2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 2
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

Shak Out

We caught up to the table to see Dan Shak gathering his belongings and exiting the tournament area. Shak moved the rest of his stack all in holding {6-Clubs}{3-Clubs} on a board of {6-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{7-Spades}. Unfortunately for Shak he was behind his opponent's top pair of {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}.

The river bricked out for Shak with the {2-Clubs} and he was sent packing.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
Busted
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Dan Shak

Another Pot For Katchalov

Eugene Katchalov keeps winning pot and he just took the Finnish player Petteri Vanhapelot. Katchalov raised to 1,600 from the cutoff and Vanhapelto three-bet to 4,500 from the button. Both blinds folded and Katchalov made the call.

The flop brought out {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{Q-Spades} and Katchalov check-called 6,200. On the turn the {10-Diamonds} hit, and once again Katchalov checked. Vanhapelto took another stab and fired out 9,200. Katchalov called once again.

The river brought a blank and Katchalov checked a third time. Vanhapelto moved his arm around in a checking way, but it wasn't too clear what he was doing. Ashton Griffin asked him if that was a check, and the Finn confirmed.

Katchalov turned over {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}, and took down this pot. Vanhapelto is still in profit for the day as he started out with 64,150.

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
130,000
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Petteri Vanhapelto fi
Petteri Vanhapelto
74,000
9,850
9,850

Tags: Ashton GriffinEugene KatchalovPetteri Vanhapelto

Brammer Chips Up

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Christopher Brammer opened to 1,600 from under the gun. He was called by Tristan Wade on the button, Mikhail Petrov in the small blind and Didier Le Neindre in the big blind before the dealer ran out the {K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop. After the two blinds checked, Brammer bet 3,700. Everyone folded and he won the pot.

Tags: Chris BrammerTristan Wade

Allain Doubles Through Hellmuth

Adrien Allain moved all in from early position for 18,700 and cleared the field all the way around to Phil Hellmuth in the small blind. The "Poker Brat" thought for about 30 seconds before putting in a call, the big blind folded, and the cards were turned up.

Showdown
Hellmuth: {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Allain: {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

It was a classic flip, but not after the flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{J-Diamonds}. Allain had flopped a Broadway straight to take a commanding lead. The {A-Clubs} turn gave Hellmuth chop outs to a king, but the {4-Spades} river was not it. A composed Hellmuth rapped the table and moved on to the next hand.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
118,000
-32,000
-32,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Adrien Allain fr
Adrien Allain
38,000
19,300
19,300
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Adrien AllainPhil Hellmuth

Gruissem Busts Another

It was recently reported that Philipp Gruissem had sent former World Series of Poker November Niner Sam Holden to the rail. Well, Gruissem has wasted little in claiming another victim to move his stack to 165,000 in chips.

After Gruissem opened to 1,600 from middle position, Kamel Mekdad reraised all in for approximately 10,000 from the small blind. Gruissem called with the {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and was up against the {9-Clubs}{2-Spades} for Mekdad.

The flop, turn and river gave Gruissem the win when the {J-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{K-Hearts} rolled out, and Mekdad was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
165,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kamel Mekdad fr
Kamel Mekdad
Busted

Tags: Philipp GruissemSam HoldenKamel Mekdad

Bonomo On The Comeback

We caught up to see the board read {J-Hearts}{A-Spades}{K-Spades}{3-Hearts}. Justin Bonomo bet 4,500 and Jean Marc Pouyau called.

The board finished off with the {2-Spades} and Bonomo moved out a bet of 8,500. Pouyau thought for about twenty seconds before throwing out a call.

Bonomo showed {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} for a flopped two pair. Pouyau shook his head and showed {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} for a losing pair of kings before finally throwing his hand away.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
69,000
51,500
51,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Jean Marc Pouyau fr
Jean Marc Pouyau
25,500
-4,450
-4,450

Tags: Justin BonomoJean Marc Pouyau

Sylvia Doubles Big Through Shak

Jesse Sylvia
Jesse Sylvia

Dan Shak opened for 2,800 and was met with a three-bet to 7,400 by October Nine chip leader Jesse Sylvia. Shak opted to move all in for approximately 70,000, and Sylvia called off.

Showdown
Sylvia: {A-}{A-}
Shak: {A-}{K-}

The board ran out clean for Sylvia and he chipped up to nearly twice the chip average. Could another deep Main Event run be in order?

"Hi Ashley," Sylvia told us to say as he knows she's sweating the updates from the hotel room.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
138,000
72,000
72,000
WPT 1X Winner
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
9,500
-64,500
-64,500
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Dan ShakJesse Sylvia

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
230,000
-40,000
-40,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Sergii Baranov ua
Sergii Baranov
225,000
73,000
73,000
Paul Tedeschi fr
Paul Tedeschi
155,000
74,925
74,925
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
148,000
-18,000
-18,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
148,000
-32,675
-32,675
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
145,000
62,950
62,950
Matthew Frankland gb
Matthew Frankland
120,000
120,000
120,000
Sergey Baburin ru
Sergey Baburin
120,000
18,600
18,600
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
115,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
98,000
43,000
43,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
95,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Maxime Conte fr
Maxime Conte
92,000
31,525
31,525
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
90,000
63,600
63,600
John Monnette us
John Monnette
85,000
70,450
70,450
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Barbara Martinez fr
Barbara Martinez
82,000
4,875
4,875
Matan Krakow il
Matan Krakow
81,000
50,500
50,500
Tino Lechich au
Tino Lechich
57,000
-1,175
-1,175
Daniel Weinman us
Daniel Weinman
50,000
-119,000
-119,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
40,000
-37,750
-37,750
Alain Roy fr
Alain Roy
32,000
32,000
32,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
26,000
-44,600
-44,600
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
18,000
-67,575
-67,575
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
17,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner