Pics from the $1000 NL Part 2:

Claude Narcisse


Stevens Dodo

Nicolas Poloniato


Emil Vesterberg

$1000 NL On Dinner Break

Here is the rundown of the important facts and figures at this point in the $1000 NL of Event 54:

Level Info:

Level: 12

Blinds: 600 / 1,200

Ante: 100

Players Info:

Players Left: 273

Entries: 3844

First Prize: $570,960

Average Chip Stack: 42241.76

Total Chips: 11532000

Pics from the $1000 NL

Dennis Boekel

Cedric Mougey


Benoit Rossignon


Matthias Manhurtz

Koen de Bakker Celebrates his "birthday"

Koen de Bakker just played a hand for an interesting reason..."that hand is actually my birthday."

Koen is referring to playing 3-10 offsuit strictly because he said his birthday is the 10th of March (the third month of the year for the Calendorically-challenged).

Koen didn't seem to concerned about playing random hands like this at thisstage in the tournament, "I'm playing $27,000, but I still have time while the blinds are $400-$800."

Fabrice Soulier out of the PLO

Team Everest Pro just couldn't seem to get anything going here today in the $10,000 PLO Championship.

Here is how the elimination hand went down via PokerNews:

Fabrice Soulier raised the button to 19,000 before Ville Mattila three-bet to 61,000 from the big blind. Soulier made the call and they took a flop of {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}.

Mattila led out with a small bet of 45,000 before Soulier moved all in over the top, but Mattila made the call.

Matilla: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{5-Spades}
Soulier: {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

The kings of Matilla held on the {A-Hearts} turn and {10-Spades} river to eliminate Soulier in 32nd place. Matilla is up to 540,000.

Fabrice will take home $19,839 for his efforts here today.

Tobi Wagners brush with Hollywood

Live the Dream Everest player from Germany is living a unique kind of dream today as he is seated at the Ante Up For Africa Charity tournament table with none other than 'the Jason Bourne' mega celebrity Matt Damon.

Tobi's story is even better when you here the background.

Tobi's good friend is Markus Antonius Rogan. Rogan is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and a gold medal for 200 m backstroke at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester. He also is the world record holder in 200 metres backstroke (short course). Recognizing Tobi's immense talent for poker, decided to put Tobi in this event, with the stipulation that, if he won anything from the prizepool, he would donate it half to Ante Up For Africa, and the rest to Markus' charity. Tobi seems to be having fun and enjoying his time in the tournament, as the Everest staffers and reporters continue to root for him on the rail.

We are sure that Tobi's brush with Hollywood won't go to his head, as he would like to stick to playing poker.

Day 2 Starting Chip Counts $1000 NL Holdem

After the first two starting days we have 12 Everest players moving on to the second day of play.

Here are the remaining players and there starting stacks:

Dennis Boekel $24,975
Stevens Dodo $32,350
Leandro Gaone $30,650
Mikael Johansson $58,875
Matthias Manhertz $20,325
Osada Masahiro $21,875
Clement Montaron $12,075
Cedric Mougey $5,750
Claude Narcisse $14,500
Nicolas Poloniato $55,750
Benoit Rossignon $9,425
Emil Vesterberg $18,475

Maal Finishes7th in $1500 Limit Shootout

Sijbrand Maal had another strong finish for Everest finishing 7th in the $1500 Limit Holdem Shootout at the conclusion of this hand reported on by PokerNews:

Brian Tate four-bet preflop and Sijbrand Maal made the call. The flop came {8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} and Tate bet. Maal raised and a series of raises occurred until action was capped at 75,000.

When the {Q-Spades} hit the turn, Tate bet and Maal raised all in for 54,000 total. Tate called and showed {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} for top two pair while Maal showed {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} for a pair of queens with a flush draw.

The river was a blank and no help to Maal. He was eliminated from the tournament in seventh place and will take home $17,215.

Everest Player Profile: Markus Van der Voor

A lovable but annoying cat is no match for Everest Netherlands Qualifier Markus Van der Voor. Markus ,28, has a cat, Tommie, that loves to put Markus on tilt whenever he is playing, by jumping on his new touch screen computer. Doing this shuts the screen off causing him the loss of his hand. Tommie is no match for Markus, he picks up right where he left off and continues to pounce on the online field while honing his poker skill on the Everest Poker client.

The Everest community is what keeps Van de Voor coming back to the site every day. He knows many of the players he is up against when playing live tournaments, which he believes, gives him the edge.

He gives a great deal of credit to U_R_myGimp and Tobestar, because they have worked their way up from the lower stakes to the higher stakes. They have worked very hard and have become very notable players as he too, feels he has become.

After the Break Chip Counts

After the dinner break this is how some of the chip counts are looking

$1000 NL
Antoine Saout – $12,000
Osada Masahiro - $14,000
Francesco Raffo - $10,000

$2,500 No-Limit Holdem
Johna Rensink – Busted
Tobe Wagner – Busted
Valentin Messina - $4,000
Maria Maceiras - $8,000
Steven Van Zadelhoff - $8,000