DTD Monte Carlo £250,000 Gtd: Day 1b

[TightEnd]

Break after 2 levels, 135 of 139 remain

the four exits are

136    Tommy Bingham
137    Arron Taylor
138    Jonathan Kittridge
139    Kate Langshaw

blinds 100-200 next, average 30,600

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James Keys concocts his next staking strategy

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Alex Martin down to 18,000

"I shouldn't try to bluff them" he tells me


Main non-bluffable opponent is Steve Watts, below

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Nirvana is told that Peter Wigglesworth is not in the field for this event

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Nick "Another £1k event for a bookmakers shop manager" Crisp

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Jerome Bradpiece (below), Jeff Kimber and Neil Channing have an early morning train up from london

Kimber makes it, leaving Bradpiece and Channing at the platform just missing the train...

[Eso Kral]

Has the "hairy kraut " got any sick spin up bets / tips for us today

got one tomorrow  even if I'm not in!!!

[Rod]

From today's entrants I will mainly be supporting George (as he is the only one I actually know). I am sure I don't need to ask for updates on how he is doing as he will obv be crushing.

[Ant040689]

Wanna see Ben Dobson prevail here, got rivered yesterday but he is so due a $50k+ score, get thheeerrreeeeee.

If you decide to get a pic of him tighty, please don't bring with you outrageous doom, tyvm.

[TightEnd]

Ian Gwynne is now on the rail after being eliminated by Frankie. They got it all in preflop, Gwynne with KK, Frankie with AA, King on the turn but Ace on the river. Frankie now up to about 60,000.

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Mike Ellis raises to 450 pre

Steve Watts calls in the big blind

flop 

check, Ellis 1,000 and Watts c-raise to 2,500

Ellis calls

turn 

Watts checks, Ellis 7,000, Watts calls

river 

Watts checks again and is met by a shove from Ellis for his remaining 15,000 or so

Watts folds  face up

[Bigfella]

EPT Winner Will Fry alongside one of the talented young Welsh players Chris Retallick

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That's Jack McDermott on the right not Chris R. Jack is more talented than most imo

[TightEnd]

The just arrived Dewi James next to Ben Dobson on table Flushy

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Flushy just called a raise in the big blind, from Paul Skipper

check check on 2-4-A-9

Flushy bets 5,000 on the 9 river

Long think from Skipper who folds K-K face up, to be shown a K by Flushy

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With over 50,000 in the middle Ali Mallu shoves his last 12,000 in on a board reading

 

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Ashrique Miah looks as if someone has run over his pet hamster.

He squirms, leans back, purses his cheeks

Mallu stands up and talks chatting to him. Trying to get a call?

Eventually Miah passes, telling the table he had 

Mallu sits, a vestige of a smirk crosses his lips.

He looks at me, the cat that got the cream

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Garfield has arrived



Rob Garfield