EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo: Day 2 - At A Glance

[NoflopsHomer]

guys. We're starting once again at 2pm (1pm GMT).

Blinds are 300/600 with a 75 ante, and there's roughly (until I get the actual number) 340 players left. On the EPT site, it says we are only playing 5 levels today, but we'll get this confirmed as soon as we know.

This is the 'lite' thread, if you want pictures or to interact with us, please go to the interactive thread here:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=22009.msg447612#msg447612

Start of day chip counts:

Chad Brown USA 150,425
Christopher Ulsrud Norway 133,875
Hans Vimmo Eskilsson Sweden 110,600
Jani Vilmunen Finland 95,925
Steve Jelinek UK 95,375
Dario Alioto Italy 87,850
Thomas Wahlroos Finland 87,625
Andrew Black IRE 86,925
Peter Dalhuijsen Holland 82,600
Maurice Kenter III USA 76,500
Hans Ritburg Holland 76,100
William Hill UK 75,825
Lars Brasholt Denmark 72,400
Patric Martensson Sweden 71,325
Frederik Hostrup Denmark 70,725
Erik Pettersson Sweden 70,025
Nicholas Jenkins UK 69,550
Patrik Antonius USA 67,325
Masterman Ali UK 66,625
Mark Teltscher UK 66,425
Graziano Cecchetti Italy 66,075
Johnny Lodden Norway 64,250
Alan Smurfit Ireland 63,500
Robert Gergely Hungary 63,050
Cristinel Dumitru Romania 63,000
Sergey Altbregin Russia 62,050
Josh Arieh USA 60,575
Philip Hilm Denmark 60,575
Orjan Holt Norway 60,250
Daniel Conte France 60,100
Dan Bush USA 59,450
Roi Elmaliah Israel 58,500
Erik Magnus Persson Sweden 58,125
Erich Kollmann Austria 55,825
Allan Drake Canada 55,275
Fadi Kamar Lebanon 54,700
Frank Guenther Germany 54,400
Christopher Smith UK 53,725
Greg Raymer USA 53,625
David Layani France 53,025
Paul Gourlay UK 52,875
Olof William Thorson Sweden 52,650
Kristian Kjondal Norway 52,450
Marc Karam Canada 52,100
Vladimir Troyanovsky Russia 52,000
Victor Ramdin USA 51,625
Joe Beevers UK 51,525
Richard Waters UK 49,950
Jani Sointula Finland 49,800
Jonathan Little USA 49,300
Joseph Starcevic Canada 49,000
Julian Gardner UK 48,650
Christian Togsverd Denmark 48,250
Christian Neirinck Belgium 48,225
Michael Martin USA 48,200
Age Spets Norway 48,200
Stuart Fox UK 47,950
Jacob Larsson Sweden 47,575
Richard Herbert Ireland 47,525
Joseph Lovelady UK 47,425
William Vance USA 47,125
Kristof De Smedt 47,050
Harry Demetriou UK 46,650
Carlos Mortensen Spain 46,450
Johannes Strassmann Germany 46,350
Nicholas Goodall UK 46,225
Jean Claude Perrot France 46,225
Cristiano Blanco Italy 45,750
Peter James Linton UK 45,525
Emad Tahtouh Australia 45,500
Kenneth Strandli Norway 45,450
David Peters USA 44,725
Knut Rysstad Norway 44,475
Hans Ari Vars Norway 43,975
Aaron Kanter USA 43,900
Opria Cristea Romania 43,600
Nicolas Levi France 43,325
Sebastian Riviere Sweden 43,125
Brice Cournut France 43,000
Emile Petit France 42,600
Stuart Hooft Canada 42,450
Joe Rafferty UK 42,125
Sam El Sayed Switzerland 41,525
Antony Elie Lellouche France 41,375
Frank Hilton USA 41,350
David Sonelin Sweden 40,875
Mark Vos Australia 40,875
Barry Greenstein USA 40,725
Souhail Nassar Lebanon 40,275
Csaba Kuremszki Hungary 40,225
Ramzi Jelassi Sweden 39,675
Rayan Nathan Australia 39,650
Jeffrey Rogers UK 39,350
Theo Jorgensen Denmark 39,125
Pier Ruscalla Italy 39,100
Dan Abouaf France 39,075
Ariel Adda UK 38,875
Lars Bonding Denmak 38,550
Samuel Lehtonen Sweden 38,500
Atanas Gueorguiev Bulgaria 38,300
David Leavey UK 38,125
Simon Christensson Sweden 38,050
Johannes Steindl Austria 38,000
Pete Giordano USA 37,950
Chris Odle USA 37,900
Mark Forrester UK 37,775
Nick Slade UK 37,675
Joakim Sorensen Denmark 37,450
Halldor Mar Sverrisson Iceland 37,400
Noah Boeken Holland 37,175
George Danzer Germany 36,800
Luke Staudenmaie USA 36,725
Nordine Bouya France 36,650
Lars Eidissen Norway 36,300
Jan Zeuschner Germany 36,150
Andy Lowe UK 35,750
Odd Lavik Norway 35,325
Clint Brothertorn USA 35,200
Ram Vaswani UK 35,150
Eric Van der Berg Holland 35,025
Alexander Stevic Sweden 34,775
Andrew Robl USA 34,675
Kim Nielsen Denmark 34,450
David Mobbs UK 34,300
Jimmie Guinther USA 33,200
Andrea Borea Italy 32,600
Tommy 31,925
Simon Johansson Sweden 31,600
Ernst Hermans Holland 31,575
Paul Ladanyi Hungary 31,300
Dean Sanders UK 31,200
Alexander Holovko Ukraine 31,150
Elie Marciano France 31,125
Sverre Krogh Sundbo Norway 31,000
Keith Hawkins UK 30,850
Michael Melin Sweden 30,625
Nicolas Ragot France 30,550
Daniel Amich Makowsky Israel 30,425
Roy Brindley UK 30,250
Paul Linton UK 30,175
David Clayton UK 30,150
Biri Balazs Hungary 30,125
Ross Boatman UK 30,075
Mark Joseph Gregorich USA 29,975
Jan Boubli France 29,925
Eric Kronenberg USA 29,725
Jason Gray Australia 29,700
Mark Pinter Hungary 29,700
Phillipe Narboni France 29,575
Josh Seeburger USA 29,300
Paul Murrell UK 29,225
Jim Kerrigan UK 29,150
Alexander Uskov Russia 29,075
David Barraclough UK 28,925
Fabio Bianchi Italy 28,725
Daniel Steine Norway 28,675
Haim Kakoun France 28,100
Josh Prager USA 28,000
Nikolai Evdakov Russia 27,900
Jan Christop Von Halle Germany 27,800
Carl Olson USA 27,750
Owen Crowe Canada 27,700
Joseph Karl Michael USA 27,475
David Ray Cotten USA 27,450
Haward Speer Germany 27,400
Richard Wild UK 27,400
Bernd Stadlbauer France 27,300
Sasa Biorac Germany 27,225
Sergey Feklisov Russia 27,175
Jason Mellross Australia 27,075
Mickey Wernick UK 27,075
Roland Rozel France 26,975
Soren Kongsgaard Denmark 26,800
Claude Marbleau France 26,700
Terence Cook UK 26,375
Samir Rahal France 26,350
Johan Storakers Sweden 26,250
Noah Stephens USA 26,200
Arnaud Mattern France 26,175
Ion Pavel Romania 26,000
Bengt Sonnert Sweden 25,975
Sebastian Ruthenberg Germany 25,850
Jean Phullipe Leandri France 25,725
Anders Indrebo Norway 25,650
Barry Strickland USA 25,650
Dean Thurman USA 25,650
Istvan Novak Hungary 25,600
Hans Erlandsson Sweden 25,550
Christophe Barabe France 25,500
David Sykes Canada 25,450
Fowzi Baroukh UK 25,175
James Kilarjian USA 24,900
Jude Ainsworth Ireland 24,600
Jan Veit Germany 24,550
Patrick Gaillardo France 24,400
Chris Bjorin Sweden 24,350
Francisco Lopez Spain 24,225
Soren Bakfort Denmark 24,050
Gregory Byard USA 23,975
Isaac Baron USA 23,850
Jesper Hougaard Denmark 23,850
Marcel Rhin France 23,725
Pernille Ravn Denmark 23,400
Gunnar Ostebrod Norway 23,350
Zahid Wahla UK 23,300
Michel Vat Holland 23,175
Tore Lagerborg Norway 23,000
Ricki Nielsen Denmark 22,900
Gavin Griffin USA 22,725
Xuyen Pham UK 22,525
Dennis Plejdrup Denmark 22,525
Thomas Bihl Germany 22,375
Oscar Carrasco Spain 22,075
Chris Moneymaker USA 22,050
Jonathan Mccann UK 22,000
Xavier Laszcz France 21,875
Staale Egenes Norway 21,575
Pascal Peretti France 21,450
George Mckeever UK 21,050
Nik Persaud UK 20,950
Juan Manuel Pastor Spain 20,900
Mesbah Guerfi France 20,750
Yevgeniy Timoshenko USA 20,725
Jasper Wijbenga Holland 20,625
Erik Palm Sweden 20,500
Luca Mortarino Italy 20,275
Bruno Fitoussi France 20,200
Scot Wilson Canada 20,000
John Persson Sweden 19,950
Adam Szalak Poland 19,650
David Benyamine France 19,500
Victor Olaru Romania 19,400
Lasse Ubostad Norway 19,375
Kareem Alsaihati Saudi Arabia 19,275
Daniel Kelley USA 19,075
Piers Whyman UK 19,050
Niklas Liljegren Sweden 18,950
Shane Schleger USA 18,900
Bernt Grytdahl Norway 18,875
Conor O'Keefe USA 18,875
Phil Hellmuth USA 18,275
Amritraj Singh USA 18,275
Brian Weisner Canada 18,275
Nicolas Pussini France 18,050
Marcus Jessen Denmark 17,975
William Davison USA 17,925
Georg Lothar Korch Germany 17,800
Michele Greco Ireland 17,750
Dan Glimne Sweden 17,525
Jonas Helness Norway 17,100
Denes Kalo Hungary 17,075
Julien Neuman France 17,050
Barkatul Mohammed UK 16,925
Gea Gregory Marc Russia 16,800
Casey Kastle USA 16,625
Ben Walter Callinan UK 16,350
Alexander Kuzmin Russia 16,300
Richard Ashby UK 15,850
Stuart Taylor Holland 15,500
Michael Long USA 14,700
Ken Goldin USA 14,675
John Gale UK 14,650
Alfred Zaccagnino USA 14,475
Gregory Orlov Russia 14,350
Darius Hastings USA 14,300
Zack Stewart Israel 14,275
Katja Thater Germany 14,275
Lyndon Basha Australia 14,250
Robert Cohen France 14,050
William Chen USA 13,800
Stefan Mattsson Sweden 13,725
John Shipley UK 13,700
Alexander Kim USA 13,625
Isabelle Mercier Canada 13,575
Marc Zaicik France 13,200
Olivier Czerwonogo France 13,150
Dave Colclough UK 12,950
Richard Barnett UK 12,875
Jesse Steinberg USA 12,775
Baard Dahl Norway 12,625
Daryl Jace USA 12,550
Mihai Manole Romania 12,550
Michael Hill UK 12,300
Khalil Rahal France 12,300
John Brooks USA 12,225
Tomas Petterson Sweden 12,150
Ouri Aron Cohen France 12,100
Reuben Peters USA 12,050
Tomas Brolin Sweden 12,000
Tony Cascarino Ireland 12,000
Michaela Johansson Sweden 11,925
Tyler Netter USA 11,675
Emil Holmsten Sweden 11,650
Anthony Holden UK 11,525
Scott Piecha UK 11,425
Ivan Barbuto Italy 11,000
Anthony Chatelain Sweden 11,000
Per Magnus Ummer Sweden 10,850
Dave Ulliott UK 10,750
Carl Hostrup Denmark 10,575
Desmond Jonas UK 10,550
Thor Hansen Denmark 10,475
Herman Zango Costa Rica 10,250
Erika Schonberg USA 10,225
Roberto Nateri Italy 10,125
Davide Adamo Germany 10,050
Bo Schults Italy 10,050
Victoria Coren UK 9,825
Nitin Malik India 9,800
Lee Nelson New Zeland 9,775
Guillaume De La Gorce France 9,500
Noboru Mark Nagaoka USA 9,350
Emile Elias France 9,325
Bryn Kenney USA 9,250
Arshad Hussain UK 9,150
Mikhail Ustinov Russia 9,150
Philip Yeh Sweden 9,025
Giuseppe Ruvolo USA 8,850
Fabrice Soulier France 8,550
Henrik Sorensen Denmark 8,425
Cametti Laurent France 8,250
Jan Erik Iversen Norway 8,050
Vegard Nygaard Norway 7,950
Richard Shtrax USA 7,900
Ulrica Skonnemark Sweden 7,850
Shane Reihill Ireland 7,700
Michael Murphy UK 7,425
Jose Luis Navarro Spain 7,350
Bertrand Grospellier France 7,075
Marko Batanjac Yugoslavia 7,000
Uffe Thorup Petersen Denmark 7,000
Stuart Hosen USA 6,950
Jose Guevara Argentina 6,375
Michael Muecklish Germany 6,350
Afzal Hussain UK 6,200
Vikash Dhorasoo France 4,450
Imad Derwiche France 3,825
Gilles Pieri France 2,650
Jukka Ylitalo Finland 2,550

[snoopy1239]

Judging by the empty seats, Alfred Zaccagnino, Carl Olsen, Dan Glimne and one of the biggest names here today (20 letters!), Jan Christoph Von Halle, have all bitten the dust during these early stages.

Meanwhile, I just witnessed a rather gut wrenching hand which involved two players either side of Harry Demetriou. All in pre-flop, Sebastian Ruthenberg and his Pocket Nines were looking rather vulnerable when Josh Seeburger (Great name! - he see burger, he eat!!!) revealed his pocket Aces, but a J-T-J-8-Q resulted in our first vomit of the day.

Also, The Gecko has doubled up, and I bet he doesn't mind being called Beppe. Moving over the top of Gnuf member Sebastian Riviere, Beppe got caught with his fingers in the (Dusk) till (Dawn) and was forced to show his lowly . However, with Sebastian, who admittedly made a very good call, turned over his , Beppe was delighted to see that he had two live cards, and even more delighted when the board delivered a two on a board. Had to be the 2! 

[snoopy1239]

Soren Kongsgaard has take a big pot off Guerti Mebah with Jacks v Tens. 4-4-8-6-9 board. The latter is down to 17k as a result.

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Moneymaker and Shipley are OUT.

[NoflopsHomer]

can you do updates on Mark Pinter table 4 seat 1?

Certainly, he's a dirty stacker, so much so I had to ask how much he had, "24k" was the answer.

Ash Hussain has doubled up with A-K against Ricki Neilsen's A-Q.

Sverre Sundbo is OUT, he didn't want to talk about it... 

Nick 'Ripple11' Jenkins has just been moved off Johnny Lodden's table, "He just raised 9-5o hit trip fives and busted some poor guy."

[Djinn]

I saw Isabelle in the hallway pre-break - I have to assume the worst - she's OUT...

So is Nick Slade, in pretty dramatic circumstances (100k pot)... A short stack had raised to 2k preflop, and he'd called with the along with the big blind.  The flop came down .  The short stack bet 2k again, Nick upped it to 5k, and the big blind made it 10k...Nick flat called.
His nut flush draw came on the turn:    So in two swift bets both big stacks were in, Nick with his flush, and the big blind with ...  He looks a bit shell-shocked, to be honest.

[Djinn]

Has Badgirl managed to worm any chips from Mickey yet?

I don't know about that, but there's been a Legend Double Through...

I think it was Luca Mortarino under the gun who limped first, then Mickey in late position, then Alexander Stevic made up the small blind, George Danzer checked.
Flop:    Despite Alexander and George murmuring about 'keeping it friendly' Luca bet out 2,200 and Mickey Wernick called.  This was enough to get rid of the blinds ("Not against Mickey..." warned Danzer), so heads up for the turn:
  Luca checked, Mickey bet 8k, saying, "It's an overbet; this time I call all-in.  11,000."  True to his word, when he got check-raised all-in he called, showing , ahead of his opponent's .
A slightly tense moment as the rivered.
"Mickey never lies," pipes up Danzer as the young player doubles Mickey through to over 45k.

[snoopy1239]

Richard Strummer has lost a 40k pot with Jacks versus Big Slick, a cruel King hitting the River.

Dave Colclough eliminated John Shipley, A-K vs J-Q, Ace on Flop, Jack on River.

Andy Black (now 98k) knocked out Chris Moneymaker. Andy raised with Q-Q, Chris called from the BB, Flop of K-K-7, no action, Turn 2, Chris bet, Andy called, River 4, Chris bet, Andy out-talked Chris and re-raised. Chris chose to move all-in for another 10k. Andy called, showed Q-Q and Chris mucked. Barry Greenstein is also on the same table with approx 55k"

[Djinn]

The first colour-up has occurred, and play has restarted, blinds 400/800 ante 100.  Players remaining:  272

[Djinn]

Arnaud Mattern tackles Chad Brown (not in a physical sense):

Arnaud had raised to 3,600 on the button and limpers (and big stacks) William Thorsson and Chad Brown called.  This is the point at which I would be thinking, "Wonderful."
Flop:    William checked, Chad checked, and Arnaud gave it a 7.5k bet.  William got out of the way, but Chad counted out 25k and calmly shoved it into the middle.  Arnaud still had 37,000 behind, and after a brief consideration, passed with mild to moderate pain.

[NoflopsHomer]

Good news Steve and Julian. Bad Girl has trebled up.

One off the cut-off raised to around 2.5-3k (I missed this part of the hand) the cut-off flat called and Bad Girl moved in from the button, both had her covered, the shorter moving in and the larger calling.

One off the Cut-off:



Cut-off:



Bad Girl:



Board (with Bad Girl jumping up and down saying "Come a Queen"):



She's understandably happy now, with around 90k.

[snoopy1239]

Last year's runner-up, Ash Hussain, is OUT.

Stuart Fox raised it up under the gun and Ash, along with another player, made the call.

T-6-2 rainbow Flop, Stu checked, Ash moved all-in, Mateyboy called, and Stuart put Mateyboy in for his last 9k.

Ash = A-T

Stu = Q-Q

Mateyboy = 6-6

[snoopy1239]

Barry Greenstein has been eliminated by Andy Black.

Meanwhile, the enigmatic and highly celebratory Kareem Alsainhati has doubled through (although still only to 15k) his Scandinavian neighbour with vs. on a board. Looked like the spondoolies went in on the Flop.

[Djinn]

DTD counts, as they break yet another table (225 remaining, apparently):

Odd Lavik       22,500
Michael Greco  22,000  (now tablemates flanking the Camel)
Richard Ashby  36,900
Dave Colclough  20,200
Dave Clayton    72,000  (despite having just doubled a short stack's Tens with his Button Eights - looks in good shape for a DTD last longer...)


Meanwhile, Phillipe Narboni has been sent packing by Keith Hawkins, betting a missed flush draw all-in on a board of 9-7h-5h-T-6. By this time though, the Camel had made a straight with Pocket Snowmen.

[NoflopsHomer]

He's nowhere near chip leader now, Chad Brown and William Thorsten just got involved in a HUGE pot. K-Q-9 board, Thorsten had Nines, Brown had Queens. Thorsten is OUT and Chad now has about 290k.

Also out is Patrick Antonius, he ran Tens into Jacks.

[Djinn]

Meanwhile, Dave and Andy Black seem to have defrosted over the course of the first few levels - Andy asked me, "What's the leader got?  I don't want to be the chip leader..." 
"I thought that was the point of poker tournaments," I queried.  "No, no..." he trailed off enigmatically.  He had 150k which was in the top five or so, but since that huge hand Homer just reported he's firmly off the potential top spot.  It's all clearly going according to plan.