Event 1 - £1,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker Europe

09-20-2009 15:55 UTC+2

Ace on the River

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With the board reading {9-Hearts}

, all the chips flew in with Adam Matusiak in tip top shape with {10-Clubs}

versus the {A-Clubs}

of Mikael Andersson.

But it's the Poker Gods who have the final word, and after a blank {K-Spades}

turn, fifth street delivered an - and in the words of one Barry Greenstein - "Ace on the River" to leave Matusiak with just a few thousand in shrapnel.

Tags: Adam Matusiak Mikael Andersson

09-20-2009 15:49 UTC+2

Frazer Chuzes Life

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Ian Frazer is up to 46,000 after knocking out a gentleman we believe was Cedric Chuzeville.

Tags: Ian Frazer

09-20-2009 15:49 UTC+2

Elgie Eliminated

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Judging by the empty seat, it looks like Chris Elgie is an early casualty from today's tournament. So much for lucky 13.

Tags: Chris Elgie

09-20-2009 15:47 UTC+2

Burke Irks Vinson

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James Burke has picked up some much-needed chips. Having already apparently doubled up while no bloggers were looking, he pushed for around 10,000 to a 1,600 bet from Ben Vinson on the {A-Spades}

flop. Vinson gave him an irked look, and passed.

Tags: Ben Vinson James Burke

09-20-2009 15:46 UTC+2

, but with Swee Chai on the button, JP Kelly in the big blind, and just a few thousand in the pot, it was clear that Kelly had defended an open raise from Chai.

Kelly then proceeded to check-call 1,600, then 2,400 on the {4-Clubs}

turn and finally 5,000 on the {6-Diamonds}

river with {10-Clubs}

, which turned out to be good.

"You didn't see that did you?" inquired JP Kelly with a chuckle, "that I defended my big blind with ten-three."

"No, didn't see a thing," I replied.

Tags: JP Kelly Swee Chai

09-20-2009 15:42 UTC+2

LOL Straight-Over-Straightaments

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The desperately short-stacked Adam Matusiak found himself all in against both Carsten Girst and Chris Ferguson and they made it all the way to the river of the {J-?}

board before Ferguson pushed Girst off the pot with a 1,500 bet.

Proceeding to showdown with the the all-in Matusiak, Ferguson flipped {2-?}

for a rivered straight -- but Matusiak turned over {7-?}

for a higher straight and a triple up to a still frankly desperate 3,600.

"Well, he did have me dominated," noted an amused Ferguson.

Tags: Adam Matusiak Chris Ferguson

09-20-2009 15:42 UTC+2

All Shook Up

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I joined the action on the turn of a {10-Spades}

board. With Raymond Rahme betting out for 3,900, Robert Lim made the call leading to a {9-Spades}

river. Again, Rahme led, this time to the tune of 6,100, which was, again, flat called by Lim.

As Rahme tabled {9-Diamonds}

for the rivered set, Lim shook his head and paused before eventually mucking his cards, as if he didn't want to believe he'd lost the pot.

"You rivered me," sighed Lim. "I should have shipped it in on the turn."

Nevertheless, it was Rahme who scooped up the pot, as a visibly shaken and frustrated Lim tried to accept the fact that his stack had been dissected in half.

Tags: Raymond Rahme Robert Lim

09-20-2009 15:36 UTC+2

Lucky For Some

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As we entered the arena today, slightly goggle-eyed and still recovering from these early starts (it's early in the poker world!), we were suddenly ambushed by a surprisingly energetic Chris Elgie who was eager to inform us of some curious, perhaps paranormal, observations.

"Take a look at this, guys. I qualified on the 13th, my buy-in receipt say the number 13, I'm third from bottom, and my ticket today is 31. That's a lot of threes and ones."

"Is 31 your favourite number?" I asked inquisitively to no response.

Not one to be duped by spooky occurrences, my skepticism was truly put to the test when Elgie pushed all in under-the-gun on what I believe was the third hand of the day. After receiving a call from the even shorter-stacked Lascelle Barrow on the button, Elgie duly turned over {A-Diamonds}

!!!

Creepy, yes, but the truth was that he was in trouble as Barrow tabled {8-Spades}

. But on this occasion, the numbers one and three proved lucky for Elgie as the board came {9-Hearts}

to award him a much-needed double through.

I didn't check his new count, but something tells me he might be hovering around the 13,000 mark. We are now exiting the Twilight Zone.

Tags: Chris Elgie

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

09-20-2009 15:26 UTC+2

Colour Up Pause

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The clock has been paused while the green 25-denomination chips are coloured up. Some players have wandered off from their tables, but there's no official break -- as soon as it's done, we'll be back to business with level 10.