Expekt.com Norwegian Championships ME: Day 2 - At A Glance

[JungleCat03]

;hello; and welcome as you join us for the third gripping installment of the Norwegian Championships here at Dusk till Dawn.

The 79 players who survived yesterday will join up with those who made it through day 1a as they search for the magic combination of raises, folds and calls that will bring them closer to the title.

Heading the charge for the Brits are Julian Thew of course, looking to add to his already highly prestigious list of accomplishments with yet another success. Stephen Kirk is also well in contention to throw a cat amongst the Norwegian pigeons but both will have to fend their way past Øystein Halland, who at this moment is our chip leader.

Anything can happen in what shold prove yet another exciting day of poker. Join us as we approach the 3 pm start to see what happens!

[Djinn]

I know that as a general trend, the beginning of a Day Two is usually pretty hectic.  This is not an exception here, just an extreme example... 16 players are already out - that's one every two minutes. 

Here are a couple of them I saw, or heard about, just as a kind of sampler of the elimination frenzy, like when you get a tiny scoop of ice cream for free or a little piece of cheese or something on a stick...

Neil Henshaw is a goner - he said, "I played three hands.  Lost three hands."  Probably the most crucial one involved which called a shorter stack's 12k push, but his opponent's got there and dropped him to the felt area.

Also Martin Kalleberg saw his final chips raced away with vs. .
Flop: 
Turn:
River:

Two pair, Queen kicker, kicks Martin to the rail.

Also gone in last five mins: 

134   Stephen Best
135   Rupinder Bedi
136   Tommy Birkelund
137   Tore Olaussen
138   Neil Henshaw
139   James Keys
140   Ivar Kleive Voll
141   Knut Magne Whist
142   Efraimsen Oyvind
143   Knut Arild Vollstad
144   Mike Dao
145   Øyvind Løff
146   Kenneth Strandli

Sorry George2 - your man is one of the eliminatees - - The Cat currently tableside - he might have caught it...

[Djinn]

Tense moment for Chris Bruce just now.... I saw him staring at a flop of and at Bjørnar Koss, who'd bet 6k.  Eventually he decisively moved all in - covering his opponent, but not by much.  A lenghthy dwell ensued, during which I managed to watch two more people exit and the dealer change on the table... but Koss folded and gave Bruce another nudge upwards in chips.

[JungleCat03]

It is usual to have a whirlwind start to the day when you reach this stage of the tournament, but this is one of the busiest I have ever seen, with multiple players looking to s*** or bust as the colloquialism goes.

One massive pot just involved multiple allins.

The carnage was initiated by a short-stacked shove from Kristian Heimstad. He found a bigger stack behind him in Pal Kristiansen attempted to isolate the raise by shoving allin also, only to be called for most of his stack by Thomas Wullum behind! WOW!

Before the cards were on their backs, speculation was rife amongst the table -

(which includes Dave Smith who is back in the thick of things with his black suit/hat/yellow flower combo and Stephen "King of the Brits" Kirk)

- as to what hands would be revealed. Various hands were mooted but the facts became apparent as Heimstad flipped 6-6, Kristiansen showed his "isolation" had been with ACES, whilst Wullum flipped A-K...

Onto the flop, which came and........

3 way the aces had held, meaning Kristiansen received a juicy triple up, Wullum was left short and Heimstad was OUT! He took his elimination in the good grace and spirit that has been the hallmark of the Norwegians' play in this tournament.

Here is Heimstad, departing the table...



A glum Hullum is left short...



Kristiansen can barely contain a cackle as his stack soars upwards imperiously...

[JungleCat03]

Remaining players and their configuration at the tables, thanks DTD!

11   1   Alan Stearn
11   2   Erik Kindlien
11   3   Ørjan Skommo
11   4   Øyvind Frigaard
11   5   Stig Rune Kveen
11   6   Øyvind Sæter
11   7   Andrew Shepherd
11   8   Henrik B. Meidell
11   9   Michael Greco
12   1   Frank Porturas
12   2   Stein Hansen
12   3   Ole Morten Melby
12   4   Trond Sundby
12   5   Alf- Eirik Klinge
12   6   Ian Frazer
12   7   Bjørn Andre Kildalen
12   8   Geir Lian
12   9   Stig Moen
13   1   Jorgen Jessen
13   2   Stian Bruheim
13   3   Morten Langbraten
13   4   Morten Lokken
13   5   Peter Lars Micael Lindstrom
13   6   Karl Inge Skogholt
13   7   Jon Somby
13   8   Nam Phu Pham
13   9   Brede Sandkjernan
14   1   Erik Borkvik
14   2   Kai Danilo Paulsen
14   3   Gary Christopher
14   4   Ole Johan Knudsen
14   5   Andreas Berge
14   6   Peter Brusdal
14   7   Peter Conduit
14   8   Rolf Galåsen
14   9   Waheed Ashraf
15   2   Arne Kristian Falkenhaug
15   3   Per Johnny Nygård
15   4   Billy Ngo
15   5   Øystein Halland
15   6   Thor Hjertenes
15   7   Bent Skammersrund
15   8   Kai Marius Klein
15   9   Ken-vidar Sara
21   1   Jan Erik Hoff
21   2   Robin Reed
21   3   Mark Docherty
21   4   Magnus Skumsnes
21   5   Joachim Lundgård Thorkildsen
21   6   Simen Derås Jacobsen
21   8   Mazhar Latif
21   9   Benjamin Carpenter
22   1   Carsten Syvertsen
22   2   Tage Skare
22   4   Ole-mats Moskvil
22   5   Edvard Hatle
22   6   Timm Stokke
22   7   Hans Christian Skjonstad
22   8   Øyvind Larsen
22   9   Roger Johannesen
23   1   Per-arne Lundekvam
23   2   Jim Jakobsen
23   3   Sondre Sagstuen
23   4   John Dubland
23   5   Frode Hoel
23   6   Jan Olav Sjavik
23   7   Kim-ove Hagerup
23   9   Thomas A. Middelthon
25   1   Andre Hansen
25   2   Odd Eivind Ulvund Balgaard
25   4   Julian Thew
25   5   Platten Daniel
25   6   Tommy Fineide
25   7   Daniel Rudd
25   8   Brian Rundhaug
25   9   Mads Aamot
31   1   Sven Hugo Vian
31   2   Petter Hammer
31   3   Ove Balsnes
31   4   Jan Roger Larsen
31   5   Linda Kristin Suhr
31   7   Thore Andre Nordbø
31   8   Barlien Sondre
31   9   Kristoffer Ustad
32   1   Thomas Thorkildsen
32   2   Vegard Nygaard
32   3   Kim Rud Pedersen
32   4   Svein Arnesen
32   5   Jarle Aasen
32   7   Kjetil Skau
32   8   Jostien Petterson
32   9   Donal Norton
33   1   Erling Voje
33   2   Martin Gudvangen
33   3   Thomas Olavsrud
33   4   Tage Almark
33   5   Michael Mccool
33   7   Paul Gourlay
33   8   Stig Thomassen
33   9   Roy Salminen
34   1   Håvard Holder
34   2   Steffen Kongelf
34   3   Martin Rasch
34   4   Bjørnar Koss
34   5   Trevor Reardon
34   6   Thomas Gundersen
34   7   Christopher Bruce
34   8   Marcus Pettersson
34   9   Bjørn Andre Hovden
35   1   Stephen Kirk
35   2   Pål Knudsen
35   3   Daniel Steine
35   4   David Smith
35   5   Pal Kristiansen
35   6   Ylva Thorsrud
35   7   Thomas Wullum
35   8   Marius Grotan
35   9   Noel Hayes

[Djinn]

My tips to win/go deep/do Norway proud:

Julian Thew (not the last one, obv)
Jan Sjavik
BA Kildalen

My tip to definitely not make Day Three:

Michael Greco.   He hasn't bothered to turn up today, despite having 16k (now whittled to under 8k).  Gives new meaning to, "You have to be in it to win it."  Caught some railers/staff/busted guys wistfully staring at this sad but still definitely in stack, with "What a waste," written all over their faces.

[Djinn]

It's not been a good afternoon for Norwegian poker players wearing garish dayglo Riot Rider T-shirts.  There are actually two players wearing this exact T-shirt, amazingly.  One now, to be fair, after this guy gets his coat having been eliminated by Thomas Middelthon (pictured stacking post bust).





The other Riot Rider - Marius Grotan - just got knocked downwards in chips too... I saw a hand from the flop where Pål Knudsen had checked to him and he'd bet 5,500.
The flop was:  .  Knudsen quickly called.
Turn:    Now Knudsen bet out 10k.  A much slower call from Grotan.
River:    Instaallin from Knudsen, at which he finally got a pass...showing Knudsen picked up about a third of Grotan's stack.

[JungleCat03]

Final tablist at the Irish Open and all round (that is NOT a reference to his spherical head!) popular figure Kai Paulsen is waiting patiently to find some good spots at the moment, with a stack of 40k...



One of the chip leaders and a player who thusfar has passed under our radar but is doing just dandy with over 100k is the namesake of the english ex-middleweight boxer Robin Reed. His stack certainly carries a big punch and he'll be looking to issue a few knockouts today.

[Djinn]

Here's another one of those pictures which perfectly sums up the total imbalance of happiness when one player wins a large pot off another.  On the left, we have the Winner, Erik Kindlien, unable to resist a little chuckle as he scoops up a large number of Ørjan Skommo's chips.  Here's how he did it:

The board was standing ......, and Kindlien had bet 12k, about the pot, on the river.  Skommo went through the whole range of head in hands, sighing, frowning, staring (in a most unScandinavian manner) before calling.  "Sorry." said Kindlien, as he flipped for quads, while his opponent muttered something about a cold deck, presumably mucking a high pair.

[Djinn]

Here we have neighbours Ian Frazer (not currently conscious, having been propped up in seat and left to doze until the buffet break) and BA Kildalen.  When I approached the table, BA stage whispered, "Look!  I'm sat next to Ian Frazer! Ian Frazer!  He's famous...do you know him?"
"How do you spell that?"  I answered.
"E..E..N.." he helped.




Updated List of the Fallen:

105   Karl Inge Skogholt
106   Edvard Hatle
107   Per-arne Lundekvam
108   Donal Norton
109   Carsten Syvertsen
110   John Dubland
111   Andre Hansen
112   Trevor Reardon
113   Waheed Ashraf
114   Øyvind Frigaard
115   Benjamin Carpenter
116   Hans Christian Skjonstad
117   Brian Rundhaug
118   Roy Salminen
119   Jacob Mandal
120   Bjorn August Lindback
121   Bjørnar Thomassen
122   Therse Andersen
123   Trond Nordbø
124   Glenn Anders Karlsen
125   Sam Trickett
126   Lars Heldal Bakkevig
127   Jarle Utne
128   Allan Dyrstad
129   Simen Roligheten
130   Paul Newman

[JungleCat03]

MULTIPLE ELIMINATIONS!


Sadly current holder of hoody of the day, also known less famously as Ove Balsnes, has bitten the dust, a victim of tablemate Simen Derås Jacobsen. Jacobsen's T-T on a T high flop was more than adequate to defeat Balsnes shove with 2 overcards so sadly the man with wings attached to his cartoon superhero hoody has bitten the dust (RICK- I haven't had a chance to find out where this came from yet but I'll see if I can grab him at some point !)

Here he is drowning his sorrows shortly after his elimination...




and one more shot of his awesome winged hoody...




Jacobsen was in no mood to slow down either, raising preflop and then deciding he was getting the odds to call Benjamin Carpenter's shortstacked push with his K-5. Carpenter had the dominant 6-6, but a King on the turn turned the tables dramatically, consigning one more scandinavian to the rail, and adding to Jacobsen's ever growing list of victims.

The latest man to fall to Jacobsen, Benjamin Carpenter...



And the current table terminator himself, Simen Derås Jacobsen

[Djinn]

Paul Gourlay is OUT...

He said, succinctly, "Not good," as I approached his table, and indeed his stack looked suspiciously like it might be under 10k at that time.  He got involved in a fourway limped pot in the big blind, which checked aaaaallllll the way down until the board read:  ......
At this point, he took a stand, shoving on the river, instacalled further down the table.  At the instacall, he instamucked, letting Matey's take his final chips.

"I wait till he hits," he sighs.  Never one to let himself off the hook, he adds as he takes his leave, "I've been playing like an absolute twat all day." 

Ease up on yourself, Paul - it's now the *****************BUFFET BREAK****************** for an hour and they have that awesome chocolate cake making a second, and very welcome, appearance.

[JungleCat03]

CHIP COUNTS COURTESY OF DTD


Barlien Sondre   31   8   202800
Erik Borkvik   14   1   165300
Joachim Lundgård Thorkildsen   21   5   145000
Timm Stokke   22   6   142800
Julian Thew   33   9   125900
Tage Almark   33   4   123100
Thomas A. Middelthon   23   9   122000
Magnus Skumsnes   21   4   121000
Øystein Halland   15   5   119500
Marcus Pettersson   34   8   119000
Daniel Steine   31   6   105000
Robin Reed   21   2   101400
Tommy Fineide   22   3   101200
Pål Knudsen   11   4   97800
Martin Gudvangen   33   2   96400
Kim Rud Pedersen   32   3   92100
Jim Jakobsen   23   2   89900
Arne Kristian Falkenhaug   15   2   87700
Kjetil Skau   32   7   83500
Ian Frazer   12   6   81100
Roger Johannesen   22   9   81000
Geir Lian   12   8   78200
Stig Rune Kveen   11   5   76600
Bjørnar Koss   14   9   74500
Michael Mccool   33   5   73100
Ole Johan Knudsen   14   4   69500
Kai Danilo Paulsen   14   2   67300
Morten Langbraten   32   9   66600
Peter Conduit   14   7   64400
Frode Hoel   23   5   63400
Frank Porturas   12   1   63100
Jostien Petterson   32   8   62900
Jan Olav Sjavik   23   6   61300
Thomas Olavsrud   33   3   60200
Odd Eivind Ulvund Balgaard   32   6   59700
Bent Skammersrund   15   7   55900
Christopher Bruce   34   7   55300
Svein Arnesen   32   4   55100
Kim-ove Hagerup   23   7   51300
Daniel Rudd   15   1   51100
Mads Aamot   23   8   50900
Platten Daniel   33   6   50500
Håvard Holder   34   1   49700
Jan Erik Hoff   21   1   48900
Rolf Galåsen   14   8   47600
Jon Somby   22   5   44400
Thomas Wullum   22   1   42200
Thomas Thorkildsen   32   1   41200
Erik Kindlien   11   2   40300
Andrew Shepherd   11   7   40100
Stig Thomassen   33   8   39100
Bjørn Andre Kildalen   12   7   37600
Tage Skare   22   2   36600
Pal Kristiansen   21   9   36300
Kristoffer Ustad   31   9   35400
Ylva Thorsrud   21   7   34100
Simen Derås Jacobsen   21   6   33000
Thomas Gundersen   34   6   32700
Stein Hansen   12   2   32700
Bjørn Andre Hovden   34   9   32500
Billy Ngo   15   4   31500
Peter Brusdal   14   6   31400
Linda Kristin Suhr   31   5   31200
Stig Moen   12   9   31200
Stian Bruheim   33   7   31200
Petter Hammer   31   2   29900
Brede Sandkjernan   14   5   29800
Mazhar Latif   21   8   28900
Vegard Nygaard   32   2   28800
Sondre Sagstuen   23   3   27400
Øyvind Sæter   11   6   27300
David Smith   34   5   26500
Marius Grotan   22   7   26400
Mark Docherty   21   3   26400
Peter Lars Micael Lindstrom   23   1   26200
Trond Sundby   12   4   24800
Thor Hjertenes   15   6   24600
Kai Marius Klein   15   8   23100
Øyvind Larsen   22   8   22300
Alf- Eirik Klinge   12   5   22200
Henrik B. Meidell   11   8   22000
Ove Balsnes   31   3   21600
Alan Stearn   11   1   20800
Ørjan Skommo   11   3   19500
Thore Andre Nordbø   31   7   18600
Jorgen Jessen   34   4   18300
Martin Rasch   34   3   17200
Per Johnny Nygård   15   3   16600
Noel Hayes   23   4   12600
Jarle Aasen   32   5   11000
Steffen Kongelf   34   2   10000
Sven Hugo Vian   31   1   9100

[Djinn]

Nice Norwegian Blogger Busted:

Yiva Thorsrud got her stack all in with vs. the of her rhs neighbour Simen Derås Jacobsen.

Flop: rag rag
Turn: 
River:     Too little too late and she hits the rail.  I hope she doesn't have to get straight on her laptop. 

[Djinn]

BA Kildalen doubles up, off mystery "Englishman"...  Whenever someone makes a weird play, BA always assumes they are English - precisely the opposite reaction to the UK players.  But this is especially weird, and not sure who the villain (or hero, depending on how you look at it) is so here's what I know...

MysteryMatey raises preflop.  Over to BA in the blind, who looks down and sees an Ace.  "I don't look at the other card.  I just push all in.  He calls.  I squeeeeze - at first I thought it was a Seven...no, it was a Three.  But he had called me with ."  A short while later and he can breathe more easily.  Through his mouth, apparently.