Expekt.com Norwegian Championships ME: Day 1b - At A Glance

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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!)

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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... 

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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

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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 prospering nicely, up to 35k at this stage! Well done, sir.

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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.

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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 someone 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 successful 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!!!

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Here are the end of level 7 chip counts, thanks to DTD.

Øystein Halland   108975
Jan Olav Sjavik   77725
Robin Reed   75200
Jostien Petterson   66850
Peter Brusdal   65575
Thomas A. Middelthon   61250
Allan Dyrstad   56425
Thomas Gundersen   55200
Hans Christian Skjonstad   54225
Sondre Sagstuen   53750
Ian Frazer   49850
Rolf Galåsen   47175
Simen Derås Jacobsen   45050
Henrik B. Meidell   44925
Stephen Kirk   43900
Thor Hjertenes   41200
Tage Almark   40700
Odd Eivind Ulvund Balgaard   37200
Per Johnny Nygård   35750
Christopher Bruce   35650
Neil Blatchly   34200
Sam Trickett   34200
Ole Johan Knudsen   33800
Stephen Holden   32625
Svein Arnesen   32500
Stig Moen   31875
Christian Nybraten   31825
Morten Langbraten   30900
Rupinder Bedi   29625
Vegard Nygaard   29550
Benjamin Carpenter   28375
Jim Jakobsen   25725
Marcus Pettersson   25475
Jorgen Jessen   25125
Donal Norton   24425
Øyvind Larsen   24000
Ørjan Skommo   23550
Ole-mats Moskvil   23075
Øyvind Sæter   22500
Mccann Jonathan   22350
Mark Docherty   22300
Martin Sanden   22025
Ronny Losvik   21975
Rune Jacobsen   21900
Nam Phu Pham   21900
Knut Schøning   21775
Ylva Thorsrud   21750
Jarle Aasen   21700
Stig Thomassen   21650
Trond Nordbø   21275
Jan Erik Hoff   21175
Roy Salminen   20925
Noel Hayes   20800
Per-arne Lundekvam   19950
Timm Stokke   19650
Petter Northug   18850
Trevor Reardon   18725
Torgeir Ravlo   18325
Morten Lokken   18050
Steffen Kongelf   17525
Trond Sundby   17000
Knut Magne Whist   16950
Roy Berntsen   16825
Thomas Thorkildsen   16775
Andreas Høivold   16100
Øyvind Løff   15325
Oystein Sather   14900
Thomas Wullum   14750
Thore Andre Nordbø   14625
Martin Kalleberg   14600
Bent Skammersrund   14500
Simen Roligheten   14000
Vivi Sæthren   13875
Roger Johannesen   13600
John Dubland   13600
John Hammond   13250
Dag Arild Hansen   13000
Stig Dahl   12650
Reno Martinsen   11650
Brian Rundhaug   11250
Tommy Birkelund   11150
Bao Lu Hoang   11150
Stein Hansen   10900
Håkon Vierdal   10750
Tobias Holmeide   10550
Sivert Storo   10278
Even Eidebakk   10100
Thomas Olavsrud   10075
Andrew Shepherd   9975
Mike Dao   9925
Odd Rune Orner Karlsen   9600
Knut Arild Vollstad   9525
Svein Roger Simonsen   9475
Petter Pripp   9425
Robert Inge Halstensen   9275
Tommy Fineide   9225
Kent Stenseth   9050
Jarle Traasdahl   9025
Ove Balsnes   8970
Adler Suhr   8900
Tor Salvesen   8475
Morten Eriksen   8350
Helge Røed   7950
Sindre Joramo   7250
Jacob Mandal   7200
Tore Olaussen   7100
Rune Støylen   6950
Siv Vekseth   6275
Øyvind Frigaard   5700
Tormod Valle   5675
Rolf Inge Kvanvik   5650
Kai Marius Klein   5625
Petter Hammer   5600
Christian Karlsen5011   4800
Raj Shina   4250
Stig Rune Kveen   2675

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John Hammond just met his demise, making a short stacked stand with , but finding Jacob Mandal giving him a spin with . 
Flop: 
Turn: 
and now the only possible saviour being a King...which the river wasn't.  Down to just 104 players.
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And another cracker from Chris Bruce, whose table clearly deserves a closer eye applied to it.. A short stack moves in under the gun for around 5k, with , called in mid by the , at which point another short stack goes for it with .  All on their backs, all stand up, two prepare for potential elimination...

Flop: 
Turn: 
River: 

Wait...it's not a split...no... the T-Q guy stacks the other two and probably laughs about it a little inside.

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Table 33 News - stuff keeps on happening over there, so that's where I've been hovering...

Ole-mats Moskvil (pictured) just doubled his <10k stack to something worth coming back tomorrow with... all in preflop with against Jan Erik Hoff, with .
Board:  ... (just to keep everyone watching)..........  Broadway for the shortstack, short stack for the Hoff.



Also on that table, the biggest small-denomination stacks of the Day, belonging to Jarle Aasen, I believe.  He might only have 12k, but hot damn it looks like loads.

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87 players remain with 30 minutes left to play out today...

Here are those still battling onwards.

11   1   Jim Jakobsen
11   2   Trevor Reardon
11   3   Torgeir Ravlo
11   4   Mike Dao
11   5   Noel Hayes
11   6   Øyvind Frigaard
11   7   Øyvind Sæter
11   8   Steffen Kongelf
11   9   Timm Stokke
      
12   1   Tommy Birkelund
12   2   Thor Hjertenes
12   3   Stein Hansen
12   4   Petter Hammer
12   5   Simen Derås Jacobsen
12   6   Vegard Nygaard
12   7   Henrik B. Meidell
12   8   Per Johnny Nygård
12   9   Marcus Pettersson
      
14   1   Stig Thomassen
14   2   Petter Pripp
14   3   Morten Lokken
14   4   Knut Magne Whist
14   5   Stephen Kirk
14   6   Ylva Thorsrud
14   7   Robin Reed
14   8   Martin Sanden
      
15   1   Roger Johannesen
15   2   Ole Johan Knudsen
15   3   Morten Langbraten
15   4   Thore Andre Nordbø
15   5   Tommy Fineide
15   6   Allan Dyrstad
15   7   Rolf Galåsen
15   8   Nam Phu Pham
15   9   Jan Olav Sjavik
      
22   1   Mark Docherty
22   2   Ian Frazer
22   3   Ove Balsnes
22   4   Helge Røed
22   5   Knut Schøning
22   6   Robert Inge Halstensen
22   7   Thomas Olavsrud
22   8   Øystein Halland
22   9   Trond Sundby
      
25   1   Sondre Sagstuen
25   2   John Dubland
25   3   Roy Salminen
25   4   Thomas Gundersen
25   5   Thomas Thorkildsen
25   6   Petter Northug
25   7   Donal Norton
25   8   Martin Kalleberg
25   9   Thomas Wullum
      
32   1   Thomas A. Middelthon
32   2   Simen Roligheten
32   3   Brian Rundhaug
32   4   Knut Arild Vollstad
32   5   Tore Olaussen
32   6   Svein Arnesen
32   7   Trond Nordbø
32   8   Jostien Petterson
32   9   Tage Almark
      
33   1   Ole-mats Moskvil
33   2   Per-arne Lundekvam
33   3   Bent Skammersrund
33   4   Andrew Shepherd
33   5   Jan Erik Hoff
33   6   Peter Brusdal
33   7   Stephen Holden
33   8   Jarle Aasen
33   9   Stig Rune Kveen
      
35   1   Ørjan Skommo
35   2   Kai Marius Klein
35   3   Rupinder Bedi
35   4   Odd Eivind Ulvund Balgaard
35   5   Ronny Losvik
35   6   Hans Christian Skjonstad
35   7   Svein Roger Simonsen
35   8   Jacob Mandal
      
36   1   Rune Støylen
36   2   Sam Trickett
36   3   Øyvind Løff
36   4   Jorgen Jessen
36   5   Benjamin Carpenter
36   6   Stig Moen
36   8   Christopher Bruce
36   9   Rolf Inge Kvanvik

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Here's another picture of Chris Bruce, who looks to have comfortably over 40k, with the added bonus of a marvellously posing Rolf Inge Kvanvik (although it looks a little like he's holding hands with the guy in the blue stripey shirt behind him)....

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Svein Roger Simonsen is a casualty of war, his shortstacked push with running into the rather more impressive of his neighbour, Jacob Mandal.

A board that was of no use to Svein transpired, meaning he grabbed his coat to team up with the ever more rowdy group of Norwegian brothers at the bar, whilst Jacob increases his stack nicely.

Here is Jacob following that coup...

[Djinn]

The clock has gone red, which means there are only five minutes of play remaining.  Having a quick scout round, it looks like there are a few hefty stacks, but we'll need chip count confirmation to be sure of whether or not anyone has topped Julian Thew's tasty 120k-or-so...  Today's start day did have a few more runners - 167, I reckon, to yesterday's 149.  Still, got to hand it to these players for getting down under 80 in just nine short hours.

[JungleCat03]

We have finished Level 9 with 79 players remaining today which means our work is effectively done.

They are counting and bagging the players' chips as we speak which means before too long we will have the final chip counts for the day which we will post on receipt.

Before we leave you though, there is just time for a late, AND DEFINITIVE, entry for hoody of the day.

Like many of the norwegians drinking vodka and red bull, this guy's hoody has wings! Oh yes! Awesome stuff.



That's about it for now guys. Once again we have had a brilliant time with the entertaining Norwegians, who have been the life and soul once once more.

Tomorrow will bring us that extra step closer to seeing who will emerge as the poker champion of Norway so join us then for the 3pm start, but for now...

[JungleCat03]

Final chip counts courtesy of DTD. Enjoy!

Øystein Halland   22   8   123600
Robin Reed   14   7   112200
Jan Olav Sjavik   15   9   100400
Marcus Pettersson   12   9   76700
Hans Christian Skjonstad   35   6   74900
Odd Eivind Ulvund Balgaard   35   4   71300
Stephen Kirk   14   5   69600
Donal Norton   25   7   66900
Jostien Petterson   36   7   66600
Thomas A. Middelthon   33   7   58400
Simen Derås Jacobsen   12   5   57000
Christopher Bruce   36   8   54600
Mark Docherty   22   1   51200
Thor Hjertenes   12   2   51100
Noel Hayes   11   5   48500
Tage Almark   14   9   48000
Allan Dyrstad   15   6   47300
Jim Jakobsen   11   1   45900
Thomas Olavsrud   22   7   44800
Henrik B. Meidell   12   7   42300
Ian Frazer   22   2   40900
Andrew Shepherd   36   9   40400
Thomas Gundersen   25   4   38800
Morten Langbraten   15   3   38500
Roger Johannesen   15   1   38400
Ylva Thorsrud   14   6   38300
Per-arne Lundekvam   33   2   38200
Sondre Sagstuen   25   1   36300
Stein Hansen   12   3   35900
Jan Erik Hoff   33   5   35100
Ole Johan Knudsen   15   2   34000
Stig Moen   36   6   33500
Morten Lokken   14   3   33500
Jacob Mandal   35   8   33100
Ørjan Skommo   35   1   31700
Nam Phu Pham   15   8   30100
Bent Skammersrund   33   3   29900
Rolf Galåsen   15   7   29300
Jarle Aasen   33   8   28600
Simen Roligheten   14   8   27900
Jorgen Jessen   36   4   27700
Peter Brusdal   33   6   26900
Trevor Reardon   11   2   25800
Benjamin Carpenter   36   5   24700
Stig Rune Kveen   33   9   24400
Vegard Nygaard   12   6   24300
Sam Trickett   36   2   24200
Martin Kalleberg   25   8   24100
Øyvind Frigaard   11   6   23800
Thomas Wullum   25   9   23600
John Dubland   25   2   23200
Thore Andre Nordbø   15   4   21600
Timm Stokke   11   9   21500
Rupinder Bedi   35   3   21300
Trond Nordbø   25   6   19800
Svein Arnesen   33   4   19600
Per Johnny Nygård   12   8   19600
Knut Arild Vollstad   35   5   18000
Tommy Fineide   15   5   16900
Petter Hammer   12   4   16300
Steffen Kongelf   11   8   15100
Kai Marius Klein   35   2   15100
Thomas Thorkildsen   25   5   14300
Øyvind Sæter   11   7   13900
Øyvind Løff   36   3   13100
Ove Balsnes   22   3   12200
Petter Pripp   14   2   12100
Stig Thomassen   14   1   11900
Mike Dao   11   4   11500
Tommy Birkelund   12   1   11200
Ole-mats Moskvil   33   1   11000
Trond Sundby   22   9   9200
Roy Salminen   25   3   9000
Tore Olaussen   22   4   7200
Brian Rundhaug   35   7   6100
Knut Magne Whist   14   4   5500