I hate to repeat myself but this time I have a valid excuse for the lateness of this update. Working on an event like CPC could make reading this blog seem to be a real jolly. Well, the sh-t was about to hit the fan. All week had been going without any major issues. Probably the smoothest poker event I have ever worked on and after ten years in the industry I have been to a few. All 240 players and staff where checked out of the Marriott and checked in at the airport when we got the message that the plane had technical problems in Antigua and was delayed. Ok, a minor delay I can live with. Things got late and we needed to set up an UN food operation and re-negotiate entry to be able to let the smokers out. In the end we got the message that we won’t be able to depart until sometime next day. Back to the Marriott and thanks to the master organiser Deana we managed to get new rooms at the Marriott. For 240 people. We thought.

The check in went smoothly till there where about 2 rooms left. Then we got the news that there where no rooms left. No rooms? This was 2:30 in the morning. Me and my boss that have been like cuddly kittens the whole week pretty much lost our temper and we both started to act up. After standing screaming for a few minutes they finally managed to find the rooms, but they weren’t cleaned. So slowly, slowly they started to sort out our rooms but they didn’t manage to get them done until 4:30 in the morning. Fortunally the players got their rooms in decent time. At this time I would been happy sleeping on the pirate ship that stands in the reception.

And all along we needed to work hard on sorting all the missed connective fligths. A big thanks to Cindy and Tom who where the big heroes here.

Next morning we did manage to get the plane over from Antigua and finally we departed St. Kitts 4 in the afternoon. Absolutely exhausted.

Anyway I’m a little late but I figure you might be interested in the who won what so find all the results from all the tourneys below:

MAIN EVENT

$6,000 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout

PLAYERS: 153

PRIZE POOL: $1,000,000

Final list:

       NAME                        NATION                           CASH
1  Brian Jensen                   Denmark                 $237,500
2  Mihai Manole                   Romania                  $145,500
3  Martin Clemmensen         Denmark                  $87,300
4  Jan van der Wal              Holland                     $70,800
5  Leon Yanovsky               Israel                       $56,200
6  Christoffer Sonesson      Sweden                    $45,600
7  John chubb                    UK                           $36,900
8  Joakim Garp                  Sweden                     $29,100
9  Nikolas Levi                   France                       $22,300
10 Matthew Morgan           Wales                        $17,500

Sunday, 2nd December
$1,000 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
PLAYERS: 65
PRIZE POOL: $63,050
                                               
                NAME                       NATION                   $
1    Richard Anderson                  Sweden             $21,500
2    David Keller                          Switzerland         $10,700
3    Rupert Clark                          Barbados           $8,200
4    Richard Lapwood                    Scotland            $6,300
5    Matthew Hopkins                    England             $5,000
6    Dominic Kay                          England             $3,800
7    Spencer Lawrence                  England             $3,150
8    Mark Winn                             England             $2,500
9    Walter Farina                         Italy                   $1,900

Saturday, 1st December
$500 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
PLAYERS: 143
PRIZE POOL: $69,360
                                               
                NAME             NATION                      $
1     Anders Kaagh             Denmark            $16,500
2     Morten Hansen            Norway              $13,200
3     Richard Chamberlain     UK                    $11,900
4     Rachel Angove             UK                    $5,100
5     Elias Nguyen                Sweden             $4,150
6     Ognjen Pasajlic             Denmark           $3,450
7     Ida Lundholm               Sweden             $2,800
8     Dennis Coulgh              UK                    $2,100
9     Tony Jensen                 Norway             $1,400
10   Fortunato Burdin           Canada             $1,110

Monday, 29^th November
$400 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
PLAYERS: 141
PRIZE POOL: $54,710
                                               
                NAME                    NATION                  $
1     Clinton Orchard                England            $18,000
2     Robert Adam                   Scotland           $9,300
3     Timo Tamminen               Finland              $5,460
4     Dominic Kay                    England             $4,100
5     Stuart Menzies                Scotland            $3,300
6     Karim Komla                   St Maarten         $2,700
7     Roar Wang                     Norway              $2,200
8     Luke Guest                     England             $1,650
9     Samuel Lehtonen             Sweden             $1,100
10   Matt Osborne                  England             $870
 

 

Friday night we took out second group of Platinum players out. This time we had a Danish, British, German delegation. Same menu as last time and just as tasty. The evertalking Dane Jesper had clearly spent a little bit too much time by the pool being red as a lobster. Every 20th minute I could here a scream from Jespers side of the table due to someone bumping into him and causing him pain. His younger brother Lars also had the habit of hitting him on the head from time to time. Not very popular but I guess it’s these kind of things younger brothers do to their older ones.

The night went on and it was if possible even more boozy the night before. This kind of lifestyle is starting to get to me. I guess I’m getting old. Back to the poker room I managed to lose all the winnings I picked up the night before mainly down to terrible overloose super aggressive play.

This night we played down to the final table in the main event and we managed to get InterPoker player Martin Clemmensen in the final 8. The chip count on the final table is as follows:

Seat 1. Mihai Manole $453,300

Seat 2. Joakim Garp $285, 800

Seat 3. Christoffer Sonesson $221,200

Seat 4. Jan Van Der Val $548,800

Seat 5. John Chubb $121,500

Seat 6. Leon Yanovski $360,500

Seat 7. Martin Clemmensen $112,400

Seat 8. Brian Jensen, $156,400

Blinds $4000/$8000

Ante: 500

Play resumes at 14:00 Sunday

I will be back later with and update on the final table.

Yours truly

Henrik Nilsson

Head of Poker

www.interpoker.com

 

As you know we haven’t displayed any photos on the blog. The reason for this is of a technical nature. But we managed to get hold of some of Divemaster Kenneth’s photos and film sequences from the event. You can find them below in no specific order. Remember that the movie probably takes a bit of time to load and u need to click the link below. Enjoy.

 

 

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Yours truly

Henrik Nilsson

Head of Poker

www.interpoker.com

 

It’s been a few crazy days that have prevented me from updating the blog. Anyhow now I’m back and will give you an update on  the last few days.

Thursday night we took the platinum players out for a taste of the local cuisine on the other side of the island. We were 16 players plus three staff. The restaurant Spratnet is located just by the water and is basically just a big grill. They only serve five courses; lobster, ribs, chicken, fish and shrimps. Tonight Spratnet was more than a restaurant, it was also hosting the local talent show. And I’m telling you it’s not anything resembling pop idol, X-factor or other shows you seen on TV. One guy was performing a reggae song about rivers of blood and world destruction. And first prize was a bottle of rum. But the food my friends, the food was amazing. I got a full lobster straight from the grill that you would have paid at least £30 in London for. Here it is staple food.

I was sitting next to the Boden poker mob from Norrland Sweden. For those of you who don’t know where this place is, its way up North close to polar circle. Elias, Björn, Simon, Johan with girlfriends where all getting a little bit crazy with the rum punches coming out in a steady pace. One subject on the agenda was how to deal with the need to go to the toilet while playing heads up. Simon wasn’t shy and claimed that he brings his laptop and continue playing while doing his business. Elias had a different problem because his battery is useless and doesn’t last for more than a minute, so he would take the extension cord to be able to play. But as he says you need to remove it because it could look a little bit suspicious if you have an extension cord going to the toilet when having guests. And when asking why not take a break and come back after a few minutes, I got the explanation that you can’t let the fish go. O well, it’s a hard life to be a professional poker player. 

Once we came back to resort it was full action in the poker room and I joined the action. And a lot of action it was. After playing for 8h straight to 6 in the morning I was up $600 and was on my knees with tiredness. The Brits didn’t seem to take notice and were holding out until 8 in the morning when they where about to watch the football between West Ham and Chelsea. I happily declined their invitation. Crazy guys. But the craziest of them all must be the Fins. Two of them (I will not mention their names and it’s not Juha Helppi) started the habit of going to bed on a pirate ship that is positioned in the lobby. First morning the security told them friendly but firm that they need to sleep in their rooms. Second night they told them that if they slept on the ship again they will be thrown off the island. I haven’t seen them for some time but hope they got into the habit of sleeping in their own rooms.

More to come

Yours truly

Henrik Nilsson

Head of Poker

www.interpoker.com