Amateur Poker Association & Tour
Poker Forum => Live Updates => Topic started by: danafish on November 07, 2007, 13:35:11 PM
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Friends, please no sneaky posting on this thread, we"re hoping to keep it update information only. Please head over to the not At A Glance thread if you"d like to reply to any of this. Ta!
So having said that, greetings pokerfans from the Holland Casino Amsterdam! We are all set up in our makeshift curtained press cave, ready to update as far as the rather unusual press restrictions will allow.
So far spotted today are Julian Thew, eating off a heavy night at the cheapalicious Wok 2 Walk on Leidsestraat. Not spotted but I understand bought in in spite of misreading his flight"s arrival time as its departure time and therefore missing said flight is Mr Mickey Wernick. Spotted last night in the street and now listed on the player list as being Dutch is Mr Roy Brindley.
More news as soon as the tournament gets going at 3pm (2pm UK time), and photos as soon as we"re able.
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OK! We"re set to bring you updates on probably everyone you think is playing today -the event sold out some hours ago - live from the Holland Casino in lovely Amsterdam. The new regulations regarding the press are stringent - we are not actually allowed into the poker area (i.e. between the tables) unescorted, and we need to take turns to be so escorted, so pictures and stories are mainly going to come from those lucky players nearest the rail and therefore most easily scrutinised. Lucky them!
Spotted loitering on the red carpet outside (literally):
Noah Boeken
Marcel Luske
Patrick Bruel
Nicolas Levi
Arnaud Mattern
Johnny Lodden
Mikey Tse
Simon Hennessey
Keith Hawkins
People are flooding in and it looks like the beginning of the tournament will be a bit frenzied - just logistically - as the structure of this one is one of the best around.
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Player List for y"all
Michel Abecassis
J Abrahams
B Abu Davas
M Acar
C Alblas
Anton Allemann
P Alterman
PA Andersen
M Andersen
J Andersson Iofstro
JWGH Ariaans
A Aurangzeb
E Aussems
Y Ayad
J Bachar
I Bakker
P Bakker
K Bakker
C Bal
Praz Bansi
Reg Barnett
Pasal Barrau
W Bartleman
M Bassil
S Battle
D Baud
N Behling
M Belarbi
JB Bendik
Chris Benzima
Saul Berdugo
Thierry Van Der Berg
JHC Berg
S Biorac
B Biri
Andy Black
P Blatny
Noah Boeken
Jan Boubli
B Bouchaib
Patrice Boudet
Henri Boutboul
Nordine Bouya
S Boyd
J Boye
M Braaksma
M Brandau
D Breeuwer
Roy Brindley
J Brito
M Browne
Patrick Bruel
M Brummelhuis
I Bruner
Patrick Bueno
Chris Bush
Something I really don"t understand, says "GROEP C E Hansen"
R Cacciatore
R Carmandese
R Cartensen
M Cats
F Chen
G Christensen
M Ciric
JM Cobben
Robert Cohen
RC Cohen
Dave Colclough (also listed as Dutch)
K Corneliussen
U Coskun
Z Crnkovic
MCL Cuberos
P Dalhuijzen
M Dalimore
J Danielsson
M David
G De Werd
O De Zeeuw
B Demir
I Derwiche
Xavier Detournel
D Deurloo
F DIaz
S Didier
Serge Didisheim
Y Dijk
PJLJ Dodet Daniel
A Donohoe
DD Dosantos
C Dreschler
T Drimer
J Durkstra
Michael Durrer
J Eck (I really hope it"s that guy with no legs who was in "Freaks" but I suspect it"s not, sigh)
K Edberg
P Eichhardt
TE Eidsvig
C Eldering
L Emery
W Emo
M Fahim
Romaine Feriolo
DC Finney
R Fisler
Bruno Fitoussi
VT Fortunat
Thomas Fougeron
SF Fox
J Frederiksen
Mark Freedman
Erik Friberg
J Fuchshofer
Stephane Gerin
Nick Gibson
M Gigg
F Gjesdal
JP Gomez
G Gorce
Hennig Grandstad
C Grundtvig
M Gude
- Guillaume
D Gurievsky
Anatoly Gurtovoy
C Haas
Roger Hairabedian
Manfred Hammer (again, Dutch today. Snoops, you there?)
C Harvey
Peter Haslam
EH Hegedus
Frederic Heim
O Henze
A Helland
AH Heller
Juha Helppi
J Hesztera
K Hicks
P Hildebrand
R Hofman
- Hogenkamp
S Holguin Romero
S Hollaar
Rob Hollink
F Hostrup-Pedersen
C Hostrup-Pedersen
I Houtman
I Iremark
O Ivanov
T Iversen
Frank Gersby Jacobsen
C Janssen
M Janssen
J Jaspers
Ramzi Jelassi
Steve Jelinek
T Jespersen
KWJ Johansen
M Johansson
JDJ Jorgensen
T Jorgensen
J Juutilainen
Haim Kakoun
Franck Kalfon
S Kamal
M Karlsson
C Kastle
M Keiner
R Kemna
Jeff Kimber
Artur Kirilenko
S Kjerstad
Jens Klaning
H Koch
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Soren Kongsgaard
E. Koskas
I. Koskinen
J. Koumi
Andreas Krause
Alexander Kravchenko
J. Kruijer
M. Kruis
L. Kurstjens
M. Kuzschner
O. Laffay
B. Landin
B. Laouar
Eric Larcheveque
G. Lascialfari
S. Lauret
J. A. Lauridsen
J. J. Lauttamus
CT Law
M. Lehmann
K. Lehtonen
Anthony Lellouche
Nicolas Levi
Pete Linton
S. Liu
Johnny Lodden
K. Lonergan
S. L. Lorentzen
D. G. van Luijk
M. Madsen
Karl Mahrenholz
T. M. Makovicky
D. Malkin
Elie Marciano
F. Martin
M. S. Martin
J. Martinez
Rino Mathis
Arnaud Mattern
M. McDonald
T. Mcdonald
I. Mcdonald
P. Mehrmand
Abel Meijberg
J. Meijer
D. Menendez
W. D. Menger
G. Mesbeh
A. M. Meshcheryakov
G. Metaal
A. O. Metsa
Thomas Middelthon
E. Mignot
M. Muijser
Marc Naalden
K. Nabavieh
D. Nemirovsky
E. T. Newton
Nguyen
P. Nielsen
D. Nordh
M. Norinder
M. Noya
J. Nuijten
Donnacha O"Dea
E. O"Dea
J. Odman
D. Oosterom
Herbert Otto
M. Paasonen
M. Panto
S. P. Parkkinen
K. J. Pautrot
Rehne Pedersen
R. K. Pedersen
Pascal Perrault
J. Perrot
A. Petersen
Alexandre Petit
J. Petroli
J. Pettersson
M. Pinter
Denis Plejdrup
Y. Poortinga
M. P. Puro
T. Rafferty
N. Ragaigne
K. Rahal
L. Rambaldi
S. Rastegari
S. Ravnsbaek
R. Refos
H. Reintjes
R. Riedeman
J. D. Rietschoten
Voitto Rintala
J. M. Ritburg
Sebastian Riviere
Peter Roche
N. Roeg
M. Rondini
J. Rozema
M. H. Ruby
D. Ruiter
D. Ryan
Ilari Sahamies
Albert Sapiano
A. Schaap
B. Schaefer
R. Schrijvers
D. Schrijvers
M. Sembach
K. Sevevi
Miron Shakira
Y. Shenkman
Jan Sjavik
D. Skaarup
D. Smidt
Alan Smurfit
M. Smyth
Rumit Somaiya
Jan Sorensen
B. Spijkers
K. Stebbing
M. Stenheim
R. Sterken
Sigi Stockinger
Johan Storakers
J. Svensson
N. Svensson
Romain Taleb
Jeremy Tapia
C. R. Terlaan
Paul Testud
Julian Thew
William Thorson
J. Til
Christian Toboc
V. H. Tran
T. V. Tran
M. Tulchinsky
Y. Tutev
D. S. U. Uhlmann
M. Uylenbroek
J. Vacek
Martin Vallo
A. van den Brink
P. van Doorn
J. van Hoof
E. van Leer
M. van Leest
J. F. van Leeuwen
B. van Liere
M. Ling
V. van Sanden
S. van Zadelhoff
A. Veldhuis
C. Verkirk
J. Verweij
J. Vilmonen
R. Vlimmeren
K. Vreeswijk
R. Vries
B. Vu
S. Wallman
S. Walter
T. Watson
A. Weber
Martin Wendt
Mickey Wernick
A. Wiersma
P. Willers Jepsen
M. Wilson
B. Wolbers
S. Wong
Roman Yitzhaki
R. Zelman
R. Zijda
A. Zimmermann
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By the way the official player list might be a little inaccurate, as I understand that a number of qualifiers have sold their seats for considerably more than their face value. It seems that people really, really want to play this excellently structured event.
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Right - the four chambers through which the tournament is spread, warren-like are scoured for familiar faces and big early stacks - and I am afraid hands are going to be thin on the ground for a little while as we are not allowed in next to the tables.
Quite a few which didn"t seem to make the list have gotten in - like Tony Bloom, JJ Hazan, Keith Hawkins, Nic Szeremeta and Rolf Slotboom. 42 tables of ten players are now in the mid to late stages of the 25/50 starting level, and there has been quite a bit of action already.
Mike Tse is one of the early action-ers who is down to just 2k after one huge early hand. It went like this:
Mike holds :as: qs and raises preflop with one caller (who checks in the dark).
Flop: qh 5s :2s: Mike bets 300 and is raised to 1,200. He re-raises to 3,600 and his opponent dwell-calls, surprising him.
Turn: 6h Mike now bets 1,200 and gets another dwell-call combo.
River: Qd The Opponent now bets a chunky 4k, and Mike reluctantly calls, only to be shown the 5d 5c for the boat.
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Meanwhile Jerome Bradpiece only just got shown to his seat (in the most inaccessible nook of the outer ring of the balcony with no access whatsoever, unfortunately), due to having lost his entry ticket. About a third of level one was spent (sort of ) patiently waiting ringside by Mr. Bradpiece who finalled in this event last year before going on to storm the Walsall GUKPT event. He tried, "Don"t you remember me?" on the harried staff, who didn"t. "But I wore the same f***ing cap!" he remonstrated, only to completely fail to impress the floor staff.
"I"m going to be doing a Hellmuth," he resignedly said as he continued to wait.
Meanwhile a sleeping-in Praz Bansi has arrived, just now, although I still haven"t spotted Karl Mahrenholz. The third in the BlueSquare trio, Mickey Wernick, has the dubious honour of being seated straight away on the TV table, where it"s all lights-camera-action separated from the normal tournament areas and on a raised stage.
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At the end of the first 90 mins they simply announced a level change to 50/100 and that there would be a break at 5pm. So chip counts delayed.
But I did see a hand on table Mehrmand/Devilfish, not between them, though. Matey1 (he"s back!) raised preflop to 350, and Matey2 called in the blinds.
Flop: 7c :3s: 5h Check-call of Matey1"s 700.
Turn: :3d: Matey2 now bets out 1,200 - called.
River: jh Matey2 checks this time, and Matey1 fires out 3,100. A bit of a dwell and call - only for Matey1 to show a pretty nice jc jd. Confident river bet, then.
I definitely know Matey1, but I am not going to put his name down yet in case I misidentify, but I believe he is British and now has a very nice stack. Another Job for the Ten Minute Break in 20 mins.
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Some breaktime chip counts
Praz Bansi -- 10,275
Nick Gibson -- 11,700
Roy Brindley -- 8,450
Ramzi Jelassi -- OUT (Hopefully we"ll find him to get what happened)
Juha Helppi -- 12,900
Camel Hawkins -- 9,600
JJ Hazan -- 6,125
Julian Thew -- 17,325
Roman Yitzhaki -- 6,650
Steve Jelinek -- 7,650
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More chip counts (it"s really guerilla style here - nip under the rope for ten minutes exactly and then out again):
Thomas Middelthon -- 8,775
Devilfish -- 6,150
Rolf Slotboom -- 7,125
Davood Mehrmand -- 7,950
Pete Haslam -- 11,900
Marcel Luske -- 15,125
Bruno Fitoussi -- 13,850
Nic Szeremeta -- 9,150
Dave Colclough -- 12,450
Jerome Bradpiece -- 10,350
Alan Smurfit -- 8,100
Andreas Hagen -- 12,475
Abel Meijberg -- 7,150
Henning Granstad -- 6,550
Paul Testud -- 11,550
Martin Wendt -- 14,075
Fredrik Hostrup -- 8,250
Danny Ryan -- 8,300
Mike Tse -- 6,500
Karl Mahrenholz -- 8,100
Jeff Kimber -- 15,000
Nicolas Levi -- 11,275
Sebastian Riviere -- 9,200
Carl Hostrup -- 12,250
Noah Boeken -- 14,350
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Funny Matey story from Mr. Bradpiece... He hasn"t really played much so far, but Matey on his table went crazy at the end of level one, like so...
Matey fires once on an 8-5-4 board - 600 - called.
Matey fires twice on an 8-5-4-7 board - 1,500 - called.
Matey fires three times on an 8-5-4-7-9 board, this time all-in for 6,500(!). Called with a set of Nines, and early bath for his A-Q. Crikey.
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Ramzi Jelassi"s exit involved Kings (again; see: EPT Dublin, Jelassi, Ramzi, Kings lose1 in the Encyclopedia of Exits which I shall be publishing in the new year): This time down to around 4k he raised to 600 after a gaggle of limpers came in, and received a caller in the cutoff. The flop came 3-5-6 and he check-raised all in - up against 7-7 and the dirtiest looking out came straight away: 4. He was looking somewhat disheartened and headed, in all probability, for the airport.
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There is actually a Fourth Chamber we just found up some stairs in the High Roller Niche ... here is where Karl Mahrenholz, Jeff Kimber, Noah Boeken and Nicolas Levi have been hiding, among others. Just four tables in there, but a lot of interesting play.
Just now Noah Boeken bet out 1k on a :3s: 6s 5d flop, called by the in-position Mantis.
Turn: 8s Check-check.
River: ks Noah bet 1,600 at this point, and Karl counted out the call pretty swiftly with his 8c 8d, just calling and being rewarded with a glimpse of the Dutch star"s :3d: 4h.
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Hey Dana and Djinn.....so glad you"re able to report from this event.
Can you please follow some of my favorite Americans and "one" Canadian.....
Michael Martin
Brandon Schaefer
Aurangzeb (Ozzy) Sheikh
Roman Yitzhaki
Chris Bush (Canadian)
Thanks so much....I look forward to following you all day.
TheReader23
Haven"t seen the rest of them yet, but Roman Yitzhaki is in a pleasingly accessible seat, right underneath the Money Wheel. He looks to still be around the 6 or 7k mark. Will do my best to find others...
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Mr Moustache (still unnamed, I"m afraid) has just knocked out Peter Eichhardt, moving in on a qc 6c 9s flop and Eichhardt calling.
Mr Moustache - jc kc
Eichhardt - :as: ac
Turn - 7d
River - 8c
Pretty hairy there for a moment for Mr Moustache, but nothing he couldn"t handlebar.
Oh my God I need the dinner break.
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Dwell of the Tourney So Far goes to Bruno Fitoussi after this hand took a few thousand from his 25kish stack...
On a flop of 6d 8c :2d: he bet out 700 (after raising preflop) and In-Position-Matey instacalled.
Turn: 7s Bruno bet out 2,000 - slightly less than insta-call, but call
River: 5s Bruno checks here, and Matey bets 1,500 - about a quarter of the pot. The ensuing dwell is what gives the suave M. Fitoussi the Prize... he says, "Two nines? I don"t believe that.." before thinking some more, asking for the pot to be spread, thinking some more and eventually saying, "I am making a bad call," making a bad call with his td ts and seeing exactly what he predicted - 9h 9d.
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Chip Counts from the room which the spectators haven"t found in such numbers yet:
Mads Andersen -- 23,000
Jan Sjavik -- 13,000
Andy Black -- 6,800
Steve Jelinek -- 9,200
Julian Thew -- 18,000
Mark Teltscher -- 16,600
Pete Linton -- 23,500
Tony Bloom -- 14,150
Praz Bansi -- 13,200 (we hear this is a recovery after he ran KK into AA but only dropped his stack to Average somehow)
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Seated on Table Andy Black is Mark Teltscher, who seems to be having some trouble stopping talking. He was really involved in an incredibly loud discussion with Mads Andersen about something completely incomprehensible when I wandered past.
Perhaps to block it out, Andy Black has donned headphones. For some reason he continues to have Demon Eyes.
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Ok, after a dinner of something that was definitely not anything"s testicles, although Benjo did his best to convince us it was dog, we are now back in the press room, where it looks like JJ Hazan is OUT. Jen is getting his story even now.
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Early elimination post dinner break in the form of an ever-upbeat JJ Hazan. Having come third in this event last year he was back for more, finding himself on a tough "mainly Scandinavian" table which put him to the test right from the start. From a high point of 12k he flopped a set of Threes on a 7c 5d :3h: board, but when his opponent re-raised his 2k bet on the 4s turn enough to set him in, he declined to call (and was shown a Six for his restraint).
Then "I went down to 4k - that was my fault," and then it was a suited A-Q which hit top pair against a K-T straight drawing. They hit, and he hit the rail.
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Andreas Krause has been eliminated from the TV table...the announcement of an all in leads to 200 players pausing mid-hand and craning their necks at an often unsustainable angle to watch the plasma screens on which some of their fellow players have their last moments broadcast to the casino, and then the outside world.
Krause"s final hand: qd qh, all in preflop against an almost predictable ac kd. An Ace on the flop, and a new feature tablist is being selected...
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Brandon Schaefer -- 12,450
Ozzy Sheikh -- 9,600
Karl Mahrenholz -- 34,000
Noah Boeken -- 9,200
Anthony Donohoe -- 7,200
Roy Brindley -- OUT
Mickey Wernick -- 15,800
Alan Smurfit -- 37,100
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I tracked down Michael Martin, he"s on about 16.5k.
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I keep finding new people as they get circled into view on the edges of the rooms: Albert Sapiano "the honeyman" whose GUKPT winnings are being put to good use here in Amsterdam - on just under 10k but still in it. Also Rehne Pedersen, on 13,750 and Simon Hennessey, chip count unknown.
Mark Teltscher -- 22,000
Pete Linton -- 14,100
Roman Yitzhaki -- 13,100
Julian Thew -- 10,000
Rumit Somaiya -- 21,500
Mads Andersen -- 28,800
Steve Jelinek -- OUT (or moved)
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Anthony Donohoe, we think, is on 7,200.
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Any idea how my ticket to the next APAT event is doing, Juha Helppi? Great work by the way , sounds like they"re doing everything to make an updater"s life difficlut!
Hmm. I"m afraid I heard a little tiny rumour that he might be OUT, but it"s going to involve another circuit of the 5 packed rooms to confirm it. Hold tight, we"ll let you know when we do...
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Dutchman Steve Wong is OUT, with much giggling and waving around of TV cameras.
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Incidentally I saw Roman Yitzhaki double up with pocket Eights on a 7-4-9-J-x board. He still doesn"t look very happy though.
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Praz Bansi, on the same table as Michael Martin, is on about 20k.
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Frenchman Nicolas Levi is OUT.
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Hand from table Bansi:
Bruno Fitoussi raises in early position to 900 (blinds are now 150/300). Michael Martin (now pretty short stacked with just 4 chips - 11,00 - you work it out) flat calls. Then Praz in the small blind re-raises to 4,200 - enough to say, "I intend to commit your stacks" to both of his potential opponents, assuming the big blind wasn"t interested, which he wasn"t. Bruno then shoves resignedly for about 6k or so, Michael gets out of the way and we have a showdown...
Praz: :as: qd
Bruno: ac qc
Flop: 4c 5c 6h Everyone holds their breath...
Turn: 4h
River: jh
Chop chop.
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Chip counts, where possible:
Jan Sjavik -- 19,000
DC Finney -- 22,800
Julian Thew -- Missing presumed OUT
Christian Grundtvig -- 27,000
Donnacha O"Dea -- 12,425
Jerome Bradpiece -- doesn"t look good, maybe 2k
Praz Bansi -- 18,000
Nick Gibson -- 22,000
Nic Szeremeta -- 24,000
Andy Black -- OUT
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Hmm, not sure about the reporting of Jerome Bradpiece"s microstack, I just now saw him knock someone out, so if he was that short he"s not any more, barring last-ten-minutes disasters. Terribly sorry about the uncertainty, it"s incredibly difficult to see anything from the rail. We"re considering a mutiny and just wandering into the playing area.
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236 left in, blinds 150/300, average stack just over 18k.
I THINK they"re playing one more level tonight. I think.
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Had a brief chat with Devilfish, who is still on more or less exactly his 10k starting stack after having to do annoying things like lay down a flopped set after the turn and river left four clubs on the board. He is also complaining about the smokiness of the casino. Myself, I have to say I am absolutely loving the novelty of being able to smoke a cigarette and drink a cup of coffee at the same time. This is truly the land of the free.
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BREAK CHAT with your host, ME
Nic Szeremeta: "I have the mad Finn (Ilari Sahamies) on my left with about 60k and he"s raising, raising with any two cards all the time. I can"t get into a pot. He raised with K-8 offsuit, caught an Eight on the flop and after investing 7k called a guy all-in on the turn with the board reading 4-5-8-J for 17k! They guy had 4-5 suited for two pair - Jack on the river."
Rumit Somaiya: "It"s a LONG day. I just hope I don"t make any mistakes in the last hour - I"m pretty happy with how I"ve played today." He has 21,500
Jerome Bradpiece (back to 8k) lost a huge pot earlier with Aces (a hand he seems to be dealt at least once a round): raising on the button, he got the small blind calling 1,200 and check-raising all-in (10k) on the jc 5d :3c: flop. He called - his opponent held 6c 4c and it was the harmless looking :2s: on the river which took him down to 2k...
...Never fear! He only got Aces twice more, twice paid, and then some Kings and AKs which didn"t get so much action. I wonder why.
Simon Hennessey: "A big stack - possible chip leader - with over 80k just got moved to my table and has been going crazy - knocked two people out while I was getting Jerome a drink. I can"t believe I folded this..."
So what did he fold? Well, ad 5d in the small blind, he made it up after Crazy Big Stack limped preflop. A-8- 9c flop, and he check-called when Big Stack bet 2k. The turn brought the 8c - Simon bet out 2k, the big stack looked at his small stack and threw in 20k. Flush draw, said his brain, "fold" went his hand, apparently. Meanwhile a player on one of his earlier tables just wandered up to ask if he"d been correct folding Aces to Simon earlier. Yes, yes, it had been a set. "I had a feeling you were a nit." :D
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Mike Tse - about 20k.
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Simon Hennessey is OUT, which I know because he came to collect his ipod charger from the press room before going home. "Queens versus Ace Queen," he kind of hysterically giggled. "He made a straight. Good for him." He nodded maniacally for a bit before heading off. Bless.
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On Table Bansi/Fitoussi I witnessed a hand involving the lovely lady previously photographed next to Praz.
She bet 500 on a :2s: ad :3d: flop, and the bejumpered gent below called. They both checked the 4h turn, and she bet 1500 on the kh river, which he duly called, as his A-Q was crushing her pocket Eights. Oops. The very next hand the same gent stole her big blind. She looks bullied, and short.
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Roman Yitzhaki still around the 16k mark.
Previously unmentioned because I only just noticed him (must have been hidden on a far away table for most of today) Vampiric Vointto Rintala, as always winner of Contact Lenses Of The Day, on around 15k.
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We have one minute of play remaining today. 199 players left in, average chips 21,507. When we return tomorrow the blinds will be 200/400 with a 50 ante.
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Here"s a list of names spotted still at the tables in the last 15 minutes - probably all returning tomorrow:
Nic Szeremeta
Keith Hawkins (OUT)
Devilfish (OUT)
Alan Smurfit 20k
Mike Tse
Pete Haslam 15k
Arnaud Mattern
Paul Testud
Danny Ryan
Thomas Fougeron
Dave Colclough
Nick Gibson
Andreas Hagen
Brandon Schaefer
Ilari Sahamies 57k
Mark Teltscher
Karl Mahrenholz 22k ("I was tired of being a big stack anyway")
Rumit Somaiya
Praz Bansi 30k
Dave Finney
Jerome Bradpiece
Jan Sjavik
Johnny Lodden
Angelo Besnainou
Pete Linton
Michael Martin
And around 200 more (although I saw one go out with AK to AA on the very last hand of the night)...
We will most likely be starting at 2pm tomorrow (1pm UK time) so it"s off for as many hours" sleep as we can cram in before we do some more gentle elbowing aside of spectating hordes.