Owen Crowe - 180,000
Neil Channing - 170,000
Men Nguyen - 130,000
David Sesso - 140,000
Chris Bjorin - 160,000
Antonio Palma - 175,000
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
848
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 848
Filter
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Owen Crowe - 180,000
Neil Channing - 170,000
Men Nguyen - 130,000
David Sesso - 140,000
Chris Bjorin - 160,000
Antonio Palma - 175,000
and was barely covered by William Reynolds holding 
.Once the board had come down
Filippi doubled to 22,500. Reynolds meanwhile was left with just 7,400.
Irish poker legend Liam Flood, having approached our desk: "Liam, please."
PokerNews blogger: "Hello Liam. What's up?"
Flood: "I'm at 75k."
PokerNews blogger: "Oh wow. How did that happen?"
Flood: "I just played."
So there you have it. Liam Flood - up to 75,000.
but got unstuck against .
When the cards were on their backs, Antonius showed
and his opponent showed 
.The board ran out
and with that, Antonius was out the door.
The flop came down
, and there was a sidepot brewing between the two live players. Player A led out with a bet of 12,200 on the flop, and Player B came right along with the call. On the turn, the drew a check from Player A this time. Player B took the opportunity to fire 27,000 at the pot, and Player A went deep into the tank. It was about five or seven minutes before moving all in for less than 40,000 total. Player A called the remainder quickly and it was time to see the cards."Show me ace-king with a club! Don't show me the two queens," Player A pleaded. Player B promptly tabled
, and Player A sheepishly tabled his 
, drawing dead. Nacho Barbero was all in with 
, and he too was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless 
, and Player A stacked the pot worth about 135,000 chips, sending Barbero and the other player to the rail in the process.We should probably find out Player B's name.
flipping against his opponent's 
.The board brought a death sentence for Lew at the end of the day, coming
. He departed right as the tables were counting stacks and bagging the chips in preparation for Tuesday.
Plenty of notables began the day, but not all of them survived. Those who have made their way into the second day are Chris Moneymaker, Neil Channing, Men Nguyen, Dave "Doc Sands" Sands, Greg Raymer, and Owen Crowe, just to name a few.
Those who failed to make Day 2 are Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, "Miami" John Cernuto, Barry Greenstein, Phil Laak, and Gavin Griffin.
Around 500 players are expected to make their way into the Salle Des Etoiles at Le Sporting Club for Day 1b and we'll be here covering all the action from the felt at 12 p.m. local time. See you then!
Main Event
Day 1a Completed
