Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2009 World Series of Poker Europe

09-21-2009 15:42 UTC+2

Roux Cripples Drexel

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Anthony Roux open-shoved for his last 74,000 and got looked up by Thor Drexel on the button. On their backs.

Roux: {J-Diamonds}

Drexel:

Board: a very firm {K-Diamonds}

to give Roux quads.

Roux doubles up to 170,000, while Drexel is crippled to just 25,000.

Tags: Anthony Roux Thor Drexel

09-21-2009 15:48 UTC+2

Thor Drexel Busts in 8th Place (£14,835)

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Adnan Alshamah raised under the gun and Drexel called all in for shrapnel. Anthony Roux called on the big blind as well, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {J-Spades}

Roux checked to Alshamah, who promptly moved all in. Roux passed, and Alshamah and Drexel were on their backs.

Drexel: a surprisingly premium {Q-Clubs}

Alshamah: an less surprisingly premium {A-Hearts}

Turn:

, giving Drexel a few more outs

River: not one of those outs, in that it was the {3-Clubs}

We are down a Dane.

09-21-2009 15:56 UTC+2

An expressionless Richard Allen, who, by the by, lists his occupation as "football trader" and claims to have started playing poker at the tender age of just six, raised to 23,000. Big blindster Neil Suarez was the only caller.

They saw a {4-Diamonds}

flop and Suarez checked. Allen put in a 30,000 bet, and Suarez passed.

09-21-2009 15:59 UTC+2

Dunlop Done Good

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A nice pot for chip leader Fabien Dunlop, as he called Richard Allen's early-position raise from the big blind.

At the end of the {4-?}

board Allen revealed pocket queens -- but lucky Dunlop had made a full house with {J-Clubs}

to take the pot.

Tags: Fabien Dunlop Richard Allen

09-21-2009 16:06 UTC+2

Alshamah Not Shamming

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Adnan "Eddy" Alshamah, a businessman from Damascus, has been the most aggressive player at the table so far, but then, he's been getting some nice hands. He just now picked up {J-?}

and took down a nice pot courtesy of Richard Allen, who couldn't beat him on the {K-Spades}

board.

Next hand Alshamah raised under the gun and everyone duly folded. He showed them all pocket kings, perhaps to stop them getting ideas next time.

Tags: Adnan Alshamah

09-21-2009 16:11 UTC+2

Alshamah's Good Run Continues

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Adnan/Eddy Alshamah just now raised again, and once more there were no takers. This time he showed the table pocket jacks.

Tags: Adnan Alshamah

09-21-2009 16:13 UTC+2

Chip Counts

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Seat 1: Fabien Dunlop -- 630,000
Seat 3: William Martin -- 133,500
Seat 4: Richard Allen -- 180,000
Seat 5: Anthony Roux -- 152,000
Seat 6: Adnan Alshamah -- 360,000
Seat 7: JP Kelly -- 243,000
Seat 9: Neil Suarez -- 122,000

09-21-2009 16:15 UTC+2

Roux Gets Saucy

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Anthony Roux got himself involved with Adnan Alshamah, and they got as far as the turn of a {3-?}

board before Roux pushed his whole stack into the middle. Alshamah had mucked before Roux's chips were even across the line, and the young Frenchman moves on up to 200,000.

Tags: Adnan Alshamah Anthony Roux

09-21-2009 16:22 UTC+2

Kelly Doing Well-Y

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There was around 50,000 in the pot by the river of the {9-Spades}

board, and big blind Fabien Dunlop checked to JP Kelly on the button. Kelly bet 25,000, and it was enough to take the pot out of the hands of the chip leader.

Tags: Fabien Dunlop JP Kelly

09-21-2009 16:24 UTC+2

No Small Ball for Suarez

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Neil Suarez has been periodically open-shoving for his whole stack, and has so far not had a caller. If he keeps at it, though, we may see some entertaining action soon.

Nevertheless, Suarez is now pretty comfortable after filling up on tasty blinds and antes -- he's sitting on 180,000 right now.

Tags: Neil Suarez