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

[Djinn]

Trevor Reardon, although as far as I know having never really gotten going over his starting stack, has nevertheless been quietly getting a pot here and there.  Like this small blind/big blind confrontation I witnessed while passing.  Small blind Bao Lu Hoang was in the process of betting out 400 on a heads up flop.  Call from Reardon.
Turn:    Double check.
River:    Check to Reardon, who counts out a measured 750, and gets paid, showing only the ...

[Djinn]

Maz Nawab is OUT - I saw his final hand, which was a bit of an inevitable all-in-at-first opportunity, as was in this case provided by .  His shove for 2,025 preflop was isolated by a re-raise from Victor Forberg-skogeng, which got him in the excellent position of heads up against the all in short stack with .  The board was irrelevant as no three/weird flush/straight saved Nawab, but here it is anyway, as I was standing there and wrote it down:  .
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Elsewhere short stack Dave Colclough is faring better, having doubled back up to just over his starting stack. That must feel better than half his starting stack, though.

[JungleCat03]

SOME REQUESTS AND OTHER PIECES OF INFORMATION

Right, now George2loose, aka Mr Rupinder Bedi has been much sought after by our readership, or at least a very select portion of our readership anyway. He is on c. 15k at the moment and I snapped him wearing what I regard as a highly impressive t-shirt with pacman motif.

So now George, not only is your picture out there for the world to see, you have won the much coveted award of....

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.......(stop yawning it's coming).............................................................(nearly there) .................................... ...............(oh be quiet, you haven't got anything better to do have you!) .................................................................................T SHIRT OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!



Expect the requests for after dinner speeches, supermarket openings etc to come flooding in. CONGRATULATIONS!

I hope you won't find yourself chasing too many ghosts! Good luck sir.

Here is Neil Blatchly, one of the remaining Brits, and he is doing well with 25,000 of DTD's finest chips to his name. Good going sir!

[George2Loose]

LOL!  thank you, glad you like to T-shirt ........ however thats not the real Neil !!!!  before i start shouting imposter perhaps theres 2 Neil Blatchlys in the comp?

thanks muchly for the update & picture

[JungleCat03]

One man with a relatively low profile but what seems to be an excellent game based on his cracking performance in the Irish Open where he came runner up to the man of the moment Neil Channing, is Donal Norton.

The Irish player followed up his success at the Irish Open by taking down one of the side events at the Manchester GUKPT and he is going well today with 32,000 to his name.

Here he is, wearing his traditional hermetically sealed combination of hoody and earphones.

[JungleCat03]

Shortly after the break, Dave was looking a little contemplative with his mere 7k or so...cheer up Dave it might never happen!



And as Jen related it DIDN'T happen and in fact Dave has doubled through to 12k or so...

Here he is as he takes down that pot to double him up.

[Djinn]

John Hammond just came into our tent area (just about to make the daily move ringside - hurray!) with one of those grins which say, "Phew!  Close call - I was nearly out, but I doubled up right when I thought my luck had run dry!"

I didn't just infer all of this from his relieved expression - he said that he'd seen a flop for 1k with 9-T, which came T-3-2.  Pretty good for a short stack, he thought, shoving all in for 7.5k over the top of his opponent's 2k bet, only to find he'd been called with the dominating A-T.

Turn: 2
River:  You know it's got to be... 9.

Up to 17k and delighted about it.
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Elsewhere Stein Sjaastad has had less luck, running a set into a flopped straight and moving in on a "nonthreatening" turn, only to find a pair-less river and a seat in the bar.  Better luck next time...

[JungleCat03]

Once again Stephen Kirk popped up on my radar, for good reason, rather than his whinging about not having his photo up this time!

He is one of the chip daddies amongst the English players with a formidable 40k stack. He asked me to refer to him as "Stephen Kirk, 23 years of age, King of the Brits"

So with no more ado, here is Stephen Kirk, 23 years of age, King of the Brits, who looks older than that and is actually 2nd to Ian Frazer in the Brit count today (pssst, I think that makes you queen! - sorry Stephen!)

[Djinn]

A Pot So Ridiculous A Rail Of Norwegians Watching it All Go, "Sick!" and Raise Expressive Eyebrows

It's all gone a bit mental over on Table 21 (which has just been broken as it reached what must have been its apex...)



This guy, raking in this huge pot of around 100k I think is Øystein Halland (correct me if I'm wrong please).  What happened, and has been verified by the winner of the pot himself, was this:  a raise and call pre (not sure which way round it was), both players on around 50k.
Flop:    Check-check.
Turn:    Now Halland bets out 2,500.  The gent pictured below getting, presumably, a low-key Norwegian rubdown after the hand, made it 7k.  Halland moves all-in now, a huge bet of over 40k.  Call.



Halland shows:  for: the Nuts, top straight
Matey shows:  for:  Bottom pair, low straight draw, drawing dead.  The river just gave people time to come and gawk, as the new chip leader says tyvm and heads to a new table... 

[Djinn]

Full and Correct and Official Payouts (If No. Entries Confirmed as Correct)...

1st    £70,362
2nd    £39,836
3rd    £24,897
4th    £17,320
5th    £14,072
6th    £9,742
7th    £7,577
8th    £5,412
9th    £4,330
10th    £3,031
11th    £3,031
12th    £3,031
13th    £3,031
14th    £2,165
15th    £2,165
16th    £2,165
17th    £2,165
18th    £2,165

19th to 27th    £1,500
28th to 36th    £1,250
37th to 45th    £1,000
46th to 54th    £750

[JungleCat03]

Here is Neil Blatchly, one of the remaining Brits, and he is doing well with 25,000 of DTD's finest chips to his name. Good going sir!

oops.

I foolishly took a photo of the wrong man here who is in fact Tor Salveson.

To rectify matters, here is Thomas Olavsrud. He may look like a man who is suffering regret at having stolen one of Nicholas Levi's hat BUT he is actually propsering nicely, up to 35k at thsi stage! Well done sir.

[Djinn]

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Story from (but not about) Chris Bruce (who has 30k and is proceeding confidently through the sea of madness this tournament has threatened to become for a long time)...

Last hand before the break, there's a raise to 800, a call, and then the big blind pushes all in for 5k or so.  Original raiser passes, but the second guy dwells and calls with .  All-in Matey shows .

Flop:  J-3-5
Turn:  6
River:  7

Au Revoir, trip Jacks Matey!  "He took it well," allowed Mr. Bruce.

NB Junglecat has another last-hand-pre-break drama to report....any minute now... and his has pictures.

[JungleCat03]

BRITWATCH!

BAD NEWS & GOOD NEWS!

First off we have Richard Berridge. He found himself as a shortstack after an ill timed bluff which was picked off by someon with top pair.  Down to 7k or so, he was in no mood to hang about, twice moving in preflop soon afterwards.

The first time, his shove over the late position raise of Rune Jacobsen to 1200 for 6k more was sucessful and he padded his stack slightly. His next shove however found his opponent holding either 88 or KK, not 100% certain, but whichever, his was no good once the river had been dealt meaning we are one Berridge shaped Brit down...

BUT that brings us onto the GOOD news for the Brits, as Rupinda Bedi was the man who dealt the fatal blow to Richard, meaning our very own pacman-shirted George2loose has bolstered his stack nicely as we head into break 3.

So tears of sadness for some, tears of joy for others, some sort of restraints for Jen please as she has started behaving oddly. I think that proposal from the mad Norwegian drunk guy may have tipped her over the edge. She is moments away from running around with a pretend sword clutched above her head screaming "I f*** your head off!!!"...HELP!!!

[George2Loose]

thats not the real Neil either!!! Will the 'Real' Neil please step forward .......

Thanks for the updates

[Djinn]

Here is Neil Blatchly, one of the remaining Brits, and he is doing well with 25,000 of DTD's finest chips to his name. Good going sir!

oops.

I foolishly took a photo of the wrong man here who is in fact Tor Salveson.

To rectify matters, here is the real Neil Blatchley. He may look like a man who is suffering regret at having stolen one of Nicholas Levi's hat BUT he is actually propsering nicely, up to 35k at thsi stage! Well done sir.

I would like to issue a public apology on behalf of blondepoker. 

Sometimes, when you get an inexperienced updater handling the sensitive 'requests department,' errors are bound to occur.  Compound this with the fact that the DTD website actually has Thomas Olavsrud (the hat guy, I reckon) and Neil Blatchley in each other's seats.  Here pictured is the Real Neil, with Olavsrud trying to stop the misnaming madness.  "For the last time, stop taking my photo and calling me Neil!"