counts, stories and photos and, I suspect, some of the lovely tiramasu they have at the buffet.

[NoflopsHomer]

Here's the prizepool, literally hot off the press.

Ranking   €uro         
1   487.397,50         
2   251.560,00         
3   125.780,00         
4   110.057,50         
5   94.335,00         
6   78.612,50         
7   62.890,00         
8   47.167,50         
9   31.445,00         
10-12   18.867,00         
13-15   15.722,50         
16-18   12.578,00         
19-27   9.433,50         
28-36   6.289,00      

[ItsMrAlex2u]

An early position raise to 525 is re-raised to 2050 by the small blind, there is a short dwell and then a call. Everyone else folds.

Flop comes 

SB bets 5050.

EP moves all-in.

SB calls immediately.

So what did they have guys?

5050 pretty hefty bet - committing self with nut flush draw?  Or hoping the other guy will and he has 2 bad pair?  I know I could just ask you when you get back.  But I don't want to.

"It's good but it's not right..."

SO what did they have?

[Djinn]

OK, we're down to just 133 players, with the blinds 100/200 for another half hour.  Then there's a break.  During which I will eat as much cake as I can to justify the exorbitant €50 PER DAY they are charging the press just to get in the room.

Today I find myself in the slightly embarrassing position of having no cash, and I think I'm going to level with the Guard - "Hey, I promise I won't eat any steak.  OK, I won't eat anything at all.  Or drink the free Cokes."  Yikes.

[NoflopsHomer]

Vicky Coren had hit the heady heights of 18k but then dropped a load when she, in her her own words, "ran a back door flush into a bigger back door flush. Can life be that cruel? Yes it can." She said it with a smile because she just managed to get back up to 10k a couple of hands later when she pushed with  on a  board and found a caller in Andrew Black with .

[NoflopsHomer]

OK, we're down to just 133 players, with the blinds 100/200 for another half hour.  Then there's a break.  During which I will eat as much cake as I can to justify the exorbitant €50 PER DAY they are charging the press just to get in the room.

Today I find myself in the slightly embarrassing position of having no cash, and I think I'm going to level with the Guard - "Hey, I promise I won't eat any steak.  OK, I won't eat anything at all.  Or drink the free Cokes."  Yikes.

It's nuts because I've gone past the guard twice carrying a drink and some food and not being asked anything. The guard is obviously scared of MY guns... >:?