****Betfair Prague Live Main Event Blog thread****

Time to keep all you Fran fans out there happy.

Here is the Betfair lovely partaking in the side event! 

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this was supposed to mean .... GOOOO FRAN SHOW THEM WHO IS THE BOSS

Leigh Carney is taken out by Anders Mora in a 3 way all in.

Leigh has AK Anders AA and the third 88.

Anders takes the hand down and moves onto 60k +

A few hands later Anders doubles up ZZ Top Magnus..

Anders flops a set of 8's and Magnus gets it all in with the nut flush draw and rivers the flush but Anders still has 40k+ left!

Fab updates as usual Dave. Keep going! :)

Have you passed on my message to Bulgarian Bruiser?

38 left with the blinds 600/1200 with a 200 running ante...

We have lost Kasper along the way, the chips counts are as follows...

Soren Bech    42k
Leigh Ralph    36k
Matti Rehunen    35k
Anders Mora    35k
Stuart Hulston    46k
Magnus Svenson    74k
Slaven Popov    15k

The Bulgarian bruiser is having a bit of a torrid time appreciates me talking to him as much as catching syphillis Dinos!

We are now down to 35 players across 4 tables and approaching the end of level 11!

One more level after this today then all back tomorrow.

and tomorrow morning will be the song " sorry for party rocking "

Im now regretting not being there - i think it should be a compulsory setting that klup attends all betfair live poker events

Slaven goes when he shoves with 99..

Soren shoves over the top of him and all others fold...

Soren shows AA and the board helps no-one and Slaven exits in 35th!

Dino, you and your "jinx" are going to the next live event for sure

Do they put on a good event? Yes
Do they provide as much booze as you can handle? Yes

Can they dance? BOY can they dance!
http://youtu.be/oHnvsF3r8p4

Latest chip counts...

Leigh Ralph    60k
Matti Rehunen    30k
Anders Mora    40k
Stuart Hulston    63k
Magnus Svenson    55k
Soren The Ninja   73k

Hmmmmmm who is that handsome tall man dancing like the devil??

http://youtu.be/oHnvsF3r8p4

LOL you still didn't see Dino and me dancing

27 Players left and last 5 hands called on the first day!

Now that's what I call a chipstack!!!

Matt blatantly flouting the no Ice Cream house rule!

Apparently tomorrow he is bringing a gun!

Fran has been driving the players mad with incessant foul play - betting out of turn - under raising - string betting - folding out of turn etc but now has over 200k

Matti goes out 27th when he reraises but pot commits himself with KJos against the table maniac who this time has woken up with AA.

So Matt and his Hat leaves us!

Play over for today our five remaining heroes have....

Soren The Poker Ninja 38,500
Stuart Hulston 50,100
Magnus Svenson 57,300
Anders Mora 27,300
Leigh Ralph 109,400

26 players left on the following chips

Nico Ehlers    188.000
David Lunatsarski 135.600
Jan Štefek    122.000
Ondřej Kopecký    107.900
Leigh Ralph    106.400
Berndt Saperas    99.900
Jakub Brož    97.100
Jiří Paďourek    93.700
Steffen Poulsen    72.900
Luděk Šafránek    64.300
Vítek Pešta    61.400
Kolja Lakatosh    58.600
Wasa    57.300
Tomáš Křivský    51.300
Stuart Hulston    50.100
Alex Ferrer    48.200
Zbigniew Wichlacz    45.400
David Piorkowski    45.000
Ondřej Dusílek    42.800
Radoslaw Jedynak 41.200
Peter Bech    38.800
Dewi James    35.000
Petr Targa    33.600
David Stogel    30.400
Anders Mora    27.700
Bernt Elfström    15.500

well done HF  say hello to VINO and PCplod ..shame they exited so early..mind you I was told the nightlife is quite tasty in Prague

Thanks Ghad,

yes the nightlife is certainly  'interesting'!

HF all my foul play paid off ... i shipped the side event :)

very successful evening for me lol

ALSO big hi to all those following this thread, HF is doing an amazing job as always!!

thank you for the funny comments Helmuthian. I like the picture of Francesca. I wondered though... what is she looking at ?

Do me a favour Helmuthian


Please find out how and Dewi James qualified for Prague


Im rooting tooting for a Dewi win!!

qualified in a uk poker calender freeroll, tx for the support (think i'm going to need it)

2cool Dewi - take it down!!

tyty must say the free bar is an excellent idea :-)

Dewi for the win, no pressure (leave the free bar alone lol)

Good luck Dewi!

And we are go go go

26 players left

Nico Ehlers is our chip leader with 188,000
Jorgen Elfstrom is our short stack with 15,500

Av stack is approx 68,000

Stay tuned for all the action

3 hands in and we have lost Soren the Poker Ninja whose A9 all in pre flop shove was called by AT and failed to improve past it!

Quickly followed by Magnus ZZ Top Svenson...

He 4 bets all in with AK but runs into AA and is dead by the turn!

Amazingly we are down to 21 players already with people dropping like flies!

Another falls...

The other players to fall are...

Jiri Padourek
Vitek Pesta
David Piorkowski
Petr Targa

HF is struggling to keep up with the exits
Photos to come shortly bear with us.....

Down to 2 tables now

They are falling so fast I can't keep up!!!!

We are down from 26 to 18 in under 20 minutes and we have broken down to two tables!

Ondrej doubles up off Jakub when his QQ hits a Queen on the flop to beat AA!

I thought that only happened online!!

17 left!

Ondrej doubles up off Jakub when his QQ hits a Queen on the flop to beat AA!

I thought that only happened online!!

17 left!

As Magnus left the room I asked him what he thought about the dealer. He told me: "she's got legs; she knows how to use them."

Anders Mora who was short stacked (27,700) shoves into the "Smurf" and gets called

Anders A9o vs AKo

No joy on the flop and blanks on the turn and river mean its goodbye to the always smiling Anders

16 left with 12 paid so getting tense!

Anders Mora in his NYY shirt for the second day running!

Has he been back to the hotel?

Taken just before his exit!

I want one of these stacks!
t.co/F0ygktPv

Stuart Hulston doubles up when his AK beats AK when he rivers a flush!

Kolja Lakatosh exits in 15th when he shoves with AK on a K743 board and is called by QQ...

The river is a Queen and a cursing Kolja heads for the rail!

The final two tables.....

14 left and the approaching bubble seems to have tightened the play up somewhat...

12th 11th and 10th all will receive 650 Euro!

Jkub Broz goes out 14th when his K7 misses completely against A5.

He only actually had about 12k chips..

We are now on the bubble!

Jakub Broz

He may not have lasted long but he did come back in full Ninja mode!

We have played 2 levels and are having a 15 minute break....

We have played 2 levels and are having a 15 minute break....

Leigh Ralph turns up suited and booted...

He explained that he wanted to look smart for the winners interview!

Play has restarted still on the bubble...

Blinds are 2k/4k with a 500 running ante!!

Bubble nearly burst but Radoslav Jedynak's AJ holds up v QJ soooooted!

David Piorkowski bubbles when he shoves with A8 and is called by by David Lunatarski with A5

Flop 567 Turn Ace  river Queen..

So 12 players left

Next out receives 650 Euros!!

Tomas Krivsky goes out 12th with 650 Euro

Button raise to 8k, Tomas shoves for 40k, button calls

Tomas is in a spot A3 v AQ, board helps neither and now we are 11!

If you are not feeling the glamour then get a load of this!!

Plod and Leigh Carney railing the final day!

Radoslav oes out in 11th when his AJ hits nothing against Nico Ehlers's 88

Radoslav receives 650 euro for his troubles!

Leigh Ralph goes out 10th.

In a monster pot v White Smurf David Lunatsarski by the turn Leigh has two pairs with his A8..

The chips all go in after some tanking from David who flips over 44 for a set of 4's.

Leigh gets 650 euro and we are now ready for the final table with 9 pliers left!

Leigh stands to leave

And his exit hand..

Final table standings..as follows...

seat 1: Stuart Hulston (UK) - 59.000
seat 2: Jan Štefek (CZE) - 326.000
seat 3: Luděk Šafránek (CZE) - 70.500
seat 4: David Lunatsarski (EST) - 461.500
seat 5: Bernat Saperas (SPA) - 79.500
seat 6: Nico Ehlers (GER) - 468.000
seat 7: Ondřej Kopecký (CZE) - 112.000
seat 8: Ondřej Dusílek (CZE) - 115.000
seat 9: Steffen Poulsen (DEN) - 79.000

Cagey opening to the final table...

We have had a couple of short stack shoves but none called yet.

Steffen Poulsen goes out in 9th...

His shove with Js 8s is called by Jan Steffek with Ad 3d..

The board brings an Ace and four diamonds and Steffen leaves with 1,120 Euro.

Ondrej Kopecky hobbles off in 8th with 1,570 euro.

Jan Stefek claims his second final table victim.

Most the chips go in on a JQ5 flop, the rest goes in when a 9 hits the turn.

Ondrej shows KQ but Jan has KT and has nailed a straight...

Can any good come of having your chips stacked like this??

Phallic issues maybe?

Jan now has substantially more chips!

Ondrej's exit hand!

Jan Stefek wins another big pot when he reraises Nico Ehlers on a 10 high flop.

The both check the turn Jack.

A river 10 makes Jan lead out 100k and after much deliberation Nico calls.

Jan shows A 10 and Bico mucks!

Sturat Hulston had 15 left on his BB which was 8k.

He gets it all in versus two other hands and his Jc Tc hits a flush by the turn and he triples up to 50k!

Ludek Safranek doubles up off David Lunasarski.

His A6 beats David's AQ when a 6 hits the flop.

Bernat Saperas has got away with a couple of open shoves with his 150k stack.

Bernat then doubles up off poor David Lunatsarski when he shoves with KT.

David calls with AK.

A 10 on the flop and just to rub salt in the wounds another on the river gives David his 2nd bad beat in 10 minutes!

Ludek Safranek goes out 7th.

He gets it all in v Nico with AJ v 99.

The flop is Jack high but a 9 on the turn ends Ludek's tourney.

Ludek gets a healthy 2050 euro.

Ludek shortly before his exit.

Then Ondrej Dusilek goes in 6th.

He shoves with QcJc and David reshoves with AK.

The flop brings an ace but on the turn Ondrej picks up a double gutshot draw.

The blank river sends Ondrej home with 2,720 euro.

Ludek's exit hand

Ondrej's exit hand....

Stuart down to 30k doubles up again..

His K7 holds against Jan's 76 and he's still alive!

David Lunatsarski is becoming very aggressive. 

Lots of small raises and continuation bets.

For the moment he is getting away with it!

Stuart Hulston falls in 5th.

He shoves with A5, david calls with Q7

The flop brings a queen and Stuart leaves with 3,620 euro.

David Lunasarski falls in 4th.

KQ v A8

He has the 2nd nut flush on the river but Nico has a full house so the most unfortunate David goes home with 4,650 euro!

We are now heads up

Bernat Saperas falls in third for 6,570 euro.

He shoves for the n'th time and after a bit of tanking Jan Stefek calls

Bernat has QJ and Jan A3

The board helps neither and Bernat heads back to spain more than 6k euro richer!

Nico and Jan do a deal and both take home a mouth watering 10,675 euro each.

Jan



Nico

Stuart Hulston's exit hand!

David's exit hand...

Bernat after his exit



His exit hand...

Nico and Jan congratulate each other on their shared winnings!!

All payouts in euro's

1st Nico Ehlers 10,675
2nd Jan Stefek 10,675
3rd Bernat Saperas 6,570
4th David Lunatsarski 4,650
5th Stuart Hulston 3,620
6th Ondrej Dusilek 2,720
7th Ludek Safranek 2,050
8th Ondrej Kopecky 1,570
9th Steffen Poulson 1,120
10th Leigh Ralph 650
11th Radoslav Jedynak 650
12th Tomas Krivsky 650

Good morning,

I have my flight back this evening so a lot of waiting around..

Here is the complete video for Betfair Poker Live Prague...

http://youtu.be/iTQt9OINI9k

Excellent weekend, I have just arrived back in the UK, I'm either Jet lagged or Hungover or both!!!!!!
Fantastic time and great to cash too. Many thanks again guys. See you next time...

Another great blog Dave, thank you. A throughally magnificent weekend was had by all, it was nice to get together with old friends and meet some new ones. Congratulations to the winners and also to the Whale, who was the highest placed Britain.

Must agree, great weekend, thanks to Betfair for all the added value, and to UK Poker Calendar for setting up the freeroll & to all the players who made it a weekend to remember.

Glad those that could make it enjoyed it and those that couldn't kept up to date with HF's (excellent) updates

See you all in September in Cork or before at WSOP.