Event 3 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 3 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha

Day 2 Completed

09-26-2008 01:49 UTC+1

Official Final Table Seating Assignments and Chip Counts

Seat 1: Erik Friberg 189,000
Seat 2: David Penly 162,000
Seat 3: Jason Mercier 650,000
Seat 4: Sorel Mizzi 290,000
Seat 5: Tomi Nyback 434,000
Seat 6: Theo Jorgensen 897,000
Seat 7: Max Pescatori 126,000
Seat 8: Eric Dalby 277,000
Seat 9: Chris Ferguson 282,000

09-26-2008 01:47 UTC+1

Day 2 Concludes, Final Table at 4 p.m. Tomorrow

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Forty-five players returned for Day 2 of the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event and on our way to the final nine, we saw many of the game's best hit the rail -- Allen Cunningham, Joe Beevers, Shaun Deeb, Mike "Timex" McDonald, Erik Seidel, and Andy Bloch just to name a few.

Coming into final table play as the dominant chip leader is Copenhagen's Theo Jorgensen, who took out tenth-place finisher Ilkka Koskinen to build his stack to nearly 900,000 on what would be the final hand of the night. Behind him is EPT San Remo champion Jason Mercier with 650,000. Everyone's favorite Italian Pirate Max Pescatori is riding the short stack with 126,000.

Join us tomorrow at 4 p.m. local time for live updates direct from the floor of the Empire Casino. From London's Leicester Square, good night and good luck.

09-26-2008 01:37 UTC+1

Ilkka Koskinen Eliminated in 10th Place (£18,562)

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Theo Jorgensen opened for 21,000 and Ilkka Koskinen called. The flop was {8-Hearts}

and both players checked. The turn was the {J-Clubs}

. Koskinen bet 31,000, Jorgensen raised to 132,000, Koskinen moved all in and Jorgensen called.

Koskinen: {A-Clubs}

Jorgensen: {J-Spades}

Jorgensen turned top two pair while Koskinen turned the jack-high straight and also had a flush redraw. The river was a disastrous {J-Diamonds}

, boating up Jorgensen and sending Koskinen to the rail as our final table bubble boy.

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

09-26-2008 01:13 UTC+1

One Table of Ten

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Out ten remaining players have consolidated to a single ten-handed table. Here's the new lineup with updated chip counts:

Seat 1: Erik Friberg 198,000
Seat 2: David Penly 170,000
Seat 3: Jason Mercier 600,000
Seat 4: Ilkka Koskinen 272,000
Seat 5: Sorel Mizzi 275,000
Seat 6: Tomi Nyback 360,000
Seat 7: Theo Jorgensen 631,000
Seat 8: Max Pescatori 132,000
Seat 9: Eric Dalby 310,000
Seat 10: Chris Ferguson 285,000

09-26-2008 01:06 UTC+1

Neil Channing Eliminated in 11th Place (£18,562)

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Neil Channing became the final table bubble boy just moments ago after clashing, unsuccessfully so, with young Finn Tomi Nyback. I didn't catch how the hand played out, but all the chips went flying in on a {5-Clubs}

flop with Nyback's {A-Spades}

for two pair leading against Channing's {6-Diamonds}

for top pair with the straight draw.

But none of Channing's outs arrived, the {Q-Hearts}

turn followed by the {A-Clubs}

river, merely giving his foe a stronger two pair than he held previously. "Alright," said Channing in defeat. "Well played."

"You can't bluff anyone under the age of 22," added Max Pescatori in the aftermath.

"Yeah, I should have known from the Beevers hand," concluded Channing.

There will now be one last redraw with the remaining 10 players combining to form one table.

Tags: Neil Channing Tomi Nyback

09-26-2008 01:04 UTC+1

Dalby Trips Up Friberg

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Eric Dalby potted preflop and Erik Friberg called from the small blind. The flop came down {Q-Hearts}

. Friberg checked, Dalby bet 37,000 and Friberg called. The turn came the {5-Hearts}

and both players checked. The river was the {4-Hearts}

. Check-check again.

Dalby turned up {A-Spades}

for trip queens and Friberg mucked.

09-26-2008 00:54 UTC+1

Mercier Mantains His Lead

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Although the unpredictable (well, I suppose you can predict he'll raise) Theo Jorgensen is snapping on his heels like an alligator with toothache, Jason Mercier remains your current chip daddy with a gargantuan 610,000 in chips.

Tags: Jason Mercier

09-26-2008 00:53 UTC+1

Sweet Jesus... Finally Some Action on Table 1

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Have you ever seen him wear ORANGE before?

At last, some action on Table 1, where the action has been positively subdued compared to the seven exits made off Table 2. (Snoopy=the cooler?)

In a three-way raised pot between Sorel Mizzi, Chris Ferguson, and Eric Dalby, the flop came down {A-Diamonds}