EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2007 EPT German Open

03-09-2007 00:06 UTC+2

We're on a Break

[user22113]

For the whole room this time.

Our man Lee Mulligan is hanging in there on 3,500. Go on, my son!!
ElkY must have had a chip dump as he's down to 6,500

03-08-2007 23:48 UTC+2

Swings and Roundabouts

[user22113]

Badgirl just lost half her stack again. In a limped pot she checked the BB with {10-Spades}

. The flop came a rather lovely {K-Spades}

and she check-called a bet.

Turn {10-Clubs}

and Xuyen check-raised. Her full house gets called.

River {K-Diamonds}

and she check-called 1500. The villain had {K-Hearts}

. Lovely!

She told him she had a king with a weaker kicker. :)

03-08-2007 23:35 UTC+2

Nice Hand, Sir

[user22113]

I've just been looking around for some big stacks and saw a large pot develop. Online qualifier Russell Carson got all his chips in with {9-Diamonds}

on

flop against a player unfortunate enough to hold {K-Hearts}

and miss his huge draw. Carson, from the U.S., is up to over 42K and appears to have the biggest stack in the room in the fifth level.

Russell looks like he's ready to go trick-or-treating.

Tags: Russell Carson

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

03-08-2007 23:19 UTC+2

Dinner is over and there are a lot of cash games forming, no sign of Crazy Horse Ram Vaswani but Roland De Wolfe has been spotted playing Chinese Poker in the restaurant. There is also a particularly juicy 20/40 Omaha game just starting.

Tags: Ram Vaswani Roland De Wolfe

03-08-2007 23:16 UTC+2

'Badgirl' Gifted a Nice Pot

[user22113]

She raised to 700 from mid position and was called by the small blind.

The flop came {5-Spades}

.

The SB decides to lead out for 2,000. Badgirl moved all in for 6,000 and was called. {A-Hearts}

for Xuyen Pham, and strangely, {A-Diamonds}

for the small blind.

Badgirl now has over 14,000.

03-08-2007 22:59 UTC+2

Some Chip Counts

[user22113]

Tony Cascarino 7,500
Sven Hoffelner 8,400
Michael Ellis 5,500
Iwan Jones 8,075
Steve Vladar 28,000
Paul 'Pab' Foltyn 15,400
Julian Thew 22,500 (I guess it was he who had the aces vs. kings and not the other way 'round)
Osman Mustanoglu 8,600
ElkY 16,500
Karl Mahrenholz 9,400
Henning Granstad 12,000
Mark Bartlog 13,850
Praz Bansi 20,400
'Badgirl' Pham 9,400
JP Kelly 7,200
Torstein Iversen 15,450
Andreas Hagen 26,000
Thomas Wahlroos 10,500

The media center has moved and is no longer a non-smoking area. Unlike most of the journalists here I'm not a chain smoker but I can't say a word for fear of being forced into exile. Grrrr!!

03-08-2007 22:31 UTC+2

Lee Watch: Update

[user22113]

Our mascot, APAT champion Lee Mulligan, just took a big hit when holding the nuts. Booooo!!

Lee had been working well to get his stack back from 6K up to 12K. Then, after an early position raise and a call in front of him, he called with {A-Spades}

and the flop came {K-Clubs}

. Lee check-raised all in and was called by {A-Clubs}

. A club on the turn meant Lee lost a pot of about 20K and is now in trouble on just 2800.

Keep the chin up, Lee!!

03-08-2007 22:21 UTC+2

Ram is in the House

[user22113]

Our man Lee is nursing a short stack of $2000; we would tell him all he needs is a chip and a chair but we fear he may slap us. John Shipley is also hanging on for dear life with $4000.

Jacob Rasmussen and ElkY are both holding huge stacks at the same table, and we're keeping an eye on that one in case they end up locking horns.

Ram Vaswani has just entered the building and if a cash game should develop nearby you can bet your bottom dollar we'll be watching.

Tags: Elky Mulligan Ram Rasmussen Vaswani

03-08-2007 22:09 UTC+2

Dinner Time

[user22113]

Mats Iremark has moved tables, completed his Rubik's Cube for the second time AND moved his stack up to about 18K. I think I overheard Julian Thew say he ran kings into aces (he was on Iremark's table originally), but I don't know if he's still in the tournament as half the tables have gone for a bite to eat. I'll try to get another list of chipcounts to you shortly.