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« Reply #45 on: April 13, 2008, 10:20:37 PM »

Look at this! The awesome people at Pokerstars.com made a pie chart of all the nationalities representin' here this week! Cool. Cool



I notice the omission of the Republic of Ireland Flap being swumg by at least 1 Player Mr Paul Bracken of County Cork

OHHHHHH I have made an error here - the pie chart does not include every nationality representin' here, just the main ones. Here they are in their entirety:

USA
138

France
105

UK
67

Germany
58

Sweden
49

Italy
49

Canada
40

Holland
32

Denmark
32

Russia
30

Norway
27

Spain
23

Finland
20

Switzerland
15

Lebanon
13

Austria
10

Hungary
10

Australia
9

Poland
8

Belgium
6

Ireland
5

New Zealand
4

Portugal
4

Turkey
4

Argentina
3

Brazil
3

Bulgaria
3

Costa Rica
3

Israel
3

Morocco
3

Romania
3

Senegal
3

Greece
2

Hong Kong
2

Iceland
2

Japan
2

Latvia
2

Lithuania
2

Luxembourg
2

South Africa
2

Ukraine
2

Czech Republic
1

Estonia
1

Monaco
1

Rumania
1

Scotland
1

Slovakia
1

Thailand
1

Unknown
35

TOTAL
842


Ms Mad Harper is upset enough about this that she is re-doing the pie chart. Yay!
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« Reply #46 on: April 13, 2008, 10:37:01 PM »

Eeeeeexit at the hands of Ed de Haas, one of the biggest names in poker.

He was playing against the gent pictured below (anyone identify) who, if one was going to judge him by a quick look, one might think to be a pretty solidish player, maybe cautious - after all this is nearly the last level of the day and he had a little over his starting stack.  Of course, it's absolute rubbish to make such conclusions based on nothing at all, as this hand illustrates perfectly:

Ed de Haas raised preflop to 1,150, called by the small blind.
Flop:    SB bet out 3k pretty fast, but not as fast as de Haas called it.
Turn:   Now he bet out 4k, got raised by 13k, moved all in (the only raise option left to him, and it wasn't a lot), call.

de Haas: 
SB Matey:  Two Clubs

The river - a blank (considering) three diamonds and the stacked player just kind of sat there shell-shocked for a few moments (which is when I took this picture - discreetly and without flash, of course) before wandering off.    Then, like at school when someone leaves the room and everyone else talks about him, they did that.

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« Reply #47 on: April 13, 2008, 10:39:00 PM »

Below are chip counts for some of the remaining players that have been requested today. If we've missed anyone, please give us a shout, although the chances are that they might be out.

Thomas Dunwoodie -- 14,500
Lee Nelson -- 15,325
Vicky Coren -- 14,100
Neil Channing -- 31,300
Mickey Wernick -- 15,200
Steve Paul-Ambrose -- 5,875
Michael Martin -- 68,500
Andrew Teng -- 28,575
Manuel Palanca -- 23,150
Paul Bracken -- 22,000

No sign of James Honeybone, Tero Laurila, Maz Nawab, Faraz Jaka, Jeff Garza or Mike McDonald, so it looks as though they may have been eliminated.
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« Reply #48 on: April 13, 2008, 10:55:08 PM »

James Honeybonster is indeed OUT. "It's like I was going forwards in a snow plough, but it was in reverse." Not sure I understand that particular simile, but most of the damage was done with A-K v J-J earlier on, and he never really recovered.
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« Reply #49 on: April 13, 2008, 11:07:57 PM »

One Neil Channing has been moved to Vicky Coren's table - yikes...

And he's wasted no times in getting involved. Vicky limps utg and Mateyboy in Seat 9 (henceforth to be known as MB9) makes it 900 to go. The ginger Mateyboy in Seat 1 (henceforth - MB Ginger) calls. Neil on the button makes it 3k. "Nothing to see here," he says to me, "It's going to be a small pot." The blinds and Vicky fold, but MB9 and MB Ginger call.

Flop - and it checks to Neil, who promptly bets 6.5k. To which MB9 promptly announces all in. MB Ginger gets out of the way, and so too does  Neil. He's now down to 22k or so.
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« Reply #50 on: April 13, 2008, 11:13:23 PM »

Michael Martin is up to 75 or 80k. "I just got every card you can possibly imagine."

The Twelve of Clubs! The Twenty Five of Emeralds!

I'm sorry, I'm very tired now. 
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« Reply #51 on: April 13, 2008, 11:24:07 PM »

"Mike, Mike," exclaims Mickey Wernick beckoning over his sponsor. "Look at this for a beat, hit it on the Turn."

On a board, Frenchman Antoine Nahas had bet out 8k, only for Mickey to hesitantly call with , saying "Got the full house? If you've got the full house, you've won" as he hovered the chips over the felt.

As Mickey planted the 8k onto the baize, Antoine flipped over , much to the Worm's dismay. "Yeah, you got it," he sighs in admission.

Mickey down to 7k and, dare I say it, looking mighty pissed off.

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Looking like the Robert Wadlow of poker as he rises from his chair and puffs his beating chest out, Frenchman Eric Larcheveque prays for divine assistance from the poker gods as his paltry in comparison A-8 goes tete-a-tete with Chaoul Berdugo's A-T. With an Eight hitting the K-Q-8 Flop, Eric finds all his prayers answered immediately as Chaoul can do nothing but bang his fist on the table. A Five Turn and Nine River are of no use and Chaoul drops down to 17.5k. Eric, meanwhile, although donning a smile wider than Pavarotti's pants, still only has 6k.
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« Reply #52 on: April 13, 2008, 11:24:37 PM »

we have a request from 2+2 for status on Ben Sulsky, no pic.

thanks!



This is he!  I know because I asked him - the cop out way to get information, when the underground network runs dry.  He was having a massage just a moment ago  and looked pretty happy, with around 43,000.  Not a bad stack at all.  He seemed endearingly surprised to have been asked about online (via a kind of US-UK-forum Columbo by Gobbomom Smiley   ) and I said he had requests for updates on him.  "I want fans!  I have more chips than he does..." wheedles Glen Chorney (sat two to Sulsky's right, incidentally.  So he gets a photo too, and a count:  52k.  Let's hear some Glen support!

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« Reply #53 on: April 13, 2008, 11:37:10 PM »

Ms Mad Harper of Pokerstars Presents...

PIE CHART TAKE 2: AN APOLOGY




I hope you all feel bad now. It sort of reminds me of watching the Open University at home when I was off sick from school - like these guys should be pointing to it with a stick -

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« Reply #54 on: April 14, 2008, 12:00:24 AM »

Steve Paul-Ambrose, who, I believe, won the Caribbean Poker Adventure a year or two back, was last spotted walking away from the table, down the hallway and towards the exit with a face like a smacked bottom. I've never claimed to be the brains of Britain, but I'd say that suggests he's out.

A few quick chippy counts:

Mickey Wernick -- 11,575
Paul Bracken -- 19,850
Mike McDonald -- 10,950
Jonothon Butters -- 19,625
Manuel Palanca -- MIA
Dan Dedich -- 22,000
Marc Goodwin -- 40,000
Rumit Somaiya -- 13,175
Vicky Coren -- 16,750
Neil Channing -- 25,800
Surinder Sunar -- 22,200
Glen Chorny -- 38,850
Michael Martin -- 80,000
Andrew Teng -- 23,425
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« Reply #55 on: April 14, 2008, 12:09:02 AM »

Manuel Palanca - 22k (his table was broken so forgive Snoopy's declaring him out, is most easily done in the Monte Carlo Poker Factory)

Rumit Somaiya - 13k. Oh no, hang on! As I'm standing there chatting with him, confessing that I haven't done any chip counts in a while so I can't really tell him who the chip leaders are, that sort of thing, a Mateyboy makes it 1300 utg and Rumit is the sole caller. They both check the flop, and then UTG MB checks the turn - Rumit bets 1800 and takes it. "How much have you got now?" say I. "Is that 15k?" Says Rumit - "If it is, that's the first time all day!"

Rumit Somaiya - 15.4k, and beaming.
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« Reply #56 on: April 14, 2008, 12:17:06 AM »

We are literally minutes away from the end of play, at which point we intend to scarper at high speed to avoid the miserable 45-minute wait for a taxi in front of the casino that we had to endure last night. In fact, the clock has stopped! Snoops says they've cleared the press out of the tournament area for the last 5 hands so we are so out of here...

Mad Harper says no chip counts or payout until tomorrow Sad but we'll be back bright and early with all that good stuff. See you for Day 2 at 1pm (12 noon GMT)...

 
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