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Hi gang!

I'm currently lying on the bed in my hotel room. The temptation to press this Domino's Pizza room service button is more overwhelming than you can ever imagine. I must resist though. I need to maintain my figure.

Anyway, here's the final table. Play will recommence at 5pm.


The Final Table

Mads Andersen (Denmark) -- 1,023,000

Philip Hilm (Denmark) -- 600,500

Shek Chi Chung (Denmark) -- 307,000

Marc Naalden (Netherlands) -- 273,000

Anina Gundesen (Denmark) -- 223,500

Edgar Skjervold (Norway) -- 186,000

Markus Gonsalves (US) -- 156,000

Johan Berqvist (Sweden) -- 47,500


Give us a wave if you're watching.  :hello:

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 :hello:

Which items of clothing are you likely to be munching on today Soyopn ?

Well, I think it was pure luck that Anina lass made it to the final.

If she somehow manages to pull out the miracle of miracles to win the event, I'll eat my shoes.

Without ketchup...

My prediction for the top 3:

1; Mads Andersen.

2; Shek Chi Chung.

3; Edgar Skjervold.

Just in case

Any more predictions?

There's a pint from Snoopy for the winner.

... and it's not often my wallet sees the light of day.

I'm going to go out on a limb and go for:

(1) Andersen
(2) Hilm
(3) Skjervold

 :hello:

Snoopy with your anti Bokking skills then it has to be

Anina Gundesen to win.

1) Mads Andersen
2) Philip Hilm
3) Shek Chi Chung

Woof! (Doggy greetings)

(No bum sniffing though)

My predictions:

1: Denmark
2: Denmark
3: Denmark

:-)

and you got it right - i am from Denmark..

Here is the prize list in Pound Sterling:

1st = £234,036
2nd = £128,720
3rd = £65,823
4th = £51,195
5th = £43,882
6th = £36,568
7th = £29,260
8th = £21,941
9th = £14,627
97th = B.F.H.

I believe Julian won around £4,700 for his 26th placing.

Back in the lobby, and the 700 or so dinner guests from last night have dispersed (although from the singing coming from the dining room it was a great, and boozey, party).  The final table is chipped and ready, and we're just awaiting the players...

Not in a million years.  ;hide;

It's another late kick off, but I sense that they'll be out of the blocks shortly.

Jen claims that the final table is never eeeeeeeeeever on time.

I have to say, I'm surprised, surprised I tell you, that they're not up and running yet.

Here are my picks then, seeing as Snoopy insists..

1 Mads Andersen
2 Edgar Skjervold
3 Philip Hilm

I know these are someone else's but I switched 2 and 3 for a bit of controversy...

We've had some action - pretty much the first of the day - Johan Bergqvist went all-in, as you do when you are SO short stacked, Philip called.

Johan: AA (Overkill)
Philip AJ off.  The result was as expected - Bergqvist up to 100k or so.

And just as quickly - Johan Bergqvist OUT in 8th place for £21,941.

In the crucial hand, Mads limped, Johan raised to 46k and Anina then made it 100 - after that they were both all-in (after a brief pause where Johan enquired if Anina had Aces, and got the answer "No").
Johan  Aspades Js
Anina  Kd Kc

And we've lost one.

This is Danish player Shrek Chi Chung.

(http://images.google.dk/images?q=tbn:2T6Xb2IxR9xovM:http://www.svatebnidorty.cz/images/original/Dimg/shrek%2520kul%25201.JPG)

The last 3 hands:

(1) Edgar Skjervold raises preflop. All fold.

(2) Mads Andersen raises preflop. All fold.

(3) Mads Andersen raises 23k under the gun. Marc Naalden calls. Flop = AQT. Andersen bets 40k. Naalden folds.

Sopony, I should start sprinkling a little tenderiser onto your shoes  :D

With Edgar Skjervold on the big blind, Shek raises to 24k preflop. Anina is the only called.

Flop = 9d Tc  Ks

Shek bets out 25k. Anina folds.

I can't see those shoes bein eaten any time soon.

Anina raises 25k.

Shek, who is prehaps gunning for the female, reraises 69k.

Anina folds.

Is she being bullied? Hmm...

Joe Hachem is doing the commentary on the final table and he's a natural.  Working the audience, even getting the seasoned players like Mads to crack a smile:  "You're the chip leader, show me some teeth!!!"

No way Jose...

Snowballs and hell spring to mind.

Snippy - Ding here - just to let you know i've just had a grosvenor burger and ill swap it for you shoes....your upates are great - wish we had Joe Hachem doing commentary - we have seen the microphone though and we may do a rendition of Its now or never if they slow down any further here.....

Big TK has reduced the blinds to 4000-8000k.

Good move big fella!

Longer shifts for me and Jen...  ;reallyamsorry;

But a better comp for everyone else.  ;cheerleader;

Edgar takes the blinds a couple of times, then Philip raises to 22k, Mads re-raises to 65k -  Philip calls.

Flop  Ts Th 3s.  Philip checks,  Mads chucks in a nonchalant 90k "with a flourish" says Rolf, and that wins him the pot.  He is still wearing that bizarro Mickey Mouse Jumper, which I am pleased to see, actually.  I quite want one.

Some hot 3 way action for you now.

Philip Helm raises to 22k preflop. Marc Naalden calls, and so does Edgar Skjervold on the big blind.

Now, brace yourself for some fireworks...

Flop = Qc 7s Ts

check, check, check

Turn = 2s

check, check check

River = 5d

check, check, check

Mayhem!!!

Edgar takes the pot with Kh Td

A bit of information for you on the first player eliminated from today's final:

8th place went to Johan Bergquist, a 37 year Swedish player from Stockholm.

Although he plays high stakes poker on a regular basis, he is in fact a CEO of a successful IT business. Poker is merely a hobby for him.

A bit like me really, except I play small stakes, am not a CEO, and play full-time rather than as a hobby. Apart from that we're like two peas in a pod.

 >:?

A lot of small pots going on, three of which were taken by Philip (but there's a little under 20k in there each time with the blinds at 4000 - 8000 so that's not too shabby). 

Another one was raised by Shek Chi Hung to 26k, called by the small and big blinds (Philip and Anina).  Anina bet out on the K 9 4 flop to take it down... so that's one back from Shek to her.

Chip Counts!  Live and Direct!  In seat order!  Had too much coffee!

1) Marcus Gonsalves  111,000
2) Edgar Skjervold    263,000
3) Philip Hilm            476,000
4) Shek Chi Hung     230,500
5) Mads Andersen   1,201,000
6) Marc Naalden       248,000
7) Anina Gundesen   288,500

Young Yank Marcus Gonsalves, newly kitted out in his PokerStars shirt, is on the lager already (there's been a 15 minute break).

Edgar Skjervold, wonder-Norwegian, used HIS break to raise his stack in the other tournament to 14k (unbelievable).

Edgar just raised on the button to 22k, and saw a flop with big blind Shek of  6h Qh Ts.  Check-check.  Turn:  2c.  Shek bet 22k, was raised to 62k.  Then he got out a tissue and mopped his brow (we love the dramatics here) before eventually passing.

Shek has been putting the pressure on with the old all-in maoeuvre - twice he pushed Philip Helm off a pre-flop raise by shoving the lot in. The second time Philip raised under the gun to 26k, and asked for a countdown when Shek, on his immediate left did it again.  Finding the call to be a rather large 167,000 more, he passed sharpish.

Other than that, Edgar called on the sb, Philip raised 20k in the bb, he called.

Flop: 5 2 J.  Check, Philip 35k, Edgar passes.  This is the second blinds battle which Philip Helm has won.  Not sure how much longer Edgar will let him get away with it...

Shek Chi Hung OUT in 7th place, winning £29,260

Edgar raised to  31k on the cutoff. Philip flat called on the button -then Shek on the small blind moved all in again... Edgar dwells - - - and folds, but Philip calls!

Philip   Jc Js
Shek  Jd  Tc

Board: 4c 8h Ahrt 2d 9s

And then, according to Snoopy, that weird slow clap started as Shek got up.

Young American Markus Gonsalves has doubled up off Mads Andersen.

They hold KJ and AT respectively.

Flop comes T-K-7

Mads raises, Markus moves all-in, Mads calls.

No help arrives and Markus doubles through.

Mads still has in excess of 1 million chips. A mere drop in the ocean for him.

Speaking of Gonsalves...

The 21 year old American from San Diego California, qualified for the London EPT event last year but requested a seat change to this tournament in order to meet up with his Scandinavian buddies. In hindsight, a wise move!

An inevitable battle of the blinds confrontation for you now.

Hilm made up the blind and Andersen checked.

Flop =  Aspades Kc 4c

Hilm bet 20k, Andersen called.

Turn = Ac

Hilm bets again - 40k

Andersen reraises to 140k

Hilms gives a lengthy dwell be4 calling.

River = 5h

Hilm checks, Andersen immediately checks behind him.

Hilm shows Ad 4s for a cheeky trapcheck, but Mads obviously smelt a rat and failed to bite.

Mads Andersen's gigantic stack takes another hit when his preflop raise is reraised all-in by Edgar Skjervold for another 60k.

Mads calls with Ad 5c.

Skjervold 6c 6s holds up on a board of Qs 5d 3c Td 4h

great coverage.  ;applause;

The woman is still in!!!

(Good to see a bit of sexism on Blonde)  ;tk;

Another battle of the blinds scenario.

Hilm and Skjervold see a cheap flop.

As Tc 5d

Check, check.

Very exciting!

2h

Skjervold bets 15k, Hilm smooth calls.

Qc

Skjervold bets again, Hilm calls with Ad 2s.

No raise on the turn? Very cheeky. In fact Hilm is playing this whole final very cheekily. Very cheeky indeed. Cheeky, cheeky, cheeky.

Looks like Hilm is the cheeky chip leader now.

They have now stopped for a short break.

Also being played is the 10,000 Krome freezout.

Bizarrely, Edgar Skjervold is also entered in this comp, even though he's playing the main event.

He's just ran down to save his dwindling stack.

I guess a poker player never rests.

Some chippy counts for you now, including one totty chippy count.

Mads Andersen (Denmark) -- 787,000

Philip Hilm (Denmark) -- 1,475,000

Shek Chi Chung (Denmark) -- OUT

Marc Naalden (Netherlands) -- 264,000

Anina Gundesen (Denmark) -- 262,500

Edgar Skjervold (Norway) -- 294,000

Markus Gonsalves (US) -- 161,000

Johan Berqvist (Sweden) -- OUT

Blinds are 7.5/15k with 1500 antes.

Snoops' turn to brave the heaving arena... he's armed with a camera (courtesy of Stephen) and we'll be hopefully bringing you pictures from the final shortly.

Gooo Anina - and photo's please

To tide you over while you're waiting - Chinese-born Shek Chi Hung (who speaks no English so we're pleased PokerStars found this out for us) who played aggressively the whole way through (a bit of an any-two type) went out on his stated favourite hand - 10 J offsuit.  He's a regular on the Danish poker circuit who was always going to bust SOMEONE from the final...

Double up for Marcus Gonsalves - The 21-year-old onliner moved in on the cutoff for the 120k-ish he had left with A7.  He probably wasn't thrilled when Philip Helm called with AQ, but the 7 on the turn increased his stack to more healthy proportions and he can relax a bit.

Total Norwegian Pokerholic News Now -

Edgar Skjervold is still in both comps, and is now running back and forth from the TV table to the littler comp, most recently pushing all-in in the £1,000 one with AQ against fellow Norseman's 99 and spiking the Queen to get him over 20k.  That must take some doing with all the wires and stuff to remove every time he leaves the Set...

Edgar just doubled through off Philip in rather surprising fashion - looks like my picks are spot on :)

Philip raised to 40k, Edgar called in the big blind. 
Flop: K 3 4 (rainbow)   and guess what?   It went check, check.

Turn: 7  Philip bet 65k, and called when Edgar pushed all-in for 189k, and eventually Philip called.

Philip:  KJ
Edgar K7!  (and that seven on the turn looked so brick-y)

Edgar up to 600,000. 

The Press Gang hard at work.  ::) Well, just Stephen in the foreground. I think Blondeite Davore is playing on his portable Playstation in the background.  ;tk;





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Wormster and the lovely Rhowena playing the old waiting game... as usual.  ;sleep;

Quote from Rolf Slotboom sitting beside me: "Dave's a lucky woman".  :o :o :o

Slip of the tongue there mi thinks.



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And here's my stunning view of the final table. Good, huh? Pls excuse the blurriness, no flash allowed.  ;tracet;



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Anina Gundesen OUT in 6th place, winning £36,568

Philip raised under the gun to 40k, raised to 80k by Anina on the button.  He called.

Flop:   Kc Jh 9h  Check, bet, re-raise all-in from Philip, which Anina called, showing QJ - but Philip had KQ and the rags on the turn and river sealed her fate.

I don't think Snoopy will cry about it for long, somehow....put the condiments away :)

And the shoes stay firmly on my feet.

Although I have eaten 1 hat and 1 shirt over the last few days.

Guess she did all right...

... for a woman.

 ;hide; ;scarymoment; ;hide; ;scarymoment;

I notice Suffolk Punch (Simon Young) is logged on.

Have you recovered from your feature table exit yet m8?

How was the booze bus?

Ah we're sad to lose Anina, who, according to my cheat sheet, is a law student from Denmark who qualified in a $13 rebuy event on Stars.  I like her comment about the final - "I won't be scared of any of my opponents because I have no idea who they are!"

Good for her, well played!

btw Jen, Your avitar is looking particularly beautiful today. Don't know what it is, has it done something with it's hair?

**************************DINNER BREAK********************************

At least an hour's rest for the finalists as they've so quickly whittled themselves down to 5.  We are going to chat amongst ourselves.  Maybe Snoopy will get you some more thrilling photos of the local flora...

Chip Counts at the Break:

Marcus Gonsalves  241,000
Edgar Skjervold    633,500
Philip Hilm          849,000
Mads Andersen    662,500
Marc Naalden       224,000

Bored? :D

Whilst we're waiting for them to finish their din dins, here's a titbit of information on chip leader Mads Andersen.

Age - 35
Nationality - Danish
Jumper - Red, with a Mickey Mouse on the front. (Lucky jumper apparantly)
Style - agressive
Honours - 2002 World Backgammon Champion

Mads soon switched to poker and quickly established himself as one of Europe's most successful cash game players.

It's a top quality plant. Just enjoy.

it's shaping up for a great 3 handed battle - helm was on my stratin table, he's got the moves!

Edgar Skjervold, who is playing two comps tonight, is now on 35k in the 10,000 Krome freezout.

Is he going to perform a miracle and win both events?

And now he has 47.5k.

Just from playing during the breaks too.

Bet his opponents are loving him. ;tk;

I just heard from the grapevine that play will be recommencing within the next few minutes.

Watch this space!

... intently.

Just found a bit of written information on Dutchman Marc Naalden. He's kept very low tonight, but he's still in and seems to be quietly climbing the ladder.

Seat 6: Marc Naalden, 37, Holland

Chess fanatic Marc started playing poker three years ago at a recreational level, but the more he plays the more he wins. Having started out playing only online, he is now planning on attending future EPT events, including Deauville next month. Marc, who lives in the diamond capital of the world, is short of chips but remains positive. "I need to double up, and then we'll see."

Mads Andersen, pretty much everyone's top pick this afternoon, has done half his stack and just now folded another preflop raise of 40k to Marc Naalden's all-in.  But it's good to see that the redistribution hasn't made him any less aggressive.  Thanks Julian for a bit of infor on Philip, too, the present chip leader - we really were drawing a bit of a blank on him...

Good work Snoopy   8)

Ahhh RedDog you smoothie I missed your earlier post - so pleased someone noticed!  Still thinking about going blonde at some point...

 :hello:

Who's chip leader?
:o)

 :hello:  to you too!

It looks like Edgar's 10,000 Krone event is going downhill as their blinds are racing upwards and he just can't teleport between the two fast enough.

Other than that, it's been raise-and-take-the-blinds stuff on the final table.

Thx, onenote.

Not forgetting Jennifer A...

oops, nearly mentioned her strange middle name.

Shw would have killer me.  ;goodvevil;

Philip Hilm

Its not Arnold is it

Snoopy is skating on thin ice (and there's a lot of it in Denmark....)

Incidentally, he has a bit of a bet on the line over whether Mads (his pick) or Edgar (Geir's - fellow pressman) will do better - pints will be won and lost at this final!

Closer than you might think.

C'mon folks, it's guess Jen's middle name time. Winner gets a coconut.

39 players left in the 10,000 Krome event.

Edgar Skjervold is still above average, even though he's not there.

 :hello:

It's really slowed down here in front of the cameras, in contrast to the other comp which no one is paying all that much attention to.  News when there is some...

Sorry about that, good work Jen                           :blonde:

Snoopy, you told me at the bash that  Jens middle name was Princess Fiona !!!!!!!!





                                                         ;goodvevil;

And here some is:

Mads raises (again) to 60k preflop, called by Marc on the button.
Flop: J J 8    Mads bets out 90k, receives a call.  Go on, guess what they have....
Turn: 8    Double check, as it were
River: 9   Checked again - Marc shows A7 for top kicker with the two pair on board, but Mads has 6 9 and wins the pot.

Makes you want to see inside the hole-card camera holes to find out what Mads has been doing the rest of the time...

Anders.

Send coconut

Yet another battle of the blinds develops between Edgar and Philip - with Edgar calling Philip's 40k big blind raise.
On the flop of  Ks 8d 4d, Edgar check-raised Philip's 70k bet to the tune of 210,000 - which eventually won him the pot.

Mum, how could you?

'cos it's a free fruit

There is definitely a large pile of money in a suitcase in there (the same one being lovingly filmed out here last night) but I think it might be just out of sight of the final five.  Snoopy is just summarising the recent action for you...

A few hands for you now. Jen is on watch in the cardroom, so you're stuck with likkle ol' me.

Philip Hilm raises 50k under the gun.
Mads Andersen reraises 150k.
Philip Hilm folds

A few hands later.
Philip Hilm flat calls under the gun.
Everyone else calls, big blind checks.
First family pot of the night. Wooooooo!

Flop = Ad Qd 7h

Check, check, check. Very exciting so far.

Turn = 8d

Check, check...

then Hilm bets 80k and takes down the pot.

Marc Naalden's preflop bet of 50k has just been reraised by Markus Gonsalve's all-in push. Naalden folded.

Hey Snoops, Tighty here

having a goodtime with our "amateur" update, where 75% of the field was mateyboy til today!!

just hit our final table

Approximate chippy counts (in seat order):

Markus Gonsalves -- 300k

Edgar Skjervold -- 690k

Philip Hilm -- 800k

Mads Andersen -- 860k

Marc Naarden -- 300k

Hi Tighty.

From what I have read, you're doing a gr8 job. Lovin ya work!

A bit of controversy now.

It was folded round to the blinds. Marc Naarden announces 'raise' and Markus Gonsalves pushes all-in.

Naalden mulls it over before deciding to raise the minimum and folding.

A moody with a poor hand perhaps?

Markus Gonsalves OUT in 5th place, winning £43,882

Philip Hilm was the asassin.

Hilm raised preflop with 6h 6s

Gonsalves reraised all-in with  Ad 9d

Board = 8s 2s 4s Kc 2c


... and we're down to 4.

Counts as they become Four:

Edgar Skjervold   468,000
Philip Helm        1,177,000 
Mads Andersen   902,000
Marc Naalden      271,000

Edgar Skjervold is OUT of the 10,000 Kroner freezout.

He somehow managed to come 27th out of 128 players.

Incredibly he wasn't blinded away. He rushed over to the table during the main event chip count, moved all in with a rag ace, and lost.

Ah well, I suppose the thousands he's guaranteed in the main event will soften that blow.


ps. 10,000 Kroner is around a grand.

Danish Skirmish News Now -

Philip raised to 70k preflop; Mads re-raised to 200k.  Phil called.

Flop  Ac Ts 9c.  Mads bet 250k, and Phil gave him the old staredown for a good long time before passing and giving that chunky pot to Mads.

Incidentally, Britt tells us that someone in the audience went up to Mads and gave him a 'lucky coin' about an hour ago, when it looked like he might be able to use one of those.  Apparently this audience member keeps shouting to him to remember the Lucky Coin, which is quite odd.  But he's ever so popular here (Mads, not the shouty guy).

Day release at the local loony bin?

Phil just raised to 80k and was re-raised all-in by Marc.  Phil asked for a countdown (something he does a large percentage of the time) and passed.

Then just when we thought there'd just be more of that for a while..................

Philip raised to 90k, Marc moved in, and got a caller!  Marc  Ac  Ahrt vs. Philip  4c 4h

The board brought nothing but the  Ad on the river to rub it in and it's good news for the Dutch player - a double up.

Press question from Rolf: "Who calls with a pair of fours?"
Press answer: "Philip Helm."

This means that Philip is down to about 460k, and just released another 80k preflop raise to Marc's all-in.

Edgar Skjervold. I'm not biased or anything, but this is the man we want to lose. There's a pint in it for me if he is eliminated before Mads Anderssen. And I'm really thristy!  8)





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Philip Hilm thinking about how he's going to spend his money.



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Markus Gonsalves shortly before he was elminated in 5th. Looks like he's just spotted some totty in the audience. Believe me, there's plenty here.  :kiv:



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Great pics Snoops........How the hell you get that close? other pics were from behind 1000 people.

Many thx must go to Stephen Bartley of the Gutshot team whose photography skills are far superior to mine.  ;applause;

Two-Outer Double Up News Now -

In a rather strange hand, Marc raises to 100k preflop, and is re-raised another 260k-ish all-in by Edgar.  He calls with Q 9 and finds a race - against Edgar's 88.

Flop: Q J J
Turn: 6
River (you all know what this is from the title): 8!

So Edgar in much better shape (oh see how accurate my predictions were!) which I am sure he wasn't expecting on the flop.

Marc flat calls preflop on Philip's big blind.  So we see a flop cheaply.  It's 9 4 Q - checked twice.  Turn - 2.  Philip checks, Marc bets 50k and Philip moves in for the full 376k, which Marc calls.

Philip 9 4
Marc Q K

The river rag didn't change anything and there's one of the reasons the old big blind likes limpers now and then...

Big blind Hilm calls Naalden's 90k preflop raise.

Flop = Kc 9s Th

Hil checks. Naalden bets 60k. Perhaps deeming the size of the bet to be a sign of weakness, Hilm reraises to 180k.

Naalden folds.

My spider senses tell me that there's gonna be an elimination soon.

But then again, those same senses also told me that Anina wouldn't make the 2nd day, nevermind the final table. ;tk;

Some fresh chippy counts for you now. Sit back, digest the counts, and enjoy.

Mads Andersen -- 821k
Philip Hilm -- 812k
Edgar Skjervold -- 462k
Marc Naarden -- 723k

Go wild!

Mads gets 90k off big blind Edgar after checking til the turn on a  9d Tc Td 8h board.  That's about as exciting as it's getting right now.  We here in the press commune are getting more twitchy about the prospect of ordering pizza from Dominos...

Make sure you have one with a dominator base...

Phil and Mads get into a big hand on the blinds.  They see the  3h 3c 8c for cheap, but then the bets and raises go like this - Check from Phil, then bet, raise, re-raise and call, which ends up being 280k. 
The turn:  6s.  Phil checks, and Mads just goes all-in, but doesn't get called.  He just picked up close to 700k right there... the first big action in the last hour.

Mads Andersen is on a roll now.

Battle of the blinds.

Flop = 8d Qs 3d

Mads checks, Marc Naarden bets 60k, Mads reraises 200k, Marc folds.

There have been a few wagers within the Press Gang.

After Rolf plunged for Mads, I've been forced to change to Phil Hilm. Our Irish friend has chosen Dutchman Marc Naarden, just to try and take money off Rolf via his countryman.

After Mads latest flurry, my 100 Krone bet is looking shakey.

But that pint bet I had on Mads with the Danish journalist is still looking gooooooooooooood.  8)

More River Shennanigans for Edgar Skjervold News -

When it passed to his small blind he moved in on big blind Philip Helm, who called, perhaps to his surprise, seeing as he held 78 offsuit and Phil had the A10.

Flop: 9 6 J
Turn: J
River: 5 - and there we have his double up.

Miracle time.

Naarden limps for 40k under the gun.

Hilm moves all-in from the small blind with Qh 5c

Naarden calls with Aspades 6d

Flop = 6s 6c 7h

Naarden thinks about what colour his Ferrari is going to be.

Turn = 8s

Naarden thinks about what colour his Porsche is going to be.

River = 9s giving Hilm a miracle straight.

Naarden think about what colour his Skoda is going to be.

Ouch

With the blinds at 20,000 - 40,000 (this is really going on and on), Marc doubles up with 77 against Mads' A4 (that's the second time he's gone for it with this hand after raising initially - this time to 120k).

In Press Corner, every double up is met with cheers and boos as we've resorted to wagering on these guys to keep us from thinking about pizza..

Philip Helm is the fourth place finisher - picking up £51,195

Phil moved his depleted stack in on Mads' big blind... and got a call, which we were sort of expecting, from Mads with  Ad 7c. 
Phil's last hand:  9d 4h

With no hit - Philip is walking off to the interviews

And the chippy counts after that elimination are...

Mads Andersen -- 1,115,500
Edgar Skjervold -- 870k
Marc Naarden -- 800k

Big battle in the blinds.

On a 7-5-4 flop, Mads bets 70k, Marc reraises 300k, Mads moves all-in, Marc calls.

Mads = 6-4
Marc = T-7

Turn & River = K-5

Marc doubles up.

Doesn't Mads know he could cost me 2 pints here?!

Joe Hachem is chip leader in the 10,000 Krone event.

Mads vs. Marc again - a non-threatening-looking  Qs 3d 2s flop leads to an uncalled all-in from Mads, who is just as likely to win it as he is to just double up the others until he's out...

Edgar 700k
Mads 300k
Marc  1.8 mil!  It's all change here...

Shortstack Mads just doubled through Marc Naarden's Q-J when his 5-6 flopped a nut straight.

It's Edgar's turn on the double-up merrygoround - he found  Ad Js and a caller with  Ac 2s (Marc Naalden).  Two Jacks on the flop sealed the deal.  These players seem to be shifting the chips every five minutes, but with no elimination in sight. 

ALL-CHANGE - the chips are wandering free -

Marc   831,000
Edgar  1,372,000
Mads   624,000

Players get a break - and so do we.  But they're just coming back now - so until the short stack actually loses an all-in, expect more of the same...

Mads doubles up with QQ against Marc's KJ (a real big hand for once). 

Marc moved all in under the gun - Mads was the caller with his pocket Ladies and

Blinds are a huge 30k - 60k ante 6k, so there'll be a move from Marc any minute.....

Marc Naalden OUT in 3rd for £65,823

Marc  Ad Qs
Mads  9h Tc

The nine of hearts was the decider as the board came: 7h 4h 3h Td 8h

So after approximately two years, we are heads up here in Copenhagen, but Mads is a chip Monster.

Heads up counts -

Norsemen Rep Edgar Skjervold - 1,260,000
Mads Andersen - 1,565,000

So my top two are looking spot on ;)

Edgar wins a reasonable-sized pot - - they both check a  5c 3d Kc flop.  Edgar bets 70k on the  Kh turn, and 110k on the  2c river, being check-called by Mads all the way.

Edgar shows a winning  Kd 6h to take the pot.

Well, it's not the quick conclusion we sort of figured - just now Edgar was pushed off a raise by Mads' moving in...

Then after a smooth call/check combo preflop, a flop came of 4h 6h Jh.  Edgar checks, Mads bets 70k, call
 Ac on the turn, check-check
River:  6s    Edgar checks, Mads bets 60k, and gets called.  Edgar's Q4 is good!

How about this one?

Board  Jc 7s Aspades 9s after a checked flop.  Mads check-raised Edgar's 70k bet to 250k, and then passed when Edgar moved in.  It looks like the upper hand is edging Norway's way (Woody is beside himself)

Key hand Brought By Britta:

As seems quite a popular choice, it was a checked flop ( Th 4h Qd)
Turn:   Jh - Mads bet 60k, Edgar called
River:  7d  - This time Mads bet 200k, and Edgar called with the runner runner 2 pair he'd picked up (J7)

Tom Murphy says that the blinds going up to 40k - 80k is the most interesting thing about this heads up.  Possibly.

Chip counts:

Mads Andersen   1,300,000
Edgar Skjervold   1,450,000

Anyone awake? 


Echo (oooo) (ooo) (oo)

I'm still awake! ;tk;

Wasn't it Mads who won the J7 hand?

Has the 10K krone event finished?

sorry i am late hope i aint too late to make my predictions

Mads
Edgar
Marc

i can feel a sudden rush on bookies with bets on edgar

just about!!

yeah, i'm still here...
 ;tk;

 ;tk;

you are doing a grand job Jen, stick with it. Luton had the best idea, they chopped it up 5 ways and it was over in a flash.

jen r u back on weds, cos i'm in london

Oh, wait - ACTION

Edgar called on the s.b., raise from Mads to 180k, re-raise all-in, CALL

Edgar shows  Ad 5c
Mads shows  Ahrt Qc

Flop:  9d 8d 6d   (how about that for the preflop underdog?!)
Turn:  5h
River:  Jc

Edgar doubles up and now has most of the chips - 2,100,000 to Mads' 700,000

Hi Mel and posters - good to hear from you!  Don't know where I'll be yet any day - it's all traveltastic at the moment... will give you a ring though :)

Immediately, Mads doubles back up with Q 10 on a 10 4 4 flop, when Edgar moved him all-in on a bluff with KJ

Now 1.8 million to Mads, and 1 million to Edgar - it's all we can do to keep up.

PS Snoopy is in the thick of the action, which is why you haven't heard his dulcet tones for a while, but he's doing a brilliant job despite looking sleepy (like all the updaters!) while I report from the hall.

jen do me a favour and shout " come on you MADSMAN"

Come on you MADSMAN

There you go Ironside.

no loud enough for it to be heard by the tv crewso they turn round and get a pic of you in your blonde gear

Ohhhh, I'll see what I can do - although that crazy guy with the Lucky Coin might drown me out :)

Too late!  Huge shout from Snoopy's area - We have a winner!

Mads Andersen Wins the comp and £234,036

Edgar Skjervold takes 2nd and £128,720


Mads  Ac Qh vs Edgar   Aspades Th  The money went it's merry way into the middle preflop, as is, perhaps to be expected...

 Flop: 9h Kh 4h
Turn:  Qc
River:  Ts

And we have a champion here in Copenhagen, and a popular one, from the roar of the crowd.

wohoooooooooooooooooo i got the 1 2 3 wtg ironside

Snoopy is going to try to worm his way in front to bring you a pic of the final moments - he's done a sterling job all through this week and I for one am delighted to have him as my update partner.   ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

Well done Jen and Snoopy.  ;applause; :respect:

I'm going to bed now...  ;sleep;

HOPE MADS GET THERE AS HE MIGHT BUY ME A DRINK BUT IM 2 BUSY IN MA ROOM PLAYING THE PARTY POKER HALF MILLION

YES THE MADS

Still, Tikay would have enjoyed the frosty fun, as would y'all - everyone's been helpful and friendly and if it hadn't have been -7 there's a whole beautiful city out there to explore...

Hi all. Thx to those still following this.

The heads up was gruelling. The play was first class and neither player ever looked like losing their cool and resorting to maniac poker.

A few pics on the way.

Edgar taking a much deserved rest.



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Big T finishing off his crossword.

At one stage, I did promise you guys some top totty. Look closely and you'll be able to spot a lovely young lass on the TV screen.



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Big TK attempts to wake the dealer from her slumber.



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Scandinavian Open Champion Mads Andersen. He seems to be the only one not possessed by a demon.



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KEV!!! LOOKY LOOKY!

This looker was conducting the interviews. She knows her poker. Coincidentally, she's also amazingly good looking.



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The most important victory tonight is the pint bet I had with the Danish Journalist. With around 20 players remaing, he opted for Edgar, and I plunged for Mads. Bizarrely, these two ended up heads up. Even more bizarrely, I actually won my bet.

Now, if I could just find this bloomin journalist...

Just caught up on all the wkd posts.. i have to say the updates were brilliant and much appreciated. Thanx.  :respect:

As always a fantastic job on reporting peeps..I would take my hat off to you but i think  ;bigglesdog; ate it..

 :)up

Well i have to say guys, that the coverage was really top banana. I am amazed that you've managed to turn an event of which most of those who i wanted to follow went out early on the final day, into something that was so enjoyable to read.

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Great stuff ;)