Monte Carlo Millions - Live Update - DAY ONE

[tikay]

Yes, full chip counts, or as full as we can get them, quite soon. Players are moving from table to table, but the bigger stacks are starting to energe, so hopefully we can give you all the ones that matter.

Here's Prima's Joe Beevers telliing partner Ross Boatman of a really narrow escape Joe just had.

Joe had  , on a flop of  .

Nice.

Turn came  .

Matey boy, to his left, was sat with  ........

Somehow, Joe got away from the hand without incurring too much pain.

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[Djinn]

OK starting to get your requested counts (going round the tables, so if your guy's not in this list, never fear, he'll probably pop up in a minute):

MadYank Ron Fanelli   100k
Tony G                      46k
Nik Persaud                28k
ActionJack                 45k
Peter Roche                3k
Mike Matusow            116k
Ram Vaswani               44k
Howard Lederer           67k
Robert Cooper             65k
Harry Demetriou           33k
Andy Black                  36k
Achilleas Kallakis           34k
Andreas Barstad          50k
Mikael Thuritz              25k
John Kabbaj                48k
John Conroy                35k
Richard Redmond         85k

[estimate]

Nice update! Nice to see my friend Andreas Barstad still in the game with 50k.

[Djinn]

Good news for Bengt Sonnert fans:  He is extending his huge chip lead up to nearly 200,000.  Thanks to Gutshot's Jake for this - every time I turn my back Bengt has another 30k or so..it's hard to keep up.

[axanor]

Andreas is keeping steady I see.

[jezza777]

Absolutely brilliant as always . What time do they play untill today?

[db]

Good news for Bengt Sonnert fans:  He is extending his huge chip lead up to nearly 200,000.  Thanks to Gutshot's Jake for this - every time I turn my back Bengt has another 30k or so..it's hard to keep up.

YES!!! Go Sweden and GO my buddy Bengt!!! 

[tikay]

I would like to know how these swedish guys are playing, estimated chip count, you guys are the best covering this event, just became a member and im happily surprised, even better coverage than the monte carlo million website!!! :-)

Bengt Sonnert
Ken Lennaard
Fuat Can
Martin de Knijff

thanks,

db

OK db, we are off to find those guys for you. Better than the Monte Carlo Millions website? - actually, as far as I know, it's just about the same thing, as we are priveleged to have contracted to supply them our Live Update on this occasion, hence we are giving the American guys more coverage than usual.

And no, no pics of the Yacht, I'm afraid. We are private guests, & it's sorta "not done" to publish pics of the yacht, I'm afraid. It's a bit nice though, I can tell you! You are right though, I'd love to!

Now, Michael Greco, is down to the felt.

Barny Boatman, talking 13 to the dozen, is up to 60k after a shaky start.

Achilleas Kalakkis has 35k, & Robert Cooper 66k.

Here's blondeite Harry Demetriou, seemingly singing. Stick to poker Harry, trust me.

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[Djinn]

For anyone wondering how Ron 'Mad Yank' Fanelli doubled up - it was against Ted Forrest.  They saw a flop of    .  Immediately, Ron moved in for the full 45k, and eventually Ted called with  .  Ron had  , however and that looks to have tilted him a bit as he was out within five hands from that point... and Ron is the second badbeat player to make it up to 100k, or very close.

[estimate]

Absolutely brilliant as always . What time do they play untill today?

23:15, or 11:15 PM!

[tikay]

Yes, we play 7 x 90 minute levels today, with a 15 minute break between each, & a 90 minute break for dinner.

We can't seem to get these BadBeat boys out of the frame here, they keep featuring. It seems like we are spamming them, but they are not a cardroom, & we don't do spam, it's just the way it's panned out. They do, after all, comprise nearly 10% of the field. Think of that - $250,000 invested! Here's a bunch of their pesky boys - can you name them?

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[ifm]

the monte website has a watered down version, just chipcounts and piccy's

[Baggio77]

Is Gus still in the game??

[The_Maharajah]

Good reportage so far Jen&Tikay, Keep those quips coming Tikay!

[Balian]

Fuat Can chip count , please?