Pokerstars.com EPT Dortmund: Day 1a - Interactive

[Djinn]

Is the Boris Becker PR machine in full spin today or has his appearance been sliced?

Boris won't be playing, Pokerstars apparently found out that he never played Real tennis. Must be quite embarassing, but could be a blessing in disguise unless he actually knows how to play poker.

Just kidding, Boris is a lock! Everyone else will have to fight for second place!

Actually we heard that the new sports star player will probably not be making an appearance, despite having been under the expert tuition of Jan Heitmann for a full week or so, due to actual and quite serious illness.  Sorry, fans.

[AndrewT]

Voila! The full player list as it stands at the moment...

alibo-Oliver Zjacic 108
Michael Wierzema 109

Sevinc Neumann 201
Lukasz Wasek 206
Lex Veldhuis 207
Christian Walczewski 208
Thibaut Durand 209

Senol Dede 301
Maciej Mazur 302
Reijo Antilla 303
Cort Kibler-Melby 304
Kai Herold 306
Dominik Kulicki 309

Illari Sahamies 403
Dustin Mele 404
Marcel CCesarz 406
Erik Skarp 408

Ahmed Koc  503
Macrel Baran 504
Olvedo Heinze 507
Waldemar Winke 508
Ville Mattila 509

Walter Porschen 601
Luigi Rizii 602
Mika Paasonen 603
Gijsbertus Spijkers 604
Jordane Beraldin 605
Timo Hendricks 606
Henrik Kask 607
Bulent Karsli 608

Tobias Reinkemeier 702
Juha Jaako 703
Gino Alacqua 705

Andre Schutzenhofer 801
Stefan Fuchs 802
Sebastian Zink 803
Gareth Teatum 804
Remko Kleijnen 805
Nedzib Suman 808

Jonas Odman 901
Giorgio Salemi 903
Martin El-Kehr 904
Richard Teatum 905
Ikka Koskinen 907
Richard Fohrenbach 908
Peyman Mohammeadzedeh 909

Malte Strothmann 1003
Jethro Wicha 1004
Kenneth Ljungars 1005
Marek Kolk 1006
Ciric Morade 1007

Carmello Vasta 1101
Oguz Helvaci 1102
Korosh Mollaie 1105
Ulrica Skonnemark 1107
Franz Josef Josten 1108
Marius Pospiech 1109

Alexander Kostritsyn 1202
Alberto Spigolon 1203
Nils Mazeaud 1208

Horst Erfurth 1301
Mimmo Giacomelli 1305

Dariusz Paszkiewicz 1401
Yngve Anderberg 1402
Viet Hung Tran 1403
Xizobiao Cai 1404
Sjoerd Bos 1406

Berd Westhoff 1501
Vladimir Poleshchuk 1502
Vito Branciforte 1505
Andrej Nagy 1507

Haward Speer 1601
Jorg Engels 1602
Maurice Schepp 1603
Trevor Fishbein 1605
Ramzi Jelassi 1607
Mazlum Acar 1608

Stefan Hachmeister 1704
Alex Leviev 1707
Csaba Kuremszki 1801
Derek Dix 1802
Riccardo Mazzitelli 1805
Jarkko Paasisalo 1806
Nil Kristian Brattelteig 1809

Cyrille Chabot 1904
Daniele Mazzia 1905
Alexander Jagodik 1907

Michiel Brummelhuis 2002
Pal Hjertenes 2003
Cornelius Eldering 2008
Joep Durkstra 2009

Rifat Palevic 2203

By my reckoning all these names are spelt incorrectly - none of them sound like proper names at all.

My 1-2-3 for the tournament is Koc Fuchs Dix.

[Djinn]

This looks like it could be an interesting table right from the start...

Vincent Gosselink 1701
Sorel Mizzi 1702
Dario Minieri 1703
Stefan Hachmeister 1704
Kasper Nielsen 1705
Katja Thater 1706
Alex Leviev 1707
Claudio Rinaldi 1708
Hans Eskilsson 1709

Check out the Mizzi/Minieri neighbourhood of Raise and Raisier... now that most (but not all) 198 players are seated I could get some pictures while they are still looking intense and grumpy from the queueing process, which I am sure they'll all appreciate.

[NoflopsHomer]

Is the Boris Becker PR machine in full spin today or has his appearance been sliced?

Boris won't be playing, Pokerstars apparently found out that he never played Real tennis. Must be quite embarassing, but could be a blessing in disguise unless he actually knows how to play poker.

Just kidding, Boris is a lock! Everyone else will have to fight for second place!

Actually we heard that the new sports star player will probably not be making an appearance, despite having been under the expert tuition of Jan Heitmann for a full week or so, due to actual and quite serious illness.  Sorry, fans.

(Spot reserved for when I can think of another amusing Tennis pun)

[TightEnd]

the Cupboard's bare for Boris puns?

[tikay]

Good grief, what a Player List. Thanks from all of us at home for taking the time to type up that lot, it must have taken an age, especially with those German names in such abundance. Are they real names, or just anagrams?

Regular Updates please on....

Gijsbertus Spijkers

Tobias Reinkemeier

Andre Schutzenhofer

Gareth Teatum. (Is that Red-Dog in disguise?)

Peyman Mohammeadzedeh

I thank you.

[JungleCat03]

I thought introducing Thomas Kremser with "Eye of the Tiger" was somewhat inappropriate.

 What could the sharp suited, well spoken, erudite Thomas Kremser possibly have in common with the legendary brawler Rocky?

This photo answered my concerns. They both have a will of steel.



Behold Kremser's impeccable delivery. He continues unperturbed, despite the fact a huge lorry is about to crash through the glass windows behind him. The man has no fear!

(Apologies for blurriness, no way to take a clear shot from the vantage point)

Here are a few shots of the playing arena to give you an idea of the table layout...

[Djinn]

Icy Katja Thater has had a good start to the first level, just now attracting a horde of journalists as she raised her opponent (probably but not certainly Stefan Hachmeister) to 4,500 from 1,600 with a board reading ...  A very long dwell during which many many photos were taken - and who was I to be the odd one out - and then he passed, reluctantly.  I think an was shown, for some reason.

[Djinn]

Good news for Graham Clarkson fans, too - he related this happy tale of early chips to me as I was passing through the room on the slightly overwhelming First Reconnaissance...

He picked up , raised it to 200, and found a re-raiser in position.  He called the 600 and flopped J-9-4.  "I quite liked that."  So he bet out a sneaky 700, was raised to 2,600 and said he was happy against a probable overpair: call.  The turn brought an which also brought a possible flush - now it went check-check... he wasn't so delighted with that, but he was delighted to see a blank river and A-8 in his opponent's hand...

Here he is, not letting his delight show, next to an immaculately-coiffed dealer lady.

[JungleCat03]

Ok, here is the full player list, including all 198 runners, courtesy of the benevolent folk at Pokerstars.

LastName   FirstName   Table   Seat
Milanov   Alexandar   1   1
Gill   Carter   1   2
Till   Sebastian   1   3
Kuzmin   Alexander   1   4
Simon   Sandro   1   5
Otto   Herbert   1   6
Storakes   Johan   1   7
Zjacic   Dalibor-Oliver   1   8
Wiertzema   Michael   1   9
Neumann   Sevinc   2   1
Roussel   Patrice   2   2
Poortinga   Yven   2   3
Marmann   Rolf   2   4
Peterson   Thomas   2   5
Wasek   Lukasz   2   6
Veldhuis   Lex   2   7
Walczewski   Christian   2   8
Durand   Thibaut   2   9
Dede   Senol   3   1
Mazur   Maciej   3   2
Antttila   Reijo   3   3
Kibler-Melby   Cort   3   4
Sandau   Daniel   3   5
Herold   Kai   3   6
Ebbing   Stefan   3   7
Koy   Adrian   3   8
Kulicki   Dominik   3   9
Vörtmann   Jens   4   1
Tas   Eran   4   2
Sahamies   Ilari   4   3
Mele   Dustin   4   4
Falk   Roland   4   5
Cesarz   Marcel   4   6
Ermer   Thomas   4   7
Skarp   Erik   4   8
Noll   Marco   4   9
Monti   Roberto   5   1
Pavilicek   Tommy   5   2
Koc   Ahmed   5   3
Baran   Marcel   5   4
Kieft   Jacques   5   5
Hancock   Christopher   5   6
Heinze   Olvedo   5   7
Winke   Waldemar   5   8
Mattila   Ville   5   9
Porschen   Walter   6   1
Rizzi   Luigi   6   2
Paasonen   Mika   6   3
Spijkers   Gijsbertus   6   4
Beraldin   Jordane   6   5
Hendriks   Timo   6   6
Kask   Henrik   6   7
Karsli   Bülent   6   8
Brockmann   Henrik   6   9
Hollink   Rob   7   1
Reinkemeier   Tobias   7   2
Lauttamus   Juha Jaako   7   3
Helppi   Juha   7   4
Alacqua   Gino   7   5
Kravchenko   Alexander   7   6
Iuncker   Laurent   7   7
Tournier   Edwin   7   8
Hachmeister   Andreas   7   9
Schützenhofer   Andre   8   1
Fuchs   Stefan   8   2
Zink   Sebastian   8   3
Teatum   Gareth   8   4
Kleijnen   Remko   8   5
Rossiter   Christopher   8   6
Hosen   Stuart   8   7
Suman   Nedzib   8   8
von Halle   Jan-Christoph   8   9
Ödman   Jonas   9   1
van der Berg   Thierry   9   2
Salemi   Giorgio   9   3
El-Kehr   Martin   9   4
Teatum   Richard   9   5
Amoros   Antonio   9   6
Koskinen   Ikka   9   7
Fohrenbach   Richard   9   8
Mohammadzadeh   Peyman   9   9
Boye   Jan   10   1
Gibson   Brent   10   2
Strothmann   Malte   10   3
Wicha   Jethro   10   4
Ljungars   Kenneth   10   5
Kolk   Marek   10   6
Morade   Ciric   10   7
Jelinek   Steve   10   8
Newton   Eric Toby   10   9
Vasta   Carmello   11   1
Helvaci   Oguz   11   2
Chatelain   Anthony   11   3
Chua   John   11   4
Mollaie   Korosh   11   5
Gallitti   Simone   11   6
Skönnemark   Ulrica   11   7
Josten   Franz Josef   11   8
Pospiech   Marius   11   9
McLeod   Scott   12   1
Kostritsyn   Alexander   12   2
Spigolon   Alberto   12   3
Schneider   Andre   12   4
Berman   Oliver   12   5
Sarling   Andreas   12   6
Roepke   Steve   12   7
Mazeaud   Nils   12   8
Werner   Ralf   12   9
Erfurth   Horst   13   1
van Zadelhoff   Steven   13   2
Guetermann   Matthias   13   3
Ruthenberg   Sebastian   13   4
Giacomelli   Mimmo   13   5
Mannsfeld   Angelika   13   6
Rahm Mats   Andres   13   7
Korsar   Johannes   13   8
Lifman   Markus   13   9
Paszkiewicz   Daruisz   14   1
Anderberg   Yngne   14   2
Tran   Viet Hung   14   3
Cai   Xiaobiao   14   4
Hansen   Tommy   14   5
Bos   Sjoerd   14   6
Lopez   Francisco   14   7
Lapido   Juan   14   8
Kay   Roberto   14   9
Westhoff   Berd   15   1
Poleshchuk   Vladimir   15   2
Manganelli   Andrea   15   3
Nawab   Mazhar   15   4
Branciforte   Vito   15   5
Blanko   Christiano   15   6
Nagy   Andrej   15   7
Allemann   Anton   15   8
Tournier   Matias   15   9
Speer   Haward   16   1
Engels   Jörg   16   2
Schepp   Maurice   16   3
Isaia   Alessio   16   4
Fishbein   Trevor   16   5
Peterson   Peter   16   6
Jelassi   Ramzi   16   7
Acar   Mazlum   16   8
Lindfors   Tommi   16   9
Gosselink   Vincent   17   1
Mizzi   Sorel   17   2
Minieri   Dario   17   3
Hachmeister   Stefan   17   4
Nielsen   Kasper   17   5
Thater   Katja   17   6
Leviev   Alex   17   7
Rinaldi   Claudio   17   8
Eskilsson   Hans   17   9
Csaba   Kuremszki   18   1
Dix   Derek   18   2
Valero   Jose Luis   18   3
Munoz   Simon   18   4
Mazzitelli   Riccardo   18   5
Paasisalo   Jarkko   18   6
Fougeron   Thomas   18   7
Marmorstein   Phillip   18   8
Bratteteig   Nils Kristian   18   9
Johansson   Simon   19   1
Lundholm   Gustav   19   2
Thew   Julian   19   3
Cyrille   Chabot   19   4
Mazzia   Daniele   19   5
Walley   Dan   19   6
Jagodik   Alexander   19   7
Iremark   Mats Erik   19   8
Toboc   Christian   19   9
Clarkson   Graham   20   1
Brummelhuis   Michiel   20   2
Hjertenes   Pål   20   3
Hackett   Jason   20   4
Soesman   Leroy   20   5
Smidt   Daniel   20   6
Ruiter   Daniel   20   7
Eldering   Cornelius   20   8
Durkstra   Joep   20   9
Escudero   Victor   21   1
Lehmann   Markus   21   2
Alblas   Kees   21   3
van Luijk   Dirk   21   4
Espinar   Jose Miguel   21   5
Klecz   Christiane   21   6
Kranich   Moritz   21   7
Nguyen   Thang Duc   21   8
Straßmann   Johannes   21   9
Kollmann   Erich   22   1
Perez Marco   Diego   22   2
Palevic   Rifat   22   3
Krause   Andreas   22   4
Istvàn   Szikrai   22   5
McDonald   Michael   22   6
Metaal   Govert   22   7
Lee   Redmond   22   8
Mathis   Rino   22   9




I'm off to find out how some unusually named players are doing...(thanks guys  )

[Juanzo]

Hello,
Could you please update on Pakito and Juan Maceiras. They are in table 14, seats 7 and 8.
You know Pakito from several EPT, GUKPT. Else i can upload a picture.
Thanks a lot.
Juan.

[Djinn]

Regular updates on Ahmed Koc, Jethro Wicha and Gijsbertus Spijker please.

Ask, and you shall receive.  Ask in jest, and you shall receive, grudgingly.

Ahmed Koc:


Jethro Wicha:


Gijsbertus Spijker (the stripey hoodied one, although neighbours on either side Mika Paasonen and Jordane Beraldin Show the Camera more Love):

[glorious]

Good news for Graham Clarkson fans, too - he related this happy tale of early chips to me as I was passing through the room on the slightly overwhelming First Reconnaissance...

He picked up , raised it to 200, and found a re-raiser in position.  He called the 600 and flopped J-9-4.  "I quite liked that."  So he bet out a sneaky 700, was raised to 2,600 and said he was happy against a probable overpair: call.  The turn brought an which also brought a possible flush - now it went check-check... he wasn't so delighted with that, but he was delighted to see a blank river and A-8 in his opponent's hand...

Here he is, not letting his delight show, next to an immaculately-coiffed dealer lady.

Nice one Graham   

Keep it up!

[DaveShoelace]

This looks like it could be an interesting table right from the start...

Vincent Gosselink 1701
Sorel Mizzi 1702
Dario Minieri 1703
Stefan Hachmeister 1704
Kasper Nielsen 1705
Katja Thater 1706
Alex Leviev 1707
Claudio Rinaldi 1708
Hans Eskilsson 1709

Check out the Mizzi/Minieri neighbourhood of Raise and Raisier... now that most (but not all) 198 players are seated I could get some pictures while they are still looking intense and grumpy from the queueing process, which I am sure they'll all appreciate.

Anyone fancy a little minieri vs mizzi last longer bet? I take the lil Italian to bust first.

[Djinn]

Hello,
Could you please update on Pakito and Juan Maceiras. They are in table 14, seats 7 and 8.
You know Pakito from several EPT, GUKPT. Else i can upload a picture.
Thanks a lot.
Juan.

Sure.  How handy that they were drawn right next to each other, eh...