2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
£144,218
Event Info
Buy-in
£1,500
Prize Pool
£615,000
Entries
410
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Junglen Saved by the River

Adam Junglen
Adam Junglen
On a flop of {J-Spades} {9-Clubs} {3-Hearts}, the UTG player checked, Adam Junglen bet 1,200, and his opponent raised to 3,200. Junglen shoved all in and was met with an insta-call, his {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} outflopped by {9-Spades} {9-Hearts}. The turn came the {K-Diamonds} but the {A-Clubs} spiked on the river, making Junglen's set and doubling him up to 14,500.

Yil Be Alright

Huseyin Yilmaz raises to 2,000 from early and only the other big stack of Thomas Marchese finds enough to call from the big blind before the flop comes {8-Spades} {K-Clubs} {9-Clubs}.

Marchese makes a casual looking check and Yilmaz does the same before the turn is dealt {7-Clubs} . Once again Marchese makes a casual limp wristed check but is met with 2,700 bet this time.

He makes the call and the final card comes {A-Hearts}. For the third time Marchese checks and Yilmaz checks too, not seemingly liking the ace.
We see why as he turns over {J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} and he sees he was beat before the river as Marchese shows {K-Spades} {Q-Clubs} for the pot.

Marchese up to 39,000, Yilmaz down to 23,000.

Jesper Hougaard's Stack Dented

The UTG player opened for 900 and from middle position, Jesper Hougaard put in a reraise to 3,000. Though his move was met with folds from the rest of the table, the UTG player shoved the rest of his stack into the middle, eliciting an agonized look from Hougaard. Ultimately he called the additional 6,125, and discovered his {A-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} was dominated by {A-Spades} {K-Spades}. No help for Hougaard on the {A-Clubs} {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {7-Hearts} board and Hougaard saw his once-mighty stack shrink to 10,300.

New Table of Death/Doom/Destruction

David Williams and Phil Laak just arrived on the main floor, coming from broken tables upstairs to take seats alongside everyone's favorite Irish monk, Andy Black.

And as my colleagues have noted, the Andy Black makeover really is quite remarkable. The perfectly tailored suit jacket... the studded Bulgari sunglasses... the clean shaven face. Well done, sir.

The Mouth on . . . Politics?

Deep thoughts... with Mike Matusow
Deep thoughts... with Mike Matusow
In one of those "Who would've thought?" moments, Mike Matusow is currently engaged in a heated political discussion at his table, primarily with fellow poker pro Robert Williamson III.

It was Williamson, however, who appeared the most passionate about the subject at hand:

"Biden sucks . . . He's old! He's almost as old as McCain!" Robert said. "That's the only one out of the four I don't like," he added.

Tournament Director Steve Frezer then chimed in, "I'm gonna give you guys a penalty if you continue to talk politics!"

Williamson fired back, "But we're trying to solve our country's problems!"

Tags: Mike MatusowRobert WilliamsonSteve Frezer

Graham Feels Like A New Man

Savan Trivedi raises to 1,200 from early position and Graham Newman makes the call from the cut-off. They see a a {J-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} flop where Trivedi check-calls a 2,100 bet before setting Newman in on the {10-Hearts} turn. The latter makes the call and finds his {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} in good shape against his opponent's {6-Hearts} {4-Clubs}. The river is the {A-Spades} and Newman doubles up his stack to around 13,000.

Tags: Graham Newman

Can't Always Run Good

A player in the cut-off raised to 1,000 before Thomas Marchese put him all in from the big blind after seeing he only had around 4,000 back. The player duly made the call with {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} and he was ahead of Marchese's {A-Spades} {10-Clubs}.

The board came {3-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {7-Spades} {Q-Clubs} to send the chips away from Marchese.

Marchese can't complain about being down to 33,000 though as he's been running really well today. I heard him say he's had aces versus kings and quads versus a boat and a flush!

Tags: Thomas Marchese