Amsterdam Master Classics Live Update, THE FINAL

[Djinn]

Jan Sorensen OUT in 3rd -

He lost the lot over the course of two slightly unlucky hands:

Hand 1:  Jan got it all-in with  against Thomas Middleton's  .  But the hooded one spiked both the Ace and the 5 taking over half of his chips. 

Hand 2:  Patric Bueno raised to 100k, then called Jan's all-in re-raise with  .  Jan showed  .

Flop:   
Turn:   
River:    and that flushed him out.  Lucky they made that deal, then...

[The Nomad]

Thanks to you all enjoyed it lots . You should try carmina burana.screaming down the motorway 140 mph full blast of course , takes everything out of yourmind ,the u can focus on the job in hand to be sure u will be awake by the end of it . lol to dave.i think ill leave ringing marcel till tommorrow.

[Djinn]

The heads up battle between young Thomas Middleton and slightly less young Patrick Bueno has started off fairly slowly, although they both seem to like to see a flop or two... the last one won by Thomas' all-in on the flop.  They are still playing for six figures, mind you, so I'm not too surprised they're taking their time.  You watch, now I've said that, it'll all be over in five minutes.

[tikay]

Here's the last two survivors in a rather dark picture. The "plaques" on the table represent the Prize Money. Plastic is the way these days, it seems.

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[Djinn]

Thomas has just won another sizeable pot and is slowly gaining the chip lead.  Just heading down to take a peek at the stacks and estimate by how large a margin.

[tikay]

And despite this pic being rather blurry, I am sure many of you will recognize this young lady, who is Austria's stunningest dealer. My hand must have trembled just as I took the pic, can't think why. I think Junior may have a comment to make about her, but I'd rather he kept it off forum. I have not seen her since Vienna in the Spring of this year, but this evening she came bounding up to me & gave me a big hug, then said "whatever happened to your hair"...... Told her, I'm a sex symbol now. She giggled, in an admiring way.

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[Djinn]

The chips are roughly like this:  Batrick Bueno - 900,000, Thomas Middleton - 1,600,000

[bobby1]

Jen,

Do you think the deal has changed the play in any way?

How much was the call with q 10 above for?

[Djinn]

Patrick just won a 400,000 pot on a board of  As, having called 100k on the flop and 200k on the turn with the 10.  Which was good.  Back and forth...

[Djinn]

bobby - I am inclined to believe that it does affect the way they have been playing (and how some players react in general once the really great pressure is off them, or they feel that it is), especially in that instance - I couldn't see exactly how much the call was but I'd reckon around 200,000, as Jan's stack had been pretty much halved the hand before.  So not a giant mountain of chips, but Patrick called pretty quickly, especially considering how, well, considered he has been on this final table, really taking his time.

[Djinn]

And I'd just like to add that Thomas Middleton was raising all in with little Aces before any talk of a deal...

[bobby1]

Thanks Jen.

[portfolio]

dealer from vienna          called gabby i think.


dealt in jessolo and other exotica.

[tikay]

Correct! Gabby it is.

[Djinn]

And it's all over!  Thomas Middleton has won the Lido tournament and (ostensibly) €528,000, with Patrick Bueno in the runner-up spot.

Having been sat having a chat with the Camel for 20 minutes, no sooner had I wandered back to the final table when Thomas Middleton raised to 200k, then called Patrick Bueno's all-in with  .  Patrick held  , and although the  looked promising, the turn and river came  and made the 21-year-old hoody afficionado the champion.