Event #4: £10,350 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up
Day 3 Started
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #4: £10,350 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
103
Level
5
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Semi-Finals Are Go
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Good afternoon and welcome back to the Empire Casino where only four players remain on the road to a High Roller Heads-Up bracelet.
After three long rounds yesterday dispatched of such fearsome names as Phil Ivey, Ilari Sahamies and Daniel Negreanu, it is nonetheless an exciting quartet that progresses as far as Day 3:
Gus Hansen vs. Andrew Feldman
Jim Collopy vs. Ram Vaswani
Hansen the crazy Scandie, Feldman the online high stakes cash player, Collopy the online tournament specialist and live old-schooler and Hendon Mobster Vaswani - Something for everyone there, we think you'll agree.
Either way, two of these chaps will be going home with an already rather nice £96,212 for third and fourth places - but two of them will be battling it out for the even tastier £288,409 and the rather fetching bracelet on offer for first place.
The format today is going to be slightly different, the blind levels increasing to 40 minutes and, once we get to the final it'll be a best-of-three affair.
Play is due to start at 3pm, in a little over an hour. Watch this space, folks, watch this space...
Level: 1
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
And They're Off!
Owing to the sprawl of the Main Event across most of the available surface area in the casino, the Heads Up semi-final has been relegated (or elevated, depending) to the rather cramped mezzanine. Nevertheless, we soldier on.
Shuffle up and deal.
A Quacking Start for Hansen
Gus Hansen has won the first pot of his match with Andrew Feldman. Feldamn raised from the button and Hansen called to see a 
flop where he check-called a 26,000 bet. The 
turn and 
river were checked through. "Small pair" announced Hansen and he tabled 
for the pot when Feldman mucked.
"Fairly Good. That's a Full House."
Such were the words of Gus Hansen as Andrew Feldman revealed 
on the river of an 
board.
Feldman didn't pick up as large a pot as he might have liked - Hansen had initially raised to 22,000 from the button and Feldman called before the two of them checked down the flop and turn and Feldman bet out 29,000 on the river. Nevertheless, it was enough to shift the slight chip advantage from Hansen to Feldman at this early stage.
Putting out the Feelers
The Ram Vaswani versus Jim Collopy match has got off to a cagey start. Most of the pots are staying small as they feel each other out.
An example is when Collopy raised to 20,000 from the button and Vaswani called to see the 
flop. Collopy's 25,000 c-bet was check-called by Vaswani before they both checked the 
turn. The river came 
and Vaswani's 30,000 lead was enough to force a fold from Collopy.
Queso Starts to Melt
The blinds are yet small and the stacks yet relatively enormous, but Ram Vaswani has pulled into the lead against Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy.
Vaswani checked the turn of the 
board before calling a roughly three-quarters-pot-sized 63,000 from Collopy; they saw a and both checked. Vaswani revealed the 
, quickly followed by a somewhat less relevant 
, and Collopy mucked with a slight nod.
Vaswani - 1.1 million
Collopy - 820,000
Role Reversal
Jim Collopy just won a hand in exactly the same way he lost the last one to Ram Vaswani. Vaswani raised to 23,000 from the button and Collopy called to see a 
flop. Collopy check-called a 30,000 bet before both checkd through the 
turn. The river came and Collopy took the pot with a 72,000 bet.
Collopy Finds on the River
Jim Collopy has taken another small one off Ram Vaswani. The flop was out as 
and Collopy check-called a 30,000 bet before the turn and river were checked through. Vaswani had to show first but stalled hoping his opponent would show. He did and it was the for the pot as Vaswani mucked.