EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2007 EPT German Open

03-08-2007 21:57 UTC+2

Bustout

[user22113]

He said it was only the third hand he played, but high stakes online player Arnaud Mattern is off for an early bath. Queens did all the damage in two separate hands. In the first hand he laid them down on a {10-Hearts}

flop and was delighted that his opponent showed him {K-Clubs}

.

Then, Mattern on the button with queens again, seeing a mid-position raiser made it 500 (blinds 75/150) with one caller, and then a re-raise to 1,500. He just called. He wasn't 100% about this call, but when the board came down 6-6-4 he faced a 3k bet and with only 5,500 left he went for it. He was against {A-Diamonds}

and got no help.

Queens are my most hated hand too. :(

03-08-2007 21:44 UTC+2

Stanislas's Last Stand

[user22113]

The scenario where its hard for somebody not to go broke has just reared its ugly head at Table 16. Briaud Stanislas’s pocket kings ran into Micheal Keiners pocket aces, and all the money went to the middle of the table before the flop. An ace on the flop gave Stanislas very little hope of outdrawing his opponent and he was out of the cardroom before Keiner could count up his now meaty stack of $26,000.

Tags: AA EPT KK

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

03-08-2007 21:30 UTC+2

El Blondie

[user22113]

Dave Colclough is up to over 19K.

Rolf Weißhaupt on the button called a river bet (2500 into a 3500 pot) from Colclough when the board read {10-Hearts}

and was rather annoyed to see Blondie turn over {K-Clubs}

.

Apologies for the shortage of updates. Barry and I have been slumming it on the balcony above the tournament area, in order to pick up the Wi-Fi.

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

03-08-2007 21:00 UTC+2

Sunglasses? Check. iPod? Check. Plastic Toy Alien Thingy? Check.

[user22113]

Kids these days. Back in my day, if you so much as wore a cardigan at the table it was considered a big girl's blouse, and that was only three years ago.

03-08-2007 20:28 UTC+2

Some Chip Counts

[user22113]

Grrrr... more internet problems for everyone in the media center.

Here are some stack updates.

Anthony Holden 9K
Steve Vladar 13K
Julian Thew 15K (looks like he got some from Iremark)
Mats Iremark 9.5K
Johnny Lodden 16K
Xuyen 'Badgirl' Pham 11K
Tony Cascarino 6.5K
John Shipley 8K
Claus Schumacher 10,100
Tommy Dender 9,100
Samuel Lehtonen 7,500
Dirk Specht 15,000
Dilba Demirbag 10,700
Daniel Ryderman 7,975
Ahmed Koc 13,600
Nicholas Donieb 7,700
Jim Kerrigan 14,900
Michael Lunderskov 14,200
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier 17,000
Henning Granstad 14,250
Mark Bartlog 8,100
Pascal Perrault 10,650
Dave Colclough 10,000
Anders Wijk 7,600
Praz Bansi 20,800
JP Kelly 5,450
Torstein Iversen 12,500
Mike Tse 7,350
James Feeney 7,400
Pablo Rua 10,250
Bruce Atkinson 12,000
Andreas Hagen 22,000
Tony Mackay 21,650
James Akenhead 9,100

03-08-2007 20:07 UTC+2

Bustout

[user22113]

Jeff Roger is gone after going broke in a set over set situation. He had {5-Hearts}

on a

board and his opponent had {J-Diamonds}

Tags: set over set

03-08-2007 20:02 UTC+2

Blackout

[user22113]

We're having some internet problems in the media center at the moment - thanks to just too many connections. The latest news is that Andrew Black just ran {K-Diamonds}

into

and made a surprisingly early exit.

Half the room is currently on a 15-minute break.

Tags: AA andrew black bustout

03-08-2007 19:19 UTC+2

Lee Watch - Mulligan is Steaming

[user22113]

Disaster. Our man Lee Mulligan has just made a schoolboy error. He wanted to make a bet of $700 into a $1000 pot but picked up the wrong chips and ended up sticking $2200 in by mistake, he had to throw his hand away when he was reraised all in.

Lee is furious with himself but with $6000 still in front of him he still has a fighting chance of getting back in the game, hang in there Lee.

Tags: Dortmund EPT Lee Mulligan