Archive for July 7th, 2009

Andrew is actively twittering away, view notes at www.twitter.com/thinkingpoker.

He’s in decent shape, but at a tough table. The pros beat him to the dead money early on and then the 2 fish that busted were replaced by more pros.

Ahlberg, Tom Vasa Sweden 5,200 B29 2
Boyette, Robert Archer FL 38,950 B29 7
Brokos, Andrew Catonsville MD 16,350 B29 5
De Bon, Cedric Suisse Switzerland 22,725 B29 9
Levy, Grant Sydney Australia 52,225 B29 8
Ludovic, Lacay Paris France 53,425 B29 3
Pagano, Luca Treviso Italy 40,125 B29 6
Warne, Shane Victoria Australia 87,625 B29 1
Wissler, Mike St. Louis MO 48,725 B29 4

Not a lot of chips at the table, but that could change quickly if one of those short stacks (the other one please!) busts. Here’s what my research team (read: girlfriend) has produced so far:

Tom Ahlberg: Not much

Robert Boyette: May or may not be the same guy, but shares a name with the producer of Full House! Please oh please let it be him.

Cedric De Bon: Not much

Grant Levy: Live tourney player, has had like 10 cashes, one of them big

Lucay Ludovic- French pro with a rarely updated blog. I can read French decently well, but the blog didn’t seem to contain any strategy thoughts. If you can read French, here’s an interview with him from the end of Day 1A.

Luca Pagano: Italian pro, the only guy at the table I’d heard of. He was the EPT Player of the Year in 2008 and blogs in Italian.  Read the complete post...

One of my original poker buddies and his wife welcomed their first child into the world today. Picture forthcoming if I can convince his parents that it’s safe for his picture to appear on a poker blog. It’s safe to say that depending on which side he favors, he will be either a lovely child with skin like mocha or pasty and doughy with a receding hair line. In any event, he’ll have two wonderful parents. Congratulations!