Pokerstars.com EPT Copenhagen Day 1b - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

And he's not bad looking...RESULT!

Um... a journalist who shall remain nameless said, "I thought it was Katja Thater when I was standing behind him."  It's the hair.

Hey, I thought that, although I didn't tell anyone. Were you reading my mind?

[snoopy1239]

The board reads and awesomely monikered Rasmus Gandrup bets 3k. Roland Olsson asks for a count, but with a "yeahhhh, ok," he just flat calls.

Olsson -
Gandrup -

They split, with giggling. The two of them are sitting either side of Steve Frezer. Must confess I didn't recognise him and didn't see him play a hand, but I took another photo of him anyway just because he looks like such a nice, smiley man, and I like his hat.

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Did Steve get lost on his way to the beach?

[danafish]

Also is Liam Flood still in ? if so ay chance of a chip count please.

No, 'fraid not. By his own admission he apparently didn't play so well, largely because he didn't sleep last night. Bad luck, Mr Flood, on all fronts.

[snoopy1239]

Did anybody else get the email from Mad Harper entitled "the moment you've all been waiting for" which actually contained a pie chart of the nationalities in the Copenhagen EPT. He really is mad

So mad that he even wears a dress!

[kinboshi]

Is there anyone dressed even remotely sensibly at this event?  What's going on?  I'm scared.

It's brilliant isn't it?  Scary, but brilliant.

More photos of Pernille Ravn please.

[Djinn]

Did anybody else get the email from Mad Harper entitled "the moment you've all been waiting for" which actually contained a pie chart of the nationalities in the Copenhagen EPT. He really is mad

Yeah the moment I was actually waiting for was the opening of the Pokerstars hospitality suite (read: dark room with food and booze in).  It has finally come, too!  Joy.

[danafish]

and what about the very known players like Markus Golser, Tony G, Tom McEvoy, and the others

Don't worry, Jen and Dana, your reports are very interresting...

Markus Golser has 42k.

Tony G and Tom McEvoy are both OUT, Tony G super-early (I think we reported it as soon as we knew; nobody seems to have seen his actual exit hand though, sorry).

Will check on the French guys...

[jpean]

Tony G and Tom McEvoy are both OUT, Tony G super-early (I think we reported it as soon as we knew; nobody seems to have seen his actual exit hand though, sorry).

Whaou...

With their eliminations, there are 2 great players out...

[Djinn]

Over on table Slotboom super short stacked Trond Sundby looked ready to push when it folded to him on the button.  "Please take it easy on me," pleaded small blind Rolf, "I need the money!"  I have never seen anyone so protective of their small blind... anyway when Sundby's last 2,500 hit the middle it wasn't Rolf but big blind Roland Olsson who made the call showing to Sundby's .  A on the flop sealed the deal and we're down another player.

[danafish]

LA FRANCEWATCH

Nicolas Levi - approx. 20k
Paul Testud - approx. 25k
Arnaud Mattern - exactly 6.1k and a bit unhappy about it, bless

[jpean]

Are Testud and Levi always at the same table ?

any collusion ? lol...

[Djinn]

Arnaud didn't self destruct after his AK problem, but has been grinding with around 6k... but he did come to tell me during a particularly weird hand other people were involved in on his table, "I am going INSANE!"  Whether this is to do with the play or some of the players or the dealer, I am not sure, but one worries.  He said that the floor had just been called due to a pretty remarkable series of dealer errors - like so:

1) On the flop with two players in the pot, a guy not in the hand made the sign of the check (you know, tapped the table) and the dealer dealt the turn.  It was then pointed out that the checker had no cards.
2) The players (who hadn't acted) then sort of accepted that they wouldn't make a fuss and play the turn.  While action was still on player 1, who was doing some thinking, the dealer dealt the river.
3) Now player 2 wants to bet. 
4) The floorman rules that the river is to be reshuffled into the deck and a round of betting completed for the turn (fair enough).  Player 2 now doesn't look so delighted about betting, but does anyway and somehow wins the pot right there.

[danafish]

Chugging along as a relatively big stack all day has been this guy, Gino Alacqua. Just now I saw him knock out Erik Boden.

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[danafish]

Are Testud and Levi always at the same table ?

any collusion ? lol...

Yes, they've been at the same table all day, with Levi's New Best Friend, Amsterdam Master Classics Final Tabler Micke Norinder between them. Cannot possibly comment as to collusion, But probably.

[NoflopsHomer]

Are Testud and Levi always at the same table ?

any collusion ? lol...

Yes, they've been at the same table all day, with Levi's New Best Friend, Amsterdam Master Classics Final Tabler Micke Norinder between them. Cannot possibly comment as to collusion, But probably.

They're probably best friends because Mikkael donked all his chips to Arnaud Mattern on the final of the Prague EPT by playing A-Q horrendously bad.