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Re: Expekt.com Norwegian Poker Championships ME : Day One - At A Glance
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May 01, 2008, 11:49:29 PM »
Quote from: Djinn on May 01, 2008, 11:34:10 PM
Two hands later, and he's all in against two players. He's standing up, looking at a flop of
and despairing as the side action kicks off. Vidar Sabbasen has bet out 2,025, and Andreas Berge (the spiky haired one, we reckon) has raised to 6,525. A long think...then Sabbasen moves in. The think now belongs to Berge, who gets very animated, saying "In a cash game I instacall. Instacall." He calls, but not insta.
On their backs!
Anthony Nicholls (despairing):
Vidar Sabbasen (anxious):
Andreas Berge (also anxious, and covered, just):
Turn:
River:
Giving Anthony Nicholls the side pot of just over 2k, and knocking one of the Norwegians to the felt.
P.S. Literally seconds ago, Nicholls busted, called blind by 9-2 when he held T-J. "At least I got to play one hand on the feature table...."
Here is the spiky Andreas, leaning over anxiously to see if Vidar has a set or not, after calling with his flush draw...
Er, you're about to be disappointed BUT...
...NOT as disappointed as Vidar as you hit your flush.
How is this picture for a stark delineation of emotion between pain and glory! guess who hit their flush and who had their set busted....
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Re: Expekt.com Norwegian Poker Championships ME : Day One - At A Glance
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May 02, 2008, 12:17:18 AM »
Chip Counts:
Joachim Lundgård Thorkildsen 22 6 97325
Bjørnar Koss 34 8 73100
Lasse Lien 23 3 70075
Barlien Sondre 23 8 56525
Geir Lian 22 9 55650
Kim Rud Pedersen 24 9 52650
Andreas Berge 21 9 51725
Bjørn Andre Kildalen 32 8 50950
Julian Thew 23 5 44875
Platten Daniel 35 7 41125
Kim-ove Hagerup 35 6 40575
Jan Roger Larsen 35 5 40175
Michael Greco 26 5 38250
Martin Gudvangen 24 1 37900
Arne Kristian Falkenhaug 22 7 37825
Bjørn Andre Hovden 21 6 36975
Kristoffer Ustad 36 5 35825
Michael Mccool 26 2 35650
Waheed Ashraf 23 9 34825
Erik Borkvik 36 8 34275
Ivar Borthen 22 3 34225
Liaquat Javed 26 9 34100
Edvard Hatle 25 6 32725
Brede Sandkjernan 33 2 32600
Daniel Steine 34 1 32550
Daniel Rudd 22 8 32550
Therse Andersen 37 4 32200
Marius Grotan 26 1 32075
Eirik Svanes 23 7 31675
Pål Knudsen 34 7 31075
Andre Hansen 34 3 30150
Paul Gourlay 33 8 30050
Peter Lars Micael Lindstrom 36 6 28250
Acid Nilsen 37 2 28000
David Smith 32 3 27925
Yngvi Bjarnason 24 5 27450
Kenneth Strandli 33 7 27400
John Stanley 25 1 26875
Daniel Gulaker 37 9 25900
Frode Hoel 35 9 25750
James Keys 32 2 25700
Paul Valle 36 2 25525
Jarle Utne 26 7 25325
Richard Larsen 33 9 25200
Mads Aamot 37 3 25000
Christian Berland 21 2 24925
Erik Kindlien 26 6 24550
Bjorn August Lindback 21 7 24500
Glenn Anders Karlsen 33 5 23600
Lars Heldal Bakkevig 34 9 22325
Ken-vidar Sara 35 3 22000
Kristian Heimstad 34 6 21950
Carsten Syvertsen 33 3 20950
Paul Newman 25 7 19800
Jon Somby 37 6 19600
Lars Gaustad 23 6 18775
Martin Rasch 22 4 18725
Kai Danilo Paulsen 26 3 18525
Alf- Eirik Klinge 22 1 18525
Jørund Berstad 37 5 18400
Daniel Molund 25 9 18250
Tage Skare 35 1 17650
Mazhar Latif 34 2 16950
Peter Conduit 32 9 16800
Lars Sverre Wik 25 8 16600
Chriss Jonassen 24 6 15600
Ivar Kleive Voll 33 6 14775
Andreas Forshaug 33 1 14150
William Bugodt 21 1 14075
Borge Sandsgaard 36 1 14050
Kjetil Skau 33 4 13800
Asbjørn Lunde 22 5 13650
Sven Hugo Vian 24 2 12725
Gary Christopher 35 8 12550
Lars Farstad 25 5 12175
Håvard Holder 24 7 12100
Stian Bruheim 34 5 12100
Bjørnar Thomassen 37 1 11850
Magnus Skumsnes 32 4 10800
Jarle Haug 32 6 10750
Anders Brenden 36 7 10600
Alan Stearn 32 7 9700
Geir Ståle Plassen 25 4 9650
Karl Inge Skogholt 23 2 9600
Ole Morten Melby 35 4 9350
Andre Alvarez Brobakken 21 8 9275
Trond-arild Elvan 32 5 8925
Fredrik Alexander Skalmeraas 21 3 8750
Germund Volden 25 3 8650
Frank Porturas 22 2 8150
Stephen Best 37 7 7575
Pal Kristiansen 24 8 7250
Per Erik Løff 21 5 7225
Erling Voje 24 3 7100
Age Spets 32 1 6200
Billy Ngo 36 4 6125
Kai N. Andersen 35 2 6075
Linda Kristin Suhr 36 3 5650
Arild Blålid 25 2 5450
Neil Henshaw 24 4 5325
Efraimsen Oyvind 21 4 5100
Andreas Hagen 34 4 4425
Jørn Eriksrud Bye 36 9 3350
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Re: Expekt.com Norwegian Poker Championships ME : Day One - At A Glance
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May 02, 2008, 12:26:03 AM »
here is an object lesson on the importance of using flash at the tables...
As Andreas the Hedgehog was making his important decision with a pair and flush draw, he moved his head rapidly, fidgeting about as he picked his cards and stack up repeatedly and weighed up the pros and cons of calling.
Whilst I wanted to capture his discomforture, I was keen not to distract him at this critical juncture, so turned off the flash and snapped him. His relentless movement however rendered taking a clean picture of his tortured visage to be an impossible goal and instead I was left with a photo of something resembling a reject from jacob's ladder. The effect is so marked that it looks as though he has actually become transparent! Wierd...
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Re: Expekt.com Norwegian Poker Championships ME : Day One - At A Glance
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May 02, 2008, 12:45:26 AM »
LEADERWATCH
I think it's probably time to introduce some Norwegians to you whose chipstacks mean that they will quite probably be returning for Day Two and beyond... (notice how I hedge as to whether or not they will actually do so
)
Bjørnar Koss
Lasse Lien
Joachim Lundgård Thorkildsen (cl)
Eirik Svanes and Barlien Sondre
And, yes, Julian Thew. Even he looks a little sheepish to be up there at the leaderish heights once again.
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May 02, 2008, 01:25:21 AM »
As the day is gently approaching its conclusion, here are the provisional final tbale payout spots for those who can survive today, Day 2 ( on saturday), Day 3 and reach Day 4 without going busto.
1 £80,925
2) £45,816
3) £28,635
4) £19,920
5) £16,185
6) £11,205
7) £8,715
£6,225
9) £4,980
As you can see the prize money is approaching that of a GUKPT which has double the buy-in. This is a testament to the enthusiasm of so many Norwegians in travelling to another country to play their national championships.
I have to say that thusfar the Norwegians have made a great impression on myself and everyone I've spoken to.
"We're just here to have fun" has been the oft repeated catch phrase of many of the participants and they have been true to their word, a genuine pleasure to watch play and update on, even if we don't have a clue who most of them are!
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May 02, 2008, 01:36:09 AM »
Chip leader Joachim Lundgård Thorkildsen doesn't seem to have taken a knock at all during the latter part of the day. Maybe I just think that because he stacks in those impressive one row deep tall towers like a kind of fortress wall in front of him and I can't accurately gauge his chip count. But Here's One He Won Earlier:
Bear in mind that this was during the last level...and a 3,650 preflop raise wasn't peanuts... but somehow a fourway flop was seen and a big pot potentially heading towards getting bigger:
. Without missing a beat, or even blinking, or breathing for all I know, Thorkildsen promptly bet 13k. Each player in turn frowned a bit, thought about it (one even counted out what looked like it could be about to become a raise) and then passed. He showed the
and calmly built his gravity-defying towers a little higher.
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May 02, 2008, 01:54:56 AM »
The action has become a little quiet recently. The generous structure afforded to the players means they can happily retreat for periods before getting involved if they so wish and with 20 minutes remaining in the day, it seems quite a few of them have decided to take this option and ensure their survival through to Day 2...
Nonetheless the attrition rate given the generous structure has been relatively high. We expected aggressive poker and on the whole we haven't been disappointed. As it stands 71 players of the original 249 are currently remaining with 8 minutes play left.
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May 02, 2008, 02:01:49 AM »
With an excellent structure and plenty of days to use it to its fullest, the Norwegian Championships must be setting a new standard in field shrinkage. It looks like the number of runners making it through from Day 1A is going to number in the high 60s - pretty good going considering there were 249 starters. And it's not slowing down in the closing minutes either - this white hoodied Matey (next to Dublin finalist Kai Paulsen) just busted another one with AA vs KK, spiking an Ace for good measure. You'd think that this particular instance of hand vs. hand would have occurred a phenomenal amount here in DTD, but it hasn't. The word used most often by the staff (who have been entirely helpful and accommodating, spoiling blonde rotten for pretty much every other event, tbh) is "Bonkers."
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May 02, 2008, 02:11:38 AM »
And that folks is it!
70 players remain from the initial 249.
We will return tomorrow as a new slew of players arrive to cross swords but for now, we're pretty much wrapping things up as we retire back to out hotel for a good night's sleep.
Thanks for following, we'll see you all tomorrow for the 3pm start but for now...
BYEEE!!!!
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No sooner do i fork the update than I am forced to withdraw the fork as Julian arrived with some interesting information...
He has finished the day on 120k!!!! - an amazing achievement given his poor start and a stack which will put him well up with chip leaders, if not top of the tree.
"I put a bit of a sick beat on someone in the last hand...he had re-raised me a while ago and once again after I raised with eights he re-raised me. 'Will you show if I fold' I asked him and when he said no, I thought 'right' and set him all in. He called with Queens but then I flopped an eight!" [at this point Julian pulled that classic face that seems almost unique to poker players where they are describing a hand where they sucked out on somone - you know the one i mean, corners of the mouth pulled back, eyes looking upwards]
Julian looked understandably happy with his day's work, wished us the best for tomorrow and departed ready to return on the Saturday...
As soon as we have a final account of the remaining players and their chip counts we'll post them up, but for now, and THIS time, let me do the honours and re-insert the three pronged item of cutlery into myself.
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Just to bring the day up to speed, here were the final chip counts at the end of the day. Amongst the slew of Norwegians remaining, a familiar face is at the top of the tree. You might think I'm lying, but no it's Thew!!!!
Julian Thew 23 5 120500
Kim Rud Pedersen 33 1 100600
Barlien Sondre 23 8 97600
Erik Borkvik 36 8 94100
Edvard Hatle 25 6 82600
Geir Lian 22 9 81700
Mazhar Latif 34 2 63100
Arne Kristian Falkenhaug 22 7 62800
Martin Gudvangen 25 8 62600
Joachim Lundgård Thorkildsen 22 6 61600
Waheed Ashraf 23 9 59900
Tage Skare 36 2 52900
Paul Gourlay 33 8 52700
Bjørn Andre Kildalen 32 8 50900
Michael Mccool 26 2 49800
Marius Grotan 26 1 45800
Peter Conduit 32 9 44300
Frank Porturas 22 2 41800
Bjørnar Koss 34 8 41700
Pål Knudsen 34 7 41400
Erik Kindlien 26 6 40400
Platten Daniel 23 3 38700
Martin Rasch 22 4 37700
Jon Somby 33 9 37300
Billy Ngo 36 4 35900
Håvard Holder 23 1 34900
Daniel Rudd 22 8 34700
David Smith 32 3 34700
Frode Hoel 23 6 34100
Paul Newman 25 7 33900
Kim-ove Hagerup 25 5 32800
Kai Danilo Paulsen 26 3 32700
Peter Lars Micael Lindstrom 36 6 32200
Jan Roger Larsen 36 7 31800
Mads Aamot 26 4 31500
Therse Andersen 25 3 30300
Magnus Skumsnes 32 4 30000
Kristoffer Ustad 36 5 29900
Glenn Anders Karlsen 33 5 28600
Neil Henshaw 26 8 28400
Andre Hansen 34 3 27300
Daniel Steine 34 1 27200
Ken-vidar Sara 32 5 26500
Bjørn Andre Hovden 36 1 25200
Brede Sandkjernan 33 2 24300
Stian Bruheim 34 5 23500
Pal Kristiansen 32 1 21800
Lars Heldal Bakkevig 34 9 21700
Gary Christopher 22 3 20200
Kjetil Skau 33 4 20000
Alan Stearn 32 7 19900
Bjorn August Lindback 25 4 19900
Alf- Eirik Klinge 22 1 18600
Stephen Best 36 9 18200
Jarle Utne 26 7 18100
James Keys 32 2 17500
Efraimsen Oyvind 25 9 17400
Ole Morten Melby 34 4 17300
Carsten Syvertsen 33 3 16700
Michael Greco 26 5 16100
Kristian Heimstad 34 6 15900
Sven Hugo Vian 22 5 14100
Karl Inge Skogholt 23 2 13900
Bjørnar Thomassen 25 1 11600
Ivar Kleive Voll 33 6 10000
Linda Kristin Suhr 36 3 9200
Andreas Berge 32 6 6000
Erling Voje 25 2 5200
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