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Here we are for day three. Was a pretty late night yesterday for us here in updaters corner. We were the last three to leave the building and only did so because the security guards chucked us out. Anyway, as Flushy and Snoops are still emerging from their slumber, I am taking the liberty of starting the thread.

Day 3 of Monte Carlo's Flying Circus, can't wait.

Here are the runners and riders for the penultimate day.

MIMRAN, ARNAUD -- 226800
WILLIAMS, JEFF -- 204900
GOLSER, MARKUS -- 183100
CAZALS, THIERRY -- 166300
STRANDLI, ALEKSANDER -- 163300
DUNPHY, FRASER -- 152300
GRUNDY, BEN -- 151000
DIRKSEN, DUSTIN -- 148000
TELTSCHER, MARK -- 132700
KARAM, MARC -- 119300
HUSSAIN, ARSHAD -- 102300
HALLIDAY,TERENCE -- 92700
KABBAJ, JOHN -- 91400
KERRIGAN, J -- 89200
WAHLROOS, THOMAS -- 89100
GIBSON, NICK -- 84900
BOLLIGER, MARK -- 79000
BUTAN, RADU -- 77200
BOATMAN, ROSS -- 74400
WITTENDORFF, KIM DARLING -- 72000
LODDEN, JOHNNY -- 68100
BILODEAU, ALAIN   -- 62200
WENDT, MARTIN -- 58200
MINERI, DARIO -- 55100
CHESSA,TONY -- 55000
LUSKE, MARCEL -- 53900
JACKSON, PAUL -- 40800
GOULD, PETER -- 39500
FAGERLI, FRODE -- 30400
DAVEY, MATTHEW -- 27300
BOUBLI, JAN -- 6500

I've just got to do a few chores Jon, then I'll be right with you

Jack is Fraser Dunphy Scottish?  its a scottish sounding name.

As far as I am aware, he is.

I have modified the colour coding above to reflect the Scottish interest. Bring it home boys! (I'm Scottish too , in case any of you were wondering...)

what time do they kick off jon ?

Dunno if I'm being a bit dense, but what's the significance of the players in bold? I think I've worked out that the blonde players are Blonde players, and you've told us the blue ones are Caledonian, but what about the bold?

Its like a player cam. They are the players we are paying more attention to, due to forum members' expressed interest.

Good luck again today guys, doing a fantstic job and these updates are truly addictive reading  :)up

I see - makes perfect sense now.

What are the blinds starting at (no doubt of most importance to Mr Boubli)?

They are due to start at 2pm, but it is likely to be delayed for a while as hardly any of the players are here yet.

is it 2 pm there now ( 1 hour in front of the uk ) ?

Yes its 2pm here.

We should be starting soon, hello all btw!

thx flushy great job guys keep up the good work

Thanks for all the great updates!! Much appreciated!!!

I was watching the Late Night Poker episode with Markus Golser in it a few nights ago. Not heard much of him inbetween that show and now though.

I can see thsoe nice and clearly unlike the yellow stuff that i have to highlight so i can read them  >:? :dontask:


Go on Ben Grundy. ;goodluck;

Sandy

Before Barry asks.....

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Todays payouts:


1. €900,000
2. €492,000
3. €251,000
4. €195,000
5. €168,000
6. €140,000
7. €112,000
8. €84,000
9. €56,000
10-12 €33,500
13-15 €28,100
16-18 €22,400
19-27 €16,800

Blinds today start at 1500-3000 with an ante of 300. So 6900 a round!

Hiya Flushy, Snoops & AlrightJack

Thanks for all the updates...

GO GO Nick & AJ !!!!

LOL

Anna xoxo

Hi Anna, they have just got underway. I will pass on your gl message to them, they share an intresting table....

Best of luck to BEN GRUNDY.  Hope he does better than his 7th place last year !!

Here are the starting tables for today

Table 3

Seat 1 Marcel Luske
Seat 2 Dustin Dirksen
Seat 3 Ross Boatman
Seat 4 Paul Jackson
Seat 5 Alain Bilodeau
Seat 6 Nick Gibson
Seat 7 Jim Kerrigan
Seat 8 Dario Mineri

Wow, thats quite some table, certainly as far as blonde interests go.

It's great for the others that's for sure  :D

Ben Grundy will be happy about all those guys knocking each other to bits out of his way  ;goodvevil; :)up

Sandy

Table 4

Seat 1 John Kabbaj
Seat 2 Thomas Wahlroos
Seat 3 Peter Gould
Seat 5 Marc Karam
Seat 6 Markus Gosler
Seat 7 Jan Boubli
Seat 8 Arnaud Mimran

Table 5

Seat 1 Jeff Williams
Seat 2 Matthew Davey
Seat 3 Johnny Lodden
Seat 4 Arshad Hussain
Seat 5 Aleksander Strandli
Seat 6 Martin Wendt
Seat 7 Thierry Cazals
Seat 8 Fraser Dunphy

Table 6

Seat 1 Terrry Halliday
Seat 2 Kim Darling Wittendorff
Seat 3 Tony Chessa
Seat 4 Mark Teltscher
Seat 5 Frode Fagerli
Seat 6 Mark Bolliger
Seat 7 Ben Grundy
Seat 8 Radu Butan
 

Hi Sandy and Ginger and others.  Thanks for your support of my boy (Ben)
Keep it up !!

OK guys i have pics of all our guys...coming up.

For now, Jan Boubli is OUT

OK guys some pictures of our heros!

This is the first table, and these 4 are all sat together. Luske in seat 1 to Paul in seat 4.

The 2nd guy is Dustin Dirkson, the fella that scalped Jen.

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Then seat 6 and seat 7.

Mr Gibson and Mr Kerrigan.

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These 3 now share a table post Boubli....

Martin seems a little bored, small game going on...

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Dustin Dirksen has doubled up Ross Boatman.

Dustin raised 9k, Ross pushed all in.

Dustin called instantly with queens.

Ross had Aces.

These 2 share felt.

Johnny Lodden.
MadM3.

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 :hello:

And finally, Tony Chessa and Mr Grundy!

Ben is in a very jovial mood and has already started bullying the table.

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:hello:

Good Afternoon

and

Good luck all.

T
xx

Ross looks to be making moves. A few hands before Dustin raised and Ross moved in over the top, Dustin was forced to pass.

Good luck to all still in and to Ben who can hopefully pay for the next school trip for his chums  :D

Just a few quick words about yesterday...

A big thumbs up to Jen for her performance. I've been running around like a headless chicken for the last few days, but being able to follow Jen's progress, especially as one of the chip-leaders, has enabled me to continue in full flow even though the petrol tank was empty. When she finally exited, I was pretty deflated and all the energy was sapped out of my body. I think I was more gutted for her than I have been for any of my bad beats or tourney exits. It's one of those 'so close, yet so far' things, I really thought she could win this whole damn kaboodle. Aah well, I think she has proved that she is more than capable of competing with the big boys and that sooner or later she'll scoop a massive prize.

Chessa's exit hand:

He moved all-in preflop with pocket fives. Radu Buton called with pocket nines.

9 on the flop sealed his fate.

Johnny Lodden is OUT!!

He had AJ v 65

Sorry, no more info on this hand other than that.

STOP!

BUBBLE TIME!!!

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We are on the bubble and Martin Wendt pushes all in, he is called by the big blind.


On their backs!

Martin Kc 9c
Mateyboy Jh Jd

Flop 5s 2c 3c

The flop was greated by a big 'ooooo'

Turn 2h

River 7c

Martin makes his flush and doubles up!

I can name 27 unhappy people about that river.

I read on a norwegian site he sat in BB with and called all in when a very aggresive guy on the button put him all in. He lost the 70k pot against 65, 6 in flop.........

Forgot to write lodden

this is my brother ,hes a right dick!!!!!

which means there are 28 players left.

A few counts:

Ross - 180k
Marcel - 110k
Paul J - 35k

Does someone mind writing a list of remaining Blondites with their screen names so I can see who they are please?

Fraser Dunphy  Apparently he's only half scottish.

Keep up the great reporting guys, much appreciated. Pass on my good luck to AJ and Gwibbo. Paul ran into quads three times in two hours on day one and lived to tell the tale...a very good sign. And Jen played that hand perfectly I thought, wp and ul

Ben Grundy [milkybarkid]
Nick Gibson [not 100% - Nottingham Nick or Gwibbo perhaps?]
Arshad Hussain [Mad m3]
Paul Jackson [actionjack]

will do jaffacake  :)up

Cheers mate  :)up

Hand for hand still.

3 chips counts to whet your appetite:

Peter Gould -- 86k
Mark Teltshcer -- 108k
Jeff Williams -- 228k

And here's the evidence:



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My appetite has been whetted  :D

Excuse my French, but getting to the tables can be a pain in the arse.  8)



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Do they not know who you are :D

I think the problem is that they know exactly who I am.  ;tk;

Get a cattle prod!

Just seen the most amazing bubble hand.

John Kabbaj and mateyboy see a flop of Td 6d 4d

John bets 20k, Mateyboy puts all his chips over the line (another 40k) and turnes his hand over!!!  Ad 7d

Rulling is called for, the rulling is the hand is still live but he has a 10 minute penalty after the hand. John clearly passes, but says "i would have called" as he shows his Kd Ts

Thats 1 way to avoid the bubble!

John then said "if i don't win the tournament now..."

Marcel is in full force. Speech play by the best.

LOL

I like that idea.

I can just picture Big TK yelping and leaping up into the air with me behind beside him saying, 'c'mon Tommy, shift.'  :D

Paul Jackson is the shortest stack with around 20k.

Completely card-dead apparantly.

did he think joihn was all-in or did he think he could have two pair or a set and didnt want an outdraw on the bubble? - good job it wasn't sheffield - he would have lost the pot for turning his hand over.!!!

Just a quick note.

Mateyboy in this hand was Thomas Wahlroos.

According to Flushy, Matyeboy always does well in the early stages, sometimes even chip-leader after Day 1, but rarely cashes. Mateyboy NEVER wins an event.

Not sure, Junior. I'll ask Flushy as he witnessed the hand.

A whole host of people crowd round table 3 like flies around er... well...

Anyhow, we had an all-in.

Thierry Cazals = Ahrt 3h

Matthew Davey = 7c 7s

Board = 4c 3s Ts Th 8c

The Irishman doubles up and is back in the game with around 45k.

Nick Gibson -- 94.6k

Seems to be in good spirits, still having a laugh and enjoying himself.

On a board of Td 7c 5c 5h, Marc Karam bets 20k.

His opponent folds, and Marc shows the 7d.

blonde's very own Ben Grundy (milkybarkid) is sitting on a cool 171.5k.

Imagine the milky bars that'll be on him if he wins €900,000!  8)



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Goooooooo Ben!!!!!!!!  :D

Where's he going?

to the winners spot, of course!

Ben Grundy (milkybarkid) has just outdrawn someone.

Photo evidence below:

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come on bennyboi

With MC Hammer making his entrance, play has understandably slowed down.

Bubble hand.

All fold to Ross Boatman in the SB he makes it 12,000 to go on the new 2000-4000/400 level.

Paul Jackson announces all in for 11,800 more. Ross calls.

Ross  Jd Qh
Paul   Ad Jh

The flop comes  Qc ........... 7c Aspades

Turn  3h river  4s

Radu Buton -- 109k
Terry Halliday -- 80.2k
Mark Bolliger -- 71.2k

Hey - you guys are great supporting Ben.  Let's hope he doesn't let you down.  If anyone can get a message to him, tell him good luck from his Dad (Chris)

WOOHOO Radu :)

Goooooo Ben :D
(Big Grin please mate ;))

Well done Paul!

I thought that at first, pushing away the 2 pair.

However he doesnt look like a stroke puller, i think it was a mistake, he looks very nervous and un-natural at the table.

If it had been say Marcel Luske then yes thats what i would think.

Good luck to the Milkybarkid and Ross Boatman.  

Snoopy, Flushy and Alrightjack - keep up the good work!

Can someone set up some laptops near the tables, and we can railbird them properly? Go on, you know you want to  :D

With webcams too!

Irishman Matthew Davey doubles up yet again.

Ladies v pocket eights.

Davey's walking in the air when he sees the snowmen.

Blanks on the flop

He's now jumped up to 80k.

The Great Irish Hope is STILL in.

Thats what i want to do but there are just too many people near by.

Another quote from Marcel....mateyboy (i am calling him mateyboy till we are down to 27) raised UTG to 10k, with 30k back, all fold and he shows his 89 off suit.

Marcel says "i dont know your name but if you keep doing that we will call you mr 28"

Pokerstarsblog reports that Thomas Kremser cancelled the break, so people will play out the bubble first.

oh yes, we would need webcams also, go on, off you go and get it sorted.

Come on let's get this mateyboy character busted, his AA cracked by Q8 off cos someone thinks he is nicking again.

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yeah this is quite normal in these situations.

Jen has arrived "after 13hrs sleep"

She will be playing the €1000 in a few hours. There is hope yet for monte carlo glory.

STOP! IT'S .....

BUBBLE TIME!

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Frode Fagerli made a play for the blinds with J7 and walked into TT. He hit a 7 but missed the Jack and that gives us 27 players.

Hi Everyone, good luck to everyone still in the tournament.

105 members and 37 guests on blonde at the moment... I can't think why!

Poppet xx

Mateyboy was eliminated yesterday. We know all their names now, but he may make a comeback at some point...

Mateyboy didn't make the money.....tradgedy.

 !! GO BLONDE BOYS!! GO BADBEAT BOYS!!!

;letsparty;

The bubble hand?

All-in preflop.

Alain Bilodeau = T-T

Frode Fagerli = J-7

Flop of 9-7-K offered some hope, but the 3-A turn and river didn't.

A round of applause for all the cashers, including 4 blondeites!

Mad m3, actionjack, milkybakid, & Nottingham Nick.  ;applause;

Such a shame Mr 28 didnt bubble, that nickname could have definately stuck

Come on Bennyboi

At the very same time, Mark Teltscher had pushed in all of his yellow chips, which virtually equates to an all-in.

Thomas Kremser had to give Peter Gould a 10 second countdown, although he only used 8 before folding.

And ActionJack ??

Any chance of some chipcounts please? (A full rundown if possible).

 :hello: :ironside:

Thomas Kremser had to give Peter Gould a 10 second countdown, although he only used 8 before folding.

Did he think it was crypto and he could crawl into the money? :D:D:D:D

hi boys ,doing this while im working ,
send nick ,mr jackson ,and sausage all the best,plus any one else who i forgot,
brill updates as usuall ,but i still think flushy is still bent as a nine bob note lol

i go for milky, gwibbo and sausage to final with Marcel eventually taking the title.

Ben is looking dangerous ...  ;tightend; ;slavedriver; ;goodluck;

Sandy

Table 3:

Seat 1 Marcel Luske -- 130.9k
Seat 2 Dustin Dirksen -- 31k
Seat 3 Ross Boatman -- 169.6k
Seat 4 Paul Jackson -- 52.3k
Seat 5 Nick Gibson -- 86.4k
Seat 6 Jim Kerrigan -- 54.7k
Seat 7 Dario Mineri -- 41k

Great stuff guys tvvm

I go for Gwibbo, and sausage to final with Milkybar taking 2nd....Jackson to be bubble and marcel 7th.... is that to accurate?

I'm going for:

1st) The Kabbage
2nd)The Sausage
3rd) The Perv (AJ)

Combination tricast

BREAKING NEWS

Arshad Hussain has removed his cap.

We now have a feature table.

Mad m3, Martin Wendt, & Jeff Williams now in the spotlight.

MORE BREAKING NEWS

He's put it back on now.

Predominantly vegetables then?

Why don't you go for Radish Buton too?

lol

Table 4:

Seat 1 John Kabbaj -- 58k
Seat 2 Thomas Wahlroos -- 97k
Seat 3 Peter Gould -- 158k
Seat 4 MArk Teltshcer -- 128.5k
Seat 5 Marc Karam -- couldn't see, bloomin' arms in the way. grr
Seat 6 Markus Gosler -- 140k
Seat 7 Arnaud Mimran -- 298k

(from PSB)

4:21pm--Just announced: Frode Fagerli will not walk away empty-handed for his bubble finish. PokerStars will give him a free entry and hotel room next year at the EPT Grand Final here in Monte Carlo.

very nice

These bubbles just aint what they used to be......

great updates as always guys

last night we had a 20k sit and go  

any idea of the side action tonight

so far hackem and raymer have won the 2 sit and go's

1. The sausage
2. The walrus
3. The eggman (Martin Wendt)

Good luck Ben..... :)up

£10 rebuy i think

Table 6:

Seat 1 Terrry Halliday -- 92.5k
Seat 2 Kim Darling Wittendorff -- 86.7k
Seat 3 Alain Bilodeau -- 83.1k
Seat 4 Mark Bolliger -- 31.6k
Seat 5 Ben Grundy -- 182.2k
Seat 6 Radu Butan -- 125k

I must  be winning it tonight then seeing as I'm going to be this year's WSOP champ.

so hachem won the first sit and go

raymer won the second

whats the odds on moneymaker or varkoni to be next??

I refer the right honourable gentleman to my last post.

My wedge is on Moneymaker for the Pokerstars hat trick (they can fly him in), on second thoughts he would definately be the man to ruin the e/w treble.

its going back in years  snoopy   each sit and go is won by the winner from the previous year

you are clearly the future of the wsop main event  therefore you will win the first sit and go here next year :)up

do you get time to play a sng or two Snoops and Flushy?  I don't mean the large entry fees necessarily, but is it all work out there?

nice touch! HOWEVER....
who finished 29th and how does he feel? - would he have gambled knowing there was gonna be a bubble consolation or would he have waited.  A bubble should be a bubble - thats moving the goalposts!

Mark Bolliger is OUT

A-J v A-Q

no help

Paul was shortstacked and made a move with king high. He ran into Marcel Luske who eliminated action jack with A-4, no help to either player on the board.

We are therefore down to 25 players.

NOOOOOO - Well played AJ

Do they expect it to finish today?

Unlucky Paul. Well played though.

(from PSB again)

MIMRAN, ARNAUD 300K
WILLIAMS, JEFF 278K
GOLSER, MARKUS 180K
CAZALS, THIERRY 50K
STRANDLI, ALEKSANDER (Unknown--at feature table)
DUNPHY,FRASER (Unknown--Feature table)
GRUNDY, BEN 200K
DIRKSEN, DUSTIN 35K
TELTSCHER,MARK 140K
KARAM, MARC 120K
HUSSAIN, ARSHAD 110K
HALLIDAY,TERENCE 90K
KABBAJ,JOHN 50K
KERRIGAN, JIM 53K
WAHLROOS, THOMAS 80K
GIBSON,NICK 75K
BUTAN, RADU 120K
BOATMAN,ROSS 165K
WITTENDORFF, KIM DARLING 72K
BILODEAU, ALAIN 80K
WENDT,MARTIN 45K
MINERI, DARIO 40K
LUSKE, MARCEL 120K
GOULD,PETER 55K
DAVEY, MATTHEW 60K

The 4 remaining tables:



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Unlucky and well done to Paul.

Dustin Dirkson is OUT

That leaves us on 24, 3 tables of 8.

Count these....


One of the dealers just asked Marcel for some 1000's to colour up for some 5000's, Marcel replied, simply, "no"

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Does anyone have any idea when this will be televised and what channel will it likely to be on?

Think it goes on Channel 4, but I've only ever seen the EPT season 1 repeats on Challenge.

Anyone else think this is plain bad behaviour?

Rude!

Yes! acting like a spoilt brat, I understand why he does it, seems a little silly IMO.

I know you mean nothing by it, but we have to be carefull.....it's better if you don't post information from other sites, after all, it is there information.....

Playing down to the final 8.

Sorry, I'm new here! I'll behave. :)

It just feel's great to have a monster stack even if there low denomination.... still a tad rude... no ty would have been better :D

No and I doubt Marcel was rude either, he just wants to have a mountain of chips to make it harder for people to figure out the size of his stack, he has earned the chips doesnt he have the right to decide what denominations they are in?

No not at all bad behaviour, they are his chips he should be allowed to have them how he likes. I can't stand my small chips being taken.

No worries.

It's just if stars had a problem with it, we would be in a bit of trouble as they control evreything!!!

Peter Gould is OUT

Peter raised 17.5k from the button, Mark Teltscher moved all-in, Peter called.

'Have you got a big hand?' asked Mark before expsoing his cards.

Peter Gould just nodded.

Gould = Td Tc

Mark Teltscher = Jc Ad

Mark seemed pretty relieved to be involved in a coin flip.

First card ace.

Board = Aspades 4s 6c 6d 9d

Stop playing 73 off then :D :D :hello:jp

Snoopy got one in the day we arrived but sadly we havent really had the chance, they have been VERY long days, if they are done early tonight then we might sneak a couple in.

Marc Karam -- 105k

Very dapper.



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I don't think he does. What if all players did this? It would slow down the tourney so much!

It's a psychological thing I guess. Plus you can make some really cool chip castles...

Dario Mineri is OUT

A-8 v Marcel's pocket Kings.

They are his chips. If they are needed for change then Marcel would oblige but colouring up is a different matter. Unless the 100s are being taken out of play then  he has the right to refuse to colour up.

Exactly. it's a pointless thing to do, as everyone knows what you are doing it hardly kids anyone.

JP, you're allowed to still want to have loads of little chips to build towers with, you'll grow out of it eventually....  ;scarymoment;

 rotflmfao


I prefer to keep lower denom chips, and have opted out of a colour up before. However i did it with a "please can you not colour me up just yet" maybe a more polite approach is better....

Mark Teltscher -- 215k

In very confident mood.

He's currently the table chatterbox.

I hate my little chips being taken too but if he has the majority of the small chips and no-one else will change either then surely the dealer has the right to change chips with the player who has the most (i.e. Marcel).

It's would be better if they just coloured up when there is a pot going imo.

They werent wanting change greg they were wanting to colour up (ie take chips off the table). The Tda rule that comes into play is a ten stack rule. No player is allowed to have more than 10 sepearate stacks of chips in front of them as it takes up too much of table. If 10 chipstacks is exceded then colouring up must take place (rules are ridiculous arent they)- they did enforce this rule at the aussie millions and the only player who took the hump with it was Phil Ivey who was chip leader at the time and seemed to have half the table covered by his stack.

OK i am going to venture downstairs with my laptop and see if i can get some proper ringside reporting going on.

Why did i leave my other battery in the hotel....lol

They should give a free entry based on the best chip castle/tower/mountain... i tend to go for a minimalist design :D :D

If I still had chips at this stage of a comp like this, they could do what they bloody well liked with them :)

colour ups are rubbish- just leave them on the table - looks better that way.

Another all-in.

Kim Darling Wittendorff crosses swords with Marcel Luske.

Both flip over Big Slick.

Marcel shouts, 'YES!!!' at the rainbow flop.

chop chop

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is it on the bedside table?

Ross just won an all in with AA vs AK. I didn't see the loser but he is eliminated.

That makes it 20 left.

Martin Wendt is OUT

Eliminated from the feature table by young American, Jeff Williams.

Jc Jh versus Qc Js

Martin Wendt all in preflop. (well, that's not actually true, but I wanted to deliver my pun)

Board = 5d 7c Th 7s 6s

Ben Grundy limps from the small blind and checks in the dark with Mark Teltscher on the big blind.

Flop is a rather lovely jubberly K-8-rag.

Mark bets out, Ben raises and takes down the pot.

Marcel seems to be rapidly increasing.

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Quote from Ben Grundy:

"There are some crazy players at this table, especially that Mimram guy who seems to be in every pot."

I managed to build a very intricate pyramid in dublin containing around 60k in chips. I left 3k at the side as the blinds were only 200 400 and a scandi opened  the pot for 3300. He laughed as I dwelt that I would have to break my pretty pile so I just said allin instead. He couldn't call quick enough with his AQ and was horrified when I turned my aces over.... stroke or not?? you decide lol  

What's ben's stack up to now? Sounds like he's rolling them over.

Marcus Gosler bets 16k on a flop of 7-J-Q-Q

Radu Butan folds.

Someone looks like they actually are intrestead in what Mark says....

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How many left please??

Ben Grundy -- 182k

Jim Kerrigan -- 52k

Matthew Davey has moved all-in on the TV table...

Just took a small knock.

42k

Jeff Williams is giving it a long dwell.

He's folded.

Davey survives.

classic  rotflmfao

We are now on a 15 minute break

how many left please... is woody still in? :D

ha ha ha ha ha  - i love it ariston!! - i gotta try me that one day.....(assuming i ever have 60k in chips and AA !)

Dirk

FFS!

WTF is all this Woody Deck shit about??????

Hi Guys

How is Nick getting on??


LOL

A xoxo

Ben is here with me.

he says he has 200,000!!

he says to all his fans "you are all crazy"

He is trying to play small pots he says, he doesnt want to risk too much on a big pot pre flop....

Nick Gibson -- 80k
Marcel Luske -- 190.5k
Radu Butan -- 135k

LOL goooooo wooody :D

it goes back to a couple of live updates ago...

I will go ask him now...

Woody Deck is still plugging away.

small pots? can't be the same mr grundy I know.

Just before the break, Nick moved all-in on a ten high flop with T-J after calling a preflop raise.

His opponents folded.

jeez matt - that helps - details ffs - feel like its a conspiracy to keep me out of the woody deck jokes.

John Kabbaj was the 23rd exit.

T-T v Mimran's K-J

Two pair on the board.

i just heard on another update that woody has pushed over all marcels chips, and told him to do a friggin colour up!!!

then told everyone he hates over the top americans... I agree, but let marcel keep his chips!

Hee hee hee,

Poor old Junior getting all uptight.

I will text you with the story, mate.

It ain't very exciting though. :)

The Woody Deck jokes are in danger of getting old guys lol

How is Nick doing?

Looking at the updates is better than walking 5mins to watch it live.

I watched some of the 20k sit and go last night and they were all nodding their heads at the prospect of a 50k version tonight and maybe a 100k on saturday a quote from hatchem 'winner takes more than the main event'. Noah Boaken seemed to be doing the organising. I was very impressed with greg raymer's play and knowledge of the game, he put some cocky scando's in their place by explaining some complex stuff.

Go blondes.

 

IT started off someone asking if woody was still in just after he got knocked out... then someone else asked.... and some one else...some one else....HE WAS OUT...some one else... some one else.... You had to be there

I'll get my coat...

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Nick Gibson has a colourfull stack.....

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Woody? Is that you?

Can i come back in now jr? ;scarymoment; ;hide;

Don't know if it was pointed out but radu butan was on my first table and was down to 1k very early on after a clash with the rookie. fine comeback.

Marcel is here now he says


Marcus Golsner has  135k
Ross has 325k  -  chip leader??
and he has  210k

Thanks for the updates on Radu!!  He is hanging in there!!!

Here is Ross' monster stack.

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we are on 19 players now and big TK says we will lose 3 more then a redraw.

so..... woody deck questions.

is he in or not?
how many chips does he have?
what is woody short for?
is that his real name?
Why on earth did his parents think woody would be a good name when their family name is deck?

The last time Ross was on a stack that high he was putting out a chimney fire.... :D :D

We have an all in......

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Alexander vs Nick Gibson

AJ vs Qs Js

Flop 6 7 9 1 spade

Turn 6

River 7

Alexander doubles, Nick is VERY short.

Because he has little legs :D :D

His stack post hand....



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Mark Teltcher just made a re-re-raise pre flop and took down a big pot when his oppo folded.

NICK ALL IN

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NICK GIBSON IS OUT


Nick has Kc Td
Marcel Ks Qs

The Flop: Qd 8s 5d

The turn: Qd

Meaningless river:  Ahrt


Well played Nick.

18 left.

 ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; :respect: done us proud nick  :)up

Un lucky Nick... great result all the same :respect: ;applause; :)up

Woody Deck is not in

He hasn't been in this comp for ages

Woody is short for Woodrow. Woodrow is a popular American forename, particulrly amongst those born in the 1930s-1950s because of former American president Woodrow Wilson

I will shortly ring Woodrow's parents to ask them why they chose to call their son Woodrow. I hope they will accept my reverse call charges request.

Other famous Woody's include Woody Harrelson and Woody in toy story (another 1950s reference, the toy orignally being a product of that era)

Woody Deck perhaps sounded better than Corey Deck, Taylor Deck, Page Deck and George W Deck, all of which Mr Edgar and Mrs Courtney Deck considered before that fateful day in 1980 when they left the Woodrow Wilson Memorial hospital in Pennsylvannia clutching a mewling baby, looked at the sign and though "AHA Woodrow it is"

Junior, any further requests for pro bono research via PM please

Your time will come Nick  chin up Simon Nowab

Tight you are a Legend

Played Nick

Goooooooo Ben

Spoke to Terry 'sausage' Halliday in the last break. He's on about the 100k mark. He was surprised at all the support he's received on the forum because in his words "I hate them all"

He says, if he wins, don't bother trying to nip off him.  :D

Is woody still in?

chin up simon nowab?? not a pretty thought

Nick - You have done us proud - Well done

Love  :-*

Anna xoxox

It's gotta hurt :D

glad to see you got your HUMOUR back russ  chin up to you as well

Woody was never actually in the 10k event....

Rolf, Snoopy and I have had another last longer bet, for the princely sum of €5 each.

Here are the picks

Rolf - Marcel Luske
Snoopy - Ben Grundy
Me - Ross Boatman

Are you sure???

Mike Lacey from Antes-Up plumped for Woody Deck.

With a face like that he needs HUMOUR  :D :D

If we said chin up to russ, he'd reply "which one?"

i was going to say "sense" of humour but we all know Hawko that russ has no SENSE

The Donkey will be on tilt for 3 days now

The trouble with that is that some players insist on paying their blinds with the smallest denomination chips.

This can make it harder work for the dealer and slow the game down.

The mule simon the mule...

TERRANCE HALLIDAY IS OUT


Terrance moved in with  Ks Qd

Thomas =  Ad Aspades

Flop = 2s 3s 4c
Turn = Js
River = 7c

AA holds up

i was with woody deck the other day

he told me   whether this is true or not

when he came into the country on his visa application  he put.......


POT BUILDER

good luck woody  you can win this

There was just a big pot on the tv table TT vs 44 all in pre flop, Mad M3 was involved but i couldnt see the action or here it (stupid setup here)

We didnt lose a player though, but i will try to find out more.

eh haaaaaaaaa   Vidal

alrite matt! :D :hello:

Thierry Cazels just doubled up through Ash Hussain (Mad M3).

Thierry made it 28k. Ash put him all in, Thierry called.

Thierry had TT v Ash's 44

Flop 5c Jh 2c

The turn was 3h, giving Ash an up and down straight draw, but the river was the Kh

Ash is damaged by about 60k.

Huge pot here.

Mark Teltcher raised in late position, Radu flat called in the SB, Mimran moved in over the top from the BB, Mark passed quickly, Radu had the clock called and eventually passed.

Cheers Jon.

good knowledge tighty! - you should start a woody deck fan club

Terry always says he hates everyone - calls everyone all sorts of names. - he says he likes everyone to think that he hates them so he never gets asked to lend money. - "i don't want anyone thinking i'm a nice man - nice men are the ones who get nipped"

Nice guy. Bet he's a barrell of fun.

Woody Deck is a top player.  Was H/U with him in Vilnius last April for a little tourney.

 ;topofclass;

I can't seem to remember who won now.

Matty boy allrite :hello: :dd:

Ben Grundy -- 171.5k
Mark Teltscher -- 218k
M Karan -- 146k
M Gosler -- 135k
Radu Butan -- 107k
A Mimram -- 271k



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Sorry guys we lost the connection for a bit there.

Mad panic over!

yeah sound mate , did you go to this 1??

Jim Kerrigan is very low with 30.1k.

Alain Bilodeau is OUT

His pocket fours were no match for Arshad Hussain's eights.

A-2-K-6-6 board.

Mad M3 just knocked out our 17th player, his  8d 8c against  4d 4s

Flop =  Ahrt 2s Kd
Turn =  6d
River =  6c

We are now going to redraw the last 2 tables.

No mate- went to Vienna instead

ive given up on playin for abit. cant seem to get any further than 2 tables left.

Howdy all... my 1st post on here. I've been watching from the side lines. I'm not in this 1. Though you guys seem to think i am?

Yes, he explained this to me during the aforementioned break.

Dis is da lowdown on what is goin down. Aiii

ps. can any1 correctly guess the colour of Thomas' tie and matching hankie?



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The non-TV table.

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pink

nope

anymore guesses?

mauve?

blue?

Orange

yellow?

Lime green ?

I listen to you spoony... same colour as the board

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 ;tightend;

OMG. :hello: :hello:

white

no one said it was family fortunes  :redcard:

One for the ladies now.

Here's Big TK with his gold tie and matching hankie.

As you can see, he's hard at work.

Shame about the tie. I feel like he's letting himself go.



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 :hello: woody welcome to blonde  rotflmfao :)up

Whats my prize?

gold!

same difference

A video of Ireland v's Wales ?

 ;hide;

 :redcard: :redcard:  Nice 1 K  ;applause; ;applause;

We are off again.

39 more minutes at 3000-6000/600

Average is 166k

Had to take the kids back to school......how many are left!?? Thanks:)

15 I believe...

JIM KERRIGAN OUT

Jim  Tc Td
Fraiser  Ahrt Jc

The flop Kd Ts 7c

Greated by cheers from Jim's friends.

Fraiser needs a Queen for his gutshot

The turn  Aspades

Only a queen with the river to come

River  Qh

Jim a very unlucky to leave in 16th

OK, quiz time.

1) who will be chip leader going into the final?
2) name 3 other players who will make the final
3) what time will the 9th player be eliminated?

Winner gets a Blue Square something or another - fleece, t-shirt, whatever we have left.

Markus Gosler doubles through off Mark Teltshcer.

Tc Ad verus Ahrt Jh

Th 4d 4c 4h 5c

Teltscher looks mighty pissed off as he ships the chips over.

The great wall of Amsterdam

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1) Marcel
2) Ben, Ross and Dpommo's m8 Mark T.
3) 10.37 Froggie time.

I promise you, they're all his.



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Looks more like a dyke to me!

;chieften; 's crack at the Quiz

1/ Boatman 410K
2/Grundy, Luske, Butan
3/11.34pm (local time)

(Predicted 230K at the end of yesterday for chip leader, just got the player wrong)

good luck to ben "sh*t eating grin" grundy top 3 in my opinion

awesome!  there's something about a huge stack like that! - really gets me excited -- oooer

i love the way it says newbie below my name :D

it's all raise and fold stuff on the 2nd table.

No-one is really moving too much.

Mad M3 has 150k
Marcel 250-300, its hard to count.
Radu 130k

Ho Pennick

One for the ladies now


Cheers Snoops.. vey much appreciated.. 8)

Aleksander Strandli -- 99.5k
Radu Buton -- 130k
Arshad Hussain -- 149k

no worries

u like?

hey dewi

how do i put a photo up mate? and how do i get hero status which is what i fully deserve!!

RADU BOUTAN OUT

Ben raised Radu moved all in Ben called

Radu  8d 8c
Ben  Ahrt Kh

Flop  Td 4d 4c

Turn  7c

At that point brian wilson on the rail made some comment about a full house.....


River  Ks


Ben rakes in a 250k pot and we lose Radu in 15th.

One of the Mods will help you re photo, and youll have to post quite a bit more to become the hero you are

Boatman
Grundy Hussain Boatman
11.01

ben is now on 315,000!!



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Oh Well!! Good job Radu!! we are proud of you!!! See you when you get home:)

Oi no past-posting !!!

Boatman

Gosler  Grundy  Hussain


11.01


That better

Table 2.

Notice the 2 fish in the top right on the rail

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I say.... your a fine looking fillie....

Are you doing anything later? x x :-*

Markus Gosler is out in 15th  

He had 95 on a K9 rag flop. It all went in and Thierry Cazels held KQ.

Blanks on the turn and river and it was shipped to Thierry.

Ben looks to be in good shape.  If anyone gets the chance, please tell him that his dad is just going for a curry at the Cinnamon Tree, and will check the updates when I return.

could u pick me up a couple of naan breads and an onion bhaji please

Have a nice meal MR Milkybarkid Snr

Jeff Williams bets around 40k into a 9h 3d Jc Ks board.

A Mimram folds.

Jeff shows the Ac

The restaurant has a delivery service.  Let me know the address !!!

The prize structure again:

1. €900,000
2. €492,000
3. €251,000
4. €195,000
5. €168,000
6. €140,000
7. €112,000
8. €84,000
9. €56,000
10-12 €33,500
13-15 €28,100
16-18 €22,400
19-27 €16,800

Mickey Wernick has just joined us in the press office as a guest updater.

He's going to keep an eye on the screen for us.

mmm....curry
go milky & the chubby fingered one!

Mimram raises 20k preflop, Jeff Williams moves-all in. Massive bet.

Mimram folds and Williams takes down another pot.

Word on the street is that we've just hit the dinner break.

As much as I love Monte Carlo, I don't believe it has any Asian restaurants - or does it ??

Dinner break. Ben won the last hand here with a re-raise pre flop, his oppo passed showing AJ, ben showed KK.

The tables are swapping post dinner break.

Ben is on 350,000

Go on Ben!

chipcount all players ?

Tell the big fish top right coner to get earning!!    :D :D

please

then go to your room!

The press aren't allowed anywhere near the tables at the moment, so chip counts are very difficult to obtain.

I have managed to prise these off some of the players involved though:

Jeff Williams -- 350k
Ben Grundy -- 350k
Aleksander Strandli -- 150.3k
Arshad Hussain -- 130.4k
Thomas Wahlroos -- 174k
snoopy1239 -- lots
tikay - behave

Yes Snoops ..did like very much.. very easy on the old eyes I must say...

And no Matt not doing anything tonight apart from drinking poorly pop and lying on the sofa in a quilt...

sorry , please :) is it a count at the dinner break ?

Who's on Blue Sq then M?

Dins dins for me.

Back soon.

Play resumes at 9:30 in 80 minutes time.

Watch this space and er... talk amongst yourselves.  :)

Did you bring sandwiches today snoops?

I have reg .. to play...

Q- how bigs the sofa, how big's the quilt, what time's hubby home, do you need vic's rubbing on your chest (or can i use mine) :D :D :Dx x x x x x

is terry halliday that noisy bloke from hull still in

matt are you the founding member of lawrence gosneys fan club

Ya can't talk to Nuns like that  ;tk;

Tis true, he's the daddy 8)

Who ru then?

shes not a real nun she swears like a trooper ive heard her

She ain't no Nun... :D

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

had an indian last night in monte carlo,

If I did not feel so ill I would fight back.. but I just can not be bothered..

She says that to all the boys!

Sigh..... take me x x

is it true lawrence is your tutor mathew

RED- 'fools rush in' Your a real word smith m8

Is this the man himself?

Woody deck is my hero  :D :D

barry neville is my hero

matt i will give you a crisp ten pound note if you guess who i am

Just got in and caught up. Go Ben!

No idea... your scaring me tho!!

I AM THE MAN WITH THE OTHER PART OF YOUR DIGIT

1) Boatman
2) Jeff, Ben, Luske
3) 11.23

A question

What is milkybar? I am Frenchie and my english is bad. Merci for this and for the rugby points on this day sunday.

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Where did he stick it?

Scchtoppp!!! You're too kind.

hmmmmm

Hello! We have returned, however the players have not. About 20 mins of break time left.

Jen is on 12k in the €1k event, started with 5000.

She has just moved to a table with Jordan Berkowitz and PokerGirl.

can someone get me a beer, i have fallin and I cant get up 8)

They'll be one waiting for you in Glasgow Brian.

When do you get in?

I passed you in the bar on the way up and you had a beer!!

You sat playing online in the bar?

I will be back in 30 mins Flushy but can you tell Ben that he has to win so we can upgrade to a private jet back rather than Easyjet. Seen some nice ones on the internet!

Will do you lazy git.

Your some baby  :D :D

You gotta feel for him, his tooth hurts, bless....

Ahh poor lass was obviously not feeling herself.

Get well soon M

According to the clock, breaks over, but they haven't yet started.

Players are seated though.

You gotta feel for him, his tooth hurts, bless....


I guess he's drinking the bar dry to numb the pain  :D

LOL. If Pomroy is there Flushy tell him im 3-1.

Guys, can't find how many are still left in, I may of missed it in my catch up, but how many please?

Back to the "golden account"?

Ahem, they said earlier that there were 12.....

13

{edited - typo}

Just to show you that Karabiners do bluff occasionally  :D

12!! wow, ty ty  ;) thought there was a few more than that lol I guess I skimmed over more than I thought.

Goooooooo Ben!!!!!!!!  ;goodluck;

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!


Thanks SNOOPY  :-*

BIG STACK!!!

About 425k.

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Marcel Luske -- 350k
Ross Boatman -- 470k
Thomas Wahlroos -- 160k
Marc Karam -- 150k
Arnaud Mimran -- 150k
Jeff Williams -- 338k
Arshad Hussain -- 150k
Aleksander Strandli -- 105k
Thierry Cazals -- 340k
Fraser Dunphy -- 92k
Mark Teltscher -- 205k
Ben Grundy -- 345k
Matthew Davey -- 142k

courtesy of Rolf Slotboom

Mimran has doubled up off Jeff Williams.

How many in the 1000 euro tourney?

Top prize?

cheers

Biggest pot of the tournament.

300k Mimran vs Jeff Williams

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That hand was Arnaud's QQ vs Jeff's AT on a T hi flop it was over 300k!!

Arnaud liked his chances on the turn.

Jeff considering his biggest mistake.

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about 200

60k

Mimran is right up there now.

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The Poor guy looks totaly sic...

As soon as i say that mimran is all but out!!!



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Mark Teltscher receives an aweful rub-down from one of the female players.

224k



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Oops. How did that get in there?  :dontask:





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Mimran raised the button with Ac Qh

Thierry Cazals called in the blind by 2c 5c

the flop came 7c 8c 9h there was a little betting

turn Kh

river 4c

Thierry lead out, Mimran moved all in over the top and got called.

We have a big leader...

Eyeshadow doesn't match, leave her be.

Mimran moves in with Qs Ts
Paul made the automatic call with 4c 5c in the blind

The flop came: 5s As Jh

The Turn: 6s

Marks drawing dead and Mimran doubles up

well spotted Tank

Arnaud Mimran is out!!


He moved in with Ks Jc
Thierry called with Ac Kc

The flop: 7h Td 9s

He needs a Jack and 8 or a Queen


Turn: 4d


River: 5h

Sending Mimran to the rail!

12 left

Here is Thierry's new stack!

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Matthew Davey is OUT

I believe Flushy has the news...

MATTHEW DAVEY IS OUT

Jeff raised in Late position. Moved over the top. Jeff dwelt then called.

Matthew had Ad Jd
Jeff  Aspades Qh

The flop came Qs 5s 2c

Needing runner runner it was not to be, the turn 5c sent Davey to the rail

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Thierry is on about 750,000

Hows Ben and Fraser looking?

All i can see from here is that they are on the tv table...

Just 11 left. Could be an early night.



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And because you've been so good, a few piccies from the feature table...



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Worrying times, I couldn't see Jen in the €1000 Event.

Flushy??

Fraser Dunphy moves alls-in...

all fold

Fraser Dunphy -- 82k



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She is right next to me...still in.

Actually now her table has broken.

An overview of the feature table:

Thomas Wahlroos
Arshad Hussain
Marcel Luske
Fraser Dunphy
Marc Karam
Ben Grundy



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How many chips?

Jeff Doubles!

Jeff  Qh Qs

Ross  Th Ts

Flop  Aspades 7c 6s 9d 9h

That was a 600,000 pot!

Ross is down to 150k

lets play pick the winner >>>red dog your normally pretty good with this  ,,i say marcel luske coz experience,,

Marcel raises preflop, Ben reraises to 70k, Marcel calls.

Flop = Jh 2d 5s

Both check.

Turn = 7d

Ben checks, Marcel bets 50k, Ben folds.

soops ask em too put jen back in on a goodwill gesture,tell em i said lol,seems pretty pony now with her out whos blondes left in m8?

i'll go for ross at 100/1 think he will make a come back

any takers  8)

Big Jeff vs Thierry pot.

Jeff rased on the button to 24k

Thierry re-raised another 40k

Jeff calls.


Flop  Ad Tc 5d

Thierry checks, Jeff bets 115k

Thierry moves in, Jeff passes  Qh Qs

Thierry shows  Ahrt Kh

How many left?

Be warned, this is what Ben looks like when he's about to reraise you 70 thousand Euros.  :o






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11.....all in on tv table looks like he survied though, sure snoopy will fill you in

YES ME YOU CAN HAVE 2 BOB ON HIM @ THAT PRICE LOL

sorry got to be 50p atleast

big bet all in LOL

Fraser Dunphy doubles up courtesy of Mad m3 (A Hussain)

After some preflop action, all the chips went in on a flop of Kc 2h Qs

Mad m3 = Qc Jc

Dunphy = Ad Ac

Turn and River = Aspades & 5c

Nothing to do with that great big pile of chips then?

Ross just tried to nick Jeff's blind, no joy.....he is getting short now 110k

He is raising again....

Marc Karam -- 169k

soooooted and boooooted





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Prize money please.

75/1 for 30p  :D

Where can I bet in running on this, got to have a bet on Ben?

GUESTS

CLICK REGISTER IF YOU WANT TO VIEW THE PICTURES

€900k 1st I believe

Arshad is the shortstack on the feature table following his loss to Dunphy.

Arshad Hussain is down to 52k.

Arshad raises preflop, Thomas Wahlroos.

Flop = 5h Qd Js

Thomas Wahlroos moves all-in.

Arshad reluctantly folds.

What's the minimum you'd call with?

Blue Square will be making a book on the final.  Odds will be available tomorrow morning and up until play resumes. It will not, I'm afraid, be available in running.

1. €900,000
2. €492,000
3. €251,000
4. €195,000
5. €168,000
6. €140,000
7. €112,000
8. €84,000
9. €56,000
10-12 €33,500
13-15 €28,100
16-18 €22,400
19-27 €16,800

Thank you Snoops

Arshad Hussain is on a downhill slide and now has just 40k.

After some preflop action, the flop comes A-Q-2.

Hussain checks after a brief dwell, allowing Dunphy to nick (?) the pot with a 20k bet.

Jeff Williams raises AGAIN!!! Mark re-raises from the BB.

Jeff folds Mark shows  Td 2d

Arshad Hussain is having an action packed day!

He's doubled up.

A-5 v Q-8

Mark Teltcher raises 30k UTG
Aleksander Strandl re-raises all in for 75k

Mark calls.

Mark Kh Jd

Aleksander Ac Kd

Board comes: 2d 7c 4c 8c 9d

And he doubles up.

break time

Break time!

Non TV chips counts.....

Mark - 180k
Alekander - 140k
Ross - 160k
Jeff - 430k
Thierry - 800k

he not that deep is he?          your pretty quick whats the word im looking for >>>>>geordie, iceland,thomas whalroos?go

Will you be compiling the odds Jon?

make sure Ben is around 10/1

And Thierry.... :D

Just spoken to Arshad.

He just been interviewed and seems to be in good spirits.

"One more double up and I'll be back to what I started the session with. I'm not done just yet."

With a little help from others. Fill yer boots time Keith  ;)

Keith's drooling at the prospect of some final table gambling.

Probably a bit too much too ask Matt lol  rotflmfao

dewi, ben will be 3rd i've just had a vision

Can anybody please send Rolf to gather the chipcount on the tv table?  :tikay:  ;slavedriver; ;slavedriver; ;slavedriver;

If Jon is making the book it's time for....  ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty;

my money is on Ben, just a feeling in my water. lol

 ;iagree;  got to be Ben's time Im on first thing in morning  ;goodluck; ;slavedriver;

What time is tomorrows kick off ?

Rumour has it that the final will commence at 4pm with the €1000 Event kicking off at 2.

Jen is still in today's €1000 Event with 4 tables remaining.

Goooo Jen  ;cheerleader;

This screen sure does save a lot of time.



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Goooooo jen :D 8) :D

Mark Teltcher is down to the felt.

He saw a flop from the SB vs Alekander.

The flop came Js Ts 3h

He bet and got called.

Turn 8s

He bet 30k and got called.

River 4c

He bet 17k, then called the re-raise all in for another 60k

Alex showed Aspades 7s

Mark showed Jd 6c


Intresting.....

thats an odd call of the reraise on the end isn't it?

Just back from my curry - how's Ben doing?

Mark has moved in on the last 6 hands, he says he is so embarrased he wants to go.

Doh!

is pommo on the rail cheering him on?

Shorstacked and with the blinds at 800 & 1600, Jen moved all-in preflop for about 7k.

The small blind called, and the big blind pushed in. The small blind called the reraise.

Jen = A-2
Small Blind = 5-6
Big Blind = K-K

Board = K-2-J-2-A

Yep, just saw him, Dubai, and Noah on the box.

Big hand with Ben.

Huge in fact.

7-6-9-T-K board

Marcel has bet 60k.

called

Marcel shows Q-8.

Ben shakes his head.

MARK TELTCHER IS OUT

Mark moved in with 7h 8h

Alekander called with Qc Qs

The flop came Ad 7c Jc


The turn Ahrt

 
The River Aspades


And Mark is out! Alexander is now chipped up, will get full count in a sec.

Ben down to around 120k.

Incidentally, Ben had bet the turn and smooth called Marcel's reraise.

We're down to 10.

Eeeeek, what's Ben on now, any idea?


Cheers snoops, you're a mind reader lol

Down to 10, we lose 1 more player then go 9 handed, then lose 1 more for the day.


I just heard my SNG is filling, 2 more seats left in the €30,000 SNG.

he's moved on from wine spritzers to babysham

Mark Teltscher wins €33,500 for his 11th place finish

400k+

Can I ask the obvious daft question - do these people carry big pocketsful of wonga to play these games, or are they considered "good for it" - ie they will send the winner a cheque when they get home .

If that is the case I might come over for one :)

boing!

Karam raises 40k preflop. All fold, although Arshad was seemingly tempted to make his move.

I believe Ben has just moved all-in.

listen if you want a cert bet ,this saturday back wednesday to best QPR .

Arshad is agonising over the decision.

That's a good question. I'm intending to head out to Vegas (for the first time) to play one of the WPT events and have no idea (yet) how to get a reasonable amount of US$ into the country...

BEAT BEAT BEAT

Arshad folds.

Round to Marcel who is jibbering and jabbering.

Marcel just waved his hands. I think he's moved all-in.

And now Marc Karam is asking for a chip count!!!

Ben's all-in was for around 90k.

Marc Karam's hands are shaking.

Thomas Whalroos is OUT in 10th place winning €33,500

He ran JJ into AQc all in pre flop.

You can see the gory details.

He is now HUGE, was massive pot.

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some table talk

Correction. Marcel didn't move in.

Decision just down to Karam.

He's called!!!

End of play, we just lost number 9, i will let snoopy tell the tale....

Marc Karam = 9d 9c

Ben Grundy = Ahrt Jh

Alexander is on 600k+

Board = Ts 6c 2s Tc Th

We're down to our last 8 meaning today's play has come to an end.

Jen's prising us out of our seats and luring us towards the bar for a beer.

Duty calls I'm afraid.

3pm start (Monte Carlo Time) on the morrow.

Be there or be square.

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Sh*t Well played Ben

Buggeroo I only just caught up too.

Vul Ben..

Looks like I get an early night too now then  lol

Catch you all tomorrow...

EDIT:   Me and my lack of manners -  Bestest of updates yet guys, it was a pleasure for us ladies not to have to face norkage every couple of posts.

 ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

Very well done all of you!

Well played Ben.

Must have had a set or aces v Marcel.

Unlucky.

Sandy

Yep early night for me, been a long week (& I still haven't got any work done), UL Ben.
Great work guys, enjoy your beer.

We will post the chip counts as soon as we receive them.

Ul ben, n take all the same though.

Great updates again guys (all 3) Catch y'all tomorrow. 8)

Thanks for the updates, fun as always

Great updates Opoysn, Flushy and chief updater Jon  ;)

How did I do in my quest for the golden fleece ?

Thanks for the updates everybody. Much appreciated.

Cheers.

OK, Here's the chip counts and seat order for tomorrow's eight handed final, which starts at 3pm local time.

Seat 1 Marc Karam 231,900
Seat 2 Marcel Luske 486,000
Seat 3 Jeff Williams 495,700
Seat 4 Ross Boatman 119,700
Seat 5 Thierry Cazals 766,600
Seat 6 Arshad Hussain 131,600
Seat 7 Fraser Dunphy 125,600
Seat 8 Aleksander Strandli 633,500

I'm off to join the others in the bar now.

Back after my 7.30pm early night with hot orange last night.
Looks like i have missed all the fun. Excellent updates as ever :)

bump

Unlucky Nick and Aj - and well played....makes my bad beat at luton tonight seem insignificant!

And to answer the person who asked about how to carry large sums of money into the States. The safest thing to do is to contact the cage at the casino you wish to play at and arrange a money transfer from your bank.

No need to send a cheque, I think they're just transfering the money to each other's Poker Stars accounts.

LETS ALL GET BEHIND ROSS AND ARSHAD!!!!!!! COME ON LADS BRING HOME THE GOLD

Morning,

Blue Square (me) has made a book on the Pokerstars.com EPT Grand Final, which starts today at 3pm local time (2pm GMT)

Here are the odds

Marcel Luske (486k) 11/4
Alexander Strandli (633k) 7/2
Thierry Cazals (766k) 4/1
Jeff Williams (495k) 5/1
Marc Karam (231k) 8/1
Arshad Hussain (131k) 9/1
Ross Boatman (119k) 9/1
Fraser Dunphy (125k) 12/1

Win Only

To place a bet, go to Blue Square via the following link

http://www.bluesq.com/bet?action=go_events&type_id=3424&AFF_ID=20537

Good to luck anyone who has a pop at it.

C'mon Ross I just put some money on you!

pretty good odds i think jon,blue sq are giving value i think personally,my moneys on marcel.but id love to see barney or a brit get it

jon 1 quick question m8 on your personal opinion are you pleased the way things have gone out there,overall? a few of the boys i know out there are a bit disapointed,eg food, service,value,no cash games only sng,just wanted your opinion m8.i was booked to come but business commits made me stay ,i feel as if im glad i did and didnt go thnx m8.

well, I would agree that the service and prices at the bar are awful, truly awful. The food is mediocre, but there is good food at reasonable prices nearby, not in the venue. The lack of cash games I don't mind as I'm mainly a sit and go player myself anyway.  But for me, just being here in Monte Carlo and beingb a part of it all makes it all worth while. Value? I am the value.  :D