2009 World Series of Poker Europe

£10,000 WSOPE Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
£801,603
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,340,000
Entries
334
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Break Time

Time for the one millionth (approx.) break of the day. We're just a few teeny tiny places away from the money now. Tension cigarettes all round...

Better the Devilfish You Know

Devilfish
Devilfish
On the very last hand before the break, the Devilfish doubled up to... wait for it... 49,000!. Previously crippled, Devilfish was looking to put his chips in with anything half decent, but somehow managed to find {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}. Yevgeniy Timoshenko looked him up with {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}. "Put an ace out there, don't mess around," said the man from Hull, but a {6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{7-Hearts}{10-Spades} board and a cheeky wink later and the Fish's tournament life remained intact.

Tags: Dave UlliottYevgeniy Timoshenko

Lieu Rivers Saout

Liz Lieu picked up a tidy little pot courtesy of chip leader Antoine Saout just now. Blind on blind, we caught the hand on the river of the {2-Spades} {3-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {5-Hearts} board -- Saout checked and Lieu bet 20,000. Saout called -- but then mucked when Lieu turned over {5-Diamonds} {6-Spades} for a rivered two pair.

Lieu - 240,000, probably -- she likes her uneven stacks
Saout - still chip leader on 555,000

Tags: Antoine SaoutLiz Lieu

It's Arnaud's Party and He'll Win if He Wants To

A fairly sizable pot had developed, although woefully we only caught up with it on the river.

The board read {4-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {9-Spades} and Arnaud Mattern checked. Steven Fung on the button tanked and gurned while various cameras circled to get his gurning visage from the best possible angle. He checked too, and Mattern turned over {K-Hearts} {10-Spades} for two pair. Fung nodded and mucked.

Fung - down to 490,000
Mattern, who by the by is missing his own party at the Dorchester to play this (we understand he dropped by in the dinner break) - up to 317,000

Tags: Arnaud MatternSteven Fung

How's It Going?

Going Up

- Antoine Saout. The November Niner is up to well over 500,000 after knocking out Amnon Filippi.


Going Down

- Fredrik Andersson. He's completely busto.

Filippi Eliminated

Amnon Filippi
Amnon Filippi
Amnon Filippi is the latest close-but-no-cigar casualty. He was all in on a {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop with {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} versus the {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs} of Antoine Saout. If 15 outs wasn't enough to see him sweat buckets, the {10-Hearts} would have caused floods, and, indeed, one of those many outs arrived on the {A-Clubs} river, and Filippi was gone.

Tags: Amnon FilippiAntoine Saout

Mercier Doesn't Know Why

Former chip monster fallen on hard times Ian Munns raised under the gun and Barry Shulman called behind. In the big blind, newly doubled up Jason Mercier reraised. Munns gave it up but Shulman called, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {J-Hearts} {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

Mercier checked and Shulman bet 30,000. Call.

Turn: {8-Hearts}

Mercier checked again, and this time Shulman moved all-in-really-really-fast, for 230,000. "I don't know why I called the flop," said Mercier with spectacular and admirable honesty. He folded, and is down to 240,000.

Tags: Barry ShulmanJason Mercier