Pokerstars.com EPT London: Day 1A - Interactive

[NoflopsHomer]

Durrr and James Akenhead, I have a second, less blurry photo of these two, but Michael Martin is not doing his impression of an alien from the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers in that photo. (The Donald Sutherland or Jennifer Tilly one).

[NoflopsHomer]

Vicky Coren, the winner of two years ago, wouldn't mind winning again I'd say.



Freddy Deeb



His son, Shaun 'Can I have one of those Intellipoker Hoodies' Deeb.

[JungleCat03]

Nikhil Persaud (don't worry Nik, you can rely on us to spell that right ) has proved himself a consistent and skilled performer, winning score after score on the GUKPT circuit.

He has yet to nail a big one though and a win here would be, well icing on the cake is a massive understatement.

But it would be the icing on the cake.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jason 'Poochie' Mercier and Pete 'Like a hoodied version of a creature from Pan's Labyrinth' Linton.



These two just actually played a pot, Mercier folding to a bet of several hundred from the Nottingham man who flipped which fitted very well on the board.

Nearby I was alert to a lot of red chips in the middle between Anthony Roux and a player a couple of seats to his right. The board was reading and the other player moved all-in for 7,600. A healthy overbet considering there was only 4,850 in the pot. Roux decided to muck and preserve the remainder of the stack.

Finally, Dave Colclough is up a couple of thousand having called a sizeable river bet on an A-2-Q-9-x board with a mere , it was good however and the blonde one has had a good start.

[NoflopsHomer]

Ian Woodley is out according to Greg Howard, ran Aces into a set.

[JungleCat03]

Two men who have nothing to prove are Dane, Jesper Hougaard and Italian maestro Jeffrey Lisandro.

Jesper has had an amazing year, picking up a bracelet in the summer at the WSOP, only to follow that remarkable performance up with another bracelet at this year's WSOPE only a week or so ago.

This feat was record breaking, Jesper the first man to pick up a bracelet on both sides of the atlantic and clearly a man in form, he will tough to stop.

Lisandro hasn't had too shabby a year either. Runner up to Mike Matusow in the WSOP 2-7 lowball event, he managed a final table at the WSOPE and the Italian is always a tough nut to crack.

Their blind battles could proved fiery...

[Dewi_cool]

 

[JungleCat03]

Ask anyone with a modicum of poker knowhow their opinion of William Thorson and you will get a unanimous response.

The boy's got skillz.

William has made three EPT final tables and amassed almost $2,000,000 in winnings, although remarkably this has been done without ever winning a big tournament. So many deep finishes with no big win to his name as of yet may rankle with William a little and he'll be surely looking to lay that ghost to rest here.

Will the Swede remain the "nearly man" of poker? He deserves to take one down in my opinion.

[TheReader23]

To say it's rammed in the Vic, would be an understatement.

The initial provision was for there to be 250 players today and the same tomorrow. They've already added an extra three tables, (soon to be four we think). The list of alternatives is longer than the extended edition of Lord of the Rings and so far includes Dag Martin Mikkelsen, Tom 'Durrr' Dwan and Michael Martin. The latter of these arrived last night and was desperate to play, he hoped if there was enough Germans or Italians he might get in quicker or if there was a table of Finns, they all try and take each other out (of the tournament, not like to the cinema on a date).

It looks like there will at least 600 people in this event, possibly more. It's incredibly hectic in the cardroom so player names etc are just going be so difficult to sort out, please bear with us.

Homer --

Thanks as usual for the terrific Blonde coverage.  I'm so sad to hear this is the last EPT event you will be covering as I anxiously await my son playing in Europe just for your posts and unique headlines.  Michael Martin just got in and is at table 16, seat 1 so any updates will be greatly appreciated.  When he flew in last night, he had no idea if there would be room or not as he was #105 on the waiting list.  He was happy to get in as an alternate.

TR23

[NoflopsHomer]

You've got to admire the way the floor staff don't give anyone preferential treatment here at the Vic or actually seem to know who anyone is.

One player awaiting to get a seat was asked his name, "Patrik" was the reply.

The Cardroom guy was a little puzzled..."Patrik.....?"

"Antonius."

"Ok, just wait a second then sir and we'll show you to your seat."

[NoflopsHomer]

Durrr raises to 275 from early position, James Akenhead reraises to 850 next to him and Eric Freiberg calls. Everyone else passes, including Durrr.



Akenhead tosses out a red chip and says, "900." Freiberg calls.



Akenhead has only 2,500 back now and checks. Freiberg sets him in, Akenhead quickly passes.

[JungleCat03]

Early doors, there are plenty of tired faces on show.

Whether it's because of the showcase opening party the EPT always stage before the event where the alcohol flows and the players let their hair down in style or simply because the nature of poker means the early few levels are often a touch humdrum, we are still waiting for the fireworks to go off.

For Pete Linton however, there has already been an explosive pot.



Pete looked down to find a sweet pair of cowboys in front of him, and loving the raise and call in front of him, he re-popped, only for someone he described as "a solid South African" to make the sollitary call.

The flop fell J-9-9, Pete bet out and was called (the pot was getting big now.)

The turn was a low blank...now meye-ty boi bets out...and Pete calls...

The river was a blank and the action went check, check...

Pete might have been expecting to win this pot, but was sadly mistaken as his opponent turned over a cunningly played pair of Aces!

Pete lost 2/3 of his stack here and was disconsolate as he rushed off to grab a consolatory cigarette. "I nearly passed them on the turn. I mean what's he got?!"

I tried to help by telling him he had Aces, but he was just out of earshot by this stage...

[evani]

afternoon all,

is it possible to get an update on craig"the apple " hopkins for the chesterfield lads. thanks!

[NoflopsHomer]

Tony Cascarino, who won the Bolton GUKPT a few weeks ago, has again been putting the ball in the back of the net. He bet 1,000 on the turn and 2,000 on the river of a board with A-Q and was paid off by K-Q.

Other players spotted today:

John Phan
Chris Ferguson
Eric Liu
Craig Hopkins
John Kabbaj
Isaac Baron
Gavin Griffin
Chad Brown
Arnaud Mattern
Nicolas Levi
Henning Granstad

[littlemissC]

have you seen sam trickett on your travels? also has maria played a pot yet,lol