Event 3 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

09-25-2008 20:33 UTC+2

Din-Dins!

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The remaining 23 players are now on a two-hour dinner break.

09-25-2008 20:42 UTC+2

In the last hand before dinner, Bruno Fitoussi fell victim to Finnish chess champion, Tomi Nyback.

Fittoussi raised it up with aces and committed half his stack on jack high flop and called the rest when Nyback put him in. Nyback flopped top two pair that held up to bust the formidable Frenchman.

Tags: Bruno Fitoussi

09-25-2008 20:59 UTC+2

Chip Counts at the Dinner Break

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(Table 1)
Seat 1: Justin Smith - 175,000
Seat 2: Jolyne Thompson - 23,300
Seat 3: Chris Ferguson - 198,000
Seat 4: Chris Bjorin - 139,000
Seat 5: Tomi Nyback - 180,000
Seat 6: Stephen Ladowsky - 17,400
Seat 7: Sorel Mizzi - 57,200
Seat 8: Erik Friberg - 216,000
Seat 9: Empty

(Table 2)
Seat 1: Michael McDonald - 71,900
Seat 2: Eric Dalby - 231,600
Seat 3: David Penly - 130,500
Seat 4: Padraig Parkinson - 72,500
Seat 5: Empty
Seat 6: Shaun Deeb - 258,800
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: Jason Mercier - 432,300
Seat 9: Max Pescatori - 55,800

(Table 3)
Seat 1: Allen Cunningham - 92,700
Seat 2: Neil Channing - 154,000
Seat 3: Donnacha O'Dea - 42,600
Seat 4: Stephen Kjaerstad - 117,200
Seat 5: Ilkka Koskinen - 178,200
Seat 6: Joe Beevers - 95,400
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: Theo Jorgensen - 241,600
Seat 9: Alex Kravchenko - 134,700

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

09-25-2008 22:38 UTC+2

Players Return from Dinner Break

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Cards are back in the air. Play will continue tonight until we reach a final table of nine.

09-25-2008 22:47 UTC+2

Mizzi Chips Away at Friberg

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Sorel Mizzi opened for 8,000 from the cutoff and Erik Friberg called from the button. The flop was {J-Clubs}

. Mizzi slid out a 20,000 bet, leaving himself 21,500 behind. Friberg called. The turn came the {3-Clubs}

and Mizzi moved all in. Friberg folded and Mizzi picked up a nice pot.

09-25-2008 22:55 UTC+2

Mizzi Doubles Through Friberg, Cracks Aces

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Sorel Mizzi limped in for 3,000, and Erik Friberg raised to 13,000. With the action folded back around to Mizzi, he declared a pot-sized reraise. Friberg immediately moved all in and Mizzi called.

Friberg: {A-Clubs}

Mizzi:

The flop came down {K-Hearts}

, Mizzi snapping off Friberg's aces as he hit his set. The turn was the {3-Hearts}

, the river was the {Q-Hearts}

and Mizzi doubled up to 158,500. Friberg was left on 103,000

09-25-2008 23:01 UTC+2

Early Observations

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Put your knives back in the draw, it would take a chainsaw to cut the tension here! On my table, Allen Cunningham, Alex Kravchenko and Stephen Kjaerstad are eerily silent, with most of the table talk deriving from the mouth of Neil Channing. At one point, Channing took the conversation kicking and screaming into the world of food, with Joe Beevers offering up the following gem of culinary trivia: "Did you know, there are more Indian restaurants in the UK than the whole of India?"

Meanwhile, Theo Jorgensen appears to be the most aggressive player at the table, picking up the blinds preflop on two consecutive hands. Just before I left, Beevers led out for 7,000 on a {Q-Clubs}

board (the flop had been checked around), before folding to a reraise of 27,000 from Jorgenssen.

"How about a last longer with me and Donnacha?" suggested an observant Channing. "I'm a huge favorite to bust first," replied Jorgensen declining the offer.

09-25-2008 23:04 UTC+2

"Timex" Recharged

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Mike "Timex" McDonald just took a significant pot from Shaun Deeb that bumped him up to approximately 136,000 in chips.

Deeb opened with a raise to 7,500 from UTG+1. McDonald called from the button, as did David Penly from the big blind.

The flop came down {3-Hearts}

and Penly checked to Deeb, who made a continuation bet of 18,000. McDonald called and Penly opted to let the two young guns battle it out.

The turn brought the {6-Hearts}

and Deeb immediately checked to McDonald, who checked behind.

The last card off the deck was the {A-Diamonds}

and Deeb checked once more, allowing McDonald to bet 32,500. Deeb made a quick call and McDonald revealed the {A-Clubs}

for a full house. Deeb mucked.

"I suck for checking the turn," Deeb said after the hand. "I had the nuts -- king-jack (of hearts)."

"I think that's the biggest pot I've won all tournament," said McDonald, as he stacked up his new chips -- 136,000 of them in all.

"...and you had to suck out to get it," Deeb fired back. Deeb dropped to a still-manageable 190,000 in chips after the hand.

Tags: Mike McDonald Shaun Deeb

09-25-2008 23:17 UTC+2

Deeb Killing Time...

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"Timex," that is. One hand after Mike McDonald won his biggest pot of the tournament, Shaun Deeb recaptured his lost chips and then some with the elimination of his young counterpart.

Deeb opened the pot with another preflop raise and upon seeing this, McDonald remarked, "How many chips do I want to win this hand?" McDonald made the call and saw the flop come {2-Clubs}

.

Deeb then made a continuation bet of about 13,000, according to his estimations, and McDonald responded by raising the pot. Holding {Q-Clubs}

, Deeb responded with a raise of his own, unknowingly putting McDonald to a decision for the rest of his chips.

McDonald made the call and turned over {A-Clubs}

. Needing a club, a queen, an ace or a ten to stay alive, McDonald watched as the board blanked out {8-Spades}

,

, clinching the pot for Deeb.

Rough math would indicate that Shaun should have just over 300,000 in chips at the moment, but we'll get a better count after he finishes stacking the chips.

Tags: Mike McDonald Shaun Deeb