[user24788]
From the floor of the Empire Casino...
After a quick walk around the upstairs area, I spotted Phil Gordon, Ted Lawson, Johnny Lodden (Norway), Alex Kravchenko, Daniel Negreanu, Peter Costa and Roland De Wolfe, who is sporting an ourtregous floral shirt.
To quote Snoopy, "Roland nicked the curtains from my local curry house and is wearing that today."
[user25067]
THE FIFTY-- Currently slinging chips at the Fifty are Tony G, Johnny Chan, Brandon Schaefer, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Lee Nelson, Jesse Jones, John Duthie, Juha Helppi, Mads Andersen, Theo Jorgensen, Mark Vos and Andy Black.
There are a few empty chairs still, some of which are scheduled to be filled by the likes of Allen Cunningham and Patrik Antonius.
[user46298]
At the Sportsman -- Missing one of seven glorious days in London per year (sun shining, weather warm but unsweaty) are players like Willie Tann (currently chatting with neighbour Scotty Nguyen - let's see if he can keep him awake through four levels today), Marc Goodwin, Harry Demetriou and Barny Boatman.
Also tournament regulars Tim Flanders, Alan Smurfit, Neil 'Bad Beat' Channing, John Tabatabai, Ryan Fronda and Mark Teltscher, fresh from his second place finish at the EPT Barcelona.
[user24788]
From the floor of the Empire Casino...
Down in the poker room there are two tables. Table #9 has young guns Adam Junglen and ZeeJustin who happen to be seated with the legendary Doyle Brunson. He had won both his WSOP championships before both of them were even born.
Table #8 is also stacked with Scott Fischman, Joe Sebok, Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke, and Joe "The Elegance" Beevers from Hendon Mob fame.
[user24788]
From the floor of the Empire Casino....
Table #8 is the feature TV table and features some interesting names:
Seat 1: Stephen Rynne
Seat 2: Joey Lovelady
Seat 3: David Levi
Seat 4: Kenny Tran
Seat 5: Christopher Bruce
Seat 6: Jamie Gold
Seat 7: Peter Zupp Jensen
Seat 8: Chad Brown
[user25067]
Things are being set up here at the Fifty and players are beginning to file in. Jesse Jones has taken his seat, while Juha Helppi stands behind me at the bar, enjoying a pre-game drink. Action should be underway here in about 20 minutes... stay tuned.
[user3511]
Nobody at all to report here as yet, they must all be legging it from the Empire after they found out which venue they were in.
We did spot a British Comedian called Iain Lee going into the nearby Gap, but didn't ask him if he fancied a game, as he hasn't been on TV for a few years now.
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