Pokerstars.com Dublin EPT: Day 1B - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

I spotted Marty Smyth pacing up the other side of the cardroom with a face as long a 4-lane motorway. Call me pyschic, but I think he might be out..

[snoopy1239]

Thomas Kretschmer is nearly all but out, his seemingly formidable stack being demolished by Irishman Phillip Hardy in what was a 40k plus pot. I didn't catch how the hand panned out, but the board read and it was 7k more to Thomas, who eventually called only to be shown .

[snoopy1239]

Prize structure for this year's Pokerstars.com Dublin EPT:

1   532,620
2   297,800
3   178,680
4   127,630
5   105,510
6   83,380
7   66,370
8   47,650
9   30,630
10   30,630
11   23,820
12   23,820
13   20,420
14   20,420
15   15,320
16   15,320
17   10,210
18   10,210
19   10,210
20   10,210
21   10,210
22   10,210
23   10,210
24   10,210

[Chili]

It is safe to say that today's pace is slightly faster than yesterday's.  On table Mallu, I arrived to see a board, 2 players standing up and a mountain of chips over the line for both players.  Alli's opponoent was France's Ludovic Lacay.  The board read:

              

Alli Mallu   
Ludovic   

There was chaos as both players tried to work out who covered who, and it looked like both the chip leaders tangled in this pot.  Ludvic had 46,750 and Alli had 45,000 so Ludovic took the whole lot for a pot worth well over 90,000!!

I knabbed Ali on his way out and he said that the money went in when the 7 paired on the turn, little did Ali know the monster that Ludvic was holding!  Wow, take a bow Mr Lacay, you are chip leader by a grand mile and you were definately not "Mallued."

[TheBlackThing]

Just talked 2 Danny there at the break, he's at 10k, very much card dead, got aces at one point but got no action..

He dropped a few k not long before the break when the button raised into his BB, SB called, so too did Danny wit KQ suited. Flop comes K high, he bets 2k, Button made it 8k and Danny let it go.

Spirits are high though, he reckons he has to be due some good hands soon.

Fingers crossed!

[snoopy1239]

The players are now on a 60 minute dinner break and we are about to join them for what is, I hate to admit, a below par buffet, but a free one nonetheless. I shall not be dining with Jeff Kimber, as he is still refusing to make his move on our game of Scrabble, even after my valiant effort in yesterday's effort. I don't know if you share my thoughts, but I feel that I have been treated rather harshly.

By the way, don't you hate it when the taps in the toilet only activate for a second or two when you press them meaning you have to do each hand individually. Rubbing the soap off your hand with the fingers on that hand is a skill that can't be taught, and one that the Scandieboy currently in the gentleman's simply doesn't possess.

Back soon!

[kinboshi]

The players are now on a 60 minute dinner break and we are about to join them for what is, I hate to admit, a below par buffet, but a free one nonetheless. I shall not be dining with Jeff Kimber, as he is still refusing to make his move on our game of Scrabble, even after my valiant effort in yesterday's effort. I don't know if you share my thoughts, but I feel that I have been treated rather harshly.

Very unripening of him.

[ACE2M]

Thomas Kretschmer is nearly all but out, his seemingly formidable stack being demolished by Irishman Phillip Hardy in what was a 40k plus pot. I didn't catch how the hand panned out, but the board read and it was 7k more to Thomas, who eventually called only to be shown .

i had 33, feel sick as a dog. Mr Hardy is definatelly someone who will stack off with an overpair so imagine my joy at the flop, only to get re re raised on the river, i almost folded but couldn't quite do it. still got 5k.

[kinboshi]

Thomas Kretschmer is nearly all but out, his seemingly formidable stack being demolished by Irishman Phillip Hardy in what was a 40k plus pot. I didn't catch how the hand panned out, but the board read and it was 7k more to Thomas, who eventually called only to be shown .

i had 33, feel sick as a dog. Mr Hardy is definatelly someone who will stack off with an overpair so imagine my joy at the flop, only to get re re raised on the river, i almost folded but couldn't quite do it. still got 5k.

Unlucky fella.  Still got enough.

[joemcq]

Just talked 2 Danny there at the break, he's at 10k, very much card dead, got aces at one point but got no action..

He dropped a few k not long before the break when the button raised into his BB, SB called, so too did Danny wit KQ suited. Flop comes K high, he bets 2k, Button made it 8k and Danny let it go.

Spirits are high though, he reckons he has to be due some good hands soon.

Fingers crossed!

[joemcq]

Just talked 2 Danny there at the break, he's at 10k, very much card dead, got aces at one point but got no action..

He dropped a few k not long before the break when the button raised into his BB, SB called, so too did Danny wit KQ suited. Flop comes K high, he bets 2k, Button made it 8k and Danny let it go.

Spirits are high though, he reckons he has to be due some good hands soon.

Fingers crossed!

Go on speedy

[snoopy1239]

Play is about to recommence and full chip counts are currently being compiled by the good people at Pokerstars.

[gasman]

ul Praz

How is Karl getting on?

[Redbull]

Good luck to Julian. Back to back EPT's would be nice

[Chili]

Here are the current and correct chip counts from Level 5 at the start of the dinner break.

Ludovic Lacay France 83800
 Simon  Munoz Spain 52700
 Philip Hardy Ireland 49100
 Barry McGrath Ireland 46250
 Guillaume  de la Gorce France 41650
 Arshad Hussain UK 40675
 Thor  Hansen Norway 39200
 Ziad Kaady USA 36975
 Paddy Mccloskey Ireland 36450
 Sylvester Geoghan Ireland 35975
 Jose Luis Picazo Collado Spain 35425
 Patrick Bruel France 35025
 Raymi Sanchez Thörn Sweden 33950
 Florian Langmann Germany 31700
 Michael Durrer Germany 31650
 Surinder Sunar UK 31025
 Bart Wetstein Holland 28475
 Jonothon Butters UK 28300
 Jean-Claude Perrot France 27025
 Anthony Roux France 26200
 Daniel Tarnopol USA 26025
 George Mckeever UK 25800
 Michael Martin USA 24900
 Lars-Ola Svensson Sweden 24375
 Aidan Quin Canada 23945
 Roman Yitzhaki USA 23000
 Tommi Lindfors Finland 22625
 Gijsbertus Spijkers Holland 22125
 Thomas Bentham UK 21850
 Runar Runarsson Iceland 21275
 Juha Helppi Finland 20900
 Justin Francis USA 20775
UNKNOWN   20775
 Paul Gourlay UK 20500
 Chris Bush Canada 20250
 Sami Kalopuro Finland 19650
 Andreas Hoivold Norway 19625
 Anders Pettersson Sweden 19600
 Alexia Portal France 19350
 Albert Smith USA 19050
 Derek Williams Ireland 19025
 Hector Fuentes Garcia Spain 18150
 Alexander Holovko Ukraine 18000
 Kevin O'Connell British 17975
 Antonio Lemos Portugal 17800
 Katja Thater Germany 17300
 Roy Brindley Ireland 17275
 Paul O'Hehir Ireland 17150
 Antoon Kleynen TBC 17150
 Robert Glavin Ireland 16875
 Julian Thew UK 16825
 Raul Mestre Lleida Spain 16550
 Lino Cunha Portugal 16250
 Alan Trueick N.Ireland 16075
 Mark Roland USA 15900
 Josh Gould UK 15875
 Vinh Nguyen Vietnam 15700
 Alexander Fitzgerald USA 15650
 Michiel Brummelhuis Holland 15625
 Alan Smurfit Ireland 15600
 Ian Cox UK 15550
 Tony Cascarino Ireland 15150
 Andreas Hagan Norway 15050
 Richard Ashby UK 15025
 Diego Pérez Marco Spain 14850
 Ben  Grundy UK 14750
 Chris Smith UK 14600
 Ramzi Jelassi Sweden 14400
 Annette  Obrestad Norway 13750
 Chuc Hoang France 13500
 Paul Leckey Ireland 13100
 Martin Green UK 11975
 Patrick O'Connor Ireland 11875
 Jonas Molander Sweden 11875
 Paul Cryan Ireland 11600
 Karsten Vogt Germany 11400
 Luca Pagano Italy 11225
 Tronde Eidsvig Norway 11025
 Christian Taeper German 10450
 Mika Paasonen Finland 10400
 Nicolas Levi France 10300
 Danny McHugh Ireland 9950
 John Flanagan Ireland 9850
 Liam Flood Ireland 9400
 Arnaud Mattern France 8950
Steven Zadelhoff Norway 8850
 Jan Veit Germany 8300
 André Filipe Veiga Araújo dos Santos Portugal 8250
 Ricardo Oscar Braga Pinto de Sousa Portugal 8000
 Jeff Kimber UK 7650
 Sean Donaldson Ireland 7100
 Terry Cook UK 6400
 Andreas  Krause Germany 6150
 Bisher Khalaf USA 5450
 Thomas Kretschmer UK 5400
 Michot Laurent France 4300
 Ryan Braver South Africa 2025
 Alan Vinson UK 1825
 Mark Dalimore UK OUT
 Stuart  Rutter UK OUT
 Carlo Gabriele UK OUT
 John Tabatabai UK OUT
 Bryan O'Connell Ireland OUT
 Ali Mallu UK OUT
 Thomas Marchese USA OUT
 Roland DeWolfe UK OUT
 Mark Bointon UK OUT
 Michele Limongi Italy OUT
 Mickey Wernick UK OUT
 Thomas Wahlroos Finland OUT
 Sebastian Riviere Sweden OUT
 Steffan Kristoffersen Norway OUT
 Joe Grech UK OUT
 Joey Lovelady UK OUT
 Martin Smyth N. Ireland OUT
 Michael Willis Ireland OUT
 Carl Ygborn Sweden OUT
 John Magill N. Ireland OUT
 Wesley Ismay USA OUT
 Praz Bansi UK OUT
 Daniel Smith UK OUT
 Mariano Peterlongo Italy OUT
 Joep Durkstra Holland OUT
 Antony Lellouche France OUT
 Seamus Mcgilligan Ireland OUT
 Age Spets Norway OUT
 Victor Escudero Mellado Spain OUT
 Luis David Sevilla Petit Spain OUT
 Lars Sjölin Sweden OUT
 Peter Gould UK OUT
 William  Thorson Sweden OUT
 Karl Mahrenholz UK OUT
 Thomas Fougeron France OUT