So Day 1a of the Monte Carlo.
Chipped up early to get to 45k on the dinner break. First level back go on a massive rush. Raise K7 in the cutoff and make a house to win a big pot off Chris Brammer. Then find aces three times in the next half hour, twice allins for decent pots. Up to 100k average 35.
I danced a bit with Pab with some preflop battles, then play a big pot with Jim Moult with 99 on T97hh where he cbets, i raise, he 3bs and I 4b shove he tank folds.
With 3 levels of the day to go we have 120k and get moved to a new table. Hi derr Mr Nick Hicks, Mr Nik Persaud, Mr Toby Lewis and Mr Rob Yong. Bloody Marvellous.
I tighten up a bit and I'm happy to see Toby, Nik and Nick all get knocked up within an hour.
Rob has all the chips, and managed to do something I've never seen before. Bluff two people off Aces and Kings in the same hand. Was a thing of brilliance. He's opening every hand and I don't really want to tangle. I run TT into AA vs table chip leader Stuart Fox and lose a bit then lose a couple of other small pots. Down to 80k going into the last level, which was below average.
Knock out Pab with AK>AJ all in pre for 20bigs and then knock out Vargas wiht AQ>Q2 allin on Q high flop. That gives me 132k to end the day with, average 123, 21 making it though from day 1a.
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