Amsterdam Masterclassics - DAY 2 - Live Update (Interactive)

[LLevan]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm 2 live updates & not a hint of norkage............I"m gonna start a petition to bring back the Beagle

[Djinn]

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.  

[Djinn]

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)

[danafish]

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

[kennyruss]

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

[Djinn]

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   ("I wasn"t having that any more") and seeing a flop:
ah jd .  Check-check.
Turn:    Jerome checked again and got another check behind.
River:    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.

[danafish]

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   :: flop. Lady bet 5k; Jan called.

Turn -   - check check

River -  

Jan bets 10k and Lady passes. She has about 30k left.

[danafish]

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.

[danafish]

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.

[danafish]

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...

[danafish]

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.

[Djinn]

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.

[WarBwastardo]

The mystery woman looks very much like Clonie Gowan from the pic posted yesterday.

[danafish]

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?

[kennyruss]

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