No messing around.
2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)
Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 3
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
Filter
(1)
No messing around.
Seat 2: Janne Lamsa - 115,000
Seat 3: Magnus Persson - 140,000
Seat 4: Pat Scanlon - 250,000
Seat 5: EMPTY
Seat 6: Will Durkee - 230,000
Seat 7: Matthew McCullough - 82,000
Seat 8: Gus Hansen - 420,000
Seat 9: Johannes Korsar - 180,000
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vs. Julius Colman's 
on a board of 
. Colman was already drawing dead -- a king on the river would give Bergren a full house."No funny business this time!" said Kenny Tran with a laugh.
The river was the
, and Bergren got a much-needed injection of chips, doubling his stack to 110,000.
Ian Frazer -- 87,000
Jamie Gold -- 55,000
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 44,000
Marcello Marigliano -- 39,500
Who's got the testicular fortitude?
He check-called the
flop (14,000).He check-called the
turn (26,500).He checked the river, and Duke gave up -- he took the pot with
.Also, he just showed how to get his table's hand over swiftly -- an under-the-gun raise to 32,000, which no one, surprisingly, had any interest in contesting.
As everyone was chatting away quietly to themselves, it all suddenly kicked off, Marcello Marigliano, who's barely played a hand in the last few hours, pushing all in for just over 30k and finding an instant, and I mean INSTANT, call from Jeff.
Buffenbarger =
Marigliano =
The crowd gasped in anticipation as the flop came
, giving the Italian what was by now a mammoth six outs.The turn was a kind one, the dealer popping out a harmless
.The river, however, would provoke a mixture of reactions -- shock, laughter, sympathy -- everyone in the room responding in some way to the cruel
.Jeff was understandably gutted, his face saying more than any words ever could.
I guess it was Marigiano who had the testicular fortitude that I referred to in my last post, and it seems to have paid off...although in the most sickening of circumstances.
"I'm on life support," said Jeff as he was handed a paltry 5,600 in change.
, with Frazer and Tabatabai checking it down. Tabatabai showed 
for two pair, eights and fours. Frazer mucked, and Buffenbarger showed before making a very graceful exit. Our 36 remaining players are now all in the money, guaranteed at least £27,150 for their efforts (that's $54,473,77 U.S. dollars or 39,257.34 Euros!)
