And Thomas Erichsen is still in the tournament and fighting to get to the top 64, as most of the players right now. The play has tighten up a bit, and the ones who already have a big stack just get bigger and bigger.

Thomas is “down” to 50.000 in chips, and has a really good chance to reach the money. As there is nothing to report about since the game is so tight, I am going to sum up the tournament so far. We had 11 starting players, 3 of them went through to the second day. We had some very bad luck on the way, and if poker was fair we would have had many more of the players still in the tournament, but that’s poker as they say. I have talked to many of the players and it looks like they are not happy with how the EPT has been handled here in Dortmund this year, and I think that EPT will have this in mind when they choose their destinations for next year.

Now back to the tournament, Go Thomas Erichsen!

Just a few minutes after the break was over Thomas was dealt 33, there was a raise pre-flop and Thomas decided to call. The flop came amazingly K83, which means a set for Thomas. Thomas checked, opponent raised, and Thomas went all-in, and got called by AK. The turn was the worrying card K, which gave the other player a few outs, but the river was blank and Thomas now got almost 80.000!!

In the dinner break he said:
- I have already reached my goal of being the best RedKings player

Maybe it is time to put new goals for this tournament…

Looks like his $3 has a big chance of becoming thousands of euros, now it is 94 players left and 30 more players should go out and Thomas has earned at least €6.600!

Other famous players chip counts:
William Thorsson, 150.000
Michael McDonald, 158.400
Moritz Kranich (Winner of EPT Deauville) 98.000
Joao Barboza, 58.000

Thomas Erichsen is as you know our last RedKings player that still is in the tournament. He has now gone to dinner break with the other 98 players that still is in the tournament. He’s got about 28.500 in his stack, and he has started to complain a little about how bad cards he gets, so I hope this soon will change for him so he can boost his stack up a little.

Here is the payouts for EPT Dortmund by pokerstars.com:
1 € 917,000
2 € 533,000
3 € 307,000
4 € 237,000
5 € 197,000
6 € 153,000
7 € 116,500
8 € 83,500
9 € 50,000
10 € 50,000
11 € 33,300
12 € 33,300
13 € 25,000
14 € 25,000
15 € 20,000
16 € 20,000
17 € 17,000
18 € 17,000
19 € 17,000
20 € 17,000
21 € 17,000
22 € 17,000
23 € 17,000
24 € 17,000
25 € 13,300
26 € 13,300
27 € 13,300
28 € 13,300
29 € 13,300
30 € 13,300
31 € 13,300
32 € 13,300
33 € 11,600
34 € 11,600
35 € 11,600
36 € 11,600
37 € 11,600
38 € 11,600
39 € 11,600
40 € 11,600
41 € 10,000
42 € 10,000
43 € 10,000
44 € 10,000
45 € 10,000
46 € 10,000
47 € 10,000
48 € 10,000
49 € 8,300
50 € 8,300
51 € 8,300
52 € 8,300
53 € 8,300
54 € 8,300
55 € 8,300
56 € 8,300
57 € 6,600
58 € 6,600
59 € 6,600
60 € 6,600
61 € 6,600
62 € 6,600
63 € 6,600
64 € 6,600

Good Luck Thomas!

Thomas raised 3xBB in early position and the Swedish Star Oscar Silow who only had 11.000 left pushed his whole stack. Thomas called with AJ, and Silow showed 88, the flop comes out 810Q, three of a kind for the swede, but a 9 or A would give Thomas Erichsen a straight. The turn comes out a 9 and Thomas hits his straight, just to laugh a little bit more in Oscar Silows face he hits the ace on the river as well. Which means he got what I call a 7 straight, 7 cards in a row. Maybe something we could add to the poker terminology? Any other fun words you readers are sitting on out there in your houses?

120 players left, average stack about 55.000.

Thomas Erichsen, 42.000

Only an hour left until “Thursdays with Toni” starts, read more about in my earlier post! Also only one hour left until the $250 freeroll will begin. Name: blogs.redkings.com FR, password: monaco

Good luck!

Ivo was in the small blind when a player raised 3xBB. Ivo shouts out:
-All-in!
He puts his 10.000 chips into the middle, and his opponent calls. Ivo turns over the magic Red Kings. He is in a big lead as his opponent shows two 6’s.

Flop comes 659 and Ivo just puts his head on the table and repeat the words:
-One time, One time.

Turn shows J, and now he need another King to double his stack up, the river card shows a 4 and again no help for Ivo. Everybody says goodbye to the respectable player Ivo Donev. Not much to do when not even the RedKings can help him.

Now our hope is up to Thomas Erichsen, who is the only RedKings player left. He is doing pretty good, with 33.000 in his stack with an average about 40.000 and 135 players left.

Don’t forget tonights freeroll, at 19:15 CET you have the chance to play a $250 freeroll at RedKings.com. The password is: monaco

Benjamin was on the Big Blind with 35 and got a free flop as only one guy limped (just called). The flop came out 5-J-5, Benjamin bets, limper (ugly Italian guy) calls. Turn shows a 4. Benjamin pushes all-in for 15.000, and the italian guy makes a instacall. Benjamin shows his 35, for three of a kind and the Italian shows J9 off suit. Now there is two cards in the deck that can make Benjamin loose this pot.

The Dealer knock on the table puts the card turned upside down, turns it, and shows a J! The Italian says he is sorry, and he should be with that kind of luck. Benjamin has to leave the tournament, and he is not happy with that, after his impressing play I must say I feel very sorry for him.

So, the answer for my question is VERY SICK!

A little bit more fun was it when Ivo decided to push all-in in the Small Blind, and the Big Blind folds, he tells me to come and see his cards, and he shows a 23 suited. Last time he made the same move he showed the whole table two aces

Now we hope for Thomas and Ivo! Go on! Do we have any of their fans reading?

Toni Ojala has been devastated from when his Queens got beaten by two Kings yesterday, luckily the kings weren’t red. He is now on his way of recovery but still a bit on tilt, sadly enough this could be your chance to a fortune. Toni is playing tonight at 19:00 CET, on limits that fits you all, everything from 0.10/0.20 and up to 0.50/1. You will find his tables open in the private section of cash game tables on the RedKings client. The table will be called “RK_PRO_TONI” which also is his username.

The message you need to write to Toni so he lets you in is: teamrk

It is perfect, first warm-up some with Toni, then play the blog freeroll at 19:15! Password: monaco

In the Main Event there are dropping players like flies, but we still have our three RedKings in! 170 players in, 64 of them is going to get paid!

Benjamin Schaub, 23.000
Ivo Donev, 14.000
Thomas Erichsen, 22.000

Our three RedKings players haven’t done much the first hour of the tournament, a few steals but no big action. This means that they all have about what they started the day with.

Other interesting players that still is in the tournament, is the big Swedish star William Thorsson who started the day as second in chips, and also he is stable and building his stack slowly. Luca pagano is also still in, but he is a bit shortstacked and if he want to find another final table he’s got to speed it up a little.

We have 240 players left, the winner is leaving Dortmund with amazing €917.000! We are today playing 9 levels (9 hours) or until we are down to 32 players.

Who is your favorite? The young Benjamin, the star Ivo or the amazing qualifier Thomas? Or maybe you have some of your friends still in the field, give me a comment and I will check him out for next post!

I like them all three!

It is time for day 2, and as you know we have 3 players who went through from yesterday, all of them with alright stacks. We want to give you readers that will follow our heros today some more action by giving you all an freeroll.

It is another $250 freeroll, without any requirements (except reading the blog). It starts again at 19:15 CET and the name is:
blogs.redkings.com FR

You will also need a password to join the freeroll, and here it is:
monaco

Don’t miss out on todays action in the blog, if you follow it really closely you might get a nice surprise!

Todays players:
1. Benjamin Schaub, 31.100
2. Thomas Erichsen, 21.100
3. Ivo Donev, 16.000

Go RedKings!

We had 11 RedKings players starting the day, we got 3 of them through to the second day. Ivo Donev goes as usual to the second day, Benjamin Schaub will make his first day 2 on the EPT circuit tomorrow and so will also the qualifier Thomas Erichsen!

About 135 players went through to the second day from day 1b (have not been confirmed yet) which means that we will have about 250 players starting tomorrow at 14:00 CET.

1. Benjamin Schaub, 31.100
2. Thomas Erichsen, 21.100
3. Ivo Donev, 16.000

Tomorrow there will be a new freeroll at the same time as today, 19:15 CET. The password you will find here when the tournament continues tomorrow at 14:00 CET.

Tomorrow is going to be a very interesting days and we will know if any RedKings players manage to get into the money! See you all tomorrow!