Pokerstars.com EPT Warsaw: Day 1A - Interactive

[LLevan]

And we are off! Jen is off gather photos as we speak.

There's no card system at the moment so we may struggle to find people at first.

Are there any Poles(I hope I can say Poles or maybe should just say Polish people) out there that can explain why we can see still images from the casino in Poland but not televised images...........oh and GL to all Blondes & Brits playing today.
I've got a feeling that Woody Deck is going to go far this week. I expect him all-in with ace rag at least once in the 1st level today.

[Djinn]

And we are off! Jen is off gather photos as we speak.

There's no card system at the moment so we may struggle to find people at first.

Are there any Poles(I hope I can say Poles or maybe should just say Polish people) out there that can explain why we can see still images from the casino in Poland but not televised images...........oh and GL to all Blondes & Brits playing today.
I've got a feeling that Woody Deck is going to go far this week. I expect him all-in with ace rag at least once in the 1st level today.

Seeing as you mention him, he gets the honour of being photo #1, all smiling-like.  And it was actually Ulrica Skonnemark on his table playing the rag Ace ( ) on an Ace-high board from the button, getting two mystery calls and a mystery-muck while I was taking the pictures.

[NoflopsHomer]

Early huge pot for, I think, Christoffer Sonesson with the two guys either side of him.

The board reads and all three are all-in.

Matey to his left:

Matey to his right:

Christoffer: The free-rolling

River: .

Matey on the right is out, Matey on the left has barely a thousand left and we have an early chip leader.

[Djinn]

Equally perky (despite having made out to have just woken up 9 minutes before the start of play - oh the wonder of the iphone) is Dan Carter:



While taking his pic, the one remaining empty seat on his table, next to Peter Jepsen, was filled by/with Dario Minieri (who is, in fact, older than Carter):

[Djinn]

So here we have some neighbours you might recognise, from TV, perhaps, or from winning previous tournaments, or from posting on blonde, or a thrilling combination of all three, in the case of Julian Thew, whose neighbour Patric Martensson looks very serious indeed in contrast...



Marc 'Mr. Cool' Goodwin (already all in - uncalled - once this tournament) next to Johan Storakers, both sporting glasses:



Gino Alacqua next to Pab, perfecting the sidelong glance:

[Djinn]

And hopefully satisfying any early demands for ladies - here's one - Kara Scott, also on Table Pab.  Due to the No-TV rules here (don't ask me about those, by the way, I have no idea) she's off the Work Hook, and Stars have given her a new task for this one - playing.  She was very excited in the airport yesterday but looks like she's got her emotions under control...

[Djinn]

Mateyboy alert:

The player ID system isn't kicking in until Day Two, so if we post any pics of Mateys whom you actually know, please let us know, and then we'll look more professional.

End of Mateyboy alert.

[George2Loose]

And hopefully satisfying any early demands for ladies - here's one - Kara Scott, also on Table Pab.  Due to the No-TV rules here (don't ask me about those, by the way, I have no idea) she's off the Work Hook, and Stars have given her a new task for this one - playing.  She was very excited in the airport yesterday but looks like she's got her emotions under control...

I nominate this is POTY..... 

[NoflopsHomer]

So here we have some neighbours you might recognise, from TV, perhaps, or from winning previous tournaments, or from posting on blonde, or a thrilling combination of all three, in the case of Julian Thew, whose neighbour Patric Martensson looks very serious indeed in contrast...

Thewy has lost about 2,700 having on an all club board against and .

Danny Ryan has knocked out Mateyboy ("He's a french guy," Benjo later says)

Frenchieboy bets 1,600 on a board, Danny raises to 4,200. Frenchieboy moves in and Danny calls.

Frenchieboy:

Danny Ryan: .

Here he is, delighted that his empy glass is being taken away.



Christoffer Sonesson, early chip leader after that freerolling coup.



Cousin It. (Note, this idea may or may not have been stolen from Benjo)



Jani Sointula

[NoflopsHomer]

A hand between the two American gentlemen below. (Note the photo was taken afterwards, and isn't actually of the hand)





The guy in the 9 seat checks, Seat 1 bets 300, Seat 9 makes it 850. Call



Check check.



Seat 9 now bets 1,500. Seat 1 makes it 3,000. Seat 9 is clearly pained, but then asks for a total count, which is about 9,000(ish). He decides to just call. Seat 1 confidently shows the then the . Seat 9 shows .

[NoflopsHomer]

For those who've been wondering whatever happened to Martin Wendt's oversized headphones... Pab stole them

[Djinn]

Near double-up for Bo 'Legato' Sehlstedt as he eliminates someone-with-his-back-to-me thusly:

Bo raises preflop to something reasonable for the 50/100 level we're currently enjoying.  Two to his left Matey re-raises to a whole 1,000 blue chip.  Think, call.

Flop:    Bo Sehlstedt checks it to the re-raiser, who as expected bets - 1,500.  Back to Sehlstedt who takes out the 1,500, puts it back, looks a bit like he's going to fold, and then slowly, calmly, ships the lot in.  Call from Matey...

Matey shows
Sehlstedt shows for a monstrous top set which duly eliminates his opponent who taps the table and wanders off.

[Djinn]

Mid Level Two Chip Counts (Selected):

Dario Minieri -- 11,000
Peter Jepsen -- 1,500
Patric Martensson -- 13,200
Woody Deck -- 16,000
Gino Alacqua -- 13,400
Kara Scott -- 9,800
Paul Foltyn -- 10,000
Marc Goodwin -- 8,150
Johan Storakers -- 9,675
Joe Serock -- 8,350
Robert Binelli -- 13,000
Patrick Bueno -- 9,800
Ramzi Jelassi -- ?6,000
Bo Sehlstedt -- ?17,000
Julian Thew (pictured) -- 1,700.  "This is a treble up!" he announced, semi-happily, pointing at his stack... "Three of us with a flush," he explains wistfully.  I told him he's already on the shortlist for Climber of the Day...

[Dewi_cool]

picture of Pab, Julian,Dan and Marc together please

[Djinn]

Provisional Day 1A Player list (not just Selected - Everybody!) courtesy of Mad Harper, courtesy of Pokerstars...

Jari-Pekka  Juhola
Antonio   Gomez Ribera
Espen   Hagen
Bertalan  Szeles
Morten   Holm
William   Moore
Phidias   Georgiou
Anton   Smolyanskiy
Brandon   Bartlett
John   Gibson
Kent   Bratvold
Roberto   Nateri
Mark   Ader
Daniel   Todorov
Michael   Kwiek
Arjan   Ten Heuvelhof
Johannes  Steindl
Daniel   Carter
Dario   Minieri
Derek   Montgomery
Anders   Berg
Lorenzo   Viciani
Lars   Bonding
Daniel   Woolson
Craig   Hopkins
Fredrik   Haugen
Adam   Fyshe
Jospeh   Serock
Adam   Rosier
Gino   Alacqua
Kara   Scott
Lars   Wiekenberg
Julien   Boue
Jeffrey   Petronack
Jon   Miskell
Yevgeniy  Timoshenko
Jeffrey   Rose
Pawel   Chmiel
Joar   Pettersen
Katja   Thater
Maria   Vasquez
Lars   Eidissen
Kenneth   Hicks Jr.
Casey   Kastle
Ken   Laing
Tom   Larsen
Mirko   Kirner
David   Burn
Aleksandr  Gorelik
Billy   Kristensen
James   Honeybone
Carl   Steward
Sami   Leino
Paul   Foltyn
Patrick   Arba
Guillaume   Plantiveau
Peter   Büermann
Robert   Lipkin
Mal   Hagan
Mark  Hirleman
Riccardo  Mazzitelli
Roi   Elmaliah
Willian   Johnson
Robert   Daderman
Joseph   Elpayaa
Alain   Roy
Kai   Leurer
Luigi   Rizzi
Carlos   Gallego
Daniel   Hofmeister
Wlodzimierz  Laczkowski
Stephan   Thiele-Bolivar
William   Olivieri
Sándor   Hollaar
Dariusz   Bogucki
Henrik   Kay
Daniel   Ryan
Antony   Roux
Christoffer  Sonesson
Stewart   Chantler
Ludovic   Lacay
Jean François   Rigollet
Jorund   Soma
Umberto   Prestini
Johannes  Strassmann
Patric   Martensson
Andreas   Glännbro
Samir   Shakhtoor
Robert   Flink
Christian  Öman
Ulrica   Skönnemark
Trond Erik  Eidsvig
Terry   Cook
Peter John  France
Johan   Storakers
Ville   Nyman
Dino   Dinler
Atanas   Georgiev
Gabriele   Cecchini
Samuel   Lehtonen
Thomas   Sondrup
Janne   Lamsa
Sampo   Lopponen
Julian   Thew
Antti   Ropponen
Nikolaj   Fabricius
Andreas   Sarling
Kim   Öfverström
Marc   Goodwin
Marek   Piecha
Bo  Sehlstedt
Eugeniusz  Licznarowski
Karsten   Schou
Janusz   Petlic
Anthony   Chatelain
Anders   Henriksson
Mats   Rahm
Andreas   Torbergsen
Marek   Kolk
Woody   Deck
Torben   Hübertz
Klaus   Schroer
Kosta   Anastasyadi
Sergey   Indenok
Andre   Pallin
Krzysztof  Klorek
Hans   Eskilsson
Grzegorz  Cichocki
Jerzy   Hajdamowicz
Joel   Gunnarsson
Philip   Gurian
Robert   Binelli
Cristiano  Blanco
Piotr   Sztenkiel
Miroslaw  Klys
Johan   Lund
Andrea   Manganelli
Xuan Truc  Tran
Christos  Kravaritis
Morten   Lassen
Sander   Lylloff
Yann   Monnier
Christian Robert  Deuss
Joachim   Bauman
Krzysztof  Czerwiñski
Jean Claude   Perrot
Dennis   Bejedal
Hans   Ritburg
Paul   Testud
Diego   Perez
Jose   Valero
Victor   Escudero
Daniel   Mangas
Simón   Muñoz
Anio   Alcaraz
Michal   WIŒNIEWSKI
Marcin   Piela
Jani   Sointula
Peter Willers   Jepsen
Magnus   Petersson
Mark   Phillips
Juan Manuel   Pastor
Ben   Stark
Tyler   Netter
Terris   Preston
Juan   Barros
Sashi   Bobba
Peter   Zakhar
Stefan   Mattsson
Ramzi   Jelassi
Carl Johan  Geijer
Oskar   Silow
Rifat   Palevic
Christian  Grundtvig
Seppo   Liukku
Juha   Lauttamus
Niclas   Svensson
Alp   Okumus
Essan   Haji Chaib
Wojciech  Frankowski
Patrick   Bueno
Zbigniew  Karsiñski
Enrico   Mognagia
Joep   Durkstra
Daniel   Smidt
Andrea   Benelli
Fausto   Cheli
Marcel   Baran
Hautala   Jari Kusta
Lukasz   Wasek
Vladimir  Poleshchuk
Lars   Hansen
Jacek   Ladny
Martin   Rask