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I walked around the tournament area and took a careful inspection of the fashion sense of the players in Day 1B. The PokerStars qualifiers are all wearing track suit jackets which they got as part of their packages. Eugene Todd is sporting a smokin' red baseball jersey with "Blunts" written on the front.
Isabelle Mercier is wearing a shirt that says "Amsterdam." She also has a wrist band/bracelet with the words: "My savior, my hope."
The tournament director, Thomas Kresmer, and his staff all wear the same colored tie so players could quickly identify who they are. Yesterday it was lime green. Today it's a happy shade of orange.
A very tired Phil Ivey was seated across from Patrik Antonius as fans and spectators flocked to their table. Perhaps the table with the most railbirds has to be Juha Helppi's and Gus Hansen's table. Spectators and media have created a massive wall of people standing five and six deep to catch a glimpse of the Great Dane. I wondered how many members of that crowd were debt collectors?
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I spotted... Gus Hansen, Andy Black, Erica Schoenberg, David Benyamine , Juha Helppi, Mel Judah, Patrick Antonius, Ram Vaswani, Dave Ulliott, Iwan Jones, Jeff Lisandro, Ross Boatman, Surinder Sunar, William Thorsen, Julian Gardner, Lars Bonding, Jeff Williams, Joe Beevers, John Gale, Martin De Knijf, and Willie Tann.
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The Flying Dutchman crashed and burned when he was one of the first bust outs. Luske had and flopped trips on a board of . Marcel bet small with trips and got a caller. The turn was . Luske bet small again to appear weak. His opponent reraised him and he called. The river was . Luske bet out and was raised on the river. He only had about 1K behind and called with trip Aces. His opponent rivered a runner-runner wheel with as Luske headed to the rail.
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Joe Hachem, Lee Nelson, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Isabelle Mercier, Bill Chen and Vanessa Rousso from Team PokerStars are playing today. The author of "Big Deal," Anthony Holden is here along with Swedish singer Dilba Demirbag. Other players include Shane "Shaniac" Schleger, Emad Tahtouh, online pro Ansky, Per Ummer, Marcel Luske, and the two Phil's... Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth.
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Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius (arguably two of the world's best player's) are seated at the same table. Right behind them another power table seats Andrew Black, Thor Hansen, and John Gale. Shaniac is also seated at Isabelle Mercier's and Marcel Luske's table.
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Day 1b of the EPT Championships are udnerway. Stay tuned for a list of players, official number of entrants, videos, pictures, and live updates.
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and flopped trips on a board of 
. Marcel bet small with trips and got a caller. The turn was 
. Luske bet small again to appear weak. His opponent reraised him and he called. The river was 
. Luske bet out and was raised on the river. He only had about 1K behind and called with trip Aces. His opponent rivered a runner-runner wheel with 
as Luske headed to the rail.