Pokerstars.com EPT Warsaw: Day 1B - Interactive

[NoflopsHomer]

We're back! Yay!

More players playing today including Greg Raymer and Luca Pagano along with an assortment of others who we've yet to spot. Play is meant to start at 2pm (1pm UK) but we're debating that it might start a little late due to the fact that everyone (including press) has to register each day to go into the casino due to Polish law.

Here are last nights chip counts:

Robert   Flink    113,300
Anio   Alcaraz    78,000
Alp   Okumus    62,100
Jospeh   Serock    55,000
Andreas   Torbergsen    53,000
Daniel   Hofmeister    51,900
Jean Claude   Perrot    50,100
Tyler   Netter    42,600
David   Burn    41,700
Kenneth   Hicks Jr.    41,200
Willian   Johnson    40,900
Christoffer   Sonesson    39,800
Victor   Escudero    39,100
James   Honeybone    38,700
Fredrik   Haugen    36,800
Anton   Smolyanskiy    35,800
Andrea   Benelli    35,700
Jari-Pekka   Juhola    34,400
Trond Erik   Eidsvig    34,400
Dennis   Bejedal    33,900
Roberto   Nateri    32,500
Magnus   Petersson    30,100
Woody   Deck    29,700
Cristiano   Blanco    28,800
Robert   Lipkin    28,800
Niclas   Svensson    27,800
Aleksandr   Gorelik    27,200
Derek   Montgomery    26,600
Jean François   Rigollet    26,600
Juan Manuel   Pastor    25,700
Ulrica   Skönnemark    24,900
Johan   Storakers    24,800
Mats   Rahm    24,000
Johan   Lund    24,000
Antonio   Gomez Ribera    23,800
Jacek   Ładny    22,500
Jeffrey   Petronack    21,700
Christos   Kravaritis    21,600
Hans   Eskilsson    21,100
Daniel   Carter    20,800
Daniel   Ryan    19,800
Julien   Boue    18,800
Marc   Goodwin    18,700
Daniel   Woolson    18,400
Stewart   Chantler    18,300
Janusz   Petlic    18,300
Dino   Dinler    18,300
Daniel   Mangas    17,900
Hans   Ritburg    17,500
Mark   Hirleman    17,200
Casey   Kastle    17,200
Antti   Ropponen    16,900
Kosta   Anastasyadi    16,700
Christian   Öman    15,700
Kim   Öfverström    15,500
Nikolaj   Fabricius    15,400
Morten   Holm    15,300
Craig   Hopkins    15,000
Jorund   Soma    14,700
Joel   Gunnarsson    13,800
Łukasz   Wasek    13,500
Patrick   Arba    11,500
Stephan   Thiele-Bolivar    10,500
Julian   Thew    8,900
Marek   Piecha    8,700
Kai   Leurer    8,600
Gino   Alacqua    8,000
William   Olivieri    8,000
Eugeniusz   Licznarowski    6,900
Mirko   Kirner    6,700
Sami   Leino    6,300
John   Gibson    3,900

[Djinn]

No player list as yet... even though the runners are pretty much set in stone and there is a Mystical Hard Copy floating around somewhere 'on the casino floor'...  Homer is down there in the pre-play chaos recognising players and remembering them...

Anyway, it was a pretty good day yesterday all in all - let's hope there's at least as much action to report to you today (probably not starting quite yet though), with perhaps a Climber worthy of taking on Mr. Thew...

[NoflopsHomer]

People spotted so far:

Soren Kongsgaard
Dave Colclough
Andy Black
Mark Teltscher
Thomas Fougeron
Pascal Perrault
Rolf Slotboom

[HornswaggleU]

C'mon Stuart 'The Nutter' Rutter! 

It's time to run goooooooood!

Can you do a quick check on Stuarts footwear? Tell him to take off the posh shoes and put on a pair of runners, if he expects to win some races this time!


Edit: Rutter is in Austria, screw you Poland!!

[Dewi_cool]

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[Djinn]

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Morning!  It's a wonderful bottleneck downstairs, so there's no way we're getting in the casino until all the runners settle down.  Not likely to start play for at least 15 minutes, as every player has to register at the reception desk in front of the casino entrance with their passport every day, as does every press member, everyone who wants to play a cash game, or sit by a slot machine... you get the picture.  The exciting 8 levels of play today will make all the standing around behind a door like a lemon worth it, we hope.

[boldie]

Hello good updaters..looking forward to this one ..nothing to distract me from this one this afternoon what with Cheltenham being abandoned.

[NoflopsHomer]

And they're off!

Liz Lieu (who is tiny!) and Thierry Van Den Berg



Johnny Lodden, lost his chin and neck in a prop bet last night. Maybe.



Arnaud Mattern - Designer stubbletastic.



Greg Raymer, obviously heard about our 'Hat of the Day' competition.



Andy Black and Dave Colclough, professionalism and spontaneity.

[NoflopsHomer]

We're still waiting for the seat plans to come up. So it's all very Mateyboyish at the moment. A big pot on table 1 where all the chips ended up in the middle of a board, the victorious winner from seat 1 showing , Seat 6, left with shrapnel, choosing to muck, what was thought to be ...

[NoflopsHomer]

Provisional Player list, (No Stuart Rutter, don't think he's here):

Mario   Adinolfi
Risto   Ailamo
Kostadin   Anakiev
Mads   Andersen
Fatih   Aydin
Ziv   Bachar
Antonio   Battisti
Jadambaa   Bat-Ulzii
Remy   Biechel
Brynja   Björg Sassoon
Henri   Boutboul
Steve   Bromley
Stéphane   Brou
Michiel   Brummelhuis
Stephen   Chidwick
Raul Paez   Corral
David   Couclas
Brice   Cournut
Piergiorgio   D'ancona
Jeffrey   Davidson
Ed   De Haas
Carlos Manuel   De Jesus Oliveira
Gianfranco   Del Re
Keith   Donais
Michael   Dunn
Trevor   Edwards
Christoffer   Egemo Hansen
Hecham   El Sayed
Kees   Eldering
Azem   Elezaj
Björn   Enberg
Malak   Ertas
Jose   Espinar
Antonio   Feole
Thomas   Fougeron
Benoit   Gariepy
René   Gisbertz
Henrik   Gwinner
Andreas   Hagen
Thor   Hansen
Peter   Haupt
Phillip   Hilm
Chuc   Hoang
Michael   Hogbom
Marius   Hogtun
Thomas   Holm
Marcin   Horecki
Torgeir   Husevaag
Domenico   Iannone
Laurent   Iuncker
Alex   Jagodik
Joris   Jaspers
Brian   Jensen
Soren S.   Jensen
Mikael   Johansson
Theo   Jorgensen
Melvyn   Judah
Miika   Karjalainen
Janar   Kiivramees
Stephan   Kjerstad
Ilkka   Koskinen
Leszek   Krawczyñski
Mathias   Kurschner
Francis   Lamothe
Juan   Lapido
Mike   Leah
Henrik   Lennholm
Elizabeth   Lieu
Johnny   Lodden
Peter   Macallan
Roberto   Machado
Cameron   Macmillan
Ted   Manios
Reijo   Manninen
Piotr   Marzec
Kenneth   Matsson
Arnaud   Mattern
Emil   Mattsson
Nichlas   Mattsson
Raul   Mestre
Grzegorz   Mikielewicz
Taras   Mikulik
Sorel   Mizzi
Rain   Mölderkivi
Zach   Moore
Tomé   Moreira
Filipe   Moreira
Soren   Nielsen
Mikael   Norinder
Joao Manuel   Nunes
Mehdi   Ouakhir
Luca   Pagano
Dag   Palovic
Seppo   Parkkinen
Dariusz   Paszkiewicz
Pascal   Perrault
Max Tobias   Persson
Dennis   Petronack
Jose   Picazo
Bartosz   Piesiewicz
Jukka Petri   Pietilä
Wojciech   Polak
Alexia   Portal
Mika   Puro
Joao   Quintella
Greg   Raymer
Voitto   Rintala
David   Robinson
Nicky   Roeg
Simone   Rossi
David   Rudling
Daan   Ruiter
Sebastian   Ruthenberg
Sławomir   RYPIÑSKI
Andre   Santos
Michael   Schlesiger
Michael   Schulze
Luis   Sevilla
Joshua   Shmerl
Sandro   Simon
Almira   Skripchenko
Andrzej   Słapiñski
Rolf   Slotboom
Ilja   Smid
Blair   Smith
Jan Stefan   Smolarczyk
Magnus   Söderholtz
Ricardo   Sousa
Simeon   Tconev
Mark   Teltscher
Dieter   Thielen
Rhys   Thorpe
William   Thorson
Michael   Tureniec
Yavor   Tutev
Holi   Ugrinovski
Claus   Uhrskov
Christopher   Ulsrud
Thierry   Van Der Berg
Jose   Varela
Lex   Veldhuis
David   Wagener
Mathias   Wiberg

[Djinn]

This American Matey in the black cap who looks vaguely familiar but I can't put a name to as yet just won a pot.  I was drawn attention to his river dilemma by a noise which was a bit like "Yaaaa!" and a slap of the table, as the river came to complete a board of .

He then performed one of those out loud thought processes, which I attempted to transcribe in full.  "You've hit the straight and the flush.  How can I even possibly call?  You could've just hit one. [pause, counting out the 1,500 which his opponent had bet out on the river]  That's all the profit I've made the whole time so far... what can I beat?  You check-call the flop, lead out the turn [I mentally thank him for bringing me up to date on the action thus far] ..."

Well, he figured out how to possibly call, with his which was good against a missed-draw bluff on the river, which he was obviously happy about.

[NoflopsHomer]

The intense, but generally friendly, Thierry Van Den Berg has had a rollercoaster of a start, first he lost over half his stack with Aces against a set of Threes then ran Queens into Aces. However he hit a double-up soon after when his all-in on a with was called by a slightly optimistic , which took him back up to 9k. "Happy Birthday," Liz Lieu observed.

Soon after, he was at it again, Liz Lieu raised to 350 after a UTG limper and Thierry re-raised to 950. Lieu called anthen they both checked a flop before Lieu checked the turn. Thierry bet out 2k, Liz passed and was shown Aces for her trouble.

Andre Santos, who lost half his stack early on, has got it all back, he held Jacks on an 8-6-6 board against 9-8 and housed up on the turn for good measure.

Finally...

Early Bizzaro-Handwatch of the Day

Early position raises to 250. The button calls and Arnaud Mattern calls in the big blind.



Check check check.



Checkity Check.



Checkage.

Arnaud shows .

It's good.

[Tonji]

Is it possible that Nicky Roeg is the Film Director Nicolas Roeg, of Walkabout & Don't Look Now fame? I do hope so, although seems unlikely.

[Djinn]

Here's Luca Pagano, he of the stylish salmon shirts, and next to him one of two Mateys who had got to the river with him on a hand a minute ago.
The board: 
The pot was 3,300 and Luca was first to act, betting out 2,500.  The gent on the right of this picture gave it a good long dwell, and made one of those decisions which involve holding the potential call in your hands and then suddenly dropping it and passing like it had caught on fire.  Luca was, however, instacalled by the Second Matey, who mucked when the Italian showed for the trips.

[Djinn]

Mads Andersen, previous Scandinavian Open winner, is here on the same table as William Thorson.  I saw him win an early pot like so:

On a heads up flop of which had been raised and called by Mads on the blind, he checked, the Raiser bet 350, and Mads raised to 1,100.  A slow call.
Turn:   And the prior EPT winner took it there with a 2,100 bet, even though it looked for a long time like Raiser was preparing to move in.