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

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Notable Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
170,000
91,450
91,450
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
166,000
28,500
28,500
Stephane Girault fr
Stephane Girault
155,000
-17,850
-17,850
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
127,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
122,500
19,000
19,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
95,000
8,100
8,100
Ping San Chan mo
Ping San Chan
70,000
970
970
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
70,000
-40,525
-40,525
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Steve Dannenmann us
Steve Dannenmann
66,000
-9,125
-9,125
Oliver Speidel au
Oliver Speidel
63,000
-8,950
-8,950
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
57,000
36,925
36,925
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
50,000
29,425
29,425
EPT 1X Winner
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
46,500
1,500
1,500
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
41,000
-6,475
-6,475
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
41,000
-49,100
-49,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
33,000
-75
-75
WSOP 1X Winner
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
29,500
15,150
15,150
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
28,000
-9,175
-9,175
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
25,800
7,600
7,600
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Some Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
150,000
-25,000
-25,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
114,000
4,300
4,300
WPT 3X Winner
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
93,000
-8,000
-8,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
74,000
-26,875
-26,875
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
66,000
35,650
35,650
WPT 1X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
60,000
5,925
5,925
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
60,000
-1,650
-1,650
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
49,000
-41,100
-41,100
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
42,000
5,700
5,700
WPT 2X Winner
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
32,500
-14,300
-14,300
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
27,000
-31,300
-31,300
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
17,500
75
75
WSOP 3X Winner
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
14,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Guinand Wins Huge Flip Against O'Dwyer

As we arrived on the scene the dealer ran the board out in a huge pot between Steve O'Dwyer and Sebastian Guinad. After the dust settled we asked David Baker what happened, and he told us the following.

Jean-Robert Bellande raised under the gun to 1,800 and the action was folded to Guinand who called on the button. O'Dwyer three-bet to 7,600 from the big blind, and Bellande folded. Guinand proceeded to move all in for 68,900 and O'Dwyer tank-called.

Showdown:
Sebastian Guinard: {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Steve O'Dwyer: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{7-Spades}, and Guinard got up from his seat in excitement.

"Yes papa!" he yelled for everyone to hear. O'Dwyer was gutted by this big loss and he will continue with just 24,500.

"Why you call?" Guinard asked O'Dwyer who remained silent. "Easy fold!" the Frenchman added as he stacked his chips with a big smile on his face.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:138] fr
[Removed:138]
145,000
53,825
53,825
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
24,500
-63,500
-63,500
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jean-Robert BellandeSebastian GuinandSteve O'Dwyer

Ivey vs. Puchkov

With 11,500 in the pot and a board reading {7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{6-Spades}, Konstantin Puchkov checked from the big blind and opened the door for Phil Ivey to bet 7,000 from the cutoff. Puchkov had about 19,000 behinds and thought long and hard before giving it up to the man many consider to be the best in the world.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
108,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
19,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Konstantin PuchkovPhil Ivey

Rheem Flushes Miller's Set

Thomas Miller check-rasied the {J-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Spades} flop against Chino Rheem, but Rheem made the call to see the {9-Spades} land on the turn. Here, Miller checked again, and Rheem fired 6,900. Miller called. The two then checked after the {K-Spades} fell on the river.

Miller showed a set of fours with the {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Rheem was behind until the river with the {J-Hearts}{8-Spades}, but was able to make a flush with four spades on board. He won the pot and moved over 140,000 in chips. Miller dropped back to 35,000.

Player Chips Progress
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
142,000
28,000
28,000
WPT 3X Winner
Thomas Miller us
Thomas Miller
35,000
-3,550
-3,550

Tags: Thomas MillerChino Rheem

A Gruissem Exit for Holden

Former World Series of Poker November Niner Sam Holden was just eliminated. Doing the deed was Philipp Gruissem and his set of jacks. Here's how it happened.

The two put a few thousand in each with Holden three-betting Gruissem's open before seeing the {J-Clubs}{10-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop. Gruissem was in position and called Holden's flop bet of 5,800 to see the {8-Hearts} fall on fourth street. Both players checked.

The river was the {A-Hearts}, and Holden moved all in for 24,500. Gruissem snapped with the {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds} and beat Holden's {A-Spades}{10-Hearts} to send him to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
135,000
44,500
44,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
Busted

Tags: Sam HoldenPhilipp Gruissem