Here are the 36 survivors!

POSICION NOMBRE NICKNAME PAIS FICHAS

1 Pablo Finini finini Switzerland 203 120500
2 Joffrey Huber Nobody78 Germany 101 112500
3 Mario Cotogno Mateluch Italy 137 110500
4 Marco Orlandi MadOfAces Switzerland 204 101000
5 Sohail Ghaleh Assadi RaProuv Switzerland 195 100000
6 Dirk Willem Karsies ramses1 Netherlands 152 99500
7 Paweł Kabat pawel87K Poland 168 87500
8 Angelika Von Hielmcrone Gelii57 Germany 83 77000
9 Martin Sarat BigSuite69 France 51 72000
10 Johan Carlvik nupassarde Sweden 194 63500
11 Johann Richter sadow Austria 7 58500
12 Ferenc Koreck Croesus Hungary 117 56000
13 Samuel Roman Alegre Rinne Spansku Spain 184 54500
14 Christian Müller gogo_HH Germany 108 49000
15 Marvin Torsoh smoking78 Netherlands 211 48000
16 Teppo Helminen OscaR1O Finland 27 47500
17 Michael Hoegerl doidoi888 Germany 92 46500
18 Istvan Marosi marosi3 Hungary 119 46000
19 Emmanuel Rapinier mike972 France 70 45500
20 Herman Campmans SirHec Netherlands 160 44000
21 Jimmy Garnoy Jamelon France 68 44000
22 Benoist Fechner 3dgard France 75 41500
23 Richard Dutour kTaLaN France 82 40500
24 Maurizio Cuomo maury1971sa Italy 145 39500
25 Kersten Rutzel RuceLee Germany 94 38500
26 Christophe Lacas @Miami@ France 42 38000
27 Barna Jankacs XaaAaaX Hungary 122 37000
28 Clément Judic kingofmousli France 37 34500
29 Enrico Garzotto EnricoForex Italy 133 34000
30 Susanne Birkemose pikina Sweden 193 34000
31 Gael Seydoux Indian_Air Switzerland 197 17000
32 Jacopo Spandri Tatolino86 Italy 132 15000
33 Silke Burghardt silkemuc Germany 110 14500
34 Cyril Gras Cyer France 58 13000
35 Piero Mormina pierostar Italy 138 13000
36 Jürgen Lautwein pokejog Germany 91 6000

We have a Polish Bubble Boy!

Alexei Galuskin, "blind_cowboy" on Everest Poker, just got the most hated label: he's the Bubble Boy of the Everest Poker European Cup 2009.

And we're done for today, the 36 remaining players will all get a peace of the €100,000 Prize Pool.

They'll be back to the Tables tomorrow, at 3.00 pm, to the final race for the €21,000 of the first place.

We'll be back shortly with the stacks.

Last Break of the Day

We reached the final of level 16 and we'll have a 15 minute break.

When we get back, it's gonna be Bubble Time because we just lost our 38th player:

38 Jesus Ortega Rodriguez ronalxavi2 Spain
39 Miguel Lapa m-alberto-l Portugal
40 Laurent Korzeczek France

Almost at the Bubble

We're down to 4 Tables, 4 busts away from the Money:

41 Alfred Lautwein tukka35 Germany
42 José Simões sensei10 Portugal

It seems it won't be long before we can call it a day...

Level 16

We're down to 42 players and the Blinds just went up once again: 2000/4000 Ante 400

We lost 4 players on the previous level:

43 Csaba Nagy-Mézes bodza76/csabaa Hungary
44 Bruno Taccia LeScribe France
45 David Quarroz veggga Switzerland
46 Giuseppe Fedele kenni1976 Italy

Chip lead changes Hands

We have a new number one on the chip count:

Pablo Finini from Switzerland, with 110,000 chips

A Typical Poker Race

There is that moment in each tourney where you have to race on a 50/50 and get your tournament life on the line.

But you can't win them all...

And counting...

New level, the 15th, with Blinds 1500/3000, Ante 300, and "old news:"

Four more guys just got busted:

47 Alexander Gereit 1887alexg Germany
48 Michele Amantea chachoo Italy
49 Martin Oelz marto. Austria
50 Martin Ekelund marsvin Denmark

Down to 5 Tables

50 players remaining, we need another 14 guys busted here at the Everest Poker European Cup 2009 Final.

Here are the latest eliminations:

51 Robert Glombik sgmotor Germany
52 Wolf-Dieter Rauch HA-Lodri1 Austria
53 Fabrice Gigante kkkkxxx France
54 Luca Morgese         Jotaro78 Italy
55 Thomas Hobin ThomasNihob Belgium

Sometimes you need a little luck...

New level...

.. and another 11 players eliminated:

56 Markus Nordgren Zenmuron1 Sweden
57 Akos Heltai Grinched Hungary
58 Julien Henchoz hench Switzerland
59 Piotr Marcin Pawłowski PIO11997700 Poland
60 Hans Jenzen KOEBES Germany
61 Timo Hentze Ventus78 Germany
62 Aymeric Bellavoine Mric France
63 Emanuele Cocchi LaTalpa1987 Italy
64 Selim Cadir Steilo73 Germany
65 Anne-Marie Welling jcm86 Netherlands
66 Piotr Kawula gonzo29 Poland

They'll wont play this 14th level, with Blinds 1200/2400, Ante 300

55 players remain, we're playing until we reach the Money!

We found him!

We have a new Chipleader:

Marco Orlandi from Switzerland with 95000 chips

Break is Over

New Level, it's the 13th, Blinds 1000/2000 Ante 200

We are 30 eliminations away from the end of Day 1, we're going to get some fresh numbers in the Chipcount, we'll be right back.

Break Time

At the end of Level 12, the players have now 15 minutes to relax a bit.

There are 66 players remaining. Here are the latest eliminations:

67 Yoann Maugran YoDogg France 054
68 Jeany Curtet jen6868 France
69 Philippe Guyomard phouine France
70 Marc Mainetti _M_ France
71 Enzo Giannasca sfinge26.3 Italy
72 Carlo Nunziato dandy1977 Italy
73 Marco Bergers marcob4321 Germany
74 Riccardo Baldoni   Rikibaldo1 Italy
75 Maximilian Harin wasdf84 Germany
76 Mickael Emery L_AKpareur Switzerland
77 Luís Marques Pr0lekult Portugal
78 Pauli Poikulainen Plith Finland

The EPEC 2009 Trophy

This is what everybody is looking for...

Where is the Chipleader?

Well, believe or not, we have 2 Chipleaders and they're playing at the same Table!

Teppo Helminen from Finland - 65.000 chips

Martin Sarat from France - 65.000 chips

Team Everest Poker United!

Level 12

While the Blinds continue to climb up, they are now 800/1600, Ante 200, we have another 8 players that are no longer on the Trophy Chase

79 Alexandre Pagel alalalalal France
80 Meik Dittbrenner disako Germany
81 Ties van Kessel Mr_Chill Netherlands
82 Johann Pintarich japrof Austria
83 Fabrice Vincent faaabbbrice France
84 Sylvain Nayrolles 272726 France
85 Christophe Duchene chris_cd France
86 Oscar Engeman NLmaniac Netherlands

The Prizepool

The Everest Poker European Cup Sardinia 2009 is a €100.000 Freeroll!

Here's how its distributed:

1st: €21.000
2nd: €16.000
3rd: €12.000
4th: €9.000
5th: €7.000
6th: €5.000
7th: €4.000
8th: €3.000
9th: €2.000
10th-12th: €1.600
13th-15th: €1.300
16th-18th: €1.000
19th-21st: €800
22nd-24th: €600
25th-27th: €500
28th-36th: €400

Level 11

Blinds just went up, to 600/1200, Ante 100.

Here's in update of some more players that got busted right before the end of level 10:

87 Sandrine Vuille kaya13 Switzerland
88 Michael Rick wizzard67 Germany
89 Sandy Dahin times-square Belgium
90 Gertrud Fussbroich Trudi48 Germany

The EPEC has Magic...

PS - WE DO NOT ENCOURAGE MAGICIANS TO PLAY POKER. IF YOU SEE ONE PLAYING POKER, CONTACT THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

Interview with Thomas Hobin

Down to 9 Tables

The pace doesn't slow down here at the EPEC 2009 Final, and we are now down to 9 Tables:

91 Björn Lindgren Niblick55 Norway
92 Pierre-Jean Faye pej51100 France
93 Roy Hoenderdos master_woody Netherlands
94 Xiao Wen Liang Aanaalyst Netherlands
95 Zsolt Kovács kovacs57 Hungary
96 Régis Noicy RNO60 France
97 Mark van de Montel Capricorn1 Netherlands
98 Bert De Brabandere DBBert Belgium
99 Emmanuel Rohée poisonre France
100 Nicolas Poppi Nico33.it France
101 Robin Caprin Parispoks France
102 José Manuel Barredo Farelo Bierzotos Spain
103 Amandine Georges amandine99 France
104 Dietger Van Linden Dietger Belgium

We still have 4 minutes to play on the 10th level

Up, Up and Away!

New Level, we are now at the 10th, Blinds 500/1000 100 Ante

A few more players didn't managed to survive the previous level:

105 Regis Lazaro regis65 France
106 Michał Andrzej Parkola Deszcz Poland
107 Rui Ramos ruiramos6 Portugal
108 Albert Pilz Dachstein86 Austria
109 Cristina París Rodríguez yenut19 Spain
110 Mark Hecker JohnFrusq Netherlands
111 Wolfgang Schütz wolle2103 Germany
112 Elke Scholz limp_girl Germany
113 Jose Carlos Monteiro 1972monteiro France
114 Abel Diaz Antón Mulo88 Spain
115 Djamal Azzouni zokerbond France
116 Daniel Wojtowics danielw88 Austria
117 Andreas Wieser a_van_w Austria

Poker improves your love life

And to prove our theory, here is one of the dozens of couples that flew in to Sardinia.

They both get to know a new island, she enjoyed a morning in the sun by the pool and, in the afternoon, he gets to play some live poker for free. While playing, she enjoys his company and the chance to earn a few thousand euros!

If he gets those Euros, she will get a present (probably a ring) and they will live happily ever after.

Poker improves your love life!

Poker is not religious...

But joins people from all creeds...

Bad beats: They exist in Live Poker!

Do you ever think that you get too many bad beats on Poker online?

Well, they also happen in Live Poker.

Take these JJ vs 99...

They're falling like flies!!!

We don't know what happened during Dinner, but in 10 minutes, we lost 10 players!

119 Marco Rinaldi marco73r Italy
120 Nicolas Cullin BluffNico France
121 János Röst artur54 Hungary
122 Fabrizio Scagnoli zeropercento Italy
123 Jacques Besse cabarets France
124 Jan Appelquist bustingy2 Sweden
125 Patrick Olivier patol1 France
126 Mathias Gaucher matetcris Belgium
127 Ludovic Siffredi ludosiffre France
128 Majid Ikheddachene coulraoul France

And we're back!

Dinner is over, we're about to restart the action at the Tables.

We're about to start playing Level 9, Blinds 400/800 Ante 100.

The plans for tonight are that we play until there's only 36 players left.

Let's see how it goes...

Last Minute Numbers

We lost 13 more players during this last level and we still have 128 players left at the Everest Poker European Cup 2009.

At this time, we have some notorious stacks. Here is the Top 5:

1 - Cyril Gras Cyer France 41000 chips
2 - Alexander Gereit 1887alexg Germany 36000 chips
3 - Piero Mormina pierostar Italy 35500 chips
4 - Emmanuel Rapinier mike972 France 34000 chips
5 - Angelika Von Hielmcrone Gelii57 Germany 33000 chips

Eliminations at the end of Level 8:

129 Pascal Haegeli pascal90aol France
130 Kenneth Larsen EvilDuck Denmark
131 Daniel Ohletz Dan623 Germany
132 Vasco Paulino blacksconss Switzerland
133 Falko Lenz YIPPPEEE Germany
134 Paul Mulder panzerpaul Netherlands
135 Mikael Jonasson actionmee Sweden
136 Miguel Angel Baños Rivero miguelangelb Spain
137 Emeric Marcia Ciam France
138 Robertus van Gils Sligna_V Netherlands
139 Francisco Javier Aguilar Montes salieri76 Spain
140 Iwan van der Kraats The_Glider Netherlands
141 Andre Litzbarski foehrfahrer Germany

Dinner Break!

Thomas Kremser just announced the dinner break

Players are on break till 21.30.

We'll be back with the biggest stacks in a while...

PS - Be sure to follow all eliminations on Twitter

Interview with Anne Marie Welling

Maria Maceiras @ Work

Maria Maceiras, Everest Poker professional player, is here in Sardinia with all the players and last night was always amongst them, giving advice and sharing poker experiences.

She is a full time professional and never stops promoting Everest Poker, always in great fashion.

Here she is making a Tv interview for a Spanish Tv channel.

All in bluff gone wrong

Last Level before Dinner Break

Thomas Kremser just announced that we're moving to Level 8, Blids will be 300/600, with a 75 Ante.

In 30 minutes, when this level ends, we'll have a Break longer then usual, so that everybody can make the short walk till the Bougainville Restaurant, where Dinner will be served.

We had 19 players that didn't made it trough this seventh level:

142 Egon Smit smoothbounce Netherlands
143 Michael Floors Miflop Netherlands
144 Jacobus Hoogendam exkale Netherlands
145 Christian Lenic choupachoup France
146 Xander Verbeke dEUS52 Belgium
147 Michael Mager _magerdragon Belgium
148 Gianluigi Petazzi valent.rossi Italy
149 Tobias Grallert SkyLowLow Germany
150 Steven Marchou loupiot28 Switzerland
151 Christophe Guine propok France
152 Anders Trusturp LaughingEagl Denmark
153 Tommi Nevala spesges Finland
154 Christophe Lacroix KrisTilted France
155 Jérôme Passard Pass Switzerland
156 Enrico Grella juve89RG Italy
157 Raúl Horta Cando Sir_Rayu Spain
158 Laurent Ploix laurentploix France
159 Nico Schumacher Suazo_99 Austria
160 Carlos Alvarez Gago lobo429 Spain

Some lovely ladies...

There are over 30 women playing this event which proves that Poker isn't only for the guys...

These women sure gave some beauty to the room, as these two did...

Jeany Curtet - France

Cristina Rodriguez - Spain

And we're off to Level 7!

Blinds increase to 200/400, the Antes will be 50 and we lost some more guys along the way:

161 Alessandro Bonora jack.b Italy
162 André Guidini DEDE07 France
163 Jean Kevers-Leclercq JIKAEL_46 Belgium
164 Eric Giussani ericbrasil France
165 Raffaele Schiavone granata123 Italy
166 Max Braida ilbramax Italy
167 Benoit Ortega France

Naked in Paradise...

We've been trying to show you how the Chia Laguna Resort is very close to Heaven. But can you imagine being here without your clothes?

That is what happened to Pauli Poikulainen, a Finnish player, who lost his luggage and hasn't enjoyed the Sardinia as it should be...

Pauli, hope you get your luggage soon...

Some card guards...

Internet is Running Well now... Finally!

We've been experiencing some serious difficulties with the Internet connection that was "available" here at the Luna Club, that is why we've been passing you so little information.

Now things are solved, and we'll be able to keep you all updated.

What didn't run so well for a handful of players was the tournament, since we came back from break. We have 13 more players that busted:

168 Vincent Renard Tum0r-lieji Belgium
169 Sylvain Esposito sylva33 France
170 Olivier Wilmotte eudemonisme Belgium
171 Laurens Wim Polus Laaisels Belgium
172 Nuno Bento Magflush Portugal
173 Mario Barletta MarBar82 Italy
174 Cedric Dulas cedulas France
175 Michel Burkink lagtie Netherlands
176 Sjoerd van Dellen JoePescatore Netherlands
177 Karsten Melzer Natursprung Germany
178 Romuald Bonnettaz VIRGILKEVIN France
179 Lucia Maltese LUISELLA@ Italy
180 Romain Huta Likegirls France

Hey! Here's Grandma!

When we thought that all the players were young kids and newbies, we found this lovely lady, a typical grandmother!

Well done!

First break of the day

So, we reached the final of Level 4, and we have an update on the official numbers:

There were 189 players that took their seats at the beginning of the Everest Poker European Cup Final, and those are the ones that can aspire to a part of the €100.000 Prizepoool.

So far, we had 9 eliminations:

181 Fabrizio Laureri fabymac Italy
182 Rolf Raymann Rollo100 Switzerland
183 Guillaume Baillard bgx France
184 Ferenc Pál DBfeco Hungary
185 Giorgia Lorefice @THE_QUEEN@ Italy
186 Xavier Chavelet matex France
187 Maxime Florimon flomax69 France
188 Gábor Pusztai burgabee Hungary
189 Ricardo Gonçalves rigodk Portugal

We’re about to start the 5th level, the Blinds are going up to 100/200 and Antes are making is appearance, starting at 25.

Ricardo Gonçalves is the 1st OUT!

Ricardo and an opponent saw a flop of 5d5c4s

Both players took the action to the turn where they saw an 8c. Ricardo bets and his opponent flat calls...

River is a 5h and both players move all the chips across the line.

Ricardo flipped over KcKs but his opponent had 8d8s for a better full house...

Interview with Richard Dutour

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Almost ready...

The Everest Poker European Cup 2009 Final will be a No Limit Hold'em Freezout Tournament, with 10.000 Starting Chips and Blind levels of 30 minutes.

So, our players will have everything they need for an excellent Poker experience.

Blinds start at 25/50 and Thomas Kremser, Europe's finest tournament director, is in charge of running the show.

Late Registration...

We have a last minute Player added to the field of the EPEC 2009.

Maddalena Corvaglia, an Italian TV Star decided to visit us here at Chia Laguna Resort, and it's already "ahead the schedule" and it's playing a little Poker right by the Pool

Well, she's having a little help, to be honest, Cristiano Blanco is sharing a few Poker secrets with her

What? You never heard of her? Well, here's a little taster...

Saturday Morning it's Time to Chill Out...

The plan for this Morning is quite simple: Rest!

The Tournament only starts at 3.00 PM, so there's plenty of time to recharge batteries before going back to the Luna Disco, only this time for the most important part of this Weekend program: Poker!!!

In the meanwhile, the players have the option to hang out by the Pool, take the 10 minute walk to the Beach or just enjoy the Sun anywhere...

Good Morning!

Hi everyone.

We're "back in business" here in Sardinia, after all the fun and dancing at the Luna Disco last night.

Oh, OK, I almost forgot to mention, we had a couple of drinks too... Well... Not just a couple, to be accurate :-))))

Take a look: