£1500 European Poker Classic at the Vic - LIVE UPDATE DAY1A

[TightEnd]

Woody Deck. My hero.


Swooooooooooon..........

[Gamblor21]

Woody Deck. My hero.


Swooooooooooon..........

he won the hilo, so is on form... i predict he will last at least 40mins!

[Djinn]

you had the sack then?

We've been filming the next series of the Apprentice and tikay is replacing Alan Sugar.

I was the first for the chop.

or, if I'm not dreaming, I'm having the week off to work on the new site.

No, you were definitely on the Apprentice.  I saw you.  And I miss you already. 


The players are sat and ready, Ben is poised, with laptop provided by El Blondie.  Sadly, the Vodafone card is languishing in a hotel room, so you're getting one of those schizophrenic Me and Ben under 'Djinn' name until the first break, when the card will be delivered by the boss...

[snoopy1239]

Good Luck, Ben.

 

[kinghawko]

Good Luck Ben 

[kpnuts]

Which of Dubai's extensive range of natty pink shirts is he wearing tonight? 

[Djinn]

Oh, and Dave is actually playing tonight... also spotted:  Carlo Citrone, Paul Jackson, Mike Magee, Torstein Iversen of the Norsemen.  Er... that's all for now - photos on their way.

Aside about update threads:

We have had some comments when live threads reach the astounding length that they're getting to nowadays that people who come in after it's all over and just want a quick rundown on the hands and chips and exits find it a lengthy process.   The blonde team is working on some ideas along the lines of creating a filter system for the quick-fixers, or running a cut'n'paste parallel thread with none of the fun interactive stuff (which I reckon makes the experience so enjoyable.)

This is not the time to trial this, however, as the lack of Wifi would mean a greater info lag for you, and some time wastage for us, but next time we've got good old high speed access we'll give it a go and see what you think.

[Djinn]

Before the chips start flying, some detail provided by Sunday on his preliminary wander:

El Blondie is on the right of the Devilfish (who winked at me while I was walking up the stairs - Devilfish, not Dave)

Jac Arama is, in Ben's words, "looking cool with some huge red shades."  Opposite him is Poker425 star Joe Grech.

Tony Bloom and Paul Jackson are elbow to elbow.

One table is lucky enough to contain Michael Greco, Foxy and DPommo.  Fireworks?

Mickey Wernick, John Gale and Jonny Hewston adorn table 6.

[Trace]

 

It feels weird being on this side. 

You look weird!

xx

[Trace]

I was jokingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Djinn]

The action has commenced... all three poker table rooms are busy with the sound of chips being riffled, thrown into the middle, and occasionally dropped on the floor.

I have scoured 2 out of 3 rooms and a little photo gallery will be appearing as soon as it is resized.  Please bear with us until laptop Two becomes fully operational, at which time you'll hardly be able to follow it, the updates will fly so fast...

[Djinn]

Pre action photo shoot of Marc Goodwin, champion of Omaha...

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[Djinn]

Hi guys Ben here,

i'll start posting under my username as soon as we get my laptop up and running!

couple of notes for you from downstairs...

A very hungover/tired/hungry/thirsty DiscoDave Dubai is sat opposite a rather calm looking Surinder Sunar,

Nick Gibson, Simon Nowab and John Kabbaj are scattered all over table 8.

One player to look out for is Donnacha O Dea's son Eoghan, hes looking sharp and well prepared, while his Father is sitting polishing off a few from the top shelf in the bar. Eoghan tells me he isn't playing in this event.

One more chap i left out from earlier on the busy table of Dpommo, Foxy and Mr Greco is internet master Rory Mathews (Mafews). The guy made over £500k last year purely from playing online. And yes i am jealous! The 'kid' is only 20!!!

Everywhere i walk i can smell food and to be honest i can't wait for the break so i can chow down hard, im starving!

[I KNOW IT]

Before the chips start flying, some detail provided by Sunday on his preliminary wander:

El Blondie is on the right of the Devilfish (who winked at me while I was walking up the stairs - Devilfish, not Dave)

Jac Arama is, in Ben's words, "looking cool with some huge red shades."  Opposite him is Poker425 star Joe Grech.

Tony Bloom and Paul Jackson are elbow to elbow.

One table is lucky enough to contain Michael Greco, Foxy and DPommo.  Fireworks?

Mickey Wernick, John Gale and Jonny Hewston adorn table 6.

Are you sure. I think jonny hewston playstommorrow?

[Djinn]

Heres a piece of furniture from BlondePoker,

the legendary RED-DOG



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