World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
£830,401
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
346
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Chip Counts from Above the Stairs

Deep breath:

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
82,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
75,000
28,000
28,000
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
62,000
-10,000
-10,000
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
60,000
32,500
32,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
60,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
55,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
45,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Full Tilt
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
44,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
42,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
40,000
12,000
12,000
WPT 1X Winner
William Haughey
William Haughey
40,000
7,000
7,000
Filippo Candio it
Filippo Candio
39,000
13,500
13,500
Full Tilt
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
38,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
38,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
36,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Full Tilt
Joe Beevers gb
Joe Beevers
34,000
13,200
13,200
Full Tilt
Marcello Marigliano it
Marcello Marigliano
34,000
4,000
4,000
Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
32,000
11,850
11,850
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Almira Skripchenko
Almira Skripchenko
32,000
-3,000
-3,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
30,000
2,300
2,300
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Full Tilt
Howard Lederer us
Howard Lederer
30,000
1,300
1,300
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Full Tilt
Jason Lester us
Jason Lester
28,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
27,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts
26,000
-8,500
-8,500
Full Tilt
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
26,000
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax

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Opponent Makes Fatal Error

Jonathan "Fatal Error" Aguiar had led out for 1,000 on a {8-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} flop only to be raised to 3,000 by his opponent. Aguiar made the call then checked the {J-Hearts} turn where he saw a 5,000 chip bet fired at him. Aguiar made it 13,000 and his opponent thought for a minute before moving all-in, Aguiar instantly called with {Q-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} only needing to fade a ten or eight since his opponent flipped {10-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}.

The river was the {7-Spades} and Aguiar shipped a huge pot, he's up to 57,000.

Tags: Jonathan Aguiar

Showing the Pros Your Hand

After a player limped in from middle position, November Niner Joseph Cheong raised to 1,025. Ted Lawson flat-called from the cutoff seat and then Erik Seidel called from the button. The limper also made the call and play was four-handed to the flop.

The flop came down {J-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts} and the limper wasted no time in firing out 3,000. Cheong, Lawson and Seidel all folded and the limper tossed over the {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. Not so sure you want to give these guys knowledge of what you held, sir.

Tags: Erik SeidelTed LawsonJoseph Cheong

Kravchenko Increases

Pierre Canali raised from under the gun to 700. Scott Fischman called from middle position and Alexander Kravchenko called from the big blind.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Kravchenko was up first. He checked and action moved to the preflop raiser. Canali fired 1,200 and Fischman called behind him. Kravchenko also called.

The turn brought the {2-Spades} to the board and all three players checked to see the {4-Diamonds} added on the river. Kravchenko fired out 2,500 and both of his opponents folded. Kravchenko moved to 37,000 in chips with this pot.

Tags: Alexander KravchenkoPierre CanaliScott Fischman

A Few Chippies

Player Chips Progress
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
93,000
20,000
20,000
Simon Persson se
Simon Persson
74,000
Farzad Bonyadi us
Farzad Bonyadi
69,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Full Tilt
Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
48,000
13,200
13,200
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
46,000
5,800
5,800
Pierre Canali
Pierre Canali
41,000
-14,000
-14,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
41,000
-2,000
-2,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
41,000
-11,000
-11,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
41,000
-3,000
-3,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
39,000
7,900
7,900
Full Tilt
Isabelle Mercier ca
Isabelle Mercier
39,000
3,750
3,750
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
39,000
15,800
15,800
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Daniel O'Brien us
Daniel O'Brien
35,000
8,400
8,400
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
33,000
Chris Ferguson us
Chris Ferguson
31,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Full Tilt
Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
29,600
-3,000
-3,000
Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
29,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
28,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Full Tilt
Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
27,600
350
350
WSOP 1X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
24,000
-2,700
-2,700
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings
Teddy Sheringham gb
Teddy Sheringham
21,500
-7,500
-7,500
John Juanda id
John Juanda
10,000
-350
-350
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Time To Open The Floodcates

Daniel "Jungleman12" Cates hasn't got off to the best of starts but he just took a small pot off November Niner Fillipo Candio. The latter opened to 800 and Cates immediately 3-bet next to him to 2,100. Candio made the call but then quickly check-folded to a 2,000 bet on the {J-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} board. Cates showed the {6-Diamonds} with a little grin.

Tags: Daniel CatesFillipo Candio

Schulman Cold Four-Bets

We haven't heard too much from Nick Schulman today, but he's certainly not someone who can be overlooked. Despite his reputation in other games, he's still a dangerous entity at No Limit Hold'em and could definitely mount an assault on this year's Main Event if the cards run away.

After somewhat of an inactive period, Schulman jumped up a gear, cold-four betting raises of 700 and 2,300 to 5,800 from the small blind. The initial raiser folded under the gun, as did Faraz Jaka one seat along.

Schulman is currently hovering around his starting stack with 28,000.

Tags: Faraz JakaNick Schulman

Sorel Has Gone Mizzing

Simon Persson opened to 700 from middle position, and action came to Sorel Mizzi. From the cutoff seat, he three-bet to 2,100, and his opponent promptly reraised to 5,700. After a good soak in the think tank, Mizzi moved in for just shy of 30,000, and Persson snap-called with the covering stack. And the dominating hand:

Persson: {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}
Mizzi: {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}

The flop was blank, and a king on the turn left Mizzi drawing dead. The queen on the river just added a little insult on the way out the door, Mizzi's Main Event cut short on Day 1a. Persson has no intentions of leaving, and his stack of 74,000 should keep him around here for a while.

Tags: Sorel MizziSimon Persson