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OK, Day 2 in Monte Carlo is "moving day". 206 (or was it 211?) began the comp yesterday, 121 runners are left, and they will play today until just 27 players remain.

Chip counts are on the Day One thread.

A word of thanks at this moment to Brad "Otis" Willis, & Rolf Slotboom for the help they always give to blonde, but especially yesterday, when I was really quite unwell - thanks Guys.

So, who will be lording it over the others tonight? Well, this really reminds me of Copenhagen or The Vic, rather than Deauville or Vienna. I mean, no disrespect to those who finalled in the last 2 EPT's, but the Copenhagen & The Vic Finals had stunning quality players, there were not "push in & hope" merchants. And Day two here in Monte Carlo has some players who are an absolute delight to watch.

I don't think I know the Chip Leader Alexander Stevic, but i certainly know the second chip, one Barney Boatman. He has the game, but he seemed to catch a lot of good fortune yesterday - flopping top set against AA twice - and these things always even out over time.

David Benyamine in third place could easily go all the way, & the money wont faze him, he plays in the huge cash game at thr Aviation in Paris.

John Fanning in 7th is an interesting character. I assume this is the same guy who plays on PokerStars as "FANNING", & has a sorta blue batman motif as his pic. He has the ability to be seriously lairy, & I have received more verbal abuse than enough from him online, but maybe "live" he is all gentle jesus.


Andreas Harnemo is in 8th, perhaps making a fool of me for suggesting tbat "pushing all-in" is not the way to go. I thought Andreas - lovely guy, by the way - was pushing his luck in Vienna with all-ins, but he is in great shape here too.

I really don't mean to be critical of these guys - jeez, I'd swap positions with 'em - but I do prefer to see a little subtlety rather than the "who has the biggest balls" stuff.

And talking of subtlety, in 11th place is John Shipley, who is looking imperious. This guy has a game to die for, & some of the online qualifiers needed medical treatment for trauma after The Ship gave them his trademark staredowns yesterday. He looked magnifique!

And right behind him is another "proper" player, Anthony Lellouche. No shove-em in stuff with Anthony either, but it's in your face irritating little raises, hand after hand after hand. Lovely to watch, awful to  play against.

Mads Anderson - not to be confused with "YYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" Matthias Anderson - is in good shape, ditto Big Os Mustangulo. Deauville hero Brendon Schaeffer is in good shape again.

Then we have two more genuinely World-Class players, in Julian Gardner & Tony G. No introduction needed with them two!

America's Scott Bush is in OK shape, sitting with similar sized stacks as Bengt Sonnett, Simon Nowab, & betfair's Willie Tann.

With stacks in the mid teens we have an awesome group, which includes Gary Bush - what a torrid time he had yesterday, sat the wrong side of Gus Hansen - John Kabbaj, who somehow pushed his opponent off AA with 55....! , Joe Grech, Isabelle Mercier, sitting quietly twirling chips in both hands, Gus Hansen, & Martin De Knijff. And just behind are Krill, & Thewy. Jeez, some real players there, eh?


Betson is just fine with 13k, as is Achilleas with 11k+.

Kevin O'Connell, David Lloyd, Rob Hollinck, Angel Blanco and one Marcel Luske are all around 10k, & with blinds at 150-300, on a 90 minute clock, that's plenty.

Noah struggled all day, but 7k is enough for him to get out of trouble. Noah has a beautiful game, make no mistake.

Luca Pagano battled all day, & is still in with a chance with around 6k, as is Ben Grundy - plenty chips earlier, but struggled the rest of the day against a real quality table, & Steve Vladar, who lost a lot of chips when he made a huge (but correct) pass with KK.

So what a field is left in - I cant wait for this baby to run it's course, this truly could be Europes best ever Tourney.

OK, before ending this mini-preview, an "ahh" story. Young Nathaneal Kelley qualified on PokerStars FPP's, and just hoped that he'd get to sit with a "name" yesterday. Well, he sat all day with Gus Hansen & Gary Bush, & what's more, ended the day with more chips than both of them. He looks like he's about 14 years old, Baseball Cap on askance - I'd LOVE this well-mannered American lad to do well.

Play starts at 2pm Local - 1pm UK.

Enjoy!

Hope your feeling better today Tony.

Looking forward to your reports, second day and forwards tight feeling - really lookin forward to that
but have to do some office hours  :( before attending your reports from the battle  :D.

cu later

Okay Guys,

I have loaded the updated betting onto the Intertops Website, if anybody wants to have a bet.

Thanks once again to Tikay for unparallelled coverage in the face of adversity. (This Central European flu bug has hit everyone here in Austria, I am not surprised you picked up the sniffs in Vienna).

Here's looking forward to an exciting Day Two. I will keep the betting open for as long as possible i.e. Until Tikay says "The Cards are in the air!"

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

Regards,
Mike

Hi Tony.
Giving you an update from a Swedish site, giving some clues about the Monte Carlo chipleader.

The recently formed professional "TEAM MARTINSPOKER" info, Some other of them are in your result list from yesterday as well.

Christer Johansson
Bengt Sonnert
Daniel Larsson
Ken Lennaard
Martin de Knijff
Tobias Persson
Alex Stevic
Cecilia Nordenstam
William Thorson
Bo Sehlstedt

Take care

by the way I advertised about you on hat site so you may get som additional vistors this afternoon from Sweden ;)

I'd love to hear updates for two players that seemed to make some waves yesterday:
 Brandon Moran, and Daniel Tierney.

Thank you Lassoo. We have new tables & seat allocations today, so I hope I can identify some of our Scandinavian friends today - I let the Scandies down yesterday, as I did not know many of their names, & my buddy Henning Gradstad is not here. But now I have seat numbers, I can identify the guys.

And I have found Eric Mistereggen - see next post!

Eric Mistereggen, 10,100 chips, he's in seat 3, table 3. He has John Shipley on his table.

Todays opening Feature (TV) Table is table 6, & includes Gus Hansen, Ariston (Russ Cawley), Mads Anderson, Scott Bush, Krill. Easy peasy, eh.......

Players taking their seats now, gladitorial music playing - pa papa pa pa paaaaaa - & Thomas is doing his intro bit, so cards in the air in a minute or so.....

Is Nate Kelley amongst the legends again this morning?

OK, we are OFF.........

Blinds 150-300, running antes 25, 90 minute clock.....

Young Nathaneal is on Table 7, seat 8.

Tough to his right - Ben Grundy is seat 6, Joe Grech - VERY experienced, but a gentleman who weill put Nathaneal at ease - is in seat 7.

Hi TK

Great job despite the flu. Please can you let all back home know about the progress of The Great Tann, Bengt Sonnert and Ariston.

Rolandinho

OK, a few technical problems here, but resolved now. Your requested update imminent, I gather Willie has been in a big hand.....

Our son, Andrew Pichee, is 20 and from US... he's short-stacked and said he'll need good cards right away to stay in today. This is his first "live" poker so we're excited for him... any updates would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Modas, just give me a few moments, & I will try & find yoir pride & joy.

We are on Tenterhooks about Willie!....

Willie Tann - bad news, I am afraid.....

He got all-in with QQ, & ran into KK.

Tough eh?

But guess what flopped........?

Willie Tann 44k now, whahoo!

Modad - Andrew has moved from his  starting table, so I am struggling to find him. How old is he, I need to try & identify him?

Nathaneal had a prob, his JJ ran into KK, & he is down to about 9k. He seemed despondent, but i told him "no prob, PLENTY of time, he can still do the business if he does not panic.

Tikay - Andrew is 20... yesterday he wore a STL Cardinals hat.  Not sure about today... Thanks for trying!

Ben Grundy had a problem too. Short stacked, he made a stand with 3-3, & ran into JJ. Tough luck Ben - till the 3 flopped, hehe.

Ben doubles up!

Bengt Sonnett, 24k.

Ariston - Russ Cawley - OUT. Pah!

Does KK ever beat QQ in Monte Carlo ?

does anybody go into a key hand ahead and win the pot in this event?

I know you are only reporting the "come from behind" winners Tikay!

More bad news. Thewy OUT

He bled down to 7k, & was on same table as Kevin O'Connell, who was dabbling in a lot of pots. Thewy fate was sealed when he hit top pair with J-T on a J high flop - Kevin had J-K.....

Dammit. We will try & get a word with him in a mo,when he's stopped steaming.

Am still searching for young Andrew Pichee. I keep asking young lads "are you Andrew?",........

Hi tony, send my best to jt ,i hope you are feeling better today matey

Thanks for trying to find Andrew Tikay... all your hard work is much appreciated.  I'm off to work now (8am in US).  I'll talk with him later.  Thanks again... it's been great fun reading your reports!

BIG technical probs here, but got a major update for you now......

Tell JT not to worry he has plenty more winning days a head of him.

John Shipley 39k

Joe Grech, 30k

Anthony Lellouche 30k

Ben Grundy 14k

Marcel Luske 21k

Willie Tann 44k

More.....

Hope you're feeling better today Tony. Nice work and keep those chip counts coming...

David Bennyamine 40k

Isobel Merciere 35k - she doubled up with KK v QQ. She has her hair in little pigtail sort of things today. A real fashion icon is Isobel.

Thank you Joe!

More chip counts...

Gus Hansen 20k

Pretty Lady in Martins Poker Room gear - 16k

Barney Boatman (not pretty - not at ALL pretty) 33k

Brandon SWchaeffer 45k

Nathaneal Kelley 10k

Alan Betson 15k

Kevin O'Connell - 33k. PLEASE dont piss 'em away Kev.......


Tony G, 25k

Luca - grinding like a hero - 8k

Garry Bush please Tikay! (probably about 500 away from where he started the day.....)

Gary Bush - GREAT read, TightEnd - he has 19k. And he began the day with......?

19k.... ;D ;D ;D ;D

You couldn't make it up!!

Achillies Kallakis has DOUBLED up. If he's the guy I think he is, thats a bit of luck, he needs the money.....

i told you keving is gonna win this thing and as the last of my 3 to follow he better

News about Eirik Mistereggen is much appreciated! Thanks!

hi tikay

great work !! any news on dave Clayton burnley John or Simon

grinding like a hero......

sounds very much like you Tony ;D

I cannot believe my boy Scott Bush is on the TV table!!!

My Lord, how is he doing? Has he taken Gus down yet?

Great job Tikay your dedication will pay off.

I'm very surprised nobody as tipped Robert Mizrachi (Winner of main event in Amsterdam last year.) Brother of Michael Mizrachi recent winner of LA Poker Classic in
the Commerce CA $ 1.8m also last Dec won big event at the Bellagio 5 Diamond Event.

He hangs around with Noah Boeken, both Noah and Michael will admit Robert is the better player, aggression + brilliant maths brain + all round game + no silly mistakes.

I know he's a " Cheiftan Tank " but how's he doing ...... go on tell me he's out .... after all of the above.

Dave Clayton - OUT

Burnley John Falconer - OUT

Simon Nowab - he was in good shape overnight, I will check his progress in a mo. He WILL still be in, he had 19k or so last night, & they were nailed to the felt.

Robert Mizrachi - WOW, I'll have a look for you shortly.

They are on a short break right now, so you'll have to wait a while......

If you can update how many are left that would be great.
Otis said it was hot in there. Is it? How you holding up?

then blind raise? What level now?

Simon - I was robbed.

I wont bore u with another bad beat story, until I see you that is!

Nothing wrong with bad beat stories....come on - drop it on us.

Barney Update!

Went down to 15k today - he lost a large pot to lovely Isobel. Barney had 5-7 hearts, flopped the up & down str8 flush, & made the flush, but Isobel caught her fully.

But....Barney then outplayed Patrick Bruel, with 9-T v ??, on a board of rag=rag=9=Q=rag, & is back up to.....

50k!

dave, who was the lucky bastard

Easycure & Lassoo. They have just started again, so I will do Scott Bush's count in a mo, but in answer to your questions.....

92 runners left, blinds 200-400, antes 50.

They play down to 27 today.

Yes, it's mega warm in here, & I feel doggo, but the trick is not to give in to it.

Scott Bush on the TV table - doing just grand against a table of newbies. Krill, Gus Hansen, John Kabbaj, French heart-throb Patrick Bruel......

dave you were robbed????

i had you down in my tricast for $500 prize along with mika and pascal last week what happened? how did you let that guy with a girls name sneak in?

Yeah come on Dave, you know its normally a fiver to listen to your bad beat stories i will only charge 2 quid as everything is suppposed to be cheaper on the net (whoever said that cant a poker player eh) lol

Dont tell ariston about the discount for badbeat stories cos he will use all the bandwidth up

Unlucky mate see you saturday.

Tikay and Robert Mizrachi ..... Just to let the Horse Racing fans know JP McManus just had a  150k bet on Baracouda at 6/4 now 5/4

Tony can you tell us how many are left and the blind levels please? thanks

Mr Beevers, are you talking to me yet ?

Tony,
we do not want any "bad beats" in the heat but continued health reports.
Take care

Mizrachi - he's in great shape with about 44k. El Blondie says he fancies him to go all the way"....what THAT mean, one has to wonder......

Joe Beevers - right, you are next. 90 left, blinds 200-400, antes 50, 1 hour & 5 mins left at this level.

Thanks Tikay, yes so do I..... 44k He will be a threat.

Wye aye man...of course...make mine a warm one!

Getting much sleep these days? ;D

bot sure if he is talking to you but he did a great impression

whats the blinds again ?

lol

DRAMA.

Keviin O'Connell just raised with a premium hand - 3-4 (suited...). Flop came 4-4-K, & some poor hapless & unsuspecting soul was sitting on what HE thought was a monster with K-J.

Result - we have a new chip leader with about 65k.....Kevin O'Connell

Tony how is Barney and mr tann doing.

That's great to know ! Sleep ? What the hell is that ? I used to do it many moons ago.... but not anymore my boy !!! But I wouldn't change it for the world !

Barney Boatman 55k

Willie Tann 35k

David Lloyd 5.5k

Kevin O'Connell 68k

Anthony Lellouche 82k - probably chip leader by a good way.

Hold up - shock news about Gary Bush.....

shock news about gary he played a hand?

go kevin go

Bush on the attack!

After starting the day with 19k nearly 3 hours ago, Gary's non-stop aggression has paid off, and he's running over his table now.

Gary Bush - 20,350.

Ben Grundy just put his JJ down pre-flop in the face of some particularly aggressive R & RR-ing.

All the chips went in, & Ben was delighted he had passed his puny JJ when he saw KK & AA, wow, dodged TWO bullets there.

Oh yeah - the flop was 7-7-J.......

AAAAARRRGGGHHHHHH

Anything on Americans:

Dan Tierney (outsted  Italian Luca Pagano yesterday)

Brandon Moran (came in fith in recently televised event from the US, semed like a heady player on TV)

In/Out list maybe?  any info greatly appreciated.

Zip

Hows about a little Nate Kelley update before i go out for the day.

Nate Kelly - give me a mo, I'll go & see him.

Any news on the "Viking raids" Tony?
Bengt and the gang?

Otis at http://europeanpokertour.blogspot.com/ is reporting:

The story of the featured table so far has been Scott Bush. The PokerStars.com Frequent Player Point qualifier came to the table with just more than 22,000 in chips. While he rarely plays weakly, I expected him to shrink a bit in the face of Gus Hansen. Again, I'm learning to stop expecting things. Bush did the exact opposite, raising and re-raising Hansen at almost every opportunity. Only once in the first level did I see Bush lay down a hand to a Hansen bet, and that was to a check-raise on a raggedy board. On the last hand of the last level, Bush showed down queens on a jack-high board for another big win. Bush is now nearing 40,000 in chips with the blinds at 300/600/75.

Go Scottttay!

Thanks for that Easycure.....

The Cream Rises to the Top....

Julian Gardner 65k.

This is coming to the boil NICELY......

Nathaneal Kelley. When we last visited he had ran into a big hand -JJ v KK I think, & he was a bit dejected. I gave him a bit of a pep talk, & hey presto, next thing I hear, he was down to 6k......

But now he has.....da-dada da da da daaaaaaaaa

22k.

Great Stuff from the young man. He won't forget this tourney in a hurry. I told him he should be aiming to return amongst the Final 27 tomorrow - it IS realistic.

great stuff as usual Tony. You probably don't have time to flip to the front page of the forum so for your info there are 79 people hanging on you r evry word at the minute and I'm sure many others dipping in and out.

No problem Tikay!
How many players are left? How long before the next break?

84 left. 14 minutes to next break.

And some HOT Scandie news on the way......

We have a new chip leader - Andreas Harmeno, 90K....!

Ariston - what the hell you doing on our Forum - I thought you were here??!!

Luca Pagano OUT.

I really am disappointed about that, because even though he's Italian, he has fought really hard for 2 days.

Lets hope he comes to Dublin, wheer he'd be a popular visitor.

Nice job Tony - funkkkkkkkkkkkkkkking for The Whacker!

Anders is HOT!!!!!!!

is he wearing a line in the felt with his ALL IN! manouvres?

'Even though hes Italian'.......And just what is that surposed to mean eh eh ?

Unlucky Luca. - An Italian with a cool temprament! - don't see them every day!

Thanks for the update on Mistereggen. This site has been great for us who's interested in the EPT :)
Could you check up on Mr. Mistereggen and see if he's still around?

Marcus Gossler has 60k plus, looks like he has relieved Tony G of some.......

He is at same table as the lovely, pig-tailed Isobel, who also has 60k. Kevin O'Connell has dropped a few, & is down to 44k. That table is HOT.....

Oops, forgot Eric Mistereggen - give me a few moments please......

lol,
seem to start a cultural discussion, very interesting.

Awaiting next move lol.

Tikay I do believe you have a crush on Ms Mercier, or an unhealthy fixation with pigtails! ::)

I cannot deny that I think Isobel is a fascinating character. Nothing to do with the pig-tails, I am just fascinated by her. She is edgy, has attitude, & gives one hell of a staredown. Oh yeah, & you should see her twirl chips......

Hows Mr Betson doing ?

Soon a break? Could you pls get an update on Bengt S ;)

WOW ! Nobody mentioned Marcus Gossler before now. This guy is a great cash action player, great presence at the table. Doesnt play a great number of comps however with chips he has a great shot. One thing is for sure, he wont 'blow up'.

Please tell him I said hi, Tikay if you get the chance. cheers.

They are on break right now, so chip counts for Mr Betson & Mr Mistereggen will have to wait a few moments.......

Hi Carlo,

Well I don't know Marcus, but his wonderfulness has just returned (El Blondie), he been sulking since yesterday's exit - told me that Marcus is the man to watch.

Apparently he's German. What IS the world coming to? Italians,Germans, French........

Whatever happened to the Empire?

Tikay, please see personal message sent to you.

Yeah.....BOLLOCKS !!!!

Steady on Carlo, we are all buddies here, PokerinEurope, Hendon Mob, & little ol blonde.

Is J.Kabbaj still in ?

The compromises one makes for a quiet life !

 ;)

great work Tikay.  any word on John Gale and Smokin'Steve?

Poor Barney just came a purler. He's still OK, but he could well have had a LOT more chips.

He's holding A-Q clubs, Matey Boy K-T clubs, yep, this looks juicy.......

Flop is 7-J-Q, the 7 & J both clubs. Juicier & juicier.

There's a blank on the turn, & THE ultimate horror card on the River - the A of Diamonds. Ayya!

Nice one Karabiner, defused that nicely......

John Gale....OUT

Smokin Steve....OUT

Hope I dont trigger the same bad luck as the last reques did, but is Bengt Sonnert still there Tony?

http://europeanpokertour.blogspot.com/

has another update with a lot of the leading chip counts.

See you tomorrow.

zip

John Kabbaj - 26k. He MUST be due some cards soon.

BETS ON ?

next time you see kevin ask him if he needs a map


its been that long since he has made it this deep into a tourny he has proberly forgotten the way

Gary Bush OUT...

He had QQ on a 9 high flop. All the chips went in, geezer turned over KK. A Q hits the river, but gives matey boy a four flush. Bushy looks gutted. He shook the fellas hand "well played mate" & trotted off.

STill Hunting for Betson - Any sign ?

Tikay

Can i request a price on Matey Boy to make the final table? He seems to win loads of big pots..

hi TK,

Not so good tema nottingham here back in sunny notts.

Went on tilt with easyjet!!!

Can you give us a general chip count for who matters,
yoyo,tann,nowab the rest

I cant find Alan Betson anywhere......... I fancy he must have gone a while back......

LMAO

Bushy is kicking himself, he thinks he shoiuld have passed on the flop. Nonsense I said, but he's gutted. Send him a few nice words please guys. He's done his best, & provided blonde readers with loads of fun at his expense. He deserves some thanks.

True, that bloody Matey Boy does me every time.......If not him, it's his mate, Mr Lairy.

John Kabbaj & Gus Hansen, the newbie (that's just for JBSC7769) clash big time. All the chips go in on a flop of QJx. John has KJ, Gus has AQ.

John is OUT, Gus doubles through, & has that killer look in his eyes now.

Sorry Guys, I have at last found Bengt Sonnert - on the rail. He's been out an hour or so I gather.

Bengt Sonnert - OUT

Not to nag you, but I guess Mistereggen is out too?

tough luck Bushy!
Made the right play - although does sound a bit cavalier for him! QQ on a 9 high flop!

tell him to go enter the 1000 tonight and mash em up!

Mistereggen - no, I am NOT saying he is out, I just dont know what he looks like, & I cant find anyone who knows him. Don't despair, I have not forgotten, I just dont know him.

Mistereggen, first names Cadbury's- Cream

Oh. Brown, half-long hair, not that high and probably playing with something that says "Expekt".

Hows Martin de Knijff doing, if he is still there now I fancy him to make the final.

Brandon Schaeffer is up to 80k now, this is HOTTING UP.......

Martin de Knijff - who seems to have lost a little weight, he looks very trim & fit, is now 50k+.....

How many left Tkay?

Oh, forgot to mention that Mistereggen is 20 years old, so don't go looking for some old guy ;)

And John Shipley, after treading water all day, has found his stride again, & is up to 40k. A rumour suggestrs he actually smiled 10 minutes ago - that IS bad news for his oppos.....That will be the sadistic "I'm gonna GET YOU" typa smile........

Junior, 64 left, blinds 300-600, antes 75. They have to get down to 24 today, so a LOT of play left yet. 20 mins left at this level.....

tnx tikay, I suspected that whe u were so quiet.

Who do you fancy Tikay?(apart from Isabelle-that much is obvious)

will you cut it out i just had to pick myself off the floor after falling out my chair laughing

Has Isabelle left a special message for me yet Tikay? - i keep waiting!

was that sarcasm Ironside? :o

Willie Tann in action.

He has 4 to the nut flush, & two overcards to the flop, & our friend Matey Bpoy sets him all-in with 9-9.....

Well, Willie aint standing for THAT, looks at the geezer, says "are yoiu mad?" & calls. He hits & now has 75k.....

Junior - get in the queue.

so matey boy finally loses a pot and is down to 1.2 million?

And young Nathaneal is having the day of his poker life. He is still on the TV table, & has just doubled up. He was ahead on the turn, & looked like he was going to faint whilst awaiting the river. Pacing up & down, the colour left his face, & the TV Director says "want some water Kid?". Biut it was his opponent - none other than Matey Boy - who needed water, as the boy hung on. He was ECSTATIC, but not Matthias Anderson style - just a young boy struggling to hide his emotions on the biggest day of his life. I guess the hard cases will laugh, but I found it quite touching, this young boy come all the way from America after qualifying on a FPP tourney. He looks about 12, Baseball cap on sideways, & he sure dont shave yet. Awesome stuff. Magical. Stuff the cynics, this is just lovely.

61 left, 4 minutes left at this level, then it starts to pinch a bit - 400-800, with a 100 running ante.

nope i actually thought it was funny

i just told my folks it at the dinner table they didnt even laugh


man am i twisted?

Leave Mr Hansen alone, i thought you would be in a better mood now you have claimed the number one "top posting member" crown again, you were just a jealous bitter old man! Sorry, that was uncalled for, I didnt mean, bitter, sorry, I didnt mean Old, No, hold on.....damn.....

How's Scott Bush doing? Update, if you could.

THanks!

Thanks Ironside, it wasnt bad, was it.

Tikay I have seen 25's on you getting a dinner date with Isabelle.
Gryko 16's.

Dinner Break now, 90 minutes, I will try & find how Scott is.

Pah, that Gryko so young & handsome.........

Right, some chip counts at the dinner break. This is brewing up into a stonker......

Joe Grech 47k

John Shipley 27k

Anthony Lellouche 60k

Julian Gardner 90k

Gus Hansen 50k

Ben Grundy 38k. Ben is sat to the immediate LEFT of Gus - a perfect seat for the MilkyBarKid. Eh, JBSC?

Martin De Knijff 50k

Marcel Luske 50k

Rob Hollinck, 90k

Willie Tann 50k

Isobel Mercier 47k

Tony G 18k

Kevin O'Connell 50k

Barney Boatman 10k

Marcus, the German Gentleman, 55k.

Eirik Mistereggen is the guy who took out Luca Pagiano, for your information. As mentioned before, he probably wearing a shirt and a cap saying "Expekt" or "Team Expekt" or something!

Read this here: http://europeanpokertour.blogspot.com/

Swedish apocolypse--Dinner break chip counts
How it happened is almost impossible to say. I'm not sure we'll ever hear the full story.

Andreas Harnemo, the man who held a comfortable chip lead just one hour ago...

has lost it all.

All. He's gone.

As the players get ready to head to dinner, here are some chip numbers to tide you over.

Brandon Schaefer: 80K+
Anthony Kellouche: 70K+
Willie Tann: 70K
Robert Mizrachi: 50K+
Isabelle Mercier: 50K+
Julian Gardner: 55K+
Scott Bush: 50K+
Jan H. 45K+
Ben Sprengers: 45K
Gus Hansen: 40K

posted by Brad "Otis" Willis at 7:05 PM

Which one is matey boy ?

Is he the one who went out ?

Can ya let me know how Brent Wilder is doing? he was in 6th yesterday.

Thanks

Bit of a discrpency between Tikay and Easycure's chip counts! - anyone would think i was there counting em!
what's the correct official figures? - i am taking Tikay's word!

Otis' chip counts are probably guesstimates. Either way, always go with Tikay, this is his site. I'm just trying to augment the information. Otis at http://www.eptblog.com/ is writing for the EPT and at the tournament as is Tikay. I'm in Washington State and just watching both websites.

Ok Tikay, Here is a story for you......Acouple of years ago I went with Marcel and Kirill to Barden to play the big 7-card stud comp. At about 3am one morning I was about to go back to my hotel after a couple of hours playing cash, when standing chatting to Aces Trumper (note the witnesses) ISABELLE came up and started to chat, She made me an offer I simply couldn't refuse, and 10 minutes later we are back in her hotel room with soft music and a nice bottle of wine.

      WHAT HAPPENED NEXT ????

you lost a heads-up match???

someone bought out a pack of cards and you lost most of your bankroll?

Well Otis is sat next to me, & has been tremendously helpful. I will check those chip counts once the guys return from Dinner Break. I guess it's "evens of two" as to who has got them most right - or wrong!

For those of you at home, the method we used last week & this week is "joint" collection & sharing of information, then we each post our own "spin" on our own site. So, last night, Brad Otis Willis, Rolf Slotboom & myself worked as a team to gather the chip counts, then put them on our respective sites in our own style. Generally speaking, that's the way it works. As an example of this, I don't believe Matey Boy has been mentioned on the EPT Blog, which Brad compiles, but he's definitely here.......

Hi Tikay.  Found young Andrew Pichee at the dinner break... and he's still alive in the tournament.  He said he's at table 1 and wearing a suit (who knew... we can't get him to shave at home).  If you could update us on our "pride and joy" we'd be most appreciative.  Thanks again for all your hard work.

Of course, please tell Otis I said hello.
You both are doing a fantastic job. There are lots of people watching, and as poker continues to grow, you guys are going to get really popular.

Thanks Tikay, I agree with all others that you're doing a fabulous job. BTW, the guy who busted out Andreas seems to be the chip leader now with almost 100,000. His name is Mikhail Ustinov. And again man, thanks for all the co-operation; I really appreciate it.

Rolf Slotboom
www.rolfslotboom.com

(now doing the blog for Poker Pages)  

Well I found young Andrew Pichee - he's having a ball! He's got a smart suit & tie on, & has a BIG smile on his face. Not many chips - maybe 10k - but so what, he's done just great, whatever happens.

If only I could find Mr Eggenberger!

For Carlo:

The cork had broken when she tried to remove it from the bottle,
and she required your expertise (as I was not there) to remove the obstacle.

just phone reception ask to speak to the eggman and wait for the reception to take the phone to him

The eggman is there as is That French Guy who looks like The Walrus.

Googoogachoo

Well, young Andreas Harmeno, joint hero of Vienna, & up amongst the leaders here until a little while ago, is OUT. He had a HUGE stack. I guess if you tank 'em all in often enough, eventually you gonna get caught.

Bloody Hell, and I thought you would never guess.......CORRECT, she broke ot the cards, took 200 quid of me heads up and sent me on my way !!!!!!! I let her win really ! Honest. lol

OK, updated counts as of 2 mins ago.....

Kevin O'Connell 47k

Barney Boatman 12k

Tony G 20k

Isobel 40k

Marcus, the German Gentleman, 52k

Willie Tann 62k

Rob Hollinck 65k

Andrew Pichee 5k

Marcel 48k

Gus Hansen 40k

Ben Grundy 35k

Martin De Knijff 50k

Julian Gardner 90k

John Shipley 20k

Anthony Lellouche 60k

Joe Grech 47k

I will try & suss Scott Bush now - he is on the TV table.

Any chance of an up date on Marcus and Kirill

wasnt hard carlo think i am the only guy in britain that hasnt taken some bankroll off you

but then again not many people i have taken bankroll off some there could be a problem


HOUSTON

Phew, that was a relief Carlo. My finger was poised over the DELETE button for a few moments.

Great line up with Marcel, Willie, Gus, Julian and Tony G still there

I think Martin de Knijff may win it, i have a feeling he will go far...

Martin is awsome!

Any news one Mr. Mistereggen, the Team Expekt-guy?

I will stick with my original two....Willie or Gus to take it !

Ah, Mr Mistereggen. I'll find him if it kills me.

Krill 14k

Erik Colman 10k

Robert Cohen 10k

Kevin O'Connell 24k

Andrew Pichee 7k

Barney Boatman 15k

Gus Hansen 40k

Tony G 20k

Martin De Knijff 50k

CHANGE OF PLAN

Thomas Kremser tells me that the original plan to play down to 24 or 27 tonight has been abandoned. It will be 24/27 OR two levels after Dinner. We are 35 minutes into the first level after dinner, so basically we have 2 and a half hours play to go, and there are 55 runners left.

Anybody care to take a guess at how many players will still be in when we finish for the night?

There will be 32 players left......my guess

To do that we need chip count of every player ! So jump to it my boy !!! ha ha ha

Ok.... Shot in the dark.........41

Ahh, another change of plan. Following Carlo's uncharacteristically clever riposte, the "how many left tonight" comp has now closed.....

I'll be pleased when next week comes, & Carlo starts getting out & about. He's a LOT easier to handle at the table.

"Put the clock on Mr Citrone please".

 

54 left, two & a quarter hours to go.....

YEEEEHAAAA ! COME AND GET IT SON !!!

Carlo, you are way adrift on your estimate. It will be LOWER than your figure of 41.

OK? OK!

29

Good guess Ironside - a LOT nearer the mark than that nice Mr Citrone chappie.

its a good job my poker is not as good as my predicitions have been for the past week or you guys would be in trouble in 2 weeks times

Some sad news; Mistereggen has just been eaten. Noone knows who by but people are suspecting the portly World Champions. The Camel has asked for it to be known he did not travel for this event.

Tikay thinks Mistereggen weighs 8lb, Otis says 6lb. Ironside wants to bet that its 7.5.

so if 40000 is about average now, who has the big stacks at the moment??

Tikay, you would know because you know the bloody chip counts ! AND WE DON'T... ;-)

Simon Nowab was just telling me the story of his exit. He had built up to 40k, then.....

In the BB, he finds QQ, but runs into KK. NEXT hand, in the SB, he finds AK, & runs into....AA.

What can a man do?

Hehe, Mr Citrone backing out now? That nice Mr Ironside has exactly the same info.......

(Note to Self - PurLEASE dont be on same table as Carlo next week in Dublin...).

My guess of 32 could well be spot on.
Any Scott Bush updates? Is he alive and kicking? Has he eaten Gus Hansen for lunch?

Hard to get info right now. This evenings 600 Euro jobbie is on break, so all the players are stood around sweating the big boys.

Once the 600 restarts, we should be ok.....

That was the exit of Eirik Mistereggen?

41 IS THE FIGURE. God I can't wait for next week... Please God put me on Tikays table and I will never touch a cigarette again. lol

Its now Misteregg en Chips!!! Yep Mistereggen doubles through. We thought he was boiled with JJ when his opponent who had AQ scrambled a Q on the flop but our man poached a flush and doubled thru (inevitable it was against matey boy who Mistereggen cracked).

never mind the Mr Ironside

only MR Ironside i know is wolf in star trek TNG are you saying i look like a klingon

ok i'll let you off

41. Forty One? FORTY ONE!!??

The boy Citrone jests........

Dublin. Same table.

One & three quarter hours left, still 52 left in.

Oops........

Andrew Pichee update? Is he still in? Friends and family here in US curious.

Also, how many still left overall?

blinds are about to double there is always a rush of players go out just after blinds go up as peoples stacks become shallower

Hey Tikay  Hows my boy Nate Kelly doing. Is he doubling up his stack on any more one-outers.

Andrew Pichee - yup, still hanging in there - he got 10k.

Thats better - a load of players just busted out.

Down to, err, 51 now........

Tikay,

can u provide...

a tip of someone is nailed on for the final ( a bok for sure)

a tip of  someone who you think wont make it (reverese bok and u cant choose a tiny stack)

i can provide a host of names that wont make the final table

el blondie
devilfish
andrea (the girl that won last week)
need i go on?

Rolandinho, I'll come back to that shortly, but first......

John Shipley.....OUT

He finds AA, two limpers in front of him, he R'd, Matey Boy behind moves all-in, the 2 limpers pass. Matey Boy turns over 22. Original limper says "Oh, I passed a 2...".

And the rest, as they say, is history.

has matey boy ever won anything i can't find him in the database

Nate Kelly still sat on the TV table. He just took a beat, his face was a picture of dejection, but it'll serve him well, & he's still in there fighting.

Matey Boy? Well, he's omnipotent.

Is Ben still in?

have you told him about vigra i hear good storys about it

I'm sorry to nag you guys, but all this fine British humour goes way over my head.

Is Mr. Mistereggen out or not? If not, what does his stack look like?

 :)

Nate Kelly 10k. He's gutted that the BB just called him with K-8, when Nate had moved in with K-3, but he still has 10k.

tikay hasnt found him yet he is looking for someone that knows who he is

http://www.pokerpages.com/blog/index.php?itemid=201

Down to 48!

I'm sorry to nag you guys, but all this fine British humour goes way over my head.

His stack looks oval and has a yellow centre  ;D

Got it :)  ;D

Is Scott Bush still in the running?

GOT HIM

Have located Mr Eggenberger. He has 23,700 chips. Phew.....

48 left, 90 minutes still to play.

We have found something that looks like Mistereggen at http://www.pokerpages.com/blog/index.php?itemid=201
It's update nr. 16, we can see his backhead and his screener ;D

Just told Whacker Bush that Carlo had estimated 41 remaining at close of play.

Gary nearly fell off chair with laughter - "how much he wanna bet? he says....

OK, comp just restarted, I'll have a wander & see who's got what......

Mr. Eggenberger? You mean Mr. Mistereggen?

i am wondering how it was so hard to spot him surely his shell gave him away

sorryu to drive you amd again tikay just talkin to dave g on the phone can you give me an update on julein gardner fantastic repoting today.....

Yes, Mr Whatyoujustsaid.

Cant help but think I am having my leg lifted here. Mister Misteregger? But whatever his name is, he's got 23,700.

Chip counts going into final level of the day
Beginning the 600/1200/100 level, the final of the day, with 48 players remaining, here are some of the chip leaders:

Romain Feriolo: 100K
Rob Hollink: 95K
Mikail Ustinov: 82K+
Scott Bush: 80K+
Willie Tann: 80K
John Fanning: 78K
Martin Knape: 75K+
Brandon Schaefer: 70K+
Jan H. 70K+
Robert Mizrachi: 68K+
Julian Gardner: 65K+
Gus Hansen: 60K
Isabelle Mercier: 50K+
Kevin Seeger: 50K
Anthony Lellouche: 48K+

posted by Brad "Otis" Willis at 10:31 PM 

Ray - Scott's got 80,000+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Preedin

For future reference: His name is Eirik Mistereggen. You might call him Mr. Mistereggen if you want, and yes, its quite funny (the Mister Mister-thingy!

Thanks to Brad for those numbers.

Julian Gardner seems to have about 80k, but it's hard to tell exactly, his chips are stacked all higgly-piggly.

Martin de Knijff is to his immediate left, & has about the same.

OK so I get it now.

Mateyboy is the famous French player M.Eastereggen !

The riddle is solved.

Tikay is Ben Grundy still in, I haven't seen his name crop up for a while ?

eggenchips

Unfricking believable . . . go BUSH!!!!

Tikay,
I hope you don't mind be cross-posting Brad's numbers.....if I'm breaking some type of code of conduct or ettiquite, please let me know.

EZ Preedin

Thanks for your hard work tikay - we truly appreciate it! :)

An ode to the egg
by Rolandinho

Mistereggen made a bad call
He had no cards so he went with Ace 4
Matey had K8 and the flop came King Ten
And Eggie must build up all over again.

Ben Grundy has 37k, & is sitting nice & quiet.

Nice poem there...chipcount for Eastereggen?

No prob Easycure, I am grateful. It's so crowded here now, it's difficult to move around.

Deauville Hero Brandon Schaeffer seems to be going well with about 80k.

Eric Mistereggen has 21,100 exactly.

mistereggen is kharnage right? ???

Barney Boatman told me an interesting story at the break.

He began the last level at 8k, & ended it at 23k. He went through the entire 90 minute level only showing a hand once, & somehow run his stack up to 33k. Bravo Barney!

Is Marcus Gossler Still there ? If so how is he doing please.

mistereggen is kharnage, right". What does THAT mean - I thought we'd sorted him?

hehe..was referring to his online nickname

Does Mr MrEggen have a sponsor? Is it express diary?

Marcus Gossler has 39k

There are 46 runners left. That's only FIVE more than 41......

Roland: are you at the casino?

He's playing for Expekt.com

Mistereggen won his buyin through Expekt.com, a site on the Prima-network.

That was SOME school you went to Tikay.

dont rub it in carlo you know that they didnt do new fangly things like sums when tikay was young enough to goto school

Has the final 600/1200/100 level begun?

But they still had Pebbles and twigs lol

yeah but some idiot used them to invent fire

Hehe, Mr Citrone starting to get tetchy I see.....

We are on the 600-1,200 level, 100 antes, and there are 45 minutes left.

There are 45 players left.......

And where was this info when I REALLY NEEDED IT ! ;-)

how many hands an hour are these guys playing 5? it certainly isnt anywhere near 20-25 you would expect

hooray at last someone with a little poker sense !!!  lol

Come on then Tikay as you are the man with the info (who's keeping it to himself) how many do you think will be left? ;-)

ah thats whats happening they are all doing their carlo impressions


CLOCK

hum

fold


CLOCK


hum


fold


CLOCK



hum

fold

Well BOO FU%&ING HOO !!! lol

What you going to do Tikay? Wait until there is 2 mins left on the clock to give us a number?

Wow, BEAUTY Ironside, caught the Geordie Boy right between the eyes.....

But it is a bit worrying that tthe game has slowed up so much.

We seem to have 42 left, with 30 minutes still to go. Carlo's dead in the water.

The Mistereggen fan club wants a chipcount!

come on carlo you know tikays a rock wait till he has a cert before commiting a chip as teh last hand is dealt he will let you know his guestimate

You see that Carlo?

How's our lad Mistereggen keeping up?

BOLLOCKS !!!

One thing is for sure it aint going to be 29 !!

Is Scott Bush still in the running?

How about that Scott Bush fellas? You guys like the new Bushy?

Nathaneal 8k.

Eggenberger 38k (ish)

Barney Boatman 36k

Is Kirill still in ?

pint says its closer to 29 than 41

Andrew Pichee???

It will be close.

Krill is OUT.

The "clock" says there are 38 left, but it's hard to check, so many folks on the rail.

There is only 7 mins left, so once play has stopped, we will get ALL the Chip Counts.

Goooo Eggie!
If you can get in a word, say hi from us.

so are you saying your matching the bet or not dont put it off to you know the result

CLOCK

You guys seem to miss the fact I guessed 32

One minute left, then we will be able to get you guys some accurate chip counts.

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:01:39 -0600
Down to 39

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EPT Update No. 26

Good news for the Dutch: Rob Hollink has moved into the chip lead! He is holding about 120,000 in chips now, after finding aces in the blig blind, with the small blind moving in on him. The Chief is playing very strong. Don't forget that at the start of this day he was down to just 10,000, and that his table draw was far from easy with Willie Tann in his back, someone who is very willing to get involved in pots with Rob, especially in position. Both Kirill Gerasimov and Tony G. are out, and we're down to 39 players. In about 10 minutes, we will be playing the last hand of the night, and I will try to have the final chip counts ready for you as soon as possible.

Rolf Slotboom's Poker Blog

http://www.pokerpages.com/blog/index.php?itemid=201

That's where that update came from.

No word on Bush yet?

Bush got reelected last november!

Thanks Easycure!

Ben Grundy finished the day with about 37k.

We can do the chip counts shortly.

what is not even midnight and these lightwieghts are finished
most games in teh uk are just finishing the rebuy period

i give up

OK, the chip counts are finished, & are just being typed up.

Chip Leader seems to be Kevin Seeger, with 147,100.....

Scott Bush 95,800
Anthony Lellouche 57,100
Julian Gardner 98,800
Martin D'Knjiff (sp?) 56,100
Martin from Copenhanegen 73,100
Harry Fitzpatrick 38,900
Brandon Schaefer 36,000
Kevin Seeger 147,100
Ben Grundy 37,600
Ryan Walters 26,400
Isabelle Mercier 70,000
Eugene Katchalov 54,400
Steve Stolzmann 27,800
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz 40,100
Marcel Luske 19,300
Howard Chow 11,800
Jonathon Senn 32,700
Micheael Luber 48,700
Rob Hollink 139,500
Connell? 63200
Joseph Grech 14,000
Willie Tann 78,100
John Fanning 58,000
Romain Ferilio 103,100
Markus Golser 45,400
Alexander Stevic 66,500
Robert Mizrachi 117,500
Mikhail Ustinov 70,900
Martin Knape 70,800
Morten Jensen 26,100
Jani Sointula 79,900
Gus Hansen 23,00
Barny Boatman 34,300
Nate Kelly 6,600
Declan Barker 38,200
Ben Sprengers 45,100
Eric Misterzegger 40,600
Henry Terranova 11,700

does anyone happen to know how many places are paid out?

27 I believe.

OK, here are the Overnight Chip Counts at the End of Day two here in Monte Carlo. Our thanks to Brad Otis Wiliis, who compiles the EPTblog for compiling these numbers, & passing them to blonde. Thanks also to Rolf Slotboom & Joe Beevers for help throughout the day.

Scott Bush 95,800
Anthony Lellouche 57,100
Julian Gardner 98,800
Martin De Knijff, 56,100
Martin from Copenhanegen 73,100
Harry Fitzpatrick 38,900
Brandon Schaefer 36,000
Kevin Seeger 147,100
Ben Grundy 37,600
Ryan Walters 26,400
Isabelle Mercier 70,000
Eugene Katchalov 54,400
Steve Stolzmann 27,800
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz 40,100
Marcel Luske 19,300
Howard Chow 11,800
Jonathon Senn 32,700
Micheael Luber 48,700
Rob Hollink 139,500
Kevin O'Connell 63200
Joseph Grech 14,000
Willie Tann 78,100
John Fanning 58,000
Romain Ferilio 103,100
Markus Golser 45,400
Alexander Stevic 66,500
Robert Mizrachi 117,500
Mikhail Ustinov 70,900
Martin Knape 70,800
Morten Jensen 26,100
Jani Sointula 79,900
Gus Hansen 23,00
Barny Boatman 34,300
Nate Kelly 6,600
Declan Barker 38,200
Ben Sprengers 45,100
Eric Misterzegger 40,600
Henry Terranova 11,700


Play starts on Friday at 2pm. Rolf Slotboom is trying to sort the seat & table allocations for Friday, if so, we will have these shortly.

Good work tikay, thanks for the updates.
Hope you are feeling better
S

Wd Tikay, good reporting as always. Make sure your blonde, young and beautiful companion won't get bothered by the soon-to-be drunk and abnoxious poker players...

Brilliant job, Tikay. Tell Scott Bush he's getting huge attention at home!

Tell him we are sweatin' him from Western Washington!!!

great work tikay et al. just registered to expresss my appreciation.
 ;D

Thanks Guys, & thanks to Brad Willis & Rolf Slotboom.

The 'flu is worse, but hopefully will be a little better tomorrow.

...and just to prove that bookies work til late as well.

Betting is now re-opened for the Tourney with Intertops at http://www.intertops.com/sportsbook/cgi-win-2/itwww.exe?

If I have mis-spelt any names, I humbly apologise.

Sleep well everyone, we can look forward to another day of thrills and spills tomorrow.... Well done Tikay. Keep taking the Beechams :)

Good reporting Tony. Get those LEM-SIPS down yer throat....pass my good wishes onto Milky bar kid (Ben G)...cheers

Cheers to anyone who has been wishing me luck.........

I am going to give it my best shot today.

Ben

good luck Ben. You say you are going to give it your best shot. I thought you would give your third best..

Bravo Tikay !!
 
Excellent read cant wait for todays play ..

You beat me to it Ronaldinho.

I was gonna say that you shouldn't bother straining yourself Ben. It's only a small tournie, hardly worth the effort!!

Also wanted to say thanks for the coverage Tikay, doing a great job there. Looking forward to meeting some of you at the upcoming festivals in London and Luton.

Can I also mention that I've now got a blog up and running, which I hope you will agree contains a lot more poker content than this "pokerwhore" clown, link available to it on my profile.

Cheers

Tikay, new thread for Day 3?

Yes - New Thread, give me a minute........

no new thread please lets keep this one open as to not lose all the mister men and mister egg jokes


ps how is matey boy doing and can we get a bio please

Can I get a chip count on Scott Bush?

Thanks Tikay . . .

Chip counts???

21st--John Fanning, USA
22nd--Martin DeKnijff, Sweden
23rd--Barny Boatman, G.B.
24th--Declan Barker (Hitecdeck), Ireland(PokerStars.com cash qualifier)
25th--Harry Fitzpatrick (Surrey Rock), (PokerStars.com cash qualifier)
26th--Ben Sprengers (-BBJ-), USA (PokerStars.com cash qualifier)
27th--Ryan Walters (bbaced), Canada, (PokerStars.com Frequent Player Point qualifier)

try asking on the day 3 thread


http://www.blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=117.135