Expekt.com Norwegian Championships ME: Day 1b - Interactive

[George2Loose]

that would be clever wouldnt it, im the other half at home!

[Woodsey]

This Blondie is an absolute beauty in the flesh, saw her the other day. Cmon you can get a better pic for the lads, we are blondepoker after all!

Quick bit of norkage for those of you who enjoy such things.

Pretty scandinavian player.

[Dingdell]

Good luck to all the blondes playing today (and to Frode Fagerli who is a lovely bloke).

Frode 'Fropsy' 'Lovely Bloke' Fagerli - instrumental player in getting the Norwegian Championships organised and all round good guy:

Ah yes - this is the guy I was playing with on Sunday who said he preferred not to look at his cards beforehand as it spoiled the surprise later. He then pushed all in with pocket queens    These scandies are so lucky....

[Djinn]

Blonde player lady is Vivi Saethren - she's a nice person - met her at the Swedish Norwegian Championships (if that makes sense) and she popped up at the World Series last year... will probably even smile if she knows she's having her picture taken.  I would say we should support her because she's blonde, but so is 80% of the field.

[Woodsey]

Blonde player lady is Vivi Saethren - she's a nice person - met her at the Swedish Norwegian Championships (if that makes sense) and she popped up at the World Series last year... will probably even smile if she knows she's having her picture taken.  I would say we should support her because she's blonde, but so is 80% of the field.

I tell you what, if she manages to win something half decent the sponsors will be fighting over her.............

[action man]

updates on my little kipper fran please! thanks

[Djinn]

But before you get excited...this doesn't end in a player-busting, stack-building showdown.  Just so you don't get your hopes up.  It's just that I saw a pot with over 18,000 in the middle, which had been grown between Sindre Joramo and Rune Larsen (in the white hat).

The board was lying there:  , and I wish I knew how all those chips had gotten there.  The moment of tension which drew me to the table was, however, Joramo moving all in for around 10k and putting his opponent to a decision for the rest of his stack.  The pot was spread, his head was in his hands, and it was with that sour "I really wish I wasn't doing this" expression that Larsen gave this big pot up to his opponent.

[JungleCat03]

Scheming Scandinavian Smurf of the day.

Hat of the day.



Steve Holden of the day - 17k



Tall, thin Trond of the day- circa 15k

[Djinn]

Here's John Hammond, one of the players about to take their turn on the buffet (staggered dinner break is as good as no dinner break, in our opinion).  He asked how Snoopy was doing, and was surprised to learn that he wasn't actually here, but around 5000 miles away in Canada currently...

We know the score.  "Great Updates Snoops."
 

[Djinn]

Quote of the day: "That's the way a Norwegian get mad.  When someone steal his beer.  Then I get mad.  Raarrrrrrrgh.  I don't mind the money, one pound two pound five pound.  I mind my beer.  I pissed."  That could be taken in both ways, quite effectively.

This guy has been drinking since the place opened, as have a good number of others.  Actually, probably since he busted last night after playing most of the day and busting on the TV table.  He does like DTD though:  "I love Nothingham!  It's the best poker play I ever seen!"

Even totally hammered, the Norwegian contingent is always laid back.  "Aaaalways be friends!" is his parting shot.

[JungleCat03]

Chip leader watch.

I don't know the gentleman on the left's name, but I would be shocked and suprised if he were not the chip leader with roughly 45k at this stage...

[JungleCat03]

updates on my little kipper fran please! thanks

Fran is making slow progress...

She told me she hasn't seen much in the way of cards and when she limped aces in EP, and saw a tasty flop of A-T-T 4 way, she was only able to elicit a little action on the turn and river from it.

"Can't beleive no one had anything!" she said despairingly.

Just below her starting stack atm I believe...

[Djinn]

updates on my little kipper fran please! thanks

Fran is making slow progress...

She told me she hasn't seen much in the way of cards and when she limped aces in EP, and saw a tasty flop of A-T-T 4 way, she was only able to elicit a little action on the turn and river from it.

"Can't beleive no one had anything!" she said despairingly.

Just below her starting stack atm I believe...

Fran now has 5,175 and an air of slight frustration, although not in any immediate danger.  Pictured watching it all go raise, re-raise crazy down the other end of the table.

[action man]

please tell her not to limp AA anywhere vs a load of aggressive scandies who love to play back, probably especially vs women....Raisy daisy FTW

[Djinn]

An impish Chris Bruce -- 18,000 and climbing...



And two sides of the same all-in coin (one happy, one sad):  You wouldn't know that the sad one was in fact Rolf Woods - just eliminated:



While our new friend Stein Sjaastad just busted someone (with kings, I think), bumping his stack up to 17,200: