Paddy Power Irish Open: Day 1 - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Hello and welcome to the Paddy Power Irish Open blonde live updates.

Play will commence at 4pm Friday.

[Djinn]

Morning!  It's half two and the room is already buzzing.  This event is so timed that hordes of players have just migrated from Monte Carlo over here, and even though the ballroom at the Burlington is plenty spacious, they're going to have to squeeze to get all 700 in here. 

PLUS the supersat last night had a ridiculous number of runners, eventually finishing at around 2am, as the many players who already had a seat won some money and those who didn't hoovered up the last remaining seats.  They are now changing hands at a premium, and I feel sorry for those disorganised souls who make the trip this afternoon only to see their chances of playing the PaddyPower Irish Open to be as slight as Snoopy in profile.

Due to start at 4pm - going to check on who's here and who was organised enough to get a seat in advance.

[Djinn]

OK, crowd browsing brings you this list, and there are oh-so-many more (being called to take their seats as I write)

Ali Mallu
Dave Colclough
Daniel Smits Bertelsen
Ram Vaswani
Roland de Wolfe
Ryan Fronda
Paul Gourlay
Thomas Fougeron
John Kabbaj
Stuart Nash
Iwan Jones
Cristiano Blanco
Jesse Jones
Thomas Wahlroos
Martino Libertini
Simon Mycock
Shaf
Paul Zimbler
Philip Yeh
Ian Woodley
Andy Black
Mick Fletcher
Fredrik Hostrup
Carl Hostrup
David McGeachie
Billy Ngo
Azad Pirooti
Peter Smyth
Alan Betson
Rob Yong
John Hewston
Markus Golser
Ian Nelson
Peter Roche
Ville Wahlbeck
Paul Testud
Julian Thew
Fuat Can
Thomas Dunwoodie
Pete Haslam
Jeff Kimber
Mike Sexton
Jim Kerrigan
Colette Murphy
Dave Callaghan
Peter Gould
Ash Hussain
Tony Mackay
Paul Roper
Tim Flanders
Chad Brown
Mick McCool
Pascal Perrault
Willie Tann
Neil Channing
Praz Bansi
Chris Moorman
Rolf Slotboom
BA Kildalen

(Go final two - flying the flag for unnecessary dwelling and Norwegian blogging respectively)

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After 11 minutes and 15 seconds, the first player from this year's Irish Open has been eliminated.

And it was a big name too in Carlos Mortensen, all-in with Aces versus Kings, the Spaniard's opponent rivered a flush with his , the board reading .

[Djinn]

is padraig playing this year?

Yep - there were even rumours he'd get in our Media Tourney (seeing as he writes for Cardplayer - we protested on the grounds he was too good) but he looks like he's settled for the Main Event - just starting to comb the room (they've taken off the scrolling Draw List so anyone we haven't already noted is now lost in the giant tournament area)...

So far noted a couple more:

Nicolas Levi
Santi
Tim Flanders
Pippa Flanders
Niamh Peters
Tony Chessa
Andreas Hagen
Jeff Kimber
Mickey Wernick
Peter Eichhardt
Paul Jackson
Michael Greco
Mel Judah
Mats Iremark
Barney Boatman

Sharing a table are Karl Mahrenholz, Ali Mallu and Tim Flanders; two Dusk Till Dawners were drawn straight away on the TV table - Carlo Citrone and Richard Ashby.

[Djinn]

Or how about this for an interesting feature table - Holstrups, Kevin O'Connell, Jonas Molander and Jules 'Hartwith' Adamson...

At least the TV table has a guy in a green cowboy hat, however, who happens to be Roberto Romanello.
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BA Kildalen has already been in the press room with camera and tripod; he's still working even while trying to get the better of his table which includes "Lucy Rokach, who's being a nightmare.  She's been all in three times already.."

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List of players:

Trond Aanestad    
Nicolas Levi
Ivar Abusedal    
Mark Lewis
Julian Adamson    
Martine Libertini
Garret Ahern    
Roger Lillejord
Roberto Alba    
Mikael Lindbäck
Toras Alelius    
Erik Lindbärg
Emil Andersson    
Dieter Litschko
Koroknai Andras    
Brian Little
Metin Antar    
Thomas Loersch
Alfred Anvarov    
Christian Lohmann
Ross Arroll    
Francisco Lopez
Fabrizio Ascari    
Christopher Louch
Richard Ashby    
Mark Lowe
Pol Astaniotis    
Jan Lundberg
Gerald Bailey    
Eoghan Lyons
Jeff Bailey    
Dohnmall MacABaird
Tom Bailey    
Maria Maceiras
Tony Baitson    
Anthony Mackay
Philip Baker    
Peter Macnamara
Richard Baldwin    
raul magdaleno
Kent Ballegaard    
John Magill
Joe Banaghan    
Noel Magner
praz Bansi    
Paul Magner
Marcel Baran    
Karl Mahrenholz
David Barker    
Ali Mallu
Karl Barker    
Hoa Manh Nguyen
Liam Barker    
Carolyn Manson
Alan Barnacle    
Shyam Markus
Mark Bartlog    
Paul Marrow
Stephen Basri    
Patric Martensson
Bob Battersby    
Walter Martin
Michael Beck    
Anders Martinsen
Joe Beevers    
Paul Maskell
Rosey Bensley
Dave Masters
Cyril Bensovssan    
Raymond Masters
David Benyamine    
Arnaud Mattern
Chris Berry    
Rory Matthews
Jaime Berthan    
Peter Maughan
Alan Betson    
Mikail Mazilu
Robert Binelli    
Glen Mccabe
Martin Bjerring Hansen    
Kevin Mccann
Espen Bjorknes    
Niall McCann
Andy Black    
Brian McCarthy
Tim Blake    
Jude Mccarthy
Cristiano Blanco    
Michael McCarthy
Oscar Blanco    
Val McCaul
Barny Boatman    
Alan Mcclean
Ross Boatman    
Mark Mccloskey
Daniel Bolton    
Mick Mccloskey
Nicolai Bonke    
Paddy Mccloskey
Ivar Borthen    
Anthony McConnell
John Boyd    
Michael Mccool
Scott Boyle    
Robbie McCormack
David Boyton    
Terry Mcdaid
Andrew Bradshaw    
Kevin Mcdonnell
Steve Brecher    
Keith Mcfadden
Peter Bregnhoej    
Kevin McGarry
Roy Brindley    
David Mcgeachie
Ian Broadrick    
Seamus Mcgilligan
Chad Brown    
Bernard Mcginley
Damir Buhovski    
Joseph McGinley
Ciaran Burke    
Morgan Mcglew
Daniel Butler    
Michael Mcgoldrick
Roger Butler    
Trevor Mcgoona
Adrian Byrne    
Peter McGranaghan
Gary Byrne    
Brendan Mchugh
Ross Byrne    
Danny Mchugh
Thomas Byrne Snr    
George McKeever
Christian Caffery    
Joseph McKeever
Paul Cairns    
Mark Mckeever
Dave Callaghan    
Brendan Mckenna
Claudio Cambianica    
Pat McKenna
E Campbell    
Raymond Mckenna
Niall Campbell    
Matthew McKinlay
paul Campbell    
James McKnight
Fuat Can    
Leslie McLean
David Carberry
Sean McLean
Henric Carlsson    
Stephen Mclean
Richard Cashman    
Orlaith McManus
Martyn Cavanagh    
Kieran Mcmaster
Fergal Cawley    
Corneilius McMullan
Shawn Chacanas    
Garrett McNally
Michael Chambers    
Alan Mcnaught
James Chan    
John McNaughton
Neil Channing    
Chris Meade
Vidal Cherif    
Ppp Media
Tony Chessa    
Robert Medwell
Simon Childs    
Vincent Melinn
Thor Christensen    
Darrin Melwani
Chris Chu    
Alius Mikenas
Grzegorz Cichocki    
Dag Mikkelsen
Carlos Citrone    
Sorel Mizzi
John Clancy    
Hassan Mohamed
Michael Clarke    
Jonas Molander
Graham Clarkson    
Jan Molby
Dennis Clough    
Samuel Monigadon
Dave Colclough    
0Alan Mooney
Derek Collentine    
Eddie Moor
Len Collin    
Christopher Moorman
Dennis Collins    
James Morgan
Tom Collins    
Christy Morkan
Dan Connolly    
Carlos Mortenson
Eamonn Connolly    
Kevin Mounsey
Willomeana Connolly    
Martin Mueller
John Conroy    
Mark Muldoon
Mick Cook    
Reyaaz Mulla
Chris Cooke    
Owen Mullan
Phil Cooklin    
Bill Mulrooney
John Cooney    
Brian Murphy
Tony Cooney    
Chris Murphy
Massimo Coppola    
Colette Murphy
Ken Corkery    
Micheal Murray
Paul Corrigan    
Pat Murray
Joseph Costello    
Zlatan Musa
Joe Creed    
Simon Mycock
Owen Crowe    
Kjetil Naess
Frank Cruess Callaghan    
Dr. Namir Mohammed
Ciaran Cryan    
Stuart Nash
Oliver Cummins    
Stephen Nathan
George Cunningham    
Eoin Naughton
Robert Cusumano    
Mazhar Nawab
Glen Cymbaluk    
Ian Nelson
Fionntan D'Arcy    
Lee Nelson
Danny D'Borin    
Billy Ngo
Jim Daly    
Viet Nguyen
Paul Daly    
Thomas Nolan
Jonas Danielsson    
Ishak Noyan
George Danzer    
Daniel Nyakas
Matthew Davey    
Liam O'Brien
Lacoste David    
David O'Callaghan
Frank Davis    
Pat O'Callaghan
Priyan de Mel    
Niall O'Callahan
Kristof De Smedt    
Annette O'Carroll
Tjeerd de Vries    
Brian O'Connell
Roland De wolfe    
Kevin O'Connell
David Dean    
Derek O'Connor
William Delaney    
Donal O'Connor
Tom Dempsey    
Joseph O'Connor
Alan Dillon    
Michael O'Connor
Francesco DiNardi
Patrick O'Connor
Lesley Divine    
Donnacha O'Dea
Ian Dobson    
Eoghan O'Dea
Peter Docherty    
Adrian O'Donaghue
Ivan Donaghy    
Joe O'Donaill
Sean Donaldson    
Mark O'Donnell
Ivo Donev    
Daniel O'Donovan
Brian Donnelly    
Lloyd O'Farrell
Mick Donoghue    
Andy O'Flaherty
Anthony Donohoe    
Eamon O'Grady
Lorcan Dooley    
Micheal O'Hara
Paul Dooley    
Bill O'Keefe
Conor Doyle    
Brian O'Keefe
Larry Doyle    
Andrew O'Leary
Matthew Doyle    
Jeremy O'Leary
Jude Duffy    
Paul O'Mara
Vera Duffy    
Joe O'Neill
Niall Duggan    
Brendan O'Reilly
Martin Dullaghan    
Eamonn O'Reilly
Keiron Duncan    
Paul O'Reilly
Angus Dunnington    
Robert O'Reilly
Anthony Dunphy    
Sheamus O'Reilly
Thomas Dunwoodie    
Diarmaid O'Riordan
Michael Dwyer    
Barry O'Sullivan
Niclas Dymling    
Con O'Sullivan
Odin Early    
Michael O'Sullivan
Peter Eastgate    
Michael O'Sullivan
James Edwards    
Sean O'Sullivan
Nick Edwards    
Zac O'Sulllivan
Fran Egan    
Jay O'Toole
Peter Eichhardt    
John O'Shea
Joseph Elpayza
Annette Obrestad
Kaveh Emami    
Eoin Olin
Yucef Eminoglu    
Mads Olsen
James English    
Michael Omalley
Jerker Eriksson    
Mike Osborne
Morten Erlandsen    
Craig Owen
Antonio Esfandiari    
Terry Owen
Amir Esfandiary    
Anthony Padden
Peter Evans    
Raul Paez
Robert Evans    
Christopher Palmer
John Exley    
Ian Palmer
Don Fagan    
Juergen Paoletti
Sean Fagan    
Padraig Parkinson
Adam Fallon    
Vullion Pascal
Chris Farragher    
John Paul McNamee
Frank Farrelly    
Stephen Pearce
Kevin Farrelly    
Rehne Pedersen
Tim Farrelly    
Harri Pehkonen
Andrew Feldman    
Pascal Perrault
Paul Feldstein    
Max Pescatori
Bobby Field    
Niamh Peters
Michael Finn    
Philip Peters
Thomas Finneran    
Jesper Petersen
Niall Fitzgerald    
Dick Phelan
Kevin Fitzpatrick    
Azad Pirooti
Willaim Fitzpatrick    
Giovanni Pisoni
Mark Flaman    
David Plastik
Philippa Flanders    
Dennis Plejdrup
Timothy Flanders    
David Poole
Michael Fletcher    
Ciaran Porter
Gerry Flood    
Nicky Power
Shane Flynn    
James Price
Alberto Andres Font Rytzner    
John Quinn
David Foran    
Paul Quinn
Thomas Fougeron    
Carl Quinton
Barry Fox    
Stefan Raffay
Lorcan Fox    
Joeseph Rafferty
Boris Fragin    
Shane Rafferty
Ian Frazer    
Anthony Rafter
Mark French    
Helge Rahbek Pedersen
Steven Frezer    
Syed Rahman
James Fricke    
Jacob Rasmussen
Robert Frieberg    
Patrick Rath
Ryan Fronda    
Simon Ravnsbaek
Ole G Holgersen    
Liam Reddin
Guillermo Garcia    
Mark Reeves
Julian Gardner    
Simon Renoldi
Jeff Garza    
Jonathan Rich
George Geary    
Stuart Riddell
Sylvester Geoghegan    
Peter Roche
Stephen Gibbons    
Luis Rodriguez
Brian Gilbert    
Lucienne Rokash
Ronan Gilligan    
ROBERTO Romanello
Alan Gilmore    
Paul Roper
Damian Glavin
Philp Rosenburg
Dan Goldman    
Martin Rowland
Sharon Goldman    
Phil Ruddy
Markus Golser    
Kenny Rundh
Nick Goodall    
Christopher Russell
Eddie Gorman    
Ronan Ryan
Peter Gould    
Thomas Rydahl Simonsen
Dessie Graham    
Stephen Rynne
Ruben Gravlein    
Jean noel Said
Scott gray    
Stewart Samuels
Micheal Greco    
Albert Sapiano
Philip Green    
Daniel Scanlan
Sean Gregg    
John Scanlon
David Gregory    
Eddy Scharf
Sean Gregory    
Shane Schleger
Barry Griffin    
Erica Schoenberg
Andrew Grimason    
Thorsten Schuler
Terry Grimley    
Kenn Secher Petersen
Bruno Gualtierotti    
Bo Sehlstedt
Daniel Guiney    
Fuad Serhan
Tim Gutke    
Mike Sexton
Andreas Hagen    
Mohammed Shafiq
Barry Hand    
Teddy Sheringham
Tom Hanlon    
Martin Silke
Eugene Hanratty    
Shane Sills
Thor Hansen    
Christopher Simmonds
Per Harboe Ravn    
Chris Singh
Peter Hardgrove    
Morten Sivertsen
Philip Hardy    
Gusten Sjoberg
Shane Harker    
Nick Slade
Dan Harrington    
Rolf Slotboom
James Hart    
Kieran Small
Katherine Hartree    
Paul Smallwood
Charlie Harvey    
Barry Smith
Pete Haslam    
Chris Smith
Brian Hatchell    
Christy Smith
Klaus Haunschmidt    
Colm Smith
Noel Hayes    
Daniel Smith
Graham Healy    
Steven Smith
Patsy Heeny    
Alan Smurfitt
Ian Herbert    
Conor Smyth
Richard Herbert    
Marty Smyth
Dominick Hever    
Peter Smyth
John Hewston    
Rumit Somyja
Niall Higgins    
Henrik Sorensen
Paul Higgins    
Oliver Spagnuolo
Stuart Hill    
Tony Spence
William Hill    
Christoffer Stahle
Thor Hjertenes    
Karl Stark
Matthew Hodgkinson    
Philip Starrs
Andreas Hoivold    
Mark Steer
Stephen Holden    
Mick Stevens
Kay Hollis    
Colin Stoddard
Carl Hosbrup    
Pat Storan
Frederick Hostrop    
Chris Straghaus
Jonny Hudson    
Jarund Strand Soma
Micheal Hunt    
kazimer strupinski
Dairmuid Hurley    
Joseph Sullivan
Arshad Husain    
Surinder Sunar
Eshan Husseini    
Joeseph Sweeney
Tony Hutchinson    
John Tabatabai
Nuala Hyland    
Stephen Tamas
Rolf Inge Kvanik    
Michael Tamby
Mats Iremark    
Willie Tann
Jan Iversen    
Christian Tardea
Paul Jackson    
Robert Taylor
Ayia Jarle Tveit    
Karl Teasdale
Marin Jechiu    
Edward Tervit
O'callaghan John    
Paul Testud
Brian Johnson    
Julian Thew
William Johnstone    
Stuart Thompson
Aaron Jones    
James Thompson–Schwab
Iwan Jones    
Jennifer Tilly
Jesse Jones    
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Jr Jr    Andrio Timotin
Mel Judah    
Patrick Tobin
John Kabaje    
Alec Torelli
Andras Karkus    
Santiago Torres
Damien Kavanagh    
Janos Toth
Tomas Kavanagh
Richard Toth
Duncan Keane    
Lam Trinh
Mark Keane    
Josh Tyler
Ramzi Kellassi    
Matt Tyler
Alan Kelleher    
Heykel Uidal
Lasse Keller    
Dave Ulliott
Cathal Kelly    
Ram Vaswami
Charles Kelly    
Micheal Veale
Jimmy Kelly    
Brian Vickers
John Kelly    
Pat Vickers
JP Kennedy    
Jon Vik
Stephen Kenns    
Alan Vinnicombe
Albert Kenny    
Sebastian Wagner
James Kenny    
Ville Wahlbeck
John Keown    
Mark Wallis
Kerry Kerrigan    
Brendan Walls
Mohammed Khatami    
Thomas Walrhoos
David Kierins    
Eamonn Walsh
Bjorn–Andre Kildalen    
Ken Walsh
James Killilea    
Norman Walsh
Ian Kilpatrick    
Adrian Walshe
Sean Kilroy    
Rick Wampler
Jeff Kimber    
Tommy Watson
Gary Kirwan    
John Weafer
Karoly Kiss    
John Webb
Stephan Kjerstad    
Mickey Wernick
Günther Koch    
Dave Whitaker
Bhupinder Kohli    
Bill White
Soren Kongsgarre    
Derek Williams
Johan Koops    
Bobby Willis
Nicolai Kostakis    
Marty Wilson
Paul Kristoffersson    
Abby Wing Shek
Eduards Kudrjavevs    
John Wong
Igoris Kuklis    
Warren Woodall
Wai Kwan Yuen    
Ian Woodley
Phil Laak    
Scott Woods
Robin Lacey    
Christopher Wright
Michael Laffan    
Bambos Xanthos
Wing Lai    
Nahid Yafaoui
Anthony Lampitt    
Murat Yalkin
Eric Larcheveque    
Bruce Yamron
Louis Lavelle    
Fressenon Yannick
Peter Laverick    
Philip Yeh
Cuantan The Tank Le
Robert Yong
Roy Leacy    
Anthony Young
Benjamin jason Lebor    
Innes Young
Paul Lecky    
Jon Young
Simon Lee    
Herman Zango
Terje Leknes    
Noureddine Ziane
Antony Lellouche    
Paul Zimbler

[Djinn]

Dave Colclough Reports as the blinds are raised to 50/100:

DTD's DC (that's a lot of initials) is handing us notes from his starting table which he describes as "good - I recognise two or three Dubliners from previous visits, but no names, three qualifiers..."

The first hand he played:  in the small blind.  Two limpers, unraised, flop 7-7-Q.  Checked round.
Turn: 3   Dave bets 200, the big blind deliberates re-raising, but eventually smooth calls. 
River:  Q  Check-check; early loss for DC but no real harm done (9,750)...

...which bumps back up to 11k after 25 minutes when he sees a T-3-2 flop (raised to 250, with a caller pre) with , check raising to take it down.
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Third hand (he notes 'buses' which I think must ring a bell for anyone who's got a rush in triplets):

He makes it 250 with , the small blind re-raises to 525; call from DC.  Flop:  J-Q-K rainbow.  The small blind bets out 500 - call ("I think this is cheap..").
Turn:  9  He checks, Dave bets 1,500, he raises to 6,000, Dave is all-in and...

He passes face up for his last 3k.

18,300 for El Blondie, and it's only Level Two.

[Djinn]

Dave Colclough Reports as the blinds are raised to 50/100:

DTD's DC (that's a lot of initials) is handing us notes from his starting table which he describes as "good - I recognise two or three Dubliners from previous visits, but no names, three qualifiers..."

The first hand he played:  in the small blind.  Two limpers, unraised, flop 7-7-Q.  Checked round.
Turn: 3   Dave bets 200, the big blind deliberates re-raising, but eventually smooth calls. 
River:  Q  Check-check; early loss for DC but no real harm done (9,750)...

...which bumps back up to 11k after 25 minutes when he sees a T-3-2 flop (raised to 250, with a caller pre) with , check raising to take it down.
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Third hand (he notes 'buses' which I think must ring a bell for anyone who's got a rush in triplets):

He makes it 250 with , the small blind re-raises to 525; call from DC.  Flop:  J-Q-K rainbow.  The small blind bets out 500 - call ("I think this is cheap..").
Turn:  9  He checks, Dave bets 1,500, he raises to 6,000, Dave is all-in and...

He passes face up for his last 3k.

18,300 for El Blondie, and it's only Level Two.

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George Geary has doubled up to 20k with Aces v A-K on an Ace high Flop.

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With a Flop of , Dave Colclough's 1,250 bet was smooth called by the button, and then again on the Turn, this time 1,825.

Dave gave it up on the River and checked, but called his opponent's 3.5k bet, mucking as his opponent showed Pocket Queens.

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Last year's champion, Vincent Melinn, is on 10,150.

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Shortstack, but still cheery as ever, George 'The Panzer' Danzer, has just doubled up to 6.2k with A-Q vs. 5-5 on a 6-2-A-8-8. Looked like Simon Mycock was the contributer.

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Meanwhile, Mad Turk put Praz Bansi down to the felt with a full house over full house encounter, Pranzi calling a 2.5k to 6.5k River re-raise with 2-2 vs. 9-9 on a 2-7-T-T-9 board.

[Djinn]

Yes, I've abandoned wireless ship too now (though it pains me to do it) and gone for the practically cups-on-some-string approach.  Facilities here stretch to one chair per three updaters, half the room has to get power through a complicated system of fourway-to-fourway chain, and no one is online apart from us currently.

Never mind!  The tournament is going wonderfully, an amazingly prompt start, 700 happy players and an interesting mix of international jetsetters and qualifiers.  The room is speckled with PaddyPower T-shirts, in their tasteful black/gold colour scheme (what a good choice, reminds me of ours) which makes it tricky for me as I am terrible at facial recognition of players, and tend to describe Mateys by hair/shirt/amusing accessories. 
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I don't know if Ramzi Jelassi knows who his left hand side neighbour is - Shaf in the first level re-raised preflop out of the big blind after there was a raise to 150 called in two spots, getting rid of the opposition, including his much softer-spoker Swedish neighbour.  I wonder how much lairy-ness he'll be able to get away with before people start to wonder about the quality of his raising hands.

[Djinn]

A couple of request counts, more after the end of the current 20 minute break:

Brendan McHugh  11,850
Mazhar Nawab      21,500
Dave McGeachie    9,800
Paul Zimbler          35,000

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Lucy Rokach is OUT. Jacks v Kings.

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Phil Cooklin has enjoyed a good start, with an 18k stack, although he did just run into a spot of bad fortune, betting 300 on a board with , only to be beaten on the River by .

[Djinn]

I found a good way of getting easy chip counts was to wait at the bottleneck of the tournament area (from which all players were banished for the break) and shout, "Chipcount?!" as they passed me.  Here's what I gleaned (about to scour the whole room, which may take up to half an hour):

Paul Gourlay     6,000 
Ash Hussain      7,750
Pete Haslam     8,000
Bhupinder Kohli   9,000
Stephen Pearce  28,000
Richard Ashby     15,000
Jim Kerrigan         OUT
Praz Bansi            OUT
Carlo Citrone      9,500  (no hands over two hours on the TV table, except for a 75-nicking KK - now off that table)
Devilfish            14,000
Mickey Finn        8,000
David Poole        11,000
Strummer          12,000
Azad Pirooti        20,000
Chris Smith         8,000
Peter Roche       12,000
Brian Johnston    16,500
John Conroy       10,500  (and thanks to him for providing a good handful of these counts)
Ian Woodley       10,500  ("It's too early; last year I went down to 6k, doubled up, and it went from there...")