Cajelais Fights Back
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2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 2 - £2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£395,000
Entries
158
Level
21
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Frazer Doubles Through Cajelais
Frazer:
Cajelais:
Board:
to give Frazer the straight"That's a high-low hand," said Robin Keston to Frazer.
Frazer raked in his new 60,000 stack, still saying to Men Nguyen on his left, "You played that last hand so badly, how did you get the name 'Master'? That must have been years ago."
"I got lucky," replied Nguyen with a chuckle.
Cajelais is now our shorty on 45,000.
Nguyen Doubles; Frazer Crippled
We caught up to the hand on the flop with the board showing
. Men Nguyen checked to Ian Frazer who led out with a 24,000 bet. Nguyen then raised the pot, Frazer re-popped and Nguyen called, putting his tournament life on the line.Nguyen:
Frazer:
Nguyen took the lead when the
fell on the turn. "Face! Face!" he shouted, as the dealer burned and revealed the river -- the
.Nguyen let out a celebratory "Yeaaaaah!" after the hand and walked over to the rail to hug one of his supporters.
After the hand, Frazer was left with just 26,000 in chips while Nguyen improved to just over 250,000.
Back We Go
Basically, nobody knows what's going to happen, but players are at the felt and cards are in the air.
Level: 17
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
20-minute Break
Aces Don't Always Nguyen
Hoyt Corkins limped in and Ian Frazer made up the small blind; big blind Men Nguyen checked, and they were at a flop.
Flop:
The action checked around to Corkins, who bet 7,000. Frazer folded at speed, but Nguyen made the call and they saw a turn.
Turn:
Nguyen now bet out 14,000, and this time it was Corkins' turn to do the calling.
River:
Nguyen checked, and now Corkins bet 25,000, around half his remaining stack. Nguyen now disappeared into a tank of indecision for some minutes. Everyone else at the table wandered off on break, and still he dwelled. Eventually he picked up his cards, holding them up so that literally everyone in the vicinity with the possible exception of Hoyt Corkins could see them. He looked sadly at his
, lovingly arranging and rearranging them, before eventually folding.Corkins is up to a shade over 100,000.
Gavatin Wins Threeway Pot; Moves Past 500k
Ian Frazer limped into the pot from under-the-gun plus one, Mats Gavatin raised to 13,500 from late position, Richard Gryko called from the big blind and Frazer called the extra 10,500 to see the flop:
.All three checked both the flop and the turn (
) which brought us to the river: 
. Another check from Gryko sent the action to Frazer, who took a stab at the pot, firing a 20,000 bet. Gavatin called immediately and Gryko laid his hand down after some thought, prompting a showdown that never actually occurred, as Frazer sent his cards straight into the muck.
Gavatin tabled
, good for kings full, to win the pot. He now has just over 510,000 in chips.
Cajelais Doubles Through Nguyen
Men Nguyen raised and Mats Gavatin called behind. Over to small blind Erik Cajelais, who re-potted. Nguyen announced re-pot to put Cajelais all in, Gavatin swiftly ducked out of their way, and they were on their backs.
Nguyen:
Cajelais:
Board:
Cajelais doubles to 105,000 while Nguyen drops to 146,000.
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