DTD Monte Carlo £250,000 GTD: Day 1a

[outragous76]

WAs gutted not to be playing this, not so much having seen the field!

[TightEnd]

Stuart Fox raises to 750, Sapiano calls on the button and Mohammed Javed calls in the big blind

flop  

checked to Fox who leads for 1150

Sapiano calls

Javed c-raise to 4,350 from 20,000

Fox folds (a ten)

Sapiano looks at his cards, I peek. Two black Aces. Sneaky

Sneaky gives way to the bludgeon as Sapiano moves all in and Javed folds


Sapiano I reckon is the chip leader with over 100,000. Won a big hand against Umar Khan I gather before this report

[TightEnd]

Table Flushy are encouraging me to take a photograph of the contents of Barry Neville's car boot

"What have you got in your boot today Barry?" they rib

"Fookin' nothin. She put petrol in me diesel so I had to get a lift" he tells us

[TightEnd]

Rob Yong raises to 800

Dave Johnson calls in the small blind

Toby Lewis calls in the big blind


flop 

checked to Rob who bets 1,600

Lewis calls

check check on the  turn

Lewis leads for 3,600 on the  river and is snapped off by Yong

Yong 

Lewis 

[TightEnd]

Flushy raises to 850 in the cut off

Only the button, Small blind (Keys) and big blind call

flop 

all four check

Keys leads for 1,550 on the  turn

Only Flushy calls

river 

check check

Keys  beaten by Dempsey 

[TightEnd]

Break after 5 levels

today's exits

66     Abdul Khan
67    Steve Jelinek
68    Colin Young
69    Yucel Eminoglu
70    Peter Wigglesworth
71    Craig Mccorkell
72    Christopher Brammer
73    Darren Wright
74    Sunil Moti
75    Keith Johnson
76    Brijesh Das
77    Gary Robertson
78    Lawrence Gosney
79    Lee Brannan
80    John Perrin
81    Daniel Bowden
82    Waheed Ashraf

blinds 200-400/25 when we come back, average 37,000

chip leaders Albert Sapiano 110,000, Alex Goulder 80,000

[TightEnd]

First hand back from the break, James Keys is moved to table Lewis/Persaud/Yong

Keys raises to 950 from 20k

Lewis re-raises on the button

Keys shoves, called

Keys 10-10

Lewis J-J

J on the flop and Keys is back tomorrow "depending on what the bank says"

[TightEnd]

Last level that players can buy in tonight. You can do so with 75xbb, just under average stack

Soft field too......

[Karabiner]

Last level that players can buy in tonight. You can do so with 75xbb, just under average stack

Soft field too......

[ ] Just rushing down there

[zerofive]

Ian Gwynne 650 UTG at 150-300

Alex Goulder 2,350 UTG+1

Chris Brammer all in 18,000ish UTG+2

Gwynne folds

Alex calls


Alex A-A, again

Brammer 10-10

Q-Q-9-9-J


Goulder over 80,000, Brammer out

Glglglgl Alex. Keep finding dem aces yo.

[TightEnd]

Martin Malone raises on the button from 20,000

Kate Langshaw 3 bets the bb

Malone shoves QQ

Langshaw calls KK

Kings hold, Malone out

Langshaw/Kaibobble/DTD Kate up to 67,000

[TightEnd]

James Greg Muller Doctor Evil Jimmy Somerville Emperor Ming what the hell have you done Dempsey up to 57,000

How?

K-10 on K-10-9 and K-10 on A-K-10

Both bet three streets as the pre-flop aggressor, both called all the way by a now steaming Barry Neville who is down to the felt

"bloody fish" said Neville, "I flopped top pair each time"

For Barry....

[TightEnd]

Jamie Moult opens to 1100

Alex Goulder calls on the button

heads up to a 10-9-7 flop

Moult leads for pot, 2700

Goulder 6100

Moult 16000

Goulder 5 bet shove for 50,000 effective

Moult folds

Goulder says he had 9-9 for middle set

Goulder over 100,000

[Karabiner]

James Greg Muller Doctor Evil Jimmy Somerville Emperor Ming what the hell have you done Dempsey up to 57,000

How?

K-10 on K-10-9 and K-10 on A-K-10

Both bet three streets as the pre-flop aggressor, both called all the way by a now steaming Barry Neville who is down to the felt

"bloody fish" said Neville, "I flopped top pair each time"

For Barry....

There's always "Communuty Chest"

[TightEnd]

New in the bar. Tomorrow's field much softer

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