Amsterdam Masterclassics - Day One Live Update

[Djinn]

Chip Counts from the room which the spectators haven"t found in such numbers yet:

Mads Andersen -- 23,000
Jan Sjavik -- 13,000
Andy Black -- 6,800
Steve Jelinek -- 9,200
Julian Thew -- 18,000
Mark Teltscher -- 16,600
Pete Linton -- 23,500
Tony Bloom -- 14,150
Praz Bansi -- 13,200 (we hear this is a recovery after he ran KK into AA but only dropped his stack to Average somehow)

[danafish]

Seated on Table Andy Black is Mark Teltscher, who seems to be having some trouble stopping talking. He was really involved in an incredibly loud discussion with Mads Andersen about something completely incomprehensible when I wandered past.

Perhaps to block it out, Andy Black has donned headphones. For some reason he continues to have Demon Eyes. Please also note background norkage. Don"t tell me I don"t take care of you guys at home.

[Djinn]

********************DINNER BREAK - ONE HOUR**********************

[danafish]

And further norkage comes in the lovely form of this lady. Her job, and that of the other half dozen or so like her in the casino, is to wander the floor, offering people candy. I love this place.




This has resulted in the unlikely sight of poker players sucking on lollipops at the tables. So very strange.

[FlyingPig73]

Superb updates... esp the norkage...!!! ooerr missus..

Keep it coming..

[danafish]

As we are about to go eat some dinner, I will leave you with the phenomenon that is Bitterballen.

Just as Jen and I were thinking a little snack might be a good idea, a lady appeared in the press room with platters of the traditional Dutch croquettes. Great, thought we, the fine people here have brought us snacks out of the kindness of their hearts, now we don"t have to queue at the bar for chips.

Jen bit into one first. Oh my God, said she. What does it taste like, cried we. Like hot, she replied, I think it"s made of gravy.

Actually we don"t know what they"re made of at all. They"re not unpleasant if you cover them in mustard, except for the texture, which closely resembles slightly meaty slime.

I spoke to my brother, a resident of Amsterdam, who informs me that a few weeks ago his Rembrandtsplein neighbourhood of the city was host to the world"s largest croquette. Here it is, along with the ones we have just eaten.

[lukybugur]

OK, is anyone else who hasn"t Googled it thinking that the "slightly meaty slime" could be the testicle of an animal ... ?

[FlyingPig73]

haha.... done the same.....Then thought better of it, as I was about to eat my tea...

[danafish]

Oh my god. I ate two of those.

Ok, after a dinner of something that was definitely not anything"s testicles, although Benjo did his best to convince us it was dog, we are now back in the press room, where it looks like JJ Hazan is OUT. Jen is getting his story even now.

[Djinn]

Early elimination post dinner break in the form of an ever-upbeat JJ Hazan.  Having come third in this event last year he was back for more, finding himself on a tough "mainly Scandinavian" table which put him to the test right from the start.  From a high point of 12k he flopped a set of Threes on a   :: board, but when his opponent re-raised his 2k bet on the   turn enough to set him in, he declined to call (and was shown a Six for his restraint).

Then "I went down to 4k - that was my fault," and then it was a suited A-Q which hit top pair against a K-T straight drawing.  They hit, and he hit the rail.

[Djinn]

Andreas Krause has been eliminated from the TV table...the announcement of an all in leads to 200 players pausing mid-hand and craning their necks at an often unsustainable angle to watch the plasma screens on which some of their fellow players have their last moments broadcast to the casino, and then the outside world. 

Krause"s final hand:  qd qh, all in preflop against an almost predictable  ac kd.  An Ace on the flop, and a new feature tablist is being selected...

[Djinn]

Almost this exact logo on the back of his T-shirt is what pointed out Brandon Schaefer very handy for us updaters - he"s got around 12,450.

Also found Ozzy Sheikh, I think (he was very far away, spotted from standing on a chair next to a fruit machine until I was told not to do that any more) - he has 9,600.

[TheReader23]

Almost this exact logo on the back of his T-shirt is what pointed out Brandon Schaefer very handy for us updaters - he"s got around 12,450.

Also found Ozzy Sheikh, I think (he was very far away, spotted from standing on a chair next to a fruit machine until I was told not to do that any more) - he has 9,600.

Thanks so much Jen.  Love the USA logo.  I also found out that Michael Martin is at table 29 if that"s anywhere near you.

TR23

[Djinn]

Countlets:

Karl Mahrenholz -- 34,000
Noah Boeken -- 9,200
Anthony Donohoe -- 7,200
Roy Brindley -- OUT
Mickey Wernick -- 15,800
Alan Smurfit -- 37,100

[FlyingPig73]

Come on Luske!!!