2007 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

Event 3 - £10,000 No-Limit Holdem Main Event
Day: 4
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

Featured TV Table

With the new draw, here's the featured TV table:

Seat 1: Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad - 902,000
Seat 2: Will Durkee - 575,000
Seat 3: Johannes Korsar - 720,000
Seat 4: Kenny Tran - 115,000
Seat 5: Steven van Zadelhoff - 355,000
Seat 6: Theo Jorgensen - 402,000
Seat 7: Magnus Persson - 480,000
Seat 8: Abishek Khaitan - 494,000
Seat 9: Dominic Kay - 390,000

Jakob Paulsen Eliminated in 18th Place (£34,390)

Jakob Paulsen - 18th Place
Jakob Paulsen - 18th Place
Over at the featured TV table, John Tabatabai raised and Jakob Paulsen moved all in. John Tabatabai called.

Tabatabai: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Paulsen: {A-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The flop was {9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. The turn was the {10-Diamonds}. The river was the {6-Diamonds}. Paulsen's hand could not improve and he headed to the rail in 18th place. He won £34,390.

With Paulsen's elimiantion, action has stopped while the remaining 17 players redraw for seats.

Tags: Jakob PaulsenJohn Tabatabai

Terry Cook Busts in 19th (£30,770) to Matthew McCullough

Terry Cook - 19th
Terry Cook - 19th
***Huge Hand Alert***

The preflop action saw Matthew McCullough raising to 22k, and button Terry Cook moving in for 147k. So far, pretty standard. Then small blind James Keys suddenly moved in over the top, for a whole lot more. Back to McCullough, and he called all-in (Keys had him covered by a stack of red 5k chips). The rail held its breath...

McCullough: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Keys: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Cook: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

Flop: {4-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} Double slap for the Kings, Keys shaking his head
Turn: {J-Diamonds} "Ten!" request the James Keys fan club
River: {2-Clubs}

And Terry Cook is eliminated bringing our total number of players remaining in the Main Event of the WSOPE to 18.

Tags: James KeysMatthew McCulloughTerry Cook

Easily Annoyed

Being up here on the balcony, there are always going to be a few annoyances, many of which come from the rail who consider the blogging team to be a source of info from "Can I check my facebook on your computer?" and "Is he famous?" (pointing at Doyle Brunson) to more geographical questions such as "Where is the nearest Tube station?" and "Do you know how to get to London Bridge?".

However, the most annoying thing is not the rail, but in fact the fruit machine by our station which has The Bangles' 'Walk Like an Egyption' continuously playing on a loop. If I had an 'eternal flame' I'd set fire to the flippin fruity in a flash.

Aleksander Vathne Knocked Out By Gus Hansen 20th (£30,770)

Aleksander Vathne
Aleksander Vathne
Short stacked after a strange hand where he'd called a preflop reraise to 70k from Johannes Korsar only to pass on the {3-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts} flop when Korsar put him in for his last 100k, Aleksander Vathne is now out.

His final hand: {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, taken on by Gus Hansen with his {Q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}.

Flop: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}
Turn: {4-Hearts}
River: {5-Clubs}

And a player who had taken turns in the mid stages of the tournament to grab and lose the chip lead has now busted in 20th.

Tags: Aleksander VathneGus Hansen

Annie Duke Eliminated in 21st Place (£30,770)

Annie Duke - 21st Place
Annie Duke - 21st Place
Over at the featured TV table, I caught the action on the flop of {A-Spades}{K-Spades}{5-Spades}. Annie Duke moved all in and Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad quickly called.

Duke: {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}
Annette_15: {Q-Spades}{7-Spades}

Annette_15 flopped the nut flush. The turn was the {A-Diamonds} and Duke picked up more outs to win. The river was the {8-Diamonds}. Duke's hand could not improve and she headed to the rail in 21st place. Duke won £30,770.

Annette_15 increased her stack to over 900,000.

Tags: Annette_15Annie Duke

Theo v Tino

The players in their seats, the table goes snap, crackle and pop, Theo Jorgensen mixing it up with Tino Lechich right from the off. Theo raised to 25k pre-flop, Tino made it 75k and Theo called.

Flop = {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

Check, check.

Turn = {A-Hearts}

Check, check

River = {9-Diamonds}

Theo bets 50k with {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}, Tino calls with {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

Tags: Theo JorgensenTino Lechich

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000