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

Singing & Folding

Devilfish
Devilfish
Receiving a massage doesn't equate to passive play for the Devilfish; he's playing just as aggressively as before. For his last encounter, the former jeweler raised it up to 4,200 preflop from mid position, and received a call from Tobias Reinkemeier who defended in the big blind.

As the {6-Spades}{K-Clubs}{7-Hearts} flop was dealt out, Devilfish burst into song and nonchalantly continuation bet 7,000 once his German foe had checked. Reinkemeier made the call.

Both players checked the {5-Hearts} turn, but Reinkemeier turned aggressor on the {K-Spades} river, betting 12,000 to take down the pot.

As Devilfish drops to 135,000, Reinkemeier increases his stack to 160,000. David Docherty, meanwhile, who is seat two seats to the left of the Hullonian, has more than both of them with 235,000.

Tags: Dave Ulliott

Bullet Awakes Comer

Comer looked all but out when he found himself all in with {A-?}{Q-?} versus Steve Zolotow's {5-?}{5-?} on the turn of jack high board, but - and in the absence of Barry Greenstein - an 'Ace on the River" saved his bacon and doubled him through. A fist-pump and high-five (not with Zolotow, but a member of the rail) later, and Comer was up to 23,900.

Tags: Michael ComerSteve Zolotow

Devilfish Still Singing

The tune right now (although we use the term 'tune' in the loosest sense possible, given who's singing it) seems to be Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues. Other players are calling for a penalty.

Brunson Having Problems

A new big stack has emerged in the shape of one Craig Burgess.

It turns out that he raised with pocket queens and Doyle Brunson called to see a {5-Clubs} {8-?} {10-Clubs} flop. Burgess bet the pot, Brunson raised to cover him, and Burgess called. Brunson flipped {8-Clubs} {9-Clubs} for a flush draw, but the turn and river blanked out and Mr. Burgess is up to 280,000.

Brunson, who gave us a sad smile across the table as Mr. Burgess retold the tale of his double up, has had a frankly dreadful Day 3 -- after starting the day as one of the big boys, he's in some serious trouble on just 30,000 now.

Tags: Craig BurgessDoyle Brunson

Aken to Get Ahead

In what developed into a highly intriguing hand just moments before the break, Christian Harder raised it up preflop from middle position, James Akenhead three-bet the button, and Harder made the call.

On a {Q-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop, Harder checked, Akenhead bet 17,500 into a circa 25,000 pot, and Harder called.

A {5-Spades} turn didn't slow Akenhead down; he bet 34,500. Again, Harder called.

The {A-Hearts} river was an interesting card, and one that led to Harder checking, and Akenhead making his third consecutive bet, this time to the tune of 47,500 which, with around 25,000 behind, accounted for the majority of his remaining stack.

With the cameras closing in, Harder rested his head on his hand and riffled his chips incessantly, the decision ahead evidently torturous. In the end, he trickled in the call, only for Akenhead to insta-table (new phrase coined?) {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} for the rivered set.

Chunky pot for Akenhead, and the dreams of a Hit Squad final table (Praz: "Would be awesome if we could get heads-up") live on.

Tags: James Akenhead

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Brunson Jr Busts to Docherty

Thank you muchly to the friends and railers of David Docherty who are doing a fine job of field reporting in the side room.

They tell me that just before the break, Docherty moved on up to 270,000 after Todd Brunson moved in with pocket tens and Docherty woke up with pocket jacks. Brunson is busto, and Docherty creeps up the leaderboard.

Tags: David DochertyTodd Brunson

Brunson Snr. Joins Feature Table

As it says on the tin...

Seat 1: Ian Munns - 558,500
Seat 2: Praz Bansi - 410,900
Seat 4: Hieu Van La - 79,700
Seat 5: Steve Zolotow - 210,300
Seat 6: Moritz Schmejkal - 93,200
Seat 8: Doyle Brunson - 105,100
Seat 9: Peter Gould - 61,300

Goodwin Takes One Down

With the action folded round, Marc Goodwin made it 5,000 from the small blind and Tommy Vedes called in the the big blind. The {A-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} board was checked right down to the river where Goodwin took it down with a bet of 5,000.

The recent EPT runner upper currently has 75,000.