PokerStars.Com EPT Monte Carlo: Day 2 - At A Glance

[danafish]

Morning all! We are in fact in our bedsit-hotel drinking duty-free right now, but come 1pm Monaco time (12 noon GMT) we will be back at the Monte Carlo Bay Sporting Club Giganto-Ballroom to follow our combined Days 1a and 1b survivors as they battle it out for what we believe is Europe's biggest ever prizepool - an eye-watering, nip-inducing €8.42 MILLION!!! 

We three highly professional updaters will be ready, notepads in hand and a single magical Mechanical Eye (camera) between us to give you the lowdown and possibly the dirty on all the action. A full player list along with chipcounts and that all-important payout will be with us in the morning for your edification - in the meantime, please feel free to put in your advance requests for persons to be updated on etc over on the interactive thread, otherwise we will be deciding who to update on by scrying, and breathing in the heady fumes from our potion - one part duty free brandy, one part €20 hamburger, three parts poker player, and all goooood...

[snoopy1239]

Name   Country   Chips
Cyril Bensoussan   France   128300
Stephen Kjaerstad   Norway   111200
Uffe Holm   Denmark   108875
Raul Corral   Spain   108825
Chris Min Lee   United States   96050
Andrea Benelli   Italy   94325
Johnny Lodden   Norway   88425
Mostafa Belkhayate   Morocco   88275
Driman Connor      87675
Shaun Deeb   USA   84375
Thomas Boekhoff   Germany   83350
Shane Reihill   Ireland   82150
Nils Christian Paulsen   Norway   80825
Beniamino Speroni   Italy   80525
Gilbert Abela   Liban   78875
Calle Scholdborg   Sweden   78700
Peter Wolfgang Roche   Ireland   78425
Pierliuigi Tiziani   Italy   77225
Claudio Stefano Rinaldi   Switzerland   74475
Denes Kalo   Hungary   74275
Noah Siegel   USA   73725
Tommi Horkko   Finland   73150
Michel Carvin   France   73050
Sasha Rosewood   USA   72125
Csaba Kuremszki   Hungary   71150
Woody Deck   Lithuania   70800
Terris Preston   Canada   70125
Anders Hoyer Berg   Norway   69425
Morten Lokken   Norway   68700
Maxime Villemure   Canada   68000
Michiel Willem Brummelhuis   Holland   67950
Juris Bonders   Austria   67800
Valeriy Ilikyan   Russia   67450
Kenny Hallaert   Belgium   67000
Clayton Maguire   USA   66800
Andreas Rathje   Germany   66525
Ed de Haas   Holland   65550
Jonas Molander   Sweden   65400
Vincent Secher   France   65050
Benjamin Sprengers   USA   65025
Casey Kastle   USA   64600
Luis David Sevilla   Spain   64025
Danny Ryan   USA   63125
James Campbell   USA   62425
Michael Martin   USA   61175
David Shade Kruger   USA   60200
Peter Heim   Austria   60025
Ariel Adda   UK   59800
Oyvind Riisem   Norway   59750
Felipe Taveres   Brazil   58150
Domenico Tinnirello   Italy   58100
Sebastian Zink   Germany   58050
Andrew Luetchford   UK   57225
Andreas Torbergsen   Norway   56600
Torsten Schulz   Germany   56450
Enrico Mognaga   Italy   56325
Christopher Klodnicki   USA   54800
Dan Glimne   Sweden   54725
Grigore Dan Adamescu   Romania   54025
William Martin   UK   53500
Giovanni Nervo   Italy   52625
Sorel Mizzi   Canada   52550
Alexander Uskov   Russia   52550
Rino Matthis   Switzerland   52400
Nordine Bouya   France   51400
Ghassan John Bitar   Lebanon   50700
Thomas Fougeron   France   50300
Arid Helland   Norway   50275
Gregory Byard   USA   49275
Jean-Pierre Gleize   France   49100
Jan Heitmann   Germany   48900
Dario Alioto   Italy   48525
Mel Judah   UK   47450
Alexia Portal   France   47250
Klas Gustav Axel Arvidsson   Sweden   47050
George Lind Iii   USA   46900
Eduards Kudrjavcevs   Latvia   46650
Stuart Michel Fox   UK   46600
Aliaksandr Dzianisau   Russia   46550
Jesse Rockowitz   USA   46500
Marcel Luske   Holland   46375
Stig Top Rasmussen   Denmark   46350
Johannes Ritburg   Unknown   46250
Benjamin Sulsky   USA   46150
Andre Santos   Portugal   46000
Brian Green   USA   46000
Travis Klein   USA   45975
Mattias Bergstrom      45625
Antti Pekka Merilainen   Finland   45550
Alex Repik   Russia   44875
Trond Erik Eidsvig   Norway   44525
Surinder Sunar   UK   44350
Christoffer Stahle   Sweden   44225
Thomas Bichon   Italy   44050
Tom Stig Ahlberg   Finland   43950
Luca Pagano   Italy   43750
Eric Liu   United States   43600
Derek Vandamme   USA   43400
Nicolas Levi   France   43250
Ronny Alex   Sweden   42550
Timothy Vance   USA   42450
Jose Espinar   Spain   42450
Patrick Bueno   French   42125
Patrick Sacrispeyre   French   42125
Armando Pagliari   Canada   42075
Andreas Fluri   Switzerland   41875
Mats Iremark   Sweden   41775
Joe Hachem   Australia   41550
Adrian Gavile   USA   41425
Patryk Hildebranski   Canada   41375
Eric Da Silva   France   41275
Anthony Chatelain   Sweden   41225
Peter Traply   Hungary   41000
Rahal Samir   France   40575
David Miara   France   39750
Christophe Benzimra   France   39725
Marc Goodwin   UK   39075
David Lacoste   France   38975
Kirill Rabtsov   Russia   38875
Andreas Sarling   Finland   38625
Marin Truvnev   Holland   38550
Josh Arieh   USA   38500
Henrik Gwinner   Denmark   38225
Andrew Teng   UK   38150
Nikolaus Panopoulus   Greece   37800
Simon Faure   France   37775
Jonathan Dwek   Canada   37600
Richard Fohrenbach   USA   37500
Stefan Gerim   Germany   37475
Benoit Gariepy   Canada   37225
Cornelis Albla   Holland   37150
Chad Brown   USA   37125
Claudio Pagano   Italy   37050
Stevie Levy   USA   36700
Leonardo Fernandez   Argentina   36600
Cecilia Borg   Sweden   36575
Paul Jean Testud   France   35800
Joshua Gould   UK   35550
Jason Mercier   USA   35375
Antonio Esfandiari   USA   35350
Fabrizio Baldassari   Italy   35275
Freddy Deeb   USA   35175
Neil Channing   UK   35100
Benjamin Locatelli   France   35100
Juan Manuel Pastor   Spain   34975
Christoph Niesert   Germany   34900
Ian Prevost   USA   34875
Riccardo Ricciardi   Italy   34675
Fadi Kamar   Liban   34550
Thomas Wahlroos   Finland   34500
Will Haydon   USA   34450
Franz Bracher   Switzerland   33950
Mark Keightley   UK   33775
Giovanni Bigoni   Italy   33775
Walid Bou Habib   Lebanon   33550
Anders Wijk   Sweden   33525
Yury Kerzhapkin   Russia   33425
Tomas Brolin   Sweden   33175
Pawel Chmiel   Poland   33175
Karl Gal   Germany   33075
Kim Wooka   Japan   32800
Pakinai Lisawad   Thailand   32725
Humberto Brenes   Costa Rica   32700
Sasa Biorac   Germany   32675
Jeremy Wray   UK   32525
Fabrice Touil   France   32525
Raymond Rahme   South Africa   32225
Michaele Lau   USA   32000
Jared Mahoney   USA   31975
Joakim Osth   Sweden   31675
Dominik Stopka   Germany   31675
Ryan Fisler   Canada   31600
Frantisek Striz   Czech Republic   31575
Gualter Santos   Brazil   31550
Ryan Daut   USA   31425
Steven Brown   USA   31350
Anna Wroblewski   USA   31325
Teodori Saverio   Italy   31150
Thomas Richter   Germany   31050
Glen Chorny   Canada   31050
Cristobal Hidalgo   Spain   31025
Carl Olson   USA   30775
Sean Bruder   Canada   30575
Jean Christian Marelius   Sweden   30500
Fowzi Baroukh   UK   30325
Richard Da Silva   France   30225
Vanessa Rousso   USA   30000
Dan Pedersen   Denmark   29950
Stefanie Bergener   Germany   29825
Pier Paulo Ruscalla   Italy   29450
Joseph Udine   USA   29450
Tonino Lucisano   Italy   29100
Ross Boatman   UK   29000
Juha Helppi   Finland   28725
Mameche Slimane   Unknown   28650
Csaba Toth   Hungary   28400
Randy Lew   USA   28325
Pierre Xavier Lenoir   French   28300
Josef Klinger   Austria   28150
Sandor Hollaar   Holland   28050
Davidi Kitai   Belgium   27900
Phillippe Rouas   USA   27650
Shawn Eno   USA   27525
Jan Olav Sjavik   Norway   27500
Antoni Romanello   UK   27325
Martin Rask   Denmark   27225
Stephen Devlin   UK   27100
Anthony Gil   Switzerland   26750
Bobby Firestone   USA   26725
Daniel Negreanu   Canada   26475
Simone Coppari   Italy   26375
Gino Alacqua   Italy   26275
David Paindestre   French   26200
Niels Rikhof   USA   26150
Thierry Van Der Berg   Holland   25975
Guido Meacci   Italy   25850
Peter Feldman   USA   25725
Amit Makhija   USA   25600
Borge Dypvik   Norway   25575
Gunther Steinbach   Germany   25425
Robin Keston   UK   25425
Eric Scalisi   France   25200
Gus Hansen   Denmark   25200
Torbjorn Jonson   Sweden   25150
Anders Vind   Denmark   25150
Aniol Alcaraz   Spain   25100
Ben Stark   USA   25075
Kari Somer   Finland   24825
Mark Bech   Denmark   24775
Sami Ovaskainen   Finland   24750
Michel Abecassis   France   24550
Jarle Aasen   Norway   24475
Gianni Mocchi   Italy   24450
Paul Maddern   UK   24400
Alfonso Amendola   Italy   24300
Massou Cohen   France   24125
Rami Boukai   USA   24050
Denis Patout   France   24000
Steven Van Zadelhoff   Holland   23875
Moen Jairam   Unknown   23875
Nicolas Jean Dervaux   France   23725
Omar Jadaa   Unknown   23650
Orjan Holt   Norway   22700
Thomas Henk   Unknown   22650
Alexander Argoe   USA   22575
Loic Sabatte   France   22450
Mesbah Guerfi   France   22325
William Edler   USA   22250
David Hickman   USA   22075
Matt Stout   USA   22000
Yau Wan Chan   USA   21950
Nadir Jorephani   UK   21850
Pablo Ubierna   Spain   21825
Tsang Elton   Hong Kong   21750
Paul Leckey   UK   21750
Peter Jetten   Canada   21700
Minal Patel   UK   21500
Paul Bracken   UK   21425
Richard Pettibone   Costa Rica   21350
Alec Torelli   USA   21325
Pierre Hall   Canada   21325
Anthony Gregg   USA   21275
Manuel Palanca   Spain   21200
Gerard Cohen   France   20450
Ali Jalali   Germany   20425
Gerasimos Deres   Sweden   20375
Edward Lawson   USA   20000
Constantin Pavel   Unknown   19975
Alexander Kravchenko   Russia   19875
Victoria Coren   UK   19850
Gianni Giaroni   Italy   19800
Osman Mustanoglu   UK   19650
Dumitru Cristinel   Romania   19375
Haward Speer   Germany   19125
Martin Kvaernstuen   Norway   18850
Tato Lancillotti   Italy   18850
Alex Kloos   Germany   18750
Raoul Refos   Holland   18725
Vladimir Kochelaevskly      18525
Robert Giordano   Unknown   18500
Jonathan Butters   UK   18450
Picazo Jose Luis   Spain   18375
Christer Bjorin   Sweden   18250
Noah Boeken   Holland   18250
Frank Platano   Unknown   18250
Christian Simunic   Germany   18100
Joseph Mouawad   Lebanon   18025
Isaac Andrew Baron   USA   18000
Samuel Chartier   Canada   17700
Matthew Kurtz   USA   17550
Adam Levy   USA   17500
Mario Kuhl   Germany   17400
Ricardo Sousa   Portugal   17175
Sandra Edlund   Sweden   17075
Pierre Baronville   Belgium   17025
James Byrne   UK   16800
Daniele Masini   Italy   16775
Adam Sword   UK   16775
Dominick Raynis   USA   16725
Michael Watson   Canada   16725
Thomas Dunwoodie   UK   16100
Tommy Pavlicek   Canada   16075
Leroy Soesman   Holland   16025
Halldor Mar Sverrisson   Iceland   15975
Carl Johan Ericson   Sweden   15850
Daniel Didech   USA   15825
Franck Fellous   France   15725
Joakim Angle   Sweden   15625
Dorrance-Bowman   USA   15500
Tom Underwood   Unknown   15500
Mark Vargas   USA   15450
Luis Merino   Spain   15425
Andy Greekfish   UK   15425
Ramez Haddad   Lebanon   15275
Tommy Dender   Denmark   15225
Vito Branciforte   Italy   15075
Alexander Morozov   Russia   15050
Severin Walser   Switzerland   14950
Guillaume De La Gorce   France   14875
Jani Vilmunen   Finland   14800
Max Tobias Persson   Sweden   14700
Celii Gianni   Switzerland   14450
Scott Sitron   USA   14450
Eliahu Ilan Elezra   United States   14400
Christian Togsverd   Denmark   14250
Patrik Antonius   Finland   14000
Mario Puccini   Germany   13950
Xuantien Nguyen   USA   13650
Luigi Rizzi   Italy   13600
Emile Petit   France   13525
Freddy Darakjian   France   13400
Luca Antinori   Italy   13175
Frank Stumpf   Germany   12900
Fraser Dunphy   UK   12825
Benjamin Kang   Germany   12600
Mike Mcdonald   Canada   12225
Farzad Bonyadi   USA   12125
Rumit Somaiya   UK   12000
Emil Malevsci   Bulgaria   12000
Richard Nadler   USA   11775
Bab De Haas   Holland   11500
Joshua Field   USA   11425
Jonathan Friedberg   USA   11350
Iliodoros Kamatakis   Greece   10900
Andrew Feldman   UK   10725
Antti Pystynen   Finland   10500
Owen Crowe   Canada   10475
Andreas Hagen   Norway   10275
Rahal Kalil   France   10200
Romain Feriolo   France   10150
Mike Bartholomew   Canada   10075
Nathan Doudney   USA   10000
Alexandr Kostritsyn   Russia   9850
Miguel Magan Tier   Spain   9800
Asbjorn Lunde   Norway   9775
Stephane Michel Sage   French   9650
Florian Langmann   Germany   9600
Philippe Saadani Ktorza   French   9175
Ken Justin   USA   8800
Konstantin Bucherl   Germany   8750
Roger Suter   Switzerland   8525
Mikhail Ustinov   Russia   8475
Laurent Torossian   France   8425
Christopher Convery   South Africa   8025
Mark Bollinger   Switzerland   7775
David Redlin   USA   7675
Josef Kollarits   Austria   7450
Gordon Vayo   USA   7325
Jared Hubbard   USA   7225
Johan Van Til   Holland   7125
Francois Tardieu   France   7075
Helene Wiklund      6950
Felice Piccaluga   Italy   6850
Anders Henriksson   Sweden   6700
Metaal Govert   Monaco   6175
Barry Greenstein   USA   5825
Martin Wendt   Denmark   5575
Christophe Perraud   France   5325
Ditspong Pinpramot   Germany   4750
Antoine Nahas   Unknown   4225
Roberto Massullo   Italy   3625
Victor Ramdin   USA   1950

[danafish]

PAYOUT

1    € 2,020,000
2    € 1,179,000
3    € 715,000
4    € 589,000
5    € 421,000
6    € 337,000
7    € 253,000
8    € 168,000
9+10    € 126,000
11+12    € 101,000
13+14    € 76,000
15+16    € 55,200
17-24    € 46,300
25-32    € 42,100
33-40    € 38,000
41-48    € 33,700
49-56    € 29,400
57-64    € 25,200
65-72    € 21,000
73-80    € 17,000

   
Total    € 8,420,000


Good luck today to, er, whoever wins! Remember we've been rooting for you from day one. 

[danafish]

Oh yes, did I mention they're off?

[snoopy1239]

Apologies for the delay, but the action is thick and fast. In the space of just a few minutes I witnessed a number of all-ins, double-ups and exits. One of the first departures I spotted was that of Frenchman Antoine Nahas. Shortstacked at the start of the day with just 4,225, he made his stand with A-8, but came against the Pocket Kings of Alex Michaels. Miraculously, Antoine Flopped the Eight. Shame Alex Flopped a King.

Also feeling the full swipe of the Poker Reaper's scythe are Franz Bracher, Helene Wiklund and Jarred Hubbard.

[danafish]

I have not been blessed by the update gods the way Snoopy has, and I didn't see a single double-up or, indeed, an exit the whole time I was out there, but I did see an extraordinary table. I wandered over there largely because our friend Sandra Edlund was in evidence, her bleached locks glowing like a beacon, but when I got there I was momentarily confused, for it felt as though I had walked into some kind of non-serious-poker-movie-but-the-kind-of-movie-that-has-a-poker-scene-to-make-the-protagonist-look-cool movie. As well as the pneumatic Ms Edlund, there was Marcel Luske in his suit and sunglasses, Patrik Antonius looking obscenely buff and healthy, scruffy Neil Channing looking like he might have slept in his clothes, a grimacing Nicolas Dervaux looking, well, French, young Swiss Anthony Gil looking like the internet geek he probably is... In fact all the table needed for completeness was a little old lady, or perhaps a dog wearing a visor. Awesome, will be sure to get photos as soon as.

[danafish]

i would be hanging aroung table 5...i can see lots of action coming from that table

Yes, although the problem with our Table Of Legend is that nobody really seems to have any chips, so there's actually not been that much action. Obviously the TV cameras are still buzzing around it like flies around rotting meat though, or people dressed up as flies around, er, a table of famous poker players. Media not actually dressed as flies today, sadly.

[snoopy1239]

Beckoning me over with the excitement of a teenage Virgin in Amsterdam, Manuel Palanca was elated to report news of an early double through. Defending his ante by calling a button raise with Q-T from the big blind, Manuel somehow managed to hit the nuts on a delightful A-K-J Flop, before proceeding to slowplay the hand into oblivion. Manuel checked the Flop, as did his opponent, and again on the raggy Turn before sneakily smooth calling a 3k bet. On the raggy River, Manuel opted to lead out with a bet of 3.5k, only for his opponent to push in over the top for the rest of the Brit's stack. Manuel called quicker than a randy rabbit during mating season and Mateyboy mucked. Manuel now up to around 43k and looking confident.

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It's not only meat lovers like Dana who love their chops, but also PokerStars sponsored pros like Victor Ramdin. Down to the felt before the starting whistle was blown, I managed to catch Victor calling all-in against Honk Kong's Tsang Elton (gotta love that name, the pun opportunities are endless) on a board. Victor hesitated before making the final call, so wasn't 100% that his was good, but was ultimately relieved to see Tsang Elton (pictured below) flip over and was visibly thankful for a split pot. Victor's low, but still standing (ahem).

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Recently joining Table Bracken and taking the place of Felice Piccaluga (he's either out or due to be sharing a seat when he returns from the loo) is William Martin, in fine fettle and seemingly having the time of his life. Not enjoying himself quite as much is new neighbour Felipe Taveres. Brazilian Felipe is down to 20k after doubling up Marin Truvnev, the latter triumphing with As-Js on a 2-8s-3s-6s-K board.

[danafish]

Looking immensely cool, and if I were making that scene in the movie where you have a poker game to make the protagonist look like a bit of a hard man and for some reason a full house is always the best hand you can have (you know what I mean, you've seen that movie too) I would definitely cast him in a speaking role, is German sponsored pro and ex-professional magician Jan Heitmann. I just saw him rake in a decent sized pot with a turned straight (should probably add he was holding 3-5 offsuit and I don't think he was one of the blinds), railed by friend and Day 1 bustee George Danzer. "Ship it to Germany!" pipes up George cheerfully. Not a single muscle in Jan's be-sunglassed face has moved through all of this.

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Three of the American players mentioned yesterday (ten if you include the other seven Josh Fields playing today) are still plugging away. One of those is Daniel Didech, currently on 40,500 and laughing heartily with tablemate Victor Ramdin. Meanwhile, a few tables along, Ben Sulsky has been spotted next to his twin, Ian Prevost. Ben has 47,000 and in seemingly good spirits. Finally, the deadly serious Josh Field (you could hear a mouse fart on that table) is quietly tootling along with 20,500.

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Rupert's 'man', Andrew Teng, unwittingly emulating the expression of the face on his hoody, is on 41,500 after seeing "no big hands". He's sharing a table with England's Jonothon Butters who's slowly working his way up with 28,000.

As I counted those respective stacks, I was momentarily interrupted by Carl Johan Ericson, initial raiser Christophe Benzimra folding and showing an Ace in the process. Ericson, meanwhile, made that inexplicable motion when people check their winning hand before folding. Just why do people do that?

[danafish]

Great job on the updates so far. Please be following/updating on Stephen Devlin for the UK online poker community (he is from N Ireland hence UK not British). Wish I was there this year, but the weather here in Southern Spain is very nice too.

A bit of a sad sight, I'm afraid - Stephen Devlin seems to have been vaporized or otherwise removed from this plane of reality in which he was meant to come back for Day 2. Or possibly he's just late. On exactly 16k minus antes unless the blinds have gone through him. He'd better hurry up...

[snoopy1239]

Peering over at the stack of Marc Goodwin, my attentions are sidetracked by a 100k plus pot that is threatening to develop between Nordine Bouya and Terris Preston. After Nordine had called a pre-flop re-raise from Terris in the small blind, Nordine called a bet on the Flop before pushing all-in over the top (there may have been one or two raises on this street) on the Turn. Faced with a tough decision for a gigantic pot, Terris took a stab with , the call leaving him with a paltry in comparison 13.5k. Confusing the table as to whether he was ahead or behind, Nordine took a few moments to reveal his hand, wagging his finger in peculiar fashion before flipping over an unbeatable . "That's disgusting," observes an infuriated Marc Goodwin. "You should apologise to him for that." As Nordine shrugs his shoulders claiming "that's the game", a battered and bruised Terris just sits their motionless, his true expression concealed by the blackness of his shades.

[danafish]

Mr Mike McDonald has had some Timex-ly good luck. Ahem. Oh god, I'm very tired and I can't be bothered with puns any more, sorry. ANyway, he's found a load of extra chips from somewhere, and is currently on around 34k.




Sorry, I saw so many exits/double-ups I completely forgot about Thomas Dunwoodie.    I've found a bouncy ball belonging to the Geordie one though, and I've put Snoopy on the case...

[danafish]

Stephen King-a-likey Mr Jan Sjavik has doubled up - not sure when the chips went in, or indeed what happened, but he was holding and his lime-shirted opponent, I believe one Travis Klein, was holding .

The Board -

Jan Sjavik - up to over 50k
Travis Klein - down to 11.5k

[Djinn]

Stage right just inside the dazzlingly mirrored entrance to the Salle des Etoiles, heads turned toward one table as one player knocked out another one with a particularly vocal, fist-pumpy reaction.  So loud and incomprehensible was the victor, that I immediately looked for Soren Jensen, but in fact it was this guy - Samir Rahal.  "YEEESSS!!" he continued, while the dealer waited politely until the busted one had hit the rail before announcing, "Seat Open!"



"What nationality do you think he is?" asked Benjo.
"French."
"Yes."

He now has 48,000.

[danafish]

Sending the supremo blog team much love-age from the seat just behind them (and slightly to the left). Fab as always .....

Go the D_Ry (Danny Ryan) and lovely Felipe Taveres as well.....

Not sure about Danny To The D-Ry currently, but Mr Taveres is running well - he just knocked out one Nathan Doudney.

Bit sick actually - Nathan bet 10k on a flop and Felipe made it All In. Nathan called, and the cards were flipped thus:

Nathan Doudney -
Felipe Tavernes -

The dealer makes Nathan wait for AGES while he's counting the stacks to see if he gets any change, but he doesn't, and is officially OUT.