Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event Day 2a | 2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

09-12-2007 22:33 UTC

45 Players Remaining

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With about an hour left in Day 2a, there are 45 players left on five tables.

09-12-2007 22:31 UTC

Joe Serock Eliminated

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Joe Serock opened the pot for 3,500, Huseyin Yilmaz reraised to 10,600, and Serock moved all in for 67,000. After nearly five minutes in the tank, Yilmaz called, turning up {A-Hearts}

and found himself in terrible shape against Serock's {A-Spades}

.

The flop was {K-Clubs}

. The turn was the {2-Spades}

, and the river was... the {K-Spades}

. Yilmaz pulled out the miracle suck-out and Serock was suddenly felted.

"He must have a dead, bleeding goat in his basement!" exclaimed a shocked Annie Duke, seated to Yilmaz's right. Voodoo master or not, he is now well north of 200,000 in chips.

Tags: Husein Yilmaz Joe Serock

09-12-2007 22:29 UTC

Pied Piper of Poker Players

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Like the pied piper of poker players, the TD leads an eclectic ensemble of "athletes" up to the top floor to join the outer tables. One of those players is Dave "El Blondie" Colclough.

Accompanied by a 100k+ stack, El Blondie has joined a tough table, the likes of Jani Sointula, Gary Jones, Janne Lamsa and WSOP finalist Phillip Hilm -- all standing in his way of progressing into Day 3 of this WSOPE Main Event.

Tags: Dave Colclough

09-12-2007 22:22 UTC

Ram Vaswani Eliminated; Gus Hansen = Chip Leader

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After busting Greg Raymer and Hendon Mobster Ram Vaswani at the feature table, Gus Hansen has increased his stack to over 300,000. Hansen's K-K held up against Vaswani's A-Q. Vaswani busted out and Hansen has jumped out to a massive chip lead.

Tags: Gus Hansen Ram Vaswani

09-12-2007 22:18 UTC

Dropped by a Dead Donkey

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Bruno Fitoussi is out. He fell at the hands of Neil Pearson, a British actor best known for a 1990's sitcom called "Drop the Dead Donkey" (hence the title).

Bruno got all his money in with {A-Diamonds}

and was called by Pearson's {A-Clubs}

. No improvement for either man, so Big Slick sent Fitoussi home.

Tags: Bruno Fitoussi

09-12-2007 22:17 UTC

Fossilman Eliminated by the Great Dane

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Over at the feature TV table, Greg Raymer and Gus Hansen tangled in a big pot. The flop was {7-Spades}

-5x. Hansen flopped a boat with 7-7. Raymer held {A-Spades}

. All the money went in on the turn. Raymer was drawing dead and he headed to the rail.

Tags: Greg Raymer Gus Hansen

09-12-2007 22:16 UTC

WOO!

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Joe Le wins "the biggest pot of my life," after getting it all in against Sergey Rybachenko - the flop was {6-Diamonds}

and his

improved to two pair on the turn. Rybachenko's daring draw failed to hit and a relieved Le whooped and jumped up out of his seat, releasing the adrenaline-fuelled tension after the hand. He has shot up to 98k while Rybachenko has dropped to 61k.

Tags: Joe Le Sergey Rybachenko

09-12-2007 22:08 UTC

Hellmuth, the Thinker

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Down to only 15,000 chips and with tilt-steam practically rolling out of his ears, Phil Hellmuth has come out of his chair altogether and is engaged in some form of bizzare prayer/meditation, contorted into the "Thinker" pose with one knee on the ground and his head in his right hand. His chips lie in an uncountable lake in front of him as he nods his head along with the gangsta rap that is undoubtedly blasting out of his iPod and into his ears. The cameras have been on him nonstop, waiting for the inevitable blowup.

We'll keep you posted on all the Hellmuth antics.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

09-12-2007 22:07 UTC

The Boots Work Their Magic for Ridge

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John Ridge, in danger of dwindling, just received a double through from Jeff Lisandro by calling his way to victory with the {A-Hearts}

. He called 4k preflop, 8k on the flop of {Q-Spades}

, and all in (roughly 20k) on the {K-Diamonds}

turn. At this point, Lisandro had to show the {K-Hearts}

with which he'd actually hit the turn, but the river was a blank {2-Hearts}

and there is now 40k in front of Ridge.

Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro John Ridge

09-12-2007 22:01 UTC

Big Stacks Ready to Collide

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Two of the biggest stacks in the tournament are now facing off against each other. Annette_15 and Huseyin Yilmaz are now seated opposite each other, with over 350,000 between them. Both are very aggressive and a big pot between these two could almost gaurantee a final-table place for the winner.

Tags: Huseyin Yilmaz