€25k Update: A Masseuse For Every Table (Almost)
There are still two days of action left in the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT, but there are obviously some soar and achy bodies out there, especially in the €25,000 High Roller.
How do we know that? Well, we can count six masseuses in action midway through the seventh level of play. And, with ten levels scheduled on Day 1 tonight, there is sure to be more players wanting a massage, hence another masseuse is standing by.
The six masseuses in action in the Main Event suddenly became five with the elimination of former EPT champion Hossein Ensan, who decided to continue his massage off the felt, now perhaps with an even greater need to relieve the tension in the German's shoulders.
To those familiar with High Roller tournaments, it's the usual suspects getting their knots kneaded. Jack Sinclair is a particular massage aficionado as shown by his tweet from earlier this month:
Monaco update: 73rd in the first event for €2.8k, which almost covered my massage expenses, but I did get the ## fl… https://t.co/SW8drtPCpK
— Jack Sinclair (@jacksincredible)
The tournament currently sits with 66 players remaining from a field of 104 (including 15 re-entries). Late registration is open until the start of Day 2, and it's a single re-entry format. One of the more recent players to take advantage of this was Jan-Eric Schwippert who was eliminated by Albert Daher on his first bullet, but is back for more.
There is also a special satellite added to the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT schedule. Tonight at 22:00 local time there will be a €2,000+100 seat qualifier into either Event #29: €25,000 High Roller, with late registration closing before the start of Day 2 tomorrow, or Event #40, which is another last-minute €25,000 tournament that organisers have added to the schedule. The levels in this qualifier will be 10-minutes long and players will receive a stack of 15,000. Late registration in the qualifier is open for eight levels (23:20).