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

[NoflopsHomer]

The second day 1 and with all the Brits we've already mentioned, you can add Chris Moorman, Paul Jackson and Sunny Chattha to the mix, who will all be playing today. Literally, we'll shoot through the nine hours, which go very fast but leave no time for the bloggers to get food. Though to a certain extent I don't mind since, despite the hotel prices being relatively cheap, the food and drink are incredibly expensive) (Mad Harper was speechless when she asked for a bottle of wine which costs £40 here but would cost about £5 back in Spain. This forces us into Prague itself after the end of the day which isn't actually that bad a thing really, Prague at night is a pretty great place and whilst Maria was braving the cash games (she can claim to have played 100/200 now lol), I found a great little pizza place with the guys from Pokerlistings where you could get a freshly made pizza, a beer and a desert, all for about £8 altogether. So in summation, eating and drinking in the Hilton counts as a leak in your poker game.

Play restarts at 12pm (11am UK time)

For a fuller update, photos, and the ability to interact with the updaters please head over to the interactive thread.

[NoflopsHomer]

Chip Counts for Day 1A:

Adrian   Koy   115500
Maciej   Mazur   104300
Luigi   Rizzi   72800
Magnus   Petersson   72300
Maik   Daehling   61000
Adrian   Schaap   58700
Oskar   Silow   57300
Andrej   Nagy   56600
Jose   Navarro   50400
Michel   Abecassis   45100
Guillaume   Frechette   44900
Thierry   Labat   44500
Kristian   Kjondal   43800
Martin   Wendt   43600
Christer   Johansson   42600
Johan   Palokangas   40100
Jari   Kylmala   39900
Simon   Christensson   39700
Brynja   Sassoon   38000
Juhani   Junnilainen   37700
Marc   Karam   36700
Oyvind   Roysem   36200
Daan   Ruiter   35700
Maria   Maceiras   35600
Ken   Lennaard   34400
Loris   Brunelli   33600
Jorma   Nuutinen   33400
David   Penly   32300
Remo   Meyer   32100
Arnaud   Mattern   31100
Dennis   Van Zoelen   31100
Menh   Hua   31000
Rob   Hollink   30700
Mugdat   Ter   30700
Jesper   Petersen   30000
John   Flanagan   29800
Tobias   Reinkemeier   28500
Katja   Thater   28400
Markus   Golser   27400
Frank   Stumpf   24800
Tony   Lindstedt   24200
Thomas   Wolfer   23900
Bjorn   Isberg   23300
Richard   Toth   23000
Britt   Petersen   22400
Zdedek   Habala   22200
Mark   Flowers   22000
Stefan   Mattsson   21700
Tobias   Persson   21500
Guillermo   Garcia   21200
Gabor   Kovacs   20800
Erik   Pettersson   20400
Henrik   Waltersson   17900
Boris   Yanpolskiy   17800
Francesco   De Vivo   17600
JeanPhilippe   Rohr   17500
Nedzib   Suman   17500
Jiri   Vacek   16900
Ghena   Dawoud   16700
Johannes   Korsar   16500
Adam   Gagliardi   15300
Kenneth   Hicks Jr   15300
Kevin   Thurman   15000
Marcel   Buissink   13300
Sebastian   Zink   12900
Pavel   Blatny   12300
Kenneth   Christensen   12000
Christian   Schackinger   11600
Ionel   Anton   11300
Joel   Gunnarsson   11100
Tommas   Olsen   10900
Huseyin   Erbay   10700
Rolf   Slotboom   10700
Jeff   Wang   10500
Peter   Bertelsen   10200
Daniel   Zink   10200
Christian   Karlsen   10100
Tilmann   Ebeling   9600
Massimiliano   Rosa   9200
Tomas   Kosicka   8800
Andrea   Manganelli   8100
Jiri   Hlavaty   7800
Jeff   Sharpe   7400
Simon   Taylor   6800
Andrew   Luetchford   1230
Hans   Eskilsson   700

[Chili]

Holy Moly the contrast between yesterday and today is incredible.  In a bizarre twist of letters (and no offence to any players from yesterday) its like yesterday was the B Team & today the A Team of poker sharks.  A short list of spotted sofars:

Andeas Hoivold
William Thorson
Sunny Chattha
Praz Bansi
Karl Mahrenholz
Priyan De Mel
Annette Obrestad
Peter Jepson
Chris Moorman
Florian Langmann
Paul Jackson
Joe Grech
Luca Pagano
Thomas Wahlroos
Juha Helpi
Willie Tann
Dario Minieri
Pascal Perrault
Tony Phillips
Marcel Barran
Leo Kam
Jan Stavic
Jani Sointula
Bertrand Grosspeilier "ELKY"
Barny Boatman
Age Spets
Trond Erik Eidsvig
Dag Mikkelson
Paul Gourlay
Ramzi Jelassi

[NoflopsHomer]

Willie Tann has got an early boost, on a , Betsson qualifier Frednik Jafs confidently flipped over after being all-in only for Willie to show for the flopped house, he's on 20k already.



Benjo-lookalike Luca Pagano and Joe Grech, who apparently won the big event in Paris last week.




Annette Obrestad has doubled through with the stellar , the board was reading , her opponent had bet out, she'd raised him and he set her all-in, to which she instantly called. He showed missing his gutshot as the board came running Aces. Annette up to about 18k.

[NoflopsHomer]

Roberto Romanello has turned up late, but is probably wishing he hadn't turned up at all. He's already down to his last 1.5k after losing most of his chips with A-K on a K-x-3 board to a flopped set of threes.

Barny Boatman is equally short, he hit his set but ran straight into a set.


Quote of the day. "Annette Obrestad is so good at poker that she can win online sit and goes without turning on her computer."

Expect a calvacade of Annette 'facts' a la Jack Bauer or Chuck Norris.

[Chili]

Some chip counts:

Mark Freidman  13k  (been all in 5 times already and still has more than starting stack).
Andreas Hoivold  10,200
Sunny Chatta  22k  (some chips courtesty of one of Friedman's all in)
Annette Obrestad  18,000
Chris Moorman  13,600 (and is very happy, I quote "I won a hand!")
Paul Jackson  11,600  ("flying ahead of schedule!")
Juha Helpi  11,100
Priyan De Mel  15,000
Willie Tann  15,200
Dario Minieri  3,600
Tony Phillips  9,000
Karl Mahrenholz  14,000
Praz Bansi  13,000
Leo Kam  5,500
Stuart Rutter  8,250

[NoflopsHomer]

Cheers guys, I'll look for him shortly.

Barny Boatman, Roberto Romanello and Thor Hansen are all OUT. The last was allegedly seen leaving crying, "By the Hammer of Thor!!!"



Leo Kam -- 21k
Paul Gourlay -- 6k
Cristiano Blanco -- 45k

A nostagic bit of mateyboy madness for you now.

There's a raise to 400 from early position, 3 calls including the big blind.

Flop:



The big blind, the initial raiser, and the first caller all check to the the last caller who bets 1,600. The big blind moves all-in for about 10,000, the original raiser passes, the first caller shovels his chips into the middle leaving scorch marks on the table whilst the player who made the flop bet folds Jacks face up.

Matey in the big blind:



Matey first caller:



Turn:



River:

[Chili]

Here is the full player list for today's runners, of course some of these have been eliminated alreday.  Incidently its looking like a total of 550 players over the 2 days which makes this the biggest event for the EPT so far this season.

Addison Craig  34 2
Adolfsson Niclas Sweden 12 8
Aidonopoulos Theodoros Cyprus 25 9
Alacqua Gino Italy 9 5
Aubin Denis  20 6
Bano Flavio Italy 20 9
Bansi Pramesh UK 32 9
Baran Marcel Germany 17 9
Barberio Matteo Italy 37 2
Barou Thierry  32 8
Darcourt Guillaume France 12 4
Becker Rene Germany 9 4
Bejedal Dennis Sweden 30 2
Bellusci Sandro Italy 15 4
Ben Soussan Cyril France 37 4
Benzmira Christophe France 28 1
Berdugo Saul France 19 9
Berggren David Sweden 16 1
Bergstrom Mattias Swden 37 8
Biechel Remi France 30 7
Binelli Robert Italy 36 8
Bittar Ghassan UK 29 4
Bjarnason Yngvi Norway 26 4
Blanco Cristiano Italy 22 2
Blumenthal Nicholas USA 25 7
Boatman Barrny UK 8 1
Boivin Romain  32 3
Braga Ricardo Portugal 37 3
Brolin Tomas Sweden 24 7
Brummelhuis Michel Holland 21 8
Busino Stefano Italy 22 5
Bussman Ralf Sweden 15 9
Cabalet Jean Pierre France 16 10
Celsi Simone Italy 12 1
Chattha Sunny UK 37 7
Chidwick Stephen Sweden 29 9
Chmiel Pawel Poland 27 8
Christofferson Paul  24 1
Cimaglia Fernando Italy 29 3
Cinar Mehmet Sweden 10 1
Clemmensen Martin Denmark 14 2
Czerwinski Krzysztof Poland 21 7
Dalimore Mark USA 15 6
Danielsson Jonas Sweden 12 5
De Bakker Koren Holland 30 6
De Gaetano Marco Italy 11 10
De Mel Priyhan UK 25 2
Debu Marius Romania 29 5
Devlin Stephen UK 26 7
Dhorasso Vikash  21 1
Di Renzo Carlo Italy 23 9
Didisheim Serge  17 4
Dinescu Ionut Romania 36 5
Donev Ivo  25 4
Donnelly John Ireland 29 6
Drexel Thor Denmark 27 6
Durrer Michael Denmark 28 5
Eastgate Peter Denmark 27 3
Eidsvig Trond Norway 14 3
El Murr Carl Lebanon 15 8
Ellis Michael UK 39 8
Erath Tobias Austria 18 8
Eriksson Mattias Sweden 37 1
Escudero Victor Spain 32 1
Etayo Javier Spain 33 3
Faraci Franco  33 7
Fechette Seffanita  16 7
Feinberg Bryan Israel 29 7
Feldman Andrew UK 17 10
Feliciaggi Jean  35 6
Fitzpatrick William UK 29 8
Flink Robert Sweden 38 3
Forus Tarjei Norway 23 8
Fougeron Thomas France 16 8
Frederic Leca France 22 3
Friedman Mark USA 37 6
Furnival Dan  30 3
Furst Mikael Sweden 28 9
Geoghegan Sylvester Ireland 27 10
Gerin Stephan France 23 6
Gimeno Ivan Spain 18 6
Giovannone Luca Italy 30 9
Goesten Aa  22 7
Golko Ofer Israel 16 2
Goodall Nicholas UK 28 2
Gormley Paul  31 2
Gourlay Paul UK 11 2
Grech Joseph France 33 9
Green Brian USA 10 2
Grospellier Bertrand “ElkY” France 21 3
Grossi Paulo Italy 34 7
Gustafsson Erik Sweden 25 8
Gustavsson Filip Sweden 9 8
Hagen Andreas Denmark 18 7
Hales Michael UK 10 5
Hall Niklas Sweden 29 1
Hallstrom Mika Finland 9 7
Hanell Alexander Sweden 31 9
Hansen Casper Denmark 12 10
Hansen Thor Norway 20 5
Hapak Samuel Hungary 31 1
Haran Sanjay  31 7
Harvey Charles Ireland 39 2
Hauge Kai Are Norway 30 1
Hedlund Peter Sweden 36 9
Helppi Juha Finland 30 5
Henck Thomas Germany 32 10
Heyati Farad Sweden 12 7
Hochmuth Thomas  33 2
Hoivold Andreas Denmark 35 7
Holm Thomas  17 6
Horecki Marcin Poland 35 2
Hostrup Carl Denmark 11 9
Hruby Martin Czech Republic 8 3
Hyden Martin Sweden 12 2
Iacovides Christakis UK 8 8
Iecher Flavio Italy 31 3
Jackson Paul UK 39 9
Jafs Fredrick Finland 24 2
Jagodik Alexander  27 7
Jelassi Ramzi Sweden 11 8
Jensen Brian Denmark 21 6
Jepsen Peter Denmark 35 9
Johanessen Roger Norway 29 2
Johansen Johnny Norway 38 7
Jorgensen Theo Denmark 19 7
Judet Antoanell Romania 10 7
Juvonen Jukka Finland 24 5
Kallmeyer Juan Spain 36 3
Kam Leo Canada 21 4
Kamar Fadi Liban 10 3
Kamatakis Iliodoros Greece 38 2
Keiner Michael Germany 24 10
Keitel Fredrik Germany 25 10
Kelly Gavin Ireland 20 1
Kelopuro Sami Finland 22 8
Kibler-Melby Cort USA 38 9
Kienhuis Carlos  36 7
Kildanen Bjorn-Andre Norway 29 10
Klaning Jens Denmark 10 10
Klausen Jonas Denmark 14 9
Kmet Stephen USA 25 5
Knuepfer Volkard Germany 20 3
Kollmann Erich Austria 18 10
Kongsgaard Soren Denmark 38 1
Koskas Eric France 27 5
Kraibich Martin  15 1
Krause Andreas Germany 17 5
Kravaritis Christos Sweden 26 9
Krawczynski Leszek Poland 22 9
Kristoffersen Stefan  25 6
Kuskov Nikolaj Czech Republic 39 1
Kytoharju Jukka Finland 32 7
Lair Jean-Baptiste France 19 6
Langmann Florian Germany 33 10
Laurila Mika Finland 21 2
Lauttamus Juha Finland 13 10
Leite Jorge Portugal 21 10
Lellouche Antony France 14 4
Liakos Nikolas Sweden 15 10
Lintzel Tobias Germany 27 9
Lopez Francisco Spain 11 4
Mach Zdenek Czech Republic 8 7
Madsen Mikkel USA 32 5
Mahrenholz Karl UK 16 9
Malak Vladimir Czech Republic 39 3
Malone Kevin  16 3
Maloney Perry Canada 36 4
Manji Ayaz  25 1
Manninen Reijo Finland 19 4
Margola Giorgio Italy 36 10
Marmion Ian Ireland 16 6
Martucci Germano Italy 24 3
Massalsky Enrico  14 6
Massucci Marco Italy 18 1
Mathiesen Thomas Norway 32 6
Mattila Ville Finland 25 3
McDonald Mike Canada 21 5
Meere Peter Holland 32 2
Mestre Raul Spain 8 2
Michael Joseph USA 33 6
Mihu Cristian Romania 28 4
Mikalsen Sondre Sweden 36 2
Mikkelsen Dag Martin Norway 13 8
Mikovic Aljosa Yugoslavia 13 9
Mikus Jan Slovakia 30 10
Milanov Alexandar Bulgaria 15 7
Minieri Dario Italy 30 8
Nunes Joao Portugal 8 10
Monnier Yann France 9 2
Moorman Christopher UK 39 5
Mouawad Joseph Lebanon 27 2
Mueller Gerd  34 8
Mulder Yannic Holland 38 6
Mullan Owen UK 39 6
Murr Jihad Lebanon 14 1
Muñoz Simon Spain 27 4
Nielsen Jeppe  16 5
Niesert Christoph  19 8
Nigioni David Monaco 19 5
Nikkhah Shahrokh UK 23 5
Nobili Tanja  28 7
Norberg Robert Sweden 10 8
Nordin Mikael Sweden 24 8
Norinder Mikael  24 4
Nyman Ville Petteri Finland 37 5
Obal Krisztian Hungary 33 1
Obrestad Annette Norway 26 8
Ofer Alexander  26 5
Olsen Knud Denmark 14 8
Olsen Rune Denmark 28 3
Olsson Pernilla  20 4
Oneill Michael UK 39 4
Ostensson Jimmy Sweden 9 9
Paasisalo Jarkko Finland 9 3
Paasonen Mika Finland 19 2
Paez Corral Raul Spain 14 10
Pagano Luca Italy 33 8
Palevic Rifat Sweden 13 7
Palovic Dag Slovakia 9 10
Pannozzo Walter  18 2
Paruszewski Piotr UK 33 5
Pastor Juan Manuel Spain 22 10
Patel Minal  12 9
Pavlicek Tommy Canada 23 2
Pedersen Dan Denmark 23 7
Perez Diego Spain 35 4
Perrault Pascal France 22 1
Peterlongo Mariano Italy 39 10
Peterson Thomas  26 6
Pettersson Anders Sweden 31 8
Pham Minh Dan Germany 34 9
Phillips Antony UK 28 6
Pistilli Marco  34 6
Poleshchuk Vladimir Russia 14 7
Portal Alexia  23 4
Power Nicky Ireland 26 1
Prestini Umberto Italy 38 4
Pulliainen Sami Finland 13 5
Puro Mika Finland 22 4
Raffay Stefan Tr94191 35 10
Rajala Cristian Romania 38 5
Top-Rasmussen Stig Germany 14 5
Reyman Shakil  20 2
Riviere Sebastian Sweden 19 10
Roche Peter Ireland 35 5
Rodriguez Carles Spain 31 4
Romanello Roberto UK 13 4
Roumeliotis Alexander Sweden 39 7
Roy Alain France 19 3
Rozema Jonathan Holland 23 10
Ruane Brendan Ireland 17 2
Ruthenberg Sebastian Germany 17 3
Rutter Stuart UK 36 1
Ryan Daniel USA 34 1
Saab Imad Lebanon 13 2
Saarisilta Nichlas Sweden 30 4
Sahl Hakan Sweden 26 2
Sanchez Thorn Raymi Sweden 27 1
Sandgren Conny Sweden 12 6
Schafer Frank Germany 28 8
Scheili Richard Hungary 10 6
Schneider Andre Germany 18 5
Schoennermark Ulrica Finland 35 3
Schulz Patrick  17 1
Schwarze Konstantin Germany 11 6
Secara George Romania 15 3
Sevilla Luis Spain 34 3
Sikias Tarek Lebanon 15 2
Simcelescu Dan Romania 22 6
Sjavik Jan Norway 21 9
Slate Carl USA 34 5
Smidt Daniel  17 8
Sointula Jani Finland 20 7
Sorensen Henrik Denmark 31 5
South Cole USA 13 3
Spets Age Norway 10 9
Spielmann Leond  11 5
Spigolon Alberto Italy 8 5
Steel Guy UK 19 1
Stiegler Danny Germany 24 6
Strassmann Johannes Germany 17 7
Striz Frantisek Czech Republic 9 1
Sundell Gustav  35 1
Szikrai Istvan Hungary 11 7
Tann Willie UK 24 9
Teng Andrew UK 26 3
Thorsen William Sweden 35 8
Tiikkaja Taneli  34 4
Timoshenko Yevgeniy USA 32 4
Torelli Alec USA 13 6
Torres Santiago Spain 13 1
Totsch Daniel Italy 18 4
Tsaoussis Charalampos Greece 20 8
Tutev Yavor Bulgaria 9 6
Valero Lopez Jose-Luis Spain 23 1
Valikoski Santeri Finland 12 3
Van Leer Erik Holland 20 10
Veiga Andre Portugal 38 8
Vellema Peter Holland 33 4
Vinci Rosario Italy 28 10
Vivet Nicolai Denmark 18 3
Volak Pavol Slovakia 23 3
Vollers Steven Holland 8 9
Vullion Pascal France 8 4
Waero Rolf Norway 8 6
Wahlroos Thomas Finland 31 6
Weizer Josh USA 16 4
Wetsteijn Bart Holland 38 10
Wiklund Martin Sweden 11 3
Witt Marco Germany 36 6
Wolbers Ben  15 5
Zaicik Jacques France 34 10
Zijda Rein Holland 18 9

[NoflopsHomer]

Hi,

first time poster here with a request. Do you have any idea how Erik van Leer is doing? He probably wears an Everest Poker Shirt with his usual oversized Bulgary glasses. Pretty small kid with short curly hair.

Here he is, with about 7k looking like he's had a few Czech beers! Just kidding, it was the only photo I could take before I got ushered along by a TD.



Gavin Kelly -- 8.2k
Nicky Power -- 9.5k

Priyan De Mel is back under 10k after losing out with K-4 to A-7 on a A-K-7-4-x board.



William Thorsen is OUT, he pushed all-in for around 3.2k after Andreas Hoivold had button raised to 800 with Threes to push the cut-off limper. Hoivold made the call, won the race and Norway claims another victory against Sweden in their unending battle to the death. (NB, though Thorsen is actually sponsored by a Norwegian site and Hoivold is sponsored by a UK site, so I say we claim this as one of our own...)

[NoflopsHomer]

1st prize has confirmed as €708,400 or £509,000 or $1,042,000 or, most importantly, 3,012 Palladium Ounces. Hopefully enough Palladium to keep you going for most of your life.

[NoflopsHomer]

Any updates on Nick Goodall, table 28 seat 2 (originally)?

Thanks in advance, fantastic work guys.

Roughly 16k as of 10 minutes ago



Annette Obrestad is OUT courtesy of the almightily named Alberto Spigolon.

Spigolon limped for 200, 'AllinStevie' Steve Devlin made it 800 and Annette raised to 2,800. Spigolon cold-called this bet and Allinstevie passed.

The flop was 4-4-2 and both players checked. Spigolon checked to Annette on the Jack turn, and she bet 3,750 which he called. He then checked the 8 river and she pushed for 10k. He made the call and showed Kings and she insta-mucked.

Nicky Power has doubled up with on a Ten-high two club board against Jacks, hitting an Ace on the turn.

Chris Moorman(1) raised to 600 after one limper with , and got two callers. The flop came 9-4-2 rainbow and he bet 1200 and one player called with just 2,700 behind. Moorman hit the 7 on the turn and set his opponent in, who called with 9-8 suited, the river giving Moorman a full house, though he was really perplexed that the other player didn't move in on the flop.

Joe Grech just called an all-in on a flop. With . And he was ahead. Against , the board bricked out, and the man who hates internet poker more than anyone I know added an extra 5k to his stack.

[NoflopsHomer]

1              € 708,400
2              € 407,300
3              € 235,300
4              € 182,200
5              € 151,800
6              € 119,000
7              € 93,600
8              € 63,200
9              € 39,200
10           € 39,200
11           € 27,800
12           € 27,800
13           € 20,200
14           € 20,200
15           € 15,200
16           € 15,200
17           € 12,650
18           € 12,650
19           € 12,650
20           € 12,650
21           € 12,650
22           € 12,650
23           € 12,650
24           € 12,650
25           € 10,100
26           € 10,100
27           € 10,100
28           € 10,100
29           € 10,100
30           € 10,100
31           € 10,100
32           € 10,100
33           € 8,850
34           € 8,850
35           € 8,850
36           € 8,850
37           € 8,850
38           € 8,850
39           € 8,850
40           € 8,850
41           € 7,600
42           € 7,600
43           € 7,600
44           € 7,600
45           € 7,600
46           € 7,600
47           € 7,600
48           € 7,600
49           € 6,380
50           € 6,380
51           € 6,380
52           € 6,380
53           € 6,380
54           € 6,380
55           € 6,380
56           € 6,380

[NoflopsHomer]

Paul Jackson is OUT, nothing spectacular though. An Ace King against a pair of Jacks, an unhelpful board and a then a short walk to the cash game.

Chris Moorman, on the same table, is over 25k now after more fun and games and non-stop hittage with suited gappers. He raised 6-4 from underthegun, and got action from the player he and nextdoor neighbour Ramzi Jelassi, kindly called, "The table donkey" who called with 8-7 suited. An 8-7-5 flop later and Moorman was raking in the chips.

[Chili]

Leo Kam, GUKPT London leg winner has steadily increased his chips from an early dent. A hand just evolved with Elky limping for 300 and Leo Kam next to him raising to 1,200.  His next neighbour Mike McDonald made the call as did Elky.  So 3 guys saw this flop:

    all 3 checked

Turn:    Elky checked, Leo bet 2,500 & Mike reraised to 5,500 total which Leo quickly called the xtra 3k.

River:      Leo Kam bet 4k - about half of what Mike had left and it looked like a semi reluctant call from Mike but he did. 

Leo showed  for the rivered flush and Mike looked sickened and mucked.

Mike McDonald  4,800
Leo Kam  circa  36,000

Elky, Kam, McDonald  (Karl M just moved to the table)

[Chili]

Gavin Kelly is OUT,  his  was no match for  and flopped quads!!

Age Spets is also OUT and is seen smiling his way around the way as we speak.