Amateur Poker Association & Tour
Poker Forum => Live Updates => Topic started by: Djinn on November 08, 2007, 13:00:34 PM
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Welcome back to the Holland Casino Amsterdam, where the players still in this year"s Masterclassics €5k main event are returning for another lengthy day"s battle for chip supremacy.
I must first offer our apologies for reporting that a certain Keith "the Camel" Hawkins bit the dust late last night. It was late, and a table move left us with an empty seat we reported as having been permanently vacated. He"s still in, as are nearly 200 others...
Will it be the usual Day Two chaos of exits? Will some strange snacks appear around 6pm in the press room? Will any of last year"s surviving finalists make it two-in-a-row?
Answers to all these questions and more coming up.
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Chip counts?
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Oh, and great work as usual Jen and Dana.
Don"t believe the story about the Oyster Man either, not without pics!
;D
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Extraordinarily, no chip counts or remaining players lists are available to any of the press currently. You"ll know when we do.
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did pete linton make day 2? good luck wishes for him and Dave Colclough.
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did pete linton make day 2? good luck wishes for him and Dave Colclough.
Yes he did, with about 12k or 30 big blinds left. Should be plenty, although at the bar last night he was bemoaning the loss of a chunk of his stack - apparently he was an early big stack yesterday. Will keep you updated, if he"s near enough the rail, or will at least check in with him at breaks.
I have to say, it seems that the tournament organisers are going out of their way to make actually reporting on the tournament difficult, which is really odd, as the press room conditions are most excellent. Very strange. Very strange place.
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Well, like a special morning treat, I got 10 minutes inside the rope in the Main Room (which was enforced to the second, despite there being a juicy all in going on right in the middle). So I know a few people"s current counts:
Mike Tse -- 36,000
Pete Haslam -- 11,425
Paul Testud -- 14,500
Arnaud Mattern -- 19,300
Nick Gibson -- 40,000
Dave Colclough -- 27,000
Rolf Slotboom -- 19,000
Bruno Fitoussi -- 8,500
Keith Hawkins -- 17,000
Johan Storakers -- 30,000
Mickey Wernick -- 38,000
Alan Smurfit -- 26,000
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Also, killed by the turn and resurrected by the river was shortstack Dutch poker icon Rolf "Ace" Slotboom. My attention was attracted by a surprisingly high-pitched noise coming from his table, as it appears he"d gotten it all in with :as: ks against ac qd, and the board had come 6c 9c 4c qh.... kd and he doubled through to his current stack. "Wooo!"
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Meanwhile Arnaud Mattern faced an uncomfortable situation having raised on the button to 2,500 and found mid-position limper Paul Testud moving in for 7,225 total over the top. He thought for a while before calling with his kh td - and faced one of the worst case scenarios: :as: kd. No help and one Frenchman doubles up another.
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(http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/gateways/issues/79/images/Good-News.jpg)
A player list - photocopies of handwritten names and numbers - has arrived. Bear with us as we wait our turn for one of the two of them, and type them up for your reading delectation.
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Go on Rolf lad!!!!!
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Mark Teltscher is OUT... saw him doing the slow walk out of the downstairs room, and that was definitely the final exit type walk. JJ Hazan has popped into the press room with some stories crossing the years of the Masterclassics, and noting the Teltscher leaving, remembered that he was responsible for knocking him out in 2006...
Incidentally, there are at least four of last year"s finalists still in this tournament.
Can anybody name them?
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Hi guys, just to inform you that the Gala Poker Tour Grand Final will be shortly starting over at http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=28775.0, so if you fancy yourself as a bit of a multi-update-reader please come and join us there too. That goes for you too, Jen and Dana!
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Mark Teltscher is OUT...
Shame.
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Mark Teltscher is OUT... saw him doing the slow walk out of the downstairs room, and that was definitely the final exit type walk. JJ Hazan has popped into the press room with some stories crossing the years of the Masterclassics, and noting the Teltscher leaving, remembered that he was responsible for knocking him out in 2006...
Incidentally, there are at least four of last year"s finalists still in this tournament.
Can anybody name them?
What about Mark"s sister...is she still in?
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What about Mark"s sister...is she still in?
Meeooooww.
;D
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Incidentally, there are at least four of last year"s finalists still in this tournament.
Can anybody name them?
no
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Also OUT so far is everyone"s favourite cat-eyed Finn, Voitto Rintala. No idea what happened, but I have a photo of him leaving thus.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3696&g2_serialNumber=1)
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Sam Trickett still in?
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Sam Trickett still in?
aparently he went out last night mate..i couldnt see him on the players list though..doh
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I caught an actual hand while I was leaning over the slot machines to get some aerial photos of the main pit. After a veritable bunch of preflop raising, a flop was dealt - :2c: :3d: 4c
Carl Hostrup bets 3k, and the gentleman in the cap below (looks familiar but we"re not sure of his name - anybody?) makes it 6k. To which Hostrup moves in; call.
Hostrup - :as: td
Cap Man - 8c 9c
Turn - :2d:
River - qs
And Hostrup doubles up, leaving Mr Cap very short. Someone at the next slot machine along from me shouts to Hostrup, "You are SICK man!" There follows some kind of odd handshaking ritual that I don"t pretend to understand. Cap Man looks as irked by this as by the loss of most of his chips.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3685&g2_serialNumber=2)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3688&g2_serialNumber=2)
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i think Keith " the Camel" Hawkins is one ( 4th last year?)
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By the way it"s now our turn with the photocopy of the handwritten chip count sheets; Jen is typing them up and will post them shortly.
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Rolf Slobottom
Jerome Bradpiece
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Meanwhile downstairs, Karl Mahrenholz, currently on about 45k, is sharing a table with Johnny Lodden, below. Also on their table is the gent in the extraordinary hat, also below. Karl dropped a few chips to him when he raised from the button, was called by Hat Man on the small blind, and then folded when Mr Hat bet out on the 9c ah qs flop. Mr Hat obligingly showed the ad as Karl folded.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3709&g2_serialNumber=2)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3715&g2_serialNumber=2)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3712&g2_serialNumber=2)
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Rolf Slotboom -- 841,000
Alex Jalali Abadi -- 694,000
Jonathan Fahl -- 596,000
JJ Hazan -- 433,000
Jan Sjavik -- 357,000
Keith Hawkins -- 176,000
Jorrit Van Hoof -- 128,000
Jerome Bradpiece -- 110,000
Jan Boubli -- 80,000
Last years final table.......should help to discover the 4th name
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Astoundingly there are two 10 Gallon hats playing today. Here"s the other one. If anyone can give us any information about these hats, where they come from, what they do, that kind of thing, please share.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3682&g2_serialNumber=2)
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Here is the starting list for today! It came in the form of twenty or so pieces of paper photocopied from the dealers" final counts yesterday - handwritten and sometimes a little mysterious. I apologise if due to legibility problems I have your chipstack/name wrong, but I am only using the tools at my disposal...
Table 27
(empty)
J. Mooujeim -- 26,600
F. Diaz -- 9,450
Martin Vallo -- 16,800
M. Alar -- 62,300
Parkkinen -- 22,675
Michael Martin -- 18,725
Edberg -- 24,125
Camardese -- 45,325
McDonald -- 22,325
Table 28
Morten Sembach -- 19,625
Martin Fred -- 11,595
Peter Roche -- 52,475
Jelan de Perrot -- 10,950
Joseph Koumi -- 17,275
(empty)
Nic Szeremeta -- 21,975
Ilari Sahamies -- 56,350
Roman Yitzhaki -- 11,600
C. Verkerk -- 20,500
Table 24
Jan Sorensen -- 49,000
Meshcheriarov Arseni -- 24,850
Peter Linton -- 11,275
Stefon Wallman -- 19,100
Zelman, R. -- 21,525
Michel Abecassis -- 53,975
Tristan McDonald -- 19,050
Mark Teltscher -- 14,125
Rasmus Carstenson -- 13,925
Ohr Marvin Jansen -- 66,525
Table 23
P. van Doorn -- 39,725
Karl Mahrenholz -- 35,300
Guvievsky -- 23,150
Feuvle -- 9,575
Johnny Lodden -- 47,900
van Hoof -- 15,025
Zimmermann -- 16,125
Mignot Bonnelous -- 13,100
Angelo Besnainou -- 9,025
Donnacha O"Dea -- 16,575
Table 22
Dal Huiysen -- 28,950
Goossens -- 10,225
Didisheim -- 47,500
Boyd -- 32,625
Fergiatayis -- 11,650
Lorentsen -- 10,175
Paul Testud -- 7,325
Paananen -- 37,325
van den Sanden -- 7,425
Arnaud Mattern -- 26,500
Table 21
Pete Haslam -- 12,325
Rino Mathis -- 5,700
D. Kalo -- 42,200
A. Helland -- 30,075
L Kurstjens -- 1,525
M. Gude -- 55,100
J. Petersen -- 16,000
R. Schryvers -- 25,400
K. Vreeswyk -- 24,050
G. Metaal -- 17,500
Table 20
Praz Bansi -- 29,000
Heller -- 27,350
Heim -- 20,025
Wilson -- 13,925
Sevevi -- 12,400
Tulchinskiy -- 10,175
Oostenom -- 18,400
Cod -- 12,875
G. de Werd -- 9,875
J. Smyth -- 9,400
Table 19
Z. Crykovic -- 35,475
Mozes Fahim -- 17,775
G. Lascialfari -- 10,425
T. Sorensen -- 3,050
C. Palermo -- 6,850
Dominic Baud -- 24,850
Sandor -- 16,000
Mike Tse -- 36,675
Trond Eric Eidsvig -- 20,275
Table 18
J. Petterson -- 34,675
Tony Bloom -- 27,200
Arno Weber -- 7,975
C. Toboc -- 17,050
Rolf Slotboom -- 7,875
R. Kemna -- 4,450
J. Jaspers -- 38,700
Yves Molin -- 18,275
H. Koch -- 11,600
T. Iversen -- 16,425
Table 17
Dave Colclough -- 25,325
D. Kruze -- 8,475
Jan Boubli -- 16,250
Traut -- 8,550
CM Dalimore -- 14,050
Hensoler -- 8,725
Pavel Blatny -- 38,375
Nick Gibson -- 40,900
Daan Ruiter -- 18,425
Benik Jan -- 28,150
Table 16
J. Meijer -- 25,775
Tran van Hung -- 21,625
Casey Kastle -- 40,475
Fortunat -- 16,750
Silvio Walter -- 16,200
Florian Langmann -- 13,950
Keith Hawkins -- 17,050
Frederiksen -- 45,475
Charlie Harvey -- 6,300
J. Perez Gomez -- 32,775
Table 15
N. Svensson -- 7,150
M. Kurschner -- 31,425
C. Drechsler -- 12,900
P. Bakken -- 10,875
M. Johansson -- 16,900
A. Petit -- 11,375
Bouchaib -- 7,825
A. Metso -- 16,700
Bruno Fitoussi -- 7,950
I. Koskinen -- 38,500
Table 14
Thomas Fougeron -- 52,325
Carl Hostrup -- 14,775
Egemo -- 31,000
Bush -- 9,550
Goerfi -- 15,425
Johan Storakers -- 30,500
Rensink -- 50,300
Marciano -- 35,475
Danny Ryan -- 10,725
Ghostplayer [sic] 725
Table 12
S. Bos -- 14,450
Sokrati -- 12,250
Corneliussen -- 13,225
Newton -- 25,725
M. Brummelhuis -- 26,725
Y. Ayad -- 18,475
L. Emery -- 29,400
D. Malkin -- 10,575
R. Hairabedian -- 23,875
H. Kroeze -- 4,725
Table 11
O. Henze -- 21,925
Y. Poortinga -- 21,300
S. Biorac -- 38,150
P. Smurfit -- 22,350
Mickey Wernick -- 37,625
J. Verweij -- 21,075
Kalfon -- 21,175
Vlimmeren -- 8,650
Koumi -- 24,175
Barclema -- 25,400
Table 5
Boutboul -- 23,350
Larcheveque -- 10,375
Berg -- 17,850
Bakker -- 21,700
Juutikkina -- 19,725
Norinder -- 50,850
Hesztera -- 34,000
Hofman -- 12,150
Grundtvig -- 61,450
Kintala -- 10,725
Table 4
M. Cats -- 11,500
de la Gorce -- 19,625
Donev -- 28,975
Broek -- 13,000
Rumit Somaiya -- 9,450
Brink -- 30,550
M. Gigg -- 6,175
Didier -- 30,700
Kylenbroek -- 6,925
Emo -- 3,525
Table 3
Samuel Leutonen -- 24,550
Jan Sjavik -- 28,250
JM Cobben -- 14,400
M. Ciric -- 14,975
Jerome Bradpiece -- 12,800
E. v Leer -- 18,200
S. Lauret -- 20,800
Dave Finney -- 22,450
D. Kitai -- 41,750
T. Derneville -- 10,775
Table 2
Lees Alblas -- 7,850
Evgeny Jimnov -- 49,500
Paul Andersen -- 16,650
Kosta Anastasyadis -- 32,900
R. Levdeger -- 7,650
M. Shakira -- 8,050
Mamed Cuberos -- 20,050
Max Kruis -- 2,700
Thierry van den Berg -- 54,600
Brandan -- 19,925
Table TV
M. Braaksma -- 22,175
J. Nuijten -- 18,350
K. Nabavieh -- 28,450
Ed de Haas -- 11,075
Cid Dosantos -- 12,975
Ravnsbaek -- 21,925
Joe Fuchshter -- 26,250
M. Pinter -- 26,200
Noah Boeken -- 26,650
Table
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Perhaps you"ve noticed the gent on the left in the last post"s photo, being painfully beamed up to the casino mothership. Here are couple of other players in danger of being sucked up for tests and possible probing.
Praz Bansi
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3676&g2_serialNumber=1)
Rolf Slotboom
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3700&g2_serialNumber=2)
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JJ Hazan
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Squinting into the distance in the downstairs room I could see Pete Linton move in before the flop, and thus steal the blinds and I think a limp too, after some considerable dwellage around the table. Have to say he looked incredibly relieved when everyone folded.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3716&g2_serialNumber=1)
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JJ Hazan
If that is in response to the "finalists still in" question, then no - ten points deducted from your team - he was knocked out last night.
If it"s a query for information - Mr. Hazan is back in the casino ready to try his luck spinning up on the cash games today.
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After a short argument about how much the player in question does or does not look like Christopher Lee, the ever-helpful Benjo has informed us that the cap-wearing gent who some posts back became involved with Carl Hostrup is in fact French player Eli Marciano. Thanks, Benjo!
He does look like Chrisptopher Lee.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3688&g2_serialNumber=2)
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gooo pete....
he looks very clean and ironed..good to see sams looking after him,lol
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(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3682&g2_serialNumber=2)
Bloke sat next to Cowboy hat?
Is it the elephant man in fancy dress as the Tin man from Wizard of OZ?
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I had almost resigned myself to thinking that Noah Boeken was out ... but then I saw him, named last on your list.
Go Noah for my £75 Buy-In!
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(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3682&g2_serialNumber=2)
I need to find out the address of the ridiculous hat shop! anyone any ideas?
Jon?
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My perfectly sensible hat was from the Sheplers store in Vegas.
They have an online site - here (http://www.sheplers.com)
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I"d say that was more of a Stetson than a ten gallon hat.
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As far as ridiculous hats go, I remember once I was in Nashville with Jen and my friend Bernie. Bernie was trying to find a cowboy hat but his efforts were being thwarted by his enormous melon being just too big to fit. Eventually we found a shop on the main strip in central Nashville where the guy went into back room "enormous hats" cache, and actually found one to fit. I recommend you go there.
Incidentally the dude being beamed up next to Hat Guy is Johann Storakers. I think.
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I"d say that was more of a Stetson than a ten gallon hat.
I thought 10 gallon was a type of hat shape and Stetson was a brand name.
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I"d say that was more of a Stetson than a ten gallon hat.
I thought 10 gallon was a type of hat shape and Stetson was a brand name.
I bow to your superior knowledge, well you play the banjo....
Anyway more candy carrying norkage please or i"m off to tell the beagle his updates are better. ;)
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You know when you see a player in front of one of the TV cameras that they"re on their way home (or to the cash game). The latest stars of the small screen (i.e. eliminatees) include Rolf Slotboom, who said, of the rail, "I shouldn"t be here." I didn"t press him for outdraw details, just congratulated him on a good week at the Festival, having come 14th in an earlier Hold'em event and finalled the Omaha for good measure.
Also OUT are Pete Haslam, Casey Kastle and a gent on Praz"s table whose shortstacked limp/call-an-all-in combo with 7s 7h found 8h 8s in the all-in player"s hand to take him out.
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Nick Gibson"s had an adventurous sounding day. It didn"t start off well, with Jan Boubli apparently re-raising him for fun all the time and dropping his starting 50k down to 25k a moment ago. "I was his bitch," admitted Nick. But then a hand helped him back up, when, "I tried my hardest to bust myself." Here"s what happened: An under the gun raiser raised, Nick made it 5,100 with ac ks, one caller. The flop came Six-high, perfect, and Matey bet out 6k. "All in," says Nick - for 20k. A very long genuine dwell ensued, at the end of which Matey called with his qd qc! But an Ace on the turn got Gwibbo out of jail and he"s back in the tournament in spite of himself.
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I"d say that was more of a Stetson than a ten gallon hat.
I thought 10 gallon was a type of hat shape and Stetson was a brand name.
Oh I seeee. That"s two things I"ve learnt today. I also found out Jennifer Tilly was 50 years old next year thanks to an update on the blonde forum. FIFTY!! She always reminds me of Cupid Stunt, but to be fair to her, she looks ok for someone approaching a bullseye. Aging in the best pooooosible taste.
(http://www.phinnweb.org/links/television/pic/cupidstunt.jpg)
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There is a scheduled break in a few moments which will be our first opportunity to get into the Poker Pit (main tournament area). Chips will be counted at lightning speed and hopefully posted here with similar alacrity. Please bear with us - I apologise for the gaps in information, but we"re on a very short leash at this one.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmm 2 live updates & not a hint of norkage............I"m gonna start a petition to bring back the Beagle
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Hmmmmmmmmmmm 2 live updates & not a hint of norkage............I"m gonna start a petition to bring back the Beagle
That is our failsafe distraction plan for when the spectators become so thick we can see absolutely nothing instead of something, sometimes. Just hold your horses. Alternatively, I would pay money if you could find a way to transport Snoopy over here to take over from me.
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Superquick Chip Counts:
J. Meijer -- 35,300
Pete Linton -- 19,600
Keith Hawkins -- 56,100
Dave Colclough -- 20,800
Jan Boubli -- 15,525
Nick Gibson -- 69,500
Daan Ruiter -- 16,600
Tony Bloom -- 86,000
Cristian Toboc -- 28,200
Guillaume de la Gorce -- 21,000
Praz Bansi -- 44,000
Adam Heller -- 36,500
Rino Mathis -- 26,350
Denes Kalo -- 61,000
Sasa Biorac -- 43,300
Alan Smurfit -- 74,000
Mickey Wernick -- 13,800
Micke Norinder -- 122,000 (and probably chip leader with that monster stack)
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Dave Finney (says hi back to Shah! I saw him shove last hand before the break but the other guy folded. Says he, "I"m trying, but it"s hard. And it"s not getting any easier." Photo below) - 14.6k
Peter Roche - 22k
Ilari Sahamies - 92k
Karl Mahrenholz - 60k
Johnny Lodden - 25k
Paul Testud - 55.7k
M Acar - 80k
Mike Tse - 60k
Jan Sjavik - 63k
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3743&g2_serialNumber=2)
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hehe first post...
if anyone manages to see how steph "the mole" boyd is getting on, please let me know, was on table 22 after yesterday"s close
thanks in advance
kenny
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Having a good day: Johan Storakers - starting today with around 30k and enjoying around 80k at the moment. One large pot won was a three-way-er with short stack Danny Ryan moving in for 8,900, called by a French player just when Storakers had :as: ac... he promptly shoved over the top for 25k and received a call with tc td. Ryan"s ah qh looked in bad shape - and it was - he busted and Johan shot up in chips.
Having a bad day: Jerome Bradpiece, who played badly (I paraphrase) today, losing his chips in two dodgy hands. Firstly, he called a Jan Sjavik raise (there are lots of those) in the big blind with 8c 5d ("I wasn"t having that any more") and seeing a flop:
ah jd 8s. Check-check.
Turn: 6h Jerome checked again and got another check behind.
River: 8h Jerome bet out 2k, and Jan Sjavik quickly raised another 4k. Jerome thought it through carefully - he didn"t have a house; why check behind twice...run into backdoor flush draw...? "Having put him on the hand I call anyway," and sure enough he was facing kh qh.
So he"d dropped to 7k, and it was announced that his table was about to be broken. An aggressive player raised to 1,200 on the last hand, called by Jan Sjavik. Jerome decided that now was the perfect time to make the squeeze with K-9, and while the first guy passed, Sjavik called with A-K and that was that. I like the fact that he makes no excuses about his play - you"d be surprised how many people have never told me a story where they"re the villain or the donkey, or where their superlative ability hasn"t run into the brick wall of either someone else"s inability to pass a hand or lucky lucky outdraw. Refreshing.
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Just before the break I saw Jan Sjavik take some chips off of this young lady whom we mentioned in yesterday"s update. Her name is still unknown, I"m afraid, owing to the seat she"s currently occupying being listed as empty on the seating plan. Anyway, there was a flurry of preflop raising, and then Jan checked the 5d 6c :2h: flop. Lady bet 5k; Jan called.
Turn - 6d - check check
River - 9c
Jan bets 10k and Lady passes. She has about 30k left.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3751&g2_serialNumber=2)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3757&g2_serialNumber=2)
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hehe first post...
if anyone manages to see how steph "the mole" boyd is getting on, please let me know, was on table 22 after yesterday"s close
thanks in advance
kenny
Don"t suppose you have a photo, or an incredibly good description? What little information exists is for the sole use of the TV company and is not being shared with the press. Sigh.
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On rollercoaster ride - Mike Tse
He started today on 36k, which he managed to turn into over 50k without showing a hand. He somehow drifted back under the 50k mark, until a new player was moved to his table. He three-bet the new player with pocket Tens and the guy folded, thus donating about 18k to the Tse stack. He"s now on around 60k, and looks a little manic. Here"s a photo from a non-manic moment a little while ago.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3703&g2_serialNumber=2)
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hehe first post...
if anyone manages to see how steph "the mole" boyd is getting on, please let me know, was on table 22 after yesterday"s close
thanks in advance
kenny
Don"t suppose you have a photo, or an incredibly good description? What little information exists is for the sole use of the TV company and is not being shared with the press. Sigh.
Actually, Jen has just pointed out to me that the easiest way to identify him will be for me to get a photo of whoever"s in the seat with his name on it on the seating plan and get you to identify that photo one way or the other. Duhhh. Ok, photo on its way...
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Voitto Rintala has been cheerfully telling anyone who"ll listen that he"s made 10k in the cash game in 2 hours. Well done him.
Also inhabiting the cash tables and therefore OUT is Frenchman Thomas Fougeron.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3689&g2_serialNumber=1)
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hehe first post...
if anyone manages to see how steph "the mole" boyd is getting on, please let me know, was on table 22 after yesterday"s close
thanks in advance
kenny
Don"t suppose you have a photo, or an incredibly good description? What little information exists is for the sole use of the TV company and is not being shared with the press. Sigh.
They are actually doing that Jon Raab-style thing where the dealers count all stacks in the breaks and fill out little sheets with name, position, chips on them. These then, however, get whisked away somewhere never to be seen again, and no one seems to have any intention of letting us see, let alone have them. It would be so easy... that"s the most frustrating thing. Sorry, going to stop complaining and get on with talking to railside players - plus there are some great things about this casino, like the pleasant bar food and reasonably priced drinks, good wifi and multiple power sockets. There, I hope that sounds nicely unbiased. But it would really really help if some of this painstakingly gathered player/chip info made its way to the press once in a while.
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The mystery woman looks very much like Clonie Gowan from the pic posted yesterday.
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The mystery woman looks very much like Clonie Gowan from the pic posted yesterday.
Nope, it"s not her, I"m afraid. Any other ideas?
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hehe first post...
if anyone manages to see how steph "the mole" boyd is getting on, please let me know, was on table 22 after yesterday"s close
thanks in advance
kenny
Don"t suppose you have a photo, or an incredibly good description? What little information exists is for the sole use of the TV company and is not being shared with the press. Sigh.
hmmm, no photo
5ft 8 blonde hair, average build, glasses, loud, cheeky, scottish and a stinking Rangers fan lol...
I"ll see if I can dredge up a photo
kenny
kenny
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lulu ;)
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Um, is this Steph Boyd? If so, he"s on maybe 28k. He"s also sharing a table with moustache hero Dave Finney, Paul Testud, and a gent (also below) who is probably our new chip leader with an absolutely monstrous stack. Apparently the monstrous stack was acquired all in with 7-8o on a 9- tc- jc flop against an ac kc that never hit.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3770&g2_serialNumber=2)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3773&g2_serialNumber=2)
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Hell for Heller:
Adam Heller, having had a stack to contend with for most of this tourney, has just removed about half of his remaining chips in a couple of hands just now. First off, a short stack min raised under the gun (blinds 400/800 ante 50), and Heller on the button made it 5k. Back to Shortstack Matey who shoved, call from Heller, who showed ac 9d to Matey"s ah kc.
Flop: jc qc 9h. The table gently sucks its breath in in a disapproving manner.
Turn: ad
River: qs And Matey doubles through after all.
Then.. chip leader Norinder calls Heller"s preflop raise to 2,500 in the big blind.
Flop: ac ah :2h: check...Heller checks too.
Turn: 7h Norinder checks again, Heller bets 3k....call
River: qs Check a third time - Heller bets 6,000 (over a third of his remaining chips)
There is a great mutual staredown at this time, and eventually Norinder makes the call, while Adam Heller taps the table, shows a bluffing 6s 9s and lets his opponent"s 6c 6d take in the pot.
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Down to 100 players and they are all being converged in the one upstairs Poker Pit. Sadly the break order for tables from here on in seems to be exactly that - starting at the rail (our only point of contact) and moving in. One table still nicely visible has both Praz Bansi and Karl Mahrenholz on it now - the former on 45,000 and the latter around 33,000.
Mickey Wernick, according to Jon Raab, is "on life support...no cards all day, been pushed off a couple of times. Plus there was a big hand Jacks vs. Fours which he lost 15k on."
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Um, is this Steph Boyd? If so, he"s on maybe 28k. He"s also sharing a table with moustache hero Dave Finney, Paul Testud, and a gent (also below) who is probably our new chip leader with an absolutely monstrous stack. Apparently the monstrous stack was acquired all in with 7-8o on a 9- tc- jc flop against an ac kc that never hit.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3770&g2_serialNumber=2)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3773&g2_serialNumber=2)
nah its not him, to heavy built, steph is about 40, still looking for a photo
kenny
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la la la ::)
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This gent seated next to Rumit has just taken someone out with pocket Fours versus A-Q; not sure when the money went in but there was a Queen and a Four on the flop end of the board.
Rumit is on around 30k.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3777&g2_serialNumber=1)
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By the way update favourite Dave Colclough is still in, he"s just spent the entire tournament thus far seated in the most awkward possible locations for updating on. We"ll do what we can.
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An unexpected mid-level dinner break has just been declared. A few snippets are on their way before we head out for a delicious and nutritious Wok 2 Walk supper.
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A few dinnertime chipcounts -
M Norinder - 171.3k
Praz Bansi - 54k
Mike Tse - 40k
Paul Testud - 49k
Dave Finney - 38k
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More chips, as we"re granted access momentarily as the players make a run on the buffet:
Peter Dalhuisen -- 174,000
Eric Larcheveque -- 38,000
H. Traut -- 100,000
Sasa Biorac -- 51,000
Alan Smurfit -- 62,400
Jan Sjavik -- 51,000
Ilari Sahamies -- 44,300
Tony Bloom -- 104,000
Cristian Toboc -- 23,800
Guillaume de la Gorce -- 19,000
Adam Heller -- OUT
Karl Mahrenholz -- 68,000
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Please also accept this unnecessary massage norkage.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3776&g2_serialNumber=2)
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Caught Pete Linton as they were streaming out of the Poker Pit - he said he"d peaked for the day on 27,000 by doing things like limp-re-raising with J-6 etc. but it all went wrong on the last hand before the dinner break. He picked up ac qc, and Mike Tse raised for the third time on the trot preflop. Pete raised to 9k, but then found a big stack to his left re-raising to 25k, committing both players, pretty much, to a hand involving their whole stacks. Mike thought for ages before passing (he said it was Queens) and so Pete got out of the way too. The re-raiser showed a lone King, which probably put him in horrible shape in any case. Back to a short stack for him, although he"s getting to the point where the money is almost visible - I heard they were paying 49 places.
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******************Dinner Break 1hr **************************
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Is Marcel Luske in....
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Go on Praz!!
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Is Marcel Luske in....
Nope, sorry, I"m guessing not from his presence a couple of hours ago in the restaurant.
And we, obviously, have now returned from our own cowalicious restaurant excursion. We ate Brazilian steak. Tomorrow we may go for Uruguayan steak. Or Argentinian steak. Don"t know yet.
But forgetting steak for a moment, we"re legging it back up the stairs to get some more stories and whatnot.
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After a full circuit of the room (pictures to follow) it has been ascertained that one very excellent to watch table (featuring Praz, Karl, the Camel and chip leader Micke Narinder) is right next to the rail allowing viewing IF you can get past the four-deep crowds.
Those guys chips:
Narinder -- 220,000
Keith Hawkins -- 75,000
Praz Bansi -- 58,000
Karl Mahrenholz -- 50,400
Keith just took down a pot after raising to 4k preflop and receiving one button caller. His 6k bet on the ac 5d 8h flop was enough to increase his stack a little ways.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3788&g2_serialNumber=1)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3792&g2_serialNumber=1)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3794&g2_serialNumber=1)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3798&g2_serialNumber=1)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3800&g2_serialNumber=1)
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Pete Linton is OUT - having nursed around 16k for a while, he picked a bad time to re-raise all in with ts th - after an under the gun raiser to 6k turned out to have kc kd... "I want to go home," he admitted, sharing the sentiment of many a near-but-not-quite knockout. Play, as usual, took off after the dinner break, with the many stacks under 20k gambling to get back up to average. Unfortunately, we could only see the results of most of these stabs at busting or gloriousness - people standing up and either sitting back down or doing the Slow Walk. Two tables have broken in quick succession, and there are just 70 players remaining.
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unlucky pete...xx
is Dave still in?
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By the way, just so you know what we"re up against in this most uphill-battleish of tournaments as far as updating goes, here is the view from the stairs:
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3806&g2_serialNumber=1)
And here is the view from the actual rail:
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3808&g2_serialNumber=1)
Yay! We"re putting our pointy elbows, mine at least finely honed by years of carrying guitars and amps around on crowded tube trains, to excellent shovey use.
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They"re down to 68 and there is a rumour that they"re playing down to 60 today, but as with most things here, it is as yet unsubstantiated.
I believe though that Jen may have spied some kind of payout information at last. Cross your fingers now...
Blinds are 700/1400 with a 200 ante. Average is 63,880.
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The cavernous Holland Casino Mothership is still hungry for subjects for her bizarre experiments.
Praz Bansi
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3796&g2_serialNumber=1)
Noah Boeken
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3802&g2_serialNumber=1)
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unlucky pete...xx
is Dave still in?
There is someone different in his old seat, and no sign of the Dusk Till Dawn cap by which we identified him all day. What I"m getting at is - it looks like No.
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There is a sort of balcony, officially attached to the restaurant, from which it was possible this afternoon to view a couple of the tables at the side of the pit. This balcony has now, however, been filled with small tables occupied by dining couples. They don"t seem to appreciate me interrupting their romantic tete-a-tetes leaning over them with a camera. Nevertheless, here"s a photo of Rumit acquired that way. He shouted over his chipcount too, which the dining couple found most distasteful. He"s on 40k.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3804&g2_serialNumber=1)
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Here is a pretty lady. I had to stalk her a bit to get this photo. Sorry, lady.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3790&g2_serialNumber=1)
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No one wearing a suit upstairs by the pit which is now seething with cash game players as well as the remnants of the tournament will give me any kind of hard copy of the prize payouts. They are really busy - this place seems always really busy - and I can"t find our media liaison anywhere. The only information I have gleaned is that the total prize pool is €2,140,000 making top prize €620,400. I know that tomorrow they will start flashing the payouts at the bottom of the plasma displays, so it"s going to be good old fashioned stare at screen, try to remember as many numbers as possible, write them down, repeat. Apologies.
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Bit late, seeing as he"s most likely headed off home by now, but Here"s One I Took Earlier.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3695&g2_serialNumber=2)
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Afraid we are uncertain as to whether Peter Roche is still in the building, but either way, here"s a photo I took earlier today. He seems to be heavily disguised, and smelling his fingers.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3748&g2_serialNumber=2)
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Is it possible to have updates on the vikings? Like is Lodden in?, sjavik, hagen and more?
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Is it possible to have updates on the vikings? Like is Lodden in?, sjavik, hagen and more?
Hagen, definitely no.
Sjavik, definietly yes.
Lodden, probably, although the table he was on now has a ludicrously high limit Omaha game going on on it, it appears.
Will try for some chip counts - seriously considering the dashing in, counting until I am thrown out approach.
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Finally, after the elimination-fest that most of today became, the action has slowed. It"s not like they"re all playing tight, though - there are still raises, re-raises and god forbid steals going on, but each player has taken the seriousness of the couple-of-tables-away bubble to mean that they should take their time in creating any action, or even folding. It"s not exactly stalling, just very considered play. Two to go before the end of play tonight...
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One man clearly not afraid to steal is Keith Hawkins. He raised from the button, and after some consideration the below gent, unnamed but I heard him chatting to his friend in Hebrew if that narrows it down any for you, folds. Camel shows 5-6 offsuit. "You bluff me, I bluff you," he says. There follows some arguing over the nature of the earlier Israeli bluff, which I must admit I don"t really follow because I"m trying to line the guy"s head up with the lamp.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3823&g2_serialNumber=2)
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Well, while watching slightly depleted ex-chip leader Narinder re-raise The Camel off an 8k raise preflop, someone else went out, and with 61st place Matey gone, play has stopped for the day. People flooded in with plastic baggies, railers crowded the entrance ways and our last vantage point was gone. We shall be as excited to learn of the chip positions and in fact full list of names of survivors tomorrow as anyone else.
Play restarts at 2pm here (1pm UK time) and we"ll be back to glue one of us in position at the front of the rail.
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Also still in is our friend Lady. Really, I"m amazed, because I"ve seen her play I think three hands over the past two days, and each time she"s lost about half her stack. She must be doubling up at at least the same rate, though. She"s currently sharing a table with Rumit, whose viewable-from-the-restaurant table has now morphed into a cash game.
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3817&g2_serialNumber=1)
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3824&g2_serialNumber=1)
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Ok, that"s it for today folks. Those of you who are logged in please enjoy the treat below; the rest of you just go to bed knowing that you"re missing out, and see you tomorrow...
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That image is wrong in many ways.
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That image is wrong in many ways.
Yet so very right. :)