Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
848
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Day 2 Is Done, Schulman Leads the Pack
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We came back today with 413 players and didn't really expect even to make the money, but in the event we smashed that bubble at 128th place in no time at all. After seven levels the number on the board when we went to our last three hands was 117, meaning that somewhere in the region of probably 115 will be returning tomorrow when we start to battle it out for the serious money.
Chip leader as we head into Day 3 seems to be Nick Schulman, who wrote the princely sum of 742,500 on his bag as he headed to bed. Close behind him, though, are Jean Francois Talbot on 635,000 and David Sesso on 642,000, and among those still in the running are Vicky Coren, Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro and Chris Moneymaker.
Players, press and tournament staff alike are now heading to their respective hotels and slumping into their respective beds after a long and intense day of poker, but we'll be back here in the Salle des Etoiles tomorrow at noon CET to see how this turns out. 'Til then from Monte Carlo it's bon nuit et au revoir.
Assorted Chip Counts Towards the End of Play
Nick Schulman - 750,000
David Sesso - 642,000
Jean Francois Talbot - 635,000
Chris Moneymaker - 457,000
Medium
Sander Lylloff - 285,000
Vicky Coren - 220,000
Greg Dyer - 260,000
Lex Veldhuis - 195,000
Rino Mathis - 180,000
Martin Hruby - 160,000
Small
Davidi Kitai - 120,000
Andrei Vlasenko - 102,000
Andrew Chen - 75,000
Paul Testud - 60,000
Kevin MacPhee - 76,000
Last Three Hands
Tuthill Takes Another One Out
Rui Cao opened for 13,000 under the gun and Tuthill made it 28,500 behind. The short-stacked gent in the small blind shoved for his last 59,000, Cao folded, and Tuthill made the call.
Showdown.
Tuthill:
Small Blind Shortie:
Board:
With that, another one bit the proverbial tournament dust and Tuthill took possession of his chips.
Show Them the Money!
We'll play on until the end of the current level before calling for the chip bags and the ball-point pens.
Olsson Last To Leave With Nothing
The Swede was short-stacked and pushed all-in for 15,500 from the small blind. Giles Haddad made a fairly automatic call from the big blind and the crowd dashed over from the Rui Cao hand to this table.
Tournament Director Thomas Kremser made his way through the crowd to announce the bubble.
"The all-in player shows
and he has been called by 
..." The crowd sensed it was not much more than a coinflip and they cheered when the flop came out
."The
has hit two pair," Kremser continued with cold efficiency, "the all-in player needs running cards to stay alive."The
turn prompted a few "Oohs" and "Aahs" as now any Queen, Jack or Five would save Olsson from elimination.But the river was the
and a mixtures of cheers and applause filled the room as Olssn was officially confirmed as the 129th place finisher.We're now playing out the rest of the level before finishing for the night.
Cao Escapes Bubblehood
Cao: all in for 73,500 with
Cao's opponent:
Board:
Cao escaped the slow walk back to his hotel, and on to the other bubble-time all in...
Bubblicious
Timoshenko Shanked
Timoshenko:
Kelopuro:
Board:
The king on the river was just salt in the wound for Timoshenko, who busted just a few places off the money. Kelopuro was up to 560,000 after that.