Event #2: £5,250 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Started
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #2: £5,250 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£600,000
Entries
120
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
Day 3 Table and Seat Draw
Table 1
Seat 1: Steve Jelinek - 56500
Seat 2: Andrew Miles - 80500
Seat 3: --empty--
Seat 4: Sean Dempsey - 36500
Seat 5: Jeff Kimber - 86500
Seat 6: Chris Bjorin - 122000
Seat 7: Samuel Stein - 119500
Seat 8: Karl Mahrenholz - 211000
Seat 9: Jeff Madsen - 126500
Table 2
Seat 1: Willie Tann - 154000
Seat 2: John Racener - 276000
Seat 3: Erik Friberg - 97000
Seat 4: Joe Serock - 98000
Seat 5: Felipe Ramos - 141000
Seat 6: Jeffrey Lisandro - 131000
Seat 7: --empty--
Seat 8: --empty--
Seat 9: Mike Schwartz - 66000
Not the Final Table
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Good afternoon and welcome back to the Empire Casino in the heart of London's West End. Outside, the city is gearing up for what could be a very messy Saturday night - but inside the casino we are about to start a party of our own, as one happy gentleman is going to win a WSOPE bracelet before the night is out.
The bubble last night was nothing short of epic - it took four hours to lose the unfortunate John Kabbaj, whose aces were cracked when 2010 WSOP Main Event finalist John Racener made a flush, and we return today with 15 players instead of the scheduled nine.
Racener lurched into the lead with that hand and he remains the chip leader going into the final day. If his good run continues, we could yet see him going into the November Nine with a bracelet already to his name.
Also still in the field, though, are a number of people already in possession of a coveted bracelet or two. Willie Tann, who won his bracelet in 2005 and also finalled the six-max event two days ago, is third in chips, and fellow six-max finallist and two-time bracelet winner Chris Bjorin has an average stack; Jeff Madsen, also on average chips, will be looking to score his third bit of WSOP wrist candy. All of them trail behind Jeff Lisandro, though - if things go his way today, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year could be picking up his fifth bracelet tonight.
Play is due to start at 3pm, around an hour from now. Until then, feast your eyes on the seat draw below.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Off We Go
The final 15 players (interesting note - the two real veterans here, Willie Tann and Chris Bjorin, were the first two players in their seats) are all arrived, and the clock is running.
Good luck, all!
Actually, One of the 15 'Sitting Out'
Felipe Ramos, fourth in chips, is currently represented by a little lake of unstacked chips and a sad deflated plastic bag over the back of his chair. It'll take a good while for 140k to blind off, though, so whatever's keeping him he has time to get back in the game.
First Double to Dempsey
When Sam Stein made it 10k to go preflop, it passed to small blind Sean Dempsey, who pushed forward 12k. The ungenerous might think he thought it had been folded round and was raising the big blind, but in any case he was forced to make the call and they saw a flop of 
. That didn't work out too badly for Dempsey, who promptly shoved for 22,500, called with a bit of a sigh by Stein.
Dempsey: 
Stein: 
The flush hit on the 
turn and continued spreading on the 
river and Dempsey is up to 70k while Stein hits the 60k mark.
Steve Jelinek Eliminated in 15th Place (£10,104)
Andrew Miles raised to 10,500 under the gun and Jeff Madsen flat-called in the small blind before Steve Jelinek attempted to go all in from the big blind - he had to settle for a pot-sized raise (42,000) with 14,500 behind. Miles folded, but Madsen decided to give him a spin and put him in. Jelinek called and they were on their backs.
Jelinek: 
Madsen: 
Board: 
Madsen rivered his straight, and we are down one of our bracelet winners.
Schwartz Blackens Friberg's Outlook
Meanwhile on the other table Mike Schwartz was busy doubling up through Erik Friberg.
Schwartz: 
Friberg: 
6c]
Board: 
Schwartz is back in the game on around 120,000. Friberg, however, is in some hot water with 30,000.
Stein of Ail
Poor Sam Stein - it's not been his day at all, while opponents around his table double up from his once fat stack. Even former chip leader Chris Bjorin had taken enough damage to be covered by Stein in the hand which doubled him...
The hand started with four limps on Chris Bjorin's big blind, which he checked. On the flop Bjorin bet out 20k, and utg Stein raised him - no one else was interested. Bjorin was, though, and got it all in right there holding 
while Stein tabled 
.
The turn and river were 
, the river bringing the nut flush for Bjorin and sending him back over 200k. Stein ended with 19k and the big blind, so we knew he'd probably not be sitting back next hand...