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Amsterdam Masterclassics - Day One Live Update

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KarmaDope:
Alex Kravchenko is my pick.

Djinn:
Right - the four chambers through which the tournament is spread, warren-like are scoured for familiar faces and big early stacks - and I am afraid hands are going to be thin on the ground for a little while as we are not allowed in next to the tables.

Quite a few which didn"t seem to make the list have gotten in - like Tony Bloom, JJ Hazan, Keith Hawkins, Nic Szeremeta and Rolf Slotboom.  42 tables of ten players are now in the mid to late stages of the 25/50 starting level, and there has been quite a bit of action already.

Mike Tse is one of the early action-ers who is down to just 2k after one huge early hand.  It went like this:

Mike holds  :as: qs and raises preflop with one caller (who checks in the dark).
Flop:  qh 5s :2s:  Mike bets 300 and is raised to 1,200.  He re-raises to 3,600 and his opponent dwell-calls, surprising him.
Turn:  6h  Mike now bets 1,200 and gets another dwell-call combo.
River: Qd  The Opponent now bets a chunky 4k, and Mike reluctantly calls, only to be shown the 5d 5c for the boat.  

Djinn:
Meanwhile Jerome Bradpiece only just got shown to his seat (in the most inaccessible nook of the outer ring of the balcony with no access whatsoever, unfortunately), due to having lost his entry ticket.  About a third of level one was spent (sort of ) patiently waiting ringside by Mr. Bradpiece who finalled in this event last year before going on to storm the Walsall GUKPT event.  He tried, "Don"t you remember me?" on the harried staff, who didn"t.  "But I wore the same f***ing cap!" he remonstrated, only to completely fail to impress the floor staff.

"I"m going to be doing a Hellmuth," he resignedly said as he continued to wait.

Meanwhile a sleeping-in Praz Bansi has arrived, just now, although I still haven"t spotted Karl Mahrenholz.  The third in the BlueSquare trio, Mickey Wernick, has the dubious honour of being seated straight away on the TV table, where it"s all lights-camera-action separated from the normal tournament areas and on a raised stage. 




Saoirse:
I fancy that Praz Banzi will go deep in this event.

I would also like to see the likes of Andy Black, Jonny Lodden, Noah Boeken, DC, Roy Brindley, Stu Fox and Donnacha O"Dea to go far.

But my fancy to take it down would be Alexander Kravchenko he had a superb WSOP.

Jon MW:
Alright then so despite not being on the player list it seems my original choice still stands.

Although I"m feeling slightly less confident with this news that Mr Bradpiece may be feeling a little bit tilty.  :-\

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