Pokerstars.com Bahamas EPT: Day 1B - Interactive

[NoflopsHomer]

Here we go again, and like Bill Chen on the dancefloor, we shall be an unstoppable force when it comes to getting you updates on the players today. Last night was a bit of an odd-one as I ended up in the club Allure alongside some of the Pokerstars people as well as Kara Scott, any preconceptions that I had that this was going to be a Vegas-style club with stupid dress-codes and hugely expensive drinks were proved to completely wrong correct. To top it off, the 's idea of mixing records was to play both tracks incredibly loudly and hope you didn't realise when one track was suddenly turned off. Sadly however, having seen the state of some of the patrons who were on the dancefloor, my request for Kanye West's "Gold Digger" was unfortunately turned down.

Play will begin at 12pm (5pm UK time)

Here are the chip counts from yesterday, note the name in 2nd place currently, Steve Paul Ambrose, actually won this event a couple of years ago.

Ryan Collett   176,450
Steve Paul-Ambrose   170,925
Diego Pérez   169,100
Stephan Kjerstad   144,575
Eric Lynch   141,675
Joshua Ewing   137,875
Johan Til   137,225
José Cuenca   129,950
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier   123,825
Allisen Connor   121,000
Johan Bergqvist   120,075
Dmitriy Kirin   118,325
Josh Arieh   109,800
Tore Lagerborg   103,950
Adam Bragar   101,025
Andrew Teng   99,600
Stuart Taylor   99,375
Raúl Lleida   98,550
Dave Scatchard   95,975
Allan Puzontyan   95,400
Michael Martin   95,025
Robert Weiss   92,500
Charles McCrink   89,275
Richard Geyer   89,125
David Wells   88,150
Stanislav Zavoyskiy   86,250
Christian Harder   86,025
Alex Michaels   85,000
Roger Tichenor   85,000
Ryan D'Angelo   84,775
Olvedo Heinze   82,450
Irina Liepina   82,125
Rhett Buttler   81,800
Jonas Egeberg   80,725
Randy Dorfman   79,875
Simon Munz   79,200
Bill Ezzo   79,100
Harold Fitzpatrick   78,775
Peter Jetten   76,775
Mauro Stivoli   76,400
Justin Rollo   75,450
Rohr Philippe   74,775
Kevin Schaffel   74,650
Daniel Burke   73,675
David Pham   73,325
Joseph Elpayaa   72,800
Kristoffer Edberg   71,350
Eric Liu   70,075
Craig Hopkins   69,925
Zev Roher   69,875
Joseph Dimartino   68,700
Kristian Kjondal   68,675
Anthony Cousineau   68,525
Nicolas Levi   68,175
Michael Cooper   66,225
Tony Calvin Burton   64,850
David Lacoste   64,775
Garrett Adelstein   64,225
Frank Nielsen   63,425
Mark Venegoni   62,800
Pierre Neuville   62,550
Daniel Smith   62,100
Noah Schwartz   62,000
Chris Crawford   60,700
Sander Braaksma   59,925
Brian Hawkins   59,400
Jason Levine   59,175
Jon Neyir   58,650
Chris Moneymaker   58,600
Eric Van der Burg   58,400
Valdemar Kwaysser   58,225
Don Mullis   58,200
Thierry Van Den Berg   58,150
Sean Gardiner   57,300
Andre Akkari   57,275
Alexander Eriksson   57,250
Glen Chorny   56,375
Richard Furay   56,350
Christian Toboc   55,650
Paul Holub   55,250
Robert Ford   55,000
Humberto Brenes   54,875
Greg Smith   53,725
Jonathan Screeney   53,625
David Benefield   53,550
Christophe Benzimra   53,200
Stephen Murphy   53,200
Minaya Manelic   52,600
Wilhelmina Detz   52,200
Benjamin Reed   52,075
John Zioulas   51,350
Eugenio Carmoneto   51,300
Victor Escudero   49,600
Jeffrey Papola   49,225
Johnny Lodden   48,900
David Héon-Althot   48,275
Fredrik Andersson   48,225
Jonathan Drane   48,200
John Roveto   48,175
Aleksander Bolotin   47,950
Christopher Andler   47,175
Daniel Shiff   46,675
Nick Niergarth   46,225
Jeremy Harkin   46,075
Brent Bibby   46,000
Ville Mattila   44,475
James Wisemiller   44,300
Mikael Hogbom   43,850
Keith Tilston   43,450
Hans-Ari Varsi   43,425
Rosamelia Ferreia   43,050
James Ferguson   43,000
Robert Wisiak   43,000
Christopher Walsh   42,975
Emil Henriksson   42,875
Michael Ries   42,550
Ted Lawson   42,000
Samuel Lehtonen   41,975
Freddy Sumanth   41,650
Travis Klein   41,550
John Dibella   40,650
Chad Batista   39,250
Ian Prevost   39,200
Rodney Pennington   37,750
Robert Delaney   37,475
Regent Lacroix   37,350
Jonathan Rozema   37,350
Lionel Nazarian   36,500
Justin Smith   35,875
Gregory Byard   35,175
Eric Benhamron   34,925
Jonathon Mercer   34,700
Derek Vandamme   34,625
Thomas Santoli   34,400
Abraham Rosenkrantz   34,325
Robert Preston   34,175
Joris Jaspers   33,825
Guy Sitbon   33,475
Dale Pinchot   32,600
Mark Levy   32,250
Eric Ladny   32,000
Jakob Brekken   31,800
Jesse Rockowitz   31,800
Patrick Kelly   31,700
Dov Shiff   31,625
Elton Tsang   31,625
Michael Katz   31,400
David Schultz   31,175
Christian Pereira   29,600
George Lusby   29,500
Bill Campbell   29,200
Thomas Dekker   29,000
Joseph Hammerman   28,675
Brett Levitzke   28,575
Thaddeus Wolff   27,650
Federico Stivoli   27,600
Stuart Paterson   27,500
Reid Walker   27,200
Peter Chan   27,100
James McCrink   27,100
Saul Ivan   26,625
Jospeh Aronesty   26,500
Louis Cohen   25,900
Thithi Tran,   25,850
Eugene Katchalou   25,550
William Pilossoph   25,425
Tomas Brolin   25,000
Julien Wellhoff   24,550
Chris Leveroni   24,200
David Baker   24,025
Grayson Phystor   23,725
Michael Melin   23,500
Stefan Katz   23,275
Eric Tomberlin   23,225
Evan Tindell   23,175
Bourbonnais Maurice   22,950
Bryan Shaffer   22,850
Hans Eskilsson   22,575
Davide Sciabbarrasi   22,075
Ben Grise   21,925
Arthur Van der Meeren   21,450
Gary Newman   21,400
Björn Lindblom   21,275
Michael Gaubert   21,075
Jim Cleveborg   21,000
Peter Gould   20,850
Arnaud Mattern   20,375
Robert Bradley   20,350
John Phan   20,050
Gerald Banach   19,800
Anton Talle   18,100
Carter Gill   17,900
Tyler Dickinson   17,700
Ray Sukkar   17,350
Thor Hansen   17,300
Victor Ramdin   17,300
Mikhael Saakian   17,200
Julian Thew   16,950
Dang Trai   16,425
Thomas Mørland   16,400
Chris Grigorian   16,275
James Lampropoulos   15,975
Hunter Frey   15,950
Danny Stiegler   15,875
Jacques Zaicik   15,700
Otto Richard   15,475
Joseph Michael   15,450
Raymond Thomas Jr.   15,425
Steven Tabb   14,550
Lars-Egil Nielsen   14,500
Chris Lee   14,000
Guillame De La Gorce   13,950
Trevor Williams   13,775
Eric Tracy   13,175
Sean Bruder   12,850
Peter Busch   12,700
David Colclough   12,650
Robert Emond   12,025
Andrew Lichtenberger   11,950
Justin Phillips   11,625
Kathy Liebert   11,175
Nicholas Schulman   11,000
Tom West   10,650
Andrew Schultz   10,300
Ed Bender   10,250
Andrew Boccia   9,725
Jeremy Menard   8,875
Mats Båtnes   8,800
Søren Nielsen   8,475
Craig Loucks   7,300
David Morgan   6,250
James Crockett   4,400

[dalzini]

Glad to see John Screeney had made it through to Day 2 with 53k, keep up the good work son.

[mel0dy_am]

you guys should probably cover clayton "clayton_27" newman

i heard he is sexy o_0

*wink

[Paulsson]

us swedes sure have something to learn from you english when it comes to live updating. Keep up the good work guys!


Now... 

 

[NoflopsHomer]

you guys should probably cover clayton "clayton_27" newman

i heard he is sexy o_0

*wink

Is he the 2+2 regular?

[Tractor]

Lets hope Julian Thew can get a double up and get busy.
Cheers for the updates.

Just realised this is 1b, 

[GNAV]

Thought Kjøndal was out...but he is listed with 68k,  but according to a another site, he's out.  Can you confirm he is still inn?

[NoflopsHomer]

Thought Kjøndal was out...but he is listed with 68k,  but according to a another site, he's out.  Can you confirm he is still inn?

Having spoken to Mad, we think he's out too and that this was a mistake. I don't remember him being that chipped up, so assume he's out for now...

[snoopy1239]

Howdy ho, peeps! The good news is that we have started, and Floppy is currently thick in the battlefield player spotting and checking out the early action. I, meanwhile, have been entangled in a pit of confusion with the quite splendid Humberto Brenes as we and try and break the language barrier down. My English isn't great at the best of times, and, having spent less time in the US than people think, his grasp of the English language isn't as good as the rest of his family and many of the players that tour the circuit.

However, he really is a top chap and has a lot to say when you pull him away from the razzmatazz of top flight tournament poker. He still maintains that bubbly personality that we see at the table, but instead of flashing the sharks in my face like a mentalist, he knows when to be serious. During our 30 minutes or so of Parkinson-esque chat, we discussed a variety of topics ranging from life on the road to players he genuinely admires in the game to what he thinks about the current state of modern day poker. We even spoke about those infamous sharks and whether or not they are part of a long-term strategy of his game. It really was a very enjoyable interview, but unfortunately for you, you're just going to have to wait till I write it up and publish it on the blonde poker Main Site before you can read it.

[tollef]

Updates on Håkon Bentsen and Magnus Tollefsen would be great.


/tollef

[NoflopsHomer]

We've managed to lose a player in the very first hand over on table 47, Amsterdam Masters Classic winner Trone Eidsvig was sitting there giggling like a schoolgirl as another player told me about the disappearance of the player from seat 3. They'd seen a Q-T-5-2-x board where Mateyboy 1 had bet 2,000 on the river with Queens and Mateyboy 2 had decided to push for his stack with Kings, needless to say he was quickly called, and quickly out.

The big names and the Brits are out in force today...

Daniel Negreanu, in full chirpy hamster mode.



David Williams, in laconic coffee-drinking mode.



Nick Gibson, in 'Don't mess with me, sunshine' mode.



James Akenhead, in 'I'm in the Bahamas and it's raining' mode.

[NoflopsHomer]

Updates on Håkon Bentsen and Magnus Tollefsen would be great.


/tollef

I've found them on the player list, will check on them shortly.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jeff Kimber, just as I took this photo, I got a text message from someone asking how to play Ace Jack OOP.



TJ Cloutier. Someone give him a gentle nudge please.



Noah Boeken, (showing his support for the Cuban Regime) and Hevad 'The Wrath of' Khan. Both have lost a few chips early on to Martin Wendt.

[NoflopsHomer]

Bill Edler, Gunnar Osterbrod with Jannicke from Betsson sneaking into the photo too.



Karl Mahrenholz, looks like he lost his lips in the cash game last night.



Greg Raymer, incredibly popular here with the players more so than the spectators.

[LLevan]

"Karl Mahrenholz, looks like he lost his lips in the cash game last night."

Is Karl in the Bahamas or is this a twin centre poker tournament, maybe he's frightened of getting sunburnt.