Pokerstars.com Dublin EPT: Final Table - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

What a week it's been. I don't know if it was the venue, lack of cameras, depleted numbers, or whatever, but for some reason I wasn't looking particularly forward to my latest venture to Dublin. However, I have undoubtedly been forced to make a total 180, the excitement value of the actual poker being off the charts. Whether it's a short-stack all-in, a big stack confrontation, or just the general table banter, it really has been a fun, fascinating and highly entertaining tournament to watch.

Unfortunately, today's final is lacking the hometown hero and general entertainer, Andy Black, his demise at the very end of Day 3 resulting in a familiar face sitting pretty at the top of the list, 19-year old Norwegian sensation Annette Obrestad leading the way with an impressive 788,000 in chips. However, we all know how quickly the tides can turn in poker, and unknown Dutch player Daan Ruiter isn't too far behind with 646,000 after a formidable performance late on in the day.

Play is due to commence at 4pm, so please do join us for what should be another gripping, topsy-turvy session of poker festivity. Here is the final table line-up:

1. Thierry Van Den Berg -- 274,000
2. Daan Ruiter -- 646,000
3. Reuben Peters -- 176,000
4. Annette Obrestad -- 788,000
5. Anders Pettersson -- 166,000
6. Casper Hansen -- 360,000
7. Trond Erik Eidsvig -- 184,000
8. Michael Durrer -- 247,000
9. Reijo Manninen -- 480,000

More importantly, what are your predictions for the top 3? I'm going for a Ruiter, Pettersson, Obrestad one two three.

[taximan007]

Has to be Annette for me to take this down.

Good Luck to all the players.

[sofa----king]

ARE YOU SURE THIS AINT THE DUTCH EPT???
1. Thierry Van Den Berg -- 274,000
2. Daan Ruiter -- 646,000
3. Reuben Peters -- 176,000
4. Annette Obrestad -- 788,000
5. Anders Pettersson -- 166,000
6. Casper Hansen -- 360,000
7. Trond Erik Eidsvig -- 184,000
8. Michael Durrer -- 247,000
9. Reijo Manninen -- 480,000

SUPRISED NO BRITS/IRISH,.,,.,
NOT SURE ABOUT MR DURRER.,.,.,

[AlexMartin]

Has to be Annette for me to take this down.

Good Luck to all the players.

100%, she has a phenomenal game and has had a good dollop of luck. I always knew the poker fairy batted for the other team.

[booder]

. I always knew the poker fairy batted for the other team.

flushy ?

[Chili]

ARE YOU SURE THIS AINT THE DUTCH EPT???
1. Thierry Van Den Berg -- 274,000
2. Daan Ruiter -- 646,000
3. Reuben Peters -- 176,000
4. Annette Obrestad -- 788,000
5. Anders Pettersson -- 166,000
6. Casper Hansen -- 360,000
7. Trond Erik Eidsvig -- 184,000
8. Michael Durrer -- 247,000
9. Reijo Manninen -- 480,000

SUPRISED NO BRITS/IRISH,.,,.,
NOT SURE ABOUT MR DURRER.,.,.,

Out of interst I've added the Nationalities

1. Thierry Van Den Berg -- 274,000   HOLLAND
2. Daan Ruiter -- 646,000           HOLLAND
3. Reuben Peters -- 176,000     USA
4. Annette Obrestad -- 788,000    NORWAY
5. Anders Pettersson -- 166,000      SWEDEN
6. Casper Hansen -- 360,000     DENMARK
7. Trond Erik Eidsvig -- 184,000    NORWAY
8. Michael Durrer -- 247,000     GERMANY
9. Reijo Manninen -- 480,000    FINLAND

[snoopy1239]

Hi all, we've arrived in the pressroom, bags under our eyes and coffee in hand. Actually, it could have been worse - whilst Mike Lacey of Pokernews rolled up at 9am in the morning, we were sensibly tucked up in bed by 3am after a few swift jars in the Dubliner watering hole down the road. A few familiar faces were there including Jesse May, Rory Liffey, Scott Gray, Padraig Parkinson and co, even CardPlayer's Chief editor Brendan Murray made an appearance. What you can't fail to notice is how much our Irish counterparts love the 'craic', as they call it - every time I go into an Irish pub, everyone is boozing, shouting and generally having a great time, whilst back home you'd get the odd grumpy guy losing on the fruity and some 80 year old geezer mumbling to himself in a dark corner.

Back to the poker, and although none of the final table players have turned up yet (clearly a couple of extra winks in bed are a must), it is still hustle and bustle in here with the staging of a charity tournament combined with a mini-auction courtesy of the never-timid Marty Wilson... mad as ever. In fact, with no television cameras, EPT host and crew, or raised stage, you'd be forgiven for thinking that there wasn't even a half a million Euro final even on today. It's kind of surreal.

Kick off time is still 4pm, so watch this space and brace yourselves...

[taximan007]

Why dont image removed do tournament updates?





Because image removed are probably the best in the world.

[Chili]

Whilst we are waiting for the Finalists to all arrange themselves into the same place at the same time, just for fun I added all their pictures from yesterday into a collage.  We are still gonna try for the profile pictures of all players, but until then......

Click to see full-size image.

[Chili]

Very close to kick off now and the profile pictures are in after an interesting dash around the arena shoving the camera in players faces.  I'm sure no one really minds and they all look relatively happy.  The biographies of the players are kindly given to us by Pokerstars.com.  So in seat number 1 we have:

Seat 1: Thierry Van Den Berg, 35, from Holland – PokerStars qualifier – 274,000

Thierry, a former chef from Almere, is a regular PokerStars qualifier and won four EPT seats last year on PokerStars, as well as four WSOP seats. He turned his WSOP satellite success this year into a place on the final table. He also qualified for EPT Baden in October – and came 5 th for €132,900, and now he's on his 2nd EPT final table in less than a month. Thierry, who has a six-year-old daughter, turned pro a year ago.

[Chili]

Seat 2: Daan Ruiter, 24, Groningen, Holland – 646,000

Daan turned pro at the start of EPT Season 4 and immediately got a good result - by coming 25th in Barcelona for €16,700. He is also studying for his Masters degree in real estate at Groningen University.  Online he only ever plays cash games but he loves live tournaments – and the chance it gives him to get a read on his opponents. Today's final table appearance in Dublin is his best tournament success so far.

[Chili]

Seat 3: Reuben Peters, 45, from Colorado, USA – PokerStars qualifier – 176,000

Reuben "seaanchor" Peters comes from the US ski resort Telluride where he trades stocks for a living - , and plays $100 online rebuy tournaments for fun. He's a serial PokerStars qualifier. As well as winning numerous WSOP and PCA seats, he also qualified for the EPT3 Grand Final in Monte Carlo in April. In WSOP 2006, he cashed in 65 th place for $90,000. Reuben's wife Amy hasn't come to support him in Dublin as she was here just a few weeks ago with some friends – they came to The Police reunion concert in Croke Park.

[snoopy1239]

Seat 4: Annette Obrestad, 19, from Norway – 788,000

The "Annette_15" rumours began surfacing last year, about how a Norwegian teenager was spreading fear and panic on the internet with a super aggressive and highly lucrative style of play. Reputations were destroyed and egos crushed. For many, the first public sighting of this internet phenomenon was at the EPT Grand Final last March, but her early forays into live play were unspectacular. Clearly, she was waiting for the top prize in Europe, which she landed when picking up the WSOP Europe title and a cheque for £1m.

[Chili]

Seat 5: Anders Pettersson, 20, from Sweden, PokerStars qualifier – 166,000

Just after he turned 18, Anders qualified for the Swedish Pokermiljonen televised tournament in Tallin, where he found himself on the same table as Mats Rahmn and Peter Eicchardt. He plays a lot online and has been to a few EPTs - but reaching the EPT Dublin final table is his best result so far.

[Chili]

Seat 6: Casper Hansen, 24, from Denmark. PokerStars qualifier – 360,000

This poker pro from Copenhagen bought in direct to the EPTs in London and Barcelona - without getting any return on his investment. Now he's in Dublin after winning a satellite on PokerStars – and has finally secured the cash position his talent deserves. Of his table image, Casper says: "I like to play relaxed, a bit sloppy, like I can barely count to ten."  Are his final table opponents going to fall for that old line?