EPT Warsaw: Day 2 - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

Blinds are now 1k/2k with a 200 ante.

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Rumour has it that Simon Young lost a big pot before being forced to move his tiny stack in with 9-2. He came up against two sets of King Queens, which wasn't bad considering, especially when the Flop came Q-2-2.

However a Queen soon followed and Simon's hopes were crushed.

[snoopy1239]

Dave Welch is OUT.

Queens vs. Tens.

All-in pre-flop.

Gutshot for a straight.

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Dave Gregory and Jim Kerrigan are both OUT.

Dave lost with A-Q (pushed over the top) against A-K. They both saw an A-K-Q Flop and, naturally, the chips went in. Ace on Turn was salt in wounds.

Meanwhile, Jim lost out to former chip leader Thomas Mathiesen with Nines (utg raises) vs. Aces (re-raised in late position). I say former, because Thomas is apparantly a bit of a maniac, and although he had over 100k only 20-30 mins ago, he is now dramatically OUT after dishing out his chips left right and centre. "He was raising for fun this guy, with any two cards, and I thought I can't fold to him again, so pushed. Can't believe he had Aces," commented a disappointed Jim.

[NoflopsHomer]

Having just cracked A-T with T-3 hitting the 3 on the turn to scoop another decent pot, Peter Jespen's now over 300k. Which means he has over 10% of all the chips in play...

The latest huge pot to his way was when he knocked out Christopher Ulsrud.

Flop:



Check check

Turn:



All the chips end up flying into the middle.

Christopher:

for the current 2nd nuts...

Peter:



River:

[snoopy1239]

Chip leaders:

Peter Willers Jespen -- 301k
Mikael Westerlund -- 152k
Scandieboy -- 118k
Henning Granstad -- 115k
Bertrand Grospellier -- 101k

Some more chip counts that you might be interested in:

Simon Kelly -- 22k
John Conroy -- 54k
Rolf Woods -- 19k
Andrew O'Flaherty -- 26k
Ramzi Jelassi -- 29k
Priyan De Mel -- 26k
Katja Thater -- 33k
Andreas Hoivold -- 23k

John Conroy got up to that 50 plus k figure by winning a race with A-8 vs. 7-7. Sweaty palm job according to John, waiting to the River before pairing up.

[NoflopsHomer]

Priyan has doubled up. vs on a board.

42 left, average stack is about 68,300. Blinds are 1.5k/3k with a 300 ante.

[snoopy1239]

Rolf Woods is OUT. Desposed of by next door neighbour and fellow Norwegian, Henning Granstad, Fours v Aces, no help.

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Paul Kristoffersson is having a fun time. Not sure how but his stack depleted somewhat before he doubled up off big chipper Mikael Westerveld with Jacks v A-4. Westerveld called pre-flop before flinging the chips in on an A-K-J Flop.

Because of this yoyo-ing, Paul is back up to 140k. Mikael, meanwhile, has dropped down to 75k.

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Russell Carson has just eliminated a Scandinavian opponent with A-K vs A-3. 8-7-9-5-T board.

[NoflopsHomer]

Priyan De Mel has busted Simon Kelly with A-J vs 3-3 on a J-8-5-J-8 board.

Elsewhere Katja made, according to Dave Welch, an 'instant call' that doubled her up. Age Spets limped the button, Katja made up and then Ramzi moved all-in. Age passed and Katja called all-in with A-4, not just slightly ahead, but way ahead of Ramzi's K-4, and it remained so on an A-7-T-Q-3 board.

Mark Petersen bluffed his entire stack to Patric Martesson, on a board. Having aggressively bet all streets, Mark moved in for around 50k or so on the river, and Patric eventually made the call with and was shown... .

Patric has 170k and is now sitting to the left of Peter Jespen, the chip leader. Ole Gammeljord (on the right here with Patric), is also on this table with a whole lotta chips.

[NoflopsHomer]

The People Still In The Tournament Area During The Break That I Know Chip Count:

Prian -- 74k
Henning -- 110k
Ramzi Jelassi -- 35k

[NoflopsHomer]

The blinds are now 2k/4k with a 400 ante. 31 left

[snoopy1239]

Okey dokey, 31 players left:

Chris Dobson -- out
Marius Sokglund Torbegsen -- 101k
Frederik Holstrup -- 132k
Bertrand Grospellier -- 28k
Paul Kristoffersson -- 195k
Simone Rossi -- 18k
Russell Carson -- 35k
Age Spets -- 55k
Ramzi Jelassi -- 29k
Andrew O'Flaherty -- 30k
Henning Granstad -- 98k
Ole Gammeljord -- 121k
Patric Martensson -- 111k
Dennis Bejedal -- 110k
Katja Thater -- 73k
Thomas Osmum -- 84k
Roberto Matic -- 45k
Priyan De Mel -- 58k
John Conroy -- 53k
Benjamin Kang -- 46k
Dennis Plejdrup -- 105k
Peter Willers Jesper -- 332k
Mikael Westerlund -- ?

The question mark is because he has just won a pot, but is yet to stack his chips.

[NoflopsHomer]

The seat of Thomas Osmun is empty, he's just got a 10 minute penalty for accidentally exposing his cards after calling a river bet with on a Queen high board. There was still a player to act, who ended up folding anyway. Even worse, Thomas still lost the pot to .

[snoopy1239]

Andrew O'Flaherty (bb) doubles up with A-Q vs Farid Meraghni's (sb) A-3 after Paul Kristoffersson had raised from the cut-off.

[NoflopsHomer]

Juuso Kauppinen is OUT

He had agaisnt Benjamin Kang's

Board:




Kang then declared, "Abortions for all!" and was booed. Then "No abortions for anyone!" and was booed. Then, "Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!" And everyone was happy.

[snoopy1239]

With 26 players left, it's becoming increasingly difficult to get anywhere near the tables, mainly because so many random spectators are going through the rail. This in turn makes it more crowded, resulting in the TD becoming pissed off and ordering everyone out. However, John Conroy and Priyan De Mel's table is right next to the rail, so this is the one I have been observing with a keen eye.

Whilst John has been quietly plugging away (he has 69k), Priyan De Mel has become a frequent participant in pots, including two recent all-ins. The first was against his neighbour, who separates the Irishman from the Brit, when Priyan was virtually forced to call and all-in re-raise with . Incredibly, his opponent had a dominating hand in , which became even more controlling once the Flop came . An Ace on the Turn and a Five on the River and Priyan had taken a slight knock that brought him back down to 63k.

But jovial and confident as ever, Priyan was back in the thick of things a few minutes later, finding himself all-in with cowboys against Pocket Snowmen. A Queen high Flop resulted in a clenched fist, a quiet "Yes" and the stacking of a nice jumble of chips.

[NoflopsHomer]

And wow, the bubble has been burst before we can put up a MC Hammer picture!

The forever smiling Age Spets, isn't really smiling now. The other short stack on his table pushed and Age called with A-Q and found himself up against 8-5.

Board:



We are now on a 45 minute dinner break.