Amsterdam Master Classics Final Table

[danafish]

Mr Michael Martin is a big, fat card rack. That"s exactly what he is. Twice today now someone has open-shoved, only for Mr Martin to look down and find Aces.

This time it was crippled Micke Norinder. His open-shoving hand of choice turned out to be  qs kd to Michael"s  ah ac. He was putting his coat on even before the first flop card came out of the deck.

Board -  ad :: qc and actually I missed the river, but it"s irrelevant because Micke was drawing dead by the turn.

So with much hugging and handshakes between Micke and Michael, Micke or maybe Mikael Norinder is OUT in 5th place winning €111,000.

[Djinn]

hollandcasino.nl used the word "unstoppable"... playing well, catching cards... Michael Martin"s stealing the show here in Amsterdam.



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[Djinn]

After that, it looks like Noah Boeken and Tristan McDonald are just taking it in turns to shove preflop and pick up the hefty 38k in blinds.  No calling as yet.

[danafish]

What looked initially like it might turn into a big hand between the two chip monsters in fact turned out to be nothing nearly that exciting.

Trond raises preflop and Michael calls.

Flop -  :: qc ks - they both check.

Turn -   - they both check.

River -  jd - they both go all in! No they don"t, they check.

Can"t see any cards, but Trond shows something and wins, and Michael mucks.

[Djinn]

As perhaps expected, short stacked Noah Boeken shoves on the small blind when it folds to him once again, and with just under 300k Michael Martin on the big blind eventually makes the call with  kc .  He happens to be in fantastic shape against Noah"s   , but you wouldn"t know it from the grim expressions on both their faces as the board cards are dealt:
:: ...  jd ...  ::

So Noah Boeken is OUT in 4th place, winning €139,000

[Djinn]

It"s a pretty strong lineup for the final - should be interesting watching today.  We"re going top three Martin, Eidsvig and McDonald...

I would just like to say right now that we were spot on the money, and shall be henceforth betting on every tournament we cover. 

[Daut44]

id bet on you guys

[Des_D]

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Rough chip counts:

Jim Tierney -- 70k
Bambos -- 200k
Andrew Mitson -- 30k
Barny Boatman -- 126.5k
Neil Channing -- 85k
Stan Essen -- 125k
Manuel Palanca -- 170k

Mark McGill -- 90k
Mark Stuart -- 46k
Paul Gardner -- 30k
Roland De Wolfe -- 115k
Joe Beevers -- 91k
Matt Tyler -- 100k
Rob Akery -- 170k

[Djinn]

Tristan McDonald Makes Bet Which Isn"t All In News Now -

On the button he raised it up to 70k, called by big blind Trond Eidsvig.
Flop:    Check-check
Turn:  ::  Trond now bets out  80k and is rewarded with a quick pass from Tristan, who is still not in desperate shape.

[Djinn]

McDonald just won another pot, making these counts not entirely accurate, but thanks hollandcasino, once again:

Tristan McDonald -- 390,000
Trond Eidsvig -- 1,650,000
Michael Martin -- 2,240,000

[Djinn]

It"s good to be in the top three...the mood has lightened considerably, and there"s something which looks a lot like giggling going on at the Eidsvig/Martin end of the table.  They just blind-on-blind checked down a board until it read  :: :: :: at which point a mere 40k bet from Michael took it down.  

[danafish]

Tristan McDonald has just suffered a huge hit, calling Trond"s chunky bet on the river of a  :: ts jh only to be shown Trond"s   for the flush, leaving him with just 165k.

The next two hands he steals the blinds with a preflop shove - now on 200k or so.

But the third hand in a row he shoves - actually this time to an 80k raise from Trond -  and this time he looks to make more than just the blinds.

Trond -  kh jc

Tristan -  ac kd

Board -   :as: ad ah

QUAAAAAAAADS! And McDonald doubles up.

[Djinn]

Incidentally, there are a lot of small breaks at this stage of the tournament...rumour has it Michael Martin isn"t interested in dealing, but you never know.  As ever the prize money jumps are highest at the top (unless you count the jump from bubble to first in-the-money spot which is strictly infinite) and often we"ve seen chip stacks level out and deals made at the last minute.  Probably not this time though.

[danafish]

Play seems to have cagey-ed up some since McDonald"s double-up put him back in the running.

McDonald and Martin check down a  :: tc kc jh board; Martin mucks because McDonald has somehow won it.

Martin raises and takes the blinds.

Martin and Eidsvig check down a   ac board, and Eidsvig takes it.

Martin steals the blinds again.

Jen has acquired some photos of dancing girls to keep you entertained until something happens.

[Djinn]

Did someone ask for a picture of the guys with earphones on controlling the huge camera dolly?  Well, I couldn"t get in position to snap them, so these ladies will have to do.