. His sole opponent Kim Rossland declines to call. Laak sports the Union Jack on his T-shirt today, while Tilly - who is taking the start of the tournament a little more calmly - the less home-crowd-pleasing Lynyrd Skynyrd.
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
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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. His sole opponent Kim Rossland declines to call. Laak sports the Union Jack on his T-shirt today, while Tilly - who is taking the start of the tournament a little more calmly - the less home-crowd-pleasing Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Also on the British theme, Josh Tyler and his astounding hat are up to around 7,000 after betting and calling a raise from a German opponent on a
flop and then betting out on the 
turn, forcing his opponent to quietly fold, shaking his head. "I come in peace," said Tyler after a few moments. The German eyed him suspiciously. "You know, I've given you your name," continued Tyler, who, on the table next to Matusow's, could well end up giving the Mouth a run for his money on garrulousness. "I'm going to call you Mr Serious." No reaction from the German.
board and with several thousand already in the pot. James Akenhead thought and thought, before thinking a tiny bit more, and making the fold.
Romanello had gotten his entire stack in with the board reading :
. Sapiano had made the call and I could just see his 
in bad shape against Romanello's flopped set - 
.The river...
Romanello, originally getting up to leave, actually covers Sapiano by 225, but the game is pretty much up. As he stood with a pained expression, he got a rubdown of lemon juice squeezed in the papercut of defeat:"You know why that happened? Because you lie. God punishes those that lie."
"I always lie!" Romanello stood his ground - I imagine some kind of chat was part of the reason Sapiano called his bet.
As I write this, Romanello exits. "You always do me!" he exclaims at Sapiano as he makes his rueful exit.
flop, only for Lederer to expressionlessly make it 1,100. With a slight look of shock, or possibly awe, the opponent passed.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
for his troubles. Mizzi remained in good spirits, but is now down to just 1,700 after a serious of minor disasters.
flop before pushing over the top of Hougaard's reraise to 1,750. The Dane called with little hesitation and revealed a drawtastic 
. Eter tabled 
. The 
turn was emphatic, but left Eter with a slight glimmer of hope, but it was to no avail as a harmless hit the river.
and Amir Englund bets 1,275. Now Thomas Marchese announces all in. And then Javed Ghazi goes all in over the top of Marchese. Englund goes into the tank while the table holds its collective breath. He calls!Ghazi:
for the flushEnglund:
for the full houseMarchese:
for quadsJaved Ghazi is out, Amir Englund wins the side pot but still makes a loss on the hand, and Marchese is up to 9,000.
board, the online star made a cracking call for 1,600 with pocket sevens. Her wounded opponent could only muck meekly and gently tap the table.Obrestad now on 8,000.
