2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€258,047
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,450
Prize Pool
€921,600
Entries
96
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000

Hairabedian Crushing

With the board reading {A-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, Kristijonas Andrulis checked and Roger Hairabedian slid out a bet of 75,000.

Andrulis winced at this bet which caused Hairabedian to start talking.

"My friend!" Hairabedian said. "I give you a big gift!"

Andrulis eventually decided to call and Hairabedian rolled over {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades} for trip aces. Andrulis mucked and Hairabedian scooped up a massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
Roger Hairabedian fr
Roger Hairabedian
WSOP 2X Winner
696,000 191,800
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
90,000 -102,700

Tags: Kristijonas AndrulisRoger Hairabedian

Aguiar Slowly Gaining Ground

1,500/3,000, 500

Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 9,000 from the button and Jonathan Aguiar called.

The dealer dealt a {6-Clubs}{K-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop and Aguiar check-called a 10,200 chip bet. Both players tapped the table on the {10-Hearts} turn and the {6-Diamonds} fell on the river.

Aguiar led out for 33,500 and after about thirty seconds of posturing, Rettenmaier decided to fold.

With this pot Aguiar has almost closed the gap between the two player's chip stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
298,000 -50,000
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
WSOP 1X Winner
285,000 50,000

Tags: Jonathan AguiarMarvin Rettenmaier

Jacobson Chipping Away

Brandon Cantu
Brandon Cantu

1,500/3,000, 500

Martin Jacobson is right in his battle with Brandon Cantu after winning a nice six-figure pot.

The flop was out as {2-Spades}{q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and Jacobson led for 20,000 from the big blind. Cantu called and both players checked through the {10-Diamonds} turn to see the {j-Diamonds} river appear.

The Swede fired 43,000 into the pot and Cantu made a frustrated looking call to be shown {a-Spades}{10-Spades}. He rechecked his his cards and into the muck they went. Momentum all against Cantu right now.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
525,700 -331,800
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
360,000 151,000

Tags: Brandon CantuMartin Jacobson

Puchkov Takes More

1,500/3,000/500

On a {7-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} flop, Faraz Jaka checked and Konstantin Puchkov bet 7,000. Jaka slid out a check-raise to 18,000 but was called by Puchkov.

The turn was the {5-Spades} and Jaka bet 32,000. Puchkov quickly called and prompted the dealer to produce the {4-Clubs} on the river. Both players checked and Puchkov showed {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for top pair. Jaka mucked and Puchkov took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
401,000 36,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
125,000 -36,100

Tags: Faraz JakaKonstantin Puchkov

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Cantu Becoming Agitated

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Brandon Cantu put out a min-raise from the button and Martin Jacobson three-bet to 17,000. Cantu plopped out a stack of red t25,000 chips for a four-bet that was enough to put Jacobson all in. It was at this point that Jacobson went into the tank.

After a few minutes, Cantu finally chirped up.

"So you were bluffing. Come on. Let's go."

"I'm not bluffing," Jacobson said in retort.

"You're thinking for five minutes. Come on. It's irritating. You're folding, just move onto the next hand."

Another minutes or so passed before Jacobson finally relented and released his hand, awarding Cantu the pot.

Tags: Martin JacobsonBrandon Cantu

Puchkov Takes Lead

1,500/3,000, 500

Konstantin Puchkov was falling behind in his match with Faraz Jaka but a nice pot just now had seen him climb into the lead.

The two had made it all the way to the river on a {a-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts} board. Jaka led for 5,000 and his Russian opponent called after thinking for a short while.

Jaka opened {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}, losing out to Puchkov's {5-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
290,000 65,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
236,100 -64,900

Tags: Faraz JakaKonstantin Puchkov

Aguiar Pushes Back

1,500/3,000/500

With the flop reading {6-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{8-Spades}, Marvin Rettenmaier checked to Jonathan Aguiar. Aguiar bet 9,500 only to find a check-raise from Rettenmaier. The bet was 26,200 and Aguiar sat motionless pondering his action for well over two minutes.

Finally, Aguiar's first movement in minutes was a reach for raising chips. Aguiar made it 60,000 to go and Rettenmaier released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
348,000 -50,400
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
WSOP 1X Winner
235,000 50,000

Tags: Jonathan AguiarMarvin Rettenmaier