Level: 7
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #3: £1,075 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Buy-in
£1,000
Prize Pool
£582,000
Entries
582
Level
9
Blinds
300 / 600
Ante
75
Three More Levels
Most of the players are back from dinner break. Regardless, we carry on. Three more levels of play before we're done for the night. With the rate they were falling before dinner I hope we have some players left by end of level nine.
A Great Dealer
Our big-pot bugle (a.k.a. Phil Laak) alerted us to a "three-way minimum" all-in on the table nearest the bar, the decision resting on Surinder Sunar on the button who was contemplating joining the party and throwing his remaining 2,750 into the mix.
With reluctance, Sunar made the fold and three sets of cards were revealed, Ollie Nelson (
) and Freddy Deeb (
) in need of divine assistance against the small blind's 
.
For Deeb at least, the Poker Gods were wide awake as the flop came 
to send him into the lead with three knaves. Although the 
turn teased a cheeky flush, the river bricked out with the 
and Deeb tripled through.
As Simpson and a stunned small blind rose from their seat, a disgruntled Sunar revealed that he folded a would-have-been-triumphant 
. But you have to be in it to win it, and that mantle ultimately went to the two-time bracelet winner. He was all in for 6,175, and now has around 20,000 as a result.
"What a great dealer you are," he smiled as the dealer pushed him the pot.
Seidel444
Erik Seidel just took a small pot off Stephen Chidwick to move up to 13,000. A player limped in mid-position and Seidel completed from the SB and Chidwick checked his option. The flop came 
and Seidel's lead for 400 was only called by Chidwick. The turn came 
and Seidel took the pot control route when he check-called Chidwick's 1,100 bet.
Both players checked the 
river and Seidel took the pot with his 
as Chidwick mucked. Chidwick still cruising on 25,000 though.
Heading South
After exploding out of the blocks like Carl Lewis with a rocket up his rear, Frank Kassela's stack has gradually headed south, currently as low as 4,700.
The latest munch of his chips came on an 
board, Kassela calling bets of 800 and 1,500 on the final two streets.
Kassela showed an ace, but his opponent held 
for the turned trips and the two-time bracelet winner was forced to relenquish the pot.
Laak-Lustre
Phil Laak has been eliminated from the event, he had previously 3-bet against a raise and a call. The originally raiser folded but then the caller pushed and Laak himself folded.
We saw Laak's chips being moved across to the button when he was in the cut-off, the latter holding 
to his 
and a king-high board indicating that maybe he had mistimed a move.
Either way, he has been knocked out of the event.
Hogarty Sings Wrong Song
Martin Hogarty has been eliminated by Song Lee who moved up to 20,000 chips. We reached the action at the river where the board read 
. Hogarty was first to speak from the BB and he pushed all-in for 3,050 (pot was about 8k by now) and Lee made the call after he got a count. Hogart tabled 
but lost out to Lee's .
Missing in Action
Full Tilt Players Allen Cunningham and Justin Smith have left voids where they once were. Details of the Smith exit coming right up.
Rudd Relegated
Daniel 'UpTheMariners' Rudd is toast. He was all in with versus 
, but could quite survive a cruel 
board.
Justin Just Out
Justin Smith pushed preflop for around 5,600 with 
and found someone else pushing behind him with the old . A fair uninteresting board, coming 
was enough to end Smith's sojourn in this tournament after a countdown revealed he was the shorter of the two stacks.