The Vic Live EPT Update - Day Three, FINAL DAY

[Djinn]

A very worrying grating noise is coming from the TV table's autoshuffle machine.  The producers are poking at it but there may be a dealer-shuffled table after all.  Looks like someone might have dropped something in it. 

Stamina comes from tea, and McDonald's nuggets which I allowed the gentlemanly Rolf to buy me for dinner.

[Nem]

I LOVE CHICKEN NUGGETS

[Djinn]

So, totally squished in the back row of the spectator stands, Rolf has stood his ground after several attempts to dislodge us.  The word 'nitwit' may have been used.  We were here first, after all.  Looks like we're just about managing it, for now.  The press don't seem to be ruling with an iron fist here, but the TV organisers just aren't quite authoritative enough to banish us to the bar.  Yet.  Looks like we might have lost our Norwegian friends to the pressure of people crowding the limited stands and the severe laptop restraint (two between four different sites) but if there's a break we'll try to get him online.  Bring on the Wi-fi!

[Djinn]

So to the chips and seats:
                     
Noah Jefferson (USA)        353,000 
Jonas Helness (Norway)    722,000
Paul King (UK)                 137,000
Mark Teltscher (London)    650,000
Graham Clarkson (UK)      175,000
Kiril Gerasimov (Russia)      58,000
Istvan Novak (Hungary)      100,000
Dale Greenleaf (UK)           160,000

Hello to Noah's Mom and Dad who just called the lovely people next door to me on the bleachers to say they're following his progress!  Not surprised - after three days of Tournament we've got to the Final Table of the Grosvenor WOrld Masters.

[Djinn]

We have Greg Raymer doing the announcing, which he does rather well...

Blinds are back to 4,000 - 8,000 and they're off!

[Djinn]

Noah takes down the first pot with a button raise.  "The only guys he knows in the country" to my left look happy...

[Djinn]

Paul takes the next one from the small blind - Mark passes.

Then Jonas raises to 24,000 picking up Mark and Graham's blinds... looks like there's going to be quite a lot of this, at least at first.

Graham and Kiril see a flop! excitement...

There are three large monitors set up around the table which is on a kind of black, shiny stage ringed with blue light, for those of you who haven't been in the presence of a TV table before. 

[The_nun]

A very worrying grating noise is coming from the TV table's autoshuffle machine.  The producers are poking at it but there may be a dealer-shuffled table after all.  Looks like someone might have dropped something in it. 

Stamina comes from tea, and McDonald's nuggets which I allowed the gentlemanly Rolf to buy me for dinner.

Jen.. Just check Tikays teeth are still in place..

[Robert HM]

ROFL

I am hoping he's got his dentures into the opposition at the Gutshot, where is one of 6 left

[The_nun]

oops
 

[glorious]

Come on Clarkson!

[Djinn]

Noah just took down a little over 100,000 flat calling Graham's mid-position minimum raise with  qc ah on the button and extracting 25,000 on the turn (an A).

[glorious]

Here's hoping Graham recovers from that!

[Djinn]

Lateish position Noah raises, only to find Jonas on his left re-raising to 72,000.  After a fair dwell, he passes.

Greg Raymer is a genuinely good announcer, patient and good natured.  Earlier he went for interviews and seems eternally patient with the chatters.  Great guy.

[Djinn]

Woody has rejoined the press corner and tells me that Jonas is only 18 years old!  A very calm and patient player, I think he's made some great moves in this tournament without getting worked up even once.  Perhaps he has been watching Kiril, sat at this time directly opposite him...