2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Devilfish munched on a consolatory apple as left.
It appears that he raised under the gun with and the gentleman on the button ("Let's call him Hammer," said Greekfish, as Hammer smiled apologetically) and Mike Ellis in the small blind both called.
The flop came down rainbow and it checked around, so they proceeded to the turn, which put two hearts on the board. Ellis checked again and now Greekfish bet 250, but Mr. Hammer made it 750. "You have two hearts," said Greekfish, and called. The river came a blank and both players checked, and indeed Mr. Hammer showed two hearts that had failed to beat the Greekfish's .
Then a few hands later Greekfish raised to 300 preflop and picked up one caller before our friend Mr. Hammer squeezed for 1,200. Greekfish called and the caller got out of their way. They saw a flop and Mr. Hammer checked. Greekfish bet 1,200 -- and Mr. Hammer instantly raised to cover Greekfish. Greekfish called -- and his pocket sixes held up against Hammer's .
Greekfish is up to 9,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Several hands later, I spotted Kellett bumping and grinding again, yet this time he was the one betting 1,500 on the river. On this occasion, however, and with the boarding reading , the bet was met with a fold and Kellett lapped up yet another pot.
Kellet has now established himself as one of the early pace-setters and is quickly closing in on that 15,000 mark.
Fellow Frenchie and former tablemate Michel Abecassis is still in though, on 3,500.
One interesting table features a nice generational mix of British natives -- Steve Bovis (8,000) and Surinder Sunar (6,000) representing the old school, and Richard "Chufty" Ashby (4,000) flying the flag for the online generation.
In his latest couple of encounters, he has tasted both victory and loss. First I saw him raise preflop then fold to a bet on a king high flop. "Show us tens?" he requested. His opponent didn't oblige. Then he found himself in a three-way pot with circa 1,000 in the middle, but managed to take it down by moving all in for 1,500 on the flop. "Taxi!" he joked as he flung in three 500 chips.
He doesn't have many chips, but like a fish out of water, he's flapping around, gasping for air and trying desperately to stay alive.