and he's racing Taylor's 
.The board comes
.An overcard comes but it's the wrong one, meaning Taylor is the first victim from this table since our return.
Seidel on 18,000 right now.
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
£1,500
Prize Pool
£615,000
Entries
410
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 410
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and he's racing Taylor's .The board comes
.An overcard comes but it's the wrong one, meaning Taylor is the first victim from this table since our return.
Seidel on 18,000 right now.
To be fair, the volume was very loud and it must have been a big distraction. One player, who was particularly close to the band, resorted to turning around and telling them to, "Shut up!"
Needless to say one song was all we got.
"I've misplayed two hands today. And this really is an all-in or pass tournament, so you can't afford to misplay hands."
He's currently under pressure with around 9,000.
and he had his opponent in big trouble holding 
.The board ran
.The first piece of bad news came for Trickett on the flop, and the second piece came on the river. Aces cracked sending the on-form Trickett back down to 6,300.
and the big blind checks, Blanco then bets 3,700 into the pot, only to see his opponent quickly reraise all in for an additional 10,225. Blanco counts out the extra chips, which represents the majority of his stack, and then decides to make the call with his
. It's ahead, but vulnerable to the drawtastic that the big blind shows. The turn is the 
but the river is not the two pair the Italian wants to see, as it's the 
, leaving him crippled and propelling his opponent up to almost 30,000.
. The small blind checked to the hijack, who bet 5,000, prompting an all-in shove from Johnson for 10,250. The small blind insta-mucked, but the hijack tanked a while, disgustedly mucking his cards in the end. Coming back from the dinner break with 25,000 and dipping as low as 12,000 at one point, Johnson is now up to a healthy 30,000.
The last level? What's that you say? Weren't they supposed to play ten levels, not eight?
The rate of bust-outs has been so rapid today that the tournament directors made the decision to conclude play at the end of Level 8 instead of the end of Level 10, excellent news for the players who will be able to catch some extra sleep (or hit the bar for a drink) tonight.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
, dominating Abecassis' 
. No help for him as the board ran out 
and The Abacus hit the rail.Meanwhile, Negreanu is up to 36,500.
