EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo: Day 1A - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

And here's a certain Mr Kendall (here on business, apparently) with Yoyo's eldest offspring and other (better)  half.

[snoopy1239]

Don't worry, we haven't left out the great man himself...

[bobby1]

For a good cheap night out Snoops get the train over to Nice and find a bar called Thor, usually has a band playing live and the beer isnt too expensive.

And the great thing is you can amuse yourself for the rest of the week by shouting'Thor, what is it good for?'...well it amused us anyway.

enjoy the comp mate

[snoopy1239]

Caught this man on the way down. Quite a respected player on the uk circuit, but tikay offered me a fiver to ask if he wanted to play a game of Crash, so I'm guessing that's not his strongest game, well, not last night at the least.

[snoopy1239]

There are lots of former EPT Grand Finalists here this week: Marcel Luske, Jeff Williams and Rob Hollink to name just a few.

However, I have just ran into the biggest of them all, Chris 'NoflopsHomer' Hall who finalled in last nights Media Comp Grand Final for 20 Euros!

[NoflopsHomer]

There are lots of former EPT Grand Finalists here this week: Marcel Luske, Jeff Williams and Rob Hollink to name just a few.

However, I have just ran into the biggest of them all, Chris 'NoflopsHomer' Hall who finalled in last nights Media Comp Grand Final for 20 Euros!

Another fantastically terrible photo of me...

[snoopy1239]

For some reason, I feel like I've known this pairing for years, but I haven't, and it's only recently that they've become familiar to me. Paul Gourlay from Leeds (right) in particular is now a regular on the circuit and can often be found playing EPT events as well as the usual biggies back home. The other chap, who my spider senses inform me is Devon's Alan Vinnecombe (although I'm not 100%) can also be found playing the odd main event in England. Quite a couple of characters these two, so watch out for them later on, although Alan is still having trouble registering.

[NoflopsHomer]

Ok, Big TK just announced that everyone is starting with 15k chips instead of 10k, and we are playing 7 levels each day.

Shuffle up and deal...

[Colchester Kev]

Floppy looks like Ray Stubbs.

[Graham C]

good luck, happy updating

[snoopy1239]

Uh-oh, this is going to be a tough update. To give you an idea of what lies before us, here are just a selection of the recognisable faces present today...

Magnus Petersson
Katja Thater
Kristian Ulriksen
George McKeever
Paul Gourlay
Jimmy Fricke
Rob Hollink
Greg Raymer
Terry Cook
Thomas Walhroos
Christoffer Stahle
Paul Linton
Ashely Alterman
Chris Moneymaker
George Panzer
Ben Roberts
Dean Sanders
Humberto Brenes
Barry Greenstein
Peter Willers Jepsen
Julian Thew
Ben Callinan
Marc Naalden
Noah Boaken
Carlo Citrone
Martin Wendt
Johan Storakers
Patric Bueno
Joe Raferty
Peter Eicchart
Tony Cascarino
Andreas Hoivold
Dave Gregory
John Conroy
Jules Kuusik
JP Kelly
Mark Teltscher
Victor Ramdin
Bernard Litman
Chris Smith
Dave Clayton
Nik Persaud
John Shipley
Jani Sointula
Stuart Fox
Kevin O'Donnell
Ramzi Jelassi
Steve Vladar

[littlemissC]

Uh-oh, this is going to be a tough update. To give you an idea of what lies before us, here are just a selection of the recognisable faces present today...

Magnus Petersson
Katja Thater
Kristian Ulriksen
George McKeever
Paul Gourlay
Jimmy Fricke
Rob Hollink
Greg Raymer
Terry Cook
Thomas Walhroos
Christoffer Stahle
Paul Linton  DO YOU MEAN PETE?
Ashely Alterman
Chris Moneymaker
George Panzer
Ben Roberts
Dean Sanders
Humberto Brenes
Barry Greenstein
Peter Willers Jepsen
Julian Thew
Ben Callinan
Marc Naalden
Noah Boaken
Carlo Citrone
Martin Wendt
Johan Storakers
Patric Bueno
Joe Raferty
Peter Eicchart
Tony Cascarino
Andreas Hoivold
Dave Gregory
John Conroy
Jules Kuusik
JP Kelly
Mark Teltscher
Victor Ramdin
Bernard Litman
Chris Smith
Dave Clayton
Nik Persaud
John Shipley
Jani Sointula
Stuart Fox
Kevin O'Donnell
Ramzi Jelassi
Steve Vladar

[snoopy1239]

Naturally, plenty of Americans have been lured in by the Monte Carlo razzmatazz  and the the huge prizepool, but due to an unfortunate lack of a playerlist (I do hope we receive one), I'm going to have trouble identifying our friends from across the pond. However, Paulie from TaoPoker is here, and I'm sure he'll help me name a few of these well known Americans, so hopefully we can offer an eclectic range of nationalities today.

I did spot Gobboboy, fresh off his 2nd place finish in the Aussie Millions this January - he's truly unmissable. Also, I did recognise Kevin O'Donnell, who I believe did very well in various WSOP events last year.

[Redbull]

There is a Paul Linton too who has played previous EPT's...

[Djinn]

Hi Jen and Snoops, I would just like to say it was an honour to report alongside u 2 legends at Cardiff, and I'm realy looking forward to these updates. Could you if possible keep an eye on team badbeat, I know chris "zim" Smith is playing today.

best of luck and enjoy Monaco.........

Hi there,

Saw Zim in the hallway, which could have been a bad sign but wasn't...he says he's already +3k in chips, mainly down to a hand he got to check in the big blind, thereby seeing the flop:  . It brought two Eights and a reasonable start for Mr. Smith, who said, "That's the kind of hand I like."  Just check, and flop something nice.  I wonder what his table line-up is - could be hard for the self-deprecating businessman to get too many more of those, looking at the players flooding in at the start...