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 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

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 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

Fleyshman Wins One... We Think...

Dan Fleyshman limped in from the cutoff seat, and Daniel Steinberg called on the button. Brian Powell completed from the small blind, and Viktor Blom knocked the table from the big, and it was four ways to the flop.

Things get a bit fuzzy now as we were trying to dodge cameras and catch a vantage point. We'll tell you what we know. The flop was {8-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {4-Spades}, and Fleyshman was the first man to stab at the pot with 35,000. The middle two players folded, but Blom splashed in the call to go heads up the rest of the way.

The turn was the {8-Clubs}, and we're half-guessing, but it looked like the action went check-check to the river {3-Clubs}. Blom appeared to lead out with 80,000, and Fleyshman made the call.

Um... we couldn't even see the winning hand. The dealer mucked it rather quickly, and we couldn't even tell for a moment who had won the pot. Blom nodded, and the chips were pushed to Fleyshman.

Hmph... we're going to try and find a better way to see what's going on; it's awfully difficult with the army of cameras and producers flanking the table.

Tags: Dan FleyshmanViktor Blom

Bord Makes the Fold

After stopping to break down to two tables, play finally got underway as chip leader James Bord opened from middle position for 29,000. Newly acquired foe, David Peters, flat-called.

On the {5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} flop, Bord checked, triggering a bet of 19,000 from Peters. Bord accidentally let a chip run loose as he riffled his chips in his hand, but the speed in which he retrieved it likely revealed his intentions: he made the fold.

Tags: David PetersJames Bord

The Final Two Tables

Main Feature Table
Seat 1: Daniel Steinberg
Seat 2: Brian Powell
Seat 3: Viktor Blom
Seat 4: Marc Inizan
Seat 5: Nicolas Levi
Seat 6: Ronald Lee
Seat 7: Andrew Pantling
Seat 8: Bojan Gledovic
Seat 9: Dan Fleyshman

Secondary Table
Seat 1: Clint Coffee
Seat 2: Barny Boatman
Seat 3: Roland de Wolfe
Seat 4: Hoyt Corkins
Seat 5: Fabrizio Baldassari
Seat 6: James Bord
Seat 7: Anthony Newman
Seat 8: Arnaud Mattern
Seat 9: David Peters

Blomming Heck

Viktor Blom made an opening raise, but Dan Steinberg reraised another 100,000 or so out of the big blind. Blom flatted, and they saw a flop.

Flop: {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

Steinberg bet out 80,000. Again, Blom flat-called. The pot was turning big.

Turn: {7-Diamonds}

This time Steinberg bet out 220,000. There was a long dwell from Blom (we imagine that the TV crew spent the whole time zooming closer and closer in on his face) but eventually he folded. He's down to around 600,000.

Tags: Viktor BlomDan Steinberg

Phil Ivey Eliminated in 19th Place (£26,400)

Phil Ivey - 19th Place
Phil Ivey - 19th Place

In middle position, Fabrizio Baldassari limped into the pot, and Phil Ivey stuck in a raise to 35,000 next door. In the big blind, Ronald Lee slowly squeezed his hole cards before sticking a chip on top to cap them as he thought it over. After a moment, he reraised it back, making it 101,000 to go and quickly folding Baldassari. Lee had to endure a long gaze from Ivey, and at the end of the staredown, Ivey announced an all in for 444,000 total. Lee double-checked his cards to make sure, and quickly called to put Ivey at risk.

The news was not good for Ivey, or for poker fans:
Ivey: {A-Spades} {10-Diamonds}
Lee: {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}

The flop was a big swing and a miss for Ivey as it came {9-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {4-Clubs}, leaving him dead to three outs.

If the flop was a miss, the turn was a disaster. The {K-Clubs} peeled off to a disappointed chorus of "Awwww" from the entire room. Ivey was drawing dead, his Main Event over. Just for the extra rubdown, the now-useless {10-Hearts} filled out the board, signaling the end of another impressive run for Ivey. It would be a staggering feat if it weren't Phil Ivey; this sort of performance has almost become expected thanks to the high standard he consistently sets.

Ivey will have to be content with eight bracelets until next summer at least, as his bid for number nine has fallen just short. It's hard to say enough about the show he put on here this week, drawing fans from all across England and media from around the world to come catch a glimpse of his shot at history. It was not meant to be this week, however, but you can be certain that the poker world will be ready for Ivey's next bracelet run.

If he keeps playing as well as he did here in London, and there's no reason to think otherwise, we probably won't have to wait very long for the next one.

Tags: Fabrizio BaldassariPhil IveyRonald Lee

Bord But Never Boring

James Bord
James Bord

James Bord raised two hands in a row. The first time he picked up the blinds and antes. The second time he picked up something much less nice - a call from Viktor Blom on the button.

They saw an {8-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop which Bord checked. Blom bet 53,000 - and Bord now announced all in. A quick fold later, and the TV crew brought their little hole card camera around so that one day in the future we might know what they had.

Blom told Bord he had {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}, but didn't show his hand to anyone but the cameraman.

Bord simply said, "I had a hand." Then he chuckled, "Mine was better than yours, I'm sure."

"Yeah, I'm sure it was," agreed Blom.

"Leave me alone," Bord giggled back at him.

Bord is up to almost 1.2 million. Blom drops just a little to 790,000.

Tags: James BordViktor Blom

Another Double For de Wolfe

Roland de Wolfe had the button, and he was the preflop aggressor, though we couldn't see the exact action from our seats. However it transpired, he and big blind Clint Coffee tangled up in a raising war that left de Wolfe all in for 226,000. The former was racing for his tournament life:

De Wolfe: {10-Hearts} {10-Clubs}
Coffee: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

The flop was loads o' fun as it came {4-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} to give de Wolfe the big set of tens and pull him into a big lead. It was a scary flop, though, as Coffee was drawing live to nine diamonds for the knockout.

The turn {5-Spades} ended the drama right there, however, as de Wolfe's full house was unbeatable. A meaningless {7-Spades} river was a mere formality, and de Wolfe has found some chips to play with. He's up to a healthy 564,000 now, he and Coffee essentially trading stacks.

Tags: Clint CoffeeRoland de Wolfe