Amsterdam Master Classics Live Update, THE FINAL

[Djinn]

Mishap for Julian news:

He called now short-stacked Thomas Middleton's all-in (with  ) with a miles-ahead  Ah .

Flop: 
Turn:   
River:   !!

Unlucky there against a desperate all-in-er.

[Djinn]

The very next hand Julian doubled back up, catching a flush with some "bag of bollox" according to Tikay.  Phew.

[MadYank]

Apparently uve passed my GL on if hes playing "Bags of bollox" Now

[tikay]

Hi Ron, she is ALREADY a  star........

Ian - Yes, i will pass that messge on at the next break. But it was only a mistake with the benefit of hindsight. You did great, & I'll never forget how proud we were, & are, of you.

[MadYank]

P.S. Can you tell Marcel shssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

I can hear his singing all the way hear in Knightsbridge

[MadYank]

MUHAHA

"Future" reffered to this  little item .......http://www.bigpicturesoft.com/Ease/servlet/DynamicPageBuild?siteID=1867&categoryID=295

[tikay]

Taken just a minute ago, note the stack Bueno in seat 4 has. He was a  shorty earlier, but he's made some inspired calls to be up amongst the leaders. "Inspired" when they are right, "daft" when they are wrong......

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[Djinn]

Shar Koumi doubles up - Patrick Bueno raised and called Shar's immediate all-in re-raise with  .  Shar's  hit a third on the flop to keep him ahead.

The next hand it was Thomas Middleton's turn to take a chunk of chips off Marcel, whose  connected with the  flop, but ran into Thomas'  .  The chips are fairly flying around.

[tikay]

Sorry,THIS is the pic I meant to post, this time Bueno is not hiding his stack.

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[tikay]

Going back to that last pic, the pinkies are 5k, the greenies are 1k.

This one is easier - thirsty work being outdrawn.

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[Djinn]

Patrick Bueno's turn to find  now, and got a caller in Thomas Middleton for 100k on both the flop ( ) and the turn ( ) but they both checked the river and the rather large pot went to Patrick's Kings after all that.  No idea what Thomas could have had to call off over 220k like that...

[tikay]

Npt looking too cheerful here, still thinking about that ugly beat.

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[Djinn]

Sorry, I meant to put an extra spade in that last one... gets a bit fiddly these little cards and all.

They have a 'flop cam' which is the only reason we're getting any detail at all over the monitors.  Rolf is sat in the Ring with the players as befits his special position over here.  I might hassle him for information in the break.

[tikay]

Julian seems to have around 180k. Not ideal, but at these blinds - 5k/15k/2k ante - he's got enough for a while, & he can duck & dive to pay the rent as good as anyone.

I do find the 5k-15k blinds (+ 2k running ante) an oddity - I mean, what would a "standard" raise be with that structure? The BB is almost obliged to defend, too. Not necessarily wrong, just different.

[tikay]

I note we have been joined by Mr Paul Parker. Paul was (is?) here all week, resplendent in his quite extraordinarily cool suits. One was black, the other brown, both with very wide pin-stripes. He's Mr Cool Dude, a sort of younger version of Paul Melly.