World Series of Poker Europe 2010

Event #5: £10,350 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
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

Peters Getting Three-Bet

From the cutoff seat, David Peters raised to 23,000. Clint Coffee was on the button and reraised to 54,000 with 300,000 behind. Action folded back over to Peters and he took a minute before folding his hand.

On the next hand, Peters opened again to 23,000, this time from the hijack seat. In the big blind was Hoyt Corkins and after everyone folded around to the Alabama Cowboy, he stuck in a three-bet to 80,000. Peters released again and Corkins won the pot.

Tags: David PetersHoyt CorkinsClint Coffee

Inizan Doubles Through Pantling

Marc Inizan
Marc Inizan

Andrew Pantling made it 22,000 and it folded right around to 13th place WSOP Main Event finisher Marc Inizan in the big blind, who announced all in for 203,000. After a moment or two, Pantling called.

As a member of the French media once said - it's a race!

Pantling: {5-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Inizan: {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}

Board: a pretty decisive {3-Hearts}{j-Spades}{a-Clubs}{a-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Inizan doubled to around 420,000, while Pantling was left with 250,000.

The next hand, erstwhile chip leader Ronald Leeopened for 22,000 under the gun, and to his immediate left Pantling reraised to 75,000. Lee eyed up his stack rather salaciously for a moment, but eventually folded, and Pantling recovered slightly to around 290,000.

Tags: Marc InizanAndrew Pantling

Peters and Pantling Continue a Great WSOP Europe

Both David Peters and Andrew Pantling are in contention to make their second final table here at the WSOP Europe. They both made it down to the final table of Event #1. Peters finished in fourth place for £48,202, while Pantling went on to place second for £105,506. Already making the final two tables here in the Main Event is quite the feat and adding to their impressive series. On top of those great finishes, here's some information about these two.

Peters may not be that well known of a face in the live poker realm, but he has plenty of accolades on his resume to prove that he’s one of the game’s brightest young stars.

Hailing from Toledo, Ohio, Peters holds some big live titles. In April of 2008, he won a WSOP Circuit gold ring after he took down the $1,060 No-Limit Hold’em event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. That win was worth $86,908. Later that same year, Peters won a Heartland Poker Tour event in Michigan for $130,178 and a Festa al Lago event for $63,295. In 2009, he went back to the Festa al Lago series and won another event for $104,760.

In other live results, Peters cashed three times at the 2010 WSOP to put his total WSOP cashes at seven. One of those in-the-money finishes this year was a second place in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event for a cool $350,803. His final cash came in the Main Event, where he took 136th place for nearly $60,000 to cap off a very solid summer.

Peters is also known very well for his play online, where he plays under the names “dpeters17” and “Davidp18” mainly. Peters has well over $2 million in online winnings and has become one of the most respected players on the virtual felt. A lot of the young players know his face when they see it, but to much of these older, live veterans of the game he’s just another young, aggressive online kid with a dream.

If you're still unfamiliar with the name Pantling, it's probably a good time to start paying attention. You WSOP followers don't really know him because he has just one cash out of something like 40 events. Don't be fooled, though, Pantling is a force at the table.

Originally from Canada, Pantling now resides in Malta where he runs his own gaming business by day. By night, though, he travels the world, abusing tournament players on the continent of his choosing. His first big result was a runner-up finish in a $1,000 tournament in Las Vegas. He bounced over to the APPT circuit thereafter and racked up two cashes, including a 12th-place showing in Auckland. Immediately thereafter, he finished 4th in the High Rollers event in Sydney, then followed that up with a third-place at the Irish Open in April 2009. Pantling's most recent trophy is from the EPT Grand Final where he took down the €5,000 Heads-Up event for a cool €120,000.

Let's see if both or either one of them can make it to the final nine!

Tags: Andrew PantlingDavid Peters

Fleyshman Picking Up Steam

Dan Fleyshman
Dan Fleyshman

Under the gun, Dan Fleyshman raised to 23,000, and action passed around to Marc Inizan. He three-bet it to 74,000, and Fleyshman quickly made the call to see a flop.

It came down {2-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {10-Spades}, and the action check-checked instantly. The same thing happened on the {K-Hearts} turn, and the raggy {5-Clubs} landed on fifth street. Fleyshman needed to bet, and as he often does, he just grabbed a stack of uncounted red chips and threw them at the pot. The dealer was still stacking the amount of the bet (85,000), and Inizan was dropping chips into the pot as he counted up. He arrived at 85,000 at the same time the dealer did, and Fleyshman tabled {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}, his two pair good enough to take it down.

Inizan is right back to 252,000 after that hit, while Fleyshman is on the move to the front. He should be awfully close to a million now, though we're going to have to wait for the cameras to move before we can get a more accurate number.

Tags: Dan FleyshmanMarc Inizan

Not Camera Shy

Anthony Newman limped under-the-gun and Fabrizio Baldassari made up the small blind, only for James Bord to take it down with a raise to 55,000 in the big blind.

"Where's the camera?" he requested, referring to ESPN's mobile hole cam. "You're going to want to see this one."

Although hesitant, the crew obliged, although it seemed in vain as I doubt this hand would ever make it past the cutting room floor.

Tags: James Bord

Anthony Newman Eliminated in 18th Place (£33,285)

Anthony Newman - 18th Place
Anthony Newman - 18th Place

James Bord, who's seeing more pots than Bill and Ben, raised from middle position to 29,000. Without hesitation, Anthony Newman moved all in for 200,000 from the hijack.

Despite asking for a count, Bord called before the dealer had barely touched the chips and we had a showdown.

Bord: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}
Newman: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}

Flop: {Q-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{2-Hearts}

With the lady on the flop, Newman had one foot in the taxi and the other on thin ice, and after a {3-Diamonds} turn (which, incidentally, Bord requested) and an {8-Hearts} river, the ice broke and Newman was gone.

Tags: Anthony NewmanJames Bord

De Wolfe Can't Win with Button

Roland de Wolfe opened with a raise from the button to 29,000. Fabrizio Baldassari was in the big blind and made the call to see the flop come {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{10-Spades}. Baldassari checked and de Wolfe fired out 37,000. Baldassari made the call and the turn brought the {9-Diamonds}. Baldassari didn't check this time and fired out 43,000. De Wolfe mucked his hand and was left with just under 300,000.

Tags: Roland de WolfeFabrizio Baldassari

Pantling Getting Involved

Andrew Pantling has been very active even for a short stack, but we have yet to see a showdown.

First he opened to 23,000 and was faced with a reraise to 60,000 from Bojan Gledovic. Pantling went all in but Gledovic decided he didn't like his hand that much after all, and folded.

A couple hands later and Ronald Lee opened for 22,000. Pantling reraised to 61,000, but after a few moments' thought Lee pushed a huge stack of white T25,000 chips across the line, more than enough to cover Pantling, who eventually folded.

Pantling is hovering on a half-the-average but still 33-BBs 335,000.

Tags: Andrew PantlingBojan GledovicRonald Lee

Bojan Gledovic Eliminated in 17th Place (£33,285)

Bojan Gledovic - 17th place
Bojan Gledovic - 17th place

Bojan Gledovic had about 470,000 chips left in front of him when he got his money all in with {4-Spades} {4-Hearts}. That's not too bad a hand, but it doesn't tend to play well when a guy like Dan Fleyshman wakes up with {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs} right next door.

The cards were on their backs, and Gledovic was already standing to gather his things as the dealer ran out a board full of blanks, as far as he was concerned. It came {6-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {7-Spades}, and that's all she wrote for Gledovic. It was his second cash at the 2010 WSOP; his only other career result is a 165th-place showing in the Main Event, good for $57,102.

Again, it's tough to get a good count for Fleyshman, but our math puts him exactly tied with the chip leader, he and Ronald Lee both with 1.49 million chips apiece, give or take a few.

Tags: Bojan GledovicDan Fleyshman