Iremmats - EPT Baden

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Time for another poker tour for The Crazy Swede. A month ago my trip to Vegas ended. I did not achieve what I wanted in Vegas, hopefully it will go better this time. I had a very good time in Vegas though.

 

I will be play the following events this trip:

 

EPT Barcelona: Main event plus as many sideevents as possible.

EPT London: Same thing here.

Austrian Classics: http://www.ccc.co.at/downloads/Image/gross.jpg

 

Whether I will play the EPT in Baden and Dublin is still to be determined. After a few weeks at luxury hotels with daily roomservice, you still want to get home and eat some microwaved meatballs. It sounds weird though.

 

Me in Deauville earlier this year. 1st place!

 

My first stop this trip will be Barcelona. I will stay at the Hotel Barcelona Princess http://www.hotelbarcelonaprincess.com/ with my friend Jacobmal. He is a really funny guy. Compared to me he hasnt got any big tournament wins. His biggest poker moment was when he won the Bad Beat Monster Jackpot a few weeks ago. Hes a typical lucksack.

As I wrote above, I will play as many events as possible in Barcelona. I did though qualify for the Main Event on Pokerstars.

 

After Barcelona, Im heading to London. I qualified for this event on Pokerstars too.

 

Then Im taking a break from EPT to play the Austrian Classics in Vienna. Its a really nice casino there.

 

Next time Im writing here I might be in Barcelona. I also might be on Landvetter being really really bored. Time will tell.

 

Klonk!

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Just arrived to the hotel. Got a beautiful room on the 25th floor with a magnificent view of the whole city.

 

 

The wide street in the middle of the picture is the Av. Diagonal which goes through the whole city.

 

Right now Im really tired and really hungry. Have to decide which one to cure first.

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Right now me, Jacobmal and Morbo are playing the sunday tournaments in our hotel room.

 

Jacobmal

 

Pontus(Pikabo) and Philip(Auyne)

 

Pontus is a bit shy.

 

Morbo with Ramzis computer.

 

I showed some of my skills by saving Morbo in a very important allin situation. He was allin with AK vs 99. After the turn had been dealt out, the board showed XXQT. I turned to him and said "knekt". The river was a jack. Skill.

 

After my short nap earlier today me, Philip, Pontus and Jacob went out to eat. We tried a place at the Diagonal Mar which is shopping mall. The food wasnt good at all and the service crappy. After that went to the casino to register for tomorrow.

 

The entrance to the Diagonal Mar by night.

 

The roomservice here at the Princess is not very great. We might have to switch to another hotel because of that. I mean, we do need fresh strawberries. Atleast Jacob does.

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Today has been an eventful day. We woke up around 13.30. Then we took a shower. Sorry, Jacob took a shower. During his shower he managed to break down the water pipes at the hotel. Toilet stopped working, shower stopped working and water on every floor outside the elevators. Good job Jacob!

 

Jacob posing for the camera.

 

 

Then we went to eat some pasta at the Diagonal Mar. Was ok food this time.

 

After that we spent half an hour at the pool on the 23rd floor. Nice view from there.

 

Soon we will go to the Casino for the €500+500 event. If we make it to the final table we will book the Penthouse for the rest of the stay here.

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Busted from the first event. Found a pretty easy table. Lots of calling stations from Spain. Im getting no playable cards the first three levels. Right before the break I got JJ and won a small pot. So I went into the next level with 4500 chips. Starting chips was 3k but I made a rebuy right away.

 

Blinds are now 70/140. I raise it up to 400 in ep with JJ again. Two callers right after me. Both are terrible players. Flop 985 with two hearts. I bet 1k. Second guy calls. Turn 9d. I check. He instapush and I instacall. He shows 77 for a gutshot straight draw. Spike! 7 on the river.

 

Will spend some hours grinding with Pikabo in the room. Jacob is still in the tourney with about 10k chips.

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Today we ate the breakfast for the first time at the Hotel. It was pretty good. Then we went to bed, hehe. Woke up around three in the afternoon. Went to the shopping mall and ate some Paella. Quite alright.

 

After that we spent 2-3 hours grinding. I made 2k and Jacobmal made like 12k in the 25/50.

 

Around 19.00 we went to Camp Nou to see Barcelona vs Levski Sofia. We were a group of around 25 people. Including Fuat Can, Bengt Sonnert, Daniel Larsson and Johnny Lodden.

 

 

Fuat.

 

The game was really good. Barcelona won with 5-0. After around 30 minutes of the match it started raining ALOT. Almost everyone ran away from their seats to get some shelter. It was really crazy.

 

Pyoul scoring.

 

Massive raining.

 

After the game the rain got even worse. We had to walk 15 minutes before we could get a taxi back to the hotel. On the way we grabbed some take away pizza from the shopping mall. And of course, Jacobmal ordered some cola light. But only 15 this time.

 

 

We have also booked a room for tomorrow. Our current hotel was full that night. Jacob really wanted the romantic suite at the Meridien hotel this time. Im a bit confused.

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Woke up today at 12. Checked out from Barcelona Princess and took a taxi to our new hotel, Le Meridien. We might stay here for the rest of the week or go back to Princess tomorrow. Anyway, we had booked one of their suites.

 

View from the outdoor part of the suite.

 

Jacob enjoying the views.

 

The balcony.

 

In an hour or so we will make our way to the casino to see the Main Event. Jacob is on the waiting list so he might play today. Otherwise we will just keep on grinding. Life is a wonderful grind. Cya later, someone brought champagne to the room now.

 

Jacob with the Champagne.

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Took a short trip to the casino after we had lunch/dinner/breakfast an hour ago. Lots of people there. Sadly they did not use alternates so Jacob cant play the Main Event. Tonight there will be some serious grinding online. We might to the casino again in a few hours to play some live cash though.

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Just some more pics this time.

 

Pikabo´s first day in school.

 

Odd shape of this building.

 

So this is how the "Sagan om det onda pappret" ended.

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Just ate dinner. We had a 1-2 hour session right before it. Jacob made 25k. He is one sick baller.

 

The dinner. Norwegian salmon as a starter. Some saffran noodles with cod and some fowl for Jacob. And of course, 6 cola light.

 

Next session will be outdoors!

 

And for all the girls reading this. Finally a picture of me!

 

Living at so many different hotels. You always find something that isnt good. We are making a list of things that every hotel should have.

 

-Keycards in credit card size.

-Salmon 24/7.

-Strawberries 24/7

-View of the whole city

-"Mörkläggningsgardin"

 

We still havent found the perfect hotel room.

 

We will add more stuff to the list...

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Busted in the Main Event.

 

Lars Kjestrup makes it 800 on the button. I make it 3400 in the sb with A3s. I got a total of 6500. He pushes and I call.

 

He shows QTc. He thought I had much more so that I could fold. Tilt.

 

Flop AhJc9c and Im drawing virtually dead... 7c on the turn.

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Found out a really funny thing now. If you login to Pokerstars they always show 4 photos in the bottom of the window. Its the TLB weekly winner and Hachem, Moneymaker and Greg Raymer.

 

The photo of the TLB weekly winner is MINE, from my WSOP blog!!

 

Nice work American Fisk Donnie!

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Spent the rest of the day grinding in the hotel with Jacob. He did the usual 25/50 grind while I played some 25/50 shortstacked. We also spent some hours playing Horse. I made about 2k playing 4 tables 30/60. Jacob took it a bit easier and played 3/6.

 

Tomorrow we will do some tourist stuff.

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We woke up around 15.00 today. The plan was to go to La Sagrada Familia and get some breakfast/lunch close to it. Instead Jacob found some juicy 25/50 tables so we stayed in the room and ordered some roomservice. 90 minutes later we took a taxi to the church.

 

It was a really cool place to visit. Its a really big church that is still under construction. We took the lift to the top of it and had a great view of the city. After that we took a walk back to the hotel and spent the rest of the day making a few EPT-buyins each

 

I also played some 30/60 Horse again. This time I pwned most of the members of Team Hink. GG Molle and Morbo.

 

 

The picture uploading is not working atm so I can only give you those two pics right now.

 

Tomorrow we will play the 1k tourney. Hopefully I will bust early so I can play the WCOOP Razz event and the EPT satellites.

 

In a moment I will be "upp på hästen igen" which Jacob keeps saying all the time...

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Been grinding all night. Played mostly 25/50. Greg Raymer was sitting at two of those tables for quite some time. He won a huge pot against me. Also played some Razz against Isabelle Mercier. She was just over the street at Hilton. We will try to catch the breakfast before going to bed to get some sleep. The 1k event starts 17.00. Alarm set for 15.30

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In eleven hours Ill fly to London. Ill stay together with Shannon Shorr from USA. Hes one rich american!

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Arrived in London a few hours ago. Only slept like 4-5 hours this night so Im pretty tired. From the airport to the hotel went really fast. The Heathrow Express takes only 15 minutes from the airport to paddington station, fantastic! Then a 5 min cab ride to the hotel.

 

Took a short walk to the casino and registred for the event tonight. I cant understand why they put an EPT event here. The card room in this casino is so damn small. And people smoke in the casino too, tilt.

 

Big tilt also that the hotel didnt have any power adapters. I need one for my computer and we need one for the router. Shannon did not need one for his computer because they had american connections but not european?!!?

 

So anyway, we will go out and get something to eat before the event which starts 19.45 local time. Im too tired to figure out if thats 20.45 or 18.45 swedish time.

 

Me in the room.

 

I miss the view from the 22th floor in Barcelona.

 

Mr rich fatass american himself. Shannon Shorr

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Woahahahha!

 

Im chipleader in the 1k event with 24 people to go. It has been a really really fun tournament. Im gonna tell you about some key pots.

 

Early on a semifish makes it 400 (4bb) in EP. I call in MP with KQo and SB calls too. Flop is QJ4 rainbow. SB checks, EP bets 1k and I call to see what happens. SB folds and turn comes A. He bets 1500 instantly and begins staring at me too. I go into the tank thinking about my possibilities. I finall make a value raise to 6k to protect my hand and to avoid tricky decisions on the river. He folds.

 

Then I change table and end up next to Barny Boatman. He like to call preflop and float the flop so he is really tricky to play against. In one key pot I fire shots preflop, on the flop and on the turn with air. Putting half my stack in. Luckily he folds. Flop was 987r and I had AQc. Turn came J. Not a funny board.

 

Then comes a really scary pot. Im sitting with like 35k. BB is 600 or so. I make it 1400 preflop with A4d in ep. He calls right behind me. Flop is J84 with two diamonds. I dont want to bet and have him float me so I plan to checkraise. He is good so he kinda senses that and checks behind. Turn is another J. How would u guys play here? I got lowest pair and a huge draw.

 

Anyway, I check again. He bets 2.5k. I really really dont want to call and then check-fold the river if I miss. So I make it 8k with 22k or so behind. He goes into the tank (that felt good) before he finally calls (did not feel good). River is 9d so I get the nut flush. I go into the tank for 5 minutes before betting 10k which is half my stack. I really want to make my play look like a bluff from first to last street. He calls after a while with 22. He put me on a bluff on the turn. I was bluffing and valuebetting and the same time. Sick pot.

 

Then I lose half my stack in the blinds, we are getting allin on a 754 flop. I have Q6 in the BB and he has T7. I double up the next orbit with QJd vs 77. Now im sitting with about 50k when blinds are 3k/1.5k.

 

A short guy with 25-30k pushes from EP. Two pos later goes into the tank for a few seconds and asks for a chip count. He finally pushes all in for 60k. Im looking down at AKc in the SB. What the heck to do? Im slightly below average at this point.

 

Anyway, I call. They turn over 99 and JJ. Flop comes Ah... 9c.... Jc.... turn comes 4c and I shout big time! I win a 140k pot and become chipleader. Before the day is over I manage to steal a few more pots and end up at 156k. Shannon is also 2nd in chips with 148k.

 

Play starts tomorrow at 14.30 local time.

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One more pot.

 

Blinds are 1k/2k. Ramzi raises it up second time in a row in ep to 5.5k. Im in CO and go into the tank for 30 seconds with 77 before I announce allin for 40k. Meanwhile the button and SB had folded. They didnt see I was still in. Somehow the floorman sees this and decide that I can ONLY CALL!!! So BB calls the raise too. Flop is 966. BB checks, Ramzi bets 10k and I must fold. He said he had Q9. But seriously, is that the rule ?!?!? Can I only call because two people after me folded??

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I won the 1k event. I started the the day winning a big pot with QQ vs 66. Moved from 156k to 215k. After that I got basically no playable hands so when the final table bubble was with 10 people left I still had 215k.

 

Then came two important pots. First I raise with A7o. BB calls. Flop A34 with a club draw. Check check. Turn Qh. Check, I bet half the pot, like 22k. He calls. River 7c and we both check. He shows KQ. Next orbit I get A9c and raise it up. Same guy calls it in the SB. The BB calls too. Flop was KQ2. Checks around. Turn A. Checks around again. River A. SB checks, BB bets 2BB, 12k. the stacks are pretty deep and my hand only beat bluffs really so I call. Then the SB goes allin for another 85k. Based on his earlier play I rule out KK,QQ and AK-AQ. Despite that, I feel im calling only for a split. He shows KJ and Im big chipleader.

 

Final table isnt much to talk about. I get Kings four times and aces once. I get allin with Kings three times and with aces too. With 3 people left I have about 1.2M chips of the total 1.7M. First prize was 62.5k. I settle for 55k and the 1st place and the trophy. I really really wanted the title.

 

Now Shannon will buy me, Jezaja and Lfx dinner. I made him quite a bit of money too

 

Klonk as we say..

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Some picture from yesterday and today:

 

Shannon found some helpful tips before the event.

 

Nice.

 

Shannon at the dinner.

 

Oskar "Jezaja".

 

Erik "Lfx"

 

This is me!

 

So we went to eat at this really nice Italian place. Of course shannon wanted ketchup.

 

For desert we all wanted Tiramisu. Guess who slowrolled his.

 

I got the day off tomorrow. Oskar is playing. Im not sure what will happen. Might do some shopping.

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We woke up around 9.30 today by the freaking fire alarm!

 

 

So many poker players on the street outside the hotel. Jeff Williams, Woody Deck, Hans Eskilsson and many others.

 

Ramzi had to run away from his 10 tabling 5k sng. Hes tilted and busted and got no shoes.

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Was at the Casino today to watch some of Day1A. So many faces you reckongnize these days.

 

They had also announced the seatings for tomorrow. I got a TOUGH table. I got Barry Greenstein, Theo Jorgensen and one norwegian guy who finished 2nd I think in Baden last season on my table. But Ill try to play a solid game and avoid mistakes. If I get the right cards in the right situations Ill make it deep in the event. If Barry pushes, I call with any draw.

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There has been some grinding in the hotel room tonight. Shannon is still at the casino playing in the Main Event.

 

Ramzi, Morbo, Donkeybluffs and The__D__Ry has been here.

 

The__D__Ry and Morbo. Morbo is still in the 1M on Stars.

 

First the fire alarm without any shoes... and then he lost with kings three times in a row. Ramzi is on tilt.

 

I wasnt really motivated to play today so I didnt play my best. Im gonna do my best in the main event tomorrow hopefully.

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Busted after like 20 hands in the main event.

 

One guy limps for the third time so far in MP. Barry limps on the button. I check with KQd on the BB.

 

Flop Qs Ts 4d

 

My plan is here to check-call the flop and lead on a blank turn.

MP bets 150 into the 175 pot. Barry folds and I call.

 

Turn Ad

 

Its both a good cad and a bad one. I can break a set if I make runner runner but he could have hit his bad ace or a KJ str8 draw. So I decide to check-call again to get some bluffvalue. I check and he bets 400 and I call.

 

River 3d

 

Perfect card! He has shown so much strength so I decide to let him bet again so I check. He bets 1k and I go into the tank with a hidden smile. I finally reraise him to 3k. I think he can/should pay that off with KJ,44 or even a two pair. Im not impressed by his play so far.

 

After some thinking he makes it 5k more to me. Valuetown. Im pushing for another 2k and he quickly calls me and says sorry man. Sorry? I got the nuts and turn over my KQd. I look at his cards and see 52d for a lower runner runner flush. Then I realize...

 

Baden is the next stop.