Attention all players at Patrick Selin's table! Shaun Deeb, Fatima de Melo, Richard Gryko, we're talking to you!
Mr. Patrick Selin has put a bounty of €1,000 on his own head. Ok, so maybe it's not big bucks if you've already coughed up €10,000 to play today, but hey, don't knock it. That'll buy you a good few Monte Carlo cheeseburgers.
By the by the number of tables in the other room may be small, but my are they perfectly formed.
Among the folks battling it out across the way are Claudio "Father Of Luca" Pagano, Carlos "The Matador" Mortensen, Leo Margets, Catherine Hong, Alfonso Amendola, Richard "Chufty" Ashby, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Rob Hollink and Vlad Zguba.
Chad Batista is already heading back to his room at the hotel. He got it in with against on a board and did not get there.
Meanwhile, on the same table Novelist Charlotte Roche has made an impression on Chris Moorman. "If it had been Ivey in that seat, he'd have been pretty impressed with himself so far," said Moorman. "She 3-barrels everyone and hasn't had a single hand go to showdown yet!"
A very nice Italian lady appeared at the PokerNews bloggers' desk asking where she might find her friend Nicolo Calia. We looked him up on the player list, discovered that he was in the other room, and seeing as we were heading that way anyway we offered to show her the way.
So we made it to the other room, and we found Nicolo Calia all in and then busted.
We're not sure when the chips went in but we would guess on the flop or the turn.
Calia:
Belkhayate El Mostafa:
Board:
"YES! I AM HERE!" shouted Mostafa, as he bumped his stack up to a very impressive 85,000. Calia meanwhile is now free to hava a pleasant and relaxed drink with his charming friend at the bar, as he is busto.
Wow, some early good fortune for one Philip Wiszowaty as the gentleman in seat 1 opened for 375 and picked up two callers before Wiszowaty made it 2,175 from the small blind. Mr. Seat 1 called, the other two got out of their way, and they saw a flop.
Wiszowaty check-called 4,000 on the flop and another 10,000 on the turn. This is level 2, remember. Blinds are 75/150. Wiszowaty checked the river too and must have been disappointed that Mr. Seat 1 finally checked behind, as Wiszowaty turned over for top set. Mr. Seat 1 turned over for absolutely nothing. Maybe he had too much coffee at breakfast or something.
Mr. Seat 1 bluffed off another 4,000 next hand too. Absolute craziness.