2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Event 1 - £2,500 Horse
Day: 3
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Final Results
Winner
Prize
£70,875
Event Info
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£262,500
Entries
105
Level Info
Level
17
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0

The Final Table is set.......

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Join us from 2pm today, as we resume our coverage of the opening event of the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe - the £2,500 H.O.R.S.E.

The final table is set and is stacked with some of the best players in the game, with no less than 9 WSOP Bracelets in the line up.

The table and seat allocations are as follows:

Seat 1: Jennifer Harman - 204,000
Seat 2: Gary Jones - 30,000
Seat 3: Joe Beevers - 74,500
Seat 4: Kirk Morrison - 172,500
Seat 5: Thomas Bihl - 130,500
Seat 6: Yuval Bronshtein - 185,500
Seat 7: Alex Kravchenko - 114,500
Seat 8: Chris Ferguson - 142,500

Day 2 Coverage

Player Profile - Jennifer Harman

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Seat 1: Jennifer Harman

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

WSOP Bracelets: 2

Career Tournament Earnings: $1.77 million

Jennifer Harman plays in the Big Game in Las Vegas, the premier cash game in the world, and doesn’t play too many tournaments. Previously, she has made eight final tables at the WSOP. She also owns two WSOP bracelets. She won her first one in 2000 when she took first place in $5,000 No Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw. She had never played that game before and was given a quick ten-minute tutorial in the hallway of the Horseshoe by Howard Lederer. It must have worked because she beat out Lyle Berman for first place. Harman won her second bracelet in 2002, when she finished first in the $5,000 Limit Hold’em. Harman is the only female to have won two bracelets in open events.

Player Profile - Gary "The Choirboy" Jones

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Gary Jones in action yesterday
Gary Jones in action yesterday
Seat 2: Gary Jones

Hometown: Stafford, England

Gary ‘The Choirboy’ Jones is probably best known to the Worldwide Poker Community for going very deep in the 2004 WSOP Main Event, finishing 17th ($175,000). In the UK, he is a known not only as a fierce poker player live and online, but also as a commentator on a number of televised poker productions.

Gary has vowed never to fly again, and has dyed his hair bright green, in the hopes of raising awareness for climate change. Gary and his shiny green haircuit put on a master class yesterday, before losing his chip lead to Yuval Bronshtein late on in the day. Jones will be looking to add to his $500,000 in tournament winnings today, and a bracelet would be nice, too.

Player Profile - Joe "The Elegance" Beevers

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"The Elegance" in action yesterday
"The Elegance" in action yesterday
Seat 3: Joe "the Elegance" Beevers

Hometown: London, England

Joe ‘The Elegance’ Beevers is one part of the Hendon Mob and first came to the public's attention in the groundbreaking TV series Late Night Poker. Joe has $1,135,935 in tournament winnings alone and is 20th on the all time English players money list. Joe's most recent title was 888.com Poker Nations Cup in Cardiff last year. Amazingly, this is only the second time he has played tournament H.O.R.S.E. after playing it online for the first time last week where he came 3rd out of 25. Joe has the hometown crowd on his side and will be desperate to add WSOP gold to the Hendon Mob's trophy shelf.

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Player Profile - Kirk Morrison

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Kirk Morrison in action yesterday
Kirk Morrison in action yesterday
Seat 4: Kirk Morrison

Hometown: Wichita, Kansas, USA

WSOP Bracelets: 1

Career Earnings: $2,880,659

Kirk Morrison is one of the true characters of the game. Always a smiling face at the table, Morrison consistently has a “glass half full” approach to not only his poker, but also his life. Morrison had his first WSOP cash in 1994 with a final table finish in the $1500 Limit Holdem event, running 3rd for $72,300. He then went on to have a series of cashes in and around Los Angeles and Las Vegas, before winning his first WSOP Bracelet in 1998 in the $1500 Seven Card Stud event.

Seeking a quieter lifestyle, Morrison moved to New Zealand, where he systematically dominated the Australasian Poker scene with a series of final table finishes and several local titles. Morrison made a return to the US in 2006, finishing 36th in the Bay 101 Shooting Star event ($20,000) and 10th in the $1000 Seven Card Stud Hi Lo event at the WSOP ($7,888).

His return to form has come this year, after a run of success on the WPT and WSOP circuits. He has cashed four times in the WPT this year, including a second place finish in the WPT Championship ($2,011,135). He cashed 5 times at this years WSOP, including a 56th place finish in the Main Event ($154,194).

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Player Profile - Thomas Bihl

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Thomas Bihl in action yesterday
Thomas Bihl in action yesterday
Seat 5: Thomas Bihl

Hometown: Frankfurt, Germany

Not as well known as some of his tablemates but you may know him from the online tables as Buzzer. Bihl is a legend of the Betfair poker rooms and has written a number of very insightful strategy articles on poker. Bihl is sponsored by Betfair and is in confident mood:
“It’s not the easiest field I will ever face but I’m so happy to get this far in a field of 105 of the best players in the world, “said Buzzer. “I think I have every chance now. A few key pots and I could be the first WSOP Europe bracelet winner.”

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Player Profile - Yuval Bronhstein

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Yuval Bronshtein in action yesterday
Yuval Bronshtein in action yesterday
Seat 6: Yuval Bronshtein

Hometown: Dunwoody, Georgia, USA

Career Tournament Earnings: $114,000

Yuval Bronshtein is a newcomer to the tournament circuit. He has two previous cashes in WSOP events. He made the final table of the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em event. Yuval Bronshtein was among the chipleaders during the first two days of this event. He took over the lead at one point on Day 2 when he took down a big pot from Barny Boatman. His best game is Razz and he’s primarily an online player.

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Player Profile - Alex Kravchenko

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Alex Kravchenko in action yesterday
Seat 7: Alex Kravchenko

Hometown: Moscow, Russia

WSOP Bracelets: 1

Career Tournament Earnings: $2.4 million

Alex Kravchenko is a businessman from Moscow. He’s currently the most successful tournament player to hail from the country of Russia. Kravchecko is having an amazing year. He made three final tables at the 2007 WSOP in Las Vegas including the $5,000 HORSE event and the Main Event Championship where he finished in 4th place despite being shortstacked for most of the final two days of play. He also won his first bracelet in the $1,500 Omaha 8 event. This is his fourth appearance at a WSOP final table this year.

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Player Profile - Chris "Jesus" Ferguson

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Seat 8: Chris “Jesus” Ferguson

Hometown: Pacific Palisades, California, USA

WSOP Bracelets: 5

Career Tournament Earnings: $5.9 million

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is hands down the most credentialed player at this final table, and is one of the most successful tournament players of all time. He has five WSOP bracelets including winning the 2000 Main Event Championship after beating T.J. Cloutier heads up.

He has also won bracelets in $2,500 7 Card Stud (2000), $1,500 Omaha 8 (2001), $2,000 Omaha 8 (2003), and $2,000 1/2 Limit Hold'em - 1/2 Seven Card Stud (2003). Ferguson has made 27 final tables at the WSOP including today. He is currently 20th on the all-time money winner list, and is also a champion ballroom dancer, and can slice through carrots with the pitch of a card.

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