Pokerstars.com EPT Warsaw: Day 1B - At A Glance

[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

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[NoflopsHomer]

People spotted so far:

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

[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.

[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.

[Djinn]

And here's where everyone is, and who they're sitting with, courtesy of Mad from Pokerstars (a little inconsistency to be expected though, as two levels' worth of players busting have moved them round slightly):

Dariusz   Paszkiewicz   1   1
Kostadin   Anakiev   1   2
Ilkka   Koskinen   1   3
Henri   Boutboul   1   4
Torgeir   Husevaag   1   5
Joao Quintella   Teixeira De Freitas   1   5
Ed   De Haas   1   7
Joris   Jaspers   1   8
Miika   Karjalainen   1   9
Alexia   Portal   1   10
Wojciech   Polak   2   1
Juan   Lapido   2   2
Phillip   Hilm   2   3
Mehdi   Ouakhir   2   4
Melvyn   Judah   2   5
Tomé   Moreira   2   6
Alon   Mizrahi   2   7
David   Wagener   2   8
Grzegorz   Mikielewicz   2   9
Bernard   Boutboul   2   10
Jan Stefan   Smolarczyk   3   1
Bartosz   Piesiewicz   3   2
Blair   Smith   3   3
Jose   Espinar   3   4
Ilja   Smid   3   5
Henrik   Gwinner   3   6
Rhys   Thorpe   3   7
Theo   Jorgensen   3   8
Lex   Veldhuis   3   9
Jeffrey   Davidson   3   10
Robert   Nowak   4   1
Kenneth   Matsson   4   2
Andreas   Hagen   4   3
Stephen   Chidwick   4   4
Björn   Enberg   4   5
Dennis   Petronack   4   6
Pascal   Perrault   4   7
Holi   Ugrinovski   4   8
Dawoud   Ghena   4   9
Brynja   Björg Sassoon   4   10
Filipe   Moreira   5   1
Guillame   Darcourt   5   2
Hecham   El Sayed   5   3
Kees   Eldering   5   4
Luca   Pagano   5   5
Mikael   Johansson   5   6
Nichlas   Mattsson   5   7
Azem   Elezaj   5   8
Soren   Nielsen   5   9
Sorel   Mizzi   5   10
Andre   Santos   6   1
Michael   Dunn   6   3
Sandro   Simon   6   4
Andrew   Black   6   5
David   Colclough   6   6
Andrzej   Siemieniak   6   7
Michael   Tureniec   6   8
David   Robinson   6   9
Leszek   Krawczyñski   6   10
Jukka Petri   Pietilä   7   1
Mario   Adinolfi   7   2
Ange   Besnainou   7   3
Peter   Macallan   7   4
Piotr   Marzec   7   5
Seppo   Parkkinen   7   6
Jose   Picazo   7   7
Raul   Mestre   7   8
Mikael   Norinder   7   9
Reijo   Manninen   7   10
Elizabeth   Lieu   8   1
Thierry   Van Der Berg   8   2
Stephan   Kjerstad   8   3
Mike   Leah   8   4
Thomas   Fougeron   8   5
Yavor   Tutev   8   6
Ziv   Bachar   8   7
Jadambaa   Bat-Ulzii   8   8
Giuseppe   Caciolo   8   9
Patrice   Boudet   9   1
Nico   Behling   9   2
Cameron   Macmillan   9   3
Francis   Lamothe   9   4
Johnny   Lodden   9   5
Ted   Manios   9   6
Reza   Dolatshahi   9   7
Claus   Uhrskov   9   8
Emil   Mattsson   9   9
Antonio   Battisti   9   10
Max Tobias   Persson   10   1
Steve   Bromley   10   2
Stéphane   Brou   10   3
Soren S.   Jensen   10   4
Brian   Jensen   10   5
Peter   Haupt   10   6
Christoffer   Egemo Hansen   10   7
Michael   Schulze   10   8
Eric   Van Der Burg   10   9
Michiel   Brummelhuis   10   10
Rolf   Slotboom   11   2
Magnus   Söderholtz   11   3
Rain   Mölderkivi   11   4
Marcin   Horecki   11   6
Risto   Ailamo   11   7
Sebastian   Ruthenberg   11   8
Domenico   Iannone   11   9
Luis   Sevilla   11   10
Michael   Hogbom   12   1
Gianfranco   Del Re   12   2
Damir   Horoziæ   12   3
Nicky   Roeg   12   4
Mark   Teltscher   12   5
Brice   Cournut   12   6
Simeon   Tsonev   12   7
Thor   Hansen   12   8
Chuc   Hoang   12   9
Raul Paez   Corral   14   1
Carlos Manuel   De Jesus Oliveira   14   2
René   Gisbertz   14   3
Benoit   Gariepy   14   4
Claus   Nielsen   14   5
Mohamed-Azam   Razab-Sekh   14   6
Almira   Skripchenko   14   7
Fatih   Aydin   14   8
S£Awomir   Rypiñski   14   9
Jurgen   Stumpmeier   17   1
Nikolas   Avlonitis   17   2
Rowad   Hadrous   17   3
Dieter   Thielen   17   4
Dag   Palovic   17   5
Mathias   Viberg   17   6
Laurent   Iuncker   17   7
Piergiorgio   D'ancona   17   8
Mika   Puro   17   9
Taras   Mikulik   19   1
Roberto   Machado   19   2
Trevor   Edwards   19   3
Arnaud   Mattern   19   4
Voitto   Rintala   19   6
Zach   Moore   19   7
Ricardo   Sousa   19   8
Antonio   Feole   19   9
Dan B.   Pedersen   19   10
Józef   Ob£Oza   20   1
Christopher   Ulsrud   20   2
Joshua   Shmerl   20   3
Joao Manuel   Nunes   20   4
Janar   Kiivramees   20   5
William   Thorson   20   6
David   Rudling   20   7
Mads   Andersen   20   8
Yilmaz   Huseyin   20   9
Alex   Jagodik   21   1
Greg   Raymer   21   2
Keith   Donais   21   3
Tomasz   Krzesiñski   21   4
Michael   Schlesiger   21   5
Simone   Rossi   21   6
Thomas   Holm   21   7
Melek   Ertas   21   8
Remy   Biechel   21   9
Andrzej   S£Apiñski   22   1
Daan   Ruiter   22   3
Thomas   Wahlroos   22   4
Henrik   Lennholm   22   5
Gordon   Vayo   22   6
Marius   Hogtun   22   7
Zadok   Mazri   22   8
Mathias   Kurschner   22   9

[NoflopsHomer]

"That was a bad call...A bad call," says Andy Black as he watches the 3.5k he just called off with on a board disappear into the swelling stack of Portuguese player Andre Santos who shows for a big pot.

Francis Lamothe raises to 300 from early position, Johnny Lodden makes it 900 next to him before a player I think is Claus Uhrskov shoves it all in for 4,550. Francis pushes behind and Lodden breaks out from uberfocus into a rare giggle as he folds. Francis shows and Claus (I think) shows for errr two unders in a classic 83/17 battle.



Francis is not amused.

[Djinn]

Chip counts, gathered The Old Fashioned Way (i.e. can't do it by just waiting for the dealers to help one out in breaks a la systeme du Raab):

Soren Jensen (yes, THAT Soren Jensen from Copenhagen - pictured below) -- 8,600
Thor Hansen -- 8,000
Thomas Fougeron -- 8,400
David Rudling -- OUT
Damir Horoziæ (Hoody of the day) -- 5,100
William Thorson -- 7,300
Mads Andersen -- 11,900
Thomas Wahlroos -- 11,000
Greg Raymer -- 3,250
Voitto Rintala -- 5,125
Arnaud Mattern -- 13,150
Mark Teltscher -- 7,000
Rolf Slotboom -- 8,800
Johnny Lodden -- 7,250
Joris Jaspers -- 11,500
Mel Judah -- 11,800
Pascal Perrault -- 11,900
Andreas Hagen -- 10,500
Luca Pagano -- 15,400
Soren Kongsgaard -- 5,700
Sorel Mizzi -- 3,500
Andy Black -- 11,800
Liz Lieu -- 11,400
Angelo Besnainou -- 8,100

[Djinn]

Dave Colclough is OUT -

Just never off the ground for El Blondie today - a couple of big match-ups:  against and then vs. both went the other guy's way, leaving him leaving mid level Three.  Hard luck, but I seem to remember that last year much the same thing occurred with the result that Mr. Colclough ended up doing rather well on the cash games...

[NoflopsHomer]

Greg Raymer is out and there's a distinct lack of sock 'n' sandals in the tournament now.

[Djinn]

A heads up raised (possibly re-raised) pot preflop comes to its betting conclusion on a flop.  The gent pictured, I believe one Marcin Horecki, bets out, then Luis Sevilla moves all-in, called.  This is not a small pot, by the way, and I wasn't surprised to hear tablemate Rolf Slotboom pipe up, "One of them has Aces.  Him.  He has Aces."

Yes, Sevilla has
Horecki shows: 

Turn:    (a collective wince is shared by the table)
River:

[NoflopsHomer]

Andy Black is on crack. Well, he's not, but he's like a giddy schoolgirl or maybe he's had a shandy or two already, but either way he's bouncing around off the walls or something.

"Wake up Andy! Can you remember your name?" he bizarrely says.

Then, for no forseeable reason, he let out a yell then went off for a few minutes, presuambly to smoke before coming back saying, "Ok let's go you sons of bitches!!"

Then just to add a catalyst to this process, Thiomas Walroos plonked his stack down next to Andy's. A brief exchange of niceties but hopefully fireworks will follow.