2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Event 3 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9710
Prize
£204,048
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£770,000
Entries
154
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Day 2 Starting Chip Counts and Seat Assignments

Play is scheduled to resume at 2:00 p.m. local time (GMT+1).

Players listed in bold are the chip leaders at their respective tables:

(Table 1)
Seat 1: Chris Bjorin - 33,800
Seat 2: Theo Jorgensen - 66,100
Seat 3: Ashton Griffin - 184,100
Seat 4: Dan Shak - 50,700
Seat 5: Ross Boatman - 40,000
Seat 6: Sherkhan Farnood - 72,000
Seat 7: Samuel Ngai - 49,900
Seat 8: Tony Bloom - 114,500
Seat 9: Jani Vilmunen - 304,100

(Table 2)
Seat 1: Barry Greenstein - 26,400
Seat 2: Ville Haavisto - 103,700
Seat 3: Ilkka Koskinen - 46,900
Seat 4: Howard Lederer - 151,800
Seat 5: Dave Callaghan - 79,500
Seat 6: Andrey Zaichenko - 151,300
Seat 7: Roberto Romanello - 59,200
Seat 8: Shaun Deeb - 64,600
Seat 9: Robert Williamson III - 105,000

(Table 3)
Seat 1: Karl Mahrenholz - 98,200
Seat 2: Sorel Mizzi - 153,700
Seat 3: Joe Beevers - 34,300
Seat 4: Tom Dwan - 38,600
Seat 5: Jeff Kimber - 134,900
Seat 6: David Williams - 19,100
Seat 7: Lloyd Rees - 42,600
Seat 8: Niall Chalton - 122,200
Seat 9: Eric Dalby - 95,800

(Table 4)
Seat 1: Daniel Hindin - 89,100
Seat 2: Aarno Kiveilo - 114,500
Seat 3: John Kabbaj - 59,800
Seat 4: Sampo Lopponen - 87,500
Seat 5: John O'Shea - 55,200
Seat 6: Noah Boeken - 112,600
Seat 7: Sandra Naujoks - 35,200
Seat 8: Adam Bilzerian - 79,300

Last Four Tables About to Get Cards in Air

A pleading sort of tone has come into Jack Effel's voice as he requests the owners of the various-sized chip bags to come and rip them open, stacking their poker riches and preparing to begin any moment...

It's not a misprint, our chip leader Jani Vilmunen is really way out in front of the pack with double the second place stacks, and it will be interesting to see if he can dominate the second day's play like he did the first. The idea originally was to get to the final table today, and then play to a winner tomorrow, but who knows? If the brakes which seemed to go on last night come off early enough we may be allocating some WSOPE jewellery tonight.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Koskinen's Aces Cracked

A preflop raising war between Ilkka Koskinen under the gun and Robert Williamson III resulted in a showdown, Koskinen fighting for his tournament life.

Koskinen: {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {10-Spades} {5-Spades}
Williamson: {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}

Board: {3-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {4-Clubs} to give Williamson the straight

Thus Mr. Koskinen lost his battle for tournament life, and he exited shortly thereafter.

Tags: Ilkka KoskinenRobert Williamson III

Triple Up for Sandra Naujoks

Some great time for the {A-Spades} {A-Clubs} {9-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} to both pop up in her hand, and {K-?} {K-?} {8-?} {8-?} to be dealt to Adam Bilzerian, AND for Noah Boeken to wake up with some hand worth calling both shorter stacks with...

A {Q-Clubs} {5-Spades} {7-Spades} {3-Spades} {4-Hearts} board sealed the deal with a flush for Naujoks, whose stack is now a much more comfortable 120k. Bilzerian laments his own, reverse, fortune, "Sick...she's a short stack too. I probably fold that to you alone," he said, looking towards Noah Boeken with frustration, as he'd apparently kicked the whole big pot off...

Too late, both of them are down to dangerously short stacks.

Tags: Noah BoekenSandra Naujoks

Dwan But Not Out

Tom Dwan, down to under 30k is clearly not giving up without a fight - however his recent opponent Sorel Mizzi isn't going to recklessly be doubling through his dangerous opponent... They saw a raised pre flop of {J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {7-Spades} , and when Dwan bet pot (pretty much all of his remaining stacks) Mizzi gave him a smile and passed. He did get shown the mighty {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} {J-?} for his restraint, however.

Tags: Sorel MizziTom Dwan

Boatman Not Drowning Yet

A small pot represents a lifeline for Ross Boatman.

He found himself in the big blind position with 17,000 in the pot, 23,000 or so left in his stack, and facing a {10-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {10-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} board and a 12,000 bet from Ashton Griffin on the button. Boatman tanked for some time, before resignedly tossing in the call. It was a good call -- Griffin only turned over his two best cards which turned out to be an {A-?} and a {K-?}, and Boatman took the pot with a pair in his hand to put him up to 40,000.

Dal-bye

I may have underestimated Tom Dwan's stack recently, or in the last five minutes he's busted the now-railing David Williams, because he just won a big double-through pot, pretty much consigning Eric Dalby to the Exit road at the same time.

I saw this 160k pot right at the end, with a big stack heading Dwan's way and a board of {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {3-Clubs} lying out there. I wish I knew when the money went in on this one, as Dwan's winning hand was {K-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {4-Spades} and that river may have been an interesting one at the time. However by the time I started scribbling down the hand they'd mentally moved on, and Dalby got the grain of rice he had left in the very next hand.

This time Sorel Mizzi raised to isolate him and his {J-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {8-Hearts} fell to Mizzi's {A-Spades} {K-Spades} {3-Clubs} {2-Spades} when a sole King came on the flop.

Tags: Eric DalbySorel Mizzi

The Rees' Knees

Four players limp/checked their way to a {2-Spades} {10-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} flop, and Tom Dwan promptly bet out from the small blind to the tune of 6,700. Lloyd Rees was the only caller.

They saw a seemingly innocuous {5-Hearts} turn and this time Dwan checked. Rees stuck in a means-business 21,400 bet, and Dwan swiftly passed.

Tags: Lloyd ReesTom Dwan

It's Early Yet

Various levels of caffeine deprivation are being catered to by a harassed waitress over on Table 3:

- Joe Beevers -- cappuccino
- Jeff Kimber -- cup of tea
- Chris Bjorin -- weak tea