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

[snoopy1239]

are julian and dave colclough still in???

We believe Julian is down and out (he's showing his mother around, according to Jen). As for Dave Colclough, his section was enjoying the dinner break at the time of our last venture into the battlefied, so we'll double check his existence. Hopefully he's still riding high with a big stack and saying...

[jpean]

Like a team of undeterred archaeologists, digging deep until we find that crucial gem, we have finally found Otto Richard after much scurrying through the cardroom. He was tricky to unearth in the end, mainly due to his hoody concealing his identity, but just for jpean, here is his fellow Frenchie (I hope  ) Otto, currently struggling with 4,900.

in fact, I did'nt know him, but one of my friends tell me that he was one of the great your french players...

[danafish]

a zombified as ever Barry Greenstein (6k).

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[danafish]

By the way, the reason that our clock keeps jumping about is that they've been playing Level 4 over and over in odd 45-minute chunks to accommodate the split dinner break for the players (no dinner break for your updaters, weep, although to be honest we probably can't afford any more food today ) - we don't really understand the system they're using for the clock over this level, so we've sort of screwed it up a bit... Nevertheless we reckon it'll be ok from here on in.

take that Dana :

Umm, is that even food? Thanks! I think... 

[snoopy1239]

The delightfully attractive Maria Maceiras is still plugging away with 16,500.

In the seat opposite, meanwhile, Greg Raymer is pleasuring everyone with his endless anecdotes. "A story for every occasion", claims PokerStars blogger Otis.



Here is his captivated audience after anecdote number 27.

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[littlemissC]

are julian and dave colclough still in???

We believe Julian is down and out (he's showing his mother around, according to Jen). As for Dave Colclough, his section was enjoying the dinner break at the time of our last venture into the battlefied, so we'll double check his existence. Hopefully he's still riding high with a big stack and saying...

   very good

[Djinn]

Rob Hollink, pride of the Dutch, is down to under 5k after a series of hands refused to go his way.  The downhill slide was given its first major push when he called a shorter stack's all-in with his , but found it racing .  As you can see, the overcard popped out, which is never a bad beat but can still cause a reaction.

[snoopy1239]

My lack of fashion sense leads to my exclusion on most blonde 'hoody of the day' panels, but nonetheless I am charging in feet first with my own nomination for the day... excellent use of fuchsia, might I add.

[snoopy1239]

A big kafuffle around one of the central tables had me racing over like Linford Christie being launched out of a cannon. Whilst it wasn't quite the spectacularly mammoth pot I was hoping for, it was exciting nonetheless, Italian player Domenico Tinnirello all-in with the Bullets against a local player's Pocket Cowboys. Normally the oohs and aahs would be due to a third King hitting the board, but on this occasion they were the result of Quads and a 5-6-A-A-6 board. This put a hugely popular (several railers were cheering his triumph) Domenico up to 30k, whilst a now eliminated Frenchieboy could only stand there in disgust with his arms folded like a defiant teenager.

[jpean]

Do you know the name of this poor frenchie ?

[henrik777]

Rob Hollink, pride of the Dutch, is down to under 5k after a series of hands refused to go his way.  The downhill slide was given its first major push when he called a shorter stack's all-in with his , but found it racing .  As you can see, the overcard popped out, which is never a bad beat but can still cause a reaction.

Tell him the hand is dead as the deck is wonky should cheer him up

Sandy

[LLevan]

Do you know the name of this poor frenchie ?

Monsieur Mateygarcon???

[Djinn]

I caught the demise of John Conroy while trying to count his stack (result of this literally seconds-worth of work now null and void, sigh)...

He raised to 625 from the cutoff (on Foxy's bb, I might add) only for the small blind to re-raise to 1,900.  Conroy's whole stack (c. 5k) went over the line - instacall.
Conroy: 
Eliminator of Conroy: 

Flop: 
Turn:    (John was already saying "Good game," and standing up)
River: 

[jpean]

Do you know the name of this poor frenchie ?

Monsieur Mateygarcon???

[snoopy1239]

Do you know the name of this poor frenchie ?

I'm afraid not, and I didn't fancy asking, I think he would have punched me.