Amsterdam Masterclassics - DAY 3 - Live Update (Interactive)

[danafish]

See what I mean?

This is all important information.

[danafish]

And this item inexplicably showed up in the press room. Sadly, too bulky to steal.

Note that the box set includes a pair of sunglasses, presumably for you to invert at home. I wish it came with a paper business suit you could pin on to yourself while you"re playing at home.

"Give a little bit, give a little bit of your chips to me." Hmm.

[danafish]

And a little treat for you all, again for no reason at all except that there"s not that much going on that we can see. Afraid you"ve got to be signed in to see it, but it"s worth the effort. Probably.

[TheReader23]

Guests - If you are following any particular player/nationality/want any pictures etc. I urge you to sign up and ask us something or we are just going to drift down our own tangents and carry you with us.
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Jen --

It was mentioned before that there was a picture of Michael Martin and the "man with the cowboy hat."  I still haven"t seen this pic.  Is it up yet?

Also, any further info on Michael would be greatly appreciated.

TR23

[Djinn]

Chris "Soxy" Sokrati is OUT -

Short stacked, he raised to 5,900 (I think this was either all-in or a commited raise).  The Camel in the cutoff re-raised to 16,000, but found Tristan McDonald coming over the top again from the big blind.  Sokrati, then, was all in against McDonald (who"s also English - add him to the list)...

Sokrati:   ::
McDonald:   kh

Board:  :as: th  

So it looks like he finished in 35th - an €8,500 payday for Soxy.

[Djinn]

Karl Mahrenholz is struggling valiantly with his less-than-half-average stack.  Just now he raised to 8k preflop (blinds now 1,500/3,000 ante 400) with one caller - Blatny in the small blind.  When it was checked to him on the   :: flop he bet 16k, about a third of his stack, and won it there.

But limpers are being punished on Table Mantis - most recently Tristan McDonald made it 15k to go on the button after Karl and Keith Hawkins limped, getting rid of all four potential opponents right there.  Noah Boeken, too, has had his whole stack (c.70k) over the line twice in the last ten minutes, once getting rid of limper Anderson.  Every time his chips threaten to move, a Dutch film crew comes and stands right in front of the rail, meaning that when he"s eventually caught/called, I am very unlikely to know what the cards are.  But that hasn"t happened yet - he"s picked up about 15k with these aggressive all-in moves.

[Chili]

Chris "Soxy" Sokrati is OUT -

Short stacked, he raised to 5,900 (I think this was either all-in or a commited raise).  The Camel in the cutoff re-raised to 16,000, but found Tristan McDonald coming over the top again from the big blind.  Sokrati, then, was all in against McDonald (who"s also English - add him to the list)...

Sokrati:   ::
McDonald:   kh

Board:  :as: th  

So it looks like he finished in 35th - an ?8,500 payday for Soxy.

Unlucky Soxy & unlucky Praz - so close & yet so far again.  I hope i"m not superbok here - cmon Karl....

[Chili]

Guests - If you are following any particular player/nationality/want any pictures etc. I urge you to sign up and ask us something or we are just going to drift down our own tangents and carry you with us.

 

Jen --

It was mentioned before that there was a picture of Michael Martin and the "man with the cowboy hat."  I still haven"t seen this pic.  Is it up yet?

Also, any further info on Michael would be greatly appreciated.

TR23
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Nancy, Michael"s picture is about half way down page 1.

[danafish]

Hi Reader, here it is.

Morning all! Morning The Reader in particular - I have just witnessed one of your Young Americans taking out a short stack on the TV table. Both short stacks on the table, Paul Testud and a gent named Kruschner, had been playing quite cagey, so imagine Michael Martin"s delight when Kruschner shoved for his remaining 15k or so.

Kruschner -  :: ::

Martin -  kh kd

Board -  

Kruschner is OUT, and he stands up and puts his coat on. He sort of hovers by his former seat for a few moments though. I think he might be expecting applause, or some degree of ceremony, or something, but he doesn"t get it. It"s a little tiny bit sad, actually.

Photos on their way soon as I"ve uploaded and edited them...

And another one especially for you.



Michael"s been on the TV table all day. He"s currently sharing said table with, among others, chip leaders Micke Norinder and Peter Dalhuijsen, as well as Johann Storakers next to him. It"s a pretty dangerous place to be...

[kinboshi]

Is there any chance of a chip count of the Brits left in?

[TheReader23]

Michael"s been on the TV table all day. He"s currently sharing said table with, among others, chip leaders Micke Norinder and Peter Dalhuijsen, as well as Johann Storakers next to him. It"s a pretty dangerous place to be...


Yikes......it definitely is a tough place to be. 

Hang in there Michael!!!!!

TR23

[danafish]

Latest - Keith Hawkins and Karl Mahrenholz are both OUT in around 32nd or 33rd place. Jen should be back with the details any second...

[danafish]

Is there any chance of a chip count of the Brits left in?

Chip counts at the next break, in about half an hour. Looks like there aren"t many Brits left though, I"m afraid. We have found a "McDonald" among the players, so we"re going to try to track him down and work out which country he"s flying the proverbial flag for. If he"s still in at the break, anyhow.

[Djinn]

Karl is indeed OUT (looks like 32nd - €8,500)

But he was really incidental in this large pot which just took place - the damage occurred earlier, leaving him with just 400 which was autoallin at the beginning of this hand.  Blatny had flat called preflop, only to find Ravnsbaek raising it to 13,500 from the small blind - he called this too.

Flop:  :: jh  Ravnsbaek bets out 16,000, called by Blatny.
Turn:    Check from Ravnsbaek, and a lengthy dwell/check combo from Blatny.  Meanwhile Karl is standing up, as one does when all in, but he"s getting tired with the dwelling and eventually sits back down).
River:    Now Ravnsbaek immediately moves in for around 50k.  The side pot is now monstrous compared to the main pot and could have been more so, if Blatny hadn"t, after a great while, passed, showing the  js.

Immense relief and a hand clap from Ravnsbaek who flipped the  :as: td, while Karl mucked and headed off.  "Nice bluff," called out railermatey.

[danafish]

Two previously unmentioned players on the TV table are these gents, who we think are called Jaspers and Poortinga respectively. I saw Probably Poortinga raise, and Jaspers reraise all in. Poortinga dwells up, during which time the crowd around the TV table swells threefold, but eventually folds A-K face up. He blows a little raspberry to himself behind his hand.