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
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
£1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Last Hand Before Dinner

Oyvind Riisem: "I got lucky."
Oyvind Riisem: "I got lucky."
Just when everyone's thoughts were turning gently to the buffet, a HUGE hand went down between Oyvind Riisem and Theo Jorgensen, big stackers both of them. Jorgensen raised on the cutoff to 7,500 and found Riisem reraising from the small blind. He made it 21,200 and after a pause, Jorgensen called.

Flop: {4-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs} Riisem checked, and Jorgensen bet 30k. Riisem then moved all in -- that's for a tidy stack of nearly 180,000...and he was insta-called by Jorgensen. The rest of the table fell quiet as...

Riisem showed: {A-Spades}{6-Spades}.
Jorgensen showed: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}.

Turn: {3-Diamonds} "Ooooh," went the table.
River: {A-Hearts}

"Unf***believable," sighed Jorgensen as he paid off Oyvind Riisem to the tune of most of his stack, creating a new vier for the chip lead. "Holy moly," said a less potty-mouthed Annie Duke (who like at least half of the spectators muttered "split pot" on the river before looking closely at Riisem's hand).

Tags: Oyvind RiisemTheo Jorgensen

Thomas Dwan is Out

Thomas Dwan
Thomas Dwan
Busy hand this so try and keep up.

Dave Colclough, raises to 5k from under the gun.

Thomas Dwan flat-calls.

Jakob Paulsen raises to 12k.

Julius Coleman, in the small blind is unaware of this and announces call.

Floor manager called over and ruling says he has to call.

Colclough folds.

Thomas Dwan goes all in for 54k.

Jakob Paulsen goes all in, he has him well covered.

Coleman folds.

Paulsen: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}
Dwan: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}

Flop: {5-Spades}{6-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Turn: {3-Clubs}
River: {2-Clubs}

Whatever Colcough had he would have won, as he says 'doh.'

Thomas Dwan is out.

Tags: Thomas Dwan

Shaun Needham Doubles Up

The aces made another guest appearance as Shaun Needham got his stack in preflop holding the {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}, called by {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. It looks like he's topped six figures and seems pretty happy about it.

Those still struggling with short stacks include the tenacious Jeff Buffenbarger, who accepts defeat and victory with the same almost giggly enthusiasm. His table is still dominated by the stack of Dominic Kay, whom he teased for choice of card protector: "How can he raise so much and have a plastic bottle cap as a card protector?"

Tags: Shaun Needham

Lechich is On the Up

Tino Lechich
Tino Lechich
Tino Lechich is scooping pot after pot and has gotten himself up to a healthy 180,000 after arriving at his current table as a short stack.

"I can't believe you are all calling me with nothing," he says after his opponents are showing down weak hand after weak hand, as he takes his winnings.

Don't complain about it Tino.

The Rise and Rise of John Tabatabai

What have you got?!?!?
What have you got?!?!?
After outdrawing Jon Turner earlier on, John Tabatabai has been on fire and has just increased his stack even more. This time, a crowd of cameras lured me over to his table, and when I arrived, I saw John all in against Dominic Kay with the flop reading {5-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and the pot already infested with red 5k chips.

Not afraid to deal out a little persuasive natter, John was standing over his seat, hands in pockets and attempting (or, seemingly so) to get his grimacing opponent to fold.

"Aces right?" inquires John.

"Why?" asks Dominic.

"Just asking."

"Well, you're obviously not worried about that hand then."

"I'm just worried about you outdrawing me," replies John.

Dominic dips into the think tank a little longer, the young "heart-on-sleeve" lad visibly tormented by the decision that could potentially put him under 100k for the first time for a long time.

"If you have 5-6, then God knows why you're still in the pot," analyses Dominic in true Negreanu say-what's-on-your-mind style.

"This is sick, sooooo sick," he continues.

"You should fold," announces John.

"You're very confident," observes Dominic.

"Well, I'm ahead," replies John. "Your instincts have been right throughout the whole tourney."

"Will you show if you fold?" asks Dominic inquisitively.

"As the good gentleman over here said, you should never show."

"So you're 100 percent not showing?"

"Well, never say never, we'll see what happens."

Then, out of the blue, Dominic folded {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} face-up, and with that the script of "War and Peace" was complete and everyone could carry on with their lives.

John didn't show, simply mucked his hands and scooped in his chips. Dominic, meanwhile, has dropped down to 180k and wears a face like a smacked bottom.

Tags: Dominic KayJohn Tabatabai

Matthew Kay Eliminated

Matthew Kay: short stack to no stack
Matthew Kay: short stack to no stack
Short-stacked for the best part of the day, Matthew Kay shoved preflop with {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}. He was called by {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}.

Some hope arrived with the {2-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{6-Hearts} flop, but the {9-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} on the turn and river dashed it and Kay was out.

Tags: Matthew Kay

Featured TV Table Updated Chip Count

Sportswriter and poker novice Martin Johnson has joined the featured TV table. Here's a chip count courtesy of TD Jack Effel...

Seat 1: Patrik Antonius - 335,000
Seat 2: Janne Lamsa - 200,000
Seat 3: Magnus Persson - 316,000
Seat 4: Pat Scanlon - 65,000
Seat 5: Martin Johnson - 160,000
Seat 6: Will Durkee - 246,000
Seat 7: Matthew McCullough - 120,000
Seat 8: Gus Hansen - 465,000
Seat 9: Johannes Korsar - 212,000