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Bonjour!

Morning!

Hi!

Welcome to Day Three.

Let's begin with a list, & Full Chip Counts, of the last 12 players.

Hi mate

wishing you a stress free and calm day.

 :respect: :respect: :respect:

Morning tikay, just caught up on day 2 and now day three starts, sheesh. Off to earn a crust, good luck.

Tony G - 1,066,000 - Table 1, Seat 4

Phil Ivey - 1,062,000 - Table 1, Seat 6

Marc Goodwin - 631,000 Table 2, Seat 6

Jean Jacques Ghebali - 466,000 - Table 2, Seat 5

Richard Herbert - 408,000 - Table 1, Seat 3

Erik Sagstrom - 399,000 - Table 1, Seat 5

Bengt Sonnert - 332,000 - Table 2, Seat 3

James Kenna - 318,000 - Table 2, Seat 1

Sargon Ruhu - 274,000 - Table 2, Seat 4

Paul Jackson - 270,000 - Table 2, Seat 2

Haralabos Voulgaris - 195,000 - Table 1, Seat 1

Chris Ferguson - 186,000 - Table 1, Seat 2

morning

Morning, Morning. Yes, we expect yet another stress-free day at the office.......

Now, if any of you at home could do me a favour, I'd REALLY appreciate it, as I'm solo here at the moment, & I have loads of "scene-setting" to do. Can someone "re-sort" the players into Table & Seat Order please? Thank you!

The plan now - and the players are just taking their seats - is to play down to SIX players. The Final will be Wednesday (tomorrow) at 5pm Local.

supposed to be working hard today but Angie will keep me updated. Massive thanks to Tikay, Jen and DC for yesterdays updates.

Haralabos Voulgaris - 195,000 - Table 1, Seat 1

Chris Ferguson - 186,000 - Table 1, Seat 2

Richard Herbert - 408,000 - Table 1, Seat 3

Tony G - 1,066,000 - Table 1, Seat 4

Erik Sagstrom - 399,000 - Table 1, Seat 5

Phil Ivey - 1,062,000 - Table 1, Seat 6

There is also a "Consolation Tournament" today, the winner of which gets a "Golden Ticket" as the SEVENTH player in tomorrows's Final. He will take 10 Big Blinds to the Final. Not much, butt you never know, & that "Golden Seat" is worth a MINIMUM of $100,000.

James Kenna - 318,000 - Table 2, Seat 1

Paul Jackson - 270,000 - Table 2, Seat 2

Bengt Sonnert - 332,000 - Table 2, Seat 3

Sargon Ruhu - 274,000 - Table 2, Seat 4

Jean Jacques Ghebali - 466,000 - Table 2, Seat 5

Marc Goodwin - 631,000 Table 2, Seat 6

Thank you Davey!

Now, it's "Shuffle p & Deal"....!

Good Luck strumm and AJ, what are blinds starting at tikay?

your welcome -

is it true a pint of lager in mote carlo costs about a tenner?

Morning Tikay, are we getting updates from the consolation tournament. Or have we decided that the fishes that all got knocked out earlier aren't really worth it, hey no 2nd chances in the 30 pound freezeout at notts. Do these lot think they are good or something. :D

Yoor reporters today?

Well, we sent Jen to bed last night, she was still unwel, & we told her to stay in bed until she was better. So I don't expect to see her today. But then again, maybe we will, she has a very strong sense of responsibility.

Dave? He had a tough day yesterday, don't think he's ever done a full days Live Updating! But we left here at 0100, then played a few SNG's on the yacht until around 5am this morning. (We only live once, eh?). Anyway, Dave is playing the Consolation Tourney in 4 hours time, so I don't want him "working" today.

So it looks like you are stuck with the 'ol fella. Old, maybe, but I still got stamina, eh?

Blinds are 3,000 - 6,000, Antes 1,000, & there are 12 minutes remaining of this 90 minute level.

Bear in mind we are playing two six-handed tables, so them there blinds whizz round mighty quick! Can't sit quietly today, eh? Unless your name is Phil Ivey & Tony G, both of whom will, I'm sure, keep out of the way & keep their powder dry until the Final tomorrow.

Note, by the way, that Phil & Tony have around 35%+ of the chips in play. (Approx).

Great News! Text just in from Jen......

"I just woke up, I feel much better, as expected. On my way when suitably dressed etc...".

That's GREAT news for you at home, she does the job properly. I have to tell you, she really was most unwell yesterday.

Right, that's set the scene, now let's get down to business.

Morning Your Kayness - two tables six handed?

You can do those with a hand tied behind your back and whilst sipping tea with the other hand :)

Just do what you can, enjoy it, cause then we enjoy it :)  

We want colour, and lots of it :)

Heid
xx
PS Glad you are feeling better Jen (we'll get proper updates now!)

A pint of lager costs a tenner here, asks Davey? You wish. A LOT more I reckon.

As soon as Jen arrives, we will start the pics, now we've sorted some of the techy issues that arose late yesterday.

Winner - $1,000,000

2nd $600,000

3rd $325,000

4th $250,000

5th $175,000

6th $100,000

7th $100,000 (Golden Ticket Guaranteed)

The other 7th - $53,000

8th $50,000

9th $35,000

10th - $35,000

11th $25,000

12th $25,000

The Free Entry Consolation Tourney has Prize Money of $167,000, including a seat at the Final Table & a MINIMUM $100,000.

Blinds just gone up - 4,000 - 8,000, antes 1,000. 90 minutes.

Do those who finish from 12th to 7th get an entry into the consolation golden ticket tournament?

"2% of the Prize Pool withheld for Dealers & Staff". says the fact sheet, but I don't know if that's before or after the figures I have listed.

I'm playing a £10 multi.

Should I keep you updated on here?  :D

Morning Tikay

Do you ever sleep ?

As you know I follow nearly all these live updates and I believe this one has been the best yet, very slick (whatever that means).

Good luck to everybody in today's event, especially 'Spillano' if he turns up.

Thanks

tikay who was your money on before the start of the tournament and whos ya money on now to winnit

Correct, they do. And a warm welcome to blonde Sir. Or Madam.

Phil Ivey truly is an amazing player of the game,

Id give my right leg to see him and Stu Ungar heads up.

Cheers for updates Tikay keep em coming

What about an arm?

Good Morning all, fantastic site, great to keep up with the action.

Good Luck To AJ and Strummer

Question 1 - Dave Colclough

Question 2 - See previous answer

Wouldent it be weird if he busted out first time round, won the Golden Ticket, then won the comp "proper"?

Dogg,

id give anything!!!

Molrning Bob, & thank you. And everyone else. Your comments are much appreciated.

Tikay - if I'd known you were short handed I'd have been on the next plane - anything to drink up the poker atmosphere - and see the yacht!!!  damm that Jenn for recovering so quickly.  8)

I have been asked to pop across to the Casino de Monte Carlo to ensure we have adequate facilities for tomorrow's Final. Be back in 5 minutes.

morning taxi.....how exciting is this?

morning meds, top site, you could learn a lot  ;)

dont worry, I am

ever the entrepeneur-good man, regards to the family

any hands of note so far

Nice one AJ and Strummer - please pass on best wishes

Tony 1hr play and not one post about one hand bring back DC .

lol yeah whats going on???

can we hear about sargon and how he upped his way from 41st (at the close of Day 1) to 9th (at the close of Day 2)?

forget the hands - what abot the rub downs?

 ;karabiner; ;ifm;
ok i'll do it myself  :redcard:

Sorry Jim, point noted......

OK, whilst we were over at the Casino de Monte Carlo, we lost TWO players.

Haralabos Voulgaris is OUT

Sargon Ruhu is OUT

!0 left.

Tikay has had to step out for a few mins to check out facilities elsewhere for the final.

Here's some light entertainment while we wait :)

Bless you Heid!

Jen is here now, phew! So I can pop across to the tables & see what chip movements have taken place.

well forget about this one now...

snoopy

How many chips has Eric Sagstrom got?? p.s db do some work

I watched sargon for most of yesterday. He was never involved in any huge pots at all. he just played continual steady poker. No risks. he must be very happy with the way he played and very disappointed with his exit. i was impressed.

Yes, I am back here now after receiving word this morning that they were playing today instead of having a 'rest day' while the Consolation Tournament happens... (I told everyone they'd never get down to six in two days!) so your chip counts will be up in a matter of minutes.

what work?

Good morning Tk , hope the day runs smoothly for you and good luck to all those still in xx


Also good luck Mr C  :)up

Marc Goodwin is up to...........900,000.....!

Jen is at the tables now, getting the Chip Counts. A big - well, slow - hand is goling off betwen Kenna in Seat 1 & ActionJack in seat 2.

It's over now, and ActionJack now has......400,000.

The day has begun WELL!

Chip counts from the non-feature table (well, it's got a big crowd around it and some TV cameras so it's pretty featured too, to be honest):

James Kenna    320k
Paul Jackson     410k
Bengt Sonnert  320k
Jean-Jacques Ghebali  340k
Marc Goodwin   900k

We have no access to the TV Table, so chip counts are not easy, but I'm gonna try & see what those guys are up to.

Jen has kinda snuck up to the TV Table to assess the approx counts, & they will be with you shortly.

Cmon Team-BadBeat!!! ActionJack and Strummer, doing us proud lads, bring home the caviar!!

Sorry, no approaching of the TV area until the break, at which point we'll get the accurate numbers.  But after a series of hand signals have passed between Tony and Tony, we have a rough idea of the stacks:

Tony G    900k
Chris Ferguson  220k
Richard Herbert  470k
Erik Sagstrom  280k
Phil Ivey   1 mil

Kenna James, Seat 1 on the "non TV Table" is a loud, brash, American gentleman, with a big, wide-brimmed cowboy hat. He's LOUD. Not trash talk, but LOUD, bla bla bla, non-stop. Bit of a character. Comments on every action by every player, "you sure you wanna do that?", "you called $60k in a million buck tourney with A-2?", "I got your numbers guys". Nothing offensive, but seriously loud & brash. Typical American? Absolutely not. Pic to follow.

Ask and you shall be given welcome back Jen.

Good morning all.

Glad to hear you're feeling better Jen.

Good luck to "the perv" (Actionjack)  ::)

just caught up with the best updates yet! fantastic effort everyone at blonde. good luck to the Brits and goodluck el blondie in the golden ticket tourney....very good idea this consolation tourney (from a spectator point of view anyway) and am very intrigued to see how the winner progresses with the short stack. cheers. tom

Thanks very much!  I have heard of at least three counts of food poisoning among the players which makes me feel like part of a team... much better now and thanks to Barny Boatman who gave me a banana, despite there being no others available in the breakfast room as I was still a bit shaky. 

making work bearable this....keep the great work coming guys benn a top thread already....and and any update on the consolation would be great too.

reminds me of charlie and the chocolate factory golden ticket..

asks for the stars might get the moon :)up

what's marc sporting today?

Here's Kenna James - he's the one with the hat.

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Chris Ferguson has the majority of his stack taken by Strummer (Richard Herbert) in a blind vs blind hand.  Chris raised in the small blind (40k), called by Strummer.  The flop involves a Jack, a 9 and a rag.  The betting goes: small bet from Jesus, raise -->100k from Strummer, flat call.
The turn brought another 9; Ferguson checked and passed to Strummer's all-in, leaving him just a bowl of rice...

Morning thewy! Marc? USA Poker shirt, pin striped-suit, Armani After Shave, Kakvin Klein boxers.

Can you buy me in for Walsall on Thursday please?

Big hand on here - Chris Ferguson ALL-IN v Eric Sagstrom!

yes master

And Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson is eliminated in 10th place:

He made a stand with  Ac 7c against Erik Sagstrom's  Qc Tc, and with both an Ace and a Queen on the flop it was looking good for the double up, but the river (it can be so cruel) brought the second Queen to knock out the only other hat-wearer in the final two tables.

So, 9 left, & next place pays $35,000.

Don't forget, we play down to SIX today.

Tony G now has 1,200,000.

There is a break in 5 minutes, at which point we will get full chip counts for ALL the players.

Love the updates! Makes work almost bearable!  :D Keep up the good work and go AJ and Strummer!

Richmagpies

I thought you were staying off the net for a week?
shame on the puppy!!

I do apologise for the lack of hand details in the first hour, it's just a bit heavy doing this solo. Especially if you are a one-finger typist, & there's the 12 players to list, seat allocations, prize money, scene setting, da de da de da. And I overlaid.....

Nemesis, are you implying Tikay has gone mouldy?

yes

i suspect its a green ready break glow!!!...either that or he`s lettin odour out :D

Counts of the final nine:

Tony G      1,190,000
Phil Ivey    1,000,000
Marc Goodwin  728,000
Richard Herbert  650,000
James Kenna   550,000
Bengt Sonnert  455,000
Paul Jackson   440,000
Erik Sagstrom  305,000
Jean-Jacques Ghebali  180,000

Tony might be the time to do what you are best at manage and be the front man.

You not wrong Jim. We have 2 more Updaters waiting in the wings, & they will be on board soon. But they have to be paid, see......

OK, play has restarted. Blinds are 6k - 12k, Ante 2k. 9 players left.

Slight correctionette:

The TV table is actually at a slight slant (tilt, perhaps?) meaning that estimates are off by a bit, and we've had a more precise count done by those who are allowed to touch the precious chips:

Tony G      1,179,000
Phil Ivey    1,187,000
Marc Goodwin  728,000
Richard Herbert  640,000
James Kenna   488,000
Bengt Sonnert  460,000
Paul Jackson   435,000
Erik Sagstrom  303,000
Jean-Jacques Ghebali  180,000

I am sure William Hill can see the way forward.

Here's Chris Ferguson, shortly after busting out. A lovely man - truly.

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hi all  :hello:

If I bring my own chips, can I play?

He's still got "spank me" eyes.

Phil Ivey, during the break, aaked Jen for some advice on how to play AK in mid position. Jen's having none of it. "Coaches in the Car Park".

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Marc Goodwin takes a 50k pot off ActionJack with a strongly-played 7 9 in the small blind.  He bet the river on what he probably considered a bluff (with a pair of 7s only) and was called by Paul with Ace high!  Bengt Sonnert goes, "I like the play with 79 from the small blind!" and Marc says, "You know who taught it me?" Pointing at ActionJack...

lol

Tell Jenn I have copyright on that pose- I last used it just before the series in Vegas ;)

I have to say that I had no idea that was being taken... yikes.

Hi Snoopy - you could come and play, but if you wanted to play like the final nine you'd have to mainly pass, with the occasional outrageous bluff (Rich 'Strummer' maintains that his hand was K8 when he pushed all-in against Ferguson that time).

Richard Herbert takes another big pot, this time off Tony G, who called 40k preflop, 110k on the flop only to pass on the turn when Richard went all-in for nearly half a mil...  So that's twice in an hour.  Sorry no more detail, but he's on the old TV table.

Here's Mr Cool. And, as it happens, he HAS got Calvin Klein boxers on - he showed us!



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I should book a flight then - ariston can vouch that my playing style sounds perfect for that  :D

if u get a chance in next break ask strummer if my live tips email helped!

By dint of hand signals from Tony G at the "out of bounds" TV Table, he tells me he's down to 700k.

Kenna James seems to like trying to wind up short-stacked Frenchman Jean-Jacques Ghebali.  It appears that earlier JJ called a sizeable raise of Mr. James' with a four in his hand and he's been loath to let him forget it, saying things like. "Oh, so you've got an eight?  No, of course you raise; if you want to call 60k with a four, what are you going to do with an EIGHT?"  He's never rude, exactly, but I wouldn't be surprised if they get involved in a pot rather soon.

Kenna James, the Cowboy Hat man, gives the players tips, advice & gentle rubdowns during & after EVERY hand, even those he is not involved in, he's some character, & he's seriously loud. But I chatted with him during the break, & he's a big softy-wofty. "How's it going tikay, they looking after you OK, you see ActionJack make that play with 9-7, you want anything?". He really is very nice off the table, maybe his on-table antics are just intended to induce tilt. But ActionJack & Marc Goodwin are not biting, they are both cool. ActionJack was down to the felt with 15 players left, but he's right back in it now. He COULD win it, believe me. But presumably, he has to pay a hefty % of his winnings to Bad Beat.

Jean Jacques is in trouble now - he has around 100k. Marc Goodwin seems to be hovering around 800k.

Here's a high-class Railbird, WPT winner Martin De Knijfe. Martin owns a lovely Poker Club in Stockholm, as well as having a major interest in "Martin's Room", an internet cardroom.

When I went to Stockholm last year, he met me at the club, took me to dinner, booked my hotel room, & generally looked after me big time. Then he invited me to his cash-game........

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Hi Ruru, look after Ariston in Aussie, just find a better go-kart track!

Just to put Jean-Jacques low stack into perspective, blinds at 6k - 12k, & a running ante of 2k are bad enough, but his table is FIVE handed, so his stack is burning away fast. He has 70k now.

The other table, the TV jobbie, is FOUR handed! As they began at 8 & 9 handed on Sunday, & reduced to 6 handed after Day oOne, they cant all go on one table now. Tough game sometimes.

Prynhawn Da i bawb (good afters everyone), must agree Tikay and Jen  - best yet, thank you   *g *g *g *g *g




And snoppy,go and do some work your a proffesional now  :)up

Fascinating hand news now - wherein Paul 'ActionJack' Jackson takes a huge part of Kenna James' stack.  In the blinds, they both saw the  Kc Tc  Jh flop, and the  6s turn.  There was already a pile of red chips in the middle, then Kenna moved 150k in on the turn, which, after a while, Paul flat called. 
The river:  Js.  Now Kenna James checks, and Paul bets just 40k.  There's another lengthy think, as he talks himself (eventually) out of calling: "You have a full house?" "Value bet," Paul says, nodding.  "I had K 10...."

OMG the go karts meds.... track was fine its just they brought out the slow cars for us and wouldnt let us near the real beasts- if you add the fact that is was about a million degrees in the middle of a desert and I hadn't eaten or slept for over 24 hours I was not a happy bunny. Taxi back to the bellagio and a nice meal later I nearly came back out lol.

So, when it gets down to seven left, they can't go on one table, so there'll be one table with 4 players, and another with 3, putting the shortstack on the 3 handed table at a disadvantage.

Then, when the final comes, it'll be one seven-handed table!

You'd have thought they'd have considered this beforehand and set it so that 7 players went through, with Charlie Bucket joining them to make a final table of 8.

Super short stack Jean-Jacques gets a much needed double up with pocket nines against Bengt Sonnert's  Jd 9d, and then Erik Sagstrom did the same against Tony G with  Ac Qh against  Ad 2d (for Tony).  But somehow Erik had dwindled to about 100k and is only on about the same chips now as Ghebali.

Good point Andrew.

The players are gathering now for the Consolation Tourney, due to begin in 45 minutes. I may be wrong here, but i don't THINK they can start it until the Main Event is down to 6. The Big Noises are starting to fret, in case we don't lose the necessary 3 players in 45 minutes.

they must have to wait for the other bustee

I just spoke to Matt Savage - The Consolation Tourney starts ON TIME in 40 minutes, whether or not we are down to 6 by then. So those that are still in the biggie, but then bust out & take their seat in the Consol Jobbie, will be blinded away. Serves 'em right for doing so well.....

how could he have a full boat on that flop? not understanding that one...???

I totally agree Andrew - all tournaments should have an odd-numbered final (not counting any Golden Ticketees) for exactly that reason, keeping the playing field level... but in any case there is no sign of anyone about to disappear, as all the short-stacked all-ins seem to get their double throughs.

Counts from the visitable table:

Kenna James    430,000
ActionJack       620,000
Bengt Sonnert  340,000
Jean-Jacques Ghebali  170,000
Marc Goodwin    715,000

looks like it's decending into farce

Jules........... I think he was taking the pith

Yes, that Kenna James/AJ hand: the  5h is meant to be a  Jh, which I am going to go back and edit for the benefit of later readers, but I also wanted to apologise for the typo - thanks for pointing it out...

Well, not exactly "farce" ifm, but yes, not ideal. But maybe we WILL lose the necessary 3 players in the next 40 minutes. Well, it's 40 minutes MINUS a 15 minute "between level" break, so only 25 mins in truth. And poor Jean-Jacques needs to get lucky, that's for sure. Eric Sagstrom was all-in a few mins ago too against Tony G, Tony with A2, Erik with AQ, so it seems to be "push time".....

The players looking to be Consoled are gathering like stormclouds and I am beginning to wonder whether we'll be moved to the (apparently palatial) Casino de Monte Carlo when they begin seating, or just into the hallway.

Take no notice of Harwith Jen - he's a law student who one day will persuade a jury that OJ Simpson was innocent so getting a full house out of that lot won't be a problem! Jules get back to studying or I will stop paying my taxes loooool

I refer to the unbalanced tables, very unfair on the shorties

Forget about Tim Jen he's in a mid life crisis! Rumour has it he lives out of his new convertible bmw and wears Oakleys everywhere while smoking 20 cigars and drinkin 3 bottles of white lightning a day....ps work is for fannies tim! i didnt come to bristol to work.....just pay ur taxes and let me get pissed every night!

Tim................. bad news for you m8........... I'm coming to Norwich

Anyway, off to work best of luck to the brits (even the yam yam).

eh what happened to tallinn or is that micky?

excellent work with the updates guys, it looks a very interesting final 9!

Nice one Micky - beers are on Jules! Common the AJ and Strummer

I am Here

Before the break, at the last minute Erik Sagstrom is all-in with K7, against Tony G's AQ...

Flop: 7 10 8
Turn: J
River: 2

So the short stack survives again and we'll be back with accurate counts after this 15 minute break.

Full counts for you:

TV table:

Phil Ivey         1,890,000
Eric Sagstrom     453,000
Tony G             155,000
Richard Herbert  843,000

Table Two:

Kenna James                405,000
ActionJack Paul Jackson  734,000
Bengt Sonnert              297,000
Jean-Jacques Ghabeli     126,000
Marc Goodwin               714,000

Just dropping by to say good luck to Andreas Barstad in the consolidation event.

By the way, SverreS asked me to say hello from him.

Geez... what happened to Tony G's comfortable lead? Bad luck or bad play?

A series of unsuccessful clashes have disposed of most of Tony G's chips, leaving him as one of the shortest stacks.  Today has been Phil Ivey's afternoon, as he's gone from strength to strength, with few announced all-in style pots.  The badbeat boys lie in second and third in chips, with Paul Jackson especially having put in a good performance, having started the day with under 300k

Jean-Jacques Ghebali gets it all-in and wins again!  He held  Td 9h against  Qh Jc. 
Flop (looking bad for JJ):  Ac Kh 4s
Turn:  The one and only (well, one of three)  9c
River:   Ad

It is impossible to destroy the short stacks!  Meanwhile the Consolation players are being herded into the other chambre which looks plenty big enough to accommodate them all.  I wonder if the next three out are going to do a mad dash through to the next room to sit down in their Consolation places?

Go Go Jacko and Mark.

Will you all be at Walsall this weekend, its a bit like Monty but no sea or yachts

Hi Jen,

Just left the Sporting d'hiver to get back to work. Do you already know when and where the final 6 will be playing ?

Thanks for the updates, I can follow from work....  8)

Stephen

Blinds are now 8k 16k, with a 2k Ante. Imagine that, on 4 & 5 handed tables!

Maybe no yachts, but I got KO'd by a boat

Erik Sagstrom is OUT -

Again a short stack, this time he was all-in with the  Ac Ad though!
Called by Phil Ivey with  Kc Qh.

The flop brought a King, along with a 6 4, but it was the turned second King which sealed the deal and finally took out Erik123 in 9th place, for $35,000.

The Final will take place in THE Casino de Monte Carlo. I went across there this morning with the Big Honcho from Prima, & the Fox TV Guys, to do a recce. All I can say is WOW! The High Cathedral of Gaming. It is unimaginably wonderfully awesome, it takes your breath away.

Hey Red  do you know who made the final at Walsall

No mate, sorry

The Consolation Jobbie is underway now, & they seem to be playing it like a $10 online rebuy, lots of all-ins. Patrick Bruel is playing, & there is a hiuge gaggle of paparizzi around him. He's some sort of singer chappie I believe.

Hi - any feelings on which two out of the others are going to go out?

Jean Jacques is down to 31k.

Blinds at 8k - 16k, antes 2k, and 4 handed. Almost move time, eh?

Hi Apokerlypse. I think Jran Jacques will be one of the two......

Jean-Jacques gets all in with a tiny stack with 10 7
Bengt Sonnert gives him a spin with 9 3 off

Flop: 9 4 2
Turn: 4
River: A

And with a bit of a moan from the crowd of supporters following Mr. Ghabeli, he exits 8th for $50,000.

Just to clear up that earlier confusion about the potentially very short handed tables at this stage:

They've redrawn onto ONE table, as is right and proper, and are taking their seats even now.  One more out and the final six get a little rest before the final tomorrow, while Mr. Seventh could try his luck in the 'freeroll' next door.

Are they letting you see/get access to that table - sounds like they were a bit tight with the TV table before

Possible with a quick chip count on the remaining players?

Thanks for your fantastic updates!

Come on Bengt!

Good stuff, glad to hear the're moving to one table. I must admit I would have been amazed had Matt Savage not considered this eventuality in advance.

Phil Ivey looking like lady luck is with him this tourney - I hope he wins it as he always seems like a really nice guy. He's also staring intently at me from the cover of a magazine on my desk - I'm sure he knows what hand I have yet I'm not even playing poker!

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Counts for the Magnificent Seven:

ActionJack     640k
Richard Herbert  926k
Phil Ivey         2.3 million
Bengt Sonnert  580k
Marc Goodwin   690k
Kenna James    312k
Tony G            143k

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Extraordinary goings on next door in the Consol Tourrney.

Dave picks up  Ks Kh, & bumps into  Asp Ah, but catches his set.

NEXT HAND John Kabbaj & Andy Black clash. John has  Ad Ac, Andy has  Kc Kh

Flop is  3d 6d 8d, so Andy can only catch ONE of the two remaining Kings. And the  Ks fell!

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Stttttttttttttttummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

And Tony G is the 7th place finisher for $53,000 -

Paul Jackson found  Qd Qs just as Tony moved in with  Kc Qc.

Flop:   Asp Ac 2s
Turn:   9c, bringing that hope of the flush draw to Tony
River:   3s

And the final six are off, back tomorrow in the even more luxurious surroundings of the de Monte Carlo.

Kick on Bengt!!!

AJ and Strummer, great acheivement guys! Hats off to you both!

We have to pop across to the Casino de Monte Carlo to do "pre-Final" Publicity pics of the lucky six finalists. We won't be long, & will give you the Chip Counts for the Final the moment we return.

TUT  It's like watching a popular soap opera, where 'end of part one' always comes on a cliffhanger!!!

Hurry back guys.

BADBEAT OWN MCM  8) STRUMMERPOO AND AJ MUFF FINAL TABLE NO DOUBT GET ON THE FORECAST

Congrats to all the finalists. Bengt representing team betfair and 2 of team badbeat should give me something to watch tomorrow. If one of the badbeat boys win maybe the the thread on the validity of team backing from the other day can be resurected. I don't know the %s but I assume if strummer or AJ wins this the backer will have made a profit as well as giving the team a good trip (assuring their loyalty for future events no doubt)

Just one  more thing before we  pop across the road to the BIG PLACE.

"The Never Rains it Pours" Department - Tony G took his seat in the Consolation Tourney, & busted out first hand. OUCH!

LOL, poor fella.

tilt?

without the l

Aaah shame.

any 1 got any info on the other tourny? Asp WD AJ and STRUM btw

I'd like to offer Mr G the same sympathy he would give another player in the same situation

:goodpost: :)up

Just for the avoidance of doubt, when Ariston refers to "Team Betfair", Bengt Sonnert is wearing a tinsy winsy Betfair logo, & a monsterooney "Poker Santas" Logo. And yes, I know the deal.

Not sure if betfair put him in this one tony- maybe ruri can confirm. Makes no odds to me- hes a top bloke and would love him to win it (he will always be team betfair no matter how small the logo lol).

The Final begins at 5pm Wednesday (4pm UK) tomorrow, & we will have full coverage.

We still await the Chip Counts for the Final, but they are not much different to when we reported them 7 handed - they only played one hand!

And while our backs were turned, all our power cables & extenson leads have been stolen, so we have to close down anyway!

So, some much needed sleep is in order for us - see you later maybe, if not, see you tomorrow.

Many thanks to everyone at Prima, MMC & Matt Savage, & a special thanks to Kerry Johnson from Lotus PR & her team.

Later.

xx

please wish Action Jack all the best from the Nottingham Crew. Thanks Tikay.

PS. Hows DC doing in the consolation? Is my % still live and kicking.

Cheers Rob

first time ive followed a tourney on blonde and just wanted to thank all those involved for the excellent coverage...

...keep up the good work

raab

gotta love the loud ones

Good luck Actionjack and Mark Goodwin

Brilliant.

Have to say i found it quite just that he blew his chips. I am pretty sure however that AJ being a class guy didn't mock him on his way out.

Just caught up with the action, excellant coverage thank you.

Congratulations To ACTIONJACK and STRUMMER best of luck tomorrow lads.  :cheers: :)up

Yup, I just got a moment to post at last too.

Great Result so far AJ and strum, best of luck from here on in !

You both are really decent chaps and deserve more good wins like this !

Paul

Oh, first time I've followed a tourney on this site too, doing a great job guys !

Thank you very much, and keep up the great work !

Paul.

My first time on blonde, great coverage guys and HUGE well done to Actionjack and Strummer.  Look forward to tomorrow

TonyG must be gutted, what a waste...........

OMG - been away on busines and just logged in

Tikay - Please wish AJ all the best from me - and tell him english only at the table  :D - Is Skalie out there supporting him?

C

Lol - just remembered when Skalie was sat next to Phil Ivey in the WSOP and AJ tried to tell hime to "calm down" resulting in a mini strop from Kal.....Get him back mate  :D

Good morning - can anyone offer an update on the consolation?

Final table in the consolation:

Ken Lennarrd $ 463,000                 
Johan Storakers $ 352,000                 
John Juanda $ 338,000                 
Antonio Esfandiari $ 331,000                 
Devilfish Ulliott $ 266,000                 
Victor Ramdin $ 174,000                 
Jesse Jones $ 171,000 

check out the results page on the MCM site... http://www.montecarlomillions.com/results05d3.php

I would like the devilfish to qualify - go the devil

 Come on Action Jack,   however is anyone offering 3/1 on ivey?

Well ivey is trading just over evens on betfair so no.

If Phil doesn't win this, i'll eat my dog! :D

To prevent "accidental" deletion :)

The dog lives!