European Championships, 5k Main Event Live Update, DAY TWO

[Sunday8pm]

lol, well i was talking with a mate the other day about it. It seems despite scandi's ability to talk better English better than me they all still say 'loose' instead of LOSE...Sort it out

[Sunday8pm]

aint a freudian slip some kind of high jump move?

[Djinn]

The Camel has 25,000.
Lucy Rokach  65,000


Play has just this minute resumed - I really don't see how they're going to take til 3am to get down to that final 18.

[Djinn]

They're not sitting on their hands here - been several all-ins already but with no eliminations resulting, yet...

Nouri doubled up with 66, flopping a set.  Then Paul Zimbler (short stacked) went all-in with A9 and found himself up against Peter Roche's AQ.  Lucky the board came with four on it then....

Keith Hawkins just received one of several dirty looks as someone gave up their blind.  "You look at me as if I'm stealing it!" he protests.

[Ironside]

the fact is 99% of the time he is stealing but every time you go over top he has a hand

[Djinn]

Guy wearing VC shirt (as yet nameless) made a short-stacked move all-in with AQ off, called by KK. It looked bleak until four clubs found their way onto the board matching his .

[Woody]

Great updates Djinn. How is our Norwegian country mate doing? Is he loooooose?

[Djinn]

Lots of action during this tour of the room...

Sonny Osman OUT - raising all-in preflop with 9 10, he was called by Stuart Nash's Q 10.  The flop came with a 9, then with a Q and the table break came soon after.

John Shipley OUT too, a couple of seconds before him.

There are now 27 left.  Some counts:

Michael Taaffe     17,600  (the VC-sporting man reported earlier)
Stuart Nash         65,000
Harry Demetriou   58,000
Camel                 27,000
Max Pescatori      40,000
Mike Magee         37,000
Lucy Rokach        60,000
Edward Moncada  40,000
Achilleas Kallakis    50,000
Sverre Sundbo     75,000
Paul Zimbler         10,000
David Benyamine  36,000
Simon Nowab      25,000
El Blondie            32,000
Dan Alspach        28,000
Peter Roche        38,000

[Djinn]

Norwegian guy still at the top of the field, although he lost a few (20,000 - peanuts) on the first showdown he's lost all day, apparently. 

I think Lucy Rokach is OUT - she was heading for the door a minute ago. 

[adrtho]

Tony G still in ?  or has he been put to sleep

[Djinn]

Yes Tony G on nearly 100,000!  He's been so quiet I must have missed him...

[Djinn]

There is a rumour that they may carry on until the final nine...but this is unconfirmed and disagrees with the official-looking bit of paper I copied that information off this morning.  If that is the case then there will be one more late night and a shorter Final.

Incidentally, none of us watchers really noticed Tony G making a move, and he's been pretty modestly-stacked all tournament - and suddenly he's got a little mountain of chips.  Possibly the leader, actually.

[Djinn]

The Camel has doubled up with KK vs JJ to 34,000-odd.

[Djinn]

Yes - it's down to final 9 or 3am, whichever comes quickest.  They are paying 13 places, it looks like now, and the prize money is actually in a slightly higher band due to there being 122 starting runners, not the 117 I initially misinformed everyone about.  First place is 260,000

[Ironside]

i am off to find some dinner good luck to those that remain

hope your all in when i get back in an hour