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Without doubt the story of day 1a was all about Johnny Lodden. The young Norwegian may dress like a 1980s breakdancer but he clearly leaves all his best moves for the card table. It seems he has a knack of finding a way to win every hand he is in and as the day went on he gathered more and more momentum. Not scared to get all his chips in on a stone cold bluff, expect to see this online star either at the final table or doubling up the eventual winner.
Day 1b starts in just over an hour with a lot of big names coming to the party including Marcel Luske, Roland De Wolfe and the rest of the Hendon Mob. If day 1a was anything to go by its going to be a long day and at the end of it we should see if anyone can gather enough chips to stand up to Johnny Lodden.
Stay here for all the latest news, pictures, chip counts and bustouts.
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The casino is a lot quieter this morning and it is only just starting to fill up. Just seen Katja Thater, Barny Boatman and Ben 'Milkybarkid' Grundy arrive in the press room looking for sandwhiches
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There isnt enough copies to go round but from a quick glance at the player roster there are no major player clashes. Ben Grundy is at the same table as Mickey Wernick will be locking horns in an interesting clash.
Roland De Wolfe, Marcel Luske and Noah Boeken have just arrived. Its going to be another late start, probably around 4pm German time, with the extra blind level expected tonight expect Nicky and myself to have a case of Panda eyes tonight.
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Juha Helppi has arrived fresh from his win at the Party Poker Premier League. He is at an interesting table featuring Englishman Peter Gould and fellow Fin Jani Vilmunen. (right)
Former European Player of the year is two to the right of Ben Grundy.
Dublin EPT champion shares the same table as the newest addition to the Pokerstars team, Noah Boeken
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Perhaps the most interesting early match up pits two Dusk Til Dawn professionals together. Micheal "Don't call me Beppe" Greco has position on Carlo Citrone, they are both kitted out in extensive Dusk Til Dawn merchandise, though not as much as Dave Colclough yesterday.
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Recognise this charming gentleman? His name is Eric Molina and he came 31st in the 2006 World Series main event. He has no other cashes to his name but made a name for himself for throwing tantrums at the table, getting lots of "F-Bombs" and throwing his all-in chip at World Champion Jamie Gold.
From the photo it doesn't like like much has changed, but he'll have to behave himself today as he has Marcel Luske two to his left who is likely to make him a target. He did win quite a nice 6K pot in his first hand though. Somehow he got paid off by a worse hand holding on a board.
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We are getting early reports of a couple of bustouts. Rumour has it that Jan Peter Jachtmann and Peter Gould are the early casualties. Stay here for more information.
Eddie Scharf is down to about $4000, when asked how it happened he tells us he ran into a truck.
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Juha Helppi 11,000
Eric Molina 8,000 (He was at 13K at one point but is playing every pot he can with Marcel Luske. Bad idea)
Marcel Luske 13,000
Jani Vilmunen 11,000
Roy Brinley 9500
Ben Grundy 11,000
Ram Vaswani 10,000
Barny Boatman 8,000
Liam Flood 9,000
Eddy Scharf 4,500
Roland De Wolfe 14,500
Noah Boeken 10,000
Ross Boatman 9,000
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