Pokerstars.com EPT Dortmund: Day 1a - Interactive

[bobby1]

Is the guy in the hand of God shirt Thomas Bihl?

[Djinn]

Mazhar Nawab is here, playing only his second EPT event, and therefore showing no surprise at the slow rate of player elimination thus far.  "I don't know how it's supposed to go..." he mused, before filling us in on some hands which helped his stack increase to its current 22k.  "I played Aces under the gun, but thought - I'm not going to limp here - raised, and everybody passed."  It turns out one of his bigger pots involved the , which he saw a two-club flop with against an agressive player in the blinds, who kept betting - 3.5k on the turn - but then check-folded the undangerous river.  "I think actually he was on a flush draw too," mused Maz, "And if it had come I'd have got the rest."

Other chips came from flopping the nut flush and just calling once, but scaring off his opponent with a bet on the turn which was designed to look weak but actually sent the short stack's cards into the muck.  Calmly chatting with Julian in the break, he also showed us some sunglasses which, "Some Italian guy on my table gave me for some reason."

[Djinn]

Is the guy in the hand of God shirt Thomas Bihl?

According to our player list Mr. Bihl isn't playing today, so that is pretty unlikely.  I can find out who it is though, as soon as they're back from the break.

[kazzen]

Hi guys

Any more updates on Graham Clarkson much appreciated!

Cheers

[Djinn]

Well, we were kind of hoping that full chip counts might appear during the dinner break, but weren't so sure about this that we didn't panic ten minutes before the end and run around counting as many stacks as possible before the players came back and, quite reasonably, wanted to sit behind them...

SO here are a couple of tables' worth - special requests to follow...

Chip counts at the end of the dinner break(s)

Berd Westhoff 1501 -- 6,075
Vladimir Poleshchuk 1502 -- 13,400
Andrea Manganelli 1503 -- 14,000
Mazhar Nawab 1504 -- 22,000
Vito Branciforte 1505 -- 2,825
Christiano Blanko 1506 -- 5,800
Andrej Nagy 1507 -- 15,025
Anton Allermann 1508 -- 9,750
Matias Tournier 1509 -- OUT
2107 Moritz Kranich -- 20,400

Haward Speer 1601 -- 12,200
Jorg Engels 1602 -- 9,950
Maurice Schepp 1603 -- 10,175
Alessio Isaia 1604 -- 8,775
Trevor Fishbein 1605 -- 3,900
Peter Peterson 1606 -- 6,500
Ramzi Jelassi 1607 -- 17,200
Mazlum Acar 1608 -- 23,000
Tommi Lindfors 1609 -- OUT/MOVED
1907 -- Alexander Jagodik -- 8,000

Vincent Gosselink 1701 -- 4,600
Sorel Mizzi 1702 -- 1,950
Dario Minieri 1703 -- OUT
Stefan Hachmeister 1704 -- OUT
1908 Mats Iremark -- 18,350
Kasper Nielsen 1705 -- 10,200
Katja Thater 1706 -- 8,600
Alex Leviev 1707 -- 26,500
Claudio Rinaldi 1708 -- 27,400
Hans Eskilsson 1709 -- 16,100

[Djinn]

Hi guys

Any more updates on Graham Clarkson much appreciated!

Cheers

Mr. Clarkson has dropped to 7,500 after reaching the dizzying heights of 16k not long ago.  A couple of big pots, most notably a race against an all-in-pre short stack where his AK failed to hit against pocket Tens, and he's lost a few.  But at least he had a nice dinner which, as he put it, "Was a deal at €70."  With no sarcasm whatever in his voice.  At all.

[Djinn]

Any update on Mike "Timex" McDonald would be appreciated.
Thank-you.

Stack a healthy 20,500...Jumper an odd orange/brown stripe...I think we've found your man! Junglecat is currently working the photo magic on his computer which keeps cutting him off, so pictorial evidence of Mr. McDonald to follow shortly. 

[kazzen]

Heh heh,

Yeah, I'm sure there was none at all!

Thanks very much for the update though.

[Geo the Sarge]

Hi guys

Any more updates on Graham Clarkson much appreciated!

Cheers

Mr. Clarkson has dropped to 7,500 after reaching the dizzying heights of 16k not long ago.  A couple of big pots, most notably a race against an all-in-pre short stack where his AK failed to hit against pocket Tens, and he's lost a few.  But at least he had a nice dinner which, as he put it, "Was a deal at €70."  With no sarcasm whatever in his voice.  At all.

Lol,

Thanks Jen, he did menton the €70 buffett in his blog. (tight Jock you see)

Geo

[TotallyInsane]

An update on my son - Chris Rossiter would be appreciated - it's his 2nd EPT so far, last seen at 2007 final.

[dandoun25]

Hello jen and rod.. Please wish thewy, maz, steve and ramzi all the best from me.. its dena by the way x

[JungleCat03]

Some random counts....

Matthias Guetermann      6700
Andres Rahm Mats      8200
Johannes Korsar      7675
Darius Paszkiewicz      30500
Yngne Anderberg      23000
Tommy Hansen      11300
Sjoerd Bos      12200
Roberto Kay      10300
Christian Toboc      9850
Dan Walley      19500
Daniel Ruiter      9500
Diego Perez Marco      7200
Szikrai Istvan      12500
Redmond Lee      35000


Gareth Teatum is up to 17k or so.

He was involved in a hand as I watched his table. He raised UTG to 650 on 100 200 and found a caller on the button in Henrik Brockmann.

The flop fell

Gareth languidly reached into his stack and bet out 650 again. Henrik thought for a few moments and called.

The turn came the .

Check by Gareth, check by Henrik.

The river was the and Gareth quickly checked. Henrik wasn't in the mood for swelling the pot further either as he turned over his pocket .
Gareth looked a tad apologetic as he turned over his A-J which had got there on the river. I doubt Henrik was too concerned as he still holds an enviable mountain of chips.


Mika Paasonen is OUT.

Sketchy details of his exit were reported to me but it seems as though, after his 3.5k bet was raised to 10k by Jens Vortmann on a , he decided to push for another 14k with , but found Vortmann had hit the flop hard, holding A-8...

....no miracle King and as Vortmann had him covered Mika exits to the rail.

[JungleCat03]

Frustratingly, I've not been able to access the internet for sometime now, so I have comandeered Jen's computer whilst she is away (shhhh, don't tell her....)

Anyway, I am the bearer of bad news.

Julian Thew was just involved in an allin coup. He had previously lost a big pot to Ramzi Jellasi, so found himself somewhat short. He saw a three way flop with and it fell . He checked from early position, and saw a bet and a call in front of me. Sensing this was his opportunity he now re-raised half his stack with his nut flush draw, but was met with an allin re-raise...

Being committed he called quickly, only to find his opponent holding a smaller flush draw, but also having paired the deuce. A blank turn and river ensued, meaning mateyboy's measly pair of deuces was sufficient to eliminate William Hill's goldenboy from the competition. Julian looked a little tired and disappointed as he exited the casino, but I'm sure his bad run won't last too long. Good game sir.


As soon as I get access to my computer and the internet I'll be posting up a pic of Mike Mcdonald for his adoring fan (s?)

[JungleCat03]

An update on my son - Chris Rossiter would be appreciated - it's his 2nd EPT so far, last seen at 2007 final.

Off to check up on him now...

Hello jen and rod.. Please wish thewy, maz, steve and ramzi all the best from me.. its dena by the way x

Top bokking Dena

I'll pass on your regards to the others though....assuming they're still in!

[NoflopsHomer]

Frustratingly, I've not been able to access the internet for sometime now, so I have comandeered Jen's computer whilst she is away (shhhh, don't tell her....)

Anyway, I am the bearer of bad news.

Julian Thew was just involved in an allin coup. He had previously lost a big pot to Ramzi Jellasi, so found himself somewhat short. He saw a three way flop with and it fell . He checked from early position, and saw a bet and a call in front of me. Sensing this was his opportunity he now re-raised half his stack with his nut flush draw, but was met with an allin re-raise...

Being committed he called quickly, only to find his opponent holding a smaller flush draw, but also having paired the deuce. A blank turn and river ensued, meaning mateyboy's measly pair of deuces was sufficient to eliminate William Hill's goldenboy from the competition. Julian looked a little tired and disappointed as he exited the casino, but I'm sure his bad run won't last too long. Good game sir.


As soon as I get access to my computer and the internet I'll be posting up a pic of Mike Mcdonald for his adoring fan (s?)

@ Thewy losing a coinflip!