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Welcome to Monte Carlo, where the road picture of luxury cars and extravagant women. It is where the money aristocracy of Europe, in order to indulge decadence. The fact that the rich of the rich take at least one remembers if you get a cheeseburger and wants to buy will be very deep into the pockets must – and can cost 20 € a citizen in princely state. But not only the rich of this world meet in Monaco, Monaco at the moment is the meeting point for the best Texas Holdem poker player in the world, which is under the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort to take the best of the best to identify. The buy-in for the biggest tournament outside the
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USA (next to the WSOP) is € 10,000 and the price is certainly a pool of 6.5 million euros, rumours say that the winner of the EPT with a prize money of at least 1.8 million euros. The official pay-outs on the day will eventually be announced 1B
The participants of the Grand Finale Championships was divided into 2 parts. On Day 1 A start 329 players. In order for the tournament can proceed as planned, the tournament director Thomas Kremser decided that on the day 1A and 1B each day chip Level 7 will be played. The tournament started then as planned clock at 14.00 (local time) and found his end until 3:30 clock in the night. At the end of day 1A remained 159 very tired players, which is now 1 day have time to rest and prepare for the Day 2. The player with the largest chip stack at the end of day 1A was the Norwegians Chris Ulsrud with 133,875 chips, while Josh Arieh and Greg Raymer the leap into the top ten not.
The players started with a chip stack in the amount of 15,000 chips. The opening was “Also sprach Zarathustra” and the title music from Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey played. The room filled with fog and on the TV table, the public and the first time kristallnere EPT Grand Final Cup.
This event was attended by some of Europe’s top players participated, such as Katja Thater, Jan von Halle, George Danzer, Dave Colclough, John Shipley, Jani Sointula, Jan Boubli, Max Pescatori, Barny Boatman, Fabrice Soul Lier, Carlos Mortensen, Rob Hollink, Ben Grundy, Johnny Lodden, Noah Boeken, Markus Golser, Roland de Wolfe, Harry Demetriou and Thomas Wahlroos.
Victor Ramdin, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Carl Olson, Humberto Brenes, Barry Greenstein, Josh Arieh, and Pete Giordano also played on day 1A. Some of the Internet known players were also on the day such as 1A Gobboboy, Action Jeff, Annette_15 and agent Vixen, unfortunately it has none of those players managed to qualify for Day 2.
The two placed in the Aussie Millions Jimmy “Gobboboy” Fricke retired quite early from the tournament. The 19-year-old wunderkind had to against a Vierling (6666) and was beaten to the Level 6 to drive home.
In the actual playing area was very relaxed. There was no crowd at the barriers, because it is in this EPT championship no barriers existed. The tournament field was not locked, so each could be sent directly to the gaming tables and observe first hand the tournament. Some of the players had brought their girlfriends and were during the game neck massage, while others players were friends or family with the game table.
As the evening approached, several players had already resigned, including Max Pescatori, Rob Hollink, Barny Boatman and Ben Grundy.
The breaks are of course extremely well a little with the players and chat about interesting hands or chip counts to maintain. Normally, you can almost everywhere in Europe rushing, but not in the play area of the Monte Carlo Bay Casino. If one of the players wanted to smoke, he had to go on the porch. It was the veranda of course, the best place if you are concerned with one of the players wanted to entertain, I usually secure a good spot and begebe me a few minutes before the break begins at the veranda. Chris Moneymaker came to me and shook his head when he was a Marlboro Light anzündete. He said not a word, his body language said more than any word.
During a break the casino halls are filled with the chatter of players who can compete with other players or friends and family members entertained. Some report on your successes, while others talk about bad beats, which during the last rounds had to plug it. The EPT hears conversations in various languages. There you can hear bad beat stories in Swedish, Danish, Spanish, French, German, English, Japanese and Italian. But no matter what languages are spoken, a Bad Beat always does hurt, whether you are from Copenhagen, Tokyo, Las Vegas, Paris or Milan.
At the end of day 1A were 159 players left to the group Survivern “included: Greg Raymer, Barry Greenstein, Josh Arieh, Victor Ramdin, Johnny Lodden, Jani Sointula, Harry Demetriou, Carlos Mortensen, Mark Vos Theo Jorgensen, Pete Giordano , Noah Boeken, Mark Gregorich, Jan Boubli, Terry Cook, Carl Olson, Chris Moneymaker, Katja Thater, Fabrice Soulier, Dave Colclough and John Shipley.
1A day – Top 10 in chips:
ULSRUD, CHRISTOPHER (Norway) 133.875
VILMUNEN, JANI (Finland) 95.925
JELINEK, STEVE (England) 95.375
WAHLROSS, THOMAS (Finland) 87.625
DALHUIJSEN, PETER (Netherlands) 82.600
RITBURG, HANS (Netherlands) 76.100
MARTENSSON, PATRIC (Sweden) 71.325
PETTERSSON, ERIK (Sweden) 70.025
TELTSCHER, MARK (England) 66.425
LODDEN, JOHNNY (Norway) 64.250
Other notable chip stacks:
ARIEH, JOSH 60.575
RAYMER, GREG 53.625
RAMDIN, VICTOR 51.625
SOINTULA, JANI 49.800
DEMETRIOU, HARRY 46.650
MORTENSEN, CARLOS 46.450
VOS, MARK 40.875
GREENSTEIN, BARRY 40.725
JORGENSEN, THEO 39.125
GIORDANO, PETE 37.950
FORRESTER, MARK 37.775
BOEKEN, NOAH 37.175
DANZER, GEORGE 36.800
GREGORICH, MARK 29.975
BOUBLI, JAN 29.925
HALL OF, JAN 27.800
OLSON, CARL 27.750
COOK, TERRY 26.375
STORAKERS, JOHAN 26.250
NIELSEN, RICKI 22.900
MONEYMAKER, C. 22.050
THATER, KATJA 14.275
SHIPLEY, JOHN 13.700
COLCLOUGH, DAVID 12.950
SOULIER, FABRICE 8.550
1B day clock is at 14:00 (local time). It is planned that about 330 players against each other. The “survivor” from day 1A and day 1B will be on Friday in Day 2 meet again. Texas Holdem poker News reported live from Monaco again, stay with Texas Holdem poker News on the date we deliver the best photos and videos – Live from the EPT from Monaco.
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