Pokerstars.com EPT Barcelona: Day 1A - Interactive

[Djinn]

Dusk Til Dawn Count:

So far it looks like Richard Ashby (6,075) and Michael Greco (9,600) are the only DTD-ers here today...both pictured below.





Other counts:

Annette Obrestad  9,300
Bertrand Grospellier  28,500
Sebastian Riviere  6,100
Katja Thater  10,000 (having been whittled to 4,500 but just now doubling back up)
Jimmy Fricke  9,000
Rob Hollink  8,400
Jani Sointula  13,350
Johan Storakers  10,150
Noah Boeken  16,200 (who is now gracing wall-hanging sized Pokerstars posters)
Dan Carter  25,100

[NoflopsHomer]

Complete Player List, with embarrassing middle names:

 Basen   Abu Davas
 Andre   Akkari
 Gino   Alacqua
 Nathalie Anna   Amar
 Raffaele   Amato
 Fredrik Borje   Andersson
 Pedro Jose   Antunes De Silva Dias
 Yvon   Aouizerate
 Richard Anthony Frazer   Ashby
 Akbari   Ashley
 Terje   Augdal
 Cornelis   Bal
 Ivan   Barbuto
 Isaak Andrew   Baron
 Pascal   Barrau
 Marko   Batanjac
 Simon Robin   Battle
 Lukas   Benkovic
 Christophe Albert Roland   Benzimra
 Marius Ioan   Beranda
 Gustav Mattias   Bergstrom
 Peter Michal   Bertelsen
 Fabio   Bianchi
 Cristiano   Blanco
 Noah   Boeken
 Daniel   Bokesh
 Thierry Andre   Bolleret
 Paul   Boujenah
 Henri   Boutboul
 Tayfun Turhan   Bozkurtan
 Ola   Brandborn
 Tomas   Brolin
 Christopher   Bruce
 Daniel Oliver   Carter
 Alessio   Castelli
 Thierry   Cazals
 Orfeo   Ceraldi
 Haykel   Cherif Vidal
 Federico   Cipollini
 Martin   Clemmense
 Yann Elie   Cohen
 Seastien   Compte
 Jason Brendan   Coyle
 Kitai   Davidi Jacob
 Iñaki   De Erausquin Pedrerol
 Priyan Adrian   De Mel
 Roland   De Wolfe
 Marcello   Del Grosso
 Mark Bruce   Dickstein
 Guy Alphonse   Dupuis
 Joep   Durkstra
 Gregory Davison   Dyer
 Borge   Dypvik
 Mattias Christian   Eriksson
 Nikolay   Evdakov
 Youssef Ahmad   Fawaz
 Miguel   Fernandez Menendez
 Roberto Fabio   Ferrari
 Jerome Christian   Ferron
 Fabio   Fidanza
 Nicola   Filesi
 Darinko   Filipovic
 Philippa Anne   Flanders
 Timothy Roy   Flanders
 Terry   Fletcher
 Jjochanan Robert   Flink
 Stuart   Fox
 Erik   Friberg
 James Vincent   Fricke
 Jan Marcus   Friman
 Thomas Marshall   Fuller
 Cayetano   Garcia Ayala
 Guillermo   Garcia Domnguez
 Carlos Isaac   Garcia Frontelo
 Jesus Manuel   Garde Belio
 Gianluca Alberto   Gentili
 Mario Stoyanov   Georgiev
 Perter Herbert   Giordano
 Bjorn Erik   Glenne
 Philip Stewart   Gordon
 Joshua James   Gould
 Peter   Gould
 Michele   Greco
 Bertrand "ElkY"   Grospellier
 Atanas Stoyanov   Gueorguiev
 Per Martin   Gunlov
 Nicolas   Haby
 Randy Arick   Haddox
 Ann Liselott   Hagberg
 Andreas   Hagen
 Alexander   Hanell
 Eric A   Hardt
 Rakita Wilhelmina   Heijnen
 Anders Bertil   Henriksson
 William   Hill
 Thor   Hjertenes
 Ole Gabriel   Holgersen
 Santiago   Holguin Lopez
 Santiago   Holguin Romero
 Robertus Hendrikus   Hollink
 Orjan   Holt
 Frederik   Hostrup Pedersen
 Mats Erik   Iremark
 Alessio   Isaia
 Michael Gregorey Johan   Janot
 Nikolaus   Jedlicka
 Ramzi   Jelassi
 Carl Torbjorn   Jonson
 Janne Wilhem   Juutilainen
 Jean Michel   Kabbaj
 Igor   Kalinicenko
 Iliodoros   Kamatakis
 Andreas Karoly   Karkus
 Matthew Jonathan   Kay
 Michael Erich   Keiner
 Cort Nathan   Kibler Melby
 Stephan Alexander   Kjerstad
 Kristian   Kjondal
 Eric   Koskas
 Gabor   Kovacs Tamas
 Yves Charles Maxime   Kupfermunz
 Michael   Kwiek
 Samuel   Laborde
 Florian   Langmann
 Ville Petteri   Laukkanen
 Collin   Len
 Johan Olov   Lindgren
 Gerolf   Linke
 Piotr   Lis
 Seppo Juhani   Liukku
 Carlos   Llado Fabregas
 Jonny   Lodden
 Francisco   Lopez Martos
 Sampo Mikael   Lopponen
 Emmanuel   Loubradou
 Jon   Lundberg
 Jens   Lundgren
 Sander   Lylloff
 Juan   Maceiras Lapido
 Bent   Madsen
 Elie   Marciano
 Patric   Martensson
 Nichlas K   Mattsson Saarisilta
 Peter   Mayer Zsolt
 Daniele   Mazzia
 Lee Terence   Mccreery
 Jyri Tapio   Merivirta
 Raul   Mestre Lleida
 Dag Martin   Mikkelsen
 Sorel Jay   Mizzi
 Gyorgy   Moger
 Yahya   Mohamed
 Pietro Antonio   Monzio Compagnoni
 Sam   Morda El Sayed
 Kim   Mortensen
 Clayton Robert   Mozdzen
 Stefan Andre   Munter
 Zlatan   Musa
 Maurizio   Muzzi
 Simon   Muñoz Marin
 Marcus   Naalden
 Philippe Maurice   Narboni
 Rayan   Nathan
 Ketul   Nathwani
 Jose Luis   Navarro Giner
 Patric Skjold   Neckelmann
 Morten   Nielsen
 Seren   Nielsen
 Aleksandar Todorov   Nikolov
 Annette   Obrestad
 Gunnar   Oestebroed
 Mika Petri Sakari   Paasonen
 Claudio   Pagano
 Andre   Pagnillo
 Niko   Pakalen
 Christophe Jean   Palmeri
 Nikolaos   Panopoulos
 Juan Manuel   Pastor Baez
 Valdemir Flavio   Pereira Garreta
 Diego   Perez Marco
 Jean Pierre   Petroli
 Hai   Pham
 Julien   Pichetto
 Mikko Valtteri   Pispala
 Brian Leslie   Prescott
 Antti Pekka   Pystynen
 Stefan Vigant   Raffay
 Samir Eric   Rahal
 Mohamad Hossein   Razaghi Aval
 Raoul Gilmar   Refos
 Sonny   Rigwelll
 Sebastian Alexander   Riviere Karen
 David Robert   Robinson
 Wail   Rohayem
 Jose   Roldan Vicente
 Massimiliano   Rosa
 Pier Paolo   Roscalla
 Alexander Philip   Roumeliotis
 Daan   Ruiter
 Sebastian   Ruthenberg
 Ilari Aaretti   Sahamies
 Mohamed Reda   Sahiaoui
 Jari Tapani   Salonen
 Albert   Sapiano
 Juan   Sastre Durin
 Eric   Scalisi
 Brandon Koga   Schaefer
 Silio   Schifakacqua
 Emmanuel   Serero
 Luis David   Sevilla Petit
 Charlotta Margareta   Sjodin
 Peter Alan   Smurfit
 Jani Tapani   Sointula
 Benjamin   Sriqui
 Walter   Srour
 Phillips   Starrs
 Johannes   Steindl
 Johan Martin   Storakers
 Andreas   Streeck
 Stephane Daniel   Subrenat
 Sverre   Sundbo
 Jan Arthur   Svendsen
 Matteo   Taddia
 Erik Peter   Tamm
 Stuart   Taylor
 Mark   Teltscher
 Paul   Testud
 Katja   Thater
 Julian Peter   Thew
 Hans   Thorelli
 Clas Thorsten   Thorsell
 William   Thorson
 Peter   Tofting
 Christian   Togsverd
 Richard   Toth
 Fabrizio   Tripicchio
 Jonathan David   Turner
 Christopher   Ulsrud
 Andreas   Ulvestad
 Gianpietro   Valentini
 Ramu Pritam   Vaswani
 Andre Filipe   Veiga Araujo Dos Santos
 Atte Aleksi   Vessonen
 Fredrik   Vestberg
 Hristo   Volkov
 Mark Christopher   Vos
 Gustav Henrik Staffan   Waern
 Johan   Wahlbeck
 Ville Petteri Johan   Wahlbeck
 Atle   Walgren
 Paul James   Wasicka
 Michael   Watson
 Michael David   Wernick
 Anders Viktor   Wessman
Michael   Westerlund
 Johan Christofer   Williamsson
 Michael   Wong
 Roman   Yitzhaki
 Tutev   Yovor Anastasov
 Winfred Ka Wing   Yu
 Andrey   Zaichenko
 Marc Jaques   Zaicik
 Jerome   Zerbib

[Djinn]

William Thorsson becomes entangled...down to 4,300:

He'd raised in mid position to 525, been called on the button and then raised to 1,525 out of the big blind.  He made the call, and so did Button Matey.
Flop:    Check round, fairly fast.
Turn:    Big Blind bets out 1,525 now, called by Thorsson only.
River:    Big Blind now bets out 1,600.  William Thorsson raises to 4,200, only to find an abrupt re-raise all in, for more than his stack.  This part took a bit longer, as he considered calling, looked at his just-over-4k and eventually decided against it.

It looks like neighbour Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier is the current chip leader, nearing 30k, while erstwhile extra tablemate Pippa Flanders (pictured looking diminutive) is nowhere to be seen any more. 



This could be due to a move and dinner break (they're doing the small dining room shift system - at the moment half are on break), but I think there are too many chips on table ElkY, somehow, for that to be the case...

[Acidmouse]

Akbari   Ashley - i thinks my mate from wow whos in his first live event

[NoflopsHomer]

Roland De Wolfe just felt the full force of a cooler. I believe the expression on his face can be summed up by this picture...



A-Q-9 flop, Roland has 9-9, his opponent had Q-Q. Roland very short now.



Scandie battle here, Scandie 1 bets 1k on the turn board, Scandie 2 makes it 2.6k. Scandie 1 decides that's not nice and decides to make it 6.5k. Scandie 2 huffs and puffs and...passes.



Early chip leader we think on the left of the photo...Albert Sapiano

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Second half chip counts:

Sverre Sundbo  23,000
Alan Smurfit  9,975
Stuart Fox  13,250
Sorel Mizzi  12,500
Len Collin  12,750
Julian Thew  14,100
Johnny Lodden  25,100
Ramzi Jelassi  18,400
Roland de Wolfe  13,100
Mark Teltscher  19,500
Mickey Wernick  4,300
Phil Gordon  16,500
Mark Vos  12,500
Albert Sapiano  35,000
Roman Yitzhaki  16,450
Chris Bruce  8,450

[Djinn]

People missed on the first rounds keep popping up; it looks like the entry-for-first-three-levels thing has encouraged, for example, Marks Vos and Teltscher...

The board said 238 players remain tonight, but that really isn't likely to be correct.  Actual head count at end of level.

[jambo22]

Any idea how Phil Starrs is doing ?

Cheers

[Djinn]

Any idea how Phil Starrs is doing ?

Cheers

We are going to look for him now - I have some strange difficulty putting players I haven't met to their photographs once I am not looking directly at them (the photos), but I reckon Chris's brain works properly and we're still in the New Camera Honeymoon Period... bear with us.

[NoflopsHomer]

Phil has roughly 17k.

Here's a picture of him remaining super still in the hope that aliens don't beam him up too.



David Williams is one of many Americans who have made the big trip for this EPT event.

[jambo22]

Cheers

But the aliens got him a long time ago )

[Djinn]

Sverre Sundbo has an above-averagey-looking stack (roughly 18k), but getting there hasn't been a steady climb... he called a raise to 300 at the end of the last level with in the big blind, and saw a threeway flop of .  That looked pretty good, as did a short stack's moving all in with , until the board came running Sevens to counterfeit his two pair and knock him back under the starting stack. 

The very next hand, however, he looked down to some small blind Aces.  It got round to him standard raised to 300 - he made it 950 to go, and the big blind re-raised to 2,200.  The original raiser thought about it for ages before passing (Queens, it has been said), as did another caller, but Sverre pushed all in (as one does) called pretty fast by the big blind's .  The held, and he's chirpy once again.

[NoflopsHomer]

MIA:

Chris Bruce
Tim Flanders
Kjetil's beard.
 
On the respirator:

Mickey Wernick
Stuart Fox

Confirmed OUT:

The guy who had vs on a board. All-in on the flop I guess.

[Djinn]

Dan Carter has dropped to 20k after a spectacular early build to 26k.  He is already mournfully recalling that period when, "I was probably chip leader.  I had 26 within two hours..."  Nothing much has been going on in the world of Lucky Scrote recently.  "If you want to watch paint dry," he adds, "Stand there." 

[Djinn]

Both with stacks of a similar size - 20k or thereabouts - are neighbours Thewy and Johnny Lodden... three cheers for Julian and his most recent in a succession of highly practical and fashionable Manbags.