EPT Monte Carlo Update
Just got home from the end of Day 1a at the EPT Monte Carlo. It was a pretty cool day considering this was the first major event that I have attended live. I met a saw and met a whole bunch of players and got a ton of great pics (i'll post some later). I didn't play in the event unfortunately, but my brother did. Unfortunately, he busted out just before the end of the day when his stack got really low and he tried to double up with A6 suited, but ran into pocket 7s. He played really well though and got crippled on a hand where he had KK and the other player had AA. He should have gone out on that hand, but managed to fold his kings on the flop after a 9 high flop.
Some of the big names that went out include Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer, Tuan Lam, Isabelle Mercier, Annette Obrestad plus many others.
Some of the highlights from my time here so far have been:
- Hanging out in the Pokerstars players lounge with people like Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker, Chad Brown plus a few of the other Pokerstars pros.
- Riding the hotel elevator with all sorts of people including Daniel Negreanu, Freddy Deeb, Barry Greenstein, etc.
- Watching the car show that they call Monte Carlo... I have never seen more Bentleys and Ferrari's in my life! Yesterday I must have seen over 150 Bentleys / Ferraris / Rolls Royce NO LIE! On the walk home last night 4 Bentleys drove by in 15 minutes.
- Tony G's car was pretty easy to find with the license plate "TONYG" on a nice black benz.
- Watching ridiculous amounts of money being thrown around in the sit n go's that range from 200 Euros to 20,000 Euros (there was only 1 game at these stakes today).
All in all, its been a fun trip so far and I'll write more later.
Some of the big names that went out include Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer, Tuan Lam, Isabelle Mercier, Annette Obrestad plus many others.
Some of the highlights from my time here so far have been:
- Hanging out in the Pokerstars players lounge with people like Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker, Chad Brown plus a few of the other Pokerstars pros.
- Riding the hotel elevator with all sorts of people including Daniel Negreanu, Freddy Deeb, Barry Greenstein, etc.
- Watching the car show that they call Monte Carlo... I have never seen more Bentleys and Ferrari's in my life! Yesterday I must have seen over 150 Bentleys / Ferraris / Rolls Royce NO LIE! On the walk home last night 4 Bentleys drove by in 15 minutes.
- Tony G's car was pretty easy to find with the license plate "TONYG" on a nice black benz.
- Watching ridiculous amounts of money being thrown around in the sit n go's that range from 200 Euros to 20,000 Euros (there was only 1 game at these stakes today).
All in all, its been a fun trip so far and I'll write more later.
Comments
Good to hear you are having a great time... pics?
I wish I could do that
Pics to follow...on my computer, but too lazy to upload... its almost 6am here. Just playing a little Omaha on stars
That would be pretty rad.
LOL..I saw something similar... Thomas Wahlroos put a Full Tilt Poker sticker on the window of a ferrari parked outside the tournament.
Sir Watts, Timex and Ambrose still in it!!
I will see what I can do tomorrow... As far as live coverage goes there is none until the 16th and 17th...It can be seen on European Poker Tour Live - EPT Live ...
As far as the 40 ppl left goes i have no idea wtf he is talking about...I'm not sure that he does either however..
The prize pool of this tourney is just so massive...We had 398ish runners on day1a and today had 455ish runners...So first is going to be at least like 2.4 million euros I think...
Nice work Choron! Hopefully one of u Final Tables! I'll be there in the stands cheering.
Have you gone to the players lounge? Lots of fun... I played Gavin Griffin HU tonight in there.
Theres actually more than 200 players left from 1b...
Cardplayer only shows some of the name players. If Cardplayers thinks you are a nobody then they don't list you.
that's the brilliance of Cardplayer...regardless, they only show the chip counts of who they want...list guys as in "20th", but, its only 20th out of the players they care about.
Not sure where to find better daily lists/updates.
GL to SirWatts.
159 left according to this link
Mike Watson's Aces Cracked to Send Him Railward
Internet pro Mike "SirWatts" Watson called his opponent's all in preflop, his opponent having him covered. Watson turned over aces and his opponent held pocket fives. The door-card was the cruel 5 that Watson was hoping to avoid, and the board failed to bring one of the two aces he needed to catch back up. He was eliminated from the tournament midway through day 1B.
I was up to 170k at one point then I got moved to Watts table and after he busted i proceeded to lose a 220k pot with JJ when a super tight old dude in the cutoff raised 4X and i cold called from the small blind with the two jacks(including the jack of hearts)...the blinds folded the flop came down 9x9h7h and he lead for 6kish...(blinds were 6-12) and i made it 24k total and he insta shoved... I took about 20 seconds and then called...He showed the ah6h and the turn bricked and river Kh obv... so fkn sick...
but its ok i guess..*sigh* onto tomorrow with an above average stack...GL once again to Canada....
Btw Patty is out...
Sorel Mizzi – Canada – PokerStars qualifier -- 203200
Maxime Villemure – Canada -- 177000
Glen Chorny – Canada – PokerStars qualifier -- 115100
Sean Bruder – Canada – PokerStars qualifier -- 102200
Pierre Hall – Canada – PokerStars qualifier -- 76400
Jonathan Dwek -- Canada – PokerStars qualifier -- 14200
Here is the link for Chip Counts:
PokerStars Poker Blog: EPT Monte Carlo Chip Counts
EPT Monte Carlo Pictures | Bankroll Boost Poker Gossip Blog
Mmmmmm, Isabelle ma belle........