Pokerstars.com Dublin EPT: Day 2 - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Play for Day 2 of the Pokerstars.com Dublin EPT starts at 2pm.

Posts on here will be big hands, double ups, eliminations, etc. For a more comprehensive update with photos and the option to interact with the updaters, please see our Interactive thread by clicking here.


 Ludovic Lacay    France    85,225
 Liam Flood    Ireland    75,750
 Tronde Eidsvig    Norway    70,475
 Mike Mcdonald    Canada    67,250
 Philip Hardy    Ireland    62,600
 Dave Colclough    Wales    59,350
 Michael Martin    USA    57,950
 Mark Roland    USA    56,625
 Phidias Georgiou    Cyprus    55,475
 Barry McGrath    Ireland    54,625
 Simon  Munoz    Spain    54,200
 Kristian Kjøndal    Norway    53,150
 Ian Cox    England    48,250
 Jacques Zaicik    France    48,225
 Raymi Sanchez Thörn    Sweden    46,875
 Arshad Hussain    UK    46,425
 Runar Runarsson    Iceland    46,400
 Andrew Black    Ireland    45,675
 Simon Christensson    Sweden    45,000
 Jose Luis Picazo Collado    Spain    44,650
 Guillaume  de la Gorce    France    43,600
 Christoffer Egemo Hansen    Denmark    43,050
 Thor  Hansen    Norway    42,900
 Kevin Vreeswijk    Dutch    42,725
 Marcel Baran    Germany    40,150
 Henric Stråth    Sweden    39,000
 Csaba Malnai    Hungary    37,250
 Johnny Lodden    Norway    37,225
 Casper Hansen    Denmark    37,150
 Johannes Steindl    Austria    36,500
 Adrian Koy    Germany    35,850
 Justin Francis    US    35,750
 Andrew Grimason    Ireland    35,400
 Sebastian Ruthenberg    Germany    35,175
 Tommi Lindfors    Finland    35,000
 Annette  Obrestad    Norway    34,925
 Oran Holt    Norway    33,450
 Josh Gould    UK    32,025
 Bart Wetstein    Holland    31,550
 Andreas Hagan    Norway    31,150
 Kenneth Hicks Jr.    USA    30,950
 Tony Cascarino    Ireland    30,600
 Aleksandr Arutjonov    Estonia    30,150
 Luca Pagano    Italy    27,975
 Noah Boeken    Holland    27,825
 Daniel Ryan    USA    27,550
 Surinder Sunar    UK    27,250
 Michael Durrer    Germany    27,225
 Vinh Nguyen    Vietnam    26,950
 Carl Hostrup    Dan    26,850
 Brandon Schaefer    USA    26,725
 Stig Top-Rasmussen    Denmark    26,300
 Andreas Hoivold    Norway    25,800
 Paddy Mccloskey    Ireland    25,550
 Albert Smith    USA    25,200
 Martin Wendt    Denmark    25,125
 Chuc Hoang    France    24,625
 Ian Woodley    UK    24,550
 Raul Mestre Lleida    Spain    24,425
 Jonothon Butters    UK    24,375
 Ziad Kaady    US    24,100
 Paul Cryan    Ireland    22,700
 Jan Veit    Germany    22,575
 Sami Kalopuro    Finland    22,325
 Chris Bush    Canada    22,225
 Carlo Gabriele    UK    21,675
 Roman Yitzhaki    USA    21,525
 Anders Pettersson    Sweden    20,725
 Lars-Ola Svensson    Sweden    20,375
 Anthony Roux    France    19,975
 Alan Trueick    N. Ireland    19,275
 Christopher Hamman    USA    18,875
 Florian Langmann    Germany    18,725
 Hans Eskilsson    Sweden    18,550
 Mark Segal    UK    18,500
 Mika Paasonen    Finland    18,450
 Gijsbertus Spijkers    Holland    18,450
 George McKeever    UK    18,325
 Juha Helppi    Finland    18,100
 Paul Testud    France    17,750
 Paul Gourlay    UK    17,700
 Reijo Manninen    Finland    17,525
 Len Collin    Ireland    17,275
 Arnaud Mattern    France    16,900
 Jonas Molander    Sweden    16,850
 Chris Smith    England    16,625
 Paul O'Hehir    Ireland    16,375
 Michael Hogbom    Sweden    16,100
 Michiel Brummelhuis    Holland    15,700
 Katja Thater    Germany    15,650
 Gustaf  Jonasson    Sweden    15,200
 Johan Storakers    Sweden    15,050
 Terry Cook    UK    14,625
 Thierry Van Den Berg    Holland    14,250
 Daan Ruiter    Holland    14,125
 Terje Augdal    Norway    13,925
 Antonio Lemos    Portugal    13,800
 Ben  Grundy    England    13,750
 Robert Glavin    Ireland    13,650
 Lino Cunha    Portugal    13,550
 Nicolas Levi    France    13,350
 Patrick O'Connor    Ireland    12,200
 Ramzi Jelassi    Sweden    12,075
 Richard Ashby    England    12,000
 Lars Sjölin    Sweden    11,625
 John Conroy    Ireland    11,525
 Paul Leckey    Ireland    11,225
 Reuben Peters    USA    11,050
 Antoon Kleynen    Holland    10,950
 Alexander Fitzgerald    USA    10,800
 Mathieu Gallienne    France    10,750
 Martin Rask    Denmark    10,175
 Alan Smurfitt    Ireland    10,125
 Christian Taepper    Germany    9,925
 Sean Donaldson    Ireland    9,825
 Martin Green    UK    9,500
 Jean-claude Perrot    France    9,475
 Davide Calabro    Italy    8,125
 Patric Fredriksson    Sweden    5,850
 Jan Sjavik    Norway    5,450
 Mark Bointon    UK    5,150
 Seth Blackman    USA    5,000

[Chili]

Good afternoon folks and welcome to Day 2 of the Pokerstars.com EPT Dublin.  A total of 122 players have made it through to Day 2, 48 from Day1a & 74 from Day1b.  Please join in with us today and request away, so myself and Snoops don't just randomly stare at players and their chips (maybe with chip envy).

Here is the official seat draw for today:

 Jean-claude   Perrot   France   9475   1   1
 Raul Mestre   Lleida   Spain   24425   1   2
 Simon   Christensson   Sweden   45000   1   3
 Csaba   Malnai   Hungary   37250   1   4
 Andreas   Hagan   Norway   31150   1   5
 Davide   Calabro   Italy   8125   1   6
 Jonas   Molander   Sweden   16850   1   7
 Albert   Smith   USA   25200   1   8
 Terry   Cook   UK   14625   2   1
 Chuc   Hoang   France   24625   2   2
 Barry   McGrath   Ireland   54625   2   3
 Anthony   Roux   France   19975   2   4
 Chris   Bush   Canada   22225   2   5
 Anders   Pettersson   Sweden   20725   2   6
 Paul   Leckey   Ireland   11225   2   7
 Josh   Gould   UK   32025   2   8
 Antonio   Lemos   Portugal   13800   3   1
 Christopher   Hamman   USA   18875   3   2
 Raymi Sanchez   Thörn   Sweden   46875   3   3
 Patric   Fredriksson   Sweden   5850   3   4
 Lino   Cunha   Portugal   13550   3   5
 Tronde   Eidsvig   Norway   70475   3   6
 Phidias   Georgiou   Cyprus   55475   3   7
 Paul   Testud   France   17750   3   8
 Liam   Flood   Ireland   75750   4   1
 Daan   Ruiter   Holland   14125   4   2
 Johannes   Steindl   Austria   36500   4   3
 Antoon   Kleynen   Holland   10950   4   4
 Jacques   Zaicik   France   48225   4   5
 Casper   Hansen   Denmark   37150   4   6
 Ludovic   Lacay   France   85225   4   7
 John   Conroy   Ireland   11525   4   8
 Daniel   Ryan   USA   27550   5   1
 Paul   Cryan   Ireland   22700   5   2
 Jan   Veit   Germany   22575   5   3
 Roman   Yitzhaki   USA   21525   5   4
 Mika   Paasonen   Finland   18450   5   5
 Martin   Green   UK   9500   5   6
 Mark   Roland   USA   56625   5   7
 Johan   Storakers   Sweden   15050   5   8
 Michael   Martin   USA   57950   6   1
 Juha   Helppi   Finland   18100   6   2
 Alexander   Fitzgerald   USA   10800   6   3
 Thor    Hansen   Norway   42900   6   4
 Michiel   Brummelhuis   Holland   15700   6   5
 Mark   Bointon   UK   5150   6   6
 Jonothon   Butters   UK   24375   6   7
 Guillaume    de la Gorce   France   43600   6   8
 Noah   Boeken   Holland   27825   7   1
 Michael   Durrer   Germany   27225   7   2
 Michael   Hogbom   Sweden   16100   7   3
 Lars-Ola   Svensson   Sweden   20375   7   4
 Mark   Segal   UK   18500   7   5
 Martin   Wendt   Denmark   25125   7   6
 Richard   Ashby   England   12000   7   7
 Annette    Obrestad   Norway   34925   7   8
 Terje   Augdal   Norway   13925   8   1
 Adrian   Koy   Germany   35850   8   2
 Ben    Grundy   England   13750   8   3
 Chris   Smith   England   16625   8   4
 Thierry   Van Den Berg   Holland   14250   8   5
 Henric   Stråth   Sweden   39000   8   6
 Aleksandr   Arutjonov   Estonia   30150   8   7
 Nicolas   Levi   France   13350   8   8
 Ramzi   Jelassi   Sweden   12075   9   1
 Justin   Francis   US   35750   9   2
 Reijo   Manninen   Finland   17525   9   3
 Tony   Cascarino   Ireland   30600   9   4
 Philip   Hardy   Ireland   62600   9   5
 Ian   Cox   England   48250   9   6
 Surinder   Sunar   UK   27250   9   7
 Christoffer Egemo   Hansen   Denmark   43050   9   8
 Arnaud   Mattern   France   16900   10   1
 Carl   Hostrup   Dan   26850   10   2
 Seth   Blackman   USA   5000   10   3
 Paddy   Mccloskey   Ireland   25550   10   4
 Marcel   Baran   Germany   40150   10   5
 Len   Collin   Ireland   17275   10   6
 Andreas   Hoivold   Norway   25800   10   7
 Jan   Sjavik   Norway   5450   10   8
 Alan   Trueick   N. Ireland   19275   11   1
 Stig   Top-Rasmussen   Denmark   26300   11   2
 Gustaf    Jonasson   Sweden   15200   11   3
 Andrew   Black   Ireland   45675   11   4
 Reuben   Peters   USA   11050   11   5
 Ian   Woodley   UK   24550   11   6
 Lars   Sjölin   Sweden   11625   11   7
 Ziad   Kaady   US   24100   12   1
 Brandon   Schaefer   USA   26725   12   2
 Johnny   Lodden   Norway   37225   12   3
 Luca   Pagano   Italy   27975   12   4
 Alan   Smurfitt   Ireland   10125   12   5
 Patrick   O'Connor   Ireland   12200   12   6
 Robert   Glavin   Ireland   13650   12   7
 Christian   Taepper   Germany   9925   13   1
 Gijsbertus   Spijkers   Holland   18450   13   2
 Vinh   Nguyen   Vietnam   26950   13   3
 Kenneth   Hicks Jr.   USA   30950   13   4
 Simon    Munoz   Spain   54200   13   5
 Runar   Runarsson   Iceland   46400   13   6
 Florian   Langmann   Germany   18725   13   7
 Hans   Eskilsson   Sweden   18550   14   1
 Paul   Gourlay   UK   17700   14   2
 Arshad   Hussain   UK   46425   14   3
 Mathieu   Gallienne   France   10750   14   4
 Paul   O'Hehir   Ireland   16375   14   5
 Andrew   Grimason   Ireland   35400   14   6
 Kevin   Vreeswijk   Dutch   42725   14   7
 Kristian   Kjøndal   Norway   53150   15   1
 Bart   Wetstein   Holland   31550   15   2
 Carlo   Gabriele   UK   21675   15   3
 Jose Luis Picazo   Collado   Spain   44650   15   4
 George   Mckeever   UK   18325   15   5
 Katja   Thater   Germany   15650   15   6
 Sebastian   Ruthenberg   Germany   35175   15   7
 Sean   Donaldson   Ireland   9825   16   1
 Martin   Rask   Denmark   10175   16   2
 Oran   Holt   Norway   33450   16   3
 Tommi   Lindfors   Finland   35000   16   4
 Sami   Kalopuro   Finland   22325   16   5
 Dave   Colclough   Wales   59350   16   6
 Mike   Mcdonald   Canada   67250   16   7

[Chili]

Thomas Kremser has announced those mortal poker words and we have action (at some point soon I'm sure).  The structure of today is that we shall either play down to the money, which is 24, or to 8 levels whichever comes first.

[Chili]

The moment I located Arnaud Mattern, I witness a much blessed double up.  I arrived with all the chips in the middle and Arnaud holding AJ & Marcel Baran holding AQ.  The glorious board for Arnaud came out:

 

To give Arnaud a stack of about 38,000 early doors.

[Chili]

Just as I watched Mattern double up, I swung around and directly behind me was Ian Cox announcing "I call!"  Mateyboy went all in for about 30,000 on a flop of:

 

Mateyboy 
Ian Cox   

the next two cards were harmless enough for Ian and he adds to his stack for a total circa 80,000.

[snoopy1239]

Juha Helppi has been eliminated from the tournament.

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Uncharacteristically for EPTs, and this is possibly a credit to either the structure or the 15k starting stack, we haven't witnessed the usual flurry of exits that seem to occur during the first level of Day . What we have seen, however, are some mighty big pots and some seemingly brave all-ins. One of those was from Andrew Grimason, who, facing a bet of 10,450 on a Flop, was forced into the think tank by table neighbour Kevin Vreeswijk. Puffing his cheeks out and casually listening to his ipod, Kevin turned to his opponent and looked him straight in the eyes, but it would appear that this confidence was a mere facade as Grimason opted to move all-in before adopting a rigid hands on chin posture.

Kevin quickly folded, leaving Andrew to breath out a deep sigh of relief and thank the Heavens for the fold, although, of course, this could have been a cover up for a bigger hand.

"Show us the bluff!" commanded Paul Gourlay.

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As Daniel Ryan is spotted exiting stage left, Ian Woodley also catches my eye. The mouthy Londoner isn't someone who wouldn't normally go unnoticed, but I must confess to forgetting he even existed in the comp. "Oh that's great that is," he moans. "I'll try and make your job easier than, shall I, and get myself knocked out."

On a more serious note, Woodley continued, "I haven't seen much in the way of hands, so am below my starting stack for today. Just took the blinds once, that was it."

[Chili]

Nicolas Levi is OUT, he found himself down to 10,000 and in the big blind facing a raise to 1,600 from Dutchman Van Der Berg. Levi made the call and saw a flop

    check, check

Turn    Thierry bet 2,200, Levi made the call "thought he was at it" said Levi.

River 

Levi put in his remaing chips to try and take the pot with a missed flush but Thierry held  for the full house!


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Florian Langmann who made the final this year at EPT London is also OUT.  His chips going in the direction of Cypriot Phidias Georgiou who also went very deep in the London leg of this tour.

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Rumour has it that John Conroy has bitted the dust courtesy of fellow Irishman Andy Black, although this will need to be confirmed.

[snoopy1239]

Speaking of Mike McDonald and Dave Colclough, the rest of their table have gone all antsy in their pantsy leading to a three way pot with two players all-in before the flop. It was a rather simple procedure in the end, the shortstack pushing with A-4, Tommi Linfors re-raising with A-J before being called all-in by  fellow Fin Sami Kalopuro in the next seat with A-K.

Although the Big Slick was in good shape, it wasn't enough against the A-J of Tommi which hit three pair (if that was a legal poker hand) on a J-9-9-8-8 board. As a result, Sami is sent to the sidelines leaving Tommi with 80k in chips and a smile as wide as Paul Daniels' face.

[Chili]

Funny you should say that Kin, I should just pull up a chair next to Ian Cox and watch him rake in the chips.  He must have close to 100,000 now as I just saw him stacking up more chips. 

"What happened Ian?"

"Well there was a raise and a reraise, and I looked down at Aces"

He runs good, his opponent was Phillip Hardy who had Kings.  Ian shrugs, smiles and stacks his towers higher.


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We are half way through level 9 and are already down to 89 players.

[snoopy1239]

A few chippy chip counts that you might be interested in:

Annette Obrestad -- 36,000
Richard Ashby -- 14,400
Jonothon Butters -- 39,000
Martin Green -- 19,300
Ben Grundy -- 17,800
Ian Cox -- 107,000
Len Collin -- 7,500
Arnaud Mattern -- 36,200
Josh Gould -- 41,800
Dave Colclough -- 64,100
Mike McDonald -- 59,100
Ash Hussain -- 43,300
Paul Gourlay -- 17,300

It looks like Nicolas Levi and Chris Bush are gone, although I need to double check the latter of those two.

I'm not sure how he got so low, but Len Collin doubled up to 7.5k with K-Q versus 8-3 before pushing all-in from the button on the very next hand and snapping up the blinds.

[snoopy1239]

Len Collin is OUT. He pushed all-in from the button and was called by Paul Testud.

Len =

Testud =

Board =

"First pair today," mumbled Len as he departed... although he was graceful enough to shake the hand of his assassin.

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Josh Gould is on 40k after eliminating Terry Cook with A-K vs. K-Q, small blind versus button.

[Chili]

Ben Grundy has gone, he lost a lot of chips with AQ v A9 all in preflop.  Then left with a pittance, moved all in with A5 but was called by AQ and that's all she wrote.

An exciting double up for Noah Boeken now on around 80,000.  I caught the action late unfortunately, but I joined the plentiful onlookers at the table when Portugeuse player Antonio Lemos was facing an all in from Noah with 4 cards on the board.  He was actually put on the clock and looked like a very tough decision.  The cards on board were:

     

Thomas Kremser was next to Lemos and announced "You have 5 secs, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1"   On Thomas's 1, the Bono duplicate said "CALL" and was faced with a superfast turn over from Noah Boeken holding

    for the flopped flush.  Mr Lemos tried to muck his cards but Thomas made him turn the cards over and showed  and a gasp in shock followed from the audience.  I missed the action previously but onlookers said that Noah had been dishing out some speach play, so maybe it was this that finally tipped the balance for the call.

Anway, Antonio Lemos was left with only about 4,500 in chips and a very red face.

[Chili]

I just seen Richard Ashby leaving, he is OUT after runing 4's into J's.

Annette Obrestad is happy and on around 50,000

[snoopy1239]

We've been experiencing severe connection problems here today, but here are the full chip counts from the end of the last break.

Kenneth Hicks Jr.    USA    133100
Casper Hansen    Denmark    125000
Ian Cox    England    115700
Ludovic Lacay    France    112700
Thierry Van Den Berg    Holland    102200
Simon Christensson    Sweden    100900
Guillaume  de la Gorce    France    93600
Mike Mcdonald    Canada    84800
Barry McGrath    Ireland    83100
Kristian Kjøndal    Norway    82400
Andrew Black    Ireland    72900
Noah Boeken    Holland    72600
Tronde Eidsvig    Norway    70300
Andrew Grimason    Ireland    62300
Dave Colclough    Wales    57700
Michael Martin    USA    55300
Tommi Lindfors    Finland    53500
Annette  Obrestad    Norway    51500
Christoffer Egemo Hansen    Denmark    49600
Reijo Manninen    Finland    48500
Vinh Nguyen    Vietnam    48500
Raymi Sanchez Thörn    Sweden    47100
Carl Hostrup    Dan    46000
Henric Stråth    Sweden    45700
Phidias Georgiou    Cyprus    44900
Liam Flood    Ireland    43100
Johannes Steindl    Austria    42200
Sebastian Ruthenberg    Germany    41900
Csaba Malnai    Hungary    41800
Runar Runarsson    Iceland    40900
Michael Durrer    Germany    40700
Roman Yitzhaki    USA    40500
Arshad Hussain    UK    39100
Michiel Brummelhuis    Holland    37200
Bart Wetstein    Holland    36100
Anders Pettersson    Sweden    34700
Jonothon Butters    UK    34400
Davide Calabro    Italy    33800
Paul Leckey    Ireland    33600
Mark Roland    USA    33600
Tony Cascarino    Ireland    33300
Mathieu Gallienne    France    33300
Mark Segal    UK    32500
Johnny Lodden    Norway    31700
Jose Luis Picazo Collado    Spain    31700
Chris Smith    England    31300
Oran Holt    Norway    30600
Jan Sjavik    Norway    29700
Paul Testud    France    29100
Brandon Schaefer    USA    28700
Marcel Baran    Germany    27600
Christopher Hamman    USA    25600
Patrick O'Connor    Ireland    24900
Josh Gould    UK    24400
Ziad Kaady    US    23600
Thor  Hansen    Norway    22600
Mika Paasonen    Finland    22300
Johan Storakers    Sweden    21500
Carlo Gabriele    UK    21300
Gustaf  Jonasson    Sweden    20700
Luca Pagano    Italy    20700
Martin Green    UK    20200
Paul O'Hehir    Ireland    20200
Robert Glavin    Ireland    19000
Alan Trueick    N. Ireland    18700
Jacques Zaicik    France    17800
Aleksandr Arutjonov    Estonia    17700
Daan Ruiter    Holland    16800
Kevin Vreeswijk    Dutch    16300
Jan Veit    Germany    15800
Andreas Hoivold    Norway    15100
Hans Eskilsson    Sweden    15000
Surinder Sunar    UK    14700
Reuben Peters    USA    13900
Chuc Hoang    France    13600
Lars-Ola Svensson    Sweden    13600
Ian Woodley    UK    13300
George McKeever    Ireland    13100
Richard Ashby    England    12700
Paul Gourlay    UK    9600
Ramzi Jelassi    Sweden    8300
Andreas Hagan    Norway    6600
Arnaud Mattern    France    3100
Paddy McCloskey    Ireland    1600
Jean-claude Perrot    France    OUT
Raul Mestre Lleida    Spain    OUT
Jonas Molander    Sweden    OUT
Albert Smith    USA    OUT
Terry Cook    UK    OUT
Anthony Roux    France    OUT
Chris Bush    Canada    OUT
Antonio Lemos    Portugal    OUT
Patric Fredriksson    Sweden    OUT
Lino Cunha    Portugal    OUT
Antoon Kleynen    Holland    OUT
John Conroy    Ireland    OUT
Daniel Ryan    USA    OUT
Paul Cryan    Ireland    OUT
Juha Helppi    Finland    OUT
Alexander Fitzgerald    USA    OUT
Mark Bointon    UK    OUT
Michael Hogbom    Sweden    OUT
Martin Wendt    Denmark    OUT
Terje Augdal    Norway    OUT
Adrian Koy    Germany    OUT
Ben  Grundy    England    OUT
Nicolas Levi    France    OUT
Justin Francis    US    OUT
Philip Hardy    Ireland    OUT
Seth Blackman    USA    OUT
Len Collin    Ireland    OUT
Stig Top-Rasmussen    Denmark    OUT
Lars Sjölin    Sweden    OUT
Alan Smurfitt    Ireland    OUT
Christian Taepper    Germany    OUT
Gijsbertus Spijkers    Holland    OUT
Simon  Munoz    Spain    OUT
Florian Langmann    Germany    OUT
Katja Thater    Germany    OUT
Sean Donaldson    Ireland    OUT
Martin Rask    Denmark    OUT
Sami Kelopuro    Finland    OUT

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"I f***ed up," announced an honest Liam Flood as he approached the press room. J-T versus the Q-Q of Andy Black doesn't sound particularly bad in itself, but when you add the phrase 'all-in pre-flop', then take a slightly darker turn.

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Courtesy of Chili:

Thierry Van Der Berg has been knocked out by Anitjonor Aleksandr with J-J vs. 2-2.

Kevin Vreeswijk is also out after moving in with 9-7 versus the 7-7 of Johannes Steindl. The Sevens stood up.

Surinder Sunar has been eliminated by Ramzi Jelassi. No further details.

Paul Gourlay doubled through by going all-in with 6-3 and hitting a full house. Then he found Aces on the big blind and one non-beleiver. The Rocket Man now up to 28,000.

Neighbour Ash Hussain also has 28,000.

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Jan Sjavik and George McKeever are both OUT, as I fear is Martin Wendt (he wendt, as goes the tedious press room gag) who was spotted outside having a faaaaaaaaaag... although he could just be a tobacco addict.

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Ramzi Jelassi is running hot. As well as seeing off Surinder Sunar, he moved from 8 to 12k courtesy of Ian Cox, before initially doubling up through Gustaf Jonasson with Sevens vs Ace King (his request of a seven was reward with a 7-6-6 Flop).

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Andreas Hoivold was left to shrug his shoulders with a hint of embarrassment, amid internal cheers of joy, after his A-K all-in against K-K managed to spike an Ace on the Flop.