Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event Day 3 | 2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

09-14-2007 23:48 UTC

Lindgren Burns the Cook

[user4144]

Short stack Erick Lindgren has just doubled up off Terry Cook, holding {8-Spades}

versus Cook's {Q-Spades}

on an

flop.

Turn = {10-Clubs}

River =

Tags: Erick Lindgren Terry Cook

09-14-2007 23:40 UTC

Cards Are in the Air

[user24788]

Blind levels have increased to 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante. Action will not stop until 27 players remain.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

09-14-2007 23:39 UTC

Here's what everyone is playing for...

1 - £1,000,000
2 - £570,150
3 - £391,910
4 - £257,020
5 - £191,860
6 - £152,040
7 - £114,030
8 - £85,070
9 - £61,540
10-12 - £41,630
13-15 - £38,010
16-18 - £34,390
19-27 - £30,770
28-36 - £27,150

09-14-2007 23:39 UTC

Players Are Taking Their Seats

[user24788]

The remaining 36 players are sitting back down.

09-14-2007 23:27 UTC

Featured TV Table Chip Counts

[user24788]

Seat 1: Patrik Antonius - 447,500
Seat 2: Janne Lamsa - 130,500
Seat 3: Magnus Persson - 127,500
Seat 4: Pat Scanlon - 313,000
Seat 5: Andreas Bergren - 92,500
Seat 6: Will Durkee - 230,500
Seat 7: Matthew McCullough - 79,000
Seat 8: Gus Hansen - 436,000
Seat 9: Johannes Korsar - 207,000

09-14-2007 23:26 UTC

And Another Thing

[user46298]

What really squeezes the lemon juice on the paper cut of defeat is this story Jeff Buffenbarger told a few places off the bubble. He was chatting away with the table, like he always does, and mentioned his bubble experience in the $3k pot-limit event in Vegas in the summer. He said that when he went out, the whole room erupted in cheering and high-fiving, and his table being at the back of the room, he'd had to do the very long Walk of Shame past loads of celebrating players. He said that sucked. At least here, a polite clap drowned out the cheering.

Tags: Jeff Buffenbarger.

09-14-2007 23:24 UTC

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

[user25067]

09-14-2007 23:20 UTC

Jeff Buffenbarger is Our Bubble Boy

[user25067]

Ian Frazer raised to 8,000 from the cutoff, Jeff Buffenbarger moved all in for his last 4,100 from the small blind, and John Tabatabai called from the big blind. The board ran out {8-Diamonds}

, with Frazer and Tabatabai checking it down. Tabatabai showed {4-Spades}

for two pair, eights and fours. Frazer mucked, and Buffenbarger showed {A-Clubs}

before making a very graceful exit.

Our 36 remaining players are now all in the money, guaranteed at least £27,150 for their efforts (that's $54,473,77 U.S. dollars or 39,257.34 Euros!)

Tags: Jeff Buffenbarger

09-14-2007 23:16 UTC

Life Support

[user4144]

If Jeff Buffenbarger wants to share a bad beat with you, then it might be one you can finally sympathise with -- the destruction of his aces at the bubble spot, looking very much like it's going to cost him £27,000.

As everyone was chatting away quietly to themselves, it all suddenly kicked off, Marcello Marigliano, who's barely played a hand in the last few hours, pushing all in for just over 30k and finding an instant, and I mean INSTANT, call from Jeff.

Buffenbarger = {A-Spades}

Marigliano = {K-Diamonds}

The crowd gasped in anticipation as the flop came {Q-Diamonds}

, giving the Italian what was by now a mammoth six outs.

The turn was a kind one, the dealer popping out a harmless {7-Clubs}

.

The river, however, would provoke a mixture of reactions -- shock, laughter, sympathy -- everyone in the room responding in some way to the cruel {K-Clubs}

.

Jeff was understandably gutted, his face saying more than any words ever could.

I guess it was Marigiano who had the testicular fortitude that I referred to in my last post, and it seems to have paid off...although in the most sickening of circumstances.

"I'm on life support," said Jeff as he was handed a paltry 5,600 in change.

Tags: Jeff Buffenbarger Marcello Marigliano