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

09-18-2009 15:08 UTC+2

Banter on Tap

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Whenever you get lovable rogues Ian Woodley and Andy Greekfish (real name Andrew Andreou if his mother is reading) you know the banter's going to be on tap, and today is no different.

As Greekfish bet out 500 onto a {K-Diamonds}

flop, he turned on the ignition: "I'll show you one, can I show you one?" "You can, but he'll be happy because your hand'll be dead," replied Woodley. "Oh, we're just having fun here," continued Greekfish. But in the end, it's academic as his opponent makes the fold.

"I'll still show one, I'll let you choose, you want that one?" Greekfish turned over {J-Diamonds}

. "See, I'm a fair man. Tell you what, I'll show you the other." He then revealed the {6-Spades}

, much to the amusement of the table.

If Delboy ever retires, Pekham has it's man with Greekfish.

09-18-2009 15:05 UTC+2

Clemenc-Out

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Good start or no, it's a pretty tight structure with just 3,000 chips to start with -- ah, reminds me of the good old days.

Either way, Tristan Clemencon is now out, after getting his last in with {9-Hearts}

on a

flop. His opponent called with a speculative {K-Spades}

and duly made a straight on the {10-Spades}

turn, which only improved with the {A-Diamonds}

river.

"Is a nice hand," agreed a smiling Clemencon as he shook his assassin's hand and made his exit.

Tags: Tristan Clemencon

09-18-2009 14:53 UTC+2

Seidel on the Move

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Erik Seidel and his newly-acquired big stack have seated themselves directly to the right of Marc Goodwin at a table on the main casino floor. Could be interesting...

Tags: Erik Seidel Marc Goodwin

09-18-2009 14:49 UTC+2

Bad-Beaten

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It was hard to tell at first that Neil "Bad Beat" Channing was bust, as he often lurks at the rail, talking at length, when he is still in a tournament.

Nevertheless this time he was in fact busto. It turns out he raised preflop with {Q-Clubs}

and got looked up by Richard Kellett to see a {9-?}

flop with one club on it. Channing bet out and Kellett raised; Channing flat-called. "Well, I just thought he was at it," said Channing, "He's always at it, this kid."

They saw a {4-Clubs}

turn, which also gave Channing the flush draw. He check-raised all in -- and soon discovered that Kellett was holding {A-?}

and had turned the wheel. No clubby salvation for Channing on the river, and he's hitting the cash games now.

Tags: Neil Channing

09-18-2009 14:38 UTC+2

Lady Takes Out Tann

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With the button raising it up to 225 preflop, Willie Tann peeked down at his {K-Clubs}

and duly made it a total of 725 to play after sneakily limping from under the gun. He then checked the {7-Diamonds}

flop, before check-raising (although it was virtually a check-call) his opponent's 2,220 bet all in. Faced with an inferior {Q-Diamonds}

, a devilish third lady hit the turn to deal a crushing blow, and with no king on the river, the Vic favourite was gone.

Tags: Willie Tann

09-18-2009 14:29 UTC+2

Alexander the Great

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One player to have excelled during these early stages is Alex Martin, who has more than twice his starting stack with 7,500. He hasn't eliminated anyone, more chipping away gradually with hands like his latest encounter: after a couple of limps, Martin bet 250 from the big blind and received two callers. He then took down the pot with a bet of 675 on the {k-Clubs}

flop.

Tags: Alex Martin

09-18-2009 14:28 UTC+2

What Comes Around, Goes Around

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Joe Grech may have picked up Andrew Teng's whole stack, but he lost a good chunk of it back not long after.

He bet every street of the {10-Spades}

board and his opponent eventually raised him on the river. A moment's thought later, and Grech had laid it down.

Tags: Joe Grech

09-18-2009 14:21 UTC+2

Eddie as he Goes

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I joined the action with Phil Hellmuth making a small raise, his arms folded, body upright in typical Poker Brat fashion. Eddie Hearn made a reraise, and Hellmuth called the extra few hundred.

On the {4-Diamonds}

flop, we witnessed a fireworks display as both men's chips hit the middle quicker than a jet-propelled whippet. "Set?" inquired Hearn nervously. Hellmuth revealed {5-Hearts}

for the open-ended straight draw, whilst Hearn tabled pocket kings.

A blank {9-Spades}

turn and

river later, and despite jokingly exclaiming 'Straight!' - Hearn's expression turned momentarily sour - the 11-time bracelet winner was on the deck and left to ponder, "Kings. Nice hand. That sucks, now I have too many days off." But he consumed his early fall in good spirit, and commenced his trademark au revoir by shaking the hands of the entire table as if he were the queen greeting a line-up.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth