AMSTERDAM MASTERCLASSICS AT A GLANCE

[Djinn]

Dwell of the Tourney So Far goes to Bruno Fitoussi after this hand took a few thousand from his 25kish stack...

On a flop of   :: he bet out 700 (after raising preflop) and In-Position-Matey instacalled.
Turn:    Bruno bet out 2,000 - slightly less than insta-call, but call
River:    Bruno checks here, and Matey bets 1,500 - about a quarter of the pot.  The ensuing dwell is what gives the suave M. Fitoussi the Prize... he says, "Two nines?  I don"t believe that.." before thinking some more, asking for the pot to be spread, thinking some more and eventually saying, "I am making a bad call," making a bad call with his  td ts and seeing exactly what he predicted -   .

[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.

[danafish]

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]

Brandon Schaefer -- 12,450
Ozzy Sheikh -- 9,600
Karl Mahrenholz -- 34,000
Noah Boeken -- 9,200
Anthony Donohoe -- 7,200
Roy Brindley -- OUT
Mickey Wernick -- 15,800
Alan Smurfit -- 37,100

[danafish]

I tracked down Michael Martin, he"s on about 16.5k.

[Djinn]

I keep finding new people as they get circled into view on the edges of the rooms:  Albert Sapiano "the honeyman" whose GUKPT winnings are being put to good use here in Amsterdam - on just under 10k but still in it.  Also Rehne Pedersen, on 13,750 and Simon Hennessey, chip count unknown.

Mark Teltscher -- 22,000
Pete Linton -- 14,100
Roman Yitzhaki -- 13,100
Julian Thew -- 10,000
Rumit Somaiya -- 21,500
Mads Andersen -- 28,800
Steve Jelinek -- OUT (or moved)

[danafish]

Anthony Donohoe, we think, is on 7,200.

[danafish]

Any idea how my ticket to the next APAT event is doing, Juha Helppi?    Great work by the way , sounds like they"re doing everything to make an updater"s life difficlut!

Hmm. I"m afraid I heard a little tiny rumour that he might be OUT, but it"s going to involve another circuit of the 5 packed rooms to confirm it. Hold tight, we"ll let you know when we do...

[danafish]

Dutchman Steve Wong is OUT, with much giggling and waving around of TV cameras.

[danafish]

Incidentally I saw Roman Yitzhaki double up with pocket Eights on a 7-4-9-J-x board. He still doesn"t look very happy though.

[danafish]

Praz Bansi, on the same table as Michael Martin, is on about 20k.

[danafish]

Frenchman Nicolas Levi is OUT.