Kris finished just before the money

Pokerkong1 moved all in with AK and big blind calls with AT. The pot was over 50.000. The flop came 6-2-6. Turn: J. River: T.

Kristian loses big pot

Ends up allin with AJ against KK preflop. No help to be had, he has 25,000

Lodden is out

Lodden is out of the tournament. His
k8 got beat by JJ

Balrog has 85,000 and Kris has 65,000

Chipcounts after dinner break

There are 53 players left, Avg is 73,300

Kris-61,000
Balrog-51,000
Lodden-33,000

Chipcounts

Here are the norwegians

Kris-63,000
Lodden35,000
Balrog-21,000

Kris takes down a 40000 pot

Pokerkong1 takes out a player with AK against 7-7. He hits two kings and can collect 40.000 chips. He has now 67.000 chips. 60 players is left in the tournament.

Kris loses a big pot

Kris loses a big pot, and is now down to 30.000 cips. Johnny Lodden has 85.000 and Balrog 33.000.

Pokerkong1 is building up his stack

Pokerkong1 is building up his stack



Photo: Paul Weaver/ Nettavisen

Kristian doubles up wit A high

Ali Mallu raise in late positon. Kris has observed that Ali does this a lot and reraise with AJ from small blind. Ali calls after thinking a few minutes. The flop comes 9 high, and Kristian goes all in in front. Mallu calls with Q-8, no hit, no draw. No help for Ali Mallu, and Kris doubles up.

Pokerkong1 has now 48.000 chips.

Kris at a passive table

Kristian now has27.000 after winning a pot with QQ. He limps in from early pos. The flop comes K-K-K in a three way pot. Kris bets out, and the two other players fold.

He says he is ready to run over the table if he gets a bigger stack. He consider the table to be very passive. His table includes Ali Mallu (runner up in Europen Championchip in 2003) and the South African champion.

Chip Count

Kris 24.000
Johnny Lodden 84.000
Jan Sjåvik (Balrog) 54.000

Kris playing in EPT London

Kris playing in EPT London

Picture courtesy of vimenn.no

Kris plays active poker

Pokerkong1 has won a few pots without showdown, and he has now 23.000 chips.

Bad start for Kris-Vivi is out

Kris calls a raise with AJ. The other player checks on the flop, and Kristian bets out without any hit. When the other player goes all in (check raise), he has to fold. He has now 16.000 chips.

Vivi is out. She reraised all in with AK and was called. She was up against 5-5. A 5 hit on the flop, and she was out of the tournement.

Kristian Kjøndal alias "Pokerkong1"

Kristian Kjøndal alias


Kris ready for day two in London

Kristian Kjøndal alias "Pokerkong1" is ready for day two in EPT London. With 103 players left,  his stack is 29.000. Average is just under 40.000. Out of seven players from Team Eurolinx, he is the only player left. Three other norwegians made it to day two: Johnny Lodden (126.000), Jan Sjåvik alias "Balrog" (24.000) and Vivi (10.600).

The blinds today starts at 600 - 1.200. Ante 100.

Ulle is out

He got a fantastic 9th place. Congratulations!!


The final table is underway

Good luck all!!

Chipcounts

Ulle 116k
Glenne 1,2 mill
Phil Ivey 1,3 mill

Ulle is on the final table

There is 9 players left, Ulle is very short with less than 120,000 chips

Bloodbath-Ulle doubles up

Its the last day in Barcelona

2 Players were eliminated within the first few minutes. Ulle is playing at 280,000 now after doubling up with A9 against KJ

13 players left at the end of day 2 in Barcelona

Chip count:

Jeff Ilesendro 1.002.000
Bjørn Erik Glenne 955.000
Phil Ivey 900.000

Ulle 130.000

The tourment starts again kl 15.30.


Johnny Lodden is out

Bjørn Erik Glenne takes out Johnny Lodden. Glenne raise preflop, and Lodden calls. The flop is 8 high. Glenne bet in front, and Lodden raise all in. Bjørn Erik shows KK. Lodden has A8. The pot is 640.000. Glenne has now between 900.000 and 1.000.000 chips.

Ulle just won a pot with AK agansit A6, and has 135.000.

14 players left.


Ulle unlucky

Ulle calls a small stack that is all in with AT. The other player is showing A7. The flop is 2-2-4. Turn 4. No help on the river, and it is a split pot. Ulle has now 150.000.

Bjørn Erik Glenne has doubled ut twice an has 400.000. Johnny Lodden has lost two big pots, and is down to 270.000.

22 players left.


Ulle is activ on the TV table

Ulle is building stack agian and has now 130.000. No showdowns.

Ulle is moved to the TV table

Ulle is now on the same table as Bjørn Erik Glenne.

Chip count:
Ulle: 90.000
Bjørn Erik Glenne 90.000
Johnny Lodden 350.000


Johnny Lodden doubles up

Johnny Lodden raise with QQ. A swedish player reraise all in, and Lodden calls. The norwegian was up against AJ.

Chip count:
Johnny Lodden 350.000
Ulle 80.000
Bjørn Erik Glenne 90.000


28 palyers left.


Ulle takes out Andreas Hagen

Ulle takes out Andreas Hagen with 7-7 against AJ. The pot is 90.000.

Two minutes after Ulle gets 9-9 and raise to 18.000. Another player reraises to 145.000 all in. A third player calls, and Ulle has to fold. They show 2-2 and QQ. The flop comes with a 2. On the turn hits a 9. Ulle has now 70.000.

Sevald Hægeland is out.

Bjørn Erik Glenne doubles up against Phil Ivey

Bjørn Erik Glenne finds AK UTG. His stack is approximately 50 K, and he decides to go all in. Phil Ivey find TT, and calls. K on flop and "Hikkespett" doubles up. His stack is now 110 K. 

There is now a 15 minute break.

Ulle loses a big pot

Ulle loose a 150.000 pot in small blind against big blind. He had A3 and big blind had 8-6. Big blind hits an 8 and calls when the norwegian check raise her all in. Ulle is now down to 40.000.

Sevald Hægeland calls a player that is all in with TT. He loose and is down to 18.000.

Ulle is building stack

Ulle is building stack without any showdowns. He has now 118.000,-. Johnny Lodden is a little down.

Ulle 118.000
Johnny Lodden ca 160.000
Andreas Hagen 42.000
Sevald Hægeland 85.000
Bjørn Erik Glenne ca 60.000

33 players left.

39 players left

The average now is 123.000. Blinds is 3000-6000. Ante 600.

Chip count:

Ulle 90.000
Johnny Lodden 186.000
Sevald Hægeland ca 150.000
Andreas Hagen 68.000
Bjørn Erik Glenne ca 50.000

Hagen raised with KQ and a small stack raised all in. Andreas had to call and the other player showed KK. No help for the norwegian.

Phil Ivey is moved to Glenne`s table. The american is to seats to the rigth of Bjørn Erik.

Ulle is in the money in Barcelona

With 45 players left, Ulle is in the money together with four other norwegians.

Norwegian chip count:

Ulle 87.000
Sevald Hægeland 150.000
Andreas Hagen ca 100.000
Johnny Lodden ca 170.000
Bjørn Erik Glenne NA

Hægeland just won big pot with AQ against KK. All in preflo. The flop came with J-T-x. x on turn, and K on the river gave him a straigth.

Phil Ivey is moved back to the TV table, and is now sitting on Johnny Loddens left.

49 Players left

Johnny Lodden is moved to the TV table. The area where they play is now closed, so it is hard to get a chip count. But all five norwegians are still in.

Close to the money

52 players left. 45 will get into the money. Average is now 92.000. Ulle has 97.000.

56 players left-5 norwegians

Chip count.

Ulle 110.000
Johnny Lodden 140.000
Andreas Hagen 115.000
Bjørn Erik Glenne 65.000
Sevald Hægeland 45.000
Phil Ivey 140.000

The blinds are now 1.500/3.000. Ante 300.

Ulle wins another hand

Ulle hits a straigth in a three way pot, and has now 117.000 chips.

Ulle doubles up!!

Ulle was down to 40 K after he had to fold strong hand on river when chippy Danish guy Dan Petersen check raised him on river when the 3 club fell. Ulle turned the nut straight on turn, with the board showing AT4K with 2 clubs. J of clubs on river, and we actually stood behind Mr Petersen, and saw he had 2 clubs. Good fold by Ulle.

Then we went to Dinner break, and the break did Ulle good. He worked himself up to 52 K from 40 K. A guy in early position raised, and Ulle went all in on the button. The guy called after 15 seconds, and Ulle showed KK. The unknown player showed QQ, and the boardcame J high without any draws for the Queens, and Ulle doubles up, and finally has a good stack again.

Andreas Hagen also doubled up, and the extremely talented player now has 65 K. He started the day with 8 K. At his tables there are 3 norwegians sitting besides each other.

Lodden takes out mariachi

Lodden takes out Mariachi with AQ against 4-4, all in preflop. The pot  was 120.000 chips. Lodden has now almost 150.000 chips.

Ulle has almost 80.000.

Blinds are 1000-2000. 95 players left.

Ulle makes a move, back to 72K

Ulle made a move against a player that showed weakness. He is now back to 72.000 chips. Here is a chip count:

Ulle                                  72.000
Johnny Lodden             80.000
Andreas Hagen             33.000

Vivi                                    34.000
Bjørn Erik Glenne          40.000
Gaffel                               UTE
Mariachi                         55.000
Arild Helland                 UTE
Sevald Hægeland        67.000

Cato Eriksen                 30.000

Imatias Khattak            26.500

Dag Martin Mikkelsen   60.000


Fuat Can                       40.000

Pascal Perrault            23.000

Ian Woodley                 90.000
Jeff Lisanro                 120.000
Dan Pettersen            170.000
Icari                                 40.000
Tony Chessa                17.000

The blind are 800-1.600. Ante 200. 103 players left.


Some table changes

Johnny Loddens and Sevald Hægelands table was broken, and they were both moved to tough tables. Sevald came to the table of death, who contains Peter Roche, Jeff Lisandro, Fuat Can, Pascal Perault, Ian Woodley and a couple of good swedes more. Johnny came to a table with  JP Kelly, Allan "Mariachi" Dyrstad, Ben Grundy and a couple of other canons.

Ulle loses with AK against 7-7

Ulle raise to 4.000 with AK. A small stack to his left reraise all in, and Ulle calls. The small stack hits a set on the turn and collect 16.000 chips. Ulle has now 62.000 chips.


Just when the table stated playing, the player to Loddens left played on Granisimos left yesterday. Henning gave Johnny a tip that this player always reraise when there is a raise in late position. He plays almost every hand, and is very loose.

Lodden raise with AJ in cut off, and the mentioned player reraise 7.000 more from the button. Lodden calls. Flop comes 5.J-K with two hearts. Lodden check, and the other guy bets 7.000. Lodden immediatly raise to 19.000 total. And other guy folds. Nice pot for Lodden. He has now 70.000 chips.


Two norwegians doubles up

Andreas Hagen and Allan Dyrstad alias "Mariachi" doubles up just a few minutes into day 2. Hagen hits a K with his KQ against AQ, and has now 18.000 chips. Mariachi hits a flush with A4s against AK.


Ulle is now placed at table 5 seat 1. He has one of the biggest stacks in the tournament with his 70.000. The two chip leaders Icari Salahmies from Finland and Dan Petersen fra Denmark (both over 100.000 chips) has seat 7 and 8.


Ulle and Phil Ivey chatting about poker and golf at the end of day 1

Ulle and Phil Ivey chatting about poker and golf at the end of day 1


Kristian Ullriksen alias "Ulle" ready for day 2 in Barcelona

Ulle is norvegian chip leadar (70.300) when day 2 of EPT Barcelona starts. He is one of 14 norwegian left in the tournament. Henning Granstad alias "Granisimo" and "Kristian Kjøndal" alisas "Pokerkong1" lost their chips during day 1. Ulle finished day 1 to the right of Phil Ivey. Many consider the american as the best poker player in the world. Ulle and Ivey never played in the same hand. The last hour they were catting about poker and golf.