Pokerstars.com London EPT: Day 1B - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

I'm unsure as to how he dropped so low but the Eggman Thomas Walhroos has just doubled up... although only up to 2,950 (!)

It was a bit of an escape too, Wahlroos pushing in his shorstack with but running into the Pocket Kings ( ) of the ever-consistent Lutonian Paul Alterman. Although dominating, the board came to River The Eggman a straight, Alterman dropping his shoulders in frustration but probably equally glad that it wasn't for more chips.

[Chili]

Cardroom per kick off




Dena & James AKenhead enjoying themselves too much.  Get to work the pair of you!!

[snoopy1239]

I don't know if it's been confirmed or not, but the board is reading a total number of 212 players.

Meanwhile, back at the tables, Priyan de Mel is bumping and grinding early doors, his 2,725 bet into a 4.5k pot and a enough to take down a nice pot and signify a positive start.

[snoopy1239]

Sharing a table with Daniel Dodet, Trevor Reardon and the tantastic sunbedder Carlo Cirtone is EPT Dublin finalist William Thorsson. Equipped with Terminator shades and a deadly stare, Thorsson (utg+1) involves himself in a pot with a young under the gun Mateyboying neighbour. With the Flop bringing , Thorsson called a 300 bet before being check-raised (550 to 1,600) on the Turn. The Swedish menace called, and then again when his opponent confidently bet out 2,025 on the River. In the end, it was a very good call from Thorsson, his opponent being forced to show a paltry , Thorsson's taking the spoils and shooting the WSOP 2006 13th place finisher up to 13k in chips.

[AdamG]

a beer for the german behind him !

[Chili]

Just managed to nab a list of seating positions and early table sharers are:

James Akenhaed
Thomas Bihl
Steve Billirakis

Praz Bansi
Andrew Bell
Tony Bloom
Steve Jelinek

Daniel Negreanu
Liz Lieu

Joey Lovelady
Peter Eichhardt
Stuart Rutter
Ram Vaswani

James "flushy" Dempsey
Martin Cavanagh
Warren Wooldridge

[snoopy1239]

My running buddy from back in my modeling days, Patrik Antonius, is down to 5.5k. He just mucked his cards to Scandieboy's on an . That pot wasn't worth 4.5k of his stack though, so the slice had already started.

[coral and becky]

Hi, do you know how John Murphy is doing???

[Chili]

I am also pleased to announce that we have a winner of our mini comp.

With 178 players yesterday & 215 today, thats 393 in total.  The closest attempt with 398 is:




UpTheMariners


 

Congratulations and you shall be the proud owner of £25 soon.  Now if Karl Mahrenholz finishes the EPT as the highest place brit, then £250 shall be sent your way too Mr Mariners!!!!

[UpTheMariners]

ayyyyaaaaa ship it  come on karl!!!!

[kinboshi]

ayyyyaaaaa ship it  come on karl!!!!

With the £25 secured, you're sitting pretty - especially with Karl as your Brit pick. 

What's better than winning £250?  Winning it from Tikay!!

[snoopy1239]

I bumped into Ramzi Jelassi on my travels. Currently sharing a table with David Dickinson doppelganger Stuart Nash and double TV winner Ian Frazer, Ramzi is quietly bopping to music (probably Abba) on his headphones and reading a Swedish book that he informed me was on philosophy - a quite intellectual subject for one so young and wild!

"Do you not miss any of the action," I probed, wondering if he was concerned about failing to spot a physical tell or betting pattern of some kind. But, before he could respond, he was raising it up, Steve Zolotow's pot bet from the button being upped to 1,150 in the big blind by Ramzi. The Full Tilter called and we saw a , Ramzi's 1,425 bet, after what seemed like an age of dwelling, being enough to make the wonderfully moustachioed Zolotow fold.

Watch out for 19-year old Ramzi, he's hotly tipped but yet to win a major event. Perhaps this year will be his time...

[snoopy1239]

The red-haired (for the moment) Gavin Griffin has just popped his American bracelet winning clogs, the Monte Carlo EPT Grand Final Champion finding the bullets (pow pow) but being flushed out by chatterbox Peter Hedlund.

With the Flop reading , the Swede's 500 raise was re-raised to 2k only for Hedlund to announce all-in. Griffin swiftly called only to be met by a rather menacing and potentially bad-beating .

As the Turn hit the River, Griffin rose from his seat like a jet propelled whippet, not willing to stay for the River and wanting to escape the table as quickly as possible.

Although battered and bruised worse than one armed boxer, Griffin was gentlemanly to wish his opponents good luck as he left while Hedlund happily stacked his chips for a virtual double up.

[mullacott]

Can you please tell me how Neil Channing is getting on.
 

[JungleCat03]

Flushy's just texted to say not only did he get past level 1, he has 18,800 at the break.