Hand 141

BB: Patrick
SB: Gunnar

Blinds 8000 / 16000

Patrick bets 50K, Gunnar calls. Flop 4s-7s-8-h. Gunnar Checks, Patrick bets 60K, Gunnar moves all-in, patrick calls. Gunnar shows Qh-9c, Patrick has 4h-8s, Turn 3c, River 7c.

Patrick Antonius wins the EPT event in Baden, Congrats!!

Chipcount

Hand 137

Hand 133

Mr. Gunnar has 400k

Hand 125

Hand 124

Hand 121

Gunnar is heads-up

Hand 118

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Hand 113

Pictures are coming after the heads-up is finished

We are now Heads-up

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10 minute break - Chipcount

Hand 90

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Hand 86

Hand 85 - Gunnar knocks out the Dane

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Chipcount

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Hand 74

Hand 73 - A monster

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Chipcount

1 hour dinner break now.

Hand 60

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hand 57

Hand 56 - We have been down for 5 minutes

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Hand 50

Hand 49 - 20 minutes left at this level

Hand 48

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Hand 46

Peter is all-in.

Hand 45

Hand 44 -230k pot

Gunnar is very active now

Hand 43

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Hand 41

Hand 40 - 50k pot

Hand 39 - 140k pot

Hand 38 - 65k pot

Hand 37

Hand 36 - 130k pot

Hand 35

Hand 34 - 123k pot

Hand 33

Chipcount

Break for 5 minutes

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Hand 7 - 5 handed

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3rd hand

Second Hand

First hand

Edgar won the button

We will try to report hand by hand ringside

We are just about to start

The final table will start at 12:00, Thursday.

New chipcount for final 8

Edgar all-in

We have started the final table

The Final table has started:

Seat 1 Gunnar (NOR) (Team Mud) 200k
Seat 2 Patrick (FIN) 328k
Seat 3 Torstein (NOR) (Norsemen Poker Team) 200k
Seat 4 Edgar (NOR) (Norsemen Poker Team) 58k
Seat 5 Morten (DEN) 48k
Seat 6 Peter (A) 240k
Seat 7 Ingemar (SWE) 360k
Seat 8 Christian (DEN) (Power Team Denmark) 180k
Seat 9 Abel (NL) 260k

They will start the final table in about 5 minutes

We have 3 norwegians at the final table

Edgar loses 60k in pot

Blinds structure is not going to change

The 10 players left

Chipcount

Edgar doubles up against Gunnar

With 4-4 Gunnar raises on the button to 12k. Edgar goes all-in with A-3 and Gunnar calls the 48k more.

Flop is A-10-6 with 3 clubs. Gunnar does not have a club. Blank blank. Edgar has 120k now.

Edgar and Torstein builds a litlle bit more

Tobias Persson is out in 12th place

Chipcount

Scandinavians left

David McGeachie goes out in 13th.

The service here is incredible

Everyone is having a good time here at the Casino. This is meant as a little teaser for the next competition. The Norsemen are going to loose between 20-30kgs the next 3 months. We will weigh in next week when we are back from Baden.

Edgar and Torstein gets more chips

We are just back from the break

Gunnar wins a monster

Gunnar wins a pot of about 120k when he flops flush with 10-7 of diamonds. He is all in and another diamond will give the pot to the other guy who has Ad and a K. Turn is another A and a J on the river. Gunnar probably has 250 k now.

And calls

Antonius shows up Ad and 5s. Edgar has Q-10 off and is a 66 % favourite to win the pot.

But the river is  and Edgar loses a huge one and doubles up Antonius.

Edgar is put on the spot against Patrick Antonius

On the Turn Edgar makes a bet of 20k. Antonius goes all-in on top with another 40k. Edgar thinks. He has Q-10 with the four cards being 4-7-8-Q with 3 diamonds.

Norsemen crash

Another guy raises to 9000 and Edgar raises to 50k. Torstein goes all-in on top. Edgar calls. Edgar K-K and Torstein A-A. And the third guy is all-in. Flop 10-8-3 (two hearts). Turn Q. River is A. Torstein wins and has now 200k. Edgar has 100k.

Some big hands from the floor (all with norwegians)

Ingmar Backman (old snowboarder)

The guy with the glasses is Ingmar Backman who Tiger from Norway was referring to on www.wsop.info.

Kjersti Grini is out

20 players left

Chipcount after the break

We are at a break - Back in 10 minutes

Torstein wins 60k pot

At cut-off Torstein limps in with 5-2 suit. SB folds and BB checks. Flop is 9-3-2. BB bets 6000 and Torstein calls. The turn is an 8. Check-check. RIver is a 5. BB bets 18k and Torstein calls. BB shows K-10 and tried a bluff. Nice play Torstein.

Gunnar wins a 70k pot

WIth the first cards showing Q-Q-10-9, the opponent checks the turn and Gunnar at the button checks. The river is an 8 and Gunnar after the other guy checks bets 25k. Fold from the other guy and Gunnar shows a J. He now has 197k.

Frode goes out

Christian Grundtvig wins a sick one

Christian went all-in with 30k preflop with A-A. The Chipleader has K-10 suit and calls. Flop is 5-5-K. Turn brings a K. But the river comes to the rescue with an Ace from space. Christian doubles up.

Chipcount

Frode loses all-in

We are down to players in the money

Edgar in a big pot

Edgar with 5s-5h raises in cut-off to 6000. BB re-raises with AKsuit to 18k. Edgar goes all-in for 65k and gets called, and does not look happy. Flop J-8-K. Turn 5. River K, and Edgar doubles up. He now has 165k.

Torstein builds to 97k

29 players left

Dave Colclough is out

We are down to 31 players

Torstein lost 10k in a pot.

Kjersti Grini had a decision to make to call an all-in but folded.

All 5 norwegians still left.

Next level just started.

We are down to 34 players

We are a few minutes delayed.

We start at 11AM today

Here are some of the players that are still left

Daniel Larsson (SWE) - aka Fragell. 2nd in Aruba WPT as his best result. Is only 22 years old.




Morten Erlandsen (DEN) - aka Pokergirl. Proffesional poker player for the last 2 1/2 years. He is 33 years old.




Tobias Persson (SWE) - 24 years old. Came 5th in WSOP $3000 in 2004.

Alexander Stevic (SWE) - Winner EPT Barcelona 2004. 3rd. EPT final 2005.  (On the picture he has 7-8 of hearts against Tobias Persson and survived when the booard build a straight)



Christian Grundtvig (DEN) - Came 2nd. in online world championship i 2004. Lost to Edgar SKjervold heads-up.




Patrick Antonius (FIN): 3rd. at EPT Barceona 2005.

Gunnar Østerbrod (NOR): No international merits.



Edgar Skjervold (NOR): World online champion 2004. Part of Norsemen Poker Team




Frode Fagerli (NOR): 11th. place $500 Barcelona Open 2005. Part of Norsemen Poker Team

Torstein Iversen (NOR): Winner European Championship 2003.




Kjersti Grini (NOR): International All-star in Handball

Chipcount after Day 1 - 36 left

We havent got the chipcount yet

Play is suspended for the night

10Gunman shoots from his hips and takes down a monster

Patrick Antonius and 10 Gunman just after Gunman took the pot down

And the hands:

  
            

10Gunman vs. unknown Fin. Blinds 800/1600 antes 200

The finnish guy raises in 2nd. position to 5000. Gunman calls. BB calls. Flop is checked by the two first players. Gunman bets 9000. Two callers. Turn is again checked to Gunman, who makes it 20k. BB folds and the Fin raises another 25k and is all-in. After some thinking and realizing his pot odds, Gunman calls and the river brings the nuts. The pot was 135k and Gunman now is chipleader with about 170k.

The Gunman is now swimming far above his beloved Mud.

5 norwegians and 5 danish left

The price pool

Chip count level 10

Fredrik Larsen is out

Siggen and Fredrik Larsen earlier in the tournament

Chipcount for the Norwegians

Martin Østtveidt is out

Chipcount level 9

Frode knocks out Simon Trumper

Blinds 600/1200 ante 100
Frode bets pre-flop 3600 with K-Q off. Simon Trumper (picture) calls from BB with only 5k left with 10-10. Flop 7-8-9 (rainbow). Simon flies out with his 5k. Frode calls. Turn 8 and river KING. He now has 35k.

Kjersti wins a monster

Fiks goes out

He raises to A-8 and another guy goes all-in. Fiks calls. The other guy shows 10-8, but gets 10 direct on flop. The pot was 30k and Fiks goes out.

Frode loses big pot before break

Live from Edgar at the break

Kjersti Grini takes down a big pot

Chipcount 8 del 2

Frode wins 30k from from Mr. Smits

Frode and Mr. Smits (Poker Team Denmark)

Frode limps on the button with Q-J off. Mr. Smits with K-10 off in SB calls and BB checks. Flop is 6-9-10 (two clubs). Check from Mr. Smits and BB and Frode bets 800. Raise from Mr. Smits to 2600, BB is off and Frode calls. Turn K, and Mr. Smits pushes all-in and Frode calls. River no help for Mr. Smits. Frode now has 42k.

Chipcount Level 8

Sverre is helping me out here and thats why we are giving faster updates and more pictures.

Blinds 400/800 ante 100, average at 22 500.

55000 Christian Grundtvig
17000 Mr. Smits
07000 Martin Østtveidt (NOR)
21000 Pokergirl
19000 Fredrik Larsen (Lillestrøm)
35000 Gunman
10000 Marcel Luske
17500 Edgar Skjervold
13500 Fiks (highest of the day)
49000 Torstein Iversen
27000 Frode Fagerli
26000 Kjersti Grini
27000 Noah Boeken
25000 David Colclough
55000 Pasa Sorin
35000 Henri Noverkowski
-OUT-  Mark Telcher (winner in London EPT)
34000 Fragell (He got a crazy call from Henri. Fragell with A-9 suit and Henri had A-6 off. Flop A-J-9. All-in after turn brings a 5).

Martin Østveidt is still hanging on

With 7k and 80 players he has about 15k under average.

Torstein double up

Torstein raises to 1800 with K-K. One caller. Flop 4-7-9 (rainbow). Check-check. 10 on turn. Torstein checks and other guy goes all-in and covers Torstein. Torstein calls and the other guy shows A-8 for open end straight draw and A. River brings a deuce and Torstein doubles through.

Chipcount 7 - part 2

Christer and Torstein earlier today

Torstein is still in, but Christer is out. He outlasted his wife Birgitta with 2 minutes.

Chipcount level 7

Jonas goes out

  
 
Jonas (26k) vs. unknown swede (8k)
The swede goes all-in after he has done this many times. Jonas calls and loses pot.

A couple of hands later:

  
  

Jonas (16k) vs. unknown (24k)<
Jonas limps in 2. pos. The unknown limps and SB and BB will also see the flop. Jonas who has flopped the straight bets 1500 and unknown guy calls and SB calls. BB folds.

Jonas bets 3000 on turn, and both calls. On the river Jonas bets 5000 and unknown goes all-in. BB folds and Jonas has to call for his last 6000.           

The break is over

Chipcount level 6

Lots of hands to report

Kjersti Grini doubles up with A-J against K-10 with A-K-x on flop. Reraises on the flop and no help for opponent on turn and river and Kjersti now has 17K.

10Gunman with his third A-A gets action when he raises before flop and a call and flop is Q-x-x. He bets and another guy goes all-in . He has Q-10 and no help for the other guy. 10Gunman has 31k now.

Fiks is down to 2,5 k when he goes all-in with 3-3 and gets call with K-J. He packs his glasses and is ready to leave. I tell him not to worry because I am sure the first card on the flop will be the 3 of diamonds. Magic. It is. He doubles up and has 6k.

Anders loses a huge pot when flop and turn produces Q-Q-J-10 (didnt see action) Anders bets 5,5k at the turn. The other guy raises to 15k and Anders folds.

Torstein splits a big pot when both players are all-in at turn. Cards are K--Q-J-10 with two diamonds. Torstein has A-7 of clubs and the other guy has A-8 of diamonds. Torstein survives the river.

Chipcount level 5

Jonas and his girlfriend (Ingo)

Blinds are 150/300 with 25 ante. 144 left.

-OUT- Sverre Sundbø
09000 Yokohomo
-OUT- Ringlord
-OUT- Loden
-OUT- Siggen
12700 Fredrik Larsen (Lillestrøm)
20000 10Gunman
-OUT- Frede
13000 Marcel Luske
15000 Edgar Skjervold
-OUT- Isabella Mercer
08500 Fiks
22000 Anders Berg
13300 Torstein Iversen
23000 Frode Fagerli
24000 Jonas Helness
11000 BVDahl
08200 Kjersti Grini

Lodden loses a big pot and goes out

Jonas wins a good pot with AA

Another chipcount coming up in 15 minutes

Other noteables with chipcount

Isabelle Mercer and Frede is out

Fiks has more than he started with

Asking Fiks for his chip-count he replies he is having a very good tournament, but he is not sure what he is going to do with the 125 he has more than his starting 10 000.

Chipcount level 4

Going up for Chipcount

Edgar against Marcel Luske

  
            
Edgar vs. Marcel Luske  

Marcel it late position raises to 500. Edgar calls in cut-off position. After flop: Check - check. Marcel bets 850 on turn. When the river comes down Marcel does huge theatrics and bets 1000. Edgar calls and loses the pot. Edgar has 22k now. 

Sverre is out

Sverre wins a pot where he flops trips with sixes. He know has about 13k. Then he gets Q-Q in SB. Cut-off who is very tight raises to 500. Sverre re-raises to 2000. Then cut-off goes all-in with another 7000 and Sverre folds. He then shows 8-8.

Then after being down to 9,5 he gets J-J on the button. He raises to 600. Call from BB. Flop 2-3-4 with 2 clubs. BB bets 1000. Sverre re-raises to 3000. He goes all-in. Sverre thinks and calls. BB has K-4 off. K on turn and blank river. The pot was about 20k.

Frode Fagerli knocks out Greg Raymer

Greg Raymers back closest and Frode on the far side.

     

 
Frode Fagerli vs. Greg Raymer

Frode raises to 450 in early position. Greg Raymer goes all-in with 5k in small blind. Big blind, Simon Trumper was absent in BB. Frode with a 16K stack, calls. Frode is up to about 22k

Chipcount level 3

Of the Norwegians BVDahl is the leader right now.

Blinds are 75/150

09000 Sverre Sundbø
11300 Yokohomo
06200 Ringlord
14000 Loden
02600 Siggen
12700 Fredrik Larsen (Lillestrøm)
13000 10Gunman
08000 Frede
11000 Marcel Luske
15500 Edgar Skjervold
08600 Isabella Mercer
11300 Fiks
09600 Anders Berg
14700 Torstein Iversen
15000 Frode Fagerli
11000 Jonas Helness
16000 BVDahl
10000 Kjersti Grini

Lodden and Noah Jefferson (3rd. in London)

Lodden is off to a good start. To his right is Noah Jefferson who came 3rd. in London EPT and had the famous J-J against Jonas' J-J, and the big question was: "Who has the J of hearts when the flop came down with 7-8-9 of hearts.

No buzzer between levels

Chipcount Level 2

First chipcount coming up in 10 minutes

Edgar, Marcel and Isabella

Sandwiched between Marcel and Marcel, Edgar seems to enjoy his drawing.

EPT Baden with opening sermony

Baden is like a brand new world than Barcelona and London. It seems to me that the Baden organizers really enjoy hosting the EPT.

Seating of players

This is the structure of the EPT Baden tournament

Players are taking their seats now

We are ready to go in Baden. The start will be at 12:00 today