APAT European Amateur Championship 2008 - Live Update - Day Two

[APAT]

Follow the live updates from Vienna, as the European Amateur Championship reaches its conclusion, from 1.30pm (2.30pm Central European Time) on Sunday March 23rd.

[TightEnd]

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Overnight Chip Counts.

Table 1

Michael Strobl 92,000
Leigh Wiltshire 92,000
Greg Jones 88,000
Richard Barnes 43,000
Robert Schweintzger 131,000
Michael Weninger 154,000
Hendrik Kroll 150,000
Milan Zaric 209,000
Martin Klaesar 198,000


Table 2

Phil Tompkinson 18,000
Zoltan Karparti 18,000
Don Roberts 65,000
Roman Kump 49,000
Linda Iwaniuk 103,000
Sebastian Berres 97,000
Andy Kingan 94,000
Martin Tu 128,000
Stephen Platnaeur 118,000
Phillip Christian 118,000

blinds 4000-8000 on our return 1.30pm UK time Sunday

1,880,000 chips in play

[TightEnd]

18 places are paid

Payouts in Euros

1st 4,900 plus $8000 GUKPT Grand final package

2nd 3,500

3rd 2,100

4th to 9th 910

10th to 18th 420

buy in was £75 or Euro 105

[PHIL_TC]

Anyone at home getting excited that im on 118000.. unfortunately take a leading 1 off and that"l be right   Chip and chair is all thats needed though   .. bring on those  ah :as:
Phil T

[Chipaccrual]

Anyone at home getting excited that im on 118000.. unfortunately take a leading 1 off and that"l be right   Chip and chair is all thats needed though   .. bring on those  ah :as:
Phil T

To be fair to Tighty, it was getting late and the thought of hitting the town with Des was at the forefront of his mind.  

[HaworthBantam]

Still upset that I tipped you Leigh ?  

Take it down mate.

[jacklevel06]

Linda Iwaniuk to win it now.

[HaworthBantam]

So long as the person winning it has a first name that begins with "L".......  

[Chipaccrual]

Still upset that I tipped you Leigh ?  

Take it down mate.

Cheers Ian.  Probably could have done with your German translations for a few hours yesterday.  Not sure what the guy was saying, but he appeared angry as my A 2 held up against his 5 2 with a 2 on the board.

I just smiled.  

Good luck to all those Brits still in, and the local APAT"ers, who I think outnumber us.

Should be a great final table, whoever makes it there.

Leigh

[TightEnd]

Anyone at home getting excited that im on 118000.. unfortunately take a leading 1 off and that"l be right   Chip and chair is all thats needed though   .. bring on those  ah :as:
Phil T

To be fair to Tighty, it was getting late and the thought of hitting the town with Des was at the forefront of his mind.  

now that turned into an adventure!!

Phil,  changed your chip count..wishful thinking on my behalf!

[kinboshi]

A BRIT FOR THE WIN!!!

[HaworthBantam]

I"ve always admired your subtlety Daniel.  

[jacklevel06]

Update on the duke"s ale in take last night,rich please.

[kinboshi]

I"ve always admired your subtlety Daniel.  

Thanks.  Just wanted to to make my feelings clear.

[TightEnd]

Des and Tighty do Vienna

So its 2am. One of us is frisky and up for action. One of us is longing for bed, horlicks and an early morning

We decide to take a cab back to Guantanamo Hotel as Des needs to drop his bags off

We arrive but the automated check in service has been smashed. Des gets on the blower and tries to explain to random Austrian that has a room booked and can they please send someone to fix the machine

Random drunken Scousers also have same problem,only louder and more slurred

we wait in sub arctic temperatures for the man to arrive. I have a room but decide it is politic to stay with Des

taxi arrives. drunk fella tries to hit cabbie. goes up to his room having refused to pay fare

5 minutes later police arrive. cabbie points at des. I swear des looked at me immediately. austrian police, revolvers holstered come up to talk to us. we explain the room problem. they look at smashed screen and ask to see our passports

hotel man arrives., insists I do not have a room booked despite me showing him my key

police question us about the cabbie assault, the hotel screen

we give description of the passenger. About to draw photofit of Kinboshi when suddenly they chan ge tack when they notice that Scouser has fallen asleep on floor by us and is sleep talking incomprehensibly

Police say I can go to bed. Didnt have the heart to explain that actually I had my eyes on Sonia with the tassels at the cat club and please could I have a lift?

Des gets to his room, minus key, at 5am

down to reception at 12pm to find it deserted with a piece of paper pinned to the desk with Des and my passport numbers, addresses and phone numbers

just online translated the note at the bottom

"these English men think they have rooms booked but I do not think so. Please question them"

Wish us luck tonight!!