2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
£1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Final Table Bios: Seat 9 - James Keys

Seat 9 - James Keys
Seat 9 - James Keys
Hometown: Bury St. Edmunds
Chip Count: 172,000

Heavily supported by his raucous rail, young James Keys is playing in what is by far the biggest tournament of his three-year career, the paltry $78 he qualified for now looking to be a shrewd investment indeed.

Carrying a substantial stack throughout the majority of the tournament, James caught his biggest score as soon as he reached the final 36, the £27,125 he cashed for comfortably surpassing his previous largest triumph of $3,000.

Hailing from the sunny shores of Bury St’ Edmunds, but now working in London for Betfair, 21-year old James is currently a student at Durham university and picked up the game off mentors Ben Mayhew and Thomas Ferrari. He has been playing online for around 3 years, but makes the odd trip to the Gutshot Club in London to sharpen his live skills.

His friends were very keen for me to add the rather fabricated accusations of S&M, bondage and any other sordid interest, but I had to hesitantly decline.

Tags: James Keys

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Jorgenson Is Depressed

I've just come back from the press conference with the players. Not many people knew a conference was going to happen, so not many questions with substance were asked. Theo Jorgenson, however, lifted the mood (and maybe dropped his own) when asked:

What is it like to be oldest player at the table??

"Depressing," said Jorgensen.

Have you ever gone deep in a WSOP event before?

"Yes, that was also depressing."

Cheer up, Theo. They are giving out free muffins in the players lounge.

Tags: Theo Jorgensen

Level: 17

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Cards Are in the Air

Blinds are 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante. There is 65:30 remaining in this level. That's how much time was left on the clock when action was suspended last night after Gus Hansen's 10th place elimination.

Easy! Easy! Easy!

Yesterday, I thought it was a bit cheeky that the Keys rail were chanting "Easy! Easy! Easy!" when their boy won a big hand, but after the lyrically challenged song was repeated during the introductions, I suddenly realised that they were in fact exclaiming the word "Keysey!" Oops.

Tags: James Keys

Starting Chip Counts

Seat 1: Johannes Korsar - 1,134,000
Seat 2: Oyvind Riisem - 664,000
Seat 3: John Tabatabai - 982,000
Seat 4: Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad - 697,000
Seat 5: Dominic Kay - 490,000
Seat 6: Matthew McCullough - 1,278,000
Seat 7: Theo Jorgensen - 605,000
Seat 8: Magnus Persson - 1,231,000
Seat 9: James Keys - 172,000

Hand #1 - Matthew McCullough

Matthew McCullough has the button in Seat 6. McCullough raises to 35,000 and Magnus Persson calls from the big blind. The flop is {A-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Persson checks, McCullough bets 42,000, Persson raises to 125,000 and McCullough makes the call. The turn is the {A-Clubs}. Persson checks, McCullough bets 200,000, Persson folds, and McCullough wins the pot.