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Welcome to the blonde Live Update service fior the EPT/PokerStars Grand Finale in Monte Carlo.

Play is due to get under way in 24 minutes, at 3pm local time. Between now & then, we are going to try & set the scene, so you guys will feel like you are here with us. If that's a bit boring for you, well come back once the action really starts.

Comp is a 10,000 chip jobbie, with blinds starting at 25-50, and it's a 4 day affair.

I gather they will play 5 levels today. Each level will be 90 minutes, with a 10 minute break at the end of each level.

It costs 10,000 Euros to enter.

Hi Tony wish i was there are u playing.

The venue is not a casino, but an "arena" which is between the Casino Monte Carlo & the well posh Hermitage Hotel. In fact, the "arena" is the 2nd floor of a cinema. The tables are set out in 3 huge "ballroom" type jobbies, with a sort of open walkway at one end linking all three rooms.

The left hand room has 9 tables, the right hand room has 10 tables, & the middle room has 7 tables, including the TV table which is already set up.

There is plenty of room for spectators to mingle, so we hope to be able to "roam the rooms" getting chip counts for you.

The dealers are already sat at the tables, with the stacks of 10,000 chips all ready to be dished out to the players. Looks like 9 to a table. Number of runners will be confirmed once the registration has closed.

Hi Jim, no, decided not to play in the end. I played a 1,000 Euro Satellite last night (JT "bought" 50% of me, bless him), & ended up chopping it with a guy we travellled out with, Nick Whiten. Nick's a good friend, & we agreed that if we got heads-up, we would chop.

I really wanted to play this one, but I am feeling a bit under the weather, so decided in the end to give it a miss & concentrate on the Live Updates.

Tell JT i hope he last a bit longer this time. ;D

Well done on the split Tikay!
Nick gonna play the seat then? - Good luck Notts boys, Julian, Nick, Rob!

wish i was there!

tell debbie harry he better do better this time
i have a fiver on with the man in paper shop that dc will beat all the mob


i am still banking on a

1st padraig parkingson
2nd kevin o'connell
3rd caprice


tikay can you let me know if they are all running and how often they double up it will be much apreacited

leader will have 190k after todays play

Good Luck to Julian hope he gets in the money.
Also looking forward to the reports, keep up the good work Tony
for all us poor folk
 

We shall be taking a look at the "hot" tables once the guys get sat down. And we shall be following certain players all the way. If you want to follow the progress of someone in particular, then LET US KNOW!

So far, we have had requests to follow Bengt Sonnett, who won the 500 in Walsall, & fellow Swede Daniel Larsson. We shall also follow the Nottingham boys - Julian Thew, Rob Yong, and the blonde forum-ites, Simon Trumper, El Blondie, Milky Bar Kid, Ariston, Mel Lofthouse, & co. The blackpool boys - Simon Nowab, Davre Clayton & Burnley John.

And the Superstars - Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker (not seen him yet), Surinder, Devilfish, El Blondie, The Hendon Mob, Noah Boeken, Marcel Luske, Pepe Klinger, John Shipley.

it's 3.10 now, but no sweat - they players are still wandering round looking for their seats.

And Rhow has just arrived, looking fresh as a daisy.

Interestingly, it seems to be 8 to a table.

They have a feature table - the TV table - and Greg Raymer is in seat 6, with Tony G in seat 5 - THAT could end in tears. Raymer impressed me greatly in Copenhgagen, as a man and as a player, & if Tony G starts acting up, it could get HOT......

better get someone to turn on the air conditioning then

Noah Boeken & Simon Nowab are neighbours on T 26, Noah with position. On T1, it's Ram & Dave Clayton. T6 (or T9?), it's blonde forum-ite Ben Grundy & Rob Hollinck.

T4 looks hot too - Willie Tann, Luca Pagano, Angel ??(?, the WHUPC World Champion), & Rob Yong.

Off we go!!

Interesting to see who thinks they are the most cool! - Luca or Rob Yong (battle of egos methinks!)

good scene setting tikay - if only someone had invented a teleporting device and would give me 10,000 euros!

Jr i know just how you feel :-\

getting 10,000 euros is not a problem being able to afford to lose 10,000 euros on one bad beat and still remain sane is a different question

OK, in the "right hand" room, I noted.....

Vicky Coren on T 9. Marcel on T22. Xuyen & John Gale on T21. And Joe Beevers & David Benyamine sat next to each other on T18.

But here's a hottie, on T25....

Gary Bush, Yoyo Thew, a dude with a sleeveless singlet on (ooh-er), Ross Boatman, & Daniel Larsson. Jeez, I hope Thewy & Daniel dont get lairy too early.

Bushy will only play AA or KK in the first 6 hours!

Sounds like a good table! - Can't see anyone getting too busy too early

what playing rags like KK within the first 6 hours? i wont even play that loose on a $5 single table SnG

But last weeks French Hero Pascal's extraordinary luck continues - he just had a huge confrontation with his QQ against KK, but being Pascal, caught his Q....!

And on the adjoining table, EXACTLY the same coup, this time Big Os Mustangolu was the lucky winner. Pascal & Big Os both now got around 18k.

Just noted that T26 - Nowab & Boeken - also includes Tony Bloom & Alan Betson.

And T3 has Devilfish & Martin de Knijff.

Gus Hansen is on T14, Mel Lofthouse - blonde forum-ite - is on T10 with the young Swedish gentleman with very long blonde hair who was on the cover of Poker Europa two months ago - Michael Thuritz maybe?

T 8 includes John Shipley & Richard Gryko in adjacent seats. Gryko seemed "tired & distressed" last night, but has scrubbed up well this morning.

On Table ?, we have Big Os, El Blondie, Steve Jelinck, & Bo ?, the Swedish guy (Legato on PokerStars) who is sponsored by Martin's Room.

Just how lucky can Pascal be!!

he just can't lay a hand down!

has anyone been knocked to the rail yet?

I cant believe Pascal's luck Junior. But don't forget, he's French.

Don't think we've had any exits yet.

Marcel Luske is sat next to John Kabbaj. John has a new Noble Poker Baseball Cap, but it's too small for him - it looks like a pimple on a piecrust. His wife is there too, she looks just beautiful.

And Isobel Mercier just waved at me - swoon, swoon. I think she fancies me, she seemed to be undressing me with her eyes.

Keep em coming Tony. Updates for Willie and Bengt please.

Tired and emotional is i believe the phrase for Gryko

William Hill's Xuyen in action early. She had JJ against John Gale's QQ, on a T high board, & did well to only lose 1k.

But she got it back with interest against elderly American gentleman with her nut flush against his AK. He bet on the end, she said "wow, that lot of cheep you bet meester" & put in a gentle RR, he called, she says "I got nut fwush, you no take my cheeps meester?".

Not seen Smoking Steve, but he's here somewhere.

Vicky Coren has more than she started with.

Bushy says that 8 handed has forced him to re-assess his game plan - gotta play hands now. He looks shocked.

I wasn't that impressed with Isabelle in Vienna.  Thought she would be more attractive than that!
The EPT host on the other hand - now she the business!  - Caroline something or other - wow!!

OK, tired and distressed AND emotiional. A few other things too, but Mr Gryko in great form.

any sightings of the ironside massive?

ie my tricast

Hi Fella

Can you keep an eye on Rumit fo me please. How much for your tea and sarnie this time...cheaper than Deauville
Also say hi to julian

Whats the betting that when Bushy makes his first raise (probably sometime tomorrow) that the whole room folds and not just the guys on his table!

Isobel disappointed you? Are you CRAZY? She's so lovely she gives me toothache.

OK, enquiries in for Sonnett & Willie Tann.

Spookily, they BOTH have 14k. Willie just caught a straight with A-T on a 7839J board, AGAINST AA. Lucky Willie!

We just lost 2 players, dont know names though. One of them had a gangsta-hood on, you know, "well hard". He's still out though.

I believe we began with 206 runners, so a prize pool of about 2 million euros. Very nice.

TK you are nothing if not 'street'

Fish has doubled up.

Surinder & Barney are in adjacent seats.

Noah Boeken has doubled up.

Smokin Steve & Simon Trumper are on adjacent seats, Trumper & Ariston are engaged in a duel.

OK, some bad news.......

but does his censorship have any cred??????? is this not a public speaking forum?? if you think that xyz is a good play and I think bad will you censor it like when you think xyz female is fit and I think she is a chien max????

Steve Jelinck is OUT.

He had 2 pair & a flush draw & bet it hard, but matey boy had a set....... Hard luck Steve!

Rumit has 9k. Rumit is looking very smart a suit, shirt & tie.

Kevin O'Connell is asleep at T 17. Padraig Parkinson is asleep too - in Paris!

this is moderated forum if you want to be abusive then goto other forums that are not as well moderatored

padraig not playing?

move my crew up one spot and put mike magee into 3rd

err.....Mike Magee not playing either.......

But the tennis player Kafelnikov IS here, on Greg Raymer & Tony G's table.

Is JP Kelly (18yo, Luton rising star, won at Walsall) there?

How's Milkybar doing?

The "pretty" ::) Swedish guy on the cover of the magazine two months ago would be Sagstrom, would it not?

Has Kafelnikov's game developed beyond "All-in" or "Fold"?

Chip counts for Smokin, BadGirl, Trumper pls!

Tight End - give us 5 mins, will get back to you. Bad Girl has 10,350.

ok, end of Level 1, 10 min break.

well looks like i am gonna have to promore ACES to 3rd really dont want to after that 6 outer he pulled on me in dundee last year

Tight End - No, not Sagstrom - that was Cardplayer, this was Poker Europa.

Thanks to everyone who has made enquiries about betting odds for the Monte Carlo Tournament, especially the Bengt Sonnert fan club :)

I will hopefully have updated odds on site overnight, courtesy of the wonderful coverage that tikay and the blondepoker team are giving us.

http://www.intertops.com/sportsbook/cgi-win-2/itwww.exe?

Regards,
Mike

El Blondie moved to 17k with K9 on a flop of K99 in a 5 way pot! There were 2 clubs on the flop, & a third club hit the turn, &TWO players had the flush! He sooooo lucky.

How many of us could do with some luck like that? ....lets hope the pre-eminent Blonde one makes the most of it unlike in,er, Vienna.

the other night I lost with quad 3's (played slower than a snail), with the quad Q falling on the river. Just about sobering up!!!!

don't worry relief is at hand

Tony, did The Milky Bar kid contact you on my behalf?

Can you contact me ASAP? (Dave C has my number, or send me an email with yours)

did that happen live Tight end? reason I ask is I saw a guy holding 7,8 flop Quad 7s against a guy holding pocket Aces only to end up losing to Quad Aces.
Dying for someone to tell me they've seen something like that live.

vegas wsop day 1: mad chinese woman mags it in with any overpair (know the feeling).  she is loving the 655 flop with her 8s.  so is the small blind with 55.  the smoke flies.....you can guess the rest. 900-1 is quite short when you think about it. what does that say about the rest of the "bad beat" stories you have been subjected too.

Simon Trumper 10,500.

William Hill's Smokin Steve 9,500.

Milky Bar Kid - Ben Grundy - 14k.

Adam, I'll PM you....avoid the public bad beat story!!!!

and thx tikay for the chipcounts

anyone tell steve that simons nicked one of his 500tp chips

not a public bad beat story. Didnt even involve me directly.
It's an incredible occurance I saw. I was wondering if yours was live or online is all.

It was live. I was saying I would avoid posting mine, not implying you were!

get it out in the open you'll feel better for it and i get a good read

Hi Jon,

Spoke to Ben a few times, but he not said 'owt, and I dont wanna ask him right now, he's in the comp. Suggest we speak "off forum". Don't wanna bother Dave either while he's in comp, but will ask him at break - have you got my site e-address or private e-address?

33 in an unraised pot

Flop 3QQ..bet and called

Turn 3...checked by both (slowplaying each other!)

River Q, I check, he bets all in, I call (Don't tell me it was obvious he had the Q. Of course it was, but am not good enough to lay down Quads!)

BB turns over Q6 off

Cash game!

0.5/1 limit for the next few weeks for me

There, has saved me professional counselling fees!!

TK, have sent you a private message

SENSATION - BUSHY PLAYS A HAND

AA or KK ?  :D

And even more amazing, he gets called & LOSES the pot. He says he not gonna play another pot till Friday now.

playing in a SnG
pretty tight table for low stakes
only 2 or 3 per flop

came this run of winning hands boat v under boat , boat v nut flush, quads v boat , quads v boat

four hands in a row 2 big hands colloded i want to get back to yesterday when i was getting in in with nut flush v top pair weak kicker

Bushy's hand? He had a set of Kings. Pre-flop.......

and just to rub it in, The Grosvenor gave me a free breakfast voucher!!!! So I'm skint and closer to a heart attack!

and his foe had 5 Aces?

TK, sent two private messages, did you get them?

Pah, William Hill's Xuyen Bad Girl Pham hit a bit of trouble.

Holding T-8 on a flop of T-T-2, she looked in great shape against QQ. Then the turn came a Q.......

Thewy 10k.

Ross Boatman 13,700.

Daniel Larsson, 11k

Isobel 10k

John Gale 15k

Xuyen Bad Girl Pham 5k



The table that had Bushy, Thewy, Ross, Larsson & the sleeveless dude has now broken. Bushy is now sat there alone. But he's passed every hand.

Jeez, GET THIS......

Bushy has just joined his new table. To his immediate left is..... Gus Hansen.

But I am sure that nice Mr Hansen would not take advantage of Bushy when they are in the blinds.

Joe Grech 5k.

Ben Grundy 14k

Ram 5k

Kevin O'Connell 15k

Devilfish 23k

Martin De Knijff 11,500

And here's a hot table......


Simon Nowab, 10k

Alan Betson 10k

Ross Boatman 16k

Tony Bloom 11k

Noah Boeken 20k

And Thewy has  moved to El Blondie's table, Thewy seat 3, El Blondie Seat 5.....that could turn ugly.

I take it Devilfish isn't sat on his stack!
Raising every pot no doubt?/!

Hi Tony, trying to keep an eye on you, one on Cheltenham and do the headlines on Sky Sports News all at once. Very tempted to start a Poker Headlines section on here as your news feeds through. Nice to see Ben has started well but any word on Mel Lofthouse looking to follow up her terrific performance in Deauville?

Martin

Mel Lofthouse? 11,600. Next?

Good afternoon Tony.

You will be pleased to know that I am drinking tea this afternoon !

How is Jean Kabbaj doing ?

Thewy 12k.

El Blondie 20k. Looking VERY focused.

Rumit 6,500.

Smokin Steve Vladar 10k.

Burnley John Falconer 9k

Simon Trumper 9k - he just ran into a guy with the bare A of diamonds on a 4 diamond board.

Ariston 15k

Daniel Larsson, 11k

Krill (??, Russian guy), 30k.

More Bushy news to follow.

Thewy taking it a bit slower this time?

How many has Luca got?

Is moneymaker playing?

how's willie doing?

That will be Kiril Gerasimov, IMO the best Russian player.

Willie Tann 18k.

Luca - same table -15k.

Thanks Ralph/Karabiner. He certainly has a stack of chips.

Jean/John Kabbaj. Freudian slip, typo, or deliberate error Ralph? JOHN Kabbaj has 11k.

Vicky Coren 7,500.

Moneymaker? He IS here, but I can't see him on a table. Will check shortly.

Bad Girl is back up to 7,500.

Tann, Ulliott, Sunar and Colclough all to make the final table ! Guss Hanson or Willie Tann to win it !!!

The other option was that being of French extraction he may spell his name Jean.

But thanks for the update.

 :D

Didn't realise Kirill was playing. I have travelled and played with him alot. Great guy, very aggressive, big bluffer in the early stages. BUT CHRIST, HE HAS A HEART LIKE A LION. Definately a contender......(If he keeps his head)

hi tony, is lucy playing ? if so how many chips does she have ?

No, Lucy is NOT here.

No mention of Ram Vaswanni as yet ?

Carlo, firstly your Final Table prediction......

Willie Tann 20k

Gus Hansen 20k

Dave Colclough, aka El Blondie, 20k

Surinder Sunar 5,500

Devilfish - he just lost a BIG pot, & is back down to 10k.

Ram Vaswani is OUT.....

Joe Beevers just lost flush over flush, was 18k, now 12k.

Simon Trumper is card-dead, but battling & grinding away, as ever. 9.5k

Ariston 20k.

Ben Grundy 20k.

Bad Girl back down to 5k. Yoyo Pham?

any news on how the nott's guy's are doing tony ?

Any news on Marcel ? When you get a minute!!!

Marcel - about 12k. Hard to tell - as you know, he saves all the low-denom chips & stacks 'em high.

Next?

Notts Guys?

Thewy 14k. I just told him to slow down. Fat chance.....

Rob Yong 6k.

Kirill?

BUSH ON ATTACK

Bushy claims that the R he made earlier today was with J-9 suited. Yeah, right......

But, he DOES have, wait for it........

10,025 chips. They only started with 10k. Stunning stuff.

Could you do me a big favour, Go and tell Surinder that Carlo says for him to think back to his heads up match with Phil Helmuth in Vienna and to remember what we talked about during the match. Tell him that will get him through. Cheers. He is low stacked so asap if possible

Notts update

You could cut it in here with a butter knife
We just need to find ahand ROB

Rob and Willi at it again!!!!

Carlo.

Done that - Surinder said "Ok, thanks"......

Meanwhile, sat to his right is......

Barney Boatman, who said "is that THE Carlo Cittrone? I said "no, it's the Geordie one".

But seriously, Barney said he really appreciated the good luck mesaages you sent him whilst he was in America. That make sense?

Luca Pagano 15k

Yeh thanks..... Lets face it ive had nothing better to do lol

Thewy 16k. He had QQ v Big Os Mustanoglu's TT.

Mel Lofthouse 11,500.

To her immediate left is this Krill fella - he is bluffing like a bluffing thing, & is bullying like a bullying thing too. Well on his way back up to 30k after a settback.

Dave Colclough 20k

any sign of moneymaker yet ? how's the fossil man doing ?

Bad Girl's exit. She R'd pre-flop with A-J, flop came 7-J-J. Matey Boy was lurking behind her with pocket sevens...., NO ESCAPE.

Chris Moneymaker is OUT

Greg Raymer - Fossilman - 3k. A lovely profile of Greg in this week's Sunday Times Magazine.

thanks tony.

Even after such a short time I think this site has become 'THE STANDARD' for live updates. Great for us railbirds, however each time you guys do such a great job it becomes more expected as 'THE NORM' . Keep it up Blonde Team.... for all our sakes. Great job

Greg Raymer DOUBLES UP to 6k with a boat, Jacks over threes.

any news on my tricast

kevin
caprice
aces

Yeh Caprice is sking lol

Kevin O'Connell 15k.

Simon Trumper 4k.

Who is CAPRICE?

Hi Tikay,

could you be so kind as to check out how my friend Eirik Mistereggen is doing?
He's playing for team expekt, long-haired guy

i thought she was the face of paridise poker
she played last year in monte carlo

you guys are really ruining my tricast
if caprice isnt playing you better move simon up 1 and move
caprice's understudy vicky c into 3rd

Brilliant service. any news on the norwegians playing?

I gotta agree with Carlo, This amazing service is now expected as the norm after so much great coverage. Although it is a shame Tikay is not playing, it is great for the site because this is the best yet.

So, how is the mighty Mr Hansen doing Tikay? Come on, you know he is my idol!

I predict a number 2 finish for him, just behind the boy Thew ! Not sure who bluffs the most though.....

We are struggling to locate Mr Mistereggen - but give us time, & we will.

OK, will have a look at the Norweigans next, but before we do, we have some news on Gus Hansen & Gary Bush.

Thanx m8. I was hoping Ram could make it this time, but seems lik he's no good at tournaments theese days. So predict mr Gus The Great Dane Hansen to win this one.

Great! Thanks for looking into Mr. Mistereggen and the other Norwegians positions. This site has been very helpful for the EPT finales update, so a lot of kudos to the guys updating.

Gus Hansen is in EVERY pot. He a newbie I think. Bushy finds AA, & decides to play them. He Raises, Gus calls.

Flop comes raggity baggity, 2 clubs, one diamond. Bet, call. Turn a second diamond, check check. River the THIRD diamond, Gus backdoors his flush & cracks Gary's Aces. Luckily they both checked the turn, otherwise Gary loses a lot more. Bushy 8k.

Vicky Coren 5k.

Dinner break now.

Has Garry or Gus got position?

I would fancy Bushy to trap him if he's on Gus's left...

How is Monsieur Kabbaj ( ;)) doing ?

I think it's Gary with position

why is he checking 4th street? are the best in europe scared of the dane because he has been on the TV??? he must be freerolling every coup if people are scared of him.

I don't do nuffin for free.

What is position Camel.........?

Gus is to the immediate LEFT of Gary.....

please Lucy explain the button. I know EXACTLY where to put that.

I don't know why Gary checked the turn, but he is convinced that Gus woulda called anyway, & so checking saved him a good few thou.

We'd need someone who understands poker to explain that. Or Carlo.

Any more news on the notts boys?

Are they keeping a low profile?

Uh oh. Let's hope this table breaks quickly then....

Cant comment on what Lucy might say to that, but there's NO CHANCE of me geting stroppy with Ms Rokach. Me terrified of her, she an ANIMAL.......Nice animal, like.

Notts boys? Mixed, I am afraid.

Nick Whiten did not play.

Tikay did not play - he full of 'flu. Good decision too, feel well rough.

Rob Yong OUT

Julian Thew - 15k.

Now, I MAY be able to get Thewy boy to give us a word or two.....

thanks tony, nice lead in....
first table not much fun with bushy, ross & daniel L, am now on a more lively table with oz & DC.
have had aces & queens, both held up, can't grumble.
dinner time, queue for buffet horrendous, can't grumble there either.
feels like summer here!

Any norwegians makin it happen?  ::)

Make no mistake Bushy is a class poker player ! Aces are no means a 100% winner and a top player will play these hands. ..Not just raise before the flop then stick it all in after and hope they stand up (they very often don't). If Hanson was 'chipped up' with a big draw and Bushy felt that he may we get re-raised on the turn, then he probably made the right play, however we don't have all of the facts about the hand.....so lets give Bushy the benefit of the doubt. HE IS THE ENGLISH GUY AFTER ALL!!!!

I know Paul "FIKS" Hersleth is in, and a few more as well. Could you give us an update? :-)

lets try not to hold it against him

any scots playing BTW?

What are the current chip counts, any idea?

Thanks for a good time in Walsall by the way tikay  ;D

You be nice tou your lovely, young blonde companion, you hear?

me na open fa da bizniz at de www.thepokerwhore.blogspot

takin it fa poka!

issues period i reckon.

wd tikay


keep it up


even the TOON are winning.

happy days

welcome to the forum simon

HOY ! Tikay,WAKE UP only tree more days to go.

Anything happen on the feature table ??? And whats there respective chip counts at dinner??
Hope Surinder does well always enjoy watching him play on the box.....so good luck to him

Tikay ..Top job as always

                  K9

Right, they playing again. I'll start on that list.......

Sorry, that was tikay, not Thewy.....

 Is Julian Garder  Playing ! Any idea how he is doing, If I know him he should be right in the hunt.

Devilfish's table - Devilfish has about 6k or 7k.

Martin de Knijff has best part of 35k.

Anthony, the aggressive young Frenchman who plays mainly at the Aviation in Paris, also has about 35k. He is a nice guy (yup, a nice Frency guy....) & has a great game. Cant remember his name though. Look up the Final I made in Paris last year, he outlasted me in that. Kabbaj won that day, I was 5th or 6th, so Anthony was 3rd or 4th i think. Look his name up someone, please!

Julian Gardner - nope, not seen him.

Sig - my blonde companion? Hush now......

Am struggling a bit with the Norweigans & Scandinavians. I need to find a friendly Scandie who has bust out to give me a few names.

Tikay, it's Anthony Lellouche. Keep up the good work !

Has 'The Fish' recovered at all ?

Sorry Should have read the previous posts

Ah, THATS him, Anthony Lellouche. Lovely game, & I like him a lot. Like a French Richard Gryko, R, R, Quick Quick R. Thanks Mike!

Vicky Coren 3,700.

John Kabbaj - hat still too small - 8k

John Gale 17k

Joe Beevers 13k.

More on way, getting back up to speed now. Dare not stop, will never start again if I do, me plenty sick. Too many ciggies, see....

Great updates, keep up the good work! :)
If you see Mr. Mistereggen, would you be so kind to tell him that the guys from Toten are routing for him ? ;-)

 Hey tikay!!! great covarage!!! but im needy of knowing what the norwegians manage!
 

Great work Tikay. Excellent site.

Good to see Vicky Coren has given herself a chance as usual, arent stacks supposed to slowly go up from 10k not plummet down?

And by the way nice playing with u,sat at ure opening table in vienna ;D

Ariston - 20k....Dancing too.

Good morning all , its taken me three hours to read pages 1 to 12 now im up to date lets go, keep it up tony, good luck to all the short stacks and never giver up..

Thewy had a bit of an accident. He rivered a set of Jacks, but ran into a flush. 8k - thats 40 BB, as the blinds have just gone 100-200.

Tikay told him to calm down, take stock, re-assess, & grind it out for a while. I could hang in till Easter with 8k.....

Dave Colclough had a mini-accident too, but not too bad.

Hi threekings - yes, i really enjoyed that opening table in Vienna. Good company, good fun. Wished i could have stayed there for ever. What seat were you in? I was in about seat 6, I think. Nice guy to my left, then El Blondie, then Spanish or French hard case, then Trumper, then nutter as I recall. Hope you not the nutter......!

Any chance you can track down the chip count of Scott Bush, a buddy of mine? He's wearing a black pokerstars.com cap and a black shirt.

Much thanks.

Easycure

http://amomentwith.typepad.com/

Wouldn't that describe like 20% of the players? :D

Weird goings on. They have changed the entire Feature Table. The previous occupants - Greg Raymer, Tony G, the tennis player chappie, they all been chucked off, the whole table.

And in their place, they have put the Devilfish, Martin De Knijff, Anthony Lellouche table.

OK easycure, I'll try.

Only 150 guys wearing PokerStars hats.....

simon if you move the cursor to after the ] you will find that what your quoting is in purple and what your typing is normal

but welcome to the forum

What about Bushy? He's the one with his trousers half way down his arse, walking around in between hands, looking at everyone elses stacks, rubbing his right eye with the palm of his right hand !!!! lol

And instant action on the "new" feature table. Devilfish ALL-IN, with A-J, versus A-Q, so he's in deep, deep, trouble.....

Thanks!

Scott Bush looks like the picture Brad "Otis" Willis took of him and posted on:

http://europeanpokertour.blogspot.com/2005/03/monte-carlo-dinner-break-news.html

You should be able to find him easy now that you kow what he looks like in the picture.

Cheers!

Easycure

but a J on the flop, and another on the river, is enough to double up Mr Ulliott.

Great job as usual Tikay

Please say hi to Mel Lofthouse if you get a chance

come one tikay, you have left me in suspense, how many chips for Gus Hansen?

Bushy - about 11k. He has an AWFUL seat, with Gus  to his left. I think Gus has about 18k.

Bush is chuntering big time. "How can he have a hand every time?. Every time I R, he calls. It's ridiculous." Gary needs to calm down & wait, in my opinion. but who am I to say. I like Gary a lot, but he just needs to weather the storm. Who is this Hansen fella, anyway?

Hansen, the newbie, has about 18k now....

lol tikay simon,nutter then me ;D i got moved after about first level!!!! hope u ment the nutter 2 my right

Ariston 15k. Smokin Steve same. Simon Trumper 4k. He GRINDING big time.

KAPOW!

Just seen AA v KK.


Board came A-Q-J-T-9......!

Please, could you give me an update? :-)
Would you be so kind as to check out how are the guys from Austria (SANEJSTRA Joachim and POLLAK Martin) are doing?
Thanks :-*

Yup, got you now threekings. You no nutter........

In my humble opinion Bushy sometimes just tries to hard in these big events. If Hanson wants to rock and roll in every pot it should make it easier (in theory) for Bushy to pick his spot and double through ! One simple rule in comps JUST WIN THE HANDS YOU PLAY ! Simple eh ? ha ha

as a poker newbie can you explain how that is achieved? cuase i have tried to work it out but havent the foggeist idea how to do it

 ;Dt ty lol how about them norwegians pls may go check with baard dahl if he is still around

Did I just see that the Fantastic Mister Fox saying that he woke up about half an hour ago?

Jeez, Its a sign you don't work for a living, matey!!! :)

Any news on my buddy Rich Gryko, Tikay?

ps Great work as usual

yep according to THM forum he is away from thee tables posting as the pokerwhore

Give the Norwegians (ok, the Swedes as well) a big GO GO GO!

Btw, Tikay, read all about our pokerclub in newest edition of PokerEuropa, page 40.

ok, lets have some counts.

John Kabbaj - hat getting smaller by the minute - 18k.


Kevin O'Connell 15k

John Gale 18k

Joe Grech, 24k. (He had A flush over Q flush...).

Ben Grundy 15k

Mel Lofthouse 9k

Krill 11k - he lost a huge pot with his KK v Matey Boy's AK.

Marcel Luske 12k.

Simon Trumper 4k

Richard Gryko 6k

Ariston 14.5k

Burnley John 12k

Smokin Steve Vladar 11k.

Gary Bush 11k

Gus Hansen 20k

John Shipley 28k

Dave Colclough 12k

Julian Thew 10k.

Ross Boatman 9k

Tony Bloom 9k

Alan Betson 12k

Simon Nowab 18k

Noah Boeken 10k


Aye-up, biggie coming through....

Yes Mike I had a late night ::) thanks for your email did you get mine I sent you? and ironside what are you on about ??? ???

Ross & Tony Bloom clash. Board is summat like 6-5-8-J-T. Tony holds 6-5, 2 pair, Ross holds 66, set. Ross up to 20k, Tony Bloom OUT.

Blinds only 100-200, nearly 8 hours after we started. 156 runners left.

Cant find this Scott Bush fella. But he may be here somewhere - maybe he took his hat off!

Hey Tony did you say your got a touch of the flu? Cos you dont look to good on that photo you have , Ive got some lem sips here if you want I can send some over ? Keep it up your a trooper.. :P

Yes indeed Stu,

Message received and understood.

Next UK visit is for the Sunday 300 comp at the Grosvenor Vic on April 3rd, but I am hoping that you will be nicely occupied on the Final Table of the biggie on that particular afternoon.

Along with Junior, Blondie and Tikay, no doubt

Drinks at the bar afterwards on me ;)

Cant get the Staff! Sorry, I just found Julian Gardner, after denying he was here.......

He has about 18k, is sat to Martin De Knijff's left, on same table (feature/TV table) as Devilfish.

Sorry!

I appreciate you trying to find Scott Bush.......he may have got bumped. I heard he had 19,000 at last update (couple hours ago). Otis will know where he is if you know Otis.

Lots of Bush around there, you know.

This is the scott bush chappie tikay:

(http://pcaimages.pokerstars.com/mct1bush.jpg)

Steady on Stu, that photo was taken when I WAS well.....you should see me today. I look like a man of 50.

No probs, Julian could go all the way ! Another one with balls like cantilopes !!!

Scott Bush is part of the Yank invasion. Go Scott, represent us well!

Hi Tikay,
just back from a days trip to Glasgow I recognize that you kep up the good work (sorry about the satellite).
Saw some reports in the beginning about Bengt Sonnert and Daniel Larsson, are they still in?

When is the game over for tonight?

Tnx for response
Lassoo

Scott Bush is alive & well!

He has 19k or so.

He has Joe Grech to his right, Ben Grundy to his loeft, & Rob Hollinck to Ben's left.

We - oops, they (damn, me not playing...) are playing 5 levels today. There is 20 minutes left on level 4, then a 10 minute break, then a 90 minute level, then a chip count, THEN we get to bed....

Hey Tony your doing a great job I bet you cant wait to get into bed ,why dont you pull a sicky or does  blondie not give sick pay ?

Bengt Sonnett has 19k or so, & has promised me he will try & identify a few of the Scandies for me, or find someone who can.

Hi to Lassooo,

Thanks for the mail earlier. I will attempt to post updated odds on the Intertops website to win this Tournament as soon as possible, with a bit of help from the Champion Chip Counter Mr. Kendall :)

Regards,
Mike

wait a minute there must be more than 2 hours left or someone is going to have to get busy to get to 190k

tnx langboy, follow that with interest, incl the WSOP :D

Thanks for the Scott Bush update!!! His friends appreciate it!

Jeez, bad news - El Blondie OUT. Darent ask what haqppened, but last time I checked, he was down to 4k or so. He don't look ao well either - very pale........(cue jokes..)

hard lines blondie, goog luck Thewie

On the Fesature Table, Martin De Knijff, Julian Gardner, Anthony Lellouche, and Devilfish are slugging it out. No prisoners taken, it's bruising.

Willie Tann 11k. Dave Lloyd 13.5k. Luca Pagano 4k.

Right, a 15 minute break, then one final level, followed by chip count, & then bed.....

Ariston 6,400.

Smokin Steve 10k.

Thewy 9k. He steadied diown now.

Ben Grundy 11,500.

Mel Lofthouse 4k. She got the wrong end of AK v QQ.......

Can we get chip positions for ..... kirill
                        Trumper
                        Bushy
                        Marcel
                        Devil
                        Hanson
Thanks.

Simon Trumper OUT......

He battled all night, no cards, no luck.

Wow, big hand coming through.........and it looks like Carlo has predicted summat SPOT ON.........

doing a great job with the up-dates :D
if you get the chance tell Mel just to play HER game. She will be able to grind it all back

You are doing a great job! You're gonna sleep good tonight...!

Bushy clashes with Gus.

Early pos R to 200, Gary got 99 & just CALLS.

Hansen then makes it..... 2,800....!

Gary says he was CERTAIN that Hansen did not have a big hand - Hansen too good to bet so much. Bushy puts Hansen or AJ or 88.

Bushy bravely moves ALL-In, & puts his whole tourney on the line, trusting his judgement.

Hansen calls, and turns over..... 8-8.!

No drama - Bushy doubles through. Good Man!

This is just about what Carlo predicted would happen eventually.

OK Carlo. Trumper out, I just gave you Bushy, now I will try & suss Devilfish, Krill, Marcel, Hansen.

Dave Lloyd - 14,500. Good comeback.

Phew ! Does this mean I havent lost it after all ? ha ha

Don't forget the "other" Bushy (Scott Bushy). (If you got the time. Thanks!)

The "other" Bushy - Scott - has about 20k. He jiust took a nice pot with 66 v 33, on a 2-4-4-J-T board. Oppo had 33.

Jow Grech (25k) asked if I would write something nice about him......

OK. Err.....Hmm.....Well.......

Joe Grech is........well, nice.

Bad news - Rumit OUT.

He struggled the whole day. Some days it's not meant to be. He had TT, Matey Boy had JJ.

Hi tikay.

Some Scandinavian names/progress?
Eric Sagstrom
Martin de Knieff
Daniel Larsson
Bengt Sonnert
Legato (Bo Sehlstedt)

You have any figures on the size of the chipleaders stack?

Tnx

WOW - Barney Boatman has over 50k!

Hin Lassoo, have struggled wsith the Scandires today, but it will be better tomorrow when I have names. But I can start on your list......

Eric Sagstrom....OUT

Martin de Knijff 20k last time I looked, update shortly.

Bengt Sonnett 25k.

Martin Knopfer, Swedeish guy, blonde hair?, 35k.

Lets see if i can trace Larsson & Bo

Tnx for the excellent coverage.

Is Barney chipleader, or close to?

How many are left in the game? Playin to stay alive the first day, or any attempts to profit on safety thinkin?
Some words about the "temperature" around the tables?

hey all,

Is it possible to find out my friend Nathaneal kelley is fairing in monte carlo.  I have no way of knowing how he is doing and i havent been able to contact him at all. He qualified by FFP on pokerstars so this is really exciting for us, I just cant stand not knowing whats goin on.

great news about Barney.
He came to the Mel's Slough Palace for a game last week. And we all had a great time. Top bloke :)

Nathaneal Kelley - he is doing just GREAT, he has 20k!

He's having a ball.

Message form Nathaneal - he is on same table as Gus Hansen (who he?) & is having the poker day of his life. Great stuff.

Pascal Perault....OUT

Devilfish.....OUT

Martin Knapc, 38k.

Please can you see how Milky is doing.

Really enjoyed reading your updates- Thanks!

About 15 of us are haning on your every word. Keep up the great job.

Go Scott!

How much time left in the Level?

Willie Tann 13k

Luca 5k

Angel (WHUPC Champ)13k

Dave Lloyd 13k

Tony G 20k

Alan Betson 20k

Simon nowab 20k

Noah Boeken 8k

Kevin o'Connell 20k

John Kabbaj 14k

Joe Grech 28k

Scott Bush 20k

Ben Grundy 7k

Rob Hollinck 9k

Barney Boatman 57k

John Shipley - 38k - John looks imperious, cool, & super-focused.

Joe Beevers 6k

Thewy 13k

Ariston 9k

Burnley John 1,6--

Steve Vladar 5k

Big Os Mustangolu 20k

Bengt Sonnett 20k

Martin de Knijff 20k

Julian Gardner 20k

Anthony Lellouche 30k.

Great coverage Tikay. Any news on the smokin one?

28 minutes left before close of play.

Smoking Steve just had to put down a monster. Looks like he had KK against AA, or against a set of Queens. 5k now.

Willie Tqann 19.

Ben "Milky Bar Kid" Grundy 7k.

Scott Bush 20k. Scott just clashed with Joe Grech on a 7-8-9-9 board. Grech eventually passed, & Scott, after carefully selecting one of his two cards, showed a 7. Methinks he had more........

Pah! Joe Beevers OUT. Patrick Bruel busted him. Joe seemed to struggle with cards all night. Still, Barney MASSIVE......

wow  thanks much tikay

Thats all we talked about before he left.  Sitting down at the same table with a poker legend.   Thats the definition of a dream come true.  Thanks again for the update.  and of course good luck to my buddy Nate  lets hope the greatest poker day of his life turns into a few more days

Well Nathaneal sure had his dream come true - a whole day on a table with a real legend, the great Dane Gus Hansen. I hope he goes all the way - what a lovely thing that would be. Good luck to Nathaneal from all at blonde.

sitting on a table with a legend is when my dreams turn to nightmares but good luck nathaneal may you dreams stay pleasant

Only 10 minutes left or so! Wonder who's gonna prevail to Day 2!

Yup, 7 minutes left, game gone quiet now, as there is a complete table redraw tomorrow.

126 left.

Pah! Mel Lofthouse OUT! She had to move in with A-J, & she ran into AK - tough. No cards all day, but she did her best & had a ball.

Is it the case that at this late time nobody wants to make a big mistake because of the late hour?

I guess so Easycure. Live to fight another day.

Willie Tann 22K

Luca 6k

Tony G 22k

Davud lloyd 15k

Simon nowab 22k

Alan Betson 12k

John Kabaaj 15k

Ben Grundy b7k

Scott Bush 25k

Rob Hollinck 10k

David Benyamine 22k

Marcel Luske 16k

Gus Hansen 19k

Gary Bush 22k.

Ariston 6k

Steve Vladar 4k

Bo ? - Legato - OUT. And he's NOT, as I stated yesterday, a comedian, that's Ector. But Bo IS a mighty fine player.

Play finishes for the day in 30 seconds.

Right, we gonna try & get some chip counts for you now.

Super tikay :D
already lookin forward to tomorrows reports.
Gn

Good work Tikay, me off to my bed now, you are the star of the show. (I actually made a typo then a put "Tsar of the show", Freudian slip if ever there were one!)
Nighty Night

A final chip count of nathaneal kelley would be much appreciated,  and if you get the chance to tell him, say bags says "Nate kelley has done it here folks"(a reference to mike sexton on the wpt).  This site is great. thanks 10 times over tikay

Any news on Boaz Lavie the israeli Tikay ?
Tell Ben to get that chipstack moving!
Also what is that girl doing to you in the picture on the EPT Blog ?

haddad 13k
eugene catchalot(?) 14.3k
ken lennard 9.6k
atlani maurice25k
tony g 26k
david lloyd 2.5k
martin vallo 8.3k
kafelinov 5.5k
alan betson 13k
john wechar 1.7k
simon nowab 24k
noah 7.7k
abdullah abdulaizz 6k
michael lubba 9.7k
ovadia ofer 24k
brendaqn schaffer 28k
dan tierney 17k
willie 22k
peter chung 13.4k
carl yeborn 9.8k
markland elie 31k
luca 6k
angell blanco 9.6k
greg serjak 19k
justin bonomo 4k
martin seagull 3k
will clark 14k
geika nordunstein 12.5k
roland warz 6.1k
alex jacob 34k
danny ashman 37k
barney 43k!!!!!
mads andersen 33k
eric kohlman 16.2k
nethanel kelly 18.6k
sammy adkins 6.9k
bushy 19.3k!!!!
eric olberry 9k
ryan walters 19.6k
pebka salmi 16.8k
sergey suckhutin 6.2k
boaz lavie 6.5k
jan heitman 25.3k
declan barker 6.5k
pqatrick curzio 8k
michael abecassis 20k
eoughan o'dea 21.3k
john shipley 35k
peter gunneson 10k
robert cohen 15.3k
steve stolzmann 18.4k
feriolo roman 18k
vincent soklask 7.6k
brent wilder 39k
julian thew 12k
oz mustangalo 29k
macha knapc 41k
jonathon moy 14.3k
christian grundtrig 29k
bjorn arvidsson 3.5k
yousef massouedm 7.4k
Hong Iljon 8750
Golser Markus 36,900
Robert Mizrachi 35,050
Bolliger 5900
Patrick Bruel 40,300
Desmnd Portano 11,250
Gus Hansen 17,350
Joel Harwood 19,700
Niam McNamara 4300
Kirill Gerasimov 15,850
Brian jensen 12,150
Marcel Luske 15, 250
Jani Sointula 25325
Bill Edler 9625
Manriique Quesada 16175
Andrew Pichee 4125
Gavin Simms 24650
David Benyamine 41,200
Ravi Sharma 4425
Luis Jaikel 17225
Martin Wendt 7975
Isabelle Mercier 17550
Bengt Sonnert 24,175
Ben Sprengers 25,625
Xavier Laszez 11,550
Morten Bughjensen 32,400
Henrik Olsen 7700
Henry Terranova 18275
Andy Brown 15,025
Steve Vladar 5235
Mikhail Ustinov 21,100
Howard Chow 10,500
Harry Fitzpatrick 22,625
Matthew Figglestholer 16,075
Bruce Leech 4600
Russ Cawrey 3350
Eugene Katchakov 14,300
Haddad 13,075
Tobia Persson 20,750
Fanning 38,900
Peter Gould 12,700
Anthony lellouche 35,275
Jonathan Senn 31,275
Martin D'Knijff 16350
Julian Gardner 27,425
Tom Tuft 10,950
Jeff Aaron 2725
Kevin Seeger 33,075
John Kabbaj 18,800
Eric Koppel 12,00
K. O''Connel 10,750
Brandon Moran 20,400
Alex Sterie 48,950

great work tikay

quick question when are you putting up the chip leaders stacks or was i a little off at 190k

Hi Ironside - I assumed you were talking about TOMORROW night.........

if they are playing down to 8 tomorrow i want to know where all the missing chips are if the leader only had 190k of the 2 million

Cool stuff TK,
just read the lot thru starting at about 3.20am!!
come on ariston and milky i have a special interest in you 2!!
ian

Hi Ironside,

They play down to 27 today. So average at end of todays play will be around 80 or 85k at a guess. On Friday, they play down to 8 - so average a shade over 250,000.

OK Guys, we will start a new thread for Day 2 - let's call it, err, Monte Carlo Day 2.....

wicked coverage tony thanks mate... good luck julian

Tony i can only use one word to tell how good your live updates are WOW.

Good morning Tony, hope you are feeling better today.

Nice job yesterday.

What time do they kick off today ?

Good morning Tony, hope you are feeling better today.

Nice job yesterday.

What time do they kick off today ?

2pm local, 1pm UK, enjoy!

Who would your money be on, Tikay?

I will take John Shipley and Garry Bush (19k is a lot of chips for him after a day, can fold most things all day today!!) against the field!

I have had a "fun" investment on Bush, so all updates appreciated!

ok whose idea was it to make it a 4 day event without telling the fans

oops you did tell us but i was skim reading

lesson learnt

OK Ironside, so THAT's your excuse for being so far adrift on your estimated chip leader....wait till I tell El Blondie, he'll have some fun with you about that......

next you'll be telling me he only lost again because he was too busy laughing at my estimate