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Afternoon to you all from a grey & dreary Monte Carlo.

The big Final starts in 2 hours, & before then, blonde will try & set the scene for you.

Stay tuned, as they say.....(ever wondered who "they" are?).

Are you feeling any better today Tikay ?

What was the result of the 1060 last night ?

Hi Mike (luckyblind).

I was kinda hoping nobody would ask that question. Feel awful, really awful, truth to tell, & have taken FAR too many tabs. Hard work is a great anaesthetic, so gotta keep busy! But thanks for asking.

I will sort the result of the 1,000 for you soon as poss Mike. I am sorry we "gave up" before it finished , but there were 2 guys heads-up, & I did not have a clue who they were. And I was wrecked. And Mrs C was "tired & emotional", & I did not wanna let her walk to the taxi rank alone. Ever the gent. Ever the perv.

Right, this is what the guys are playing for.........

8th - 59,500 Euros

7th - 79,500 Euros

6th - 99,500 Euros

5th - 118,000 Euros

4th - 139,000 Euros

3rd - 178,000 Euros

2nd - 350,000 Euros

WINNER - 635,000 Euros.

The total amount of entry fees paid was 2,110,000, & the total prize fund was 2,025,600.

19th to 27th all got 0.6% of the prize fund, 16th through 18th got 0.8% each, 13th - 15th 1%, 10th - 12th 1.2%. Then it's 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 9%, 17.6% & 32%.

And these are the results for 27th down to 9th, & what thay each got paid..

9th, Jani Sointula, 39,300 Euros.

10th, Isabelle Mercier, 23,900 Euros

11th - Mike Luper, 23,900 Euros

12th - Anthony Lellouche, 23,900 Euros

13th, Martin Knape, 19,800 Euros

14th, Martin Wengt, 19,800 Euros.

15th, Julian Gardner, 19,800 Euros.

16th, Gus Hansen, 15,800 Euros

17th, Scott Bush, 15,800 Euros

18th--Eugene Katchalov, 15,800 Euros.


19th to 27th ALL got 11,900 Euros.

19th--Jonathan Senn 

20th--Kevin O'Connell

21st--John Fanning   

22nd--Martin DeKnijff

23rd--Barney Boatman

24th--Declan Barker

25th--Harry Fitzpatrick 

26th--Ben Sprengers

27th--Ryan Walters

And now the chip counts & finalists.........

Romain Feriolo 475k

Abdullaziz Abdullaziz 181k

Ben Grundy 90.5k

Kevin Seeger 364.5k

Mikhail Ustinov 68.5k

Brandon Schaeffer 488.5k

Alex Stevic 57.5k

Rob Hollink 384k.

Is Ben going to be able to take his horse to the final table ?

(http://www.clanpoker.com/images/milkybarkid.jpg)

The Finalists - where are they from?

Well, we have two French guys, one who resides in Paris, the other who has escaped & now lives in Marbella. Two Americans, one from LA, the other from the home of Boeing, Seattle. A Russian from Moscow, a Dutchman, a Brit, and the mandatory Scandie.

Seating details are next........

Seat 1, Romain Feriolo, 475,000 chips.

Seat 2, Abdulaziz Abdullaziz, 181,000 chips

Seat 3, Ben Grundy, 90,500 chips

Seat 4, Kevin Seeger, 364,500 chips

Seat 5, Mikhail Ustinov, 68,300 chips

Seat 6, Brandon Schaeffer, 488,500 chips
 
Seat 7, Rob Hollink, 384,000 chips

Seat 8, Alexander Stevic, 57,500 chips

Average stack is about 250,000. So we have three Billy Low-Stacks, two Bertie Big Stacks, & three who are neither one nor the other.

Romain, Abdulaziz & Kevin do not appear to have any meaningful "live" experience.

Brandon & Alexander have both won an EPT already this season, Alexander in Barcelona, & Brandon in Deauville.

Ben Grundy plays a lot online, & a fair bit of cash, but he does not have much of a track record in bricks & mortar tournament poker. Wherever he finishes today, it will be far & away his biggest ever win. Ben has his own blog, "milkybarkids poker blog".

Mikhail does not speak much English, & I don't speak much Russian, so I cant tell you much about him I'm afraid. The Pokerstars "factsheet" (thank you Brad!) suggests he won a tourney in Moscow last year, but I cant corroborate that.

And finally, Mr Hollink. Rob has easily the most experience of big time tourney poker amongst these guys, & is very well known throughout Europe. But it would surprise many to know that if he finishes 4th or better today, it will be his biggest everv payday in tournament poker. Rob plays a lot of online Sit'N'Gos, too, & makes a small fortune by concentrating his online activities to just these. A real tough competitor at the table, too.

Next, we will see whom the movers & shakers of the poker world think will win today.

But before we do that, just a word to let you know that it is now 5pm, the scheduled start time, and there is no sign of the thing starting yet. Nobody is sat down at the Final table, & we have not begun the "fanfare" & intros. So whilst I may be waffling away here, you are not missing anything.

just so you know someone is paying attention :o
ian

So who thinks who will win?

The overwhelming fave seems to be Rob Hollinck. He's the pick of Rumit, Isobelle Mercier, Mathilde, El Blondie, Pete Singleton, Bushy, Richard Gryko, Simon Nowab, & Martin de Knijff.

Simon Aces Trumper plumps for Kevin Seeger, as does Willie Tann.

Mel Lofthouse & Ariston both go for Brandon Scheaffer.

And Xuyen Bad Girl Pham said "I not know who in Final, so how me tewll u who win?". Bless her.

And if YOU have a fave, or someone you'd like to see win, let us know by posting in this thread. If you are not a registered blonde forum member, registration is easy, takes about 30 seconds, & is free. So register if you wanna interact with the rest of the blondeites.

Nearly ready now. There are three row sof tiered seating on three sides of the brilliantly lit TV table, and every seat is taken.

At the moment the tv "warm up man" is asking the crowd to "practice" cheering. Practice cheering? Only in France.....

I'm a friend of Kevin Seeger's from back in the states.  This is a great coverage.   His nickname is Dude.

Now Thomas Kremser is introducing the players. Abdullaziz Abdullaziz, who I have never heard of before this week, got a huge cheer, but I guess that could be because we are in France, & he's a Parisian.

Hi Stumpy, welcome aboard, & we wish "Dude" well.

Can you comment on his thinking last night when he laid down KK to a small bet on a flop of J-7-3 rainbow. It had us all agog here!

I gather they have "dropped back" the blinds to 3k-6k. Ben said he was delighted!

Great job as always Tikay - my tip is Brandon Schaeffer - the guy's on a hot streak!

If Dude laid down that hand it shows that he's playing his best game.  He must have seen something in the other player.  Do you remember how much he raised preflop?

Action began at exactly 5.30 pm.

Thomas announced the blinds will reduce to 3k 6k, running ante 500, 1 hour levels.

Tikay.
Is Caroline Flack there? - tell her to stop calling me, I will go out with her when I am good and ready!!!

thanks

a hello, and thank you, from the American states for your coverage. so that hand went down as reported: Kevin laid down pocket K's to a pot-sized bet after the raggedy flop? guess he thought he ran into rockets? or just really wanted to make the final table with a workable stack? who knows?

i've watched his online play and he has game. let's hope cards come his way today. thx again!

I think after catching that lucky break with KQh vs AK, I bet Dude needed a breath.  He's good enough to win this thing.  Don't count him out.

go Ben, for the English!!
ian

i am gonna plumb for the french english welshman living in norwich

i mean ben grundy and if he dont win then i am all up for bannishing him to hartlepool

Since you asked Tikay, I'm tipping Ben to win. This is based on nothing more than the fact than he's got a history of winning stuff from unlikely situations. He once beat me at StreetFighter (legendary 90's computer game) playing the game from behind a curtain, through which he couldn't see the screen. If anyone can pull it off, it's him...

Ironside's tipped him!!!!!
better call a taxi.................................

Chris,

Ben did WHAT?.......

i cant see another winner than Hollink

Yeah, and he took 30 off me doing it....

LMAO


you mean he will need a taxi to carry all that money?

tell him to get a cheque

One down already, Ben is getting richer !

MAN OVERBOARD!

Two of the short stacks clashed.

Alexander Stevic moved in with JJ, & Russian Mikhail Ustinov took him on with QQ.

Flop bought the J to send poor Mikhail tumbling out.

Mikhail Ustinov picks up 59,500 for exiting in 8th place.

Yeah, Ben just made an extra 20,000 Euros! That is SERIOUS money for laddering one spot, eh?

that'll buy some milky bars!!!

Junior, is Caroline Flack the young lady who does the TV interviews?

yup.
she is the dogs *****.

beautiful!

Just to confirm, Mikhail Ustinov is OUT in 8th place.

8th, Mikhail Ustinov, 59,500 Euros.

9th, Jani Sointula, 39,300 Euros.

10th, Isabelle Mercier, 23,900 Euros

11th - Mike Luper, 23,900 Euros

12th - Anthony Lellouche, 23,900 Euros

13th, Martin Knape, 19,800 Euros

14th, Martin Wengt, 19,800 Euros.

15th, Julian Gardner, 19,800 Euros.

16th, Gus Hansen, 15,800 Euros

17th, Scott Bush, 15,800 Euros

18th--Eugene Katchalov, 15,800 Euros.


19th to 27th ALL got 11,900 Euros.

19th--Jonathan Senn

20th--Kevin O'Connell

21st--John Fanning  

22nd--Martin DeKnijff

23rd--Barney Boatman

24th--Declan Barker

25th--Harry Fitzpatrick

26th--Ben Sprengers

27th--Ryan Walters
 

c'mon milky, get the six shooter out.

tk, whilst on the rail link bus from luton airport i happened to spot your beloved mercedes on bricks - i can't remember,  is that how we left it?

Junior, you'd get toothache then if you saw Caroline today.

She is wearing a sort of white silk see through jobbie. And one of those fong thingies. And a pair of shoes. That seems to be about it.

Watch the EPT TV show if you dont believe me.

put your tonuge back in your mouth

Thanks JT, glad you arrived home safely without me to look after you.

The Merc is on bricks? So long as they dont steal the bricks. I love those bricks.

And I fixed the laptop this morning, after you threw it on the floor in a huff after exiting the 1,000.

Don't worry fellas, not much action here since Mikhail busted out, it's R & pass stuff.

guys!!
if you haven't seen caroline, she makes WPT babe Shana Hiatt look like a bull dog licking p*ss off a nettle!

she beautiful! - but she knows it - (but if you can't fancy yourself who can you fancy?)

i've no clue what a "nettle" is but Shana is a skank by any standard!

Has Brandon's luck run out?

He picks up AA in the BB.

While he holds his breath, one by one they all pass, until it gets to the SB. The SB MUST have something, he thinks, he hopes, he prays......

The SB.......PASSES!

And dare I ask what a skank is?

I hate that1
thought it only happened on-line AA in the BB (Ayyaa!!)

if you go down to the woods today you will find these plants that sting if you touch them
and then leave you with a horrid itchy rash thats nettles

Ben Grundy, UTG,  goes all-in......

skank
example paris hilton

two bit hooker you find walking the street in a bra and belt offering sex for 5

They all pass, Ben shows an A, & that's the rent paid for another round.

 skank [ skangk ]

noun - vernacular (plural skanks)

1. a used-up female

2. road-whore

3. common slut

eg: paris hilton

Chip Counts......

Brandon 538k

Ben Grundy 85k

Rob Hollink 240k

Romaini 600k

Alexander 181k

Abdullaziz 151k.

Kevin Seeger 300k

These are APPROX......

Paris is a good example though her bankroll would make me vulnerable!

I'm pretty sure she doesn't charge anything as long as there's some video royalties in it for her...

And Ben gets another one through, not showing this time though.

Ben all-in with AJ, against KK.......

the sign of a good laptop is how high it bounces tk.

& the money you have saved by not playing this week should get the wheels sorted

But the KK (Rob Hollink) holds up, & Ben is OUT in 7th place, for 79,500 Euros.

A TREMENDOUS performance by Ben - well played fella!

Wow!!!

55k for milkybarboy - well done!

great effort ben

WD Ben

7th - Ben Grundy, 79,500 Euros

8th, Mikhail Ustinov, 59,500 Euros.

9th, Jani Sointula, 39,300 Euros.

10th, Isabelle Mercier, 23,900 Euros

11th - Mike Luper, 23,900 Euros

12th - Anthony Lellouche, 23,900 Euros

13th, Martin Knape, 19,800 Euros

14th, Martin Wengt, 19,800 Euros.

15th, Julian Gardner, 19,800 Euros.

16th, Gus Hansen, 15,800 Euros

17th, Scott Bush, 15,800 Euros

18th--Eugene Katchalov, 15,800 Euros.


19th to 27th ALL got 11,900 Euros.

19th--Jonathan Senn

20th--Kevin O'Connell

21st--John Fanning  

22nd--Martin DeKnijff

23rd--Barney Boatman

24th--Declan Barker

25th--Harry Fitzpatrick

26th--Ben Sprengers

27th--Ryan Walters

Hi Tikay!
First, I'm tipping Brandon.
Second, say hi to Scott Bush if he's still milling about.
Third, say hi to Brad for me. He's ag reat guy.
Fourth, Shana's NO skank. SHe's just a gorgeous woman with a TV job.
Fifth, I never EVER could have dropped pocket Hellmuths.....

WHo was thjat just tipping Ben? Great job.
TAXI!
Good on Ben though, he played fantastic.

Thanks to Tikay for some excellent stalwart reporting. Give our congratulations to Ben from his family, and tell him that Wales have won the Grand Slam !!! Cheers!!

Well done Ben ! Sponsorship talks with Betfair ?

How close are you to the action, Tikay?

If Tikay steps the wrong way he'd get on TV accidentally.

Very nice Ben, very nice. Give him my congrats too Tikay.

Thanks Easycure.

I chatted with Scott today - he is a lovely fella, & we cant wait to see him here in Europe again soon.

Brad? That's Brad "Otis" Willis, the official PokerStars chronicler of events. Yes, he has been SO helpful to blonde, & we are very grateful to him. We gather information as a team, then use it independently. Perfect.

The skank debate? I think it's awful to call Shana such a thing, but I suppose it's not meant seriously. But I genuinely never knew what the expression meant. I wish I'd never asked now.

And laying down those pocket Kings? WOW!

sorry to hear your boy got KO'ed. he had a great tournament.

and who has actually seen SH in person? i have and she hasn't made top 20% of any decent casino crowd of women ever. promise that is true.

Nice one Ben. I saw him qualify on Betfair...... for 500 euros. Great return, well done!

A short break now, lets see if we can get some chip counts.......

after another great tipping performance can i ask anyone playing in dublin next week that would prefer me not to tip them to let me know in advance

tyvm

Congratulations Ben.

A fine beginning to your pro career.

Martin

ironside can you tip everbody except me please

please note that before the event started i tipped 3 players
2 never turned up

seemingly 1 was in paris (have to get him a better GPS)
the other was ski-ing

the only person i tipped pre tourny did infact make the money

its only tips i make after the start that seem to blow up in my face

Ironside, I'm glad you're 10,000 miles away so you can't tip me here in America.

Yeah, Tikay. Tell Brad I said hello. Thanks.
Hope you get to felling better. Have hot toddy, always makes you feel better.

Romain Ferioli 594k

Alexander Stevic 111k

Abdullaziz Abdullaziz 145.5k

Kevin Seeger 409k

Brandon SAcheaffer 429.5k

Rob Hollink 335k

tikay any tony g type players playing that you might want to bust out next

if so let me know i'll tip em to win

stevic seem to be a survivor, on the edge for a a long time now

Thanks Easycure. I cant wait to get home & get to bed, I've felt really dreadful the whole week, and I dont feel any better even now. And I must have over 100 e-Mails that I need to start replying to!

Poor Julian has been looking after me good as gold though, he's been a great friend to me. Anyways, back to the action......

Blinds up to 4k - 8k now.

Abdullaziz has some weird headphones on, & is jigging to the music.

Brandon has large, quite expensive headphones, & he's jigging around happily too.

And Rob has what seems to be a regular i-pod & earpieces. He aint doing no jigging though. He has a sort of laconic, laid back, seen it all before look about him. Occassionally, he raises an eyebrow at one of the young guns as if to say "you wanna mess with me, boy?". He has great table presence & image. In fact, when he curls his lip & scowls, he reminds me of Marlon Brando as The Godfather.

How long does a final day like this usually take?

You are not missing much folks, it's a bit "flat" at the moment. We have to remember that these fellas are playing for a helluva lot of money.

But it will loosen up soon, for sure.

It varies Stumpy. Vienna & Deauville were quite quick, Copenhagen took hours & hours but was thrill a minute stuff.

i was tempted to make a tip in the culcutta cup match thats just started but i am refraining

although not a tip i do hope this one goes against the  bookies

Warming up now though!

Romain & Alex clash, Alex moves in, Romain says "lets do it baby".

Romain is ahead with A-T, & it looks like curtains for Alex with his KQ.

But this is poker, & the flop comes an amazing A (see ya Alex baby?) K (I'm not dead yet Romain) K (whahoo!).

AKK!

Romain catches his second pair on the river, but Alex doubles through.

Dude Seeger has been laying down to the re-raise.  How does his stack look?

His stack looks just great!

I think the blinds have just gone to 5k-10k, running ante 1k, meaning a cost of 21k per round just to sit still. I need to confirm that though.

Thanks Tikay.   We're on pins and needles.

Rob now trying to make his mark on this table. He R'd 30k & waited for Romains reaction. Romain gave him a wry look. Rob gave him a grade one scowl. Romain passed.

I think Rob is gonna try & dominate now, but these young guns dont do fear, dont do respect, and dont do suck-up. Then again, that wont bother Rob - he dont subscribe to any of them either......

How are the chip stacks?

WOW, now we've got REAL poker.......

Romain has been trying to dominate, but young Brandon, the Deauville winner, is looking more & more like a quality act.

We just had a monster pot of 450k, which Romain bet every strreet, & Brandon called every street.

Board was A K 6 T T.

When Romain bet 130k on the nd, it looked like he did not want a call, & Brandon seemed to know exactly where he stood with his raggedy kickered A & called pretty much instantly.

Brandon showed A-4. Romain showed 8-7.

GREAT call Brandon!

a stupid bluff on every street!!!

i thought i wasn't playing! - thats my game

Man GONE.

Abdullaziz Abdullaziz has busted out in 6th, for 99,500 Euros.

wow - guess the action has begun!

6th - Abdullaziz Abdullaziz, 99,500 Euros.

7th - Ben Grundy, 79,500 Euros

8th, Mikhail Ustinov, 59,500 Euros.

9th, Jani Sointula, 39,300 Euros.

10th, Isabelle Mercier, 23,900 Euros

11th - Mike Luper, 23,900 Euros

12th - Anthony Lellouche, 23,900 Euros

13th, Martin Knape, 19,800 Euros

14th, Martin Wengt, 19,800 Euros.

15th, Julian Gardner, 19,800 Euros.

16th, Gus Hansen, 15,800 Euros

17th, Scott Bush, 15,800 Euros

18th--Eugene Katchalov, 15,800 Euros.


19th to 27th ALL got 11,900 Euros.

19th--Jonathan Senn

20th--Kevin O'Connell

21st--John Fanning  

22nd--Martin DeKnijff

23rd--Barney Boatman

24th--Declan Barker

25th--Harry Fitzpatrick

26th--Ben Sprengers

27th--Ryan Walters

Abdullaziz put up a great show, but in his exit hand, he was a shade unlucky to try & run a bluff when his oppo had a hand. Abdullaziz had K-6, Romain was not bluffing THIS time, he had 88, hit his set on the flop, & filled up on the end!

Thomas just announced that "Dinner will be taken after this level". There you go. Dinner in 45 mins then.

Game tightened up again.

Maybe they wanna make the dinner break & re-assess their game plans.

Luca Pagano just wandered past - he looks immaculate in a black suit, white shirt, & gold tie, very posh. Kevin O'Connell, our fashion policeman, said he thinks Luca has been for a job interview. I could not help but notice that Luca has huge feet - his shoes are like canoes. Centuries of grape treading in the Pagano family line I guess....

ok i understood most things today but whats a job interview?
more to the point does kevin know?

funny you should say that!

He really has got extraordinarily large feet! - in Vienna i thought i was sat next to Coco the Clown!

Apparently they make em like that in italy to stop them falling over in the wind!

Kevin Seeger OUT!

In a hand that pretty much played itself, Kevin moved in with 88, but got real unlucky to find Brandon Schaeffer sitting with the Aces.......

So Kevin busts out 5th, 118,000 Euros.

If you can Tikay, tell Kevin that we're all so proud of him.

5th - Kevin Seeger, 118,000 Euros

6th - Abdullaziz Abdullaziz, 99,500 Euros.

7th - Ben Grundy, 79,500 Euros

8th, Mikhail Ustinov, 59,500 Euros.

9th, Jani Sointula, 39,300 Euros.

10th, Isabelle Mercier, 23,900 Euros

11th - Mike Luper, 23,900 Euros

12th - Anthony Lellouche, 23,900 Euros

13th, Martin Knape, 19,800 Euros

14th, Martin Wengt, 19,800 Euros.

15th, Julian Gardner, 19,800 Euros.

16th, Gus Hansen, 15,800 Euros

17th, Scott Bush, 15,800 Euros

18th--Eugene Katchalov, 15,800 Euros.


19th to 27th ALL got 11,900 Euros.

19th--Jonathan Senn

20th--Kevin O'Connell

21st--John Fanning  

22nd--Martin DeKnijff

23rd--Barney Boatman

24th--Declan Barker

25th--Harry Fitzpatrick

26th--Ben Sprengers

27th--Ryan Walters

Will do Stumpy. He did nothing wrong, & it's tough when you find a hand & Matey Boy behind you has the Aces......

matery boy still in ?

Just seen the Aces again, but this one was a real cliffhanger. Alex had AA, Romain had Q-T, Alex was all-in.

Flop came A high, but ALL hearts, Alex not got a heart in his hand. So Alex got top set, Romain has a heart, so he's on the flush draw.

Blank blank sees a relieved Alex survive........

Tikay!
Luca isn't flirting round my girl caroline is he!!?

tell him that big feet just aren't attractive to the ladies!

He's ALWAYS in Ironside. On every table. Online or live. Theres always a Matey Boy. He's the fella who calls with 76 suited when you get AA.........

Thanks Tikay.  This has been a lot of fun.

Evening all, DARE I SAY ROB TO WIN !!!

Youre welcome Stumpy, we enjoyed it too. And your man did real good.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo! Rob is goling so well, but now Carlo has put the mockers on him.

I THINK YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT !!! I DONT THINK i COULD MAKE A LIVING AS A TIPSTER HA HA

Stumpy - I gave your message to Kevin.

He says "thanks bud, give Christy a call, & I'll see him in Vegas".

There you go!

It sounds like Dude is playing in the WSOP

Carlo - so is it a choice between being a tipster, & playing poker?

 Hmm, I worry about how that baby gonna get new shoes.

Decision time Carlo - what you gonna choose?

Dude Seeger playing the WSOP? He can afford to now. 118,000 Euros. Whats that, about 4 million US $?

Listern son ! Just knowing you are around gives me great comfort to know that Angelina will be decked out in Gucci and Prada for evermore !!!!

The only thing Dude has been missing these past years is a bankroll.  He plays almost exclusively online.  He's never been in a big tournament like this.  $42 sattelite and the world changes.

Ahh, Carlo as the big soft Daddy, eh?

Anyone ever see the film "Father of the Bride"? Cant help but remind me of Carlo in a few years, when some poor hapless fella decides he's gonna try & date Angelina.....

help is on hand for ironside carlo is here

this makes me look like a world champion tipster

Well ....if he likes to wake up with a horses head in his bed etc.

Dinner break now. The ol fella gonna try & grab forty winks.

Anyway Tikay, I have told her she can do what she wants.....WHEN SHE IS 40 !!!

That young?

thats not even half your age lol

hi tony, hope your feeling better, when does play resume ?

Comp resumes in about 5 minutes. Blonde are ready......

Had hoped to have a kip during the Dinner Break, but ended up dining with Mr Boatman, Mr Trumper, Mr Vladar, Miss Pham, & Mathilde. Many a tale was swapped, lovely company, & i think I am starting to feel a little better.

good company u keeping there fella, glad that your feeling better. keep up the good work !

OK, the comp has re-started. Action already, too - Rob has just RR'd someone all-in, he passed PDQ.

Think that was a "statement".

I am convinced that Rob is going to try & dominate ths thing now. But I fancy Brandon has plans, too.....

tikay, been on pokerstars all afternoon - how many left?

Brandon just took down a huge pot, maybe 500k+, with A-8 on a board of J28Q3. He was chip leader already, thanks to his earlier AA v 88 coup, so he must be MASSIVE now......

4 left Junior. Do pay attention.

Oh, & Caroline says she's busy tonight.

Another man overboard!

Romain Feriolo has busted out in 4th spot!

And what a weird hand that he & Rob Hollink chose to go to war with! Details to follow.

Romain out 4th, 139,000 Euros.

Her loss!

dont you mean my gain!!!!!

Rob Hollink had K-2, Romain had A-3 - monsters, eh? Anyway, Rob caught his K, & that was that.

wow all in preflop?

how many chips did each player have to even contenplate those hands?

I hope Smokin didn't pinch your roast potatoes

4th - Romain Feriolo, 139,000 Euros

5th - Kevin Seeger, 118,000 Euros

6th - Abdullaziz Abdullaziz, 99,500 Euros.

7th - Ben Grundy, 79,500 Euros

8th, Mikhail Ustinov, 59,500 Euros.

9th, Jani Sointula, 39,300 Euros.

10th, Isabelle Mercier, 23,900 Euros

11th - Mike Luper, 23,900 Euros

12th - Anthony Lellouche, 23,900 Euros

13th, Martin Knape, 19,800 Euros

14th, Martin Wengt, 19,800 Euros.

15th, Julian Gardner, 19,800 Euros.

16th, Gus Hansen, 15,800 Euros

17th, Scott Bush, 15,800 Euros

18th--Eugene Katchalov, 15,800 Euros.


19th to 27th ALL got 11,900 Euros.

19th--Jonathan Senn

20th--Kevin O'Connell

21st--John Fanning  

22nd--Martin DeKnijff

23rd--Barney Boatman

24th--Declan Barker

25th--Harry Fitzpatrick

26th--Ben Sprengers

27th--Ryan Walters

must have been a battle of the blinds?!

Well Romain was short stacked, & Rob thought his K-2 was good, so set Romain all-in. Romain made a good read & called quickly, but could not stay ahead. So it's Farewell Friend Feriolo.

Correct, Junior.

And blinds are now a whopping 7,500 - 10,000, Antes 1,500. So that puts the Romain play into better context.

And suddenly we are HEADS -UP.......

Rob Hollink & Alex clash, Alex has AQ, Rob has KK.

Flop brings TWO more Kings!

So Alex is out 3rd, for 178,000 Euros.

And, arguably, the best 2 players in the Final get heads-up.

3rd - Alex Stevic, 178,000 Euros.

4th - Romain Feriolo, 139,000 Euros

5th - Kevin Seeger, 118,000 Euros

6th - Abdullaziz Abdullaziz, 99,500 Euros.

7th - Ben Grundy, 79,500 Euros

8th, Mikhail Ustinov, 59,500 Euros.

9th, Jani Sointula, 39,300 Euros.

10th, Isabelle Mercier, 23,900 Euros

11th - Mike Luper, 23,900 Euros

12th - Anthony Lellouche, 23,900 Euros

13th, Martin Knape, 19,800 Euros

14th, Martin Wengt, 19,800 Euros.

15th, Julian Gardner, 19,800 Euros.

16th, Gus Hansen, 15,800 Euros

17th, Scott Bush, 15,800 Euros

18th--Eugene Katchalov, 15,800 Euros.


19th to 27th ALL got 11,900 Euros.

19th--Jonathan Senn 

20th--Kevin O'Connell

21st--John Fanning   

22nd--Martin DeKnijff

23rd--Barney Boatman

24th--Declan Barker

25th--Harry Fitzpatrick 

26th--Ben Sprengers

27th--Ryan Walters 

We start the Heads-Up battle like this:

Brandon Scheaffer, 1,120,000 chips.

Rob Hollink, 1,094,000 chips.

It's 350k to the runner-up, & 635k to the winner. (That's in Euros).

chop chop??

me jealous!

atleast they aint playing for lira

Maybe Junior, but I don't think Rob will wanna chop. I think he will fancy himself to outplay Brandon.

It's really almost impossible to concentrate on this Update now. I am SURROUNDED by Scandies playing "online" on their laptops - dozens & dozens of them, & they are cackling away like cackling things.

hope they aint all playing on teh same site

No idea Ironside - I saw Daniel Larsson & Gus Hansen sat next to each other last night, each with laptop, each playing 3 or 4 tables at a time. It was not $1-$2 either.....And YES, they WERE on different sites.

pretty obvious where Hanson was playing..............

dr tom thought gus was playing on one of the $2 tv tables on poker night live

but he wasnt sure but the guys user name was gus hansen but
according to our man on the spot tikay gus was still in the main event here


so question is does gus hansen play $2 only SnG to get on TV?

Actually, no - he was NOT playing there.

And as for Larsson, it would not befair to say where he was playing........

WHATS HAPPENING ?

Well Hanson isn't likely to play under his own name on any site other than his own eh?
Not a good advertisement really.......

They have bought out the winners money, & its in an open briefcase. The money is all in crisp, new, 100 Euro notes - & there are too many to close the briefcase lid......

i didnt actually think he was i would have told dr tom that but for the fact i am cheap and aint paying no-one 25p to send tehm a text

Not much Carlo. It seems to me that Rob is working on a coup to trap Brandon, trying to get him teed up as it were. Brandon is no fool, & he's a lovely guy, but you have to think Rob oughta be too good for Brandon.

Shouldn't use offensive language like that on here, moderator please!!
scumbags is what they are

Now now.

Rob just tried to spring the trap with 2 pair, but Brandon was not playing ball. Even so, a 240k pot goes Rob's way.

The heads-up battle seems to be slowly moving in Rob's favour, but I cant get a feel for their relative chip stacks.

i know where Daniel plays-it was me who gave him the deal!not scumbags btw! :)

TK when do u first go on tv?

The crowd watching from the stands has not reduced at all, & includes Greg Raymer, Willie Tann (& Mrs Tann), & Rolf Slotboom. By the way, at the "Welcome Cocktail Party" earlier in the week, Greg Raymer was called up on to the stage by his sponsors PokerStars to deliver a little speech. He looked the bizz in a well-cut black suit & white shirt, but the open toed sandals betrayed his nationality.....

Hi Rolandinho, I've been doing these Live Updates all week & thought nobody was ever gonna ask that question....

But now you've asked.....The TV programme - "Poker 425" - first airs at 11pm this Wednesday, and is repeated every night, same time, same place. We shall be recording it on Wednesday afternoon. And we are hoping to take a film crew to Dublin for the Irish Open, so maybe we'll get some nice stuff there, too, for the following week's show.

im gonna be on the rival channel as presenter of a show from march31  ;)

good luck

will you want a young good looking and marketable notts lad for your footage?
i'll be in Dublin you know!!! :-)

We have just had our first all-in of the heads-up battle. The chips had been gradually moving in Brandon's direction, when suddenly, Brandon, for the very first time, says "all-in". Rob called in a trice. Flop was TT3. Brandon had 3-4 (two pair), Rob had T-8 (top set).

No taxation without representation !

 ;) ;) ;)

As soon as the cards were on their back, Brandon realised he'd walked into a trap, & left his seat, walking away from the table in disgust.

good evening from redfox land

just checking this works

Rob had his man on the ropes now, & two hands later, set Brandon all-in.

And the winner olf the EPT/PokerStars Grand Final is......

So, this time the old guard prevailed. He was the selection of many, & his guile got him through in the end. It really seemed to be that Rob was setting Brandon up from some way out, & sprung the trap twice in the last 3 hands, each time with 2 pair.

But well done to both of them.

WINNER - Rob Hollink - 635,000 Euros

2nd - Brandon Schaeffer, 350,000 Euros

3rd - Alex Stevic, 178,000 Euros.

4th - Romain Feriolo, 139,000 Euros

5th - Kevin Seeger, 118,000 Euros

6th - Abdullaziz Abdullaziz, 99,500 Euros.

7th - Ben Grundy, 79,500 Euros

8th, Mikhail Ustinov, 59,500 Euros.

9th, Jani Sointula, 39,300 Euros.

10th, Isabelle Mercier, 23,900 Euros

11th - Mike Luper, 23,900 Euros

12th - Anthony Lellouche, 23,900 Euros

13th, Martin Knape, 19,800 Euros

14th, Martin Wengt, 19,800 Euros.

15th, Julian Gardner, 19,800 Euros.

16th, Gus Hansen, 15,800 Euros

17th, Scott Bush, 15,800 Euros

18th--Eugene Katchalov, 15,800 Euros.


19th to 27th ALL got 11,900 Euros.

19th--Jonathan Senn 

20th--Kevin O'Connell

21st--John Fanning   

22nd--Martin DeKnijff

23rd--Barney Boatman

24th--Declan Barker

25th--Harry Fitzpatrick 

26th--Ben Sprengers

27th--Ryan Walters 

Just spoke to Simon Trumper, who told me he had shared a table with Rob last week in Vienna. Rob had told him that he was having the worst run of "form" in his poker career.

And I have been joined by Willike Tann, who says Rob said exactly the same thing to him.

Even better, Rob told Simon Trumper that Simon had said "dont worry, it will change soon". Too right it did!

Thanks for the great coverage Tikay. Now go and get some rest!

On a different note, IFM why don't you like BF??

nearly half a million quid!!!!!!!!!!!

wow, well done Rob

are u saying that gus now plays for BF?

i thought he owned his own site PC!!!!

have i missed something


tikay congrats on a great service

and a well done to rob (bet your glad i never once tipped you)

It's under monte carlo/betfair thread in general, only to make it worse they can't even be bothered to respond to my mails.

good job tikay, time to kick your feet up & get some r+r in

So thats nearly it from tikay for tonight.

I shall be updating our News Page tomorrrow, for the first time in 3 days - sorrry about that, but I am sure you all understand.

And thank you to all the blondeites. We have increased our Forum Membership significantly & broken all records for site traffic to blonde this week, thanks to you guys.

Apologies to all the peeps to whom I owe e-mails & letters, I hope to start catching up tomorrow.

We will be in Dublin next week, when hopefully my flu/bronchitis will have passed, & I will be playing again. But we WILL be doing Live Updates again next week, whatever happens.

We've been overwhelmed by the nice things you guys have said, so it lookslike we are stuck with each other, eh?

Thanks JT - it's SIT N GO time for tikay now! Whahoo!

some brill reporting TK

whats the nite life like out there?

Well done Tikay, all good stuff.
I reckon you were just putting on the deep husky voice for Isobelle!!

Hmm, I tried to tempt her into coming to Dublin, but she said she was going to The Bellagio for a $25k jobbie. Poo!

hmmmm