2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€1,022,376
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,450
Prize Pool
€4,032,000
Entries
420
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event

Day 1b Completed

None Other Than Betrand 'ElkY' Grospellier Leads After Day 1b

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

The second starting day of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event drew a crowd of 205 players, bringing the total for this event to 420. Just 115 players survived the day with none other than Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier on top. These players will meet with the 115 that survived Day 1a, and a total of 230 will see poker action on Day 2.

Like in every tournament here in Cannes during the WSOPE, the tables were filled with top poker professionals. Two of those from France had very short days as both Guillaume Darcourt and Roger Hairabedian were eliminated quickly. Hairabedian has no reason to complain though, as he won the €5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha and finished third in the €10,000 Mix Max earlier this week.

Marvin Rettenmaier, John Tabatabai and Marc Convey also didn't last long. The latter made his WSOPE debut, but could not get anything going. A turned set ran into Bruno Fitoussi's turned flush, and Kristijonas Andrulis hit a gut shot straight against Convey's flopped set. Jon Aguiar and Brandon Cantu played till late last night in the finals of the €10,000 Mix Max, and both players entered the Main Event today. It didn't work out for either of them, however, and they will get back at it tomorrow in their heads-up match. You can follow all that action here.

Arnaud Mattern is a feature a the WSOPE every year, and once again he showed off his skills. The former EPT Prague winner has cashed in the Main Event in the previous three years, but he's not going to add a fourth. Timothy Adams won the $2,500 4-Max during the 2012 WSOP, and he had a great starting day. He finished the day with 134,475, and that was a lot more than what his buddy and WSOPE bracelet winner Tristan Wade (33,075) finished with.

Daniel Negreanu was singing and winning on Day 1B as his stack kept rising. After getting Ilan Boujenah to fold a set he seemed in full control. Later he busted Brandon Adams with a flush versus a set of eights, and Negreanu ended the day with 137,500. You can have a good day like Negreanu, but that doesn't mean you're going to beat Betrand 'ElkY' Grospellier on the leader board. The French superstar closed out the day with 190,400 and is the tournament chip leader. Daniel Weinman is in second with 169,000 and also Phil Hellmuth cracked the top 10 with 116,150.

Play will resume tomorrow at 12:00 PM GMT, make sure to tune back into PokerNews as we bring ou all the action from the Majestic Barrieré in Cannes, France.

Tags: Arnaud MatternBertrand GrospellierBrandon AdamsDaniel NegreanuGuillaume DarcourtIlan BoujenahMarc ConveyRoger HairabedianTimothy AdamsTristan Wade

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
190,400 4,400
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
176,275 80,275
Daniel Weinman us
Daniel Weinman
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
169,000 71,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
137,500 7,500
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
134,475 26,475
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
116,150 36,150
Vladislav Varlashin ru
Vladislav Varlashin
112,550 -24,450
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
WPT 3X Winner
109,700 28,700
Philippe Boucher ca
Philippe Boucher
WSOP 1X Winner
107,800 41,800
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
103,500 3,500
Sergey Baburin ru
Sergey Baburin
101,400
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
94,650
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
90,100 31,100
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
90,100 36,100
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
89,475
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
85,575 575
Robert Buckenmayer us
Robert Buckenmayer
82,500
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
82,050 42,050
Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
81,625
Arthur Claudet fr
Arthur Claudet
79,825
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
78,550 24,550
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
77,750 -6,250
Barbara Martinez fr
Barbara Martinez
77,125 9,125
Steve Dannenmann us
Steve Dannenmann
75,125 19,125
Julien Lefebvre fr
Julien Lefebvre
74,925 -5,075

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Boeree and Griffin Clash in the Dying Seconds

The night was almost over, but not for Liv Boeree and Ashton Griffin. The latter was nowhere to be found, and Boeree explained what had happened on the third to last hand of the night.

Boeree raised to 1,200 with {A-}{K-} and Andrey Gulyy called in position. Griffin three-bet to 5,200 from the big blind after which only Boeree called. The flop brought out {K-}{9-}{6-} with one heart. Griffin bet 5,000, Boeree called.

On the turn the {A-Hearts} hit and Griffin moved all in for 25,000 chips. Boeree called with top two pair, and Griffin showed {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. Boeree was close to ending the day as the chip leader, but the {10-Hearts} hit on the river. Griffin won a big pot, and left the tournament room.

Player Chips Progress
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
94,650 41,650
Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
80,000 68,000

Tags: Ashton GriffinLiv Boeree

Ace on the River Puts an End to an October Niner

October Niner Steven Gee got his last 8,000 or so in preflop and was racing against Phil Hellmuth.

Showdown
Hellmuth: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Gee: {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

"That's a good flop for you," Hellmuth said after the dealer put out the {3-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{9-Spades}. "That's a good turn too," he added when the {2-Spades} turned. Gee was on his feet and just needed to dodge an ace and queen on the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the {A-Diamonds}. With that, Gee's pursuit of a bracelet will have to wait until the Main Event final table at the end of October.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Gee us
Steven Gee
Busted

Tags: Steven GeePhil Hellmuth

Sanioglu Gives Up Big Pot to Nguyen's Shove

There was already 50,000 in the pot and a board reading {10-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{6-Spades} when we picked up the action. Ekrem Sanioglu had bet 10,000 from the small blind only to have Tianna Nguyen move all in for 12,450 more.

Sanioglu was in the tank for a few minutes and knew a call would cost him most of his chips. Eventually he showed {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and folded. Nguyen did not show.

Player Chips Progress
Tianna Nguyen us
Tianna Nguyen
73,000
Ekrem Sanioglu fr
Ekrem Sanioglu
14,000

Tags: Ekrem SaniogluTianna Nguyen

The Payouts!

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante
PlaceName
1€1,022,376
2€632,592
3€423,360
4€292,320
5€207,648
6€149,184
7€108,864
8€84,672
9-10€66,528
11-12€52,416
13-14€40,320
15-16€32,256
17-24€26,611
25-32€22,982
33-40€21,250
41-48€20,150

Trickett Makes Big River Bet

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Jason Mercier raised to 1,000 and was called by the cutoff and Sam Trickett from the big blind.

The flop was {4-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Trickett led out for 2,000. Mercier called and the cutoff folded. Fourth street brought the {K-Clubs} and Trickett took about thirty seconds before checking. Mercier checked behind.

The {5-Hearts} paired the board on the river and Trickett fired a rather large bet of 16,000. Mercier was confused by the size of the bet and began talking the hand out.

"Why did you check the turn?" asked Mercier.

"I can't tell you things like that," replied Trickett.

"It doesn't make sense," said Mercier. "I've got to figure out how you have anything....King-seven? King-six?"

Trickett's only response was a smile.

"This is so dumb," said Mercier as he finally released his hand. The pot was awarded to Trickett who, despite other at the table asking, did not show his hand.

Tags: Sam TrickettJason Mercier

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Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

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Tags: PartyPoker