| The opening rounds of the WHUP concluded today,& tomorrow's matches are:
1. Ted Forrest-USA VS David Mosley-UK
2 Amarillo "Slim" Preston-USA VS Ron Rose-USA
3. Alex Kravchenko-Russia VS Maurieio Biasni
4. Christoph Haller-Ger VS Li Lin Shan-China
5. Billy "Crocodile" Argyros-Australia VS Eric Colman-Austria
6. Martin Aigner-Austria VS Nicola Teti-Austria
7. Daniel Negreano-USA VS Vincent Oliver-USA
8. Simon "Aces" Trumper VS Steve Wise-Australia
9. Chis Bigler-Switz VS Mike Rocco-USA
10. Andreas Krause-Ger VS Asher Derei-Israel
11 Markus Golser-Austria VS Juergen "Taumler" Schieber-Ger
12. Michael Krupa-USA VS Kasey Castle
13. Bernd Rygol-Ger VS Michael Keiner-Ger
14. Hans Pfister-Switz VS Nathan"Butch" Wade-USA
15. Bruno Fitoussi-FR VS Mario Fahimirad-Austria
16. Alex Dietrich-Ger VS Layne Flack-USA
Ted Forrest's match against Rong Qing Gu lasted for over 5 hours,as did the
match between Steve Wise & Cesare Poggi. The shock upsets of the day were the
defeats of Phil Hellmuth by Eric Colman,& Alan Cunningham by Alex Dietrich.
The bad beat of the day was Daniel Kohut of Sweden,who flopped a set against
Biasni: 22 VS JT Final board- 2TA-A-T
Amarillo Slim is back to his best form & threatens to take the title if he
can overcome bookie's favorite Alex Kravchenko, the unpredictable, but
dangerous "crocodile",who has promised to bring along his collection of
crocodiles to lend moral support,& "dark horse" & player's favorite Asher
Derei of Israel.Simon "Aces" Trumper is the main Pommie threat,but David
Mosley is capable of beating anyone on his day.
The funny story of the day was "Devilfish" getting up to concede his match
against Mosley,only to be told that he had a heart flush, holding the deuce
with his black Ace.He went on to lose the match anyway,so he must have known
something.
Ted Forrest & Layne Flack must also be in serious contention,& tomorrows
matches promise to be hard fought thrillers.
Bill Marczak in Vienna
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