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27 Jun 12
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Only six days now until I arrive in Las Vegas to do the blog for the Team Betfair qualifiers at WSOP event 59.
I am so excited about going that I feel like a ten year old with Christmas fast approaching as I have never been to Las Vegas before and this whole trip fulfills a life long dream!
The freerolls brought us 28 qualifiers some you may already know like GHADAFFI. Pepper Army or Slaven Popov and others who if you will get to know over the week of my blog.
I will be reporting on the great Betfair hospitality that the players will be receiving, giving updates on their progress in the tournament all with plenty of pictures with the usual attempts at witty and informative captions.
So I hope plenty of you will join me for the journey and hopefully we will have a load of fun along the way!
I am so excited about going that I feel like a ten year old with Christmas fast approaching as I have never been to Las Vegas before and this whole trip fulfills a life long dream!
The freerolls brought us 28 qualifiers some you may already know like GHADAFFI. Pepper Army or Slaven Popov and others who if you will get to know over the week of my blog.
I will be reporting on the great Betfair hospitality that the players will be receiving, giving updates on their progress in the tournament all with plenty of pictures with the usual attempts at witty and informative captions.
So I hope plenty of you will join me for the journey and hopefully we will have a load of fun along the way!
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Well I have arrived in Vegas and it is now 1 am Vegas time but 9 am UK time and I am just about to go to sleeps with my eyeballs hanging onto my cheeks.
Dat started fantastically when I got a free upgrade to club class for my Flight from Heathrow to Vegas which was nice especially as it meant I could stay in the business lounge for my four hour wait at Heathrow. My room at the Palazzo is just awesome and I will post some photo's up tomorrow! Goodnight or good morning depending on where you are.  |
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Sounds fabulous mate ... pity im not there with you. One day!
My full support to the trio you mentioned! I almost suggested the three were the good, the bad and the ugly and then I realised ghad probably encompassess two of those qualities :-) |
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This my suite at the Palazzo, all the qualifiers will have exactly the same!
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And the bathrooms are rather large!
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More pics of the hotel/casinos /streets of Vegas would be great HF
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Will do Mr Willis!!
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Hi HF- you heading over to the Rio today to watch the "Big One" game?
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Hi GT,
Will be heading over to Rio to pick up my media pass and will definitely have a look but all the players are arriving today so lots to d0. Hope you are well mate, real shame you are not here! |
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Take all the players to the 1 drop rail, will be very good to watch.
History being made  |
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Unfortunately they won't be here in time Bruce as they are all coming over in dribs and drabs!
A picture of the Venetian Entrance just for you Bruce.  |
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Haha cheers
I will definitely take a trip out to Vegas in the next few years |
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PIcs of the strip would be good too
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Looks great and I'm jealous as hell. I too hope to make that trip in the not too distant future.
Good luck to all the betfair qualifiers. Ask Lukbox#1 to lend me a fiver. |
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Looks wicked m8 hope you have a blast. Pass on my regards to Ghadd tell him 2 take it down also wish hans loads luck from me .
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OK have arrived at the media area at the Rio as we prepare for day 1a.
We have 11 players starting today and around 50 strating tomorrow on day 1b I will get you a picture of the poker room uploaded as soon as possible, it is ridiculously huge on a mind boggling scale. |
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Last night my room phone rings and its the colonel who then invaded my room.
Note he is only smiling because I told him a bunny rabbit had just died!  |
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There actually 14 Betfair Poker players starting today I have been informed and they are as follows:-
Jeff Topol Joakim Einarsson Evangelos Tsairis Petar Zografov Louis Zettelmeier Manuel Garcia Paraskevas Kosmidis Najib Kamand paul mccann Dmitry Amiryan Griffin Benger Michael Herrera Rune Jacobsen Jaroslav Tjepan Photo's to follow! |
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So excited as I saw the entrance for the first time!
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Small card room!
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Joakim Einarsson
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A very cool looking Paraskevas Kosmidis!
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Rune Jacobsen with his specially shaved WSOP head!
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Manuel Jacobsen.
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Jeff Topol arrived late and dishevelled.
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Najib Kamand.
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UK player Paul McCann.
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Petar Zografov.
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Louis Zettermeier looks very pleased or suprised to be photographed!
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Michael Merrera!
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fran manages to do her usual 'can i use your camera' trick and as usual the male victim hands over his camera!
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Happy in my work!
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Some chip counts
Joakim Einarsson 3k Petar Zografov 1.5k Louis Zettelmeier 5k Manuel Garcia 650 Paraskevas Kosmidis 1k Najib Kamand 5k Paul McCann 1k Michael Herrera 6k Rune Jacobsen 4.5k And we have lost jeff Topol. |
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Is this the main event?
Is John tabatabai out there and playing it? |
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No Bruce this Event 59 a $1k buy in.
This where all the Team Betfair WSOP Trial winners are playing. Sick structure, 3k starting stack with 1 hour blind levels. |
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John Tabatabai is out here and went quite deep in a Venetian tourney yesterday.
I think he is playing in day 1b tomorrow. |
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Have a gr8 time David. Hope to see you again soon. GL all Betfairers
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Saw Joe Hachem outside and he asked me if I was the legendary Thrappers.
Obviously I gave him a bit of my time and talked him through a couple of hands. He then asked if he could have his photo taken with me, who am I to refuse?  |
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Latest chip counts...
Jeff Topol OUT Joakim Einarsson Petar Zografov 4.5k Louis Zettelmeier 8k Manuel Garcia 4k (great recovery) Paraskevas Kosmidis OUT Najib Kamand OUT we think Paul McCann 3.6k Michael Herrera 6k Rune Jacobsen 13k (What a guy) |
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Joakim Einarsson has busted out unfortunately.
 Got it all in pre flop AT v 77, a ten on the flop didn't help as the villain had already hit his set of sevens on the flop! So having found out I won some money playing cash at the Venetian last night (yes I really won at cash) he has ventured back there to try his luck! |