Pokerstars.com EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final - Day 1a - Interactive

[Djinn]

Chip counts as mid-level the dinner breakers swap off.  Half the room is filling up, and the other half is still playing, so there's some overlap for Sitting Two to get ready.  I think.  No one should ever let me organise anything.

Anyway...

Priyan de Mel -- 3,800 ("Grinding.  My goal is to survive each round.")  Pictured below.
Mel Judah -- 20,550
Noah Boeken -- 19,700
Stephen Pearce -- 29,000
John Shipley -- 11,950
Benjamin Kang -- 13,000
Anna Wroblewski -- 16,000
Jan Sjavik -- 13,700
Annette Obrestad -- 9,700
Steven van Zadelhoff -- 17,425
Roland de Wolfe -- 11,000
Thomas Wahlroos -- 45,000
Trond Eidsvig -- 17,600
Daniel (probably) Zink -- 22,500
George Danzer -- 22,000
Peter Roche -- 27,000   (Says of neighbour Danzer:  "He's a fish.  A raising machine.  But he's a lucky fish."

[danafish]

Mr Trond Eidsvig - 19k.

[snoopy1239]

Is it possible to have a photo of (at least) one of these french guys please ?

 * elie marciano
 * otto richard
 * fançois tardieu
 * cyrille chabot

When I popped in, Otto and Cyrille were munching on their dinner break, whilst Francois Tardieu is unknown to me. I did, however, find Eli Marciano and I have thrown in a bonus Frenchie in the form of Guillaume de la Gorce, Gorce the Force having recently doubled up to 14k with Jacks v A-Q.

Here's the Force pre-double up and Eli (seated next to Christian Grundtvig) checking out the norkage strutting by.

[cookie....]

could i get an update on 'carl boreham' please....started in seat 5 table 35.

thanks

[Gobbomom]

Mr Richard Fohrenbach has knocked out another Young American (tall, thin, curly hair - anyone??) on that Classic Coinflip (TM), A-K v Q-Q.

Board - a very sickening

Mr Young American takes it like a gentleman, although as he wanders off with some friends, I do hear him muttering "Bullshit..."

that was Matt Kay, aka "Choppy" > best friend to Timex aka Mike McDonald.

[snoopy1239]

Not only is Stephen Pearce sporting a shirt that could dazzle a small child out of a coma, but he's auctioning off his cards after taking down a pot. Christian Harder quickly swiped out his wallet and offered $5 which was insta snapped up by Stephen who subsequently showed Pocket Sixes for a Flopped Set.

[snoopy1239]

After taking a major hit early doors, temporary Michael Jackson impersonator (see Jen's photo from earlier) Roberto Romanello is now er... history after running Pocket Tens into Pocket Queens. "I can't keep folding," he declared in defeat.

[danafish]

There is a flop - it is and a gentleman in a T6 shirt checks. Hair Of The Dayster Adrian Koy bets, and now T6 Man raises; Mr Koy calls.

Turn - - and they both check

River - - and T6 Man bets Almost All In, or 4k, leaving himself just 2k behind. Mr Koy is most irked - he stares at the board with some consternation, and appears to be mouthing sums to himself. T6 Man is staring fixedly at a point on the far wall. Koy calls.

...And T6 Man just mucks without waiting to see what Mr Koy has, which is, as it turns out, .

[danafish]

Mr Richard Fohrenbach has knocked out another Young American (tall, thin, curly hair - anyone??) on that Classic Coinflip (TM), A-K v Q-Q.

Board - a very sickening

Mr Young American takes it like a gentleman, although as he wanders off with some friends, I do hear him muttering "Bullshit..."

that was Matt Kay, aka "Choppy" > best friend to Timex aka Mike McDonald.

Yes! Yes it was. Thank you very much, Mrs Gobbomom. 

[jpean]

thanks Dana for the photos of the Frenchies 

[Chappie]

Hi Dana's minions !... is there a side event schedue anywhere, s'il vous plait?

(BSQ Poker Poster)

[Karabiner]

I hate to interrupt this live update with personal issues, but I just purchased a tuna sandwich for €10. I can only compare the painful feeling inside to a burst appendix. 

€20 hamburger just now consumed, and I'm not even full.

Jen had a €5 Coke.

How did said burger compare with the DTD deluxe variety ?

To be honest, it was not a bad burger. I would say it was roughly on a par with the DTD burger (the regular, not the deluxe - it seems like a fairer comparison) - both perhaps a 6.5 out of 10, where 1=the hamburgers my old school canteen served, and 10=the Best Hamburger In The World, which I consumed at the Clover Grill in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Autumn 2002.

However, when price is taken into account - around £8 for the DTD burger, €20=£16.05 (!!!) for my lunch today, $4.95 (£2.51) for the Clover Grillburger, a wide gap in the quality/price ratio becomes evident, making the Monte Carloburger almost exactly half as good as the DTD burger.

I used to like the ones that you could get in London in the '70's at "The Great American Disaster" which was the first restaurant, afaik to do "proper" burgers, char grilled with a slice of raw onion on top, US style. Up to then burgers were what was available in the old "Wimpey Bars", horrible greasy soulless things which had given burgers in this country (the UK) a thoroughly bad name.

Excellent piece of in-depth hamburger analysis btw, I'm glad that at least you enjoyed it.

PS Anyone for a hamburger analysis child-board ?

[snoopy1239]

With an lying patiently on the felt, a cucumber cool Patrik Antonius sizes up his opponent as his 1.1k bet is check-raised to 4.5k. With an icy, focused stare that suggests that not even a streaking Beagle could divert his attention, Patrik makes the call. The River comes a , and as the initial aggressor meekly checks, Patrick confidently bets out 8k to take down the pot and send a defiant "don't mess with me, bucko" message.

[snoopy1239]

Just to prove that we did indeed find the frequently requested Stephan Kjerstad, here is the young Norwegian in all his glory, currently down a little with 32k but still comfortably above average.

[Gobbomom]

Yes! Yes it was. Thank you very much, Mrs Gobbomom. 

you're quite welcome.

now, I have a request, please: at some point could you get a chip count on Justin Schwartz, a young American playing with Eli Elezra?  By the time I find a pic. I'll bet you've found him (that's a compliment to Team Blonde detective skills)