2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Event 2 - £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak75
Prize
£234,390
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Entries
156
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Suckout for Callaghan

Tony G and Dave Callaghan in a pot.

{7-Spades}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} flop.

Tony "You wanna put it all in now or on the turn?"

Callaghan goes all in.

Tony calls with {9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{J-Spades}{Q-Hearts}.

Callgahan has {A-Spades}{6-Spades}XX.

And catches two runners to make a flush.

The G is not happy.

Money Bubble

With 19 players remaining, action is currently hand-for-hand. Here's the prize payouts for the top 18 players.

1 - £234,390
2 - £137,280
3 - £94,380
4 - £65,520
5 - £49,530
6 - £38,220
7 - £30,420
8 - £22,020
9 - £16,380
10 - £11,700
11 - £11,700
12 - £11,700
13 - £10,140
14 - £10,140
15 - £10,140
16 - £8,580
17 - £8,580
18 - £8,580

Bubble Trouble For Hayden

Will gets nil
Will gets nil
Will Hayden has been eliminated on the bubble.

Hayden raised to 14,000 pre-flop and was called in two places, Andy Bloch on the button and Dario Alioto in the big blind.

Flop = {6-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}

Hayden moves all-in for 23k and Bloch calls. Alioto folds.

Bloch = {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Hayden = {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{K-Spades}

Turn = {A-Clubs}
River = {4-Clubs}

Hayden is out in the 19th place and, as dear Anne Robinson would say, goes home with nothing.

Tags: Andy BlochDario AliotoWill Hayden

Level: 13

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

Redraw

Here's the final two tables:

Table #1
Seat 1: Sherkhan Farnood - 45,000
Seat 2: Rafi Amit - 250,000
Seat 3: Andreas Hagen - 120,000
Seat 4: Istvan Novak - 140,000
Seat 5: Ted Lawson - 280,000
Seat 6: Andy Bloch - 250,000
Seat 7: John Duthie - 140,000
Seat 8: Jon Persson - 100,000
Seat 9: Dario Alioto - 400,000

Table #2
Seat 1: Martin Vallo - 14,000
Seat 2: Sampo Lopponen - 152,000
Seat 3: Antoine Arnault - 305,000
Seat 4: M H Razaghi - 55,000
Seat 5: Dave Callaghan - 100,000
Seat 6: Ted Forrest - 120,000
Seat 7: Rupert Housden - 70,000
Seat 8: Roland DeWolfe - 250,000
Seat 9: Tony G - 162,000

"Queen! Queen! Queen!"...

Sherkhan shirks defeat
Sherkhan shirks defeat
... exclaims Norwegian online whiz Andreas Hagen, a lady required to eliminate Sherkhan Farnood.

All-in pre-flop, Farnood was initially behind with {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{J-Spades} versus Hagen's {10-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} but nipped into the lead when he made two pair on the {A-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades} before surviving the {5-Hearts} turn and {3-Spades} river, the Queen Hagen demanded for the straight failing to arrive.

Tags: Andreas HagenSherkhan Farnood

Farnood Calls the Clock on Bloch

Rafi Amit
Rafi Amit
The adrenalin appears to be pumping as the left-handside table becomes more and more vocal as time passes. The last hand I witnessed involved Sherkhan Farnood re-raising Bloch's initial raise of 20k before calling the clock on Bloch.

There was a bit of a debate regarding how long Bloch had been given to think, but by the time they'd agreed upon that about a decade had passed.

"I would have folded ages ago if you hadn't called the clock," announced Bloch amusingly.

At this point, he did indeed fold, but in all the excitement, Rafi Amit picked up Farnood's cards and mumbled, "Let's have a look at what you've got here."

It was all very good humoured, with the noise deriving from Farnood and Amit resulting in hushes from the table next door, but the TD decided to issue Rafi with a warning threatening the sin bin for the next offense.

If anyone has watched Rafi Amit play before, he's not a shy lad. He shouts every time he speaks and isn't afraid to say what's on his mind. Consequently, I can imagine him causing quite a stir with some of the more reserved players.

I look forward to seeing Rafi Amit and Tony G crossing swords at the table and tangling in a non-stop verbal needle fest.

Tags: Andy BlochRafi AmitSherkhan Farnood