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Ole Kristian Nergard Leads EPT Grand Final

by Wicked Chops Entity on 5.9.2011 in Poker Tournaments | 1 comment

Ole Ole Ole Ole.

With 104 people remaining, 19 year-old Ole Kristian Nergard surged to the chip lead at the 2011 EPT Grand Final Main Event. Ole is stacked at 726,000. He’s followed by Kristoffer Thorsson witthh 701,500.

Plenty of notables remain. Some of those aforementioned notables include Melanie Weisner, a woman (543,500), Victor Ramdin (549,500), Ivan Demidov (198,500), Xuan Liu, a woman (168,500), Ted Forrest (130,000), and Fatima Moreira de Melo (26,000).

In related news, 104 get paid, so everyone remaining is in the money.

In completely unrelated news, Lonely Island + Michael Bolton = comic gold here.

Back to related news, get full chip counts here.

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2011 EPT Grand Final Main Event Sees Big Decline in Numbers

by Wicked Chops Entity on 5.8.2011 in Poker Tournaments | 3 comments

In what should come as a surprise to no one, the 2011 EPT Grand Final saw a steep decline in numbers, dropping from a starting field of 848 last year to a total of 686 this year. 4/15: Never Forget.

However, the event still will produce a solid first place prize of $1.5M (EUR) and $900k (EUR) for second.

With Day 1A and 1B in the books, David “Mrdawwe” Sonelin of Sweden leads both flights, stacked at 275,000. He’s followed by U.S. American Brian England with 238,300.

The guy we’re rooting for so we can keep embedding the above song, Ole (Ole! Ole! Ole!) Kristian Nergard, led Day 1B with 198,200.

Some notable big stacks include Ivan Demidov (197,800), Xuan Liu, a woman (85,600), Jason Mercier (70,800), and Fatima Moreira de Melo, a woman (69,200).

Last year’s champ, Nicolas Chouity is still alive with 55,600.

And for those keeping track at home, none of the big Team Full Tilters like Lederer, Ivey, Bloch, Juanda, etc. showed up to play in the event.

Get full chip counts here.

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Andrew Lichtenberger Wins WSOP-C Caesars + Other Tournament News

by Wicked Chops Entity on 4.30.2010 in Uncategorized | no comments

“The Kid” 3 of 3 (Unofficial Pilot) from Joseph Zentil on Vimeo.

Lots going on in the poker circuit. Here’s a recap:

:: Andrew Lichtenberger won the WSOP-C Caesars event, banking $190,137. He defeated Dan Casetta ($114,800) heads-up for the title. Brock Parker finished third ($73,544). Get full final table payouts here.

:: isildur1 is out of the EPT Grand Final High Rollers event. At post-time, 16 remain, with Oliver Busquet as big stack. Notables remaining include but are certainly not limited to Antoine Sauot, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospelier, Matthew ‘adz124′ Marafioti (star of the awesomely bad The Kid, above), and Luke Schwartz. Get full chip counts here.

:: And the final table of the EPT Grand Final Main Event is going on with a bunch of people you’ve never heard of and probably don’t care about…get updates here.

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isildur1 (Viktor Blom) Leads EPT Grand Final High Roller Event

by Wicked Chops Entity on 4.29.2010 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

A record 113 entered the EPT Grand Final High Roller event, creating a first place prize of €1,000,000.

Day 1 play is still going on, but leading the way is none other than Viktor Blom (aka isildur1). At post-time Blom (who is sharing a table with Tony G) is stacked at 178,000. Antoine Saout eats frog legs is in second with 141,000.

Follow here. EPT Girl on the Rail unknowingly showing nip (sorta NSFW) here. Above vid is Justin Bonomo and Sir Isaac Haxton more or less confirming isildur1′s identity as Viktor Blom.

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Chris Moneymaker, Melanie Weisner Among Chip Leaders at EPT Monte Carlo

by Wicked Chops Entity on 4.27.2010 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Melanie Weisner is not a bad addition to the circuit...

The final event of this season’s European Poker Tour, the 2010 EPT Monte Carlo, got underway Sunday, drawing 848 runnersTM, a drop from last year’s 935, something the World Poker Tour is probably like, “Eff you EPT it can happen to you too, you a-holes,” or something like that. Although we’re guessing this guy is to blame for the decrease. Still, the field generated a decent prize pool of €8,480,000 with the winner walking away €1,700,000 richer.

Day 2 play is well underway now and last we looked some French guy with a no-fly-list-y sounding name had the chip lead with 420,000. Notably, notable U.S. American Chris Moneymaker was stacked in the top 10 or so. For the love of Pete, just win another tourney already.

Also notable, in that she’s a woman and she’s not bad on the eyes, U.S. American Melanie “Callisto 5″ Weisner, a woman, is among the leaders. Only time will tell if the 23-year-old can make it back-to-back EPT wins for women after Liv Boeree, a woman, took home the top prize in San Remo last week.

Get full chip counts here.


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