I say bring back the cabaret. Next time I'm requesting "Luck be a Lady."
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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I say bring back the cabaret. Next time I'm requesting "Luck be a Lady."
.The big blind led out for a 3,600 bet that Juanda called, before the turn brought us the
. Once again the big blind led out for 5,000, which Juanda thought through and made the call.The river
saw both players check it through. Juanda waited for his opponent to show his missed gutshot draw with 
. Juanda showed the not-very-strong but winning 
.Juanda is up to 36,000 now.
versus an opponent's 
. The board blanked out and now suddenly Kabbaj has 50 percent more than the average stack.
and the Frenchman called all in on the river, but mucked when he saw his opponent's 
and thus exited the stage.
flop, David La Ronde holding 
for trips and his disappointed opponent with 
. The on the turn made La Ronde a full house and the 
on the river sealed up his victory. His opponent hit the rail and La Ronde stacked up his 71,000 chips, good enough for the current lead.
Johnson folds, flashing the
which must please Channing as he shows to the small blind's 
. The board runs out 
to double Channing up, and Brian Johnson lets out a groaning laugh. "You'll never guess what I had,
!"Meanwhile, at the same time Willie Tann moves all in and gets called with his
ahead of 
, which is the way it stays on the 
board.
The flop came
and Ngo called Hostrup's 3,500 continuation bet before the turn came . Ngo checked once more and was to face an all-in bet, this time totaling 13,900.He sat there and thought for a long while, but it was no Hollywood as he made the call for most of his stack with
. It was a good call too as he had Hostrup's 
out-kicked.The river came
!!! It made two pair for Ngo but made the straight for Hostrup, doubling him up once more, this time to 42,000.
No bad beat, no big fold, no steam to walk off-- it appeared that he'd just had enough and figured he was well-stacked enough to survive being blinded off for a couple of more rounds.
Somaiya did, however, leave a banana behind in his absence to take care of his chips. Thus far, the banana appears to be playing rather tight.
fending off the challenge of 
on the board. The German now has around 17,000.
Ngo tabled
, Mattern 
, and Mackay 
.The board came
!!! .The two-outer came for Mackay on the turn and he eliminated two players, helping his stack up to 21,000.
