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flop. His opponent was holding 
for top pair, but he was drawing pretty thin against Gwinner's 
and after exactly no miracles occurred on the 
turn and 
river, Gwinner was up to around 17,500.
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
Total Entries
410
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 410
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flop. His opponent was holding for top pair, but he was drawing pretty thin against Gwinner's and after exactly no miracles occurred on the turn and river, Gwinner was up to around 17,500.
The flop:
Attention drifted, somewhat, as right next to me tablemate Willie Tann was chatting to a friend - when he suddenly looked at his neighbor and remarked, "Oh, you're all in!" And he was - the 4,000 or so left in his stack was the bet facing the Irishman, who was staring at him intently. "I've played this really, really badly by limping," he chided himself, clearly not about to make a happy call - but call he did, showing
. Hachmeister flipped the 
for the flopped set, and stood up to wait for the deck to deal his fate.Turn:
"Spade," requested O'Mahoney.River:
Now the rest of the table made sad faces but Hachmeister took his exit in his stride.
against an opponent's even more lackluster 
, with no help for either player from the 
board.Meanwhile Hoa Ngo has doubled up again with pocket aces that flopped trips and turned quads. He now has a comfortable 16,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Somaiya now up to a chip-lead-contending 35,000.
, Brandon Cantu had pushed all in for a total of 7,150 and was patiently awaiting the decision of Martin who was tinkering with his stack of 19,325.As Martin continued to mull, Cantu remained as cool as the Arctic breeze, although the soothing head massage he was receiving at the time probably made the task a little easier. A minute or two later, Martin made a very reluctant fold, to allow Cantu to scoop up the pot and construct a new and improved stack of 22,000.
Phillips:
Juanda:
Board:
With a sigh and a quick, "Good luck, boys," Phillips took his leave. The Matusow drone didn't let up for a second. "...You see, that's how Juanda wins pots..."
. Hachmeister had 
and while that looked promising on the 
flop, the on the turn ended up cinching it for his opponent.In desperate shape himself now, Hachmeister then moved in preflop over the top of a Dennis O'Mahoney raise to 850. He was called so fast he didn't realize it had happened yet and the dealer had to prompt them to get their hands on their backs.
Hachmeister:
O'Mahoney:
This time the
made an appearance straight away on the flop, and with the board coming a further 
O'Mahoney was drawing to one lone hearty Jack which missed the river and doubled Hachmeister right back up.
"He [Daniel] is gonna give all those chips away. He'll give them to..." Matusow hesitated as he scoured the table. "... My God, there's no one here to give them to. How did you get this table?"
"I've got about 25,000 now," he continued, "but I have to be at a restaurant soon, I didn't expect to be in for this long."
After I swam through Grundy's sea of negativity, I finally prised a hand from him. "I was down to 2,000 at one point, but doubled up four times. On the biggest one I called a raise with J-9 and hit a J-J-x flop with two of the same suit. I got looked up by tens."
