No Room for Rumit
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Rumit Somaiya is a gonna. He ran into a spot of bad fortune when his Pocket Aces were cracked by Michel Abecassis' Pocket Kings, the Frenchman hitting a set to remove the Brit from the comp.
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Buy-in
£10,000
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Rumit Somaiya is a gonna. He ran into a spot of bad fortune when his Pocket Aces were cracked by Michel Abecassis' Pocket Kings, the Frenchman hitting a set to remove the Brit from the comp.
Mike Macdonald's 18th Birthday Ruined By Jamie Gold's Two Outer
What did you do on your 18th birthday??
Well, American player Mike Macdonald turned 18 years old today, which means he can finally compete in his first live poker tournament. He forked over £10,000 for a chance to fling around chips with the big boys. He was recently moved to the featured TV table which included former WSOP world champion Jamie Gold and Kenny Tran. Macdonald raised with Jacks pre-flop and Jamie Gold called. On a ragged flop, Gold pushed all in and Macdonald instantly called. Gold showed pocket threes and was way behind. The turn gave Gold a set when a three spiked. The river was no help for Macdonald and he headed to the rail.
And you know what? The kid took the bad beat like a man despite getting bearted by Jamie Gold.
Patrik Antonius Doubles Up
On a flop of
, Antonius faced a 6,000 bet from Achilleas Kallakis and moved all in for his remaining 9,500. Kallakis called and turned over 
while Antonius held 
. The turn was the
and the river was the 
, making Antonius' flush and doubling his stack to 25,000. Kallakis was down but not out on the hand, with about 6,000 remaining.
Magill Hits the Rail... the Empire Rail
... but John Magill's exit occurred in the Fifty, the Irishman heading straight over to support fellow Irishman Brendan Walls here in Leicester Square.
"I had a good start," retold Magill. "Was up to 30k early on but when downhill when I flopped top pair with A-Q but paid off a set of kings that hit on the turn."
"On my last hand," he continued, "I raised it up from pocket tens and then bet the 7c-5-2c flop. This guy behind me re-raised and I pushed in. He called with 8-5 of clubs and hit both hands, a 5 on the turn then the flush on the river."
Phil Gordon Eliminated
Tiltboy Phil Gordon has gone busto from the main event, That means the tallest player still remaining at the Empire is now... Howard Lederer.
Laughter is the Best Medicine
Her table looks like this currently:
Barny Boatman -- 25,000
Magnus Persson -- 19,000
Peter Grigglestone -- 24,700
Isabelle Mercier -- 28,350
Max Katz -- 11,600
Stuart Fox -- 13,350
Leon Mayne -- 23,200
Arid Helland -- 20,000
Empire Casino: 52 Players Remaining
I did a quick count of the players left. Fifty-two players are remaining on six tables. One table has broken here so far.
Table Breaking Order
The tables here at the Empire are numbered from one - ten in the Poker Room, and 11 - 14 upstairs. Since mid-afternoon on Day 1 of the HORSE event, when they realised it was too hot downstairs, the upstairs area has been the core tournament area. Spectators are usually 2-3 deep on the rail and there is a great atmposphere around the tables. Yesterday, the tournament started with 4 tables upstairs, the feature TV table and 2 tables downstairs in the Poker Room. The 2 tables in the Poker Room were broken first and the tournament played out upstairs.
Today, however there has been a change of plan and table 14 has been broken first upstairs. It is a somewhat interesting decision, given that the Poker Room downstairs is quite rowdy (and cramped) with many cash game tables going on around the tournament. On a positive note, the move has cleared the upstairs area completely of spectators, and now looks quite empty.
Chad Brown Eliminated
Chad Brown was on life support for the last level or so as he sat at the feature table. He was down to less than 4,000 chips and just busted. Brown is a class act and granted a request to pose for a few pictures with a couple of fans moments after his elimination.
Mark Vos Eliminated
"I started getting drunk when I got shortstacked, so I'm hoping for a good night tonight" said Vos in his parting interview.
This reporter can attest to that fact-- once Vos hit the 7,000 chip mark he ordered one of the first of several double vokda-cranberries.