2008 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k6
Prize
£868,800
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Hand #477 - John Juanda

John Juanda has the button. He raises to 110,000. Stanislav Alekhin tanks before he re-raises to 450,000. Juanda massaged a stack of white chips and chopped them down a couple of times before he re-raises all in. Stanislav Alekhin quickly folds. Juanda wins the pot.

Hand #479 - Juanda Doubles Up

John Juanda has the button. Juanda raises to 165,000. Stanislav Alekhin calls. The flop is {K-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {7-Clubs}. Stanislav Alekhin fires out 325,000. Juanda peeks at his cards and blinks methodically. He moves all in and Stanislav Alekhin insta-calls.

Juanda: {K-Hearts} {6-Hearts}
Alekhin: {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs}

Juanda is ahead with top pair against Alekhin's flush draw. The turn is the {9-Spades}. The river is the {4-Hearts}. Juanda wins the pot and doubles up. The smattering of Juanda fans jumped to their feet and gave a hearty golf clap.

Stanislav Alekhin stack was decimated. He was left with about 600,000. Juanda increased his stack to 6.6 million.