Expekt.com Norwegian Championships ME: Day 2 - Interactive

[bovie]

hows ian fraser going

[Djinn]

hows ian fraser going

Very well...he's one of only five non-Norwegians left, we believe... just getting through the bubble one hand at a time, though...been about 45 mins of it so far.  Pics coming of the Brit survivors after the bubble's over...

[Djinn]

A big (slightly strange) hand knocks Martin Rasch down to near the felt - an all in situation occurring where he found himself up against on an flop with only a gutshot or runners to help him, holding .  The turn and river were the and though, which mean that his 16k or so might well be heading over the line any minute...

[JungleCat03]

6 allins so far, six short stacks have survived...

THE BUBBLE continues!

BUT, we have just had an eliminiation!

Jen is out there soaking up the details like an updating sponge and she'll be relating this hand shortly.

[Djinn]

And there you have it................

Mr. Bubble is still super short Joachim Lundgård Thorkildsen, who'd already survived one bubble all in, but this time was called when he shoved with by, er, .  I couldn't see quite how short he'd become (again) so that might have been an autocall....

Anyway the flop: 
Turn:
River:

So Mr. Thorkildsen breaks an unexpectedly long Scandie bubble and wins entry to next year's Norwegian Open, which he celebrated by drinking some Corona and being hit on the back by about 20 guys on the rail.

[Djinn]

Seeing as we've scythed through the field at a rate as alarming as I predicted, it's likely we'll be able to bring you the final chip standings before tomorrow, so we're just hanging around while they bag and tag, and half of them are heading to the Omaha game (which extended its late entry by an hour to accommodate the poker-crazy Norwegians).  But just in case, to cover all bases, I might as well say...

[Djinn]

Oh wait, I promised Britwatch going into Day Three - so here's the full complement (I think - please set me right if you're in, and not from Norway     )

Ian Frazer



Daniel Platten and Billy Ngo



Chris Bruce



Can any of them fight through the remaining 54 players to the final?  Find out tomorrow from 3pm...

[JungleCat03]

Also in there battling on for Britain is Andrew Shepherd, short with 27k or so...



Also Mark Docherty is still in, although very short on 13k or so. Not sure if he is British or Irish, but more likely to homegrown than Norwegian, we're cheering him on whatever!



Ok the official final chip counts are in.

These 54 players will return tomorrow at 3pm to play down to the final table. We're going to join the Norwegians for a drink, but we'll see you all back here tomorrow.

Kristoffer Ustad   31   9   285000
Thomas A. Middelthon   23   9   207800
Jim Jakobsen   23   2   205000
Peter Brusdal   12   4   201200
Øystein Halland   32   3   195400
Tage Almark   33   4   190300
Erik Borkvik   32   5   187200
Svein Arnesen   32   4   165000
Pål Knudsen   33   9   155400
Ole Johan Knudsen   32   6   155200
Martin Gudvangen   33   2   148000
Pal Kristiansen   32   8   142900
Bjørnar Koss   33   1   139200
Magnus Skumsnes   23   3   136300
Marcus Pettersson   31   1   131700
Roger Johannesen   22   9   125700
Stig Rune Kveen   23   4   123900
Timm Stokke   22   6   123700
Frank Porturas   12   1   121600
Jan Olav Sjavik   23   6   120600
Ian Frazer   12   6   120300
Kai Danilo Paulsen   31   6   106200
Michael Mccool   33   5   100300
Kjetil Skau   32   7   95900
Bent Skammersrund   31   3   93000
Tage Skare   22   2   90700
Christopher Bruce   22   5   87800
Robin Reed   12   7   78700
Billy Ngo   33   7   72400
Rolf Galåsen   12   2   66800
Stig Thomassen   33   8   66700
Efraimsen Oyvind   31   2   65300
Geir Lian   12   8   62400
Tommy Fineide   22   3   61800
Morten Langbraten   32   9   60700
Håvard Holder   31   4   53000
Barlien Sondre   31   8   50400
Stein Hansen   23   5   49400
Erik Kindlien   23   1   48000
Arne Kristian Falkenhaug   31   5   45900
Steffen Kongelf   12   5   45900
Øyvind Larsen   22   8   42800
Platten Daniel   33   6   39900
Thomas Olavsrud   33   3   39800
Simen Derås Jacobsen   31   7   39700
Thomas Wullum   22   1   31700
Brede Sandkjernan   23   8   29900
Kim-ove Hagerup   23   7   29400
Andrew Shepherd   22   7   27800
Bjørn Andre Hovden   22   4   21600
Martin Rasch   12   3   17200
Mark Docherty   32   1   13200
Stig Moen   12   9   9800
Ørjan Skommo   32   2   5500

For now...

[bovie]

ian fraser is doing well and i think he could well be a dark horse,i know hes not that well chipped up but if he dont try to play a scandy type ov game and uses his experience i think hes got a great chance