2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 2 - £2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Level: 6
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Top 7 Chip Counts from My Area
Markus Golser - 26,000
Woody Deck - 26,000
Daniel Negreanu - 19,000
David Benyamine - 19,000
Joe Beevers - 18,200
Barry Greenstein - 17,800
Are We Having Phan Yet?
John Phan bet every single street and Andy Bloch called him all the way down to take a chunky stud pot.
Phan: with for a pair of tens.
Bloch: with for a pair of queens.
Stud-8:
Phan clawed back some chips a few hands later, though, forcing Thomas Bihl to fold to a raise on sixth street. Phan is now on 12,300.
Phan: by sixth street.
Bihl:
Ivey Sings a Different Tune to the Choir Boy
Gary Jones raises from UTG and calls a reraise from Ivey in the next seat. No one else called so the flop came .
Jones led out and Ivey raised him again. Jones made the call before both players checked when the turn brought a . They both checked the river too.
Ivey's was good for the lot as Jones mucked. He's up to 45,000 whereas Jones slips down to 10,900.
Recent Eliminatees
Hellmuth Trying It On
Twice he's bet out on third street and instantly folded to a raise, the first time in a razz hand showing up, with Gus Hansen as the aggressor showing up, and the second time in a stud hand showing to Torstein Iversen's .
Chip Away at the Old Bloch
With the board reading , John Phan bet and Andy Bloch called. Phan flipped over for the rivered flush, and Bloch scowled and mucked his hand as Phan raked in a decent pot.
Phan is now up to 15,100, while Bloch is down to 8,100.
Duvall Wins Battle of the Blinds
Jeff Duvall just took a decent pot from Howard Lederer and inched closer to an average-sized chip stack.
"The Professor" made it 1,000 to go from the small blind and Duvall made the call from the big.
The flop came and Lederer fired a continuation bet of 500; Duvall made the call.
Both players checked the on the turn, prompting the dealer to reveal the river card -- the .
Lederer then took one final stab at the pot with a 1,000 bet and Duvall quickly called.
"Queen," said Lederer, after which Duvall tabled for a pair of tens and took in the pot. He now sits with just under 15,000 in chips; the average stack is currently 16,200.
"Pretty Bad Half-Hour"
After losing a big pot to David Williams when he had to let a hand go on the river, David Benyamine has just lost another pot to the player to his right.
The turn had just been dealt, giving us a board. Benyamine called a 1,000 bet from his opponent before the river came .
Benyamine faced another 1,000 bet that he called. He was shown and a wry smile crossed his face as he exposed .
"Pretty bad half-hour," he said to Jeff Lisandro. He's down to 5,500 now.