EPT COPENHAGEN - MAIN EVENT

[NoflopsHomer]

ps. there are some very attractive dealers er... dealing.

Tell them you're twice the poker player and only half the weight of most of these guys...

[Djinn]

He has fantastically original facial hair.  I think it's great.  Snoopy is just going to get a picture of him in case you can't remember from the World Series.

[NoflopsHomer]

He had a horrific beat on a WPT final table recent, Kido Pham re-raised all-in with J10 on a pure steal vs Hachem's KK, and hit a JJx flop crippling him.

[TightEnd]

that must explain the facial hair and inability to shave then

[Karabiner]

Measured about 8.3 on the non- sequitur richter scale 

[Mr_Turhapuro]

wow...  -7 degrees, ohh those southern warm temperatures. It's -22 here in Finland >:?

[Djinn]

OK OK I've been out doing some actual work rather than just staring at the famous people - here come some just-pre-break chip counts (tables 1-10 - Snoopy bringing you the rest soon).  If a player is marked OUT, there's a slim chance they may just have been moved - but it all looks pretty staid still.

[Djinn]

Table 1
Magnus Skrabeklev  9,650
Christian Grundtvig  9,700
Simon Young         12,200
Gunnar Osterbrod   7,500
Peter Holst            19,600
Stig Tofting            6,750
Douglas K. Ruoss    12,200
Dennis Skaarup       2,975
Daniel Steine         10,250

Table 2
Don J Protz            8,300
Karsten Johansen   12,000
Hellfried Bernhardt   6,900
Lea Greve              OUT
B.A. Kildalen            10,700
Janbusch Hansen     10,300
Lasse Aspen Melby   13,000
Daniel Elkeslassy       12,000
Morgan Angerfors     4,200

Table 3
Johan Bergqvist       9,300
Patrick Kortesen     14,400
Erik Franssohn        10,100
Joakim Geigert         5,600
Gustav Hansen        6,000
Runar Pedersen     14,000
Johnny Haard        10,300
Jonas Hortana        6,700
Frank Pedersen       9,625

Table 4
Arttu Poikolainen      9,600
Bernt Grytdahl        10,000
Chris Bush               9,200
Oleg Predtechenskiy  11,200
James E Hagan          8,600
Casper Christensen    8,300
Felton Raphael          5,700
Anders Jorgensen     11,000
Markus Malmberg       8,700

Table 5
Johan Holst Nielsen    10,200
Anders Indrebo          7,600
Birgitta Johansson      11,000
Andreas Hurtig           9,700
Rene Mouritsen         12,500
Dario Alioto               29,000  (looks chip leaderish)
Kenneth Raasdahl Jensen  11,025
Karin Lundgren           7,150
Rob Hollink               OUT

Table 6
Stian Endsjo            4,000
Rehne Pedersen      8,425
Gunnar Johnson      11,700
Henrik Witt            9,150
Sigurd Eskeland       11,000
Daniel Smits-Bertelsen  10,000
Runar Runarsson         10,300
Jim Jakobsen             10,000
Josef Shechter          14,300

Table 7
Christopher Andler      4,000
Anders Karlsen          11,200
Hans Eskilsson           19,000
Roy Von der Locht     10,500
Mark Bolliger              14,000
Bjorn-Erik Glenne       16,600
Bertrand Grospellier     5,200
Soren Madsen            7,275
Sylvester Jacobsen        OUT

Table 8
Alex Leviev               9,700
Jan Erik Madsen        12,000
Jonathan Fowler        8,000
Peter Eichhardt         9,200
Pascal Perrault          9,200
Sverre Sundbo         9,800
Edgar Skjervold        13,000
Esben Slavensky        9,700
Svein Erik Egeland     7,600

Table 9
Martin Pott              11,000
Benjamin Sprengers  11,100
Michael Poulsen         9,100
Seppo Parkkinen       9,700
Per Arne Dahl           9,950
Rene Sallberg           9,400
Stockinger Sigi         7,300
Askild Hansen           8,300
Rene Jensen           13,600

Table 10
Joe Grech              13,700
Dan Pedersen          8,200
Olivier Vannelli         14,650
Andreas Atag         12,600
Daniel Bergheim         625
Ian Frazer               14,000
Lasse Johansen         9,050
Peter Fischer            2,300
Henning Bolstad      14,025

[Djinn]

LITTLE TOURNAMENT BREAK (there's an hour for dinner after the next two levels)

The players get 15 mins, and I get a cup of tea... Here come the rest of the chip counts.

[CardPlayerBJ]

Good morning from Tunica, Mississippi! (It's 10:50 am here.)

I'll be busy reporting on the World Poker Tour event here at the Gold Strike Casino, but in between this action, I'll be checking out your coverage in Copenhagen (and sweating Isabelle).

Keep up the great work!

[Djinn]

While you're waiting... this is the lovely Britta Streatfield, chip running etc for the old Gutshot - but also speaks the language and knows all the locals.     May soon become a travelling-update-regular like us...

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[Djinn]

Good evening Tunica!

I seem to remember that area in January being a tad frosty too, but there are little clouds of snowflakes drifting past our large window right now.  Play is about to restart so I will go in search of Isabelle (my, my, so popular!) and some exciting hands to relate.

[Djinn]

Table 12:

(1) Morten Nielsen        14,950
(2) Imgemar Backman    8,050
(3) Jan Molby               7,225
(4) Christer Lovas         (?)
(5) Mikkel Haga             11,800
(6) Travis Biziorek           10.100
(7) Kenneth Jensen       11,700
( Philip Yeh                 7,875
(9) Xuyen Pham            7,825
 

Table 14:

(1) Tommy Dender       7,750
(2) Leif Knudsen          4,500
(3) Chris Moneymaker   19,000
(4) Frederik Ostervold    9,500
(5) Josef Kollarits          9,750
(6) David Layani            7,200
(7) Henrik Olsen          14,300
( Christian Honore      6,700
(9) Arash Zoraghi         11,975

Table 15:

(1) Jyri Merivirta        9,850
(2) Mads Andersen   11,500
(3) Klaus Agesen    (?)
(4) J W Davis           8,000
(5) Markus Golser      8,100
(6) Jason Young       12,800
(7) Adam Nilsson       5,050
( Geir Egholm        4,475
(9) Niclas Adolfsson   12,750
 
Barney 18,000
Isabelle   4,600 (we've got one more table to put up, but Snoopy is having some connection problems to the old wireless at the moment)

[Surprise]

Hi B.J.
Isabelle is not in a very confortable situation at the moment,
but keep your fingers crossed.
Hugs to Rhapsody

[Djinn]

Table 13:

(1) Julian Thew       9,575
(2) Jari Sommar        12,525
(3) Tor Skeie            5,500
(4) Rune Dalgaard     6,625
(5) Michael Reed      12,150
(6) Mikael Lindback   10,150
(7) Isabeller Mericier   4,675
( Philip Hilm           18,025
(9) Michel Alberti      OUT    (although it may be seat 8 that is out, as the player is apparently kind of in the middle)