2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 4
"All in and a call," is the cry, and as I race over to the rail, the featured table does indeed have an all-in confrontation, The Hoff de Steve all in for 200-250k in the small blind with , racing against under-the-gunner Magnus Persson and his .
As seems to be the trend at the moment, the board was clinical and it was of no suprise to hear the announcer spout out the words, "drawing dead" by the turn.
Seat 2: Oyvind Riisem - 500,000
Seat 3: John Tabatabai - 890,000
Seat 4: Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad - 700,000
Seat 5: Dominic Kay - 525,000
Seat 6: Matthew McCullough - 450,000
Seat 7: Gus Hansen - 470,000
Seat 8: Theo Jorgensen - 620,000
Seat 9: Magnus Persson - 1,300,000
Seat 10: James Keys - 210,000
Magnus Persson is the chipleader with 1,300,000. He holds a slight lead over Johannes Korsar in second place with 1,200,000.
"I don't want you guys to see these f*****g cards!" joked Gus.
If I were Oyviin and had aces, I still wouldn't be 100 percent sure I was ahead.
But where did they all come from? Perhaps it's stumble-out-of-the-pub time, or maybe it's simply the fact that King Gus has brought his hysterical fans along, but either way, there's certainly a tad more electricity in the air causing the tension to increase tenfold.
McCullough:
Hansen:
McCullough was ahead with kings. The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Gus Hansen's hand could not improve and The Great Dane bubbled off the final table in 10th place. Hansen won £41,630 for 10th place.
With Hansen's elimination, the final table of nine players is set. Stay tuned for official chip counts.