It’s our second day in Greece and I thought it was about time I gave everyone an update.
First of all, thank you PrManager for getting this thread going and putting up the chip counts from yesterday, needless to say it would not have happened if left to me. In all fairness to me though, the main event was actually split into two starting days and all the Betfair players started today. All but one, James Keys, who, quite impressively, came out ahead of the field. Let’s hope he continues to run good throughout the tournament!
Yesterday we also had the GSOP welcome party in a bar in the resort called the Purple Lounge. The party was good fun and everyone was pleasantly amused by the surprise entertainment in the form of belly dancers. I got a couple of pics of the dancers which I’ll add to this thread but they did move so stealthily making them quite hard to capture. All in all, I think everyone enjoyed the evening and from what I hear the party went on till quite late. I called it a night at 2am (not my usual style) but I was properly exhausted and it seemed to be quite dangerous when the Jaeger trays started coming out.
Despite last night’s antics, the 21 players, making up Team Betfair showed up to the tourney punctually today and I must say everyone looks to be in good shape. I am confident Team Betfair is in for a good run but it’s a long way to go with a total of 345 players competing for a part of the whopping $517,500 in the prize pool. So fingers crossed for Team Betfair!
I’ll add my pics, plus a couple that were kindly donated to me by pokernyhederne.com, of the player party and the tournament in the next posts.
Fran
It’s our second day in Greece and I thought it was about time I gave everyone an update. First of all, thank you PrManager for getting this thread going and putting up the chip counts from yesterday, needless to say it would not have happened if le
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Ok this my final attempt to upload pics from yesterday's play and it looks as though it might just work! the internet connection is not the best over here SO TILTING
Ok this my final attempt to upload pics from yesterday's play and it looks as though it might just work! the internet connection is not the best over here SO TILTING
10 Betfair Players left in the running (11 including James Keys)
Names and Chip Counts below:
James Keys 130700 philip peters 60200 Alex Ansorge 55700 Kyriacos Eleftheriou 39700 Albert Altayo 33800 Martin Drewniok 30900 Slaven Popov 26900 Richard Mace 25000 Alan Turner 23700 Antony Harrison 16400 Konstantin Kislyakov 6500
193 players go through to day 210 Betfair Players left in the running (11 including James Keys)Names and Chip Counts below:James Keys 130700philip peters 60200Alex Ansorge 55700Kyriacos Eleftheriou 39700Albert Altayo 33800Martin Drewni
I am sad to report that none of Team Betfair made it through to Day 3. If you are interested in hearing how these players went out than post a reply on this thread and we will get the details on here. Otherwise, I will refrain from writing about Poker hands because my inability to put a quirky twist on Poker hands makes it very boring to read.
The weather has taken a turn for the worse over here and our beautiful beach side resort is looking a little miserable with grey skies and rain this morning. Hopefully, the sun will be out soon for everyone to enjoy, now that the main event is over for Betfair.
Tonight we will be making our first trip to the local village for a traditional Greek meal, followed by some drinks. Should be good fun!! watch this space for pics of the night
I am sad to report that none of Team Betfair made it through to Day 3. If you are interested in hearing how these players went out than post a reply on this thread and we will get the details on here. Otherwise, I will refrain from writing about Poke