PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo: Day 4 - Interactive

[Karabiner]

POLL

- Is this hamburger going to poison me?

I paid €20 for it so I'm going to eat it either way, but I'd like to know what to expect stomach-wise tomorrow.

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Did you order the steak tartar burger ?

This needs to be posted on the hamburger analysis board....

[danafish]

Just before the break, Jen also reported that Michael Martin was getting bullied.




Not by small children as my illustration might suggest, but by a variety of people at his table. Twice in a row he raised in late position only to be re-raised off the pots.

[kpnuts]

Valeriy Ilikyan, who seems to get involved (although fairly slowly) quite often – not sure about how he played on the feature table, but as soon as he hit the off-camera one it was the case

I watched quite a bit of the feature table through the afternoon. Valeriy was a (very slow) weak-passive calling station there too!

[danafish]

Have to say I do feel pretty queasy right now, but that could be down to the general grossness of the hamburger rather than actual food poisoning. I'll keep you updated through the night...

[danafish]

I probably should have gone for something else on the menu.

[danafish]

Very Rough Chip Estimates of the Non-TV Table, from Jen, whose internet connection has died:

Vincent Secher – 240k
Henrik Gwinner – 455k
Michael Martin – 680k
Luca Pagano – 800k
Valeriy Ilikyan – 440k
Stig Top Rasmussen – 1.52 mil
Denes Kalo – 700k

[danafish]

Isaac Baron seems to have taken a big hit somewhere along the line - down to about half his peak stack we reckon.

[danafish]

Yay!!! We have an exit!

I mean in the sense of course that it's getting late and your humble updates would love nothing more than to go back to their bedsit and go to sleep.

On the TV table, Thomas Boekhoff is all in with pocket Sevens against Antonio Esfandiari's A-J.

Board - an Aceful and Sevenless 8-A-8-2-9, and the German is AUT.

[danafish]

Oh NOOOO!

Vincent Secher is gone. Imagine if he'd won it! Winner's photos with him in a bathrobe!

Here are he and his bathrobe in happier times.

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[Tonji]

Dana, strong strong alcohol will normally fight off those nasty bacteria, its a common medical procedure.

[danafish]

Dana, strong strong alcohol will normally fight off those nasty bacteria, its a common medical procedure.

Can't afford the €300 a shot or whatever it is. Oh no, I'm going to die of hamburger poisoning!

[danafish]

From The Virtual Pen Of Mad Harper Who Does Not Use Capital Letters So I Must Use More To Compensate:



dear all

chips at end L22

 
T    S    Name     Chips
2    2    Vincent Secher                   194,000
2    3    Henrik Gwinner                   595,000
2    4    Michael Martin                   783,000
2    5    Luca Pagano                   900,000
2    6    Valeriy Ilikyan                   502,000
2    7    Stig Top-Rasmussen               1,610,200
2    8    Denes Kalo                   580,000
1    1    Isaac Baron               1,490,000
1    3    Antonio Esfandiari               1,538,000
1    4    Maxime Villemure                   845,000
1    5    Glen Chorny               2,156,000
1    6    Robin Keston                   703,000
1    7    Thomas Boekhoff                   222,000
1    8    Joe Hachem                   819,000


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[snoopy1239]

Yes, yes, it's true, the Hugh Hefner of poker is forced to return to the Playboy Tent, Vincent Secher pushing all-in over the top of Denes Kolo's 52k pre-flop raise for just 120k more. It actually took Denes quite a while to call, but when he did, he meekly revealed a sure-to-be-behind A-8o, inevitably dominated by the A-Ko of Vincent.

However, as we all well know, anything can happen in this game, and the cruel 8-3-3 Flop was proof of that. The Ten Turn and Five River was no good, and Vincent was gone. Denes celebrated loudly, whilst a graceful Vincent shook the hands of his opponents and left the playing area 70k richer.

At the risk of blowing my own trumpet, I love the first of the following pictures. This is the precise moment when Vincent saw the Eight hit the Flop, but what I particularly like about it is all the different reactions and facial expressions from the members of the crowd.

[NoflopsHomer]

I probably should have gone for something else on the menu.

No 'Spunk' left over?

[jpean]

Oh NOOOO!

Vincent Secher is gone. Imagine if he'd won it! Winner's photos with him in a bathrobe!

Here are he and his bathrobe in happier times.

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I think that he begins to have his poker nick :

Vincent "Camping Man" Sécher...