MONTE CARLO - DAY 3

[tikay]

Good afternoon to you all from tikay & the blonde team here in sunny Monte Carlo.

Technical problems (again...) have delayed us this afternoon, & the 'flu has hit me like a sledgehammer, buy no worries, once the action starts, all will be welll.

[tikay]

Action should have started 8 minutes ago, but there is no sign of activity yet, & the guys are only just srarting to get seated.

Seats remain as last night, but there WILL be a complete redraw when they get down to 27 players. (38 now).

Then they will play down to the Final Table of 8.

[Easycure]

Get better friend and don't make the players sick.
Thanks for letting us sweat through you.

[Rolandinho]

Great job Tikay. Fantastic service. Dont make it pay per view!

Obviously Im behind Willie and Ben but there is one guy we all want to see do the business.

Go the EGG!

[Junior Senior]

come on Tikay fight the flu! - we need poker news!

you do look a bit rough this morning though!!

[tikay]

They have a "TV Table" again. At present, it is Table 2, which includes Scott Bush, the low-chipped Marcel Luske - who is wearing a VERY expensive black suit - and Brandon Schaeffer, he who did so well in Deauville. He really is a lovely guy, too. And on the same table is 12th placed Isabelle Mercier. Isabelle has her jet black hair "down" today. She has a black PokerStars blouse, & blue jeans. I think Isabelle may be the only poker player in the world whose bottom is sponsored - she wears jeans with the slogan "Van Dutch" written large across the, err, bottom. I jest not.

[I KNOW IT]

Keep up the good work Tikay. Great coverage, hope you feeling better by the time you get to the Vic.
If not keep your distance.

[tikay]

We are off & running..........

[Easycure]

Van Dutch is my stage name

[tikay]

Young Nathaneal is in action early. Blinded down to about 3k, he doubles through & lets out a whoop & a hollar. The Baseball Cap is on sideways again, & he's derermined to eke iut every last minute of fun from his Monte Carlo trip.

[AlrightJack]

How's Matey Boy doing today?

[Easycure]

You can't blame him for that!
What are the blinds at, Tikay, sir?

[luckyblind]

Don't be bringing that flu over to Ireland Tikay ! Great work as always. Can you keep an eye on Ben and Declan Barker?

[tikay]

Mr KEVIN O'CONNELL - AN APOLOGY

Yesterday, under the headline "Quality Starting Hands are the Key" we referred to Kevin's coup with 4-3 suited on a K44 flop. Kevin has asked us to point out that this was NOT correct. He claims he would never, ever, raise with 4-3 suited - it would only give him one flush draw. Scott Gray spotted our report, & discussed it with one Padraig Parkinson (who he?) in Paris. Padraig complained to Keven that if such stories were allowed to go uncorrected, it would damage the reputation of the Irish as top poker players. We are happy to issue a correction - it was 4-3 OFF.

[carlo citrone]

38 at the end last night ! not far off 41 was it? TIKAY !!!