2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Event 1 - £2,500 Horse
Day: 2
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Final Results
Winner
Prize
£70,875
Event Info
Buy-in
£2,500
Prize Pool
£262,500
Entries
105
Level Info
Level
17
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0
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Monster Chip Leader

[user4144]
[user4144]
Green means go!
Green means go!
Djinn has just completed a full chip count of the remaining 21 players to reveal that Gary "The Choirboy" Jones is the monster chip leader with a finger-licking good 136,000, more than 50K ahead of his closest rival, Jan Sorensen.

It's obvious that the green top of Gary has drawn super-human Samson-esque powers to his game. If the rest of the field want to stop him, they should certainly consider dying his hair back to its original colour or popping on a brown wig while he's not looking. Whether this strategy is in the TD rules, I'm unsure.

I actually spotted Gary outside during the break. He was in all sorts of trouble with the police after his hair caused traffic bedlam at the nearest traffic lights. Thank god poker's an indoor sport!

Tags: Gary Jones

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Five More to the Money

[user24788]
[user24788]
The top 16 players will be awarded prize money in the £2,500 HORSE event. With 21 players remaining, five more unfortunate souls have to hit the rail before the prize money gets distributed among the remaining players.

The short stacks in the field are Eric Dalby, Tom Nightingale, Nikolaus Jedlicka, and Stephen Ladowsky. Each of them have below 30,000 with an average stack of 50,000.

Nightingale Has a Good Razz Round

[user46298]
[user46298]
Tom Nightingale - Doesn't hate Razz like some of the others
Tom Nightingale - Doesn't hate Razz like some of the others
British player Tom Nightingale won every hand of Razz I was watching just now, and with the ante at 500, the bring in 500 and the betting rounds at 2K and 4K, that's added a nice extra turret to his chip tower. Betting Jan Sorensen off one hand on fifth street, and Jimmy Fricke off another on fourth, he also got involved in the biggest pot of the round (which isn't saying too much -- they are being pretty cagey at the moment).

Nightingale made it 2K to go straight away with the {A-Clubs} showing, and Gobboboy called showing the {9-Clubs}. Barney Boatman raised, with the {2-Spades} showing, and both of them called. They checked round fourth street and were showing:

Nightingale: (X-X) {A-Spades}{3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Fricke: (X-X) {9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Boatman: (X-X) {2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Tom Nightingale bet out 4K, and both players passed, Barney considerably more reluctantly.

Tags: Tom Nightingale

Eager Beevers

[user4144]
[user4144]
I like to chew trees
I like to chew trees
Joe seems eager to do well in this tournament, and he's doing incredibly well considering he only played his first-ever HORSE competition a few days ago. He came third out of 25 that time, but is playing for slightly more money here.

He's on the right track though, having just won a nice pot of Razz from Michail Tsamis. There were three players involved in this hand, the other being Eric Dalby, but the veteran bailed out in the later stages leaving Tsamis to call a Joe Beevers (4K to 8K) reraise, and then mucking his cards as Joe shows ten-high to take down a nice chunky pot.

Tags: Eric DalbyJoe BeeversMichail Tsamis

A Vos Loss

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[user4144]
Ginger Ninja!
Ginger Ninja!
I prefer quality over quantity, but Mark Vos is obliged to suffer with the opposite, his mount looking like Billy Big Stack, but a second glance revealing that he's dropped down to around the 35K mark -- with the majority of his stack made up of low-denomination grey 100 chips.

One of the reasons for this sudden drop is a recent Razz clash with David Levi, the elder player check-calling Vos down before forcing the Aussie/South African to muck his inferior hand on the end.

On a side note, Vos is looking quite serious today. He's normally very vocal and as energetic as a kangaroo on a hotplate, but he's all business at the moment, perhaps determined to recover that nice meaty stack he once had.

Tags: David LeviMark Vos

Rafi Amit Busts Out

[user46298]
[user46298]
Rafi Amit, 21st-place finisher
Rafi Amit, 21st-place finisher
Stud/8 the game -- Kirk Morrison his assassin, calling Rafi Amit's initial 2K bet with his {A-Hearts} showing, while Rafi had the {8-Spades}. Morrison bet fourth street, flat called by Amit, but the all-in was reached in two raises on sixth street, with their cards laid out like so:

Rafi Amit: (X-X) {8-Spades}{10-Clubs}{J-Spades}{4-Diamonds}
Kirk Morrison: (X-X) {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The final card was dealt down (such is the practise even during an all-in situation -- prolonging the agony for the shorty or increasing the drama for the audience, who can say?) and Kirk Morrison revealed his hole cards as ({10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}). "Oh, you have something good," remarked Amit, showing the ({3-Clubs}{3-Spades}) before standing and taking his leave of the final three tables.

Tags: Kirk MorrisonRafi Amit

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