Amsterdam Master Classics Final Table

[Laxie]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!  

See that after a visit to their coffee shops and you"re well entertained.

[APAT]

goooooooooooo danaaaaaaaaaa

Go me! (see attachment below, you signed-in people you)

lol...nice picture!

[Djinn]

goooooooooooo danaaaaaaaaaa

Go me! (see attachment below, you signed-in people you)

Note the random guy in the background who looks as if he"s either dancing or doing something disturbing to the table behind her... that, by the way, is our Breakfast Cafe, about a minute from the casino which serves delicious strong-like-mud coffee to get the updates going every day.

[Laxie]

goooooooooooo danaaaaaaaaaa

Go me! (see attachment below, you signed-in people you)

Note the random guy in the background who looks as if he"s either dancing or doing something disturbing to the table behind her... that, by the way, is our Breakfast Cafe, about a minute from the casino which serves delicious strong-like-mud coffee to get the updates going every day.

Noticed random guy and thought better of descriptive reply...but now that you"ve mentioned it....







still no comment!  lol

[Djinn]

Well, there can"t be a top-set-vs-flush-draw all in coup every hand...

So an update on the more restrained progress of some other small pots:

Michael Martin gets two preflop uncontested (once standard raising under the gun and relieving McDonald and Noah Boeken of their blinds).

Then Eric Larcheveque raises preflop to what looks like 40k.  Noah Boeken takes him on, but they both then just check it all the way down.

Flop:  jh
Turn:  
River:  th

Showdown...er...sorry couldn"t see.  Noah wins though.

[Daut44]

ahhhhhhhhh im losing it

nancy is on business call i need to hold for alone for now, lets do this schafer!!!!!!!!

[Djinn]

Eric Larcheveque in the big blind responds to another of Michael Martin"s preflop raises by re-raising 100k.  Martin immediately announces, "All in."

Arms folded, Larcheveque just sort of contemplates his stack, then Martin, then kind of the middle distance, then the stack again.  He passes.  More for the Michael Martin mountain.

[Djinn]

Undaunted, Eric Larcheveque, who according to the walk-on announcements is a Frenchman who lives in Latvia, and seems a very nice gent, raises it up to 38k on the button.  It"s just not his day - Tristan McDonald in the small blind immediately shoves, and he"s unable to call.  I think that might be the fifth push from McDonald - any bets on how many times he gets away with it uncalled?

STILL undaunted, Larcheveque moves all in the very next hand only to find Michael Martin moving his huge stack in too - that can"t be good, and it isn"t:

Martin:  ks kc
Larcheveque:  ah qc

Flop:   kd :: ::
Turn:  ts  ("JACK!" suggest the optimistic French press)
River:  

So the continually re-raised Eric Larcheveque is the 6th place finisher, winning €87,000







(That last one is of Larcheveque getting a commiseratory hug from Norinder. There seems to be a real camaraderie between the finalists. It"s just lovely.)

[Djinn]

Something happened preflop which ended up with Michael Martin and Noah Boeken facing off on a flop of  :: :: .  There may have been a third player in too - but not after Martin bet around 60k on the flop and only Noah, out of position, called.
Turn:    Noah checked, Michael checked.
River: Something small (we can"t see too well, and when I asked Benjo he said "It was a Monopoly get-out-of-jail-free card."  Thanks, man.)

Now Noah checks again, and Michael picks up a stack of whites and cuts them over the line - a total of 102k.  It, however, is ruled as a string bet (in Europe it"s one motion only or any bet goes as whatever the first amount was to hit the felt - not his fault - they do that cutting thing all the time in the States) - so it"s a small call of 25k for Noah... he makes it but then mucks when Michael shows what looked like  qh qs but could have been any face-card combo.

[danafish]

A sizeable yet cagey hand between Martin and Norinder.

Norinder raises and Martin calls.

Flop -   :: and they both check.

Turn -  td - Michael Martin checks and Norinder bets; Michael calls.

River -  kh - again, Michael checks, and then calls Norinder"s 42k bet.

Afraid I couldn"t see what Michael was holding, but I"m guessing it was some kind of Ace or middling pocket pair, as Norinder"s K-J is good and he takes it.

[Laxie]

Can"t ye stand on chairs or something?  lol  

[danafish]

Trond makes a massive bet, 159k, apparently to put Tristan McDonald all in (afraid we didn"t catch whether Tristan bet first). Trond smirks a bit, not unkindly. Tristan runs his hands through his hair (he does that a lot, we wouldn"t like to speculate as to why); he smiles back at Trond, and then he goes into staring mode.  He holds the stare for a minute or so, and then starts to nod twitchily. He folds.

Players are now on a 10 minute break.

[Djinn]

Can"t ye stand on chairs or something?  lol  

The TV table is on a kind of raised stage, which together with the holecardcamerafilled edge makes it impossible to see anything at all from the floor.  We are getting our flop info from the monitors all over the casino.  At least you know that when we report the cards, they"re actually accurate...

To be honest this has been one of the worst tournaments to cover access-wise I"ve attended in years, but interesting nonetheless.  

[Laxie]

Sounds like they"ve kept you on your toes in more ways than one, but you"re doing a great job dealing with it!

[snoopy1239]

Hello.

Isn"t Tony Bloom petit, you don"t realise it until you see him.