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• anything? (I don’t know)… & $ - åäö

  Posted: April 21st, 2009, 11:02am PDT by The Ongame Zone Team

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• GSOP II - The Success Continues!

  Posted: February 24th, 2009, 5:40am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  This spring the Grand Series of Poker returns! Running from April 12th – 26^th, there are more tournaments to choose from and an increased guaranteed prize pool of $3,400,000! With a total of 16 GSOP events from regular Texas Hold’Em NL to Omaha PL, there is something for everyone! The Grand Slam Final will take place on Sunday, May 3rd. The buy-in is set to $5,000, with a guarantee of $300,000! The Satellites are already running - check out the current schedule.

• Copenhagen conclusion…

  Posted: February 22nd, 2009, 4:50pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  That’s all from the PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen. The Finnish player, Jens Kyllönen, took home the 1st place prize of €878,057. Not bad considering he’s only 19 years old! It was quite a short final table with play lasting just under 5 hours! The heads-up match between the young Finn and Peter “Nalle” Hedlund was [...]

• Held og lykke…og farval!

  Posted: February 20th, 2009, 4:07pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  For our Partners and their players, the PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen quest for glory has ended. We had 20 players representing 8 different Partners this week. There were EPT virgins, EPT veterans…and three EPT in the money finishes! In 40th position, RedKings player Toni Ojala took home €8,929. Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF finished in 26th place [...]

• Oh the horror…

  Posted: February 20th, 2009, 1:07pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  The lone player remaining from our Partner is now trying to reclaim the mountain of chips he had not so long ago. On the button, Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings gets his chips into the middle of the table. Jonas Klausen (11th place finisher in EPT Barcelona) calls the 72,5k all in and the cards hit their [...]

• Ramzi loses a chunk of change…

  Posted: February 20th, 2009, 11:43am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  RedKings player Ramzi Jelassi just lost 105,500 to fellow Swede, Christian Saxin. From the cut-off, Ramzi bets 17k. Christian Saxin, on Big Blind, moves all in for 105,500. Ramzi asks for a count, checks out his stack, and calls the all-in. The cards get some light and Ramzi shows A♠ T♠ . His opponent shows T♥ [...]

• Jaakko’s all-in…again…

  Posted: February 20th, 2009, 11:01am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Just moments ago, Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF gets his chips in the middle again. The Finn has showed plenty of times today that he’s not scared of getting stuck into the action! With the flop showing 2♥ 3♦ 5♠ . The very useful Danish poker player, Rasmus Nielsen (he came 4th in last years EPT Copenhagen!) [...]

• Chip Update…

  Posted: February 20th, 2009, 10:37am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  The break has just ended and the chip counts are in! Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF – 64,5k Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings – 195k Ramzi is going along very nicely. His stack just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Jaakko is still short stacked, but that doesn’t stop him form getting involved! The blinds are now a whopping 2500/5000 with an [...]

• Searching for a double up…

  Posted: February 20th, 2009, 9:49am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF has been all-in about one thousand times so far today. With the blinds so high (2000/4000 ante 400) He’s doing everything he can to stay alive and try to create a bigger stack. Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings is using his stack with great effect and now and has around 190k staring [...]

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  Posted: February 20th, 2009, 9:34am PST by admin

• Not a great start…

  Posted: February 20th, 2009, 9:04am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Day 3 has started with a bang! The very early stages has already claimed 4 victims. Unfortunately, one of them is RedKings player Toni Ojala. There’s three-way action on the flop after Toni makes it 8,900. The flop comes Q♠ 8♠ 6♥ Chip leader, Anders Langset checks and Toni moves all in. Ola Brandborn is all [...]

• “3…is the magic number”

  Posted: February 20th, 2009, 8:22am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Day 3 of the PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen has just got under way! With 40 players remaining, we’ll play out today until the final table today…even if it takes all night! We have 3 players still in representing our partners. Ramzi is in great shape, and Toni and Jaakko are both capable of wonderful things. Jaakko Lauttamus [...]

• Day 3 is upon us!…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 4:59pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Day 2 of the PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen ended moments ago! Just 3 of our Partners players made it safely through to Day 3. The day ended furiously and Toni Ojala’s recent double up, proved to be an important one. He certainly looks pleased with it! All 3 of our Partners players look relieved to have an [...]

• Toni is…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 4:03pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  …involved in some action. The RedKings player is all-in with A♦ Q♥ . His opponent holds the “Snowmen” ( 8♥ 8♣ ) . The flop is dealt out…and there’s a Queen in the window! The dealer spreads out the flop 5♦ 9♥ Q♦ . Fantastic flop for the Finnish player! The turns is sent out 5♣ [...]

• It’s all smiles at the break…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 3:55pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Maybe…but I very much doubt it! Only 3 more players need to be eliminated and Day 2 will end. The last break of the day has just passed, and the chip counts are in. Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF – 65,100 Toni Ojala of RedKings – 18,900 Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings – 123,800 Toni’s pretty short stacked. He informs me [...]

• Bubble Update!…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 3:15pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  There is now only 44 players left and the average stack is now up to 105k! The blinds are still at 1200/2400 with an ante of 300. Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF – 81k Toni Ojala of RedKings – 24k Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings – 130k Not too far away from the break now!

• The “Bubble” Approaches…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 3:07pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Toni Ojala of RedKings is using his chips whenever he can. There’s a bet to 7k and the Finn moves all in. He’s called and the cards get some light on them. Toni shows A♦ 9♦ . His opponent shows T♠ 9♥ . The RedKings player is quite a big favourite here. The dealer pulls out [...]

• Ramzi’s table…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 2:50pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Everyone who likes poker, knows everyone in poker…right? This is a “word for word” conversation heard around Ramzi’s table… Poker Enthusiast 1 - “Which one is Ramzi?” Poker Enthusiast 2 - “Seat 2″ Poker Enthusiast 1 - “Oh yeah. He’s English right?” Poker Enthusiast 2 - “Yeah…no, Norwegian…or Swedish” Poker Enthusiast 1 - “It’s all the same anyway…” There’s a high [...]

• Molle leaves us…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 2:24pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Molle of RedKings has just been eliminated! With it raised to 5,500, The RedKings player moves all-in for around 50k on the Big Blind. He’s called by the original bettor. The Swede shows A♥ 8♥ . His opponent shows A♦ J♦ . He’s quite a bit behind and is in need of help if he’s to [...]

• “Food, Glorious Food”…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 1:37pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  The action we’ve experienced so far has surpassed every Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone movie ever made (with the exception of Arnie’s “Kindergarten Cop”). In a day that’s seen more “Bullets” than all of the “Rambo” films together, only 4 of our partners players have made it to the halfway point! Jaakko Lauttamus of [...]

• Oh dear…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 1:05pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Joao Gabriel Fernandes of RedKings has just gone! After having a cold, cold day at the table, the RedKings player made a move all-in with A♦ 6♦ only to be called by A♥ 7♥ . With a seven landing on the flop, he was in dire need of some help. The turn and river blanked out [...]

• Drama steps up…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 12:52pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Heypoker’s Martin Johansson gets stuck in! With around a 25k stack in front of him, the Swede bets 4,2k and gets a pre-flop caller. The dealer unleashes the flop A♣ A♦ 3♥ . It’s checked to Mattias who then bets 7k. His opponent then moves all-in. The Heypoker player calls for the rest of his money, [...]

• “Ouch” and “Yikes”…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 12:21pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Here’s the “Ouch”… Heypoker’s Mattias Johansson’s rush just ended. With the blinds now at 800/1600 and an ante of 200, Mattias bets 5,5k. Big Blind calls it. The flop comes out in the form of A♥ K♣ 4♦ . It’s checked to the young Swede and he bets 8k. Big Blind calls. The turn is a [...]

• “Heeeeeypoker!”…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 11:35am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  (Please read the above post subject line in the Style of “Fonzie” from the classic 70’s TV show, “Happy Days”) The young Swede, Mattias Johansson is making some great progress! The Heypoker player is UTG and raises to 3k with the blinds at 600/1200 and an ante of 100. It’s folded around to the Big Blind, [...]

• It’s all about the money!…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 11:21am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  With the total prize pool amounting to €2,976,465, there’s a lot at stake! The “Bubble” will be awarded to 41st place! Everyone that passes this point will receive money…I know what I’d prefer! For the 40th place finisher, they’ll take home €8,929. First prize will take a whopping €878,057! So there’s just a bit of a [...]

• Inside thoughts…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 11:14am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Speaking to Toni of RedKings during the break about his stack, he tells me he was up to 68k at one point. The Finn informs me that he’s lost some small pots though since then. As always, the big cheery Finn is in a great mood! Mattias Johansson of Heypoker has now changed table. He tells [...]

• “Aaaaaand Break!”…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 11:00am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  (If you say the post subject above like an American football team, it sounds a lot better!) The break has come and passed and the players have been working away nicely. Just 116 players have made it to the first break of Day 2 with the average stack sitting at 39,8k. Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF – 22k Mattias [...]

• This is how every day should start!…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 10:00am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Well…there has been some great movement of chips in the last 30 minutes or so. Check this out! Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF – 25k Mattias Johansson of Heypoker - 40k Joao Gabriel Fernandes of RedKings – 35k Toni Ojala of RedKings – 59k Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings – 16k Jonas “Molle” Molander of RedKings – 40k Mattias Johansson of Heypoker just doubled [...]

• Chips anyone?…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 9:24am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Brace yourself…first chip count of the day coming in! Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF – 25k Mattias Johansson of Heypoker - 20k Joao Gabriel Fernandes of RedKings – 40,5k Toni Ojala of RedKings – 59,5k Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings – 16,1k Jonas “Molle” Molander of RedKings – 40,5k There’s been some good changes to the stacks! There’s also been a shuffling of tables [...]

• Seating Draw for Day 2…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 8:50am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  The players have all found their seats and are no doubt getting comfortable just about now. RedKings player Toni Ojala has an interesting draw sitting on table 6 with the well-rounded fellow Finnish player, Jani Sointula. Just 2 spots down sits the the Dutch PokerStars Pro, Noah Boeken. Might be a tough table that one. Mattias [...]

• Day 2 gets under way…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 8:22am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Day 2B of the PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen has just got under way with 184 players getting safe passage through to today. Our Partners have 6 players involved in the action today. Here’s how they’re looking… Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF – 17,100 Mattias Johansson of Heypoker - 16,000 Joao Gabriel Fernandes of RedKings – 38,500 Toni Ojala of RedKings – [...]

• “Seconds Out…Round 1!”…

  Posted: February 19th, 2009, 7:58am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Anyone know what’s happening on Saturday? Well yeah…there is the small detail of the final table of the PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen, but anything else going on? Don’t worry, your blogger will keep you in the “information loop”. There also happens to be a boxing clash of “Poker Giants”! Longtime friends and poker rivals, Gus Hansen [...]

• The Super Six…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 6:47pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Day 1B of the PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen has just come to an end! Only 5 of our Partners players made it through the fast paced finish to the day. But there’s good news…they all have pretty useful sized stacks! Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF – 17,100 Joao Gabriel Fernandes of RedKings – 38,500 Toni Ojala of RedKings – 40,900 Ramzi Jelassi [...]

• Doh!…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 5:36pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  “Will there be any more upsets before the day ends?”. I can answer that in one word…”Yes”. Miikka Piikkilä of PAF just went all-in on the button pre-flop and got a caller. The Finn showed 5♦ 5♥ . Up against A♣ T♣ it was a coin toss situation…until the flop. The dealer showed T♠ A♠ K♦ [...]

• The end is in sight!…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 5:25pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Level 8 has just arrived. It’s the final hour of play here on Day 1B. Our Partners players have had a long day so far…Just PAF and RedKings are left holding the torch! Miikka Piikkilä of PAF - 6,4k Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF - 14k Joao Gabriel Fernandes of RedKings - 36k Toni Ojala of RedKings - 45,5k Ramzi Jelassi [...]

• Poker is so unfair…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 5:19pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Picture the scene… “Bestpoker’s Leo Bello is all-in pre-flop with A♠ A♥ . His opponent is holding T♣ A♦ . He’s so far out in front, his opponent starts putting his jacket on. The flop comes 6♣ 5♦ K♦ . The Brazilian increases his lead…his opponent has already called for a taxi. The turn lands 9♦ [...]

• The field thins out…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 5:09pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Sébastien Schahl of Winamax has just gone! After pushing all-in preflop and getting a caller, the Frenchman shows 5♥ 5♠ against his opponents K♣ J♣ . With a J♦ landing on the flop, the Winamax player found himself with an uphill struggle that would not end in his favour. The A♥ on the turn, and a [...]

• Checkmate!…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 4:42pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  RedKings player, Ivo Donev has just gone! On the button, “The Chess Master” moves all-in for 6k and gets called by the Small Blind. The cards face the ceiling with The Austrian showing 6♥ 6♣ . His opponent show A♥ T♠ . The deals pulls out a flop with a T♦ in it. Not a great [...]

• Last break of Day 1B…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 4:30pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  The players enjoy their last break of Day 1B of the PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen. There’s 124 players left and the average stack sits at 19k. Our Partners players are nicely placed to make a level 7 charge! The blinds are sitting at 200/400 with an ante of 50. Miikka Piikkilä of PAF - 13,3k Jaakko Lauttamus of [...]

• Ramzi’s pushing chips…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 4:09pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  With a bet to 800 and a caller, the action is around to Ramzi Jelassi. The RedKings player moves all-in for 6,725. The original bettor folds, but straight after him there’s a call. The Swede shows 3♥ 3♣ . His opponent turns over 6♦ 6♠ . It’s not looking that great for Ramzi. With his [...]

• Another Update?…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 3:20pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Oh go on then… Miikka Piikkilä of PAF - 15,100 Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF - 13,775 Sébastien Schahl of Winamax - 5,650 Leo Bello of Bestpoker - 10,950 Joao Gabriel Fernandes of RedKings - 15,475 Toni Ojala of RedKings - 18,500 Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings - 8,825 Jonas “Molle” Molander of RedKings - 27,000 Ivo Donev of RedKings - 5,900 It’s been a little quiet [...]

• “The Chess Master” get’s involved…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 2:26pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  RedKings player, Ivo Donev continues to struggle on. Moments ago “The Chess Master” was all-in. The button bets 700. The RedKings player moves his 4k stack all-in, and the buttons makes the call. The cards hit their backs with the Austrian showing J♠ 9♦ against his opponents K♥ T♥ . Not exactly a brilliant position to [...]

• The blogger delivers!…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 2:24pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  As promised (quite a longtime ago) your blogger has found out what happened to Sylvain Perrin of Winamax. I’ll make it brief. The Frenchman was all in pre-flop with K♥ K♠ against the A♣ Q♣ of WSOP winner, Peter Eastgate. The Danish superstar hit his flush and sent Sylvain out of the tournament. Not a [...]

• Halftime has arrived…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 1:36pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  The players are now on a well needed break. No doubt this will be used to refuel their body, relax themselves and get their mind off of Day 1B…(which is secret blogger language for…drinking beer, smoking cigarettes and talking of “amazing” bad beats!). Here’s how the players of our Partners are shaping up on the [...]

• A little treat for the readers…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 1:08pm PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  Perhaps you’d like to see some of the “Poker Elite” and famous faces that have blessed the tournament floor of the PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen…

• Chip count…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 11:58am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  The action is beginning to pick up the pace now, so here’s another chip count for you folks at home! Miikka Piikkilä of PAF - 12k Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF - 8k Sébastien Schahl of Winamax - 9k Leo Bello of Bestpoker - 13k Joao Gabriel Fernandes of RedKings - 22k Toni Ojala of RedKings - 9,5k Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings - [...]

• There’s a casualty!…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 11:48am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  RedKings player Per Linde has gone! Short stacked, the Swede pushed all-in on the button with his “Ducks”. Englishman Stuart Rutter calls with “Big Slick”. The flop arrives Q♣ 5♥ 5♠ . All seemed to be fine at this point. The turn comes a 7♦ . All the RedKings player has to do is dodge any [...]

• There’s an elimination…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 11:14am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  My “Spider Sense” never fails me! RedKings player “Molle” got involved in a hand very recently. With 3 limpers, the Swede makes it 1,700. Big Blind then makes it 4,400. “Molle” moves his chips into the middle, and Big Blind calls the all-in. The RedKings player shows “Cowboys” against the Big Blinds “Big Slick”. The Cowboys [...]

• Who want’s another update?…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 11:06am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  I think I heard a “Yes please” somewhere, so here it is! Miikka Piikkilä of PAF - 17k Jaakko Lauttamus of PAF - 6,7k Sébastien Schahl of Winamax - 12k Sylvain Perrin of Winamax - 5k Leo Bello of Bestpoker - 12k Joao Gabriel Fernandes of RedKings - 28k Toni Ojala of RedKings - 9,5k Ramzi Jelassi of RedKings - 10,5k Jonas “Molle” Molander [...]

• Player comments…

  Posted: February 18th, 2009, 11:04am PST by The Ongame Zone Team

  With the 15 minute break comes word from our Partners players in regards to how they’re getting on. Bestpoker’s Leo Bello tells me that he has a comfortable table, although with it being table 25, it’s sure to break very shortly. He tells me he’ll “have to start again with reading his players at his new [...]