Amsterdam Master Classics, Day Two Live Update

[Djinn]

There was an Irish gentleman sat in the bar area behind us who said his son was playing today, who'd qualified online and was having a grand time of it.  Yes, that is Ken's Dad, come all the way from Ireland to support him.  Apparently he's played himself for twenty years, so maybe if he takes to the online experience he'll be playing it next year.  You meet some nice people doing this...

[Trace]

How many players left in?

[Djinn]

Norwegian Legend Sverre Sundbo just found the  Ah at the time that Ville Wahlbeck was making an all-in move with  .  He takes him out and increases his stack to 60,000.

Trace - there are 30 players left - 3 til the money-back money!  We'll get there before dinner, I reckon, which is in half an hour.

[tikay]

A few counts.

but first - Isabelle OUT.

So we have lost a blondeite.

[Djinn]

As the bubble draws ever nearer (and Tikay gets repeatedly chucked out of the pit for not having a press pass) we have managed to sneak in for a minute or two at a time to bring you this news:

Thomas Middleton  130,000
Julian Thew           125,000
Torstein Iversen      75,000

Bad news for the ladies: Kate Szeremeta and Isabelle Mercier are OUT

But Pippa Flanders has shot up to 120,000 in the last hour.

[tikay]

Sverre Sundbo 90k

Marcel, ominously, 110k

Johan Storakers 110k

Bruno 120k

Chicken Joe 160k

Stuart Fox 115k

Steve Jelenik, 48k.

[Trace]

Thanks Jen
xx

[RED-DOG]

Trace, wheres your 'T' gone?

[Dubai]

Martin Green news?

[Ironside]

yeah trace where your T

and can i get a coffee

[tikay]

Yup, I got thrown out of the Arena, for not having a Press Pass. We applied 6 weeks ago, got all the relevant permissions from the Director of Communication & Marketing, but they never gave us an actual pass. We are not interfering with play, or the players, just wandering past the tables getting counts. The other Updaters have all been ejected, too. The young lady was, shall we say, "curt" with me. "Just doing my job", she said........

To be fair, unlike the other Updaters, we do have a little press "table", Jen & I are tucked away in a corner, with a power socket, which is more than the other guys have got. They have to keep running back to their hotels to do Updates!

The sooner poker gets itself organised, with a proper governing body to work in the best interests of the game as a whole, the better.

Everyone at Casino Holland has been jolly nice to us, but you can sense it's Government controlled, lots of "jobsworths" around.

Never mind, Jen is still getting away with being in the arena. Girlie, see? I'm gonna put my pink frock on tomorrow, & crop top (no bra).

[Djinn]

Ken Gunning is hanging on as short stack, but picked up a 10,000 pot while I was loitering to put him on 21,000.

Chicken Joe is racing to the top of the field and must have over 150k.

Sverre is looking comfortable with his 103,000, but says he can't wait for the dinner break (in 15 mins) he's so hungry.

Bruno Fitoussi and Stuart Fox both have around 120,000.

[RED-DOG]

I'm gonna put my pink frock on tomorrow, & crop top (no bra).

<shudder>

[Trace]

Trace, wheres your 'T' gone?

yeah trace where your T

and can i get a coffee

Awwww Noooooo - ok who nicked my T ?   lmao

[Ironside]

i am taking a day off tomorrow so i can avoid going anywhere near a thread with tikay on it