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

09-20-2009 17:17 UTC+2

Signing Out

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Tim Molyneux may have been outdrawn to exit today's tournament, but he's taken defeat in good spirit, and even returned the table to request an autograph from his aforementioned assassin. Who needs books when you can sign their pay-out slip? Even the usually stoic John Juanda couldn't resist a wry smile.

Tags: John Juanda Tim Molyneux

09-20-2009 17:19 UTC+2

Blind-on-Blind Bonanza

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Richard Kellett and Chris Ferguson somehow got themselves involved in one of those great blind-on-blind confrontations that turns massive -- there was already 6,000 in the pot by the time they saw a {J-Diamonds}

flop.

Kellett in the small blind bet out 4,000 and forced Ferguson into the tank. When he came out, though, he raised to 12,000, and now it was Kellett's turn to make a tough decision. Eventually he folded, and Ferguson boosted his stack to 41,000. Kellett is in no trouble at all, though -- he remains on a very comfortable 85,000 with the average stack at 35,800.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Richard Kellett

09-20-2009 17:26 UTC+2

Bathmanathan Disciplined

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It seems that Ganesh Bathmanathan has been a bit of a naughty boy -- after picking up a warning for excessive celebration yesterday, he just now managed to act out of turn in a hand and has thus been given a penalty. He only has to sit out one hand, though, and doesn't look terribly upset about it.

Tags: Ganesh Bathmanathan

09-20-2009 17:29 UTC+2

Finally Slowing Down

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After a frantic last level, the action has finally slowed down, with little in the way of action. In fact, the biggest entertainment is not the cards, but Ganesh Bathmanathan who, in the absence of Phil Hellmuth, is talking more than a F1 commentator on Red Bull.

09-20-2009 17:33 UTC+2

Lenane Lagging

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Declan Lenane was put to a real decision when he raised to 2,800 under the gun, only to be met with a reraise from David Rowan in the hijack. The reraise would have cost Lenane another 4,500, and, with only 10,500 behind his original raise, he opted to fold.

Tags: Declan Lenane

09-20-2009 17:39 UTC+2

By Deuce, Kyprianou's Out

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Fabien Dunlop raised in early position and then proceeded to call when Andy Kyprianou pushed from the small blind.

Things were looking pretty coinflippy when Kyprianou discovered that his {A-Spades}

was up against the very tiny pocket pair that was Dunlop's {2-Clubs}

. Nevertheless, a pocket pair is a pocket pair, and once Kyprianou had failed to hit anything on the {9-Diamonds}

board, the pot was Dunlop's.

Tags: Andy Kyprianou Fabien Dunlop

09-20-2009 17:41 UTC+2

Going for Gold

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After eliminating a short-stack with J-J versus A-J (jack on turn), WSOP bracelet winner JP Kelly has increased his stack to 170,000.

Tags: JP Kelly

09-20-2009 17:45 UTC+2

Doc Finds Unusual Medicine

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Exactly how this came to pass is a complete mystery, but we arrived at the last table left on the mezzanine to find David Docherty doubling through Andy Johnson. We don't know what Johnson was holding, but the board read {9-Diamonds}

, and Docherty's triumphant double-up hand was the rather esoteric {3-Clubs}

.

He's up to around 15,000 now.

Tags: Andy Johnson David Docherty

09-20-2009 17:47 UTC+2

Break Time

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45 players remaining, and 20 minutes of break time for them.

09-20-2009 17:56 UTC+2

Gone, But Not Empty-Handed

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46 Aleksey Arakelov $2,359
47 Julian Hoffman $2,359
48 Markus Ristola $2,359
49 Markus Golser $2,359
50 Vivien Ma $2,359
51 Andy Kyprianou $2,359
52 Constance Kirkwood $2,359
53 Paul Brammer $2,359
54 Tim Molyneux $2,359
55 Duncan Macrie $2,006
56 Adam Matusiak $2,006
57 Edward Keljik $2,006
58 Talal Shakerchi $2,006
59 Azzy Asghar $2,006
60 Nicolas Levi $2,006
61 Nicholas Holbrook $2,006
62 Stephen Bradbury $2,006
63 Goran Gratte $2,006