Pokerstars.com EPT Prague: Day 1A - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

It's the final update of the year, all the way across from Prague, in Eastern Europe, another edition to the expanding EPT. But part of this update comes in the form of an announcement, that, as of next year, we'll be reducing the number of EPT updates that we do. The simple fact is that the vast majority of blonde's expenses go on live updates and with the dusk til dawn sponsorship (which everyone was incredibly grateful for and we hope we've given value for money in return) now ending, the truth of the matter is that blonde simply cannot afford to cover all the EPT's as more and more are introduced. (11 this year and they're looking for number 12 next year). We'll still be covering some of them and Copenhagen and the Grand Final in Monte Carlo will certainly be covered, but as for Dortmund, San Remo and Warsaw, their futures with regards to the blonde updates are much more up in the air.

Meanwhile, back in tourneyland, we're expecting numbers here to pick up slightly with the decrease in the buy-in to the much healthier (in my opinion) €5k.

A smattering of Scandies with a dosage of Brits, but not so many Americans due to the fact that the APPT final in Sydney is going on at the same time. Finally, Mad Harper (Winner of the Best Staff Member award in Paris at the Weekend, hurrah!) has informed me that the new slimmer, blonder Elky now resembles Billy Idol, which is something I really have to see for myself.

Play starts at 12pm(!).

You heard me right. That's 11am UK time, set your clocks people!!!

This is the At A Glance thread where only the updaters can post, for a fuller update, head over to the interactive thread.

[Chili]

A lonnnnnng anouncement has just been made by Thomas Kremser which is pretty handy because you get to find out stuff.  I'll give you a short run down:

8 levels will be played today of 1 hour length.

There will be a break every 2 hours for 15 mins.

Days 1a & 1b will all be 9 handed but revert to 8 handed tables once Day 2 begins.

There will be a redraw at the end of each day.

[Chili]

The offset of players not having to be in their seats for the start means that most players are playing about 5 handed and some tables even 3 handed!  A great chance for some early tomfoolery if you fancy being cheeky.  It looks like 238 players so far for today but registrations will still be taken in the first 2 levels.

Spotted today so far:

Johnny Lodden
Martin Wendt
Rolf Slotboom
Jeff Kimber
Julian Thew
Nicholas Levi
Katja Thater
Jonas Molander
Gunnar Ostebrod

[NoflopsHomer]

It's a quiet start so far, it's hard to spot many Brits around today. Ray Wyre seems to be the only other one apart from Jeff and Julian. The latter informing me that one player limp-called from UTG with K-2, chased a gutshot all the way to the river and a second min-raised Q-9, called a re-raise and then chased on an Ace high board just to hit his pair.

In more amusing news, there had to be a semi-table redraw when all FIVE Betsson players, including Johnny Lodden, Henning Granstad,  and Gunner Osterbrod (who Maria really really really really really does not fancy. Honest) all got put on the same starting table. So three of them got moved. Anyone remember a situation like this happening before?

[NoflopsHomer]

I think generally, I'm familiar with the vast majority of European players, but having spent a good ten minutes in the tournament area - a place which reminds me of a US College Basketball arena, most of the players are unrecognisable, there are so many new faces here it's untrue.

A pensive-looking Arnaud Mattern was facing a 3k bet on the river of a , which at this point was going to cost him half his stack. Clearly agonising over the hand, he thought for a long time during which we went into level 2, (and got that 'OOohhhh Yeah' soundclip from Ferris Bueller's Day Off played in the background). Eventually, I'm guessing due to the flurry of betting either preflop or on the flop, (the turn was apparently checked) Arnaud mucked his Kings face up, and was shown .

[NoflopsHomer]

Rob Taylor is up to the early heights of 19k, while over on Julian's 'Whole Load of Crazy' table one player to his right limp re-raises all-in from under the gun, something he's apparently done 3 times already. The scandinavian in the pot, (to Julian's right) eventually makes the call with , but this time he runs into the board coming 8-Q-J-4-J.

[Chili]

Abecassis   Michel   22   8   France
Alimi   David   30   8   France
Anakiev   Kostadin   10   4   Bulgaria
Anderson   David   28   2   USA
Andrn   John   21   4   Sweden
Antoine   Marc   28   4   France
Anton   Ionel   36   9   Rumania
Bakker   Arend   12   3   Holland
Basek   Paul   25   3   Germany
Basle   Piere   30   4   France
Bason   Gesie   12   5   Holland
Bassil   Maximilian   32   8   Norway
Bertelsen   Peter   31   7   Sweden
Beser   Altug   18   2   Turkey
Blatny   Pavel   23   6   Czech Rep
Blazicek   Michal   14   7   Slovakia
Bojsnak   Robert   27   6   Sweden
Boom   Peter   19   1   Holland
Boye   Asger   20   6   Denmark
Brunelli   Loris   29   1   Italy
Buissink   Marcel   29   4   Holland
Calandro   Roberto   17   5   Italy
Camacho Casado   Natalio Jose   9   8   Spain
Chapman   Andrew   27   7   Canada
Christensen   Kenneth   25   7   Denmark
Christensson   Simon   35   3   Sweden
Chuchuk   Gjorgji   34   2   Macedonia
Courouve   Jean   22   4   France
Daehling   Maik   31   5   Germany
Dahlgren   Thomas   19   5   Sweden
Davidsen   Peter   26   4   Denmark
Dawoud   Ghena   35   9   Sweden
De La Gorce   Guillaume   34   8   France
De Lange   Ton   23   4   Spain
De Vivo   Francesco   11   7   Italy
Decamps   Sebastien   34   7   France
Deeb   Shaun   30   3   USA
Demand   Jorg   23   5   Germany
Di Lorenzo   Roberto   14   4   Italy
Diaz   Julio   24   1   Spain
Dingerdissen   Katie   30   2   Germany
Dolezal   Thomas   20   3   Austria
Donato   Attilio   25   9   Italy
Dragoev   Georgi   13   3   Russia
Dunwoodie   Thomas   24   8   UK
Durkstra   Joep   18   7   Holland
Dydek   Lukas   13   6   Czech Rep
Ebeling   Tilmann   9   2   Germany
El Assaad   Hani   11   3   Canada
Elkeslassy   Daniel   29   8   Morocco
Enrico   Debbi   22   5   Italy
Erbay   Huseyin   20   1   Turkey
Eskilsson   Hans   28   6   Sweden
Festa   Giuseppe   31   6   Italy
Finigan   James   32   6   UK
Fischer   Raik   22   2   Germany
Fjellheim   Thomas   12   2   Norway
Flanagan   John   15   1   Ireland
Flowers   Mark   27   5   USA
Frechette   Guillaume   10   6   Canada
Fund   Warren   11   5   USA
Gabor   Kovacs   35   5   Hungary
Gagliardi   Adam   21   3   Canada
Garcia   Guillermo   10   5   Spain
Gastaldi   Patrick   27   1   France
Gergely   Zoltan   17   4   Hungary
Gillard   Andrew   36   5   Canada
Gillmeister   Carsten   20   4   Germany
Giner   Jose   26   5   Spain
Giordano   Pete   13   7   USA
Giorgi   Paul   14   6   Holland
Goffredo   Davide   14   5   Italy
Golser   Markus   36   7   Austria
Gonzalez   Margarita   32   5   Spain
Granstad   Henning   16   7   Norway
Gregory   Ripert   20   7   France
Grijalva   Richard   34   3   USA
Groetsch   Andreas   36   1   Germany
Grundvig   Christian   17   2   Denmark
Gueorguiev   Atanas   9   5   Bulgaria
Gunnarsson   Joel   24   5   Sweden
Habala   Zdedek   31   8   Czech Rep
Hansen   Christoffer   21   5   Denmark
Hansen   Peter   18   5   Denmark
Hansen   Tommy   26   9   Denmark
Hausner   Ole   28   9   Norway
Helland   Arid   16   1   Norway
Hicks Jr   Kenneth   33   2   USA
Higgins   James   14   1   UK
Hlavaty   Jiri   27   4   Czech Rep
Hogbom   Michael   30   5   Sweden
Hollink   Rob   15   3   Holland
Hua   Menh   25   5   UK
Isberg   Bjorn   22   9   Sweden
Jaspers   Joris   35   4   Holland
Jensen   Oystein   24   9   Norway
Johansson   Christer   26   8   Sweden
Johansson   Birgitta   33   5   Sweden
Junnilainen   Juhani   33   8   Finland
Kakoun   Haim   32   1   France
Karam   Marc   30   9   Canada
Karas   Daniel   22   3   Denmark
Karlsen   Christian   26   3   Norway
Karman   Nikolay   9   7   Russia
Khitrina   Natalia   11   2   Russia
Kimber   Jeff   28   7   UK
Kjellen   Peder   21   6   Sweden
Kjerstad   Stephen   23   8   Norway
Kjondal   Kristian   23   9   Norway
Knibb   Martin   32   3   UK
Korsar   Johannes   25   4   Sweden
Kosicka   Tomas   17   1   Czech Rep
Koy   Adrian   33   7   Germany
Krasko   Pavol   33   6   Slovakia
Kruijer   Jelte   26   6   Holland
Kulhanek   Jifi   31   9   Czech Rep
Kurstjens   Lars   18   9   Holland
Kuskov   Nikolaj   27   9   Czech Rep
Kylmala   Jari   15   8   Finland
Labat   Thierry   16   8   France
Lacay   Ludovic   35   8   France
Larsen   Kevin   18   4   Norway
Lennaard   Ken   32   9   Sweden
Levi   Nicolas   35   2   France
Lifman   Mark   19   3   South Africa
Lindstedt   Tony   20   8   Sweden
Litteiro   Pirotta   28   5   Italy
Lodden   Johnny   14   9   Norway
Longobardi   Alessandro   14   8   Italy
Lorenzoni   Werner   15   7   Austria
Luetchford   Andrew   36   8   UK
Maceiras   Maria   13   5   Spain
Maillard   Frank   12   8   France
Majoros   Peter   18   6   Hungary
Manganelli   Andrea   15   6   Italy
Mansson   Peder   24   3   Sweden
Martini   Francesco   21   2   Italy
Massimiliano   Rosa   16   2   Italy
Mattern   Arnaud   28   8   France
Mattsson   Stefan   25   8   Sweden
Mazur   Maciej   34   5   Poland
Mazzitelli   Riccardo   21   7   Italy
Mckeever   George   20   9   UK
Mckney   Gerald   29   5   USA
Meacci   Guido   35   6   Italy
Meijer   Lex   32   2   Holland
Mena   Jorge Esteban   12   4   Spain
Meyer   Remo   19   6   Switzerland
Michalek   Marek   26   7   Czech Rep
Molander   Jonas   31   3   Sweden
Nagy   Andrej   22   1   Slovakia
Nassar   Joseph   10   1   Holland
Nemeth   Akos   17   8   Hungary
Nielsen   Rasmus   12   1   Denmark
Nuutinen   Jorma   24   6   Finland
Ofer   Boris   35   1   USA
Olaru   Victor   12   9   Rumania
Olsen   Tommas   31   4   Denmark
Ostebrod   Gunnar   10   9   Norway
Palokangas   Johan   36   4   Finland
Panopoulos   Nikolaos   19   9   Greece
Pasqualini   Paul   31   2   France
Pasztor   Peter   17   3   Hungary
Penly   David Michael   22   7   UK
Persson   Tobias   27   2   Sweden
Petersen   Britt   25   1   Holland
Petersen   Jesper   20   5   Denmark
Petersson   Magnus   24   2   Sweden
Pettersson   Erik   26   1   Sweden
Pham   Tin   27   3   Finland
Plejdrup   Dennis   33   4   Denmark
Pollan   Julio   10   3   Spain
Posa   Sorin   10   2   Romania
Postel   Iwan   19   4   Holland
Prisecaru   Cristian   36   3   Canada
Psaltopoulos   Dimitros   12   7   Greece
Reinkemeier   Tobias   30   7   Germany
Ritburg   Johannes   33   9   Holland
Rizzi   Luigi   16   9   Italy
Rohr   Jean Philippe   28   3   France
Ronaldson   Greg   29   7   South Africa
Rosewood   Sasha   21   1   USA
Roux   Anthony   36   2   France
Roysem   Oyvind   27   8   Norway
Ruiter   Daan   18   1   Holland
Rusca   Andrea   33   3   Italy
Ruscalla   Pier   34   1   Italy
Sandor   Dudas   15   5   Hungary
Sargon   Ruya   15   9   Sweden
Sassoon   Brynja   11   9   Island
Schaap   Adrian   13   4   Holland
Schackinger   Christian   24   7   Denmark
Schneider   Frank   34   6   Germany
Schreiber   Tilmann   36   6   Germany
Sharaskin   Igor   13   2   Russia
Sharpe   Jeff   23   1   UK
Sheena   Ranj   11   1   UK
Silow   Oskar   21   8   Sweden
Slemr   Jakub   16   3   Czech Rep
Slotboom   Rolf   24   4   Holland
Smyth   James   29   9   UK
Sonesson   Christoffer   13   8   Sweden
Sonnert   Bengt   17   9   Sweden
Sorensen   Jeppe   23   2   Denmark
Stanoev   Krasimir   11   6   Bulgaria
Stockinger   Sigi   28   1   Austria
Strobl   Stanislav   34   4   Czech Rep
Stumpf   Frank   30   1   Germany
Suman   Nedzib   18   3   Sweden
Suner   Selim   14   3   Turkey
Taylor   Robert   34   9   Ireland
Taylor   Simon   25   6   UK
Ter   Mugdat   17   6   Sweden
Thater   Katja   32   7   Germany
Thew   Julian   20   2   UK
Thurman   Dean   22   6   USA
Tierney   Jim   35   7   USA
Tomi   Jean Baptiste   19   8   Gabon
Toth   Richard   32   4   Hungary
Turner   Eric   23   7   USA
Tyopas   Giannis   11   4   Greece
Ulsrud   Christopher   29   6   Norway
Vacek   Jiri   9   3   Czech Rep
Van der Meere   Arthur   15   2   Holland
Van der Werf   Oebele   11   8   Holland
Van   Zoelen   9   6   Holland
Veldhuis   Lex   29   3   Holland
Venturini   Luca   31   1   Italy
Vergoni   Gianmarco   16   6   Italy
Vulperhorst   Nicky   23   3   Holland
Wahlbeck   Ville   16   5   Finland
Waltersson   Henrik   19   7   Sweden
Wang   Jeff   26   2   USA
Wendt   Martin   29   2   Denmark
Wolfer   Thomas   25   2   Switzerland
Wyre   Ray   10   8   UK
Yanpolskiy   Boris   10   7   Russia
Zamiska   Peter   12   6   Slovakia
Zink   Daniel   30   6   Germany
Zink   Sebastian   33   1   Germany
Zjacic   Dalibor   9   9   Croatia

[NoflopsHomer]

Ray Wyre is OUT, 7-7 vs A-J, all-in on the turn of a J-J-6-4-A board.

Thewy is down to about 5k. After the affore-mentioned A-Q vs A-A. Thewy called a raise on the button with K-J and Mr A-Q previous hand man called as well from the small blind.

The flop was K-3-3 with two suits and straight away the small blind moved in for 6k into the 2k pot. The other raiser flat-called with 2k back and Thewy put him in for his last 2k which the guy surprisingly passed for. The small blind was indeed on tilt as he turned over K-5 but spiked the 5 on the turn.

Julian said, "I'll probably get a lot of stick for the call but I felt there was a good chance I was ahead and could've built up to 30k if I win that pot, and if I lose I still have 8k left."

[Chili]

Some chip counts from the players I recognise, there really are a lot of European players I don't know but I shall endevour to learn today.  If anyone wants a player following then just ask and me or Floppy shall oblige to stalk them.

Arnaud Mattern  8,600
Jeff Kimber  10,200
Dave Penly  7,600 ("had an accident" he says that's what he gets for calling a raise with J6 spades but gets suckered in with a K 9 6 board, 2 spades.  He didn't improve though and 6 was no match for pocket Aces!"

Bengt Sonnert  11,500
Rolf Slotboom  16,900 (his tictacs are getting closer to his nose)
Julian Thew  4,400
Christoffer Egemo Hansen  15,600
Katja Thater  5,400
Gunnar Ostebrod  13,600
Jonas Molander  12,300
Johnny Lodden  9,500
Markus Golser  10,600  (nice jacket, picture proof to follow).

[NoflopsHomer]

The fabulously named Kenneth Hicks Jr has doubled through the equally wonderfully named Juilani Junnilainen with Tens against Eights on a board. All-in on the flop presumably.

Nicolas 'Hatpimp' Levi has lost a big chunk of his stack with against on a board. His opponent checked the multiway limped pot, Nicolas bet 750, received two callers, (one of whom apparently held Queens!) before the short stack moved in with his , Nicolas moved in behind him but missed a heart or Ace.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jean Philippe Rohr is feeling like this:



He held against Ole Hausner's all-in re-raise with

Board:

[NoflopsHomer]

Jeff Kimber 12,300

Add 3,100 to Jeff Kimber's stack. He's just knocked out Julian Thew with A-T against Fives. Ace on the flop.

Johnny Lodden is OUT. Ace King against Nines, an Ace and a Nine on the flop.

Dave Penly bets 1,100 on a . His opponent in seat 2 makes it 3,000. Undeterred, Dave makes it 6,700 and elicits a fold from his opponent.

Rolf Slotboom is squawking on table 17. His opponent has just bet 1,000 on a board. "I'm folding the best hand here," he said, "Don't show me a bluff! Don't show me a bluff." He mucks the .

"I'm a chicken! A chicken!" shouts Rolf to anyone who is listening.

I don't think he's a farmyard animal, but he's clearly left this planet.

[Chili]

 have just done a hunt for big stacks and found these lucky/skillfull fellows:

Martin Wendt - 40k

Rob Hollink - 38k

Don't know but looks scary - 53k

Luigi Rizzi  - 43k

[NoflopsHomer]

Jeff Kimber is OUT. He raised with A-Q, called a re-raise all-in versus K-Q. The King came and then a flush as well to add to insult to injury.

Running out of Brits today, though it seems there's a lot more playing tomorrow including Priyan De Mel who won a sattelite last night.

Nicolas Levi, the almighty 'Hatpimp' is out, he'd raised out of the small blind with Sevens getting one caller, bet a 2-3-4 flop before pushing on the King turn which he reasoned was most likely a blank, except his opponent had called his raise and flop bet with K-8...

[NoflopsHomer]

Dennis Plejdrup just went out in a really big pot just before the break.

He'd bet out on a but was re-raised all-in by we think by Adrian Koy and faced a big decision for his tournament life. He stood-up and decided to go with his read and made the call with Jacks, a good call it turned out as his opponent was on a stone-cold bluff with until he spiked an Ace on the turn, winning what looked to be upwards of a 40k pot.