MONTE CARLO - THE FINAL

[Rolandinho]

i know where Daniel plays-it was me who gave him the deal!not scumbags btw!

[Rolandinho]

TK when do u first go on tv?

[tikay]

The crowd watching from the stands has not reduced at all, & includes Greg Raymer, Willie Tann (& Mrs Tann), & Rolf Slotboom. By the way, at the "Welcome Cocktail Party" earlier in the week, Greg Raymer was called up on to the stage by his sponsors PokerStars to deliver a little speech. He looked the bizz in a well-cut black suit & white shirt, but the open toed sandals betrayed his nationality.....

[tikay]

Hi Rolandinho, I've been doing these Live Updates all week & thought nobody was ever gonna ask that question....

But now you've asked.....The TV programme - "Poker 425" - first airs at 11pm this Wednesday, and is repeated every night, same time, same place. We shall be recording it on Wednesday afternoon. And we are hoping to take a film crew to Dublin for the Irish Open, so maybe we'll get some nice stuff there, too, for the following week's show.

[Rolandinho]

im gonna be on the rival channel as presenter of a show from march31 

good luck

[Junior Senior]

will you want a young good looking and marketable notts lad for your footage?
i'll be in Dublin you know!!! :-)

[tikay]

We have just had our first all-in of the heads-up battle. The chips had been gradually moving in Brandon's direction, when suddenly, Brandon, for the very first time, says "all-in". Rob called in a trice. Flop was TT3. Brandon had 3-4 (two pair), Rob had T-8 (top set).

[Karabiner]

No taxation without representation !

 

[tikay]

As soon as the cards were on their back, Brandon realised he'd walked into a trap, & left his seat, walking away from the table in disgust.

[RedFox]

good evening from redfox land

just checking this works

[tikay]

Rob had his man on the ropes now, & two hands later, set Brandon all-in.

And the winner olf the EPT/PokerStars Grand Final is......

[tikay]

Rob Hollink

[tikay]

So, this time the old guard prevailed. He was the selection of many, & his guile got him through in the end. It really seemed to be that Rob was setting Brandon up from some way out, & sprung the trap twice in the last 3 hands, each time with 2 pair.

But well done to both of them.

[tikay]

WINNER - Rob Hollink - 635,000 Euros

2nd - Brandon Schaeffer, 350,000 Euros

3rd - Alex Stevic, 178,000 Euros.

4th - Romain Feriolo, 139,000 Euros

5th - Kevin Seeger, 118,000 Euros

6th - Abdullaziz Abdullaziz, 99,500 Euros.

7th - Ben Grundy, 79,500 Euros

8th, Mikhail Ustinov, 59,500 Euros.

9th, Jani Sointula, 39,300 Euros.

10th, Isabelle Mercier, 23,900 Euros

11th - Mike Luper, 23,900 Euros

12th - Anthony Lellouche, 23,900 Euros

13th, Martin Knape, 19,800 Euros

14th, Martin Wengt, 19,800 Euros.

15th, Julian Gardner, 19,800 Euros.

16th, Gus Hansen, 15,800 Euros

17th, Scott Bush, 15,800 Euros

18th--Eugene Katchalov, 15,800 Euros.


19th to 27th ALL got 11,900 Euros.

19th--Jonathan Senn 

20th--Kevin O'Connell

21st--John Fanning   

22nd--Martin DeKnijff

23rd--Barney Boatman

24th--Declan Barker

25th--Harry Fitzpatrick 

26th--Ben Sprengers

27th--Ryan Walters 

[tikay]

Just spoke to Simon Trumper, who told me he had shared a table with Rob last week in Vienna. Rob had told him that he was having the worst run of "form" in his poker career.

And I have been joined by Willike Tann, who says Rob said exactly the same thing to him.

Even better, Rob told Simon Trumper that Simon had said "dont worry, it will change soon". Too right it did!