Isabelle Mercier (pre-massage)
Since half of the room is on break, the biggest crowd is surrounding Phil Hellmuth's table. With his hat on backwards, he's sitting with the chair backwards and has been very quiet. He's not giving the crowd the typical Hellmuthian show.
Isabelle Mercier is getting a massage by the world famous Suki, who was brought out here by Phil Ivey, who often hires her for day-long sessions during WPT events and at the WSOP. Isabelle is also wearing shades during her massage.
Devilfish has some of his bling sitting on the table in front of his chips. It's a nice shiny shield protecting his stack.
The EPT Barcelona Champion is one of the chipleaders as he became the first player to jump past 70K. He's the guy who beat Phil Ivey heads-up for the victory last September.
Phil Hellmuth aka Poker Brat
While at the poker table Hellmuth was seen chatting with fellow UBT teammate and professional blackjack player "Hollywood" Dave Stann. The two were discussing the blackjack action here in Monte Carlo. Phil laughed and said, "I'm a Lifetime Loser at Blackjack."
Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa's J-J ran into pocket 10's on a flop of Q-10-9, she simply calls her opponent's pot bet on the flop and turn and after both players check the river she is obviously flustered. Shortly after she busted out of the tournament.
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but his opponent flopped the nut flush. Helppi headed to the rail as his tablemate was shocked at the result.
