Event 1 - £1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker Europe

09-22-2008 01:54 UTC+2

Bommes Fails to Go Off

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Christoph Bommes raised to 25,000 in early position, and was faced with a reraise all in from Linda Lee in the small blind. "You want a call?" he inquired, but was met with only a coquettish shrug. He passed.

Tags: Christoph Bommes Linda Lee

Level: 17

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

09-22-2008 01:48 UTC+2

Players Return from Break

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Cards are back in the air.

09-22-2008 01:41 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Junglen has the runaway chip lead with 681,000 at the break. Here's how the whole field stacks up at present:

Adam Junglen 681,000
John Dwyer 245,000
Christoph Bommes 220,000
Daniel Nutt 215,000
Jesper Hougaard 185,000
Ian Woodley 177,000
Joseph El-Shater 130,000
Linda Lee 127,000
Neil Channing 126,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 125,000
Fuad Serhan 109,000
Costas Artemi 105,000

09-22-2008 01:39 UTC+2

Players Take a 20-Minute Break

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09-22-2008 01:31 UTC+2

El-Shater Pushes Hougaard Off a Pot, as Railers Start Pushing Things Off the Balcony

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Jesper Hougaard once again made it 20,000 from the cutoff, and this time big blind Joseph El-Shater pushed all in for 101,000 total. At this point there was a brief pause in the action, as one of the balcony railers managed to lose his grip on his drink and it came crashing down onto the casino floor below, narrowly missing the players on Table One. Perhaps shaken by his fellow players' near-death experience, Hougaard passed.

Tags: Jesper Hougaard Joseph El-Shater

09-22-2008 01:26 UTC+2

Tricky Limp

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The turn was out giving us a {Q-Diamonds}

board, and judging by the amount of chips in the middle it was a limped pot and both players had checked on the flop.

John Dwyer checked once more from the small blind and then called a 26,000 bet from Jesper Hougaard in the big blind.

The river came {Q-Clubs}

and once again Dwyer checked to face a bet from Hougaard totaling 35,000. Dwyer called pretty quickly with {A-Diamonds}

and it was good for the pot.

Tags: John Dwyer

09-22-2008 01:23 UTC+2

Bommes Had the Goods

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Costas Artemi limped in from UTG, Fuad Serhan limped from the cutoff, Christoph Bommes completed the small blind and Ian Woodley checked from the big. The flop came down {A-Spades}

. The action was checked to Artemi, who bet 20,000. Serhan min-raised to 40,000, eliciting an all-in shove from Bommes. Both Artemi and Serhan gave up their hands, Bommes revealing {A-Diamonds}

in the hole for top two pair.

09-22-2008 01:21 UTC+2

It's a Chop?

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Costas Artemi raised to 30,000 from the button, Fuad Serhan moved all in from the button and Artemi made the call. Serhan flipped up {A-Diamonds}

, and a disgusted Artemi slapped his dominated {A-Clubs}

on the table.

The board, though ran out {K-Diamonds}

.

"Aces and kings with a ten" said their tablemate Adam Junglen, relieving Artemi who thought he was out. Instead, they chopped the pot.

09-22-2008 01:20 UTC+2

"Come on, Danny Boy!"

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No-one seems to believe Jesper Hougaard when he raises any more.

This time he made it 20,000 to go from the button, and was swiftly called by Daniel Nutt in the big blind. They both tentatively checked the {K-Clubs}

flop. The turn came down the {6-Hearts}

and Nutt checked it again. Hougaard now bet 23,000, but Nutt made it a huge 93,000. Hougaard dwelled for a while, his decision probably not made any easier by the railers above his head cheering wildly for Costas Artemi on the other table. At last he folded, to screams of, "Come on Danny, boy, hey hey! Gwaaaan!" from the increasingly inebriated fans in the upstairs bar.

Tags: Daniel Nutt Jesper Hougaard