We caught the action on a flop when Christopher Brammer checked from the big blind to Timothy Adams. Adams was in middle position and bet 9,300. Sergii Baranov, the tournament chip leader, raised to 21,000 from the cutoff.
The action was back on Brammer who decided to three-bet to 50,000.
"Crazy hand," Daniel Negreanu said to us as we watched Adams contemplate his move. Negreanu said Adams had raised pre flop and both Baranov and Brammer called. Adams finally kicked it in leaving Baranov with a decision.
"How much you have?" Baranov asked.
"I started the hand with around 250,000," Brammer replied.
"All in!" the Ukrainian announced quickly.
"Only?" Brammer said with a look of disgust on his face.
"No. I said all in!" Baranov said, after which Brammer got the message and quickly folded.
"Why not?" Baranov smiled at Brammer who seemed annoyed.
"Because I had nine-high!" Brammer sighed.
Brammer thought that Baranov said "Only" in a mocking matter when the Brit announced what his stack was. When it was cleared up that Baranov indeed said "all in" Brammer cooled down. Baranov seems to be in full control of Table 9, as he's miles ahead of the rest.
The exact preflop action was unknown, but Timothy Adams opened, Sergii Baranov called, then Lifeng Chen reraised on the button. Adams and Baranov both called to see the flop come out . After Adams and Baranov checked, Chen fired 33,000. Adams folded, but Baranov had other things in mind and check-raised to 66,000 after a minute of thought. Chen called.
On the turn, the paired the board. Baranov slid forward a tall stack of gray T5,000 chips for a bet of 105,000. Chen smeared his hand across his face in disgust, then folded.
"Fives good?" said Baranov as he turned over the to rub the bluff into Chen. When Chen saw the fives, he shook his head and couldn't believe it.
"What's wrong, you have no balls?" Baranov continued as the table laughed.
A few seconds later, Baranov added, "You know what we do in Ukraine? We eat soup... with brains... brains of our enemies. Just ask Eugene [Katchalov], he's from Ukraine and he knows."
Welcome to the PokerNews coverage of Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. Yesterday's field of 230 players saw the combination of runners from Day 1a and Day 1b combine to battle for WSOP glory. At the end of the night only 77 players remained in the hunt for the WSOPE Main Event title. With the top 48 making money, it is almost certain that the field will cash today. The man currently closest to achieving that goal is Sergii Baranov who is sitting on a massive stack of 607,000.
The combination of the two starting fields saw the elimination of many notable names. Among those who were eliminated from Day 2 play were Joe Hachem, Isaac Haxton, Mohsin Charania, Scotty Nguyen, Phil Ivey, Chance Kornuth, Antonio Esfandiari, October Niners Greg Merson, Russell Thomas, and Jacob Balsiger, and start-of-the-day chip leader Michael Mizrachi.
While those saw their WSOPE Main Event come to an end, many of the game's biggest names are still in the hunt. Phil Hellmuth worked up a stack of 364,900 which is good for the fourth biggest stack in the room. Joseph Cheong (328,400) and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (326,700) were also able to breach the top ten in chips. Also returning for Day 3 are Daniel Negreanu (290,000), Dan Smith (274,500), October Niner Jesse Sylvia (209,000), last year's champion Elio Fox (201,300), Liv Boeree (140,800), Eugene Katchalov (123,900), Steve Dannenmann (65,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (50,300), and many more.
2012 WSOP Europe End-of-Day-2 Top Ten Counts
Place
Player
Count
1
Sergii Baranov
607,000
2
Axel Pergolizzi
419,400
3
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
375,100
4
Phil Hellmuth
364,900
5
Maxime Conte
342,300
6
Lifeng Chen
340,500
7
Huichen Kuo
339,950
8
Max Silver
333,600
9
Joseph Cheong
328,400
10
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier
326,700
Cards will be in the air at 12:00 PM CET so be sure to stay tuned to all of our coverage as we play down and through the money bubble.
flop when Christopher Brammer checked from the big blind to Timothy Adams. Adams was in middle position and bet 9,300. Sergii Baranov, the tournament chip leader, raised to 21,000 from the cutoff.
. After Adams and Baranov checked, Chen fired 33,000. Adams folded, but Baranov had other things in mind and check-raised to 66,000 after a minute of thought. Chen called.
paired the board. Baranov slid forward a tall stack of gray T5,000 chips for a bet of 105,000. Chen smeared his hand across his face in disgust, then folded.
to rub the bluff into Chen. When Chen saw the fives, he shook his head and couldn't believe it.
