Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event Day 1b | 2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

09-11-2007 17:50 UTC

Pescatori Bad Beat Story

[user3511]

Max Pescatori has not been running well today. He took a big hit earlier with kings running into aces and has just been crippled when he:

Raises under the gun and is called by a shortstack in middle position.

Flop: {3-Hearts}

Max bets, shortstack pushes in, Max calls:

Pescatori: {Q-Hearts}

Short stack: {5-Clubs}

Turn card is a {5-Diamonds}

giving a full house and no help for Max on the river. He is now down to 6000.

Tags: Max Pescatori

09-11-2007 17:46 UTC

Big Stack Dan Shak has lots of chips but no chips

[user3511]

Dan Shak has been trying to order French Fries for a while but the foreign waiter doesn't know what French Fries are.

So the table explains he has to ask for chips in this country.

That's probably the most exciting thing to happen in a while at the Sportsman.

Tags: Dan Shak

09-11-2007 17:43 UTC

Action Flop with no Action

[user3511]

The Sportsman....

Four players to the flop on a board that reads:

{A-Spades}

Wow thats a juicy board.

Check check check check

{2-Hearts}

against

against

against

And everyone gets their money back.

09-11-2007 17:43 UTC

Players Are Returning from a Break

[user24788]

We will play one more level then take a dinner break around 8:45pm local time.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

09-11-2007 17:29 UTC

Short Stacks Victorious

[user46298]

From the Sportsman --

There are at least enough Team Betfair shirts in the room to fill their own table. It's sometimes tough to figure out who's who, when your descriptive 'player notes' say, "Brown hair, grey Betfair shirt, sunglasses." But one of these, Shawn Needham, just doubled up. If you just take their cards and the fact that they got it all in preflop, it's not that exciting - Needham held {A-Spades}

against

. But there was lots of held breath -
Flop: {10-Hearts}

Turn:

River:

Flush and much needed double through for Needham.

Elsewhere short stack Nick Goodall got rid of Max Pescatori on a board of {10-Hearts}

by pushing all in here... Max passed and another shortie victory. Compared to yesterday's early carnage today at the Sportsman has been pretty sedate.

09-11-2007 17:23 UTC

Telling it Straight

[user4144]

From the Empire...

"I tell you now," announces Frenchman Philipe Rouas, "I've got you beat," as he pushes all-in.

The flop was reading {7-Spades}

and Philipe had re-raised Bryn Kenney's initial 4,125 stab at the pot.

There was a bit of a kerfuffle as the dealer mixed up some of the chips, but by the time had made his move and made comments such as "You shouldn't call, you're way behind" and "You have Jacks, right?", it was clear to Kenney that he had a decision for his tournament life.

Eventually Kenney opted for the fold, and as he'd promised, Philipe revealed {8-Spades}

for the flopped straight.

At this point, Howard Lederer commented, "Just for future reference, you can't say what your hand is."

Whether or not he actually said what his hole cards were or not, I'm unsure, but in response, Philipe replied, "I respect what you say, so that's okay with me."

Tags: Byrn Kenney Philipe Rouas

09-11-2007 17:20 UTC

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

[user25067]

09-11-2007 17:17 UTC

Noah Antonius or Patrick Boeken?

[user38334]

Ever seen that movie "The Fly" and wondered what would happen if you put two humans into the machine?

If you look closely at the photo to the right, you may see a resemblance akin to Patrick Antonius and Noah Boeken, in the form of Kristian Kjondal.

09-11-2007 17:14 UTC

Patrik Antonius Claims His First Victim

[user25067]

THE FIFTY-- It's good being Patrik Antonius. Model looks, hefty bankroll, and those draws always seem to come in at the right time.

On a flop of {K-Clubs}