2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 0
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"I had to suck out, but I doubled up," a very honest Barry Greenstein admitted to me before he went on break. Greenstein is up to 37,000.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Whilst the players are rushing to the toilet, avoiding bad beat stories and chomping on their Kit Kats, I stumbled across one of Europe's young prodigies, Ramzi Jelassi, who is playing downstairs.
Barely out of his poker nappies, Ramzi is a formidable online player who has enjoyed moderate success live. He plays pretty much every comp under the sun, so it shouldn't be long before his skills prevail and we see him take down a major title.
"I'm sharing a table with Barry Greenstein and Thor Hansen," he informs me. "There hasn't been much action, we're actually just chatting away and having a good time" (... as you do at a £10,000 event).
"There was one hand," Ramzi continued. "Barry entered a raising war on a flop with a flush draw. He ran into a set but hit his flush, I think he had around 18k before than hand started."
Ramzi is still hovering around his starting stack, but could well be one to watch out for as the tournament progresses.
, Wei Ma bet 2,000, Noel Furlong raised to 8,000 and Greg Raymer moved all in for 16,400 before putting on his trademark "Fossilman" glasses. After much consideration, Ma shrugged his shoulders and said "I'm all in," moving in another 21,000, and Furlong folded. Raymer turned up
for middle set while Ma showed 
for bottom set. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
, and Raymer took down the pot, shooting his stack up to nearly 42,000. Ma survived the hand and was left with 4,600 chips. "I guess I could have folded," a surprisingly calm Ma wondered aloud, shuffling his now-short stack.
"I know how you feel, man. I've been in your place before," the Fossilman offered as a consolation.
We caught the action on the turn after Patrick Bruel shouted, "Where are the f-----g cameras?!?!"
There was an all in at the table and the dealers were instructed to halt action while the film crew got into position to film the remainder of the hand.
The flop was
and a monster of chips in the middle of the table. The pot was about 30,000 and Bruel was all in for his last 5,000. Sarah Taylor called his all in bet as Bruel wondered where the cameras were. The crew eventually arrived and the players turned over their cards.Bruel:
Taylor:
Bruel was ahead with a set. The turn was the
and Taylor was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless 
and Bruel doubled up. Bruel increased his stack to about 41,000 as Taylor coughed up the chiplead and slipped to 33,000.
On a flop of
, he raises to 2000, and Minieri announces, "All in.""I have the best hand, I promise," he tells Blanco.
Blanco folds and shows
.Minieri has
for two pair.And Blanco is feeling down on his luck.
As Annette drops to 12,250, Spain's Santiago bobs his head above water for the first time today with 21k.
. Juanda showed for top pair, while Liz showed 
for trip sevens. The river 
filled Liz up, and Juanda is out of the Main Event.
