Amsterdam Masterclassics - DAY 2 - Live Update (At a glance)

[Djinn]

Welcome to Day Two of the Masterclassics €5k main event.  Nearly 200 players remaining, but there will be far fewer than that by the end of the day.

This is the At A Glance thread - info only - please feel free to request/harangue on the Interactive thread, should you so desire.

[Djinn]

Extraordinarily, no chip counts or remaining players lists are available to any of the press currently at start of play.  You"ll know when we do.

[danafish]

did pete linton make day 2?  good luck wishes for him and Dave Colclough.

Yes he did, with about 12k or 30 big blinds left. Should be plenty, although at the bar last night he was bemoaning the loss of a chunk of his stack - apparently he was an early big stack yesterday. Will keep you updated, if he"s near enough the rail, or will at least check in with him at breaks.

I have to say, it seems that the tournament organisers are going out of their way to make actually reporting on the tournament difficult, which is really odd, as the press room conditions are most excellent. Very strange. Very strange place.

[Djinn]

Well, like a special morning treat, I got 10 minutes inside the rope in the Main Room (which was enforced to the second, despite there being a juicy all in going on right in the middle).  So I know a few people"s current counts:

Mike Tse -- 36,000
Pete Haslam -- 11,425
Paul Testud -- 14,500
Arnaud Mattern -- 19,300
Nick Gibson -- 40,000
Dave Colclough -- 27,000
Rolf Slotboom -- 19,000
Bruno Fitoussi -- 8,500
Keith Hawkins -- 17,000
Johan Storakers -- 30,000
Mickey Wernick -- 38,000
Alan Smurfit -- 26,000

[Djinn]

Also, killed by the turn and resurrected by the river was shortstack Dutch poker icon Rolf "Ace" Slotboom.  My attention was attracted by a surprisingly high-pitched noise coming from his table, as it appears he"d gotten it all in with  :as: ks against  ac  qd, and the board had come   qh.... kd and he doubled through to his current stack.  "Wooo!"

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Meanwhile Arnaud Mattern faced an uncomfortable situation having raised on the button to 2,500 and found mid-position limper Paul Testud moving in for 7,225 total over the top.  He thought for a while before calling with his  kh td - and faced one of the worst case scenarios:  :as: kd.  No help and one Frenchman doubles up another.

[Djinn]

Mark Teltscher is OUT... saw him doing the slow walk out of the downstairs room, and that was definitely the final exit type walk.  JJ Hazan has popped into the press room with some stories crossing the years of the Masterclassics, and noting the Teltscher leaving, remembered that he was responsible for knocking him out in 2006...

Incidentally, there are at least four of last year"s finalists still in this tournament.

[danafish]

Also OUT so far is everyone"s favourite cat-eyed Finn, Voitto Rintala.

[danafish]

I caught an actual hand while I was leaning over the slot machines to get some aerial photos of the main pit. After a veritable bunch of preflop raising, a flop was dealt -  :: ::

Carl Hostrup bets 3k, and the gentleman in a cap makes it 6k. To which Hostrup moves in; call.

Hostrup -  :as: td

Cap Man -  

Turn -  ::

River -  qs

And Hostrup doubles up, leaving Mr Cap very short. Someone at the next slot machine along from me shouts to Hostrup, "You are SICK man!" There follows some kind of odd handshaking ritual that I don"t pretend to understand. Cap Man looks as irked by this as by the loss of most of his chips.

[danafish]

By the way it"s now our turn with the photocopy of the handwritten chip count sheets; Jen is typing them up and will post them shortly.

[Djinn]

Here is the starting list for today!  It came in the form of twenty or so pieces of paper photocopied from the dealers" final counts yesterday - handwritten and sometimes a little mysterious.  I apologise if due to legibility problems I have your chipstack/name wrong, but I am only using the tools at my disposal...

Table 27

(empty)
J. Mooujeim -- 26,600
F. Diaz -- 9,450
Martin Vallo -- 16,800
M. Alar -- 62,300
Parkkinen -- 22,675
Michael Martin -- 18,725
Edberg -- 24,125
Camardese -- 45,325
McDonald -- 22,325

Table 28

Morten Sembach -- 19,625
Martin Fred -- 11,595
Peter Roche -- 52,475
Jelan de Perrot -- 10,950
Joseph Koumi -- 17,275
(empty)
Nic Szeremeta -- 21,975
Ilari Sahamies -- 56,350
Roman Yitzhaki -- 11,600
C. Verkerk -- 20,500

Table 24

Jan Sorensen -- 49,000
Meshcheriarov Arseni -- 24,850
Peter Linton -- 11,275
Stefon Wallman -- 19,100
Zelman, R. -- 21,525
Michel Abecassis -- 53,975
Tristan McDonald -- 19,050
Mark Teltscher -- 14,125
Rasmus Carstenson -- 13,925
Ohr Marvin Jansen -- 66,525

Table 23

P. van Doorn -- 39,725
Karl Mahrenholz -- 35,300
Guvievsky -- 23,150
Feuvle -- 9,575
Johnny Lodden -- 47,900
van Hoof -- 15,025
Zimmermann -- 16,125
Mignot Bonnelous -- 13,100
Angelo Besnainou -- 9,025
Donnacha O"Dea -- 16,575

Table 22

Dal Huiysen -- 28,950
Goossens -- 10,225
Didisheim -- 47,500
Boyd -- 32,625
Fergiatayis -- 11,650
Lorentsen -- 10,175
Paul Testud -- 7,325
Paananen -- 37,325
van den Sanden -- 7,425
Arnaud Mattern -- 26,500

Table 21

Pete Haslam -- 12,325
Rino Mathis -- 5,700
D. Kalo -- 42,200
A. Helland -- 30,075
L Kurstjens -- 1,525
M. Gude -- 55,100
J. Petersen -- 16,000
R. Schryvers -- 25,400
K. Vreeswyk -- 24,050
G. Metaal -- 17,500

Table 20

Praz Bansi -- 29,000
Heller -- 27,350
Heim -- 20,025
Wilson -- 13,925
Sevevi -- 12,400
Tulchinskiy -- 10,175
Oostenom -- 18,400
Cod -- 12,875
G. de Werd -- 9,875
J. Smyth -- 9,400

Table 19

Z. Crykovic -- 35,475
Mozes Fahim -- 17,775
G. Lascialfari -- 10,425
T. Sorensen -- 3,050
C. Palermo -- 6,850
Dominic Baud -- 24,850
Sandor -- 16,000
Mike Tse -- 36,675
Trond Eric Eidsvig -- 20,275

Table 18

J. Petterson -- 34,675
Tony Bloom -- 27,200
Arno Weber -- 7,975
C. Toboc -- 17,050
Rolf Slotboom -- 7,875
R. Kemna -- 4,450
J. Jaspers -- 38,700
Yves Molin -- 18,275
H. Koch -- 11,600
T. Iversen -- 16,425

Table 17

Dave Colclough -- 25,325
D. Kruze -- 8,475
Jan Boubli -- 16,250
Traut -- 8,550
CM Dalimore -- 14,050
Hensoler -- 8,725
Pavel Blatny -- 38,375
Nick Gibson -- 40,900
Daan Ruiter -- 18,425
Benik Jan -- 28,150

Table 16

J. Meijer -- 25,775
Tran van Hung -- 21,625
Casey Kastle -- 40,475
Fortunat -- 16,750
Silvio Walter -- 16,200
Florian Langmann -- 13,950
Keith Hawkins -- 17,050
Frederiksen -- 45,475
Charlie Harvey -- 6,300
J. Perez Gomez -- 32,775

Table 15

N. Svensson -- 7,150
M. Kurschner -- 31,425
C. Drechsler -- 12,900
P. Bakken -- 10,875
M. Johansson -- 16,900
A. Petit -- 11,375
Bouchaib -- 7,825
A. Metso -- 16,700
Bruno Fitoussi -- 7,950
I. Koskinen -- 38,500

Table 14

Thomas Fougeron -- 52,325
Carl Hostrup -- 14,775
Egemo -- 31,000
Bush -- 9,550
Goerfi -- 15,425
Johan Storakers -- 30,500
Rensink -- 50,300
Marciano -- 35,475
Danny Ryan -- 10,725
Ghostplayer [sic] 725

Table 12

S. Bos -- 14,450
Sokrati -- 12,250
Corneliussen -- 13,225
Newton -- 25,725
M. Brummelhuis -- 26,725
Y. Ayad -- 18,475
L. Emery -- 29,400
D. Malkin -- 10,575
R. Hairabedian -- 23,875
H. Kroeze -- 4,725

Table 11

O. Henze -- 21,925
Y. Poortinga -- 21,300
S. Biorac -- 38,150
P. Smurfit -- 22,350
Mickey Wernick -- 37,625
J. Verweij -- 21,075
Kalfon -- 21,175
Vlimmeren -- 8,650
Koumi -- 24,175
Barclema -- 25,400

Table 5

Boutboul -- 23,350
Larcheveque -- 10,375
Berg -- 17,850
Bakker -- 21,700
Juutikkina -- 19,725
Norinder -- 50,850
Hesztera -- 34,000
Hofman -- 12,150
Grundtvig -- 61,450
Kintala -- 10,725

Table 4

M. Cats -- 11,500
de la Gorce -- 19,625
Donev -- 28,975
Broek -- 13,000
Rumit Somaiya -- 9,450
Brink -- 30,550
M. Gigg -- 6,175
Didier -- 30,700
Kylenbroek -- 6,925
Emo -- 3,525

Table 3

Samuel Leutonen -- 24,550
Jan Sjavik -- 28,250
JM Cobben -- 14,400
M. Ciric -- 14,975
Jerome Bradpiece -- 12,800
E. v Leer -- 18,200
S. Lauret -- 20,800
Dave Finney -- 22,450
D. Kitai -- 41,750
T. Derneville -- 10,775

Table 2

Lees Alblas -- 7,850
Evgeny Jimnov -- 49,500
Paul Andersen -- 16,650
Kosta Anastasyadis -- 32,900
R. Levdeger -- 7,650
M. Shakira -- 8,050
Mamed Cuberos -- 20,050
Max Kruis -- 2,700
Thierry van den Berg -- 54,600
Brandan -- 19,925

Table TV

M. Braaksma -- 22,175
J. Nuijten -- 18,350
K. Nabavieh -- 28,450
Ed de Haas -- 11,075
Cid Dosantos -- 12,975
Ravnsbaek -- 21,925
Joe Fuchshter -- 26,250
M. Pinter -- 26,200
Noah Boeken -- 26,650

Table

[danafish]

Meanwhile downstairs, Karl Mahrenholz, currently on about 45k, is sharing a table with Johnny Lodden. Also on their table is a gent in an extraordinary 10 Gallon hat. Karl dropped a few chips to him when he raised from the button, was called by Hat Man on the small blind, and then folded when Mr Hat bet out on the   ah qs flop. Mr Hat obligingly showed the  ad as Karl folded.

[danafish]

Squinting into the distance in the downstairs room I could see Pete Linton move in before the flop, and thus steal the blinds and I think a limp too, after some considerable dwellage around the table. Have to say he looked incredibly relieved when everyone folded.

[danafish]

After a short argument about how much the player in question does or does not look like Christopher Lee, the ever-helpful Benjo has informed us that the cap-wearing gent who some posts back became involved with Carl Hostrup is in fact French player Eli Marciano. Thanks, Benjo!

He does look like Chrisptopher Lee.

[Djinn]

You know when you see a player in front of one of the TV cameras that they"re on their way home (or to the cash game).  The latest stars of the small screen (i.e. eliminatees) include Rolf Slotboom, who said, of the rail, "I shouldn"t be here."  I didn"t press him for outdraw details, just congratulated him on a good week at the Festival, having come 14th in an earlier Hold'em event and finalled the Omaha for good measure.

Also OUT are Pete Haslam, Casey Kastle and a gent on Praz"s table whose shortstacked limp/call-an-all-in combo with   found   in the all-in player"s hand to take him out.

[Djinn]

Nick Gibson"s had an adventurous sounding day.  It didn"t start off well, with Jan Boubli apparently re-raising him for fun all the time and dropping his starting 50k down to 25k a moment ago.  "I was his bitch," admitted Nick.  But then a hand helped him back up, when, "I tried my hardest to bust myself."  Here"s what happened:  An under the gun raiser raised, Nick made it 5,100 with  ac ks, one caller.   The flop came Six-high, perfect, and Matey bet out 6k.  "All in," says Nick - for 20k.  A very long genuine dwell ensued, at the end of which Matey called with his  qd qc!  But an Ace on the turn got Gwibbo out of jail and he"s back in the tournament in spite of himself.