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

09-21-2008 23:25 UTC+1

I've Got the Nutts

Just before the clock was paused to color up the 500 chips, Jesper Hougaard raised to around 16,000 only for Daniel Nutt to reraise another 38,000, leaving himself just 20,000 behind. This may have been the first hand that Nutt had played since the break -- by his own admission, he'd mainly been folding all day -- and Hougaard spent a good few minutes contemplating the implications of calling before deciding that it wasn't worth the risk. As he passed, a tipsy gentleman in the upstairs bar erupted: "COME ON DANNY NUTT!" Everyone turned to look at the vocal supporter. "GWAAAN DANNY, OI OI!"

Tags: Daniel Nutt Jesper Hougaard

09-21-2008 23:24 UTC+1

Action Paused

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The tournament clock has been paused between levels so the purple 500-denomination chips can be colored up and removed from play.

09-21-2008 23:24 UTC+1

Table One Chip Counts at the End of Level 15

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1. Ian Woodley 204,000
2. Tim Pennington 168,000
3. Warren Woodall 46,500
4. Linda Lee 118,000
5. John Kabbaj 61,000
6. Fuad Serhan 80,000
7. Adam Junglen 430,000
8. OPEN
9. Christoph Bommes 232,000

09-21-2008 23:20 UTC+1

Battling Costas

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Costas Artemi raised to 30,000 from under the gun before Jesper Hougaard moved all in from the button. It was folded back around to Artemi who said, "Looks like this is it," and called.

Atremi showed {K-Diamonds}

and was dominating Hougaard's {Q-Spades}

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The board ran {3-Clubs}

, which was good enough to double up Atremi to 222,000. Hougaard is on 260,000 right now.

Tags: Costas Artemi Jesper Hougaard

09-21-2008 23:16 UTC+1

Current Chip Counts From Table Three

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Seat 1: Daniel Nutt -- 65,000
Seat 2: Costas Artemi -- 85,000
Seat 3: Joseph El-Shater -- 55,000
Seat 4: Neil Channing -- 70,000 ("That guy in seat 6 is John Dwyer. I know because I doubled him up.")
Seat 6: John Dwyer -- 210,000 and giggling at Neil Channing
Seat 7: Jesper Hougaard -- 370,000
Seat 8: Yevgeniy Timoshenko -- 150,000

09-21-2008 23:11 UTC+1

No Luck for Novak

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Jesper Hougaard made it 16,000 to go under the gun and it folded down to an exasperated Matt Novak on the small blind. Having just 12,000 chips remaining in total, he called all in, and and big blind John Dwyer decided to come along for the ride too.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs}

and Dwyer checked to Hougaard, who bet again. Dwyer folded instantly and they were on their backs for Novak's tournament life. "I'm live," he said cheerfully as he turned over {K-Clubs}

, but still he was behind Hougaard's {3-Diamonds}

. No help from the {8-Clubs}

turn or the {A-Clubs}

river, and to a round of applause, Novak exited in 17th place.

Tags: Jepser Hougaard Matt Novak

09-21-2008 23:05 UTC+1

"I Wish the River and the Turn Came the Other Way Around"

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Jesper Hougaard raised to 15,000 from the cutoff and Costas Artemi made the call from the big blind before the flop came {Q-Hearts}

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Both players checked before Artemi led out for 12,000 after the turn came {10-Clubs}

. Hougaard made the call and the river was revealed as {7-Clubs}

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Artemi checked this time and so did Hougaard adding, "I wish the river and the turn came the other way around," as he revealed {6-Clubs}

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It was good though as Artemi revealed {K-Hearts}

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Tags: Jesper Hougaard

09-21-2008 22:57 UTC+1

Willie Bad Luck

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The legend that is Willie Tann has fallen by the wayside, the victim of some cruel ladies. Short-stacked, he open-shoved under the gun and the rest of his table duly folded -- until the action reached Yevgeniy Timoshenko, who looked down and found {Q-Clubs}

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Tann was is terrible shape with {J-Spades}

, and although there were chants of "Nine! Nine!" on the turn of the {8-Clubs}

board, the river came an unhelpful {5-Diamonds}

, sending Tann to the rail. "What bad luck!" he complained, although smiling. "The very last guy, and he finds queens!" He exited to a round of applause from the remaining players, though, and takes home 18th-place money for his trouble.

Tags: Willie Tann Yevgeniy Timoshenko

09-21-2008 22:55 UTC+1

John Dwyer Doubles Through Jesper Hougaard

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With the action folded to John Dwyer in the small blind, he made a min-raise to 12,000. Jesper Hougaard reraised to 29,000, and Dwyer moved all in, a move that made Hougaard scrunch up his face and remove his headphones. Hougaard made the call and turned up {A-Hearts}

to Dwyer's {8-Spades}

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The {9-Spades}

flop made Dwyer a set and he turned a full house with the {3-Clubs}

on the turn. The river fell a meaningless {K-Diamonds}

and Dwyer doubled up to 180,000. Hougaard was still in the chip lead with 340,000.

09-21-2008 22:51 UTC+1

Ace-King of the Junglen

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Adam Junglen made a raise to 16,500 from early position before Warren Woodall reraised to 51,000 from the small blind. Junglen's response was to move all in for 172,000. Woodall thought and then made the call with {A-Clubs}

but he was in bad shape against Junglen's {A-Spades}

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The board ran {2-Diamonds}

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Junglen is up to 352,000, while Woodall is back down to 94,000.

Tags: Adam Junglen