World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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

November None

In early position, Magnus Persson opened to 5,200, and the table folded around to the blinds. In the big, November Niner John Dolan announced an all in for just a bit over 50,000. Persson asked how much it was, and he made the call while the dealer was still breaking down the stacks, Dolan now at risk for his tournament life.

Showdown
Persson: {10-Spades} {10-Hearts}
Dolan: {Q-Clubs} {J-Spades}

Dolan stood up to sweat his fate, and he would not get to sit back down again. The board ran {2-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {4-Hearts}, and he has been eliminated from this Main Event.

Get used to the name, though; you'll see John Dolan again in about six weeks. As sweet as this prize pool is, Dolan is playing for much bigger stakes on a much grander scale in November. He's second in chips at the WSOP Main Event, eight players standing between him, a gaudy bracelet, and almost nine million dollars.

With Dolan's exit, the November Nine have been eliminated from the WSOPE.

Tags: John DolanMagnus Persson

20-Minute Break

Fifty-three players remain to enjoy this break rather than use it to rue their bad play/outdraw/poor flip skills. They'll be back in 20 minutes.

Chip Counts At the Break

Player Chips Progress
Bojan Gledovic
Bojan Gledovic
786,000
331,000
331,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
525,000
85,000
85,000
Andrew Pantling ca
Andrew Pantling
464,000
-16,000
-16,000
Darren Woods us
Darren Woods
460,000
87,500
87,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
453,500
-56,500
-56,500
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
400,000
EPT 1X Winner
Rob Akery gb
Rob Akery
346,000
1,000
1,000
Thomas Bichon fr
Thomas Bichon
314,600
-5,400
-5,400
WPT 1X Winner
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
282,000
22,000
22,000
WPT 1X Winner
David Peters us
David Peters
280,000
-29,300
-29,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Marc Inizan fr
Marc Inizan
255,000
55,000
55,000
Dan Fleyshman us
Dan Fleyshman
250,000
-19,000
-19,000
Fabrizio Baldassari it
Fabrizio Baldassari
241,000
-24,000
-24,000
Brian Powell us
Brian Powell
230,000
-36,100
-36,100
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
220,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Full Tilt
Danny Steinberg us
Danny Steinberg
218,000
33,000
33,000
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
207,000
31,700
31,700
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 2X Winner
Magnus Persson se
Magnus Persson
198,000
23,000
23,000
David Baker us
David Baker
195,000
-65,000
-65,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
192,500
-2,500
-2,500
Jean Paul Seatelli
Jean Paul Seatelli
190,000
80,000
80,000
James Bord gb
James Bord
184,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
John Eames gb
John Eames
180,000
28,000
28,000
Clint Coffee
Clint Coffee
178,100
67,400
67,400
Roland de Wolfe gb
Roland de Wolfe
175,000
8,800
8,800
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Full Tilt

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Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

WSOP in South Africa

That's right, South Africa will be a stop along the World Series of Poker Circuit this year. From Tuesday, October 26, 2010 to Sunday, October 31, 2010, the Emerald Casino in Gauteng, South Africa will play host to two events, an $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha event and a $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event.

This event will be the first time the WSOP travels to Africa and broadens its horizons. For more information on the schedule, head to the tournament page and browse around.

Baking Some Chips

Daid Baker had raised and Magnus Persson three-bet him to 18,200. Baker put in a four-bet to 37,100 and Persson flatted. The flop came down with a lot of love, {K-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, and Baker fired 28,500. Persson gave it up and dropped to 155,000. Baker moved up to 285,000.

Tags: David BakerMagnus Persson

Mitchell & Blom Make Friends

James Mitchell limped in mid position, and to his immediate left erstwhile chip leader Viktor Blom made it 20,500. It folded back to Mitchell, who calmly went all in for 147,200.

Blom stared at him fixedly, while Mitchell gazed unconcernedly across the table at the various media personnel who were recording the moment for posterity. Eventually just the vaguest shadow of a smile crept across his face, and almost at the same time Blom folded.

Mitchell told him afterwards he'd had {a-}{k-}. Said a jovial Blom, "I should have just called preflop," and they had a good laugh about it. These two seem to be thoroughly enjoying themseleves at the moment.

Tags: James MitchellViktor Blom

Table Talk

The action folded around to the blinds, and Phil Ivey limped in. From the big blind, Bojan Gledovic was confused at the play and asked, "Did you raise??"

Ivey pointed to the three yellow chips in front of him. "That's three thousand here, and you have three thousand over there," Ivey smirked.

"Hey, you don't have to be mean to the guy," Barry Greenstein piped up from across the table. There has been plenty of good-natured table talk over there at Table 21, and everyone seems to be in a pretty chipper mood despite the high stakes.

Gledovic was just surprised to see a limp from Ivey, that's all. He knocked the table, and the two men checked the {5-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {8-Spades} flop. Ivey bet the turn, holding a red chip in his hand and slowly announcing, "Five thousand," with another broad smirk. Gledovic quickly folded.

Barry spoke up again, poking at his pal Ivey. "Let me give you a little tip," he said. "You're supposed to be nice to the guy on your left who has more chips than you."

Ivey came right back: "Come on, Barry. Every time you have chips, you talk non-stop."

Greenstein: "Yeah, and you better believe you're going to hear me when I have more chips than you, too."

Ivey: "...Then it'll be the first time I've heard you in about six years."

There are smiles all around over there, and the table talk continues to be a source of entertainment for the lesser-known players there. And us, for that matter.

Tags: Barry GreensteinBojan GledovicPhil Ivey